Anime like Honoo no Mirage

X (TV)

Also known as X (TV).

Studio: MADHOUSE , Bandai Visual , Kadokawa Shoten , Character and Anime Dot Com , d-rights
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

His destiny has finally arrived as the young Shirou Kamui returns to Tokyo after 6 years. A powerful psychic, Kamui vows to protect the happiness of his childhood friends Fuuma and Kotori, even if it means avoiding them. But fate is cruel, whether or not Kamui wants to be involved; he holds the future of the world in his hands, given the choice of becoming a Dragon of Heaven or a Dragon of Earth. The Seven Seals gather, and so do the Seven Angels; all individuals who have their destiny carved out as one who would battle for the fate of the world. What future will Kamui choose to become reality?

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Environmental , Magic , Super Power , Anti-Hero , Battle Royale , Shrine Maiden , Philosophy , Gore , Shoujo , Male Protagonist

Fuyu no Semi

Also known as Embracing Love: A Cicada in Winter.

Studio: Kitty Media , Venet
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

If time did not allow ordinary things to be ordinary. How would you have lived?

It is the Bakamatsu and early Meiji Period. Akizuki Keiichirou and Kusaka Touma stand of opposite sides of the political scale of the time but still, something as fragile as the shell of a cicada binds these two men together in a tragic and cruel fate. A story of friendship, love and seperation as well as reunion and sacrifice.



Tags: Historical , Tragedy , Boys' Love , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Suicide

Tokyo BABYLON

Studio: MADHOUSE , Animate , Movic , Sony Music Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery , Supernatural

Subaru Sumeragi is the 13th head of the Sumeragi Clan and a most powerful onmyouji. Subaru is hired to exorcise a construction site, but his employer mysteriously died. The only suspect is a man who repeatedly walks away from situations in which he should have died. Then Subaru meets a young woman intent upon cursing the man, saying that he killed her brother. Subaru must figure out how his employer died and fight the evil spirits that are protecting the man with the help of his friend and twin sister, Seishirou Sakurazuka and Hokuto Sumeragi.



Tags: Detective , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Magic , Shoujo , Revenge , Police , Male Protagonist , Twins , Tragedy , Age Gap , Yandere , Female Protagonist , Boys' Love

NIGHT HEAD GENESIS

Studio: Actas , Horipro , Media Blasters , Four Some , Bee Media
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

It is said that 70% of the human brain capacity is unused. If humans possess incredible power, it is strongly believed to be lying dormant within this region. This unused 70% brain capacity is known as "Night Head".

The famous work 'NIGHT HEAD' is going to break the silence. They were abandoned by their parents because of the psychic power they possessed. They are the Kirihara brothers, who lived in a laboratory within a barrier-protected forest. They have escaped from the laboratory, and a new wave of 'Revolution' is about to arise.

A new "Night Head" is about to be awakened.

Tags: Super Power , Fugitive , Time Manipulation , Crime

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

Ling Qi

Also known as Spiritpact.

Studio: Haoliners Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural

You Keika, the heir of an old famous family of Exorcists, is stricken with poverty after losing his parents and struggles as a street fortune teller and a part time computer tech. One night at a junkyard, he meets a mysterious and charismatic Exorcist, Tanmoku Ki, who is fighting an evil spirit. To compound his misfortunes, he gets hit by car and becomes a ghost. Tanmoku Ki appears and asks You Keika to make a “pact” with him to fight Evil Spirits together. Here starts the friendship of our heroes!



Note: This series was originally released in Chinese as an ONA between June 21, 2016 and November 1, 2016. There were 20 episodes at 14 minutes each. A Japanese dub was then produced by Haoliner's Japanese branch, Emon, which aired on TV in Winter 2017 under the title Spiritpact. Each TV episode was comprised of two ONA episodes with minor aesthetic touch-ups. Thus, the Japanese (and Crunchyroll-licensed) version has 10 episodes at 24 minutes each.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Magic , Boys' Love , Swordplay , Ghost , Urban Fantasy

Yakumo Tatsu

Also known as Eight Clouds Rising.

Studio: Bandai Visual , Media Blasters , Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Horror , Psychological , Supernatural

Fuzuchi Kuraki is a quiet young high school student blessed with immense psychic powers and an ancient sword. He is searching for other magical artifacts with the help of Nanachi Takeo, a college student with latent powers of his own. They delve deep into the dark magic of Izumo, only to discover the secrets buried within the birthplace of all Japanese mythology.



Tags: Shoujo , Historical , Rural , Super Power , Mythology , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban Fantasy

Lie Huo Jiao Chou

Also known as Drowning Sorrows in Raging Fire.

Studio: bilibili , Shengying Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Supernatural

In the current era, a small percentage of people called "Special Abilities" have skills and powers normal humans do not possess. An autonomous organization, the Deviant Control Office, keeps these Special Abilities in check. Though some wish to maintain this order and peace, some wish to take advantage of their abilities and obtain more power in this world.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Primarily Adult Cast , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Full CGI , Demons , War , Amnesia , Tragedy , Boys' Love , Wuxia , Anti-Hero