Anime like Chuan Shu Zijiu Zhinan

Tian Guan Ci Fu

Also known as Heaven Official's Blessing.

Studio: Haoliners Animation , bilibili , Red Dog Culture House
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Xie Lian, the crown prince of Xian Le Kingdom, successfully ascends to Heaven during his third trial in spite of successive demotions. However, he accidentally breaks the Gold Palace of heavenly officials. With no human worshiping him, Xie Lian has to descend to the secular world to exorcise ghosts, which may help him sustain his divinity.



Tags: Gods , Male Protagonist , Ghost , Cultivation , Wuxia , Magic , Boys' Love , Travel , LGBTQ+ Themes , Rural , Demons , Tragedy , Primarily Male Cast , Revenge , Swordplay , Shapeshifting , Lost Civilization , Historical , Bullying , War , Crossdressing , Mahjong , Gender Bending

Modao Zushi

Also known as The Founder of Diabolism.

Studio: Tencent Penguin Pictures , B.CMAY PICTURES
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

The Wen Clan's rampage caused untold sufferings, and the other cultivation clans launched the "Sunshot Campaign" to join forces against the Wen Clan. Although Wei Wuxian, the Yiling Patriarch, had made great contributions to overthrowing the Wens, he was stigmatized and punished because he was considered too powerful and dangerous. He was persecuted by ten thousand people.

Thirteen years later, Wei Wuxian has been brought back by a sacrificial ritual and has met again with old acquaintances such as Lan Wangji from the Gusu Lan Clan and Jiang Cheng from the Yunmeng Jiang Clan. The mysteries of Wei Wuxian's past remain, and conflicts in the cultivation world have resurfaced - all of which began from when they were all once youths.



Tags: Cultivation , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Wuxia , Reincarnation , Demons , Primarily Male Cast , Necromancy , Anti-Hero , Revenge , Historical , Magic , War , Time Skip , Swordplay , Politics , Zombie , Foreign , Kuudere , Ensemble Cast , Found Family , Achronological Order , Boys' Love , Adoption , Gore , CGI , Torture , Archery , Bullying , Slavery , Suicide , Crime

Shanhe Jian Xin

Also known as Thousand Autumns.

Studio: Tencent Penguin Pictures , Motion Magic
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Yan Wushi had walked a path full of blood and corpses.He did not believe in the good nature of humanity. Even more so, he did not believe that there could be someone with great kindness and sense of justice, who would be so considerate of others without asking anything in return.

One day, Shen Qiao, who was the sect leader of Mount Xuandu, the number one Daoist sect under the heavens, was challenged to a duel but somehow fell off the cliff.

Yan Wushi happened to pass by down there.Seeing Shen Qiao who was seriously injured to the point of dying, he suddenly came up with a perfect idea…

After thousands of autumns, who could stay eternal?

Tags: Wuxia , Male Protagonist , Full CGI , Cultivation , Amnesia , Swordplay , Primarily Adult Cast , Travel , Tragedy , Rehabilitation , Crime , Martial Arts , Revenge , Boys' Love , Super Power , Primarily Male Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Magic , Yandere , Politics

Modao Zushi 2

Also known as The Founder of Diabolism 2.

Studio: B.CMAY PICTURES , Tencent Penguin Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

Continuing his masquerade as the deranged lunatic from the Lanling Jin Clan, Wei Wuxian resides in the Cloud Recesses while his former cultivation classmate, Lan Wangji, searches for answers about the demonic severed arm they have in custody. With an overwhelming dark energy emanating from the arm, the two are forced to work together in order to keep it contained. However, the demonic arm is not the only dark force lurking in the region, and as spiritual tensions rise in the mountains of the Gusu Lan Clan, it is up to the two of them to try and restore the natural order.

The story of Wei Wuxian's fall from grace continues as more light is shed on his descent into the path of demonic cultivation. The demonic arm only further strains his mischievous spirit. This is the time for him to prove that he has truly broken free from the forbidden path and is not the maniacal sorcerer that everyone remembers him to be.

Tags: Wuxia , Reincarnation , Anti-Hero , Cultivation , Achronological Order , Tragedy , Travel , Time Skip , Primarily Male Cast , Demons , Politics , Magic , Historical , Male Protagonist , Crime , Boys' Love , Zombie , Gore , Torture , Found Family , Swordplay , War , CGI , Ensemble Cast , Rural , Afterlife

Modao Zushi 3

Also known as The Founder of Diabolism: Final Season.

Studio: Tencent Penguin Pictures , B.CMAY PICTURES
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

Along an empty road in the rural countryside, Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji stumble across a stone plaque that reads "Yi City." Still on their quest to unravel the mystery behind the cursed severed arm, they venture into the deserted city to obtain further leads.

However, with the appearance of a mysterious new cultivator, the demonic arm investigation leads Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji to a plot that threatens the cultivation world as they know it. The gravity of the new situation escalates when the two find it involves the chief cultivator of the renowned Lanling Jin Sect—Jin Guangyao.

As the pair continue to piece together the crucial conspiracies of the cultivation history, their friends and colleagues grow suspicious of their motives. With the world against him, Wei Wuxian must prove he is not the demonic sorcerer people believe him to be to regain their trust and save the cultivation world from the sinister evil lurking within it.



Tags: Cultivation , Wuxia , Anti-Hero , Male Protagonist , Boys' Love , Historical , Primarily Male Cast , Ghost , Tragedy , Magic , Kuudere , Travel , Swordplay , Gore , Primarily Adult Cast , Torture , Crime , Zombie , Tsundere , Achronological Order , Found Family , Revenge , Ensemble Cast , CGI

Ling Qi

Also known as Spiritpact.

Studio: Haoliners Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural

You Keika, the heir of an old famous family of Exorcists, is stricken with poverty after losing his parents and struggles as a street fortune teller and a part time computer tech. One night at a junkyard, he meets a mysterious and charismatic Exorcist, Tanmoku Ki, who is fighting an evil spirit. To compound his misfortunes, he gets hit by car and becomes a ghost. Tanmoku Ki appears and asks You Keika to make a “pact” with him to fight Evil Spirits together. Here starts the friendship of our heroes!



Note: This series was originally released in Chinese as an ONA between June 21, 2016 and November 1, 2016. There were 20 episodes at 14 minutes each. A Japanese dub was then produced by Haoliner's Japanese branch, Emon, which aired on TV in Winter 2017 under the title Spiritpact. Each TV episode was comprised of two ONA episodes with minor aesthetic touch-ups. Thus, the Japanese (and Crunchyroll-licensed) version has 10 episodes at 24 minutes each.

Tags: Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Magic , Boys' Love , Ghost , Exorcism , Youkai , Necromancy , Swordplay , Urban Fantasy , Tsundere , Age Regression , Shapeshifting , Super Power

Tian Guan Ci Fu 2

Also known as Heaven Official's Blessing Season 2.

Studio: bilibili , Red Dog Culture House
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Although most gods in the heavenly realm avoid dealing with the forgotten god Xie Lian, Heavenly Emperor Jun Wu holds him in good graces. Xie Lian's luck is otherwise terrible, and adding to his troubles, the gods seem to suspect that Xie Lian's recent companion was the dreaded Ghost King Hua Cheng. Despite what others may think of him, Xie Lian fondly recalls Hua Cheng's promise: the next time they meet, Hua Cheng will appear in his true form.

Jun Wu informs Xie Lian of the unsettling news that a god's distress signal was seen coming from the Ghost City—the most prosperous place in the ghost realm, where the only law is Hua Cheng himself. As Xie Lian has no qualms about stepping into Hua Cheng's territory, he infiltrates the city to locate the lost god. There, the genuine Hua Cheng is already waiting. He is the most feared being across the three realms, yet before Xie Lian, his arrogance erodes. Without revealing the reason for his generosity, he spares no power or means to ease the burdens of Xie Lian's endlessly unfortunate past.



Tags: Wuxia , Boys' Love , Ghost , Gods , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Cultivation , Tragedy , Afterlife , Martial Arts , Historical , Magic , LGBTQ+ Themes , Demons , Travel , Gambling , Foreign , Swordplay , Curses

Dinghai Fusheng Lu

Also known as Epic of Divinity Light.

Studio: Foch , bilibili
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

Centuries ago, the land of China was full of magical spirits. Those who could utilize the power of spirits were called Exorcists. Their duty was to prevent the Great Diablo, a demon that shows up once every millennium, from plaguing the world. In the Han Dynasty, however, in a catastrophe known as The Oblivion, all magical spirits vanished overnight. Having lost their powers, Exorcists became a thing of the past.

Later, during the incessant war between the Qin and Jin Kingdoms, the resentful spirits of those who died in vain became the nutrients triggering the revival of the Great Diablo. In order to stop the demon, Chen Xing, the last surviving Exorcist, starts a journey with "Lamp of the Heart", a magical artifact that lives in his soul. He is to travel to Xiangyang City to find Xiangshu, who is destined to join him and defeat the demon.



Tags: Boys' Love , Full CGI , Martial Arts , Primarily Male Cast , Wuxia , Male Protagonist , Historical , Zombie , Primarily Adult Cast , Revenge , Tragedy , Exorcism

Tianbao Fuyao Lu

Also known as Legend of Exorcism.

Studio: Sparkly Key Animation , bilibili
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

Tianbao Period.

Kong Hongjun, a young man who was ignorant of worldly affairs, came to Chang’an with three important tasks and entered the Great Tang’s Exorcist Department. Inside the department, he led a ragtag group of yao-vanquishing experts together with Li Jinglong, commander of the Longwu Army.

And this, is the story of how they wrote out the Great Tang’s Yao-vanquishing Records.

Tags: Historical , Full CGI , Demons , Detective , Ensemble Cast , Magic , Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Exorcism , Ancient China , Archery

Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta…

Also known as My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!.

Studio: SILVER LINK. , Nichion , Myrica Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

Wealthy heiress Katarina Claes is hit in the head with a rock and recovers the memories of her past life. It turns out the world she lives in is the world of the game Fortune Lover, an otome game she was obsessed with in her past life... but she's been cast as the villain character who tries to foil the protagonist's romances! The best ending the game has for Katarina is exile, and the worst, death! She'll have to find a way to avoid triggering the flags of doom, and make her own happy future!



Tags: Mixed Gender Harem , Isekai , Female Protagonist , Reincarnation , Villainess , Ensemble Cast , Ojou-sama , Maids , Medieval , Slapstick , Bisexual , Parody , Unrequited Love , Time Skip , LGBTQ+ Themes , Royal Affairs , Horticulture , Episodic , Revenge , Tragedy , Age Regression , Magic , Tsundere , Adoption , Bullying , Agriculture , Twins , Yuri