Anime like Kizumonogatari I: Tekketsu-hen

also known as Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu

What is Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu about?

Studio: Shaft
Status: Finished

First season of the Monogatari Series, part 2/6. Contains the arc Koyomi Vamp from the Kizumonogatari light novel.

March 25th—just another day during spring break. Koyomi Araragi, a second year high school student at Naoetsu High School, befriends Tsubasa Hanekawa, the top honors student at his school. Hanekawa mentions a rumor about a "blonde vampire" that has been sighted around their town recently. Araragi, who is usually anti-social, takes a liking to her down-to-earth personality.

That night, Araragi encounters the rumored vampire: she is Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade, also known as the "iron-blooded, hot-blooded, cold-blooded King of Apparitions." The stunningly beautiful vampire cries out for Koyomi to save her as she lies in a pool of her own blood, all four of her limbs cut off. Kiss-shot asks Araragi to give her his blood, and when he does, the next moment he awakes, Araragi finds himself reborn as her vampire kin. As Araragi struggles to accept his existence, Kiss-Shot whispers, "Welcome to the world of darkness..."



Tags: Vampire , Urban Fantasy , Rotoscoping , Urban , Suicide , Body Horror , Male Protagonist , Gore , Coming of Age , Age Regression , Noir , CGI , Yandere , Nudity
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Call of the Night

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Also known as Call of the Night.

Studio: LIDENFILMS , Fuji TV , Aniplex , Shogakukan , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , Ultra Super Pictures , Tohan , Animax Broadcast Japan , Dentsu , Fuji Creative Corporation , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Wracked by insomnia and wanderlust, Kou Yamori is driven onto the moonlit streets every night in an aimless search for something he can’t seem to name. His nightly ritual is marked by purposeless introspection — until he meets Nazuna, who might just be a vampire! Kou’s new companion could offer him dark gifts and a vampire’s immortality. But there are conditions that must be met before Kou can sink his teeth into vampirism, and he’ll have to discover just how far he’s willing to go to satisfy his desires before he can heed the Call of the Night!



Tags: Vampire , Femdom , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Aromantic , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Primarily Female Cast , Age Gap , Shounen , Psychosexual , Hikikomori , Primarily Teen Cast , Tomboy , Detective , LGBTQ+ Themes , Gyaru , Femboy , Nudity , Maids , Amnesia , Restaurant , Tragedy , Female Harem , Video Games , Crossdressing
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc

Chainsaw Man: Reze-hen

Also known as Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc.

Studio: MAPPA , Shueisha , Toho
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Romance , Supernatural

Theatrical follow-up to Chainsaw Man.

Denji became “Chainsaw Man”, a boy with a devil’s heart, and is now part of Special Division 4’s devil hunters. After a date with Makima, the woman of his dreams, Denji takes shelter from the rain. There he meets Reze, a girl who works in a café.



Tags: Demons , Monster Boy , Urban Fantasy , Monster Girl , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Urban , Heterosexual , Assassins , Henshin , Gore , Shapeshifting , Body Horror , Psychosexual , Coming of Age , Anti-Hero , Work , Shounen , Philosophy , Fake Relationship , Super Power , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Spearplay , Nudity , School , POV , Restaurant , Surreal Comedy , Swimming , CGI , Angels , Feet , Coastal ,
Dance in the Vampire Bund

Dance in the Vampire Bund

Also known as Dance in the Vampire Bund.

Studio: Shaft , Genco , Funimation , Media Factory , Rakuonsha , AT-X , flying DOG
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Romance , Supernatural

When Mina Tepes—queen of the vampires—suddenly appears in Japan to establish a colony for her blood-sucking brethren, Akira Kaburagi’s world will never be the same. As a boy, Akira vowed to serve the ruler of the night, and now he must fulfill his destiny by protecting Mina from those who would dethrone her!



Tags: Vampire , Urban Fantasy , Amnesia , Werewolf , Heterosexual , Cohabitation , Nudity , Urban , Seinen , Age Gap , Politics , Clone , School , Love Triangle , Body Horror , Maids , Female Harem , Nun
MONOGATARI Series: OFF & MONSTER Season - A Cruel Fairy Tale: The Beautiful Princess

Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season - Zankoku Douwa: Utsukushi-hime

Also known as MONOGATARI Series: OFF & MONSTER Season - A Cruel Fairy Tale: The Beautiful Princess.

Studio: Aniplex , Kodansha , Shaft , Shaft
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

Episode 6.5 of Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season, adapting the short story "Utsukushi-hime/The Princess Beauty"

Once upon a time, there was a true story that happened about 600 years ago. It's a story of a very beautiful girl who lived in a country that no longer exists.



Tags: Fairy Tale , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Suicide , Magic , Witch , Mixed Media , Medieval , Puppetry
Undead Murder Farce

Undead Girl Murder Farce

Also known as Undead Murder Farce.

Studio: Lapin Track , Fuji TV , Crunchyroll , NetEase Games , Tohan , Dentsu , KLOCKWORX , BS Fuji
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

The 19th century — a world inhabited by vampires, golems, werewolves and other paranormal creatures. Immortal beauty and disembodied head Aya Rindo, along with half-human-half-demon "Demon Killer" Tsugaru Shunichi and her loyal maid Shizuku Hasei, travels through Europe as supernatural detective "The Cage User," solving supernatural mysteries while she searches for her lost body.



Tags: Detective , Classic Literature , Monster Girl , Monster Boy , Historical , Travel , Youkai , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Revenge , Primarily Adult Cast , Crime , Conspiracy , Urban Fantasy , Demons , Werewolf , Fairy Tale , Gore , Vampire , Rakugo , Rural , Maids , Guns , LGBTQ+ Themes
MARS RED

MARS RED

Also known as MARS RED.

Studio: Signal.MD , Yomiuri TV Enterprise , Funimation , VAP , Pony Canyon Enterprise , D-techno , Nihon Keizai Koukokusha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

MARS RED takes place in 1923, and vampires have existed for quite a while. But now, the number of vampires is increasing and a mysterious, artificial blood source called Ascra has appeared. The Japanese government, in turn, creates “Code Zero,” a unit within the army tasked with taking down the vampiric forces. And what better way to track vampires than by using vampires?

Created by Lieutenant General Nakajima, this unit has historically been in the business of information war, but has been re-assigned to solve the vampire crisis. It's up to Code Zero and the S-class vampire Deffrot to investigate this increase and put a stop to it before society crumbles.



Note: The first episode premiered on Funimation on March 29. Regular broadcast started on April 6, 2021.

Tags: Vampire , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Military , Historical , CGI , Tragedy , Urban , Urban Fantasy
The Case Study of Vanitas

Vanitas no Carte

Also known as The Case Study of Vanitas.

Studio: bones , Aniplex , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Square Enix , Contents Seed
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

It’s 19th-century Paris, and young vampire Noé hunts for the Book of Vanitas. Attacked by a vampire driven insane, a human intercedes, rescues Noé, and heals the sick creature. Commanding the book and calling himself Vanitas, this doctor tempts Noé with a mad crusade to “cure” the entire vampire race. Allying with one who wields arcane power so easily may be dangerous, but does he have a choice?



Tags: Vampire , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Foreign , Steampunk , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Anti-Hero , Anachronism , Tsundere , Historical , Gore , Tanned Skin , Chibi , Religion , Shounen , Assassins , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Male Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Henshin , Coming of Age , Drugs , Adoption , Super Power
Devilman Crybaby

DEVILMAN crybaby

Also known as Devilman Crybaby.

Studio: Science SARU , Aniplex , Netflix , Dynamic Planning
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Psychological , Supernatural

New Devilman project marking Go Nagai's 50th anniversary as a creator.

The protagonist Akira Fudou learns from his best friend, Ryou Asuka, that an ancient race of demons has returned to take back the world from humans. Ryou tells Akira that the only way to defeat the demons is to incorporate their supernatural powers, and suggests that he unite with a demon himself. Akira succeeds in transforming into Devilman, who possesses both the powers of a demon and the soul of a human. The battle of Devilman and Akira Fudou begins.



Tags: Demons , Tragedy , Body Horror , Psychosexual , Gore , Urban Fantasy , Gods , Shapeshifting , Nudity , Male Protagonist , Cosmic Horror , Philosophy , Monster Boy , Curses , War , Angels , Henshin , Post-Apocalyptic , Anti-Hero , Mythology , Coming of Age , Unrequited Love , Cannibalism , LGBTQ+ Themes , Conspiracy , Revenge , Athletics , Hip-hop Music , Heterosexual , Guns , Urban , Drugs , Meta , Masturbation , Public Sex , Bisexual , Politics , Afterlife , Motorcycles , Boys' Love , Shounen , Flash
Revue Starlight: The Movie

Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight Movie

Also known as Revue Starlight: The Movie.

Studio: Kinema Citrus , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Music , Psychological

The stage emulates life and compresses it, setting free skills learned over lifetimes in brief but dazzling displays for the amusement and judgment of others. For the performers, it is the ultimate risk, and some will rise while others must fall. Nowhere is this truer than at the Seisho Music Academy, where music, dance and real weapons all come into play in the creation of the next great Star. Karen and Hikari’s destinies have been linked since a childhood promise, but their journeys here have taken very different paths. Now, after Hikari leaves, Karen must discover who she is without her opposite, while Hikari must rediscover her own course.



Tags: Acting , Musical Theater , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Swordplay , Meta , Primarily Teen Cast , Yuri , CGI , Classic Literature , Spearplay , LGBTQ+ Themes , Trains , Desert , Dancing , Henshin , School , Love Triangle , Animals , Archery , Urban , Boarding School , Athletics , Yandere
MONOGATARI Series: OFF & MONSTER Season

Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season

Also known as MONOGATARI Series: OFF & MONSTER Season.

Studio: Shaft , Aniplex , Kodansha , Shaft
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

The sequel to the 'Final Season' story arc of the Monogatari series.

From the past to the future, their story continues.

Now that he has graduated from high school, Koyomi Araragi’s story ends here. His story is truly over now, but the stories of the girls Koyomi saved - their stories - are not over yet.

This is the prequel or sequel to their stories and their struggles.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Philosophy , Youkai , Primarily Female Cast , Vampire , Female Protagonist , Suicide , Meta , Urban , Achronological Order , Coming of Age , Detective , Medieval , Gods , Drawing , Clone , College , Ghost , Monster Girl , Travel , Gore , Rakugo , Fishing , Hikikomori , Zombie , Afterlife , Crossdressing , Fairy Tale

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