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

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 , Urban Fantasy , Henshin , Shounen , Military , Work , Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , Gore , Kuudere , Slapstick , Tsundere , Tokusatsu , Heterosexual , Ojou-sama , Rescue , Swordplay

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

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

Maou 2099

Also known as DEMON LORD 2099.

Studio: Aniplex , J.C.STAFF , KADOKAWA , BS11 , TOKYO MX , J.C.STAFF
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

The cyberpunk metropolis Shinjuku—a massive city-state bedecked with neon signs, towering skyscrapers, and the latest cutting-edge technology. It is here, in year 2099 of the Fused Era, where the legendary Demon Lord Veltol has his second coming five centuries in the making. But this landscape is nothing like the one he conquered all those years ago, for the fusion of magic and engineering has elevated civilization to dazzling, unprecedented heights. Veltol may have been reduced to a historical footnote, but make no mistake…this brave new world will be his for the taking!



Tags: Cyberpunk , Urban , Male Protagonist , Magic , Primarily Adult Cast , Dystopian , Isekai , Heterosexual , Demons , Anti-Hero , Urban Fantasy , VTuber , Artificial Intelligence , Dragons , Female Harem , Shounen

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

Back Arrow

Also known as BACK ARROW.

Studio: Aniplex , Studio VOLN , BANDAI SPIRITS , BS11 , ABC Animation , Movic , Legs
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Lingalind is enclosed by the Wall. The Wall covers, protects, cultivates, and nurtures the land. The Wall is God. One day in Edger, a village on the outskirts, a mysterious man named Back Arrow appears. Arrow has no memory, but he claims that all he knows is that “I came from outside the Wall.” Arrow tries to go beyond the Wall to regain his memories but is pulled into one conflict after another.



Tags: Super Robot , Male Protagonist , CGI , War , Tokusatsu , Henshin , Slapstick , Ensemble Cast , Dissociative Identities , Tragedy , Nudity , Anachronism

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

Tokyo Ravens

Also known as Tokyo Ravens.

Studio: 8-bit , Funimation
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 , Exorcism , Urban Fantasy , Reincarnation , Male Protagonist , Crossdressing , Tsundere , CGI , Demons , Slapstick , Female Harem , Robots , Achromatic

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