Anime like Oh! Edo Rocket

Gintama

Also known as Gintama.

Studio: Sunrise , TV Tokyo , Aniplex , Dentsu , Trinity Sound , Audio Highs , Miracle Robo
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

Life isn't easy in feudal Japan... especially since the aliens landed and conquered everything! Oh sure, the new health care is great, but the public ban on the use of swords has left a lot of defeated samurai with a difficult decision to make concerning their future career paths! This is especially true if, as in the case of Gintoki Sakata, they're not particularly inclined towards holding a day job, which is why Gintoki's opted for the freelance route, taking any job that's offered to him as long as the financial remuneration sounds right. Unfortunately, in a brave new world filled with stray bug-eyed monsters, upwardly mobile Yakuza and overly ambitious E.T. entrepreneurs, those jobs usually don't pay as well as they should for the pain, suffering and indignities endured!



Tags: Parody , Ensemble Cast , Samurai , Meta , Slapstick , Male Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Found Family , Anachronism , Aliens , Episodic , Swordplay , Shounen , Police , Terrorism , Satire , Historical , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Space , Mopeds , Ninja , Sadism , Crime , Masochism , Oiran , LGBTQ+ Themes , Robots , Homeless , Crossdressing , Mafia , Ghost , Nekomimi , Boxing , Pirates , Educational , Fishing , Yakuza , CGI , Dissociative Identities , Kuudere , Body Swapping , Anthropomorphism , Female Harem

Appare-Ranman!

Also known as APPARE-RANMAN!.

Studio: P.A.WORKS , AT-X , KADOKAWA , Docomo Anime Store , Sammy , Bit Grooove Promotion , Kadokawa Media House , Bandai Namco Arts
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy

After a certain mishap, the brilliant but socially inept engineer Apare Sorano and the shrewd but cowardly samurai Kosame Isshiki find themselves drifting on a boat from Japan to America. Broke, the two decide to compete in the Trans-America Wild Race to win the prize and return to Japan. The two battle crazy rivals, outlaws, and the great outdoors itself as they race through the wild West from the starting line in Los Angeles to the finish line in New York - in the steam-powered car they built.



The first two episodes pre-aired on select platforms starting from March 21st. Regular broadcast started on April 10.

Tags: Cars , Historical , Foreign , Steampunk , Primarily Male Cast , Travel , Male Protagonist , Guns , Anachronism , Swordplay , Samurai , Martial Arts , Tanned Skin

Karakuri Kiden: Hiwou Senki

Also known as Clockwork Fighters Hiwou's War.

Studio: bones , VAP , BeSTACK , NHK Enterprises , Victor Entertainment , Omega Pictures , AUDIO PLANNING U
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mecha

8 years ago, Western Civilization visited 19th century Japan. Mechanized dolls and new steam-powered creations began spreading throughout the country. The Wind Gang is a group of doll and steam users who believe in using their creations to violently bring about a new Industrial Era. They attack and destroy the peaceful village of a young doll user named Hiwou one day. Hiwou and his friends escape with a giant doll named Homura. Hiwou now wants to find his father, so that he can help defeat the Wind Gang, and bring peace back to Japan.



Tags: Historical , Steampunk , Ninja , Samurai , Politics , Time Skip , Primarily Child Cast

Cat Ninden Teyandee

Also known as Samurai Pizza Cats.

Studio: Shaft , Tatsunoko Production , Studio Nue , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

The setting is a Japanese looking village named `Little Tokyo' where the Pizza Cats run a pizza fastfood business. Little Tokyo is populated by all kinds of animals. The official governor of the town is the Emperor, but since he has gone bananas a council takes care of the well-being of the village. One of the members of this council is called Seymour "Big" Cheese, who secretly wishes to take over control of the village. The pizza take away restaurant is merely a cover for their true job... Whenever evil is afoot, the Pizza Cats are launched towards the danger from the gun-lookalike clock tower that emerges from the top of their restaurant.



Tags: Super Power , Anachronism , Ninja , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Animals , Anthropomorphism , Slapstick , Samurai , Crossdressing

Anmitsu-hime

Also known as Princess Anmitsu.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Fujipacific Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

At age 16, a tomboy princess, Princess Anmitsu, has no love interest in her life and worries her parents. Despite their concern, Anmitsu runs away from the castle to venture into the commoners' life. During her daring adventure, she befriends a group of children who make a living by pick-pocketing. At the same time, she finally meets her prince charming Senbei, the leader of the group. However, she soon finds herself in an awkward position when she learns of the children's new plot: they are planning to steal the treasures from her own castle. Will she be able to put a stop to it without revealing her true identity?

Tags: Shoujo , Tomboy , Historical , Family Life

Tenpou Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi

Also known as Ghost Slayers Ayashi.

Studio: bones , Aniplex , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Supernatural

All things have a name by which they are defined. Amongst the named are the many long-forgotten gods that dwell within the world brought about by the prayers, fears and desires of humanity. In the famine stricken and riot plagued city of Edo, alarming events are visited upon the populace by these otherworldly beasts. Descending from the mountain tops or rising from the earth are these old gods, the Youi.

For nearly twenty-five years Yukiatsu Ryuudou has wandered the country-sides of Japan posing as a bodyguard, living the life of a gambler and thief, all the while denying his name. Through a chance encounter with a Youi and the members of the Office of Barbarian Knowledge Enforcement, Yukiatsu is forced to face the life he's been running from and rediscover his long hidden power of Ayagami, the ability to find true names and use them as a weapon to exorcise these beasts plaguing the material world.



Tags: Demons , Historical , Crossdressing , Youkai , Found Family , Politics

Edokko Boy: Gatten Tasuke

Studio: Studio Pierrot , TV Tokyo , Yomiuri Advertising
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sports

Tasuke, a student in a police academy, wanted to be the manager of the academy and arrest all criminals in Edo city. Tasuke is still eleven years old, but, he really wanted to get rid of criminals so the world will be a better place to stay in. Tasuke have three other friends; Omon and the other two. With them, they work together and that is the start of a funny and sometimes serious adventure.

Tags: Police

Power Stone

Also known as Power Stone.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Avex Entertainment , ADV Films , TBS
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

An ancient legend tells of a magical Powerstone that granted its owner any wish desired. Adventurers from all over the globe clash as they seek this mystical gem.

Based upon the Dreamcast game, POWERSTONE tries to entertain us with the story behind the game's premise. The plot begins with our hero, Fokker, training to be a fighter like his idol, Vargas.



Tags: Historical , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Anachronism , Ninja , Samurai , Estranged Family , Travel , Butler , Foreign , Martial Arts , Henshin , Pirates , Aviation , Love Triangle , Crossdressing , Ships , Desert

Kunoichi Tsubaki no Mune no Uchi

Also known as In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex , Chuugai Kougyou , Good Smile Company , Shogakukan , BS11 , ADK Marketing Solutions
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Supernatural

Deep in the mountains in the middle of nowhere lives a group of kunoichi called Akane Class. These kunoichi work hard together to improve their own skills, and they all live by an unbreakable rule: “Contact with men is strictly forbidden.” But everything takes an unexpected turn when Tsubaki, leader of one of the groups, starts experiencing strange feelings whenever the subject of men comes up.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Ninja , Primarily Female Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Child Cast , Ensemble Cast , Feet , Tsundere , Tanned Skin , Heterosexual , Episodic , Rural , Twins , Shounen , Gyaru , Slapstick , Magic