Anime like NEEDLESS

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

Also known as Gurren Lagann.

Studio: Gainax , Aniplex , Konami , Half H.P Studio , Bandai , Bandai Entertainment , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

In a far away future, mankind lives underground in huge caves, unknowing of a world above with a sky and stars.

In the small village of Jiha, Simon, a shy boy who works as a digger discovers a strange glowing object during excavation. The enterprising Kamina, a young man with a pair of rakish sunglasses and the passion of a firey sun, befriends Simon and forms a small band of brothers, the Gurren Brigade, to escape the village and break through the ceiling of the cave to reach the surface, which few believe exist.

The village elder won't hear of such foolishness and punishes the Brigade. However, when disaster strikes from the world above and the entire village is in jeopardy, it's up to Simon, Kamina, a girl with a big gun named Yoko, and the small yet sturdy robot, Lagann, to save the day.

The new friends journey to the world above and find that the surface is a harsh battlefield, and it's up to them to fight back against the rampaging Beastmen to turn the tide in the humans' favor! Pierce the heavens, Gurren Lagann!

Tags: Super Robot , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Found Family , Dystopian , Post-Apocalyptic , Space Opera , Tragedy , Mixed Media , Travel , War , Philosophy , Space , Aliens , Time Skip , Outdoor Activities , Politics , Anthropomorphism , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Class Struggle , Desert , Henshin , Military , Urban , Animals , Guns , Alternate Universe , Nudity , Aviation , Cosmic Horror , Love Triangle , Suicide , Swordplay , CGI

Kill la Kill

Also known as Kill la Kill.

Studio: Aniplex , TRIGGER , Dentsu , Kadokawa Shoten , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Ultra Super Pictures , Movic , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi

After the murder of her father, Ryuuko Matoi has been wandering the land in search of his killer. Following her only lead—the missing half of his invention, the Scissor Blade—she arrives at the prestigious Honnouji Academy, a high school unlike any other. The academy is ruled by the imposing and cold-hearted student council president Satsuki Kiryuuin alongside her powerful underlings, the Elite Four. In the school's brutally competitive hierarchy, Satsuki bestows upon those at the top special clothes called "Goku Uniforms," which grant the wearer unique superhuman abilities.

Tags: Henshin , Female Protagonist , Revenge , Nudity , Parody , Surreal Comedy , Class Struggle , Dystopian , Tomboy , Incest , Super Power , Aliens , Orphan , Age Gap , Cosmic Horror , Coming of Age , Psychosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Anti-Hero , Military , Cult , Villainess , Bullying , Tsundere , Ensemble Cast , Delinquents , Meta , Tokusatsu , Exhibitionism , Yuri , School Club , Gore , Tragedy , CGI , Yandere , Cosplay , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cheerleading , Butler , Space , Urban Fantasy

Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi

Also known as The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace.

Studio: MAPPA , Aniplex , Fuji TV , Hakusensha , Dentsu , GREE
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

It has been 800 years since the incredibly fast and powerful gods of battle known as the Idaten had sealed away the demons after an intense battle. Now, that battle is just considered a myth or a fairytale. While the current generation of Idaten who have never even had to fight are enjoying their peaceful lives, someone awakened the demons once again! Armed forces, ingenuity. politics, and intrigue. If you've got it, use everything you can! This three-way battle royale with no rules and no limits is about to begin!!



Tags: Demons , Gods , War , Gore , Super Power , Philosophy , Tragedy , Military , Seinen , Surreal Comedy , Hypersexuality , Anti-Hero , Ensemble Cast , Satire , Body Horror , Memory Manipulation , Time Skip , Religion , Amputation , Fugitive , Wilderness , Slapstick , Nudity , Nun , Torture , Kingdom Management , Masturbation , CGI , Virginity , Sex Toys

Sunabouzu

Also known as Desert Punk.

Studio: GONZO , GDH , Funimation , Pony Canyon , CBC
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi , Sci-Fi

The Great Kanto Desert is a miserable place. It’s also the home of hero-for-hire Desert Punk, the closest thing to a good guy the wasteland’s got. He’s known as the best man for any job, but his reputation is undone by his raging hormones when curvy Junko uses her double-D charms to double-cross him. With debt hanging over his head, Desert Punk sets out to salvage his name.



Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Slapstick , Anti-Hero , Guns , Survival , Desert , Military , Artificial Intelligence , Slavery , Terrorism , Gangs , Shounen , Lost Civilization , War , POV , Episodic , Conspiracy

TRIGUN

Also known as Trigun.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Nippon Victor , Arts Pro , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

Vash the Stampede is a wanted man with a habit of turning entire towns into rubble. The price on his head is a fortune, and his path of destruction reaches across the arid wastelands of a desert planet. Unfortunately, most encounters with the spiky-haired gunslinger don't end well for the bounty hunters who catch up with him; someone almost always gets hurt - and it's never Vash.

Oddly enough, for such an infamous fugitive, there's no proof that he's ever taken a life. In fact, he's a pacifist with a doughnut obsession who's more doofus than desperado. There's a whole lot more to him than his reputation lets on - Vash the Stampede definitely ain't your typical outlaw.



Tags: Guns , Fugitive , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Cowboys , Tragedy , Post-Apocalyptic , Crime , Desert , Travel , Steampunk , Shounen , Episodic , Twins , Aliens , Space , Slapstick , Acrobatics , Rural , Religion , Body Horror

BASTARD!!: Ankoku no Hakaishin (ONA)

Also known as BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-.

Studio: LIDENFILMS , Warner Bros. Japan , Shueisha , KLOCKWORX , Medicos Entertainment , Netflix
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy

In a postapocalyptic world of heavy metal fantasy, the only thing able to save humans from orcs, lizard men, and other monsters is something even MORE evil. Sealed within a 14-year-old boy, the chaotic wizard Dark Schneider is unleashed to fight four mighty generals and their plot to resurrect the evil god Anslasax.



Note: The first 13 episodes were released worldwide on Netflix on June 30, 2022, while the remaining 11 episodes released on September 15, 2022.

Tags: Magic , Heterosexual , Female Harem , Demons , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Anti-Hero , Post-Apocalyptic , Meta , Nudity , Gore , Revenge , Gods , Elf , Ninja , Martial Arts , Swordplay , Dragons , Age Regression , Bisexual , Vampire , CGI , Goblin , Anachronism , Metal Music

Scryed

Also known as s-CRY-ed.

Studio: Sunrise , Yomiko Advertising , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi

A strange environmental phenomenon 22 years ago in the Kanazawa prefecture caused the land to split and protrude upwards reaching unprecedented heights, creating the secluded area known as The Lost Ground. Kazuma is a young mercenary who lives in the Lost Ground, looking for any work he can find to sustain his livelihood within the harsh environment. He is one of the few people that are gifted with the Alter ability, which allows him to plaster his right arm and torso with a metallic alloy. When this mercenary encounters HOLY, an order whose purpose is to suppress and capture what they call Native Alter Users, and one of the elite members of HOLY, Ryuho, an epic rivalry begins.



Tags: Henshin , Shounen , Tokusatsu , Dystopian , Primarily Male Cast , Super Power , Primarily Female Cast , Conspiracy , Heterosexual , Anti-Hero

Undead Unluck

Also known as Undead Unluck.

Studio: David Production , TMS Entertainment , Shueisha , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

All Fuuko wants is a passionate romance like the one in her favorite shoujo manga. Unfortunately, her Unluck ability makes that impossible. But just as Fuuko hits rock bottom, Andy sweeps her off her feet—literally! Now she's become Andy's unwilling test subject as he works to find a way to trigger a stroke of Unluck big enough to kill him for good. However, when the pair discovers a secret organization is hunting them, it puts Andy's burial plans on hold.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Shounen , Cosmic Horror , Time Loop , Tragedy , Dissociative Identities , Gore , Urban Fantasy , Foreign , Primarily Adult Cast , Memory Manipulation , Heterosexual , Zombie , Nudity , Time Manipulation , Suicide , Age Gap , Meta , Martial Arts , Body Horror , Post-Apocalyptic , Ensemble Cast , Travel , Language Barrier , Aliens , Real Robot , Tsundere

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo

Also known as Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo.

Studio: Toei Animation , Avex Entertainment , Dentsu , TV Asahi , Viz Media , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi

Bo Bobo is a man with the incredible power of hearing the voices of hair and using his own to fight. He uses his power to fight off the Margarita Empire and all of Emperor Tsuru Tsuruiina's minions who are stealing the hair off of anyone they find to power up their emperor.



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Parody , Meta , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Shounen , Dissociative Identities , Martial Arts , Aliens , Crossdressing , Male Protagonist , Guns

Sabikui Bisco

Also known as Sabikui Bisco.

Studio: OZ , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , KADOKAWA , flying DOG , Yomiuri TV , Frontier Works , BS11 , KLOCKWORX , Bit grooove promotion , NAZ
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Japan’s post-apocalyptic wasteland replete with dust can only be saved by one thing—fungus. Bisco Akaboshi, a wanted criminal and skilled archer, searches for a legendary mushroom, known as Sabikui, said to devour any and all rust. Joining him on this epic saga to save the country is a giant crab and a young doctor. Can this unlikely trio find the fabled fungi and save the land?



Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Pandemic , Male Protagonist , Medicine , Archery , Fugitive , Outdoor Activities , Travel , Desert , Drugs , Terrorism , Tragedy , Anti-Hero , Boys' Love , Kaiju , Bisexual , Environmental , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cyberpunk , Heterosexual , Animals , Guns , Ensemble Cast , Tanned Skin , Tomboy , Motorcycles , Unrequited Love , Card Battle