Anime like MARS RED

Owari no Seraph

Also known as Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , Shueisha , 10GAUGE , Rakuonsha , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

The story takes place in a world where an unknown virus has killed the entire human population except for children under 13. Those children were then enslaved by vampires. The manga centers on Yuichiro Hyakuya, a human who dreams of becoming strong enough to kill all vampires.



Tags: Vampire , Post-Apocalyptic , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Military , War , Time Skip , Demons , Revenge , Swordplay , Lost Civilization , Primarily Teen Cast , Pandemic , Boys' Love , Tragedy , Coming of Age , School , Tsundere , Rotoscoping , Heterosexual , Gore , Primarily Adult Cast

Kizumonogatari I: Tekketsu-hen

Also known as Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu.

Studio: Aniplex , Shaft , Kodansha , Toho
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Ecchi , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

First season of the Monogatari Series, part 2/6. Contains the arc Koyomi Vamp from the Kizumonogatari light novel.

March 25th—just another day during spring break. Koyomi Araragi, a second year high school student at Naoetsu High School, befriends Tsubasa Hanekawa, the top honors student at his school. Hanekawa mentions a rumor about a "blonde vampire" that has been sighted around their town recently. Araragi, who is usually anti-social, takes a liking to her down-to-earth personality.

That night, Araragi encounters the rumored vampire: she is Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade, also known as the "iron-blooded, hot-blooded, cold-blooded King of Apparitions." The stunningly beautiful vampire cries out for Koyomi to save her as she lies in a pool of her own blood, all four of her limbs cut off. Kiss-shot asks Araragi to give her his blood, and when he does, the next moment he awakes, Araragi finds himself reborn as her vampire kin. As Araragi struggles to accept his existence, Kiss-Shot whispers, "Welcome to the world of darkness..."



Tags: Vampire , Urban Fantasy , Rotoscoping , Suicide , Urban , Male Protagonist , Gore , Body Horror , Coming of Age , Age Regression , CGI , Yandere , Nudity

Tenrou: Sirius the Jaeger

Also known as Sirius the Jaeger.

Studio: P.A.WORKS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural

Imperial Capital, 1930.
A strange group of people carrying musical instrument cases landed on Tokyo station.
They are called the “Jaegers”, who came to hunt vampires.
Amongst them, there stood a young man with striking serenity and unusual aura.
His name is Yuliy, a werewolf whose home village was destroyed by vampires.
Yuliy and the Jaegers engage in deadly battle over a mysterious holy arc only known as “The Arc of Sirius”.
What truth awaits them at the end…?
With eternal affinity and spiral of conspiracy entwine, the highly anticipated action-thriller anime begins!



Tags: Vampire , Revenge , Werewolf , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Guns , Gore , Military , Foreign , Historical

Vampire in the Garden

Also known as Vampire in the Garden.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , Netflix , Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Music , Sci-Fi

One cold winter, humanity lost its battle with the vampires, and with it, most of where they called home. A small population of survivors created a wall of light in a small town to protect them and give them a place to live in peace. Our protagonist, Momo, lives a repressed life but still wishes to coexist with the enemy, the vampires. Fine, the vampire queen, once loved humans and disappeared from the battlefield. As war rages through the humans’ town, the two have a fateful encounter. Once upon a time, humans and vampires lived in harmony in a place called Paradise. This is the story of a young girl and a vampire on a journey to find Paradise.



Tags: Vampire , War , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Travel , Dystopian , Military , Primarily Female Cast , Post-Apocalyptic , Foreign , LGBTQ+ Themes , Survival , Guns , Gore , Fugitive , Urban Fantasy , CGI , Swordplay

Jouran: THE PRINCESS OF SNOW AND BLOOD

Also known as JORAN THE PRINCESS OF SNOW AND BLOOD.

Studio: BAKKEN RECORD , Sonilude , Bushiroad , Nippon Television Network , Dentsu , Tatsunoko Production , HJ Holdings
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural

The year is 1931. Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu is 94 years old and holds absolute control over Japan. Remnants of the Meiji era’s culture can be seen around the city, but scientific technology and Japanese esoteric cosmology Onmyodo are also developing, exuding a sense of modernity. Yet lurking behind the glitz is Kuchinawa, a dissident group planning the assassination of the prince, and effectively the fall of the regime. Tasked to extinguish these dissidents is Nue, the government’s secret executioner group. Sawa Yukimura, who works for this organization, suffered from an early age at the hands of the Kuchinawa boss. Her entire family was murdered and she dedicated her life to avenging their death.



Note: The show streamed the episodes on Hulu a week earlier than TV. The regular TV broadcast started on April 7, 2021.

Tags: Revenge , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Politics , Historical , Henshin , Anachronism , Swordplay , Espionage , Ensemble Cast , Guns , Nudity , Crossdressing

BLOOD+

Also known as Blood+.

Studio: Production I.G , Aniplex , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

Saya Otonashi, a seemingly normal high school student, suffers from amnesia and she can't remember the past year of her life. One day, after a man appears and gives her a katana sword, her destiny begins to be revealed.

Soon she finds herself fighting the latest threat to humanity - Chiropteran monsters, ravenous immortal creatures that can change their form, disguising themselves as human beings. They feed off blood and hide themselves within the human world. An organization known as the Red Shield has been waging a private war to wipe them out and now the struggle has grown. Saya's journey for the truth has begun.



Tags: Vampire , Female Protagonist , Swordplay , Demons , Found Family , Urban Fantasy , Gore , War , Super Power , Tragedy , Amnesia , Time Skip , Heterosexual

Fairy Gone

Also known as Fairy gone.

Studio: P.A.WORKS , Toho , Magic Capsule , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

A world where fairies possess and reside within animals, granting them special powers. By surgically removing and transplanting the organs of a possessed animal into a human, humans can partially summon the fairy and use it as a weapon. Eventually, such individuals were used for war, and were called "Fairy Soldiers." After a long war, these soldiers lost their purpose, and had to reintegrate into society. From the government, to the mafia, and even becoming terrorists, each tread their own path.

The story begins nine years after the end of the war, and centers on the protagonist Maria. Maria is a fresh recruit of "Dorothea," an organization dedicated to the investigation and suppression of fairy-related crimes and incidents. Even in peacetime, the government is still unstable after the war. Many criminals still have lingering wounds from the previous conflict, and there are terrorist groups bent on revenge. This is the story of Fairy Soldiers seeking their own justice in a chaotic postwar world.



Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Military , War , Female Protagonist , CGI , Politics , Magic , Guns , Steampunk , Swordplay , Espionage , Foreign , Fairy , Urban Fantasy , Mafia , Terrorism , Revenge , Demons

Vanitas no Carte

Also known as The Case Study of Vanitas.

Studio: bones , Aniplex , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Square Enix , Contents Seed
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

It’s 19th-century Paris, and young vampire Noé hunts for the Book of Vanitas. Attacked by a vampire driven insane, a human intercedes, rescues Noé, and heals the sick creature. Commanding the book and calling himself Vanitas, this doctor tempts Noé with a mad crusade to “cure” the entire vampire race. Allying with one who wields arcane power so easily may be dangerous, but does he have a choice?



Tags: Vampire , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Foreign , Steampunk , Tragedy , Anti-Hero , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Anachronism , Tsundere , Historical , Gore , Chibi , Tanned Skin , Religion , Shounen , Assassins , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Male Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Henshin , Coming of Age , Drugs , Adoption

BLOOD THE LAST VAMPIRE

Also known as Blood: The Last Vampire.

Studio: Production I.G , Aniplex , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

Teropterids are evil beasts which pose as humans and live only to drink human blood. Fortunately for the human world there are groups dedicated to destroying them. A brooding and mysterious girl named Saya is the best teropterid slayer there is, and now, in 1960's Japan, she is sent to a U. S. army base which may be infested...



Tags: Vampire , Swordplay , Gore , Demons , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Body Horror , Historical , Foreign , School , Guns , Military , Nudity

Undead Girl Murder Farce

Also known as Undead Murder Farce.

Studio: Lapin Track , Fuji TV , Crunchyroll , NetEase Games , Tohan , Dentsu , KLOCKWORX , BS Fuji
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

The 19th century — a world inhabited by vampires, golems, werewolves and other paranormal creatures. Immortal beauty and disembodied head Aya Rindo, along with half-human-half-demon "Demon Killer" Tsugaru Shunichi and her loyal maid Shizuku Hasei, travels through Europe as supernatural detective "The Cage User," solving supernatural mysteries while she searches for her lost body.



Tags: Detective , Classic Literature , Monster Girl , Historical , Monster Boy , Travel , Female Protagonist , Youkai , Crime , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Conspiracy , Revenge , Urban Fantasy , Demons , Werewolf , Fairy Tale , Gore , Vampire , Rakugo , Rural , Maids , Guns , LGBTQ+ Themes