Anime like Onmyo Kaiten Re:verse

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu

Also known as Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-.

Studio: WHITE FOX , Funimation , Kadokawa Shoten , Media Factory , AT-X , TV Tokyo , Magic Capsule
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Romance , Thriller

In the story, Subaru Natsuki is an ordinary high school student who is lost in an alternate world, where he is rescued by a beautiful, silver-haired girl. He stays near her to return the favor, but the destiny she is burdened with is more than Subaru can imagine. Enemies attack one by one, and both of them are killed. He then finds out he has the power to rewind death, back to the time he first came to this world. But only he remembers what has happened since.



Notes:
The first episode aired with a runtime of ~50 minutes as opposed to the standard 25 minute long episode.
In the Winter 2020 season, Re:ZERO was rebroadcast and re-edited to fit into an hour time-slot. This edit included the first OVA and added slight modifications to certain scenes throughout. It also added an additional scene at the end of the final episode.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Isekai , Time Loop , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Curses , Witch , Medieval , Magic , Cult , Gore , Cohabitation , Heterosexual , Body Horror , Seinen , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Maids , Elf , Politics , Primarily Female Cast , Demons , Twins , Femboy , Travel , Butler , Kemonomimi , Coming of Age , Assassins , Kuudere , CGI , Nekomimi , Body Swapping , Crossdressing , Tomboy , Dragons

Kaijuu 8-gou

Also known as Kaiju No. 8.

Studio: Toho , Shueisha , Production I.G , Production I.G , Studio Khara
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

With the highest kaiju-emergence rates in the world, Japan is no stranger to attack by deadly monsters. Enter the Japan Defense Force, a military organization tasked with the neutralization of kaiju. Kafka Hibino, a kaiju-corpse cleanup man, has always dreamed of joining the force. But when he gets another shot at achieving his childhood dream, he undergoes an unexpected transformation. How can he fight kaiju now that he’s become one himself?!



Tags: Kaiju , Monster Boy , Shapeshifting , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Shounen , Henshin , Urban Fantasy , Military , Rescue , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Guns , Gore , Tokusatsu , Kuudere , Body Horror , Slapstick , Tsundere , Ojou-sama , Heterosexual , Swordplay , Aviation

Summer Time Render

Also known as Summer Time Rendering.

Studio: OLM , Shueisha , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , MAGES. , Toy's Factory , TOKYO MX , Movic , BANDAI SPIRITS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

A sci-fi, summer story filled with suspense set on a small island with Shinpei Aijiro, whose childhood friend Ushio Kofune died. He returns to his hometown for the first time in two years for the funeral. Sou Hishigata, his best friend, suspects something's off with Ushio's death, and that someone can die next.

A sinister omen is heard as an entire family next door suddenly disappears the following day. Furthermore, Mio implicates a "shadow" three days before Ushio's death.



Tags: Survival , Time Manipulation , Urban Fantasy , Time Loop , Primarily Teen Cast , Gods , Reincarnation , Super Power , Shapeshifting , Rural , Tragedy , Coastal , Mythology , Alternate Universe , Ensemble Cast , Body Swapping , Dissociative Identities , Cosmic Horror , Heterosexual , Shounen , Clone , Philosophy , Anthropomorphism , Orphan , Suicide , Male Protagonist , Gore , Religion , Amnesia , Body Horror , Aliens , Guns , Ghost , Denpa , Unrequited Love , Adoption , Tanned Skin , Love Triangle , Nudity , POV , Slapstick , Age Regression , LGBTQ+ Themes

Bokurano

Also known as Bokurano.

Studio: GONZO , diomedéa
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Psychological , Sci-Fi

During a summer camp, 15 children, 8 males and 7 females, find a grotto by the sea. Deep within they discover working computers and some electronic equipment, and later the owner, a man called Kokopelli. Kokopelli claimed to be a programmer working on a brand new game, in which a large robot has to defend the Earth against alien invasions. He persuades the children to test the game and sign a contract. All but one of them signs, barely a moment later they mysteriously awaken on the shore believing what happened was just a dream.



Tags: Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Super Robot , Alternate Universe , Death Game , Philosophy , Military , Denpa , Aliens , Politics , Seinen , Yakuza , Heterosexual , Age Gap , Tomboy , Love Triangle , Conspiracy , Nudity

Sousei no Onmyouji

Also known as Twin Star Exorcists.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Supernatural

Rokuro Enmado is a young boy who used to be a powerful aspiring exorcist, before a tragic incident left his friend dead and made him abandon the profession. One day, he has a fateful encounter with Benio Adashino, a girl around his age and a well known exorcist from the east. According to prophecy, Rokuro and Benio are the "Twin Star Exorcists", and are destined to marry and have a child which will be the ultimate exorcist, capable of cleansing all evil spirits, or Kegare, from the world.
When Rokuro's best friend Ryogo goes missing, Rokuro is forced to ask Benio for help to enter Magano, the realm of the evil Kegare, to rescue him!



Tags: Shounen , Exorcism , Revenge , Magic , Demons , Tragedy , Yandere , Swordplay , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Ghost , Twins , Time Skip

Mato Seihei no Slave

Also known as Chained Soldier.

Studio: Seven Arcs , Pony Canyon , Yostar , MAGNET , AT-X
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance

Yuuki Wakura watches as dueling supernatural forces ravage the Earth. Mato are portals to another dimension, avenues from which dangerous monsters escape. Peaches are resources given to women granting them abilities. Chief of the Seventh Unity of the Anti-Demon Corp, Kyouka Uzen arrives to save Yuuki from a monster. Surprisingly, Yuuki holds the power to increase the Peaches effectiveness. But to save the world, Yuuki must be willing to become Kyouka’s servant both on the battlefield and at home.



Tags: Super Power , Female Harem , Primarily Female Cast , Slavery , Shapeshifting , Femdom , Nudity , Heterosexual , Monster Boy , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Demons , Shounen , Alternate Universe , Monster Girl , Gods , Creature Taming , Swordplay , CGI , Love Triangle , Feet , Isekai , Guns , Body Horror

SI-VIS: The Sound of Heroes

Also known as SI-VIS: The Sound of Heroes.

Studio: Aniplex , Sony Music Entertainment , Studio VOLN
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Music , Romance , Sci-Fi

SI-VIS is a co-ed music group, led by Yosuke, shaking up the global music scene with their unmatched vocals and performances. However, they are actually heroes in disguise, battling against mysterious forces threatening the world. They convert audience energy at live performances into combat power. Luckily, the battles appear to be ordinary concerts to the public, keeping their identity a secret.



Tags: Superhero , Idol , Urban , Aliens , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Love Triangle , Memory Manipulation , School

Shikizakura

Also known as Shikizakura.

Studio: Sublimation , Chuukyou TV Broadcasting , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi

Kakeru Miwa is an otherwise ordinary high school student, but a strange twist puts him on the front line in a supernatural battle against the menacing Oni. With the help of a fantastically powerful battle suit known as “Yoroi”, Kakeru joins an elite team that fights the monstrous Oni and defends humanity from otherworldly threats. The team is assigned to protect Oka Myojin, a shrine maiden who is prophesized to save the world, but she must perform a sacred ritual within Shikizakura, the horizon that connects the spiritual and physical world that lies somewhere amid the blooming cherry blossoms and the colorful autumn leaves. But in this world, the journey to destiny is hard-fought, winding and sometimes deadly.



Tags: Full CGI , Tokusatsu , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , Demons , Henshin , Heterosexual , Shrine Maiden , Swordplay , Guns , Conspiracy , Martial Arts , Mythology , Female Harem , Idol , Tragedy , VTuber

Darling in the Franxx

Also known as DARLING in the FRANXX.

Studio: TRIGGER , Aniplex , CloverWorks , A-1 Pictures , Movic , Ultra Super Pictures , Crunchyroll , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Psychological , Romance , Sci-Fi

The distant future: Humanity established the mobile fort city, Plantation, upon the ruined wasteland. Within the city were pilot quarters, Mistilteinn, otherwise known as the “Birdcage.” That is where the children live... Their only mission in life was the fight. Their enemies are the mysterious giant organisms known as Kyoryu. The children operate robots known as FRANXX in order to face these still unseen enemies. Among them was a boy who was once called a child prodigy: Code number 016, Hiro. One day, a mysterious girl called Zero Two appears in front of Hiro. “I’ve found you, my Darling.”



Tags: Cohabitation , Psychosexual , Super Robot , Orphan , Post-Apocalyptic , Primarily Teen Cast , Dystopian , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Robots , Demons , Conspiracy , Kaiju , Lost Civilization , Heterosexual , Found Family , Monster Girl , Memory Manipulation , Aliens , Male Protagonist , Travel , Environmental , Love Triangle , Military , Politics , Unrequited Love , Survival , Family Life , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tsundere , Space , Fishing , Virginity , Clone , Marriage , Body Horror , Monster Boy , Femdom , Pregnancy , Female Protagonist , Yandere , Gore , Time Skip , Drawing , Medicine , Agriculture , Pandemic , Reincarnation , Aviation , Femboy

Tokyo Ravens

Also known as Tokyo Ravens.

Studio: 8-bit , Funimation , Showgate , TOKYO MX , Bushiroad , I0plus , Movic , Fujimishobou
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Supernatural

Harutora was born into a family of onmyouji known for their mastery of the occult. Unfortunately, he didn’t inherit their magical abilities, so he was doomed to live a normal life. At least, that is, until a girl from his past changes his future!



Tags: Magic , School , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Exorcism , Urban , Reincarnation , Male Protagonist , Crossdressing , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Monster Boy , CGI , Demons , Tsundere , Slapstick , Female Harem , Spearplay , Ensemble Cast , Unrequited Love , Robots , Kemonomimi , Achromatic