Anime like LOVELESS

6 LOVERS

Studio: Soft Garage
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The July issue of Dear+ has announced that a series of manga serialized in the magazine will get anime adaptations in celebration of the magazine's 20th anniversary. These anime will be collected into an "in motion" animation series titled 6 Lovers.

Tags: Boys' Love , Primarily Male Cast , Anthology , Male Protagonist , Nekomimi

Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shou ga Nai!!

Also known as Sukisho.

Studio: ZEXCS , Lantis , Movic , Bandai Visual
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Hashiba Sora has fallen from a 4th story window and has lost all of his memories. When Fujimori Sunao comes to his school as his new room mate, Fujimori tells Hashiba that he is called Ran. Fujimori and Hashiba both have a split personality which they developed in their youth. Their split personalities, Yoru and Ran, are deeply in love. Even though it creeps Fujimori and Hashiba out what their other selves do with each other at night, they also start to fall for each other. Because of their relationship, Hashiba Sora finds out a lot of shocking facts about their youth.

Tags: Primarily Male Cast , Boys' Love , Dissociative Identities , Amnesia , LGBTQ+ Themes

Togainu no Chi

Studio: Aniplex , A-1 Pictures , Picture Magic , Nitroplus
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

After being devastated in the third World War (known as The Third Division), Japan was divided in two. Several years after the end of the war, a crime organization called Vischio has taken control of the destroyed city of Toshima (formerly Tokyo, Japan's capital city), where they are holding a battle game known as "Igura". The main character, a young man named Akira, is falsely accused of a crime. Once arrested, a mysterious woman appears before him, offering him freedom if he agrees to participate in Igura and defeat Igura's strongest man: the king, or "Il-re". The story follows Akira's life in the harsh, lawless Toshima as he fights both to survive and to unravel the mysteries developing around him.



Tags: Battle Royale , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Drugs , Gore , Post-Apocalyptic , Male Protagonist , Noir , Boys' Love , Tragedy , Revenge , Military , Guns , Human Pet , LGBTQ+ Themes

Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru

Also known as The Betrayal Knows My Name.

Studio: J.C.STAFF
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

Sakurai Yuki is an orphan with a mysterious ability. Found near the fence of his current home, the Asahi Orphanage, Yuki strives for independence. The last thing he wants is to be a burden on anybody. His ability makes this nearly impossible, however; whenever he touches someone, he feel their emotions and see the darkness within their hearts and exactly what caused such darkness. Unable to control his ability, Yuki has often made insensitive blunders while trying to empathize with the person he feels pain for. Now, however, with death threats clouding his judgement and his ability increasing immensely, what will happen when a man claiming to be Yuki's older brother appears?

Tags: Shoujo , Amnesia , Urban Fantasy , Found Family , Super Power , Love Triangle , Philosophy , Magic , Demons , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Superhero , Reincarnation , Orphan , Boys' Love , Suicide , Dissociative Identities , Agender , School , Femboy , Coming of Age , Twins , Bisexual , Tsundere , Kuudere , Anthropomorphism , Surreal Comedy , Gender Bending

Karneval (TV)

Also known as Karneval (TV).

Studio: Bandai Visual , Manglobe , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Mystery , Sci-Fi

Armed with only an abandoned bracelet as a clue, Nai searches for a missing loved one. After a run-in with a pick-pocket named Gareki, the two find themselves snagged in a government set-up that leaves them both wanted criminals. Desperate and on the run, Nai and Gareki turn to the country’s most powerful defense organization—“Circus”—for help.



Tags: Amnesia , Circus , Josei , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Magic , Guns , Kemonomimi

Landreaall

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

An original anime bundled with the manga's 29th volume.

Tags: Josei

Amatsuki

Studio: Studio DEEN , Frontier Works
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Supernatural

Tokidoki is a Japanese high school student who, when he fails his history class, is sent to a high-tech history museum that virtually recreates the Edo period to do make-up work. However, what was supposed to be a simple school project becomes much more complicated when he's attacked by two supernatural beings known as "the nue" and "the yakou" and loses the vision in his left eye. After he's saved from the nue by a girl named Kuchiha, he realizes that he's no longer wearing the simulation goggles, and is trapped in the virtual Edo.



Tags: Historical , Male Protagonist , Josei , Isekai , Youkai , Gods

Gravitation

Also known as Gravitation TV.

Studio: Aniplex , Studio DEEN , Ashi Productions , The Right Stuf International
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Romance

All Shuichi ever dreamed about was following in the footsteps of his pop idol, Ryuichi Sakuma and the band Nittle Grasper. Together with his best friend Hiro, Shuichi's formed a band called Bad Luck and they've even managed to get signed to a major recording label! Unfortunately, the studio deadlines are looming and Shuichi still hasn't finished the lyrics for any of the songs. What he needs is a little inspiration... but he's been running a little low in that department lately. While Hiro recommends finding a girlfriend, fate has other things in store for him...

Walking through the park late one night, Shuichi's latest lyrics flutter away and land at the feet of a stunning stranger that takes his breath away. Unfortunately, that mysterious stranger happens to be the famous novelist Eiri Yuki, who completely crushes the young singer by telling him he has "zero talent". Now, Shuichi's so annoyed that he's managed to finish his song just so he can find and confront Yuki once again. But, are his actions really motivated by anger, or has he actually fallen in love?



Tags: Boys' Love , Idol , Bisexual , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Airsoft , Shoujo , Band , Crossdressing , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy

Princess Princess

Also known as Princess Princess.

Studio: Studio DEEN , TV Asahi , Media Blasters
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

When beautiful Tooru transferred to an all-boys school, he received a warm welcome...but little did he know that his new classmates had nominated him for the academy's "Princess System." The lovely campus "Princesses" must dress as girls (in frilly Gothic Lolita costumes) at school events in order to lighten the stolid masculine atmosphere. Tooru balks at first, but soon comes to realize the advantages of being a "Princess."



Tags: School , Crossdressing , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Shoujo , Cosplay , Boys' Love , Femboy , Yandere

Gakuen Heaven

Also known as Heaven Academy.

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Tokyo Kids , Media Blasters , AT-X , Frontier Works
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Itou Keita, an average guy, is shocked when he's invited to attend the elite institution, "Bell Liberty Academy". Unnerved by the mystery, he's further distracted by the school's social dynamics. In a sea of amazing young men, Keita struggles to find out what makes him unique, and how he can possibly deserve to be treated as an equal by the boys of BL. Lacking any particular ability, just why has Itou been welcomed into the privileged world of the talented and the beautiful?

Along the way, he develops intense relationships with the almost everyone at school but he is terribly drawn to the friendly, overcaring but very mysterious classmate, Kazuki Endou.

Tags: Male Harem , Boys' Love , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , School , Age Gap , Twins