Anime like Gyakuten Sekai no Denchi Shoujo

Mahou Shoujo Magical Destroyers

Also known as Magical Destroyers.

Studio: Bibury Animation Studios , Mainichi Broadcasting System , King Records , Bit Grooove Promotion , SANKYO
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Mahou Shoujo

Freedom of expression is threatened when a mysterious group, the SSC, destroy Japan’s otaku culture. However, a young revolutionary, Otaku Hero—who loves the culture more than anything—rises up. With the help of three rambunctious magical girls—Anarchy, Blue, and Pink—they’ll team up to create a world free of this oppressive rule. Be part of the rebellion to bring back fandom!



Tags: Otaku Culture , Henshin , Dystopian , Urban , Meta , Magic , Surreal Comedy , Heterosexual , War , Male Protagonist , Slapstick , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Parody , Religion , Swimming , Urban Fantasy , Outdoor Activities , Video Games , Tragedy , Denpa , Drugs , Philosophy , Idol , Survival , Female Harem , Crossdressing , Cars , Gods , Guns , Military , Body Horror , Gore , Amnesia

Akiba's Trip: The Animation

Also known as Akiba's Trip the Animation.

Studio: GONZO , TOKYO MX , bilibili , DLE , AT-X , Docomo Anime Store , Studio Mausu , GONZO
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy , Supernatural

Akihabara, a broad-minded neighborhood where everyone from beginners to masters are welcomed. Even when you're alone, if you go to Akiba, you'll find someone who understands you. It's a neighborhood where anything is possible, where anyone can do seemingly anything; a place where you can lay bare your body and soul. In this neighborhood of Akiba, which has everything including anime, games, maids, idols, secondhand parts, and cheap food, battles are fought against the "Bagurimono," and a steadfast "boy meets girl" story begins!



Tags: Idol , Otaku Culture , Heterosexual , Super Power , Nudity , Parody , Card Battle , Twins , Urban Fantasy , Wrestling , Demons , Super Robot , Necromancy , Time Manipulation

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

SSSS.GRIDMAN

Also known as SSSS.GRIDMAN.

Studio: TRIGGER , Tsuburaya Productions , Fields , Pony Canyon , Docomo Anime Store , KLOCKWORX , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Ultra Super Pictures , BS11 , Graphinica
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Collaboration with Tsuburaya Productions.

Yuta Hibiki awakens with amnesia and the ability see things that others cannot. He first encounters a Gridman in the reflection of his friend Rikka Takarada's computer and it tells him to "Remember his calling," but Yuta doesn't understand what this means. Later, in the distance, he sees an extremely large monster but it doesn't move. It's only when Yuta gets to school that the two sightings make sense: a monster attacks and the hero Yuta saw in the computer screen pulls him within the computer and transforms Yuta into a giant hero named Gridman.



Tags: Tokusatsu , Kaiju , Super Robot , Alternate Universe , Denpa , Memory Manipulation , Virtual World , Meta , Superhero , Anti-Hero , Henshin , Hikikomori , Gods , Amnesia , CGI , Super Power , Yandere , Male Protagonist , Aliens , School , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Mixed Media , Episodic , Gore , Villainess , Love Triangle

Akihabara Dennou Gumi

Also known as Cyber Team in Akihabara.

Studio: Ashi Productions , TBS , Audio Tanaka
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi

A "patapi" is a cute mechanical creature which is like a cyber pet. It can eat, sleep, play, and even help out its owners with some stuff. When Hibari Hanakoganei receives a patapi from a prince in her dreams, she is thrilled and names it "Densuke". When mysterious forces try to steal Densuke, Hibari discovers that Densuke is not just an ordinary patapi. Densuke has magical powers that allows it to transform into a powerful cyber-fighter who looks like Hibari. Hibari's friends also receive similar patapis, and together they form the Cyber Team in Akihabara.



Tags: Coming of Age , Philosophy , Mythology , Urban , Henshin , Primarily Female Cast , Villainess , School , Kuudere , Idol , Ojou-sama , Isekai , Martial Arts

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 , Class Struggle , Psychosexual , Nudity , Parody , Surreal Comedy , Dystopian , Tomboy , Super Power , Coming of Age , Aliens , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Military , Incest , Anti-Hero , Cult , Bullying , Villainess , LGBTQ+ Themes , Ensemble Cast , School Club , Delinquents , Tokusatsu , Exhibitionism , Yuri , Gore , Tragedy , CGI , Meta , Orphan , Tsundere , Cosplay , Yandere , Cheerleading

Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai

Also known as The World God Only Knows.

Studio: TV Tokyo , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Manglobe , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Supernatural

Keima is a dating sim champion. Cute girls are rendered powerless by his irresistible game playing techniques. Too bad things aren't that way in the real world. That is, until his tempting game playing causes a real live—and very bubbly-cute—demon hunter named Elsie to materialize! Now Elsie wants Keima to help her free hot girls from sneaky demons who secretly possess them.



Tags: Parody , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Female Cast , Video Games , Episodic , Meta , Hikikomori , Shounen , Heterosexual , School , Otaku Culture , Male Protagonist , Kuudere , Idol , Ojou-sama , Demons , Ensemble Cast , Amnesia , Primarily Teen Cast , Tsundere , Surreal Comedy , Slapstick , Anti-Hero , Memory Manipulation , Female Harem , Gods , Athletics , Butler , Firefighters , Ghost , Nudity , Teacher

Punch Line

Also known as PUNCH LINE.

Studio: MAPPA , MAGES. , Kansai TV , KYORAKU
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

When your day begins with being held hostage in a hijacking, can things get much worse? How about being kicked out of your own body? Or learning that if you can't re-possess your physical shell, you'll trigger a panty-fueled apocalypse that will wipe out all life on the planet? For Yuta Iridatsu, it's just the start of the worst out-of-body experience ever. Now, if his dissed disembodied spirit doesn't pursue the persuasions of a porn-obsessed paranormal pussycat and purloin a missing mystical manual, a meteor will collide with Earth! And to stack the odds even further, the book is hidden somewhere in the boarding house Yuta shares with a bevy of beautiful babes, but if he gets an eyeful of his ravishing co-renters in their unmentionables before he's back in himself, it's flash-forward to Doomsday! Will the literal end of the world be wearing briefs, a bikini, or a thong? Find out when panties, possessions and extinction level events have the ultimate rear-end collision in PUNCH LINE!



Tags: Afterlife , Superhero , Ghost , Super Power , Time Manipulation , Gender Bending , Urban Fantasy , Time Loop , Body Swapping , Primarily Female Cast , Alternate Universe , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Military , Transgender , Robots , Bisexual , Bullying , Found Family , Video Games , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things

Nurse Witch Komugi-chan Magikarte

Also known as Nurse Witch Komugi.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , ADV Films , Rondo Robe , Pioneer LDC , Toshiba Entertainment , Tatsunoko Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mahou Shoujo , Sci-Fi

Ungrar, the King of Viruses, has escaped from his prison cell in Vaccine World. Maya, the Goddess of Vaccine World sends Mugimaru down to Earth to find a human to accept the powers of Vaccine World and become the Magical Nurse. He finds the best (and the only willing) person for the job when he meets Komugi Nakahara. Komugi is a playful, lazy, and easily distracted (typical) teenager whose dream is to become a cosplay idol. Balancing her career with the Kiri-Pro Promotion Company and her new job battling Ungrar's loyal henchman, the Magical Maid Koyori, Komugi delights audiences in this parody anime series.



Tags: Parody , Female Protagonist , Otaku Culture , Magic , Surreal Comedy , Idol , Meta , Henshin , Medicine , Nudity , Primarily Child Cast

Alice Gear Aegis: Doki! Actress Darake no Mermaid Grand Prix ♥

Also known as alice gear aegis Expansion: Heart Pounding! Actress Packed Mermaid Grand Prix!.

Studio: Nomad
Status: Finished
Genres: Mecha , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Anime adaptation of the 3D smartphone shooting game "Alice Gear Aegis" by the developer COLOPL.

The M-1 Tag Team Grand Prix finally kicks off! The race will determine the top mermaid and winner of 10 million yen! Too bad there’s a big frog and a cyclone in the way.



Note: The anime's other episodes are only viewable by scanning a QR code contained within 3 different figures. Depending on the figure that the QR code is taken from, the ending will be different.

Tags: Idol , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Meta