Anime like Cang Lan Jue

Kimi no Na wa.

Also known as Your Name..

Studio: CoMix Wave
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

Mitsuha Miyamizu, a high school girl, yearns to live the life of a boy in the bustling city of Tokyo—a dream that stands in stark contrast to her present life in the countryside. Meanwhile in the city, Taki Tachibana lives a busy life as a high school student while juggling his part-time job and hopes for a future in architecture.

One day, Mitsuha awakens in a room that is not her own and suddenly finds herself living the dream life in Tokyo—but in Taki's body! Elsewhere, Taki finds himself living Mitsuha's life in the humble countryside. In pursuit of an answer to this strange phenomenon, they begin to search for one another.

Kimi no Na wa. revolves around Mitsuha and Taki's actions, which begin to have a dramatic impact on each other's lives, weaving them into a fabric held together by fate and circumstance.



Tags: Body Swapping , Time Manipulation , Urban Fantasy , Coming of Age , Memory Manipulation , Environmental , Tragedy , Urban , Rural , Gender Bending , Primarily Teen Cast , Mythology , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Time Skip , Alternate Universe , Female Protagonist , Trains , Shrine Maiden , School

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu

Also known as Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-.

Studio: WHITE FOX
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Romance , Thriller

In the story, Subaru Natsuki is an ordinary high school student who is lost in an alternate world, where he is rescued by a beautiful, silver-haired girl. He stays near her to return the favor, but the destiny she is burdened with is more than Subaru can imagine. Enemies attack one by one, and both of them are killed. He then finds out he has the power to rewind death, back to the time he first came to this world. But only he remembers what has happened since.



Notes:
- The first episode aired with a runtime of ~50 minutes as opposed to the standard 25 minute long episode.
- In the Winter 2020 season, Re:ZERO was rebroadcast and re-edited to fit into an hour time-slot. This edit included the first OVA and added slight modifications to certain scenes throughout. It also added an additional scene at the end of the final episode.

Tags: Isekai , Time Manipulation , Time Loop , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Seinen , Witch , Curses , Magic , Cult , Gore , Medieval , Body Horror , Heterosexual , Cohabitation , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Maids , Elf , Politics , Primarily Female Cast , Demons , Twins , Travel , Butler , Interspecies , Coming of Age , Femboy , Assassins , Kemonomimi , Kuudere , Tomboy , Body Swapping , Crossdressing , CGI , Dragons

Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai

Also known as Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai.

Studio: CloverWorks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

There's a rumor about a mysterious phenomenon called "puberty syndrome." For example, Sakuta Azusagawa is a high school student who suddenly sees a bunny girl appear in front of him. The girl is actually a girl named Mai Sakurajima, who is Sakuta's upperclassman who is also a famous actress who has gone on hiatus from the entertainment industry. For some reason, the people around Mai cannot see her bunny-girl figure. Sakuta sets out to solve this mystery, and as he spends time with Mai, he learns her secret feelings. Other heroines who have "puberty syndrome" start to appear in front of Sakuta.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Kuudere , Primarily Female Cast , Memory Manipulation , Rehabilitation , Dissociative Identities , School , Amnesia , Bullying , Time Manipulation , Urban , Hikikomori , Acting , Body Swapping , Tragedy , Time Loop , Unrequited Love , Tsundere , Love Triangle , Female Harem , Clone , Idol , Chuunibyou

Jujutsu Kaisen 2nd Season

Also known as JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 2.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Supernatural

The past comes to light when second-year students Satoru Gojou and Suguru Getou are tasked with escorting young Riko Amanai to Master Tengen. But when a non-sorcerer user tries to kill them, their mission to protect the Star Plasma Vessel threatens to turn them into bitter enemies and cement their destinies—one as the world’s strongest sorcerer, and the other its most twisted curse user!



Tags: Curses , Urban , Tragedy , Super Power , Shounen , Exorcism , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Magic , Demons , Primarily Teen Cast , Gore , Youkai , Ensemble Cast , Martial Arts , Body Horror , Henshin , Battle Royale , Body Swapping , Primarily Male Cast , Dissociative Identities , Revenge , Survival , Rotoscoping , Reincarnation , Tokusatsu , Swordplay , Surreal Comedy , Super Robot , Incest , Anthropomorphism , Guns , Cannibalism , Time Manipulation , Female Protagonist , Idol , Table Tennis

Charlotte

Studio: P.A.WORKS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

The story centers around the special abilities that occur among a small percentage of boys and girls in puberty. Yuu Otosaka uses his power without others knowing, and lives a fairly normal, average school life. Before him suddenly appears a girl, Nao Tomori. Due to his meeting with her, the fate of special power-users will be exposed.



Tags: Super Power , Time Manipulation , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Urban , School Club , School , Body Swapping , Amnesia , Tsundere , Dissociative Identities , Female Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Survival , Human Experimentation , Anti-Hero , Heterosexual , Slapstick , Primarily Female Cast , Torture , Delinquents , Mahjong , Tomboy , Yandere , Band , Bullying , CGI , Baseball

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Diamond wa Kudakenai

Also known as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable.

Studio: david production
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

It's the year 1999, 11 years after Jotaro Kujo's desperate fight against DIO in Egypt. Jotaro meets with Josuke Higashikata, the illegitimate son of his grandfather Joseph Joestar. He discovers that Josuke also has the same "Stand" power and that a new threat is surfacing in Morioh City.



Tags: Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Surreal Comedy , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Time Loop , Ensemble Cast , Delinquents , Time Manipulation , Body Horror , Gore , Tragedy , Ghost , Memory Manipulation , Body Swapping , School , Afterlife , Achronological Order , Yandere , Revenge , Aliens , Disability , Travel

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Ougon no Kaze

Also known as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind.

Studio: david production
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

Giorno Giovanna, a young man living in Naples, has the blood of DIO -- the eternal enemy of the Joestar clan -- running in his veins. Giorno becomes a delinquent due to being persecuted since childhood. However, he's led back onto the right path thanks to a gangster who saved him and taught him to believe in others. Bizarrely enough, this gang of people who didn't forget honor, gratitude, and respect made him reform. This is how Giorno came to admire gangsters. In the backstreets of Italy, Giorno causes trouble alongside his gang "Passione," and ends up being targeted...



Tags: Criminal Organization , Super Power , Mafia , Gangs , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Foreign , Ensemble Cast , Shounen , Fugitive , Travel , Crime , Tragedy , Time Manipulation , Dissociative Identities , Urban , Boys' Love , Guns , Gore , Drugs , Body Horror , Time Loop , Detective , Philosophy , Body Swapping , Police , Cosmic Horror , Trains , LGBTQ+ Themes , Animals , Ghost , Disability , Gender Bending , Zombie

Gintama

Also known as Gintama.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

Life isn't easy in feudal Japan... especially since the aliens landed and conquered everything! Oh sure, the new health care is great, but the public ban on the use of swords has left a lot of defeated samurai with a difficult decision to make concerning their future career paths! This is especially true if, as in the case of Gintoki Sakata, they're not particularly inclined towards holding a day job, which is why Gintoki's opted for the freelance route, taking any job that's offered to him as long as the financial remuneration sounds right. Unfortunately, in a brave new world filled with stray bug-eyed monsters, upwardly mobile Yakuza and overly ambitious E.T. entrepreneurs, those jobs usually don't pay as well as they should for the pain, suffering and indignities endured!



Tags: Parody , Samurai , Ensemble Cast , Found Family , Meta , Slapstick , Male Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Anachronism , Satire , Aliens , Episodic , Swordplay , Shounen , Police , Terrorism , Historical , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Anthropomorphism , Space , Ninja , Mopeds , Crime , Sadism , Masochism , Homeless , Robots , Oiran , Gore , Mafia , Ghost , Crossdressing , Philosophy , Nekomimi , Fishing , Boxing , Yakuza , Pirates , Educational , Dissociative Identities , CGI , Kuudere , Body Swapping , Unrequited Love , Death Game , Mixed Gender Harem , Female Harem

Dragon Ball Z

Also known as Dragon Ball Z.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Supernatural

Goku is back with his new son, Gohan, but just when things are getting settled down, the adventures continue. Whether he is facing enemies such as Freeza, Cell, or Boo, Goku is proven to be an elite of his own and discovers his race, Saiyan. He meets many new people, gaining allies as well as enemies, as he still finds time to raise a family and be the happy-go-lucky Saiyan he is.



Tags: Shounen , Super Power , Martial Arts , Henshin , Male Protagonist , Cultivation , Aliens , Space , Anthropomorphism , Primarily Male Cast , Coming of Age , Time Skip , Mythology , Afterlife , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Battle Royale , Rural , Dragons , Time Manipulation , Robots , Gods , Reincarnation , Cyborg , Anachronism , Gore , Gender Bending , Body Swapping , Revenge , Dinosaurs , Dissociative Identities , Memory Manipulation

Summer Time Render

Also known as Summer Time Rendering.

Studio: OLM
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

A sci-fi, summer story filled with suspense set on a small island with Shinpei Aijiro, whose childhood friend Ushio Kofune died. He returns to his hometown for the first time in two years for the funeral. Sou Hishigata, his best friend, suspects something's off with Ushio's death, and that someone can die next.

A sinister omen is heard as an entire family next door suddenly disappears the following day. Furthermore, Mio implicates a "shadow" three days before Ushio's death.



Tags: Survival , Time Manipulation , Urban Fantasy , Time Loop , Primarily Teen Cast , Gods , Reincarnation , Super Power , Shapeshifting , Rural , Tragedy , Coastal , Mythology , Alternate Universe , Ensemble Cast , Body Swapping , Dissociative Identities , Cosmic Horror , Heterosexual , Shounen , Clone , Philosophy , Anthropomorphism , Orphan , Suicide , Male Protagonist , Gore , Religion , Amnesia , Body Horror , Aliens , Guns , Ghost , Denpa , Unrequited Love , Adoption , Tanned Skin , Love Triangle , Nudity , POV , Slapstick , Age Regression , LGBTQ+ Themes

Tengoku Daimakyou

Also known as Tengoku Daimakyo.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mystery , Sci-Fi , Thriller

In the year 2024, the world has collapsed. Grotesque monsters lurk amongst the ruins of Japan, while remaining people scrape together what they can to survive. Kiruko, an odd-job girl in Nakano, accepts a mysterious woman's dying wish to take a boy named Maru to a place called Heaven.



Tags: Dystopian , Post-Apocalyptic , Survival , Achronological Order , Seinen , Travel , Tragedy , Body Swapping , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Gender Bending , Orphan , Super Power , Gore , Denpa , Unrequited Love , Demons , Body Horror , Artificial Intelligence , Pregnancy , Coming of Age , Guns , Nudity , Suicide , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cyberpunk , Transgender , Kuudere , Human Experimentation

Kokoro Connect

Also known as Kokoro Connect.

Studio: SILVER LINK.
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The five members of the Cultural Research Club - Taichi Yaegashi, Iori Nagase, Himeko Inaba, Yui Kiriyama, and Yoshifumi Aoki - encounter a bizarre phenomenon one day when Aoki and Yui switch bodies without warning. The same begins to happen to the other club members, throwing their daily lives into disarray.

At first the five students find some amusement amidst the confusion, but this unwarranted connection also exposes the painful scars hidden within their hearts. As their calm lives are shattered, the relationships between the five students also begin to change...



Tags: School , Coming of Age , Body Swapping , School Club , Urban Fantasy , Love Triangle , Chuunibyou , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Age Regression , Primarily Female Cast , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Gender Bending , Ensemble Cast , Tsundere , Philosophy , LGBTQ+ Themes

Dorohedoro

Also known as Dorohedoro.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Horror , Mystery

The story revolves around Kaiman, who does not remember who he was before he was transfigured by a Magic user. This transformation left him with a reptile's head, and a desire to find out the truth about who he really is. Accompanied by Nikaido, his female companion, he tracks down Magic Users in "The Hole" and unceremoniously chomps down on their head, hoping to find out who it was that put him in this state. One by one, they witness this "second man" inside the head of Kaiman, and after pulling them back out of his mouth he asks them all a question... "What did the guy inside my head say?"

Tags: Dystopian , Monster Boy , Anthropomorphism , Magic , Amnesia , CGI , Full CGI , Gore , Surreal Comedy , Body Horror , Seinen , Ensemble Cast , Curses , Anti-Hero , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Henshin , Primarily Adult Cast , Revenge , Found Family , Restaurant , Demons , Food , Body Swapping , Nudity , Tomboy , Class Struggle , Skeleton , Shapeshifting , Post-Apocalyptic , Female Protagonist , Zombie , Drugs , Gangs , Baseball

Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo

Also known as Yamada and the Seven Witches.

Studio: LIDENFILMS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

Ryu Yamada is a second year student at Suzaku High. Ryu is always late for school, naps in class and gets abysmal grades. His life is a dead bore. The beautiful Urara Shiraishi, on the other hand, is Suzaku High's brightest student. One day, without explanation, their bodies are swapped! Ryu ends up in Urara's body, and Urara in Ryu's.

Tags: Witch , Body Swapping , School , School Club , Amnesia , Heterosexual , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Gender Bending , Primarily Teen Cast , Love Triangle , Shounen , Mixed Gender Harem , LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist , Nudity , Boys' Love

Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song

Also known as Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-.

Studio: WIT STUDIO
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Music , Sci-Fi , Thriller

An AI named Matsumoto appears before Vivy, the world’s first autonomous humanoid AI. Matsumoto’s mission is to rewrite history together with Vivy, in order to stop the war between AI and humans that will happen one century later.



Tags: Artificial Intelligence , Robots , War , Female Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Tragedy , Time Skip , Philosophy , Terrorism , Primarily Adult Cast , Guns , Dystopian , Musical Theater , Primarily Female Cast , Cyberpunk , Anthropomorphism , Kuudere , Memory Manipulation , Conspiracy , Idol , Amnesia , Politics , Dissociative Identities , Rehabilitation , Martial Arts , Suicide , Body Swapping , Space , Nudity , Heterosexual , Marriage , CGI , Gangs

Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 3

Also known as KONOSUBA -God's blessing on this wonderful world! 3.

Studio: Drive
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy

The dysfunctional party is back, but they may be short a member soon ’cause Kazuma is over it. Disillusioned with adventure, he wants to become a monk, but Aqua, Megumin, and Darkness call bull. However, the career dispute gets put on hold when a princess requests to hear all about their tales. Will the taste of fame at the royal castle keep them together or will this mark their farewell tour?



Tags: Isekai , Parody , Satire , Anti-Hero , Slapstick , Arranged Marriage , Magic , Ensemble Cast , Archery , Dragons , Alternate Universe , Gods , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Female Harem , Chuunibyou , Conspiracy , Heterosexual , Afterlife , Demons , Body Swapping , Primarily Adult Cast , Medieval , Artificial Intelligence , Memory Manipulation , Gender Bending

Shiguang Dailiren

Also known as Link Click.

Studio: Studio LAN
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

In a corner of a bustling city, there is a small shop called "Time Photo Studio" operating as usual. Although the entrance looks abandoned, it's actually run by two men with special abilities: Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang. In order to fulfil customers' requests, Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi work together and use their special abilities to enter photos. However, things don't go as planned...



Note: The final episode aired with a runtime of ~31 minutes.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Super Power , Body Swapping , Photography , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Crime , Urban Fantasy , Memory Manipulation , Urban , Episodic , Natural Disaster , Boys' Love , Suicide , Family Life , Office , Police , Office Lady , College , School , Basketball , Martial Arts

K

Also known as K.

Studio: GoHands
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery , Supernatural

Yashiro Isana has lived a relatively ordinary, simple life. He lives in the technologically advanced Shizume City and attends Ashinaka High School, a notable high school that is located on an island just outside the areas. Yashiro is friendly with everyone. Nothing seems wrong about him, except perhaps his habit of forgetting where his school-issued PDA is.

However, nothing normal has been happening since the recent murder of Tatara Totsuka, prominent member of the infamous HOMRA. No one knows who exactly killed him but the man responsible bears an uncanny, identical appearance to Yashiro. Seeking vengeance, the Red Clansmen of HOMRA set out to get Yashiro and kill him. Everyone suspects that Yashiro is the murderer.



Tags: Gangs , Memory Manipulation , Super Power , Amnesia , Urban Fantasy , Body Swapping , Urban , Tragedy , Shapeshifting , Revenge , Bar , Swordplay , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Martial Arts , Skateboarding , School , Artificial Intelligence , Nudity , Tsundere , Kuudere , Animals , Boys' Love

Made in Abyss: Fukaki Tamashii no Reimei

Also known as Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul.

Studio: Kinema Citrus
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

Dawn of the Deep Soul continues the epic adventure of plucky Riko and Reg who are joined by their new friend Nanachi. Together they descend into the Abyss’ treacherous fifth layer, the Sea of Corpses, and encounter the mysterious Bondrewd, a legendary White Whistle whose shadow looms over Nanachi’s troubled past. Bondrewd is ingratiatingly hospitable, but the brave adventurers know things are not always as they seem in the enigmatic Abyss...



Tags: Tragedy , Survival , Body Swapping , Primarily Child Cast , Seinen , Lost Civilization , Body Horror , Gore , Anthropomorphism , Curses , Human Experimentation , Robots , Female Protagonist , Dungeon , Nudity , Monster Girl , Amputation , Dissociative Identities , Male Protagonist , Chibi , Anti-Hero , Ensemble Cast , Amnesia , Food , Family Life , Magic

Majo no Tabitabi

Also known as Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina.

Studio: C2C
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: Episodic , Witch , Magic , Female Protagonist , Travel , Time Skip , Medieval , Primarily Female Cast , Achronological Order , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Tragedy , Anti-Hero , Foreign , Yuri , Gore , Philosophy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Time Manipulation , Dragons , Alternate Universe , Gangs , Body Swapping , Suicide , Slavery , Amnesia