Anime like Shishigari

Aka no Kioku

Studio: Studio Durian
Status: Finished
Genres:

Short directed by Kiyotaka Oshiyama in collaboration with Fukushima Prefecture's general information magazine Fukushima Map's Supporter Association to promote the appeal of the prefecture to more people.



Tags: Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Drawing , Advertisement

Fumetsu no Anata e

Also known as To Your Eternity.

Studio: Brain's Base , NHK Enterprises , NHK
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Supernatural

In the beginning, an "orb" is cast unto Earth. "It" can do two things: change into the form of the thing that stimulates "it"; and come back to life after death. "It" morphs from orb to rock, then to wolf, and finally to boy, but roams about like a newborn who knows nothing. As a boy, "it" becomes Fushi.

Through encounters with human kindness, Fushi not only gains survival skills but grows as a "person". But his journey is darkened by the inexplicable and destructive enemy Nokker and cruel partings with the people he loves.



Tags: Shapeshifting , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Rural , Travel , Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , Survival , Body Horror , Agender , Foreign , Shounen , Medieval , CGI , Indigenous Cultures , Gore , Animals , Time Skip , Orphan , Afterlife , Adoption , Primarily Female Cast , Historical , Prison , Language Barrier , Memory Manipulation , Snowscape , Zombie , Demons , Battle Royale , Yandere

Mushishi

Also known as MUSHI-SHI.

Studio: Artland , Marvelous Entertainment , Funimation , Delfi Sound
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Neither good nor evil, they are life in its purest form. Vulgar and strange, they have inspired fear in humans since the dawn of time and have, over the ages, come to be known as "mushi." The stories of the Mushi and the people they affect are all linked together by a traveling Mushi-shi, or "Mushi Master," who seeks rare Mushi sightings and uses his shaman-like knowledge of Mushi to help the affected people.

What are the Mushi and what do they want?



Tags: Environmental , Youkai , Mythology , Episodic , Philosophy , Rural , Travel , Male Protagonist , Animals , Iyashikei , Outdoor Activities , Exorcism , Snowscape , Tragedy , Seinen , Historical , Wilderness , Coastal , Amnesia , Primarily Adult Cast , Cult , Monster Girl , Suicide

Look Back

Also known as LOOK BACK.

Studio: Studio Durian , Avex Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Ayumu Fujino is a fourth grader who draws a manga strip for the school newspaper. Her art makes her the star of the class, but one day she's told that Kyomoto, a student who refuses to come to school, would also like to submit a manga for the paper...



Tags: Drawing , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Philosophy , Primarily Female Cast , Meta , Otaku Culture , Hikikomori , Work , Time Manipulation , Rotoscoping , Autobiographical , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Shounen , Rural