Anime like ONE PIECE: Cry heart

Mirai Nikki

Also known as The Future Diary.

Studio: Asread
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

This psychological thriller, based on the manga written and illustrated by Sakae Esuno, is about Yuki, a loner who's not very good with people. He prefers to write a diary on his cell phone and talk to his imaginary friend, Deus Ex Machina – The God of Time and Space. However, Yuki soon learns that Deus is more than a figment of his imagination when he makes Yuki participate in a battle royale with eleven others. The contestants are given special diaries that can predict the future, each diary possessing unique features that give it both advantages and disadvantages. Within the next 90 days, the contestants must try to survive until there is only one left standing. The winner will become the new God of Time and Space.



Tags: Battle Royale , Death Game , Survival , Yandere , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Suicide , Meta , Gore , Gods , Time Manipulation , Male Protagonist , Crime , Super Power , Psychosexual , Urban , Heterosexual , Shounen , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Netorare , Age Gap , Clone , Anti-Hero , Guns , CGI , Terrorism , Police , Henshin , Adoption , Nudity , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bisexual , Orphan , Tanned Skin , Cult , Boys' Love , Stop Motion , Disability

Nihon Animator Mihonichi

Also known as Japan Anima(tor)’s Exhibition.

Studio: Studio Khara
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Fantasy , Mecha , Music , Supernatural

Japan Anima(tor)'s Exhibition is the showcase of the animations produced by various directors with love and energy, which are planned from original projects, spin-off projects, promotional films, Music PV, and VJ Films etc...

Episodes:
#01: The Dragon Dentist (Directed by Outarou Maijou)
#02: HILL CLIMB GIRL (Directed by Azuma Tani)
#03: ME!ME!ME! (Directed by Hibiki Yoshizaki)
#04: Carnage (Directed by Akira Honma)
#05: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko & Ichiro Itano: Collection of Key Animation Films (collection of key animation from 1979's Mobile Suit Gundam)
#06: 20min Walk From Nishi-Ogikubo Station, 2 Bedrooms, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, 2mos Deposit, No Pets Allowed (Directed by Takeshi Honda & Mahiro Maeda)
#07: Until you come to me. (Directed by Tadashi Hiramatsu)
#08: Tomorrow from there (Directed by Akemi Hayashi)
#09: Denkou Choujin Gridman: boys invent great hero (Directed by Akira Amemiya)
#10: YAMADELOID (Directed by Takashi Horiuchi & Masahiro Emoto)
#11: POWER PLANT No. 33 (Directed by Yasuhiro Yoshiura & Kengo Saito)
#12: Evangelion: Another Impact (Confidential) (Directed by Shinji Aramaki)
#13: Kanón (Directed by Mahiro Maeda)
#14: SEX and VIOLENCE with MACHSPEED (Directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi)
#15: Obake-Chan (Directed by Shigeto Koyama)
#16: Tsukikage no Tokio (Directed by Takanobu Mizuno)
#17: THREE FALLEN WITNESSES (Directed by Satoru Utsunomiya)
#18: The Diary of Ochibi (Directed by Masashi Kawamura)
#19: I can Friday by Day! (Directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki)
#20A: ME!ME!ME! CHRONIC feat.daoko / TeddyLoid (Directed by Hibiki Yoshizaki, remix of short #3)
#20B: (Making of) evangelion:Another Impact (Making of video of short #12)
#21: ICONIC FIELD (Directed by Ikuto Yamashita)
#22: IBUSEKI YORUNI (Directed by Tadashi Hiramatsu)
#23: Memoirs of amorous gentlemen (Produced by Cork Inc.)
#24: Rapid Rouge (Directed by Daisuke Onitsuka)
#25: HAMMERHEAD (Directed by Otaro Maijo)
#26: COMEDY SKIT 1989 (Directed by Kazuto Nakazawa)
#27: BUBU & BUBULINA (Directed by Takashi Nakamura)
#28: ENDLESS NIGHT (Directed by Sayo Yamamoto)
#29: BUREAU OF PROTO SOCIETY (Directed by Yasuhiro Yoshiura)
#30: The Ultraman (Directed by Akitoshi Yokoyama)
#31: GIRL (Directed by Hibiki Yoshizaki)
#32: Neon Genesis IMPACTS. (Directed by Yuhei Sakuragi)
#33: Ragnarok (Directed by Kazuyoshi Katayama)
#34: Robot on the Road (Directed by Hiroyuki Okiura)
#35: Cassette Girl (Directed by Hiroyasu Kobayashi)

Note: #20A and #20B (special) are counted as two separate episodes in the episode total.

Tags: Anthology , Nudity , Ero Guro , Episodic , Super Robot , Gore , Musical Theater , Surreal Comedy , Satire , Cycling , No Dialogue , Guns , Space , Military , Revenge , Swordplay , War , Magic , Kaiju , Disability , Henshin , Dragons , Cyberpunk , Real Robot , Samurai , Stop Motion , Dissociative Identities , Post-Apocalyptic , Noir

Gal to Kyouryuu

Also known as Gal & Dino.

Studio: Space Neko Company , Kamikaze Douga
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

After a night of drinking, Kaede wakes up realizing that in her drunken daze she had brought an unexpected guest home—a dinosaur! Kaede just goes with the flow and accepts her new living situation. Now she navigates her daily life while eating, watching TV, and shopping with her prehistoric roommate. Together, the duo enjoys each other’s company as they take on whatever the day brings.



Tags: Dinosaurs , Surreal Comedy , Gyaru , Language Barrier , Stop Motion , Mixed Media , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Episodic , Fashion , Animals , Time Manipulation , Super Power , Pandemic

Pingu in the City

Also known as Pingu in the City.

Studio: Dandelion Animation Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Pingu and his family move from their small village to a big city, where there are many people with many different occupations. The ever-curious Pingu tries to join them at their jobs, but his mischievous side gets the better of him and he ends up messing things up.



Tags: Animals , Episodic , Kids , Stop Motion , Male Protagonist , Urban , Family Life , Full CGI , Anthropomorphism

Shitcom

Also known as Shitcom.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

A beautiful couple is enjoying a lovely dinner together when suddenly the woman's stomach begins to make loud, rumbling sounds. As she attempts to calm the beast in her belly, her partner proposes to her, leaving her both overjoyed and distressed at her situation. The astonishing events of that night now begin to unfold, as a mysterious mass starts to make its way out of her mouth...

(MAL Rewrite)

Tags: Scat , Body Horror , Surreal Comedy , Stop Motion , Heterosexual , Parody , No Dialogue , Primarily Adult Cast , Food , Satire , Tragedy

PUI PUI Molcar

Also known as PUI PUI MOLCAR.

Studio: Shin-Ei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

The stage is set in a world where guinea pig became car. The car that makes you relax "Molcar". Having big round eyes, curvy butt and speedy limbs, they always explore the world with their innocent faces. Even during a traffic jam, you can be eased just by looking at the butt of that Molcar in front of you. Even when they cause troubles, their furry cuteness will somehow make you forgive them!? Surrounded by situations only met by cars, it's a Mol-animation filled with cure, friendship, adventure and furry actions!



Note: A compilation movie titled "Tobidase! Narase! Pui Pui Molcar" was released in theaters on July 22, 2021 in MX4D and 3D.

Tags: Cars , Animals , Episodic , Stop Motion , Surreal Comedy , No Dialogue , Kids , Urban , Parody , Iyashikei , Time Manipulation , Zombie , Henshin

Pokémon Concierge

Also known as Pokémon Concierge.

Studio: dwarf
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

Pack your bags—an all-new Pokémon paradise awaits!

Introducing Pokémon Concierge, a new collaboration between Pokémon and Netflix featuring stop-motion animation by dwarf studio. Follow Haru, a worker at the Pokémon Resort, and Psyduck as they meet Pokémon and Trainers on vacation!



Note: Announced on Pokémon Day 2023.

Tags: Stop Motion , Animals , Work , Iyashikei , Episodic , Coastal , Female Protagonist , Slapstick , Coming of Age , Environmental , Philosophy

Yami Shibai 4

Also known as Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai 4.

Studio: ILCA
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

The fourth season of Yami Shibai.

A picture-story style of animation whose motif is surrounded and based off the rumors, and urban legends throughout the history of Japan.



Tags: Stop Motion , Urban Fantasy , Episodic , Youkai , Anthology , Ghost

Ani*Kuri15

Studio: Studio 4°C
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy

15 one-minute shorts created by various people from Japan's animation industry. The title of the collection, Ani*Kuri15, is abbreviated from the words "anime" and "creators".

Season One
1) Shinji Kimura - Attack of Higashimachi Ni Chome/Attack of Higashimachi 2nd Burough
2) Akemi Hayashi - Namida no Mukou/From the Other Side of the Tears
3) Yasufumi Soejima - Hyotoko/Blaze Man
4) Osamu Kobayashi - Sancha Blues/The Aromatic Tea Blues
5) Shinjiro Nishimi - Uchujin Raikou Hiroshi no Baai/Invasion from Space - Hiroshi's Case

Season Two
6) Mamoru Oshii - Project Mermaid
7) Kazuto Nakazawa - "yurururu" ~Nichijou Hen~
8) Range Murata and Tatsuya Yabuta - Gyrosopter
9) Tobira Oda and Yasuyuki Shimizu - Sport Captain Episode No.18: Assassin Descended from the Mountain Hunt!!
10) Atsushi Takeuchi - Wandaba Kiss

Season Three
11) Makoto Shinkai - Neko no Shuukai/A Gathering of Cats
12) Mahiro Maeda - Onmitsu Hime
13) Michael Arias - Okkakekko
14) Shouji Kawamori - Project Omega
15) Satoshi Kon - Ohayou/Good Morning

Tags: Anthology , Robots , CGI , Henshin , Meta , Flash , Historical , Nudity , Slapstick , Animals , Drawing , Work , Aliens , Episodic , Stop Motion , Kids

Bessatsu Olympia Kyklos

Also known as Extra Olympia Kyklos.

Studio: Gosay Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life , Sports

Demetrios was a young man in Ancient Greece who was a potter's apprentice, but also a rather timid otaku. Despite pursuing the arts, he was blessed with natural athletic talent. One day, he gets dragged into a village conflict. Demetrios contemplates how helpless he is, but then is struck by lightning! When he comes to, he is no longer in Greece, but a strange land where he can't understand the language and people look rather different. Yes, he somehow ended up 1964 Tokyo! Of course, Demetrios has no idea what Japan even is. What will become of him?!



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Athletics , Historical , Stop Motion , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Nudity , Time Skip , Mixed Media , Time Manipulation , Educational , Seinen , Gods , Isekai , Wrestling , Swimming , Meta , Drawing , War

Golgo 13

Also known as Golgo 13: The Professional.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

After assassinating the son of business tycoon Leonard Dawson, Golgo 13 finds himself prey to the CIA and the U.S. Army, whom Dawson has personally hired to kill the assassin. As days pass by, Dawson slowly loses his sanity as he continues to plot every attempt to kill Golgo 13 even without caring about who hired the assassin to kill his son.



Tags: Foreign , Assassins , Noir , Guns , Urban , Revenge , Military , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Nudity , Seinen , Primarily Male Cast , CGI , Skeleton , Suicide , Stop Motion , Mixed Media

Rilakkuma to Kaoru-san

Also known as Rilakkuma and Kaoru.

Studio: dwarf
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

A short stop-motion anime celebrating the San-X character's 15th anniversary.

The character's story begins when the titular Rilakkuma suddenly appears in the apartment of office worker Kaoru and begins living there, spending every day idling around. He has a zipper on his back, but the contents remain unknown. He likes food like pancakes, omelette rice, pudding, and dango. He lives together with the little white cub Korilakkuma and Kaoru's pet Kiiroitori ("yellow bird").



Tags: Iyashikei , Animals , Stop Motion , Female Protagonist , Office Lady , Episodic , Work , Kids , Ghost , Aliens

Dragon's Heaven

Also known as Dragon's Heaven.

Studio: AIC , Artmic
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In the year 3195, there was a war between an army of robots and the humans. When Shaian, a sentient combat armor, lost his companion in battle, he shut down until his internal systems spotted a new human. It's now almost a 1000 years later, and Shaian's greatest enemy is still alive and doing battle in Brazil. With a new friend`s help, Shaian may be able to stop this evil force before another war rages over the continent.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Artificial Intelligence , War , Space Opera , Real Robot , Tokusatsu , Stop Motion , Super Robot , Mixed Media

Haikyuu!! Ningyou Anime

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

A stop-motion anime that will bundle with the 42nd compiled book volume of Haruichi Furudate's Haikyu!! manga. Anime will have 10 short episodes featuring the Karasuno team as puppets.



Tags: Stop Motion , Volleyball , Primarily Male Cast , School Club

Chainsaw Maid

Also known as Chainsaw Maid.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Supernatural , Thriller

A lady caked in blood bursts into the family's home and shouts, "They're coming!" Just what is coming? The family discovers that 'they' means zombies, much to their horror and displeasure. The master and the little girl have a difficult time processing this zombie invasion. However, they are very fortunate that they have a fully-prepared and fully-loaded maid that is quite capable.

Tags: Stop Motion , Maids , Zombie , Urban Fantasy , Gore , Survival , Female Protagonist

PUI PUI Molcar: DRIVING SCHOOL

Also known as Pui Pui Molcar Driving School.

Studio: UchuPeople
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Set in a world in which guinea pigs have turned into cars, there live “molcars” - a portmanteau of the Japanese word for guinea pig (morumotto, from the word “marmot”) and “car.” They are fluffy and adorable with big round eyes, cute little tire feet, and big round butts. Each is full of personality and energy as they speed around town rescuing animals, taking part in high-speed chases, and more, and this time, Potato and his molcar friends are heading to driving school!



Tags: Stop Motion , Cars , Animals , Cosmic Horror , Urban , Parody , School , Space , Kids , Environmental

Pingu in the City 2

Studio: Dandelion Animation Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The second season of Pingu in the City.

Tags: Animals , Stop Motion , Band , Kids , Male Protagonist , Family Life , Trains , Work , Full CGI , Anthropomorphism

ONE PIECE: Cry heart

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy

Three five-minute stop-motion animated shorts by Banpresto that recreate the famous scenes from Eiichiro Oda's manga and anime One Piece.
Unlike most figures, Banpresto's "Cry heart" figures are deliberately designed to encourage people to create their own stop-motion shorts.



Tags: Stop Motion

Pussycat

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Horror

A pretty female cat gets into trouble. What's gonna happen? It's a sexy and violent sexploitation clay-animation!

Tags: Fairy Tale , Stop Motion , Animals , Gore , Nekomimi , Female Protagonist

NO LITTERING

Also known as No Littering.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Horror

A cautionary tale about proper etiquette in the outdoors.

Tags: Stop Motion , Gore , Tragedy , Environmental , Primarily Adult Cast , No Dialogue