Anime like KIBA

D.Gray-man

Also known as D.Gray-man.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Aniplex , Dentsu , TMS Entertainment , Funimation , Half H.P Studio , Sony Music Entertainment , Studio Jack
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

Towards the end of the 19th century, Allen Walker officially joins the organization of Exorcists that destroy the beings known as Akuma; mechanic weapons made by the Millennium Earl with the suffering souls of the dead. Allen has both a cursed eye and an anti-Akuma weapon as an arm, bearing the power of "Innocence", a gift given to him as an apostle of God. Allen, along with his fellow Exorcists must put a stop to the Millennium Earl's ultimate plot that could lead to the destruction of the world and all who live on it.

Tags: Shounen , Demons , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Foreign , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Male Cast , Urban Fantasy , Anachronism , Steampunk , Rehabilitation , Primarily Teen Cast , Exorcism , Ensemble Cast , Kuudere , Philosophy

Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Duel Monsters

Also known as Yu-Gi-Oh!.

Studio: Studio Gallop , Funimation , Nihon Ad Systems , 4Kids Entertainment , TV Tokyo , Shueisha
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters centers around the journey of the spirit of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who is trying to re-discover who he was many years ago, since he has lost his memories. With the help of a boy, Yugi Mutou, the one who awakened the spirit, and his friends, he battles many villains and adversaries. Many of the villains have been linked to the Nameless Pharaoh's past, due to the Millennium Puzzle he holds and many try to take the puzzle and his power away from him.

The series focuses on the card game aspect of it and the main theme represented throughout the series is friendship.

Tags: Card Battle , Shounen , Historical , Proxy Battle , Urban Fantasy , Reincarnation , Magic , Mythology , Male Protagonist , Dragons , Dissociative Identities , Death Game

Yu☆Gi☆Oh!

Studio: Toei Animation , NAS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

Yuugi is a somewhat frail young boy who happens to be a big fan of gaming of any kind. But when he solves an ancient egyptian puzzle he is granted all the powers of darkness. Now when confronted with danger and injustice, he transforms into a much darker and dangerous form, and proceeds to dish out the justice and punishment for those who so richly deserve it.



Tags: Shounen , Dissociative Identities , Card Battle , Death Game , School , Reincarnation , Primarily Teen Cast , Gambling , Male Protagonist , Delinquents , Mythology , Urban Fantasy , Henshin , Bullying , Isekai , Video Games

Bakugan Battle Brawlers

Also known as Bakugan Battle Brawlers.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Warner Bros. Japan , Nelvana
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

The Bakugan battle brawlers began when two young boys by the name of Dan and Shun made the rules to a mysterious game played with bakupearls, gate cards and ability cards. No one would ever have guessed what was going to happen next as Dan and his new internet friends battle their way to the bitter end.

Tags: Card Battle , Kids , Kaiju , Proxy Battle , Primarily Child Cast , Dragons , Dissociative Identities , Isekai , CGI

Genei wo Kakeru Taiyou

Also known as Day Break Illusion.

Studio: Aniplex , AIC , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mahou Shoujo

Since ancient times long past, this world has been ruled by two tarot cards:
Diablos Tarot—The tarot of the devil that feasts on the souls of living humans and uses that nourishment to bring countless pain and suffering.
Elemental Tarot—The tarot that draws its energy from the power of nature in order to oppose the Diablos Tarot.

Girls chosen from 22 different bloodlines become the wielders of the Elemental Tarot, plunging themselves into this secret battle. To maintain the balance of this world, while carrying unbearable guilt…

Are they executioners? Or saviors? This is the story of the long, long battle fought by girls who cannot escape the fate they bear.



Tags: Magic , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Primarily Child Cast , Monster Girl , School , Shapeshifting , Witch , Coming of Age , Found Family , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Orphan , Family Life , Kuudere , LGBTQ+ Themes , Transgender , Boarding School

Uta∽Kata

Also known as Uta∞Kata.

Studio: Bandai Visual , Hal Film Maker , Shaft , Sentai Filmworks , gimik
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Psychological

On the last day of the school year, 14-year-old Ichika Tachibana comes across an old, busted mirror in an unused campus building. When Manatsu, a mysterious girl from inside the mirror, steps out and offers her friendship for the summer, she also offers Ichika magical powers. Now, Manatsu must help Ichika unlock the powers of the 12 Djinn in order to complete her magic training... but perhaps this is something that will prove too difficult a task. Some offers may appear to be too good to be true and this one just may turn out to do more harm than good.



Tags: Magic , Coming of Age , Henshin , Denpa , Gods , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School , Yuri , Boys' Love , Kuudere , Suicide

Bokurano

Also known as Bokurano.

Studio: GONZO , diomedéa
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Psychological , Sci-Fi

During a summer camp, 15 children, 8 males and 7 females, find a grotto by the sea. Deep within they discover working computers and some electronic equipment, and later the owner, a man called Kokopelli. Kokopelli claimed to be a programmer working on a brand new game, in which a large robot has to defend the Earth against alien invasions. He persuades the children to test the game and sign a contract. All but one of them signs, barely a moment later they mysteriously awaken on the shore believing what happened was just a dream.



Tags: Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Super Robot , Alternate Universe , Philosophy , Denpa , Military , Death Game , Aliens , Politics , Seinen , Yakuza , Heterosexual , Age Gap , Tomboy , Nudity , Love Triangle

M3: Sono Kuroki Hagane

Studio: Satelight , flying DOG , C2C
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Psychological

There is distorted, deep blackness everywhere. That place, in which blackness swallowed everything and took away everything, has become known as the Avidya Zone. Strange beings assume the very form of the despair and chaos of humanity. They are known by this name: Imashime.

An expedition surveys the Avidya Zone which consumes human spirits. So, in the intricate intersection between the present in impending crisis and the destiny of the past … can eight boys and girls, assembled to confront the Imashime, find the bright future that lies before the Avidya Zone?



Tags: Amnesia , Cultivation , Love Triangle , CGI , Gore

Shigofumi

Also known as Shigofumi.

Studio: J.C. Staff , Bandai Visual , Genco , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

When someone dies, what should their final words be? Words that couldn't be said while still alive - of love, hate, hope, regret or perhaps words without any importance. These words are sent through letters called "shigofumi" from the recently deceased to the living. Mikawa Fumika is a mail carrier of these shigofumi, delivering them alongside staff and her partner Kanaka. However, there must be something more behind Fumika's silent exterior; shigofumi mail carriers are deceased humans with the same appearance they had just before death. Despite this, Fumika is still aging...

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tags: Dissociative Identities , Female Protagonist , Suicide , Urban Fantasy , Denpa , Amnesia , Work , Tomboy , Tragedy , Afterlife , Episodic , Writing , Rehabilitation , Bullying , Gods , School , Magic , Guns , Kuudere , Tennis , Police , Disability , Coming of Age , Revenge , Crime , Heterosexual , Conspiracy , Office Lady , Family Life , Detective

Uchuu no Kishi Tekkaman Blade

Also known as Tekkaman Blade.

Studio: Sotsu , Tatsunoko Production , Media Blasters , Studio Jack
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

Tekkaman Blade takes place in the year 2300 AD. On a certain moment, the Radam attack earth. A few months after the beginning of the invasion, a tekkaman appears, he calls himself Blade and with the help of the Space Knights, Blade starts to fight the radam. But there are a few things that Blade isn't telling about his past.



Tags: Henshin , Tokusatsu , Aliens , Survival , Superhero , Tragedy , Real Robot , Boys' Love , Nudity , Space , Twins , Transgender , Super Robot