Anime like Kouchuu Ouja Mushiking: Mori no Tami no Densetsu

Kodai Ouja Kyouryuu King: D-Kids Adventure

Also known as Dinosaur King.

Studio: Sega Games , 4Kids Entertainment , Discotek , Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

Dr. Taylor was on a paleontology mission with his son, Max in Africa. Rex, Max's best friend, joins along as well. When Max had stumbled across some magic stone slabs with images of dinosaurs, the boys and their friend Zoe were being called out by the dinosaurs for help. It seems that an evil organization called the "Alpha Gang", led by the nefarious Dr. Z, traveled back in time to hunt down the dinosaurs so that they could take over the world by using those dinosaurs. It is up to Max, Rex, and their friend Zoe to travel around the world, defeating Dr. Z and the Alpha Gang while hunting down the dinosaurs.



Tags: Animals , Dinosaurs , CGI , Travel , Male Protagonist , Kids , Henshin , Time Manipulation

Casshern Sins

Also known as Casshern Sins.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Funimation , Tatsunoko Production , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Psychological , Sci-Fi

In the distant future, where cyborgs and humans struggle to survive after the war which destroyed the world, a being in white suit awakens. His name is Casshern and he remembers nothing of his own past.

In barren and dark dystopian world, where every being alive seems to hate his existence and the evil from his past wants him dead, Casshern, haunted by the flashes of his past memories has to survive and figure out who or what exactly he is and how he got to where he is now. But he does not know that he might not like the horrible truth of the past, hidden deep inside his mind...

Created as an intended reboot of Casshern franchise.

Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Philosophy , Dystopian , Robots , Tragedy , Pandemic , Super Power , Episodic , Amnesia , Male Protagonist , Twins , Disability , Cyberpunk , Superhero , Lost Civilization

Karigurashi no Arrietty

Also known as The Secret World of Arrietty.

Studio: Studio Ghibli , Walt Disney Studios
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

Arrietty, a tiny but tenacious 14-year-old, lives with her parents in the recesses of a suburban garden home, unbeknownst to the homeowner and her housekeeper. Like all little people, Arrietty remains hidden from view, except during occasional covert ventures beyond the floorboards to "borrow" scrap supplies like sugar cubes from her human hosts. But when 12-year-old Shou, a human boy who comes to stay in the home, discovers his mysterious housemate one evening, a secret friendship blossoms. If discovered, their relationship could drive Arrietty's family from the home and straight into danger.



Tags: Rural , Family Life , Classic Literature , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Work , Iyashikei

Kemono Friends

Also known as Kemono Friends.

Studio: Yaoyorozu , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

The anime's story takes place in Japari Park, a "gigantic integrated zoo." In the zoo, due to the mysterious "sand star" substance, the animals start turning into human-shaped creatures called Animal Girls. Japari Park is a place where many people visit and have fun at, but one day a lost child wanders into the park. The lost child starts a journey to return, but because so many Animal Girls join in on the quest it becomes an unexpected grand adventure.



Tags: Kemonomimi , Full CGI , Animals , Post-Apocalyptic , Primarily Female Cast , Iyashikei , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , CGI , Educational , Female Protagonist , Kids , Desert , Idol , Lost Civilization , Travel

Hakumei to Mikochi

Also known as Hakumei and Mikochi.

Studio: Lerche
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

Nine centimeters (3.5 inches) tall, the tiny girls Hakumei and Mikochi live in the forest. Living in a tiny house in a tree, riding insects and birds, and making umbrellas out of leaves, these tiny girls live a tiny life. Follow their tiny but lovely lives as they live their day to day in a fantastic world of tiny people and gods.



Tags: Iyashikei , Chibi , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Rural , Primarily Female Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Episodic , Work , Outdoor Activities , Anthropomorphism , Seinen , Food , Animals , Elf , Skeleton

Battle Spirits: Shounen Toppa Bashin

Studio: Sunrise , Toei Animation , Sotsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Slice of Life

Meet Toppa Bassin, a hero sixth-grader's favorite trading card. Bassin Kadobatora got a special ability. The legend is a rumor at school Reakado X. Bassin actually know that there are rivals with the pyroxene in the same way, the X over the Reakado, intense card battle we protest. Stocked all the time Reakado X, say the battle to achieve the strongest and legendary champion. The ultimate battle and win the world champion's best put to everyone.



Tags: Card Battle , School , Coming of Age , Kids

Legendz: Yomigaeru Ryuuou Densetsu

Also known as Legendz: Tale of the Dragon Kings.

Studio: Studio Gallop
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

When a crafty toy company "Wiz" also known in this show as Dark Wiz Company, finds crystals with the faint DNA of monsters known as "Legendz" are found and made into a battle game.

A young boy named Shu receives one these crystals known as "soul figures" from his father after a baseball game. Legendz rapidly became popular and more and more children played it. Wiz employeys start to track down Shu for his special soul figure, for his soul figure can revive real legendz not just the little kiddy digital images! How will Shu fight his way to victory and claim this soul figure as his own?



Tags: Slapstick , Shounen , Kaiju , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Demons , Baseball , Post-Apocalyptic , Anthropomorphism

Serendipity Monogatari: Pyuatou no Nakamatachi

Also known as Serendipity the Pink Dragon.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

Kona is a boy who has a friend: a pink dragon named Serendipity with a kind nature. They want to stop the evil captain who tries steal gold from their peaceful island.

Tags: Kids

Kemono no Souja Erin

Also known as Erin.

Studio: Production I.G , Trans Arts , NHK Enterprises
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy

In the land of Ryoza, the neighboring provinces of Shin-Ou and Tai-Kou have been at peace. Queen Shinou is the ruler of Ryoza and her greatest general, Grand Duke Taikou, defends the kingdom with his army of powerful war-lizards known as the "Touda." Although the two regions have enjoyed a long-standing alliance, mounting tensions threaten to spark a fierce civil war.

Within Ake, a village in Tai-Kou tasked with raising the Grand Duke's army, lives Erin, a bright girl who spends her days watching the work of her mother Soyon, the village's head Touda doctor. But while under Soyon's care, a disastrous incident befalls the Grand Duke's strongest Touda, and the peace that Erin and her mother had been enjoying vanishes as Soyon is punished severely. In a desperate attempt to save her mother, Erin ends up falling in a river and is swept towards Shin-Ou.

Unable to return home, Erin must learn to lead a new life with completely different people, all while hunting for the truth of both beasts and humanity itself, with tensions between the two regions constantly escalating.



Tags: Coming of Age , Tragedy , Animals , Conspiracy , Veterinarian , Female Protagonist , Environmental , Politics , Philosophy , Boarding School , Matriarchy , Teacher , Time Skip , Rural , War , Adoption , Historical , Kids

Jikuu Tantei Genshi-kun

Also known as Flint the Time Detective.

Studio: Group TAC
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Mystery , Sci-Fi

It is the 25th century. The dark lord has 'infected' history with time-devices that could damage history beyond repair. Flint and his father lived in the prehistorics when they got turned into fossils. They are discovered and Flint gets turned back to his original state. With the help of his father, a boy Tony and a girl Sara he has to travel through time to bring the time-devices back to the land of time so history will be saved.



Tags: Kids , Detective , Time Manipulation , Slapstick , Primarily Child Cast , Male Protagonist