Anime like SHY: Tokyo Dakkan-hen

Rinne no Lagrange season 2

Also known as Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne Season 2.

Studio: Production I.G , Xebec , Viz Media
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mecha

Several months have passed since Lan and Muginami left Earth. Now in her final year of high school, Madoka spends most of her days thinking about her friends, when Lan suddenly returns to Kamogawa City.



Tags: Real Robot , LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Space , CGI , Aliens , Age Regression , Kuudere

Heartcatch Precure!

Also known as Heartcatch Precure!.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

2nd year middle school student Tsubomi Hanasaki has just moved with her family to the town of Kibougahana to live with her grandma. She is shy and introverted, but is determined to start off her new school life at Myoudou Academy as confidently as possible.

Lately she has been having the same mysterious dream again and again, of Cure Moonlight's defeat at the Great Heart Tree. She wonders what it all means. Then suddenly, two fairies from the dream appear to her, and before she knows it, she is transformed into the legendary Pretty Cure, Cure Blossom!

Later joined by her high energy classmate and new friend Erika Kurumi as Cure Marine, the two girls vow work hard to protect everyone's Heart Flowers from the evil gang, The Desert Messengers.

Tags: Coming of Age , Super Power , Magic , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Desert , Henshin , Superhero , Horticulture , Episodic , School , Kids , Kuudere , Tragedy , Martial Arts , Tomboy , Ensemble Cast , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Fashion , Fairy , Primarily Child Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Rehabilitation , Tokusatsu , Crossdressing , Space , Educational , Acting , Disability

Tu Bian Yingxiong X

Also known as To Be Hero X.

Studio: BeDream , bilibili , Aniplex , Paper Plane Animation Studio , B.Cool Studio , Studio LAN , Pb Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

This is a world where heroes are created by people's trust, and the hero who gains the most trust is known as X. In this world, people's trust can be quantified through data, and these values are reflected on everyone's wrist. As long as one gains enough trust points, an ordinary person can possess superpowers and become a superhero who saves the world. However, the constantly changing trust values make the path of a hero full of uncertainties...



Tags: Dystopian , Superhero , Urban Fantasy , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Achronological Order , Super Power , Anti-Hero , Ensemble Cast , Mixed Media , Philosophy , Urban , CGI , Cyberpunk , Body Horror , Idol , Henshin , Cult , Suicide , Satire , Revenge , Assassins , Robots , Animals , Heterosexual , Aliens , Anthropomorphism , Creature Taming , Kaiju , Disability

Sengoku Youko

Also known as Sengoku Youko.

Studio: WHITE FOX , ABC Animation , Mixer , Crunchyroll , NetEase Games , BS Asahi , Bandai Namco Music Live , Nagoya TV Housou , FuRyu , Nippon Animation , ABC Frontier
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

The world is divided into two factions: humans and monsters called katawara. Despite being a katawara, Tama loves humans and vows to protect them from evil, even if it means fighting her own kind. Her brother Jinka, however, hates humans, despite mostly being one. The siblings are joined by a cowardly swordsman named Shinsuke, who wants to learn how to become strong.

When the group uncovers a plot to experiment on humans and transform them into monsters, they vow to defeat whoever is behind it... Even if it means battling an entire army of warriors.



Tags: Tragedy , Shounen , Demons , Swordplay , Samurai , Dissociative Identities , Shapeshifting , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Magic , Kemonomimi , Ensemble Cast , Henshin , Dragons , Heterosexual , Time Skip , Cultivation , Martial Arts

Nurarihyon no Mago: Sennen Makyou

Also known as Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan - Demon Capital.

Studio: Studio DEEN , Viz Media
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural

At first glance, Nura Rikuo seems like nothing more than a normal middle-schooler. In actual fact, he is grandson of Nurarihyon, master of a youkai clan. Having only recently resolved the hostilities between the Nura Clan and the Shikoku Yokai, Rikuo finds no rest as an ancient enemy of the Nura Clan, Haguromo-Gitsune, resurfaces. After 400 years of inactivity, Haguromo-Gitsune suddenly sweeps through Kyoto with overwhelming power.

Tags: Youkai , Male Protagonist , Demons , Shounen , Kuudere

Katekyou Hitman REBORN!

Also known as REBORN!.

Studio: Artland , Dentsu , Marvelous Entertainment , Pony Canyon , d-rights , Discotek , TV Tokyo Music , TV Tokyo
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy

Nowadays, the mafia world is ruled by Italy's strongest family, the Vongola. Vongola's current head, ninth in the row, is an old man ready for retirement. But before he can hand down his position, he needs help from a professional Hitman to prepare the next generation Boss for ruling over Vongola and the mafia world itself.

Sawada Tsunayoshi is just your ordinary teenage boy who attends Junior High and sucks at it. He is unpopular, has no friends, and is desperately in love with a girl from his class. But his life takes an extraordinary turn when Tsunayoshi meets Reborn, an infamous hitman, who the ninth boss of Vongola has sent to train Tsunayoshi for his upcoming title.



Tags: Mafia , Shounen , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Age Regression , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Time Skip , Urban Fantasy , Alternate Universe , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Slapstick , Chibi , Time Manipulation , Heterosexual , School , Anti-Hero , Ghost , Chuunibyou

Ninja to Koroshiya no Futarigurashi

Also known as A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof.

Studio: Shaft , KADOKAWA , Shaft , Pony Canyon , Kansai TV , BS11 , Movic , AT-X
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

On the way home from school one day, Konoha Koga rescues Satoko Kusagakure, a ninja who escaped her village. Soon, pursuers from the village show up in search of Satoko only to be deftly dealt with by Konoha. As it turns out, the unassuming high schooler is actually an assassin. Thus, the potentially cutthroat cohabitation of a ninja and an assassin begins!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Ninja , Assassins , Slapstick , Urban , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Anti-Hero , Surreal Comedy , Fugitive , Yuri , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Robots , Artificial Intelligence , Afterlife , Shounen , Yandere , Age Regression , Ghost , Family Life , School , Episodic , Demons

Fresh Precure!

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

Love Momozono is a 14-year-old student at Yotsuba Junior Highschool that tends to care more for others than for herself. One day she visits a show of the famous dance unit "Trinity" and decides to become a dancer, too. On the same event, subordinates of the Labyrinth Kingdom show up who want to collect the unhappiness of the audience. Love gets the power to change into Cure Peach and fights them. Soon after, she is joined by her good friends Miki, who is Cure Berry, and Inori, who becomes Cure Pine.



Tags: Magic , Primarily Female Cast , Dancing , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Tokusatsu , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Urban Fantasy , Skeleton , Espionage , Alternate Universe , Adoption , Parenthood , Angels , Ships , Henshin , Robots , Superhero , Kids , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Animals , Fairy , Idol , Artificial Intelligence , Veterinarian , Dragons , Heterosexual , CGI , Primarily Child Cast , Isekai , Body Swapping , School , Dissociative Identities , Found Family

Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight

Also known as Revue Starlight.

Studio: Kinema Citrus , Pony Canyon , OVERLAP , APDREAM , TBS , Sound Team Don Juan , Nelke Planning , Bushiroad , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Music , Psychological

The franchise centers on "Starlight" — the song and dance revue troupe loved throughout the world. Karen and Hikari make a promise with each other when they're young that one day they'll stand on that stage together. Time passes, and now the girls are 16 years old. Karen is very enthusiastic about the lessons she takes every day, holding her promise close to her heart. Hikari has transferred schools and is now away from Karen. But the cogs of fate turn, and the two are destined to meet again. The girls and other "Stage Girls" will compete in a mysterious audition process to gain acceptance into the revue.



Tags: Musical Theater , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Acting , Female Protagonist , Meta , Animals , Fairy Tale , Boarding School , Battle Royale , Time Loop , Yuri , School , Coming of Age , Philosophy , Henshin , Swordplay , Dancing , LGBTQ+ Themes , Unrequited Love , Spearplay , Love Triangle , Tomboy , Archery , Motorcycles , Urban

♪D4DJ Petit Mix

Also known as D4DJ Petit Mix.

Studio: DMM.futureworks , W-Toon Studio , Bushiroad
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

Chibi-style mini animation for the D4DJ media franchise.

Tags: Idol , Episodic , Primarily Female Cast , Chibi , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Ghost , Age Regression