Anime like Yokuwakaru Gendaimahou

Wizard Barristers: Benmashi Cecil

Also known as Wizard Barristers.

Studio: ARMS , Pony Canyon , Madman Entertainment , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Mecha

When the laws of magic are broken, it's the duty of the Police Department's deadly Section 1 to enforce them. But, since even craven maven mages and nefarious necromancers have the right to a fair trial, the job of defending them belongs to the Benmashi, the Wizard Barristers!

It's a tricky profession, requiring both arcane ability and a judicious sense of jurisprudence, and at just seventeen, Cecil Sudo is the youngest Benmashi that Butterfly Law has ever employed. That means a lot of late nights burning the midnight brimstone, summoning up summaries, parsing phrases with paranormal paralegals and cutting deals with opposing counsels from hell.

And when a young Benmashi starts to discover that her own charm may be more magically-based than she realized, there'll be a hex-tra incentive to work wonders outside the courtroom as well! Every trial is a witch trial as the most enchantingly Adept Attorney ever becomes a Master of the Art of Defensive Spells in Wizard Barristers!



Tags: Magic , Female Protagonist , Police , Primarily Female Cast , Mopeds

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha

Also known as Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha.

Studio: Seven Arcs , Funimation , Omnibus Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Sci-Fi

3rd grader Takamachi Nanoha stumbled upon an injured talking ferret after hearing his telepathic cries for help. The ferret turned out to be Yuuno, an archeologist and mage from another world who had accidentally scattered the dangerous Jewel Seeds throughout Earth. Without the strength to collect the Jewel Seeds, Yuuno had resumed a ferret form and needed someone else to take on the task for him. He gave a red jewel to Nanoha explaining to her with this she could transform and use magic to combat the monsters that threatened them due to the Jewel Seeds. But the monsters are the least of their worries, as Yuuno and Nanoha are not the only ones out to collect the Jewel Seeds.

Tags: Magic , Female Protagonist , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Henshin , Primarily Female Cast , Memory Manipulation , Primarily Child Cast , Yuri , Animals , Space , Robots , Military , Lost Civilization , Urban , Kuudere , Clone , Coastal , Spearplay , Kemonomimi , Artificial Intelligence , Shapeshifting , Maids , Nudity , Football

Toaru Majutsu no Index

Also known as A Certain Magical Index.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Square Enix , Funimation , AT-X , ASCII Media Works , Kadokawa Contents Gate
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Set in a city of scientifically advanced superhuman students, but in a world where magic is also real. Touma Kamijou’s right hand, the Imagine Breaker, will negate all magic, psychic, or divine powers, but not his own bad luck. One day he finds a young girl hanging on his balcony railing. She turns out to be a nun from the Church of England, and her mind has been implanted with the Index-Librorum-Prohibitorum - all the magical texts the Church has removed from circulation.

Tags: Magic , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Tsundere , Male Protagonist , Nun , Amnesia , Female Harem , Kuudere , Slapstick , Artificial Intelligence , Gore , Swordplay

Rental Magica

Also known as Rental Magica.

Studio: Kadokawa Shoten , The Right Stuf International , ZEXCS , NTT Docomo
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

Due to his father's disappearance, Itsuki Iba has to take over the family business: a magician dispatch service. Their family employs countless magicians and other supernatural beings in order to send them out to help those who need magical assistance. As a leader, Itsuki now has to be tough, commanding, and reliable, but there's one problem, he's a coward. Also, in order to run a successful business, he must connect with his employees, which is more difficult than it seems due to his personality. But not only does he have to deal with his own employees, he also has to deal with those who threaten the family business.



Tags: Female Harem , Magic , Religion , Work , Achronological Order , Male Protagonist

Glass no Hana to Kowasu Sekai

Also known as Garakowa -Restore the World-.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Pony Canyon
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mahou Shoujo , Mystery , Sci-Fi

A floating space without gravity where an infinite number of lights shine in different colors: The "Box of Wisdom." Inside of this box, there are multiple worlds, multiple timelines, and there used to be many different people. This is where Dual and Dorothy were fighting with enemies called "Viruses." Worlds infected by viruses must be erased. That is the duty, the job of these girls. However, one day, Dual and Dorothy feel the presence of a new Virus. Arriving at the scene, they see a girl being attacked by Viruses. After saving the girl, the duo wait for her to awaken so they can ask who she is, where she came from, and where she is going. Finally, when the girl opened her eyes, she gave her name, Rimo, and whispered only one sentence... "I must return to the flower patch..."



Tags: Artificial Intelligence , Primarily Female Cast , Tragedy , Post-Apocalyptic , Virtual World , Female Protagonist , Amnesia , Henshin , Philosophy , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things

Maburaho

Also known as Maburaho.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Happinet Pictures , Sony PCL , Kadokawa Shoten , KLOCKWORX , ADV Films
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Ecchi , Romance

His name is Kazuki Shikimori, 17 years old. He attends Aoi Academy, a school for elite magicians. Each magician has a set limit of spells, and performing more spells than the limit allows will cause the user to turn into dust. In this case, the number of magic Kazuki can use is far below the average in his school. Then one day, all of a sudden, three girls: Yuuna Miyama, Kuriko Kazetsubaki and Rin Kamishiro, appear before him. But of all the things that they are after, it is his genes. And for Kazuki, the girls' appearances may also spell his doom, as he soon realizes that his magic count is decreasing ever steadily due to the fact that he can't resist using magic to help them.



Tags: Female Harem , Magic , School , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Love Triangle , Nudity

Night Wizard The ANIMATION

Studio: Hal Film Maker
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

Night Wizard. A term given to those whose mission is to protect the world from impending darkness. Renji Hiiragi is one such Night Wizard, who is constantly called on missions, even though all he wants is to be able to go to school and graduate.

However, his latest order was to protect Elis Shiho, who is a new transfer student at his academy. Being dragged into the Astronomy Club by Renji's childhood friend, Kureha Akabane on her first day at school, Elis soon realises that she too, has the power to become a night wizard, after possessing one of seven secret Jewels, the Jewel of Kindness.

Along with Renji and Kureha, Elis now begins her fight and her new life, as a Night Wizard



Tags: Magic , Kuudere

Aru Majo ga Shinu Made

Also known as Once Upon a Witch's Death.

Studio: KADOKAWA , EMT Squared , flying DOG , AT-X , EMT Squared
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

On Meg’s seventeenth birthday, she learns that she only has one year left to live. Her mentor—the Eternal Witch, Faust—explains that she is cursed and the only way to save herself is to grow a seed of life using one thousand tears of joy. Of course, such tears aren’t easy to come by. As Meg begins her quest, she finds herself drawn into the lives of her friends and neighbors in ways she never imagined. By sharing their burdens and using her magic to comfort them, she learns how precious those moments of connection can be even in the face of death.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Curses , Witch , Primarily Female Cast , Magic , Coming of Age , Found Family , Urban Fantasy , Iyashikei , Foreign , Orphan , Bisexual , Environmental , Episodic , LGBTQ+ Themes , Post-Apocalyptic , Yuri

Asagiri no Miko

Also known as Shrine of the Morning Mist.

Studio: Starchild Records , Media Blasters , NYAV Post , TV Tokyo Music , Chaos Project , GANSIS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy

Since childhood, Tadahiro Amatsu has two different-colored eyes - one brown and one light hazel. But because of a dark secret behind his left eye, he's become a target for the masked sorcerer Ayatara Miramune and his band of demons. To combat the demons appearing all over town, Yuzu Hieda, a priestess in training, recruits four other girls from her high school. Under the supervision of Yuzu's elder sister Kurako, the five young priestesses must undergo months of training to master their abilities.



Tags: Magic , Primarily Female Cast , Shrine Maiden , School Club , Heterosexual , School , Seinen , Primarily Teen Cast

Silent Witch: Chinmoku no Majo no Kakushigoto

Also known as Secrets of the Silent Witch.

Studio: Aniplex , KADOKAWA , Studio Gokumi , TOKYO MX , BS11 , Movic
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy

Monica Everett, the Silent Witch, is the world’s only practitioner of Voiceless Magic, a veritable heroine who single-handedly fended off the Black Dragon of legend. However, the young prodigy is actually…super-duper shy! Yup, turns out she only learned Voiceless Magic to avoid speaking in public. Ignorant of this, the Seven Sages have placed her on a top-secret mission to guard the Second Prince. Can Monica keep it together as she contends with both social interaction and the evils targeting the young royal?



Tags: Female Protagonist , Magic , Witch , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Royal Affairs , Hikikomori , Coming of Age , Politics , Disability , Class Struggle , Ojou-sama , Medieval , Bullying , Rehabilitation , Shoujo , Shapeshifting , Dragons , Heterosexual , Memory Manipulation , Spearplay , Boarding School , Arranged Marriage , CGI