Anime like Tobe! Isami

Kenyuu Densetsu YAIBA

Also known as Legendary Brave Swordsman Yaiba.

Studio: Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , TV Tokyo , Pastel
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

Kurogane Yaiba is a boy who doesn't want to become what any regular kid would: He wants to be a samurai. That's why he undergoes a hard training with his father, knowing only the forest as his world. Then, one day, he is sent to Japan, where he has to deal with a whole new civilized reality, meeting the Mine family, the evil Onimaru and even the legendary Musashi, having lots of dangerous adventures, becoming stronger everyday.



Tags: Shounen , Aliens , Martial Arts , Male Protagonist , Swordplay , Anthropomorphism , Baseball , Animals , Demons , Shapeshifting , Eco-Horror

Meitantei Conan

Also known as Case Closed.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Yomiuri TV , Animax , YTV , TMS-Kyokuchi
Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Mystery , Psychological

Kudo Shinichi is a seventeen year-old high school detective whom people call the "Modern Sherlock Holmes." However, one night after a date with his childhood sweetheart, Ran, Shinichi witnessed an illegal trade and, caught off his guard, was knocked unconscious and fed a drug that was supposed to kill him... but he woke up and found himself shrunken to a seven year-old. In order to track down the men who did this to him, Shinichi hid his identity and lived with Ran, whose father happened to be a hopeless detective, and with that came a series of murders and mysteries that he must solve.



Note:
Includes Keisatsu Gakkou-hen - Wild Police Story in episodes 1029, 1038, 1042, 1061
Episodes 11, 52, 76, 118, 162, 184, 208, 342, 356, 449, 452, 487, 488, 489, 490, 515, 516, 521, 522, 651, 734, 804, 805, 927, 928 aired with a runtime of ~50 minutes as opposed to the standard 25 minute long episode.
Episodes 96, 129, 174, 219, 263, 304, 383, 479 aired with a runtime of ~90 minutes as opposed to the standard 25 minute long episode.
Episode 345, 425 aired with a runtime of ~115 minutes as opposed to the standard 25 minute long episode.


Tags: Detective , Crime , Tragedy , Espionage , Age Regression , Conspiracy , Police , Male Protagonist , Fugitive , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Criminal Organization , Work , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , Primarily Adult Cast , School , Educational , Tsundere , Love Triangle , Football , Martial Arts , Crossover , Tanned Skin , Ojou-sama , Female Harem , Tomboy , Magic , Karuta , Idol , CGI , Video Games

Sasuga no Sarutobi

Also known as Amazing Sarutobi.

Studio: NAS , Asatsu DK
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Romance , Sports

Nikumaru, meaning "meatball" in Japanese, is a seventeen-year-old student at Ninja High School, a special school for the training of ninja. He is short and chubby, but he possesses a super technique known as the "kamikaze", where he stirs up a whirlwind with his feet. The series introduces his many adventures and pranks as Nikumaru meets with his rivals both in and out of school.



Tags: Martial Arts , Slapstick , Ninja

Kuusou Kagaku Sekai Gulliver Boy

Also known as Fantascience World Gulliver Boy.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Mecha

Gulliver, a boy born with the ability to use magic was forced against his will to attend a magician school to improve his abilities to protect his city. He manages to escape just to find out that his home town was destroyed by the evil Judau's army. Judau personally kills his father and oaths to kill Gulliver as well. Meanwhile Gulliver and his friend Eddison rescue a girl named Misty who is running away from Judau. Along with a fairy named Phoebe, a lone wolf ninja named Gecko and an ancient ship; Gulliver and his friends set out on an adventure to defeat Judau and to discover the secrets of Atlantis.



Tags: Magic

Genji Tsuushin Agedama

Also known as Story from Genji Agedama.

Studio: Studio Gallop , NAS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sci-Fi

Agedama is a small boy going to elementary school and having the usual problems for a boy of his age. He is also secretly a superhero-in-training (called "Agedaman"). Along with Wapuro, his floating computer companion, he fights against a criminal organization who can turn humans into monsters of various types.



Tags: Parody

YAT Anshin! Uchuu Ryokou

Studio: Group TAC
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi

The emergence of the dimensional tunnel sets the background for a new space era in which space travelling can be designated to planets outside the solar system. Hoshiwata Goro is a space traveller who goes in search for his father whose whereabouts are shrouded with obscurity. His only link to his father is an old photograph. In order to attain his goal, Goro participates in a young space travelling company known as "YAT" which organises tours to different planets. However, in the midst of his journey, he was involved in an accident which resulted in the destruction of the spaceship. As a form of compensation, he had to work for YAT and this sparks off a train of space adventures for him.



Tags: Space

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: Anachronism , Super Power , Ninja , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Anthropomorphism , Animals , Samurai , Slapstick , Crossdressing