Anime like Kurau Phantom Memory

Genres: Action Drama Sci-Fi

What is Kurau Phantom Memory about?

Studio: bones
Status: Finished

In a world of mercenary agents, Kurau is a martial arts master and elite thief—but she has a secret. Her body has been fused with a binary alien life form called the Rynax. Every moment Kurau lives is lived twice, one alien sharing her consciousness, the other still waiting to be born. The truth about Kurau has begun to spread, and now the ultimate agent is the ultimate target.



Tags: Fugitive , Space , Super Power , Philosophy , Aliens , Crime , Foreign , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Coming of Age , Episodic , Shapeshifting , Dissociative Identities , Kuudere , Nudity
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Ergo Proxy

Ergo Proxy

Also known as Ergo Proxy.

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Manglobe , WOWOW , Funimation , Sakura Create , Selecta Visión
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

Something is wrong in the perfect domed city of Romdo. Between the sudden rash of murders and a virus affecting all AutoReivs-cyborg companions and workers who assist the people of Romdo - all is not right in their dome home. Detective Re-l Meyer begins to investigate, seeking answers to the weird occurrences that are happening more and more around her. But when she begins to uncover the truth, her world is turned upside down.

First, the strange immigrant Vincent Law goes missing and then a monster appears before her, shaking her to her core. But this monster is something more, something dangerous and sinister. With each question and mystery, she is led back to the creature. But what is it really? What purpose does it serve? A sign of the end or a sign of a new beginning? Whatever it is, it repeatedly brings her back to Vincent and soon, alongside his journey back to another dome world called, Mosk. As they make their way across scarred and deserted Earth, Re-l and Vincent will learn more about the monster and the "awakening"-which could be more of an ending than a beginning.



Note: Episode 1 received an advanced broadcast on channel WOWOW on February 5, 2006. The start date reflects the start of the regular series broadcasting.

Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Philosophy , Clone , Dissociative Identities , Dystopian , Cyberpunk , Robots , Primarily Adult Cast , Amnesia , Conspiracy , Artificial Intelligence , Noir , Lost Civilization , Fugitive , Female Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Travel , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Found Family , Denpa , Kuudere , Anti-Hero , Detective , Revenge , Pandemic , Angels , Heterosexual , Gods , Aviation , Survival , Police , Unrequited Love , Guns , Coming of Age , Meta
Witch Hunter ROBIN

Witch Hunter ROBIN

Also known as Witch Hunter ROBIN.

Studio: Sunrise , Bandai Visual , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

Robin Sena is a powerful craft user drafted into the STNJ - a group of specialized hunters that fight deadly beings known as Witches. Though her fire power is great, she’s got a lot to learn about her powers and working with her cool and aloof partner, Amon. But the truth about the Witches and herself will leave Robin on an entirely new path that she never expected!



Tags: Conspiracy , Police , Female Protagonist , Magic , Urban Fantasy , Noir , Fugitive , Witch , Primarily Adult Cast , Bar , Kuudere
Figure 17: Tsubasa & Hikaru

Figure 17: Tsubasa & Hikaru

Studio: Bandai Visual , OLM , Genco , MediaNet , Media Blasters , Madman Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Tsubasa Shiina is a 10-year-old girl who recently moved to Hokkaido to live with her father. In school, she is very quiet and unsociable with her classmates. Then one night, she witnesses a UFO crash in the forest near her home. She rushes to the scene and finds the pilot, codenamed "D.D.", in a barely stable condition. Also in the scene is a Maguar, a hideous alien that hatched aboard D.D.'s ship. As the Maguar is close to taking Tsubasa's life, an alien lifeform fuses with her body to form the Riberus battle armor Figure 17, which shortly destroys the alien threat. The life form takes the name Hikaru and turns into an identical twin of Tsubasa. As time passes, Tsubasa becomes more open to everyone around her, thanks to her new twin sister Hikaru. However, with Maguar eggs scattered all over Hokkaido, their ability to form Figure 17 is needed to eliminate all hatched Maguars until backup from D.D.'s home planet arrives on Earth.



Tags: Clone , Aliens , Found Family , School , Rural , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Primarily Child Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Superhero , Tragedy
Mars Daybreak

Kenran Butou Sai: The Mars Daybreak

Also known as Mars Daybreak.

Studio: bones , bones , TV Tokyo , Dentsu , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

Mars is now almost entirely covered in water. Humanity exists in large city-ships that float through the open seas. But life is hard for those who live on Mars—the economy is in bad shape, work is scarce, and food is expensive and highly prized. Gram and his friends try to do the best they can, but the work keeps drying up. Some have taken to a life of piracy to combat the corruption in the government; one such group is the pirates of the feared Ship of Aurora. And the Earth government, which rules Mars, has dispatched a new team of military pilots to combat them. In their specialized mecha called Round Bucklers, they must make the seas of Mars safe for humanity. Caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, Gram finds himself on the run with the most notorious pirates on Mars. But here's the thing—he's starting to like them!



Tags: Pirates , Love Triangle , Real Robot
Final Fantasy: Unlimited

Final Fantasy: Unlimited

Studio: GONZO , TV Tokyo , Dentsu , TV Tokyo Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Ai and Yu, after reading their parent's research and after their parents' disappearance, they decided to go on search for them. They ride a strange train to the Inner World in search of their parents and meets up with Lisa in the train and together they begin their journey within the Inner World.



Tags: Isekai
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Avenger

Avenger

Studio: Bee Train , Bandai Entertainment , Yomiuri Advertising
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Mars has been colonized and is a world where children have been replaced by robot servents known as 'dolls'. Layla is a skilled fighter with a tragic past who travels about the world. Her companions are Nei, a strange and unique doll with some unknown ties to Layla, and Speedy, who is a doll breeder. The founders of Mars see the trio as a threat to their world, and each time they attack Layla and Nei a bit more of their mysterious past and future is revealed.


Tags: Female Protagonist , Revenge , Post-Apocalyptic , Robots , Kuudere
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Arjuna

Chikyuu Shoujo Arjuna

Also known as Arjuna.

Studio: Bandai Visual , Satelight , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Sci-Fi

Juna was just an ordinary high-school girl, right up until the day she died in a motorcycle accident. But there, in the twilight of death, she saw the future of the barren earth destroyed by the Raaja, and was offered a second chance at life if she would stop them. Now she must learn to cast aside her thoughtlessly destructive ways and face her destiny as the Avatar of Time, the one being who can decide the fate of the planet.



Tags: Environmental , Eco-Horror , Urban Fantasy , Magic , Female Protagonist , CGI , Gods , Super Power , Reincarnation , Educational , Rural , Archery , Motorcycles , Agriculture , Coastal , Pandemic , Henshin , Estranged Family , Orphan , Disability , Mixed Media , Philosophy , Love Triangle , School , Heterosexual , Body Horror
Key the Metal Idol

KEY THE METAL IDOL

Also known as Key the Metal Idol.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Pony Canyon , Fuji TV , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Music , Sci-Fi

Her classmates at school called her Key, as in the "key" to a strange mystery. Key's "grandfather" was a kindly old scientist wanting to use his skill in robotics to create peace and love in the world. But when that kindly old scientist passed away, poor Key was left behind, lacking even the ability to smile.
There still is hope, however a message left behind for Key suggests a fantastic possibility. Could it really be possible for Key to become a real, live human, if she can only win the love of 30,000 people? A dark, haunting tale of cybernetic sci-fi dreams, spiritual visions, and the turbulent world of Japanese pop music.



Note: The two last episodes have a duration of ~98 minutes

Tags: Robots , Idol , Female Protagonist , Artificial Intelligence , Conspiracy , Cyberpunk , Denpa , Tragedy , Dissociative Identities , Gore , Kuudere , Amnesia , Cult , Super Power , Nudity , Guns
Wolf's Rain

Wolf's Rain

Also known as Wolf's Rain.

Studio: bones , Bandai Visual , Asatsu DK , Fuji TV , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Sci-Fi

In some distant future, it's common knowledge that all wolves have been extinct for 200 years. However, it seems this is false as wolves have not disappeared but rather have taken human form. Kiba, a lone wolf, wanders into a city, trying to sniff out the Lunar Flowers that are supposed to lead whoever follows the scent to paradise. The source of the smell is Cheza, a girl who sleeps in what appears to be suspended animation in a lab. She and the wolves are drawn to each other, and Kiba hopes to find paradise once he finds the source of the scent of Lunar Flowers. However, once Kiba finds Cheza, she is kidnapped by a mysterious person called Darcia, and his search begins anew. Before he leaves the city, he meets 3 other wolves, Tsume, Hige and Toboe. All four wolves have very different personalities and ideas, and their friendliness towards each other is a little rough around the edges. However, they soon band together to continue to search for paradise.



Tags: Survival , Primarily Male Cast , Dystopian , Animals , Werewolf , Tragedy , Memory Manipulation , Tanned Skin , Snowscape , Found Family , Post-Apocalyptic , Primarily Adult Cast , Boys' Love , Indigenous Cultures
Cyber City Oedo 808

Cyber City OEDO 808

Also known as Cyber City Oedo 808.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Central Park Media , Japan Home Video
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi

It is the year 2808. Three convicts are recruited as members of the Cyber Police to keep major criminal activity in Oedo (formerly Tokyo) in check. In return, their life sentences will be reduced by a few years for every mission accomplished. However, to ensure that these convicts are doing their job, the police have secured special collars around their necks. If they attempt to remove their collars or fail to meet the time limit of their mission, the collars will self-destruct.



Tags: Cyberpunk , Crime , Police , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic , Vampire , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Cyborg , Death Game , Guns , Space , Urban Fantasy , Detective , Espionage , Super Power , Cars

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