Anime like Kino no Tabi: the Beautiful World - Tou no Kuni: Free Lance

Haibane Renmei

Also known as Haibane Renmei.

Studio: Radix , Funimation , Fuji TV , Kourin Mitsuzou Koubou
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological , Slice of Life

A dream of falling from the sky... and then birth. Rakka is born from a large cocoon into the Old Home, greeted by a group of girls with small wings on their backs and shining halos above their heads. Soon Rakka’s own wings grow, a halo is placed on her head and she is told that she must work in the nearby town of Grie. She soon realizes that the town and the entire world they live in are confined behind the Wall, a tall, impenetrable wall that none except the mysterious Toga are allowed to exit.



Tags: Angels , Philosophy , Found Family , Rehabilitation , Female Protagonist , Afterlife , Amnesia , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Suicide , Primarily Female Cast , Rural , Religion , Family Life , Adoption , Reincarnation , Delinquents , Drawing

Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou

Also known as Girls' Last Tour.

Studio: WHITE FOX , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Civilization is dead, but Chito and Yuuri are still alive. So they hop aboard their beloved Kettenkrad motorbike and aimlessly wander the ruins of the world they once knew. Day after hopeless day, they look for their next meal and fuel for their ride. But as long as the two are together, even an existence as bleak as theirs has a ray or two of sunshine in it, whether they're sucking down their fill of soup or hunting for machine parts to tinker with. For two girls in a world full of nothing, the experiences and feelings the two share give them something to live for…



Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Lost Civilization , Philosophy , Episodic , Iyashikei , Tragedy , Travel , Female Protagonist , Environmental , Urban , Survival , Denpa , Primarily Female Cast , Chibi , Military , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Seinen , Robots , Tanks , Snowscape , Kuudere , Artificial Intelligence , Aliens , CGI , Guns , Photography , Nudity

Majo no Tabitabi

Also known as Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina.

Studio: C2C , Lantis , Kadokawa Shoten , Movic , Bandai Namco Arts , AT-X , SB Creative , Kadokawa Media House
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Inspired by her favorite book, Elaina ventures out to see the world she's read so much about. Like a leaf on the wind, she travels from one country to another, looking to sate her inquisitiveness and searching for new experiences. She's confronted by humanity in all its forms, whether strange, bizarre, or emotional. Exploration and curiosity drive her journey. Where to next, Elaina?



Tags: Witch , Episodic , Magic , Female Protagonist , Travel , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Time Skip , Primarily Female Cast , Achronological Order , Medieval , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Anti-Hero , Foreign , Yuri , Gore , Time Manipulation , Philosophy , Dragons , Alternate Universe , Body Swapping , Gangs , Slavery , Suicide , Amnesia

Mushishi

Also known as MUSHI-SHI.

Studio: Artland , Marvelous Entertainment , Funimation , Delfi Sound
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Neither good nor evil, they are life in its purest form. Vulgar and strange, they have inspired fear in humans since the dawn of time and have, over the ages, come to be known as "mushi." The stories of the Mushi and the people they affect are all linked together by a traveling Mushi-shi, or "Mushi Master," who seeks rare Mushi sightings and uses his shaman-like knowledge of Mushi to help the affected people.

What are the Mushi and what do they want?



Tags: Environmental , Youkai , Mythology , Episodic , Philosophy , Rural , Travel , Male Protagonist , Animals , Iyashikei , Outdoor Activities , Exorcism , Tragedy , Snowscape , Eco-Horror , Seinen , Historical , Wilderness , Coastal , Primarily Adult Cast , Amnesia , Cult , Monster Girl , Suicide

Sunabouzu

Also known as Desert Punk.

Studio: GONZO , GDH , Funimation , Pony Canyon , CBC
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi , Sci-Fi

The Great Kanto Desert is a miserable place. It’s also the home of hero-for-hire Desert Punk, the closest thing to a good guy the wasteland’s got. He’s known as the best man for any job, but his reputation is undone by his raging hormones when curvy Junko uses her double-D charms to double-cross him. With debt hanging over his head, Desert Punk sets out to salvage his name.



Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Slapstick , Anti-Hero , Guns , Survival , Desert , Military , Artificial Intelligence , Slavery , Terrorism , Gangs , Shounen , Lost Civilization , War , POV , Episodic , Conspiracy

Aru Majo ga Shinu Made

Also known as Once Upon a Witch's Death.

Studio: KADOKAWA , EMT Squared , flying DOG , AT-X , EMT Squared
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

On Meg’s seventeenth birthday, she learns that she only has one year left to live. Her mentor—the Eternal Witch, Faust—explains that she is cursed and the only way to save herself is to grow a seed of life using one thousand tears of joy. Of course, such tears aren’t easy to come by. As Meg begins her quest, she finds herself drawn into the lives of her friends and neighbors in ways she never imagined. By sharing their burdens and using her magic to comfort them, she learns how precious those moments of connection can be even in the face of death.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Curses , Witch , Primarily Female Cast , Magic , Foreign , Urban Fantasy , Iyashikei , Coming of Age , Orphan , Found Family , Environmental , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Post-Apocalyptic , Episodic

Porphy no Nagai Tabi

Also known as The Orphans of Simitra.

Studio: Nippon Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Porfy, his younger sister Mina, and their parents live a humble but happy life in the Grecian countryside. They've just started running a gas station, much to Porphy's joy, and it seems like only good things are in store for their future. However, a huge earthquake changes all that, leaving Porfy without a home or a family -- sans Mina, who seems to have disappeared in the commotion. Now, Porfy is determined to find his sister and be able to live together happily again.

Tags: Kids , Historical , Foreign , Cars , Rural

Zettai Shounen

Studio: Ajiado , Mellow Head , Genco , Ginga Ya , Trilogy Future Studio , Bandai Visual
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Sci-Fi

Aizawa Ayumu is a young boy, who is sent to a small town called Tana to live with his father for a while. Even though he doesn't want to go, he agrees to do so when his mother offers him a mountain bike. Ayumu used to live in Tana before, and now his memories of the time are shrouded in mystery - apparently something happened when he was a child. Enter Miku, a young girl who knows more than she tells, weird glowing lights floating around, reflections of UFOish objects in the eyes of cats and dogs, a nosy female announcer, a forest with a mysterious past, and a weird boy called Wakkun, who wears the clothes Ayumu used to when he was a child, and you get the world of Zettai Shonen, where mysteries remain mysteries amidst a slow, normal, everyday life.



Tags: Rural , Aliens , Urban , Philosophy , Hikikomori , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Urban Fantasy , Love Triangle , Time Skip , Veterinarian , Iyashikei , Denpa , Kuudere

Rolling☆Girls

Also known as The Rolling Girls.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , Dentsu , Shouchiku , Pony Canyon , Movic , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi

Ten years after the Great Tokyo War, each prefecture in Japan has split up into independent nations. Each nation is ruled by a prophet called "Mosa" and an army called "Mob" as they start to compete to take over other countries. Four "Mob" girls from the Saitama clan, Nozomi, Yukina, Ai, and Chiaya, are ordered by their "Mosa" to travel around Japan riding their motorcycles to mediate multiple battles between nations and clans as they emerge.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Super Power , Surreal Comedy , Female Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Motorcycles , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Aliens , Superhero , Politics , Mopeds , Rural , Meta , Lost Civilization , Idol , Family Life , Space , Super Robot , Drawing

one off

Studio: Dentsu , TYO Animations , Shouchiku
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

A slice of life of high school girls in the early summer. Shiozaki Haruno is a 17-year-old girl who loves her motor cycle, HONDA's Giorno. She lives in remote highlands and longs for a vivid life in a city.

Encounters with people staying at Haruno's parents' boardinghouse encourage her to step forward to her dream.

Tags: Iyashikei , Mopeds , Motorcycles , Rural , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Musical Theater , CGI , Memory Manipulation , Coming of Age , Foreign