Anime like Kuro no Sumika -Chronus-

DEATH NOTE

Also known as Death Note.

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , Viz Media , Nippon Television Network , Konami , Ashi Productions , Shueisha , Selecta Visión
Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Light Yagami is a genius high school student who is about to learn about life through a book of death. When a bored shinigami, a God of Death, named Ryuk drops a black notepad called a Death Note, Light receives power over life and death with the stroke of a pen. Determined to use this dark gift for the best, Light sets out to rid the world of evil… namely, the people he believes to be evil. Should anyone hold such power?

The consequences of Light’s actions will set the world ablaze.



Tags: Crime , Detective , Anti-Hero , Male Protagonist , Police , Philosophy , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Unrequited Love , Kuudere , Fugitive , Memory Manipulation , Gods , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Primarily Male Cast , Yandere , Amnesia , Shounen , Espionage , Suicide , Tennis , Acting , Time Skip , Feet , Assassins , Achronological Order , Asexual

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

xxxHOLiC

Also known as xxxHOLiC.

Studio: Production I.G , Funimation , BMG Japan , Kids Station , Kodansha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Watanuki Kimihiro can see spirits and other assorted supernatural creatures, which is quite a bothersome ability he strongly dislikes. On the way home one day, while plagued by some spirits, he is inexplicably compelled to enter a strange house. There, he encounters Yuuko, a mysterious woman who claims to be able to rid him of the ability to see and attract the troublesome creatures – for a price. She demands for him to work at her "store" that grants wishes to people, and thus begins Watanuki's adventures through weird and wonderful events.

Tags: Mythology , Urban Fantasy , Youkai , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Philosophy , Seinen , Animals , Denpa , Ghost , Work , School , Gods , Twins , Archery , Football , Ensemble Cast , Orphan

Colorful

Also known as Colorful ~ The Motion Picture.

Studio: Sunrise , Aniplex , Sentai Filmworks , Ascension , Sony Music Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life , Supernatural

"I" died and was kicked out of the cycle of reincarnation because of the sin "I" committed. An angel told me that "I" won a lottery and he gave me a chance to remember the sin. My spirit possessed the body of the 14-year-old boy Makoto, who committed suicide and "I" tried to recollect my memory. "I" felt distressed by the terrible circumstances of Makoto and the fact that "I" was borrowing his body. "I" have started to realize that people are hurting each other because the world is too colorful to distinguish the true color of themselves from others.

Based on an award-winning first person narrative novel by Mori Eto. The movie won several awards in Japan.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Suicide , Reincarnation , Philosophy , Family Life , Rehabilitation , School , Afterlife , Drawing , Bullying , Denpa

Harmonie

Studio: Ultra Super Pictures , Studio Rikka
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Supernatural

Every person has his or her own little world. Among the 34 bustling students of classroom 2-1, there are many such worlds.

Honjou Akio's world — my world — is filled with passionate talk about last night's anime with Yoshida, Watanabe, and other friends. It's an fun, comfortable place…. But, I always wonder. Wonder about the world of Makina Juri, smiling and surrounded by gorgeous friends on the other side of the classroom.

One day, I enter her world. But it's not as simple as it sounds.



Harmonie was one of the four films of Anime Mirai 2014 (Young Animator Training Project), a project funded by the Japanese government's Agency of Cultural Affairs in order to support training animators.

Tags: School , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Urban , Bullying