Anime like Steins;Gate

Boku dake ga Inai Machi

Also known as ERASED.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Kansai TV , Aniplex of America , Madman Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Satoru Fujinuma is a 29 year old manga artist struggling to make a name for himself following his debut. But, that was not the only thing in his life that Satoru was feeling frustrated about… He has a unique supernatural ability of being forced to prevent deaths and catastrophes by being sent back in time before the incident occurred, repeating time until the accident is prevented. One day, he gets involved in an accident that has him framed as a murderer. Desperate to save the victim, he sends himself back in time only to find himself as a grade-schooler one month before fellow classmate Kayo Hinazuki went missing. Satoru now embarks on a new quest: to save Kayo and solve the mystery behind her disappearance.

Tags: Age Regression , Time Manipulation , Crime , Tragedy , Time Skip , Primarily Child Cast , Detective , Male Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Snowscape , Super Power , Ensemble Cast , Seinen , School , Fugitive , Revenge , Teacher , Rehabilitation , Amnesia , Heterosexual , Bullying , Kuudere , CGI

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu

Also known as Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-.

Studio: White Fox , Funimation , Kadokawa Shoten , Media Factory , AT-X , TV Tokyo , Magic Capsule
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Romance , Thriller

In the story, Subaru Natsuki is an ordinary high school student who is lost in an alternate world, where he is rescued by a beautiful, silver-haired girl. He stays near her to return the favor, but the destiny she is burdened with is more than Subaru can imagine. Enemies attack one by one, and both of them are killed. He then finds out he has the power to rewind death, back to the time he first came to this world. But only he remembers what has happened since.



Notes:
The first episode aired with a runtime of ~50 minutes as opposed to the standard 25 minute long episode.
In the Winter 2020 season, Re:ZERO was rebroadcast and re-edited to fit into an hour time-slot. This edit included the first OVA and added slight modifications to certain scenes throughout. It also added an additional scene at the end of the final episode.

Tags: Isekai , Time Manipulation , Time Loop , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Male Protagonist , Witch , Magic , Gore , Cult , Love Triangle , Body Horror , Maids , Suicide , Heterosexual , Primarily Female Cast , Unrequited Love , Elf , Yandere , Demons , Politics , Hikikomori , Coming of Age , Butler , Femboy , Tomboy , Travel , Twins , Assassins , Kemonomimi , Meta , Kuudere , Nekomimi , CGI , Dragons , Body Swapping , Crossdressing , Foreign , Tsundere

Summer Time Render

Also known as Summer Time Rendering.

Studio: OLM , Shueisha , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , MAGES. , Toy's Factory , TOKYO MX , Movic , BANDAI SPIRITS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

A sci-fi, summer story filled with suspense set on a small island with Shinpei Aijiro, whose childhood friend Ushio Kofune died. He returns to his hometown for the first time in two years for the funeral. Sou Hishigata, his best friend, suspects something's off with Ushio's death, and that someone can die next.

A sinister omen is heard as an entire family next door suddenly disappears the following day. Furthermore, Mio implicates a "shadow" three days before Ushio's death.



Tags: Time Loop , Time Manipulation , Shapeshifting , Urban Fantasy , Reincarnation , Super Power , Rural , Tragedy , Mythology , Alternate Universe , Religion , Primarily Teen Cast , Body Swapping , Coastal , Ensemble Cast , Dissociative Identities , Cosmic Horror , Survival , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Gore , Body Horror , Amnesia , Aliens , Ghost , Guns , Shounen , Denpa , Tanned Skin , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Nudity

Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica

Also known as Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

Studio: Aniplex , Shaft , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Movic , Nitroplus , Aniplex of America , Madoka Partners , Houbunsha , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Psychological , Thriller

One night, 14-year-old Madoka Kaname has a terrible nightmare - against the backdrop of a devastated city, she witnesses a girl fight a losing battle against a dreadful being lingering above, while a cat-like magical creature tells Madoka the only way to change such tragic outcome is for her to make a contract with him and become a magical girl.

The next day, the teen's dream seemingly becomes reality as the girl she saw in her dream - Homura - arrives at Mitakihara Middle School as a transfer student, mysteriously warning Madoka to stay just the way she is; but when later on she and her best friend Sayaka encounter the same cat-like magical creature from her dream - who introduces himself as Kyubey - the pair discovers that magical girls are real, and what's more, they can choose to become one. All they must do is sign a contract with Kyubey and agree to take on the duty to fight abstract beings called 'witches' that spread despair to the human world, and in return, each one of them will be granted any single wish they desire. However, as Homura's omen suggests, there might be far more to becoming a magical girl than Madoka and Sayaka realize...

Notes:
Due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the broadcasts of episodes 11 and 12 were delayed and were later aired as a double feature on April 21, 2011.

Tags: Tragedy , Magic , Female Protagonist , Witch , Primarily Female Cast , Time Manipulation , Urban Fantasy , Philosophy , Alternate Universe , Primarily Teen Cast , Kuudere , Archery , Time Loop , Coming of Age , Henshin , Survival , Aliens , Primarily Child Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Gods , Anti-Hero , Spearplay , Suicide , Love Triangle , Guns , School , Tomboy , Achronological Order , Anthropomorphism

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 2nd Season

Also known as Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2.

Studio: White Fox , KADOKAWA , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , AT-X , Kadokawa Media House , Memory-Tech
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Thriller

Even after dying countless times, Subaru finally ended the threat of the White Whale and defeated the Witch Cult's Sin Archbishop representing sloth, Petelgeuse Romaneeconti. But only shortly after overcoming a tragic ending and reuniting with his beloved Emilia, Subaru learns that Rem has been erased from this world, having fallen victim to the White Whale's Fog of Elimination in the midst of Subaru's death loop. With the White Whale now gone, Subaru and Emilia are forced to confront a reality they never dreamed would happen.



Tags: Isekai , Time Manipulation , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Male Protagonist , Witch , Memory Manipulation , Magic , Gore , Cult , Time Loop , Assassins , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Body Horror , Femboy , Elf , Time Skip , Hikikomori , Heterosexual , Age Gap , Maids , Twins , Yandere , Foreign , Monster Girl , Kemonomimi , Kuudere , Monster Boy , Demons , Travel

Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song

Also known as Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-.

Studio: Wit Studio , Aniplex of America , Aniplex
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Music , Sci-Fi , Thriller

An AI named Matsumoto appears before Vivy, the world’s first autonomous humanoid AI. Matsumoto’s mission is to rewrite history together with Vivy, in order to stop the war between AI and humans that will happen one century later.



Tags: Artificial Intelligence , Robots , Female Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Tragedy , Time Skip , Terrorism , Philosophy , Dystopian , Musical Theater , Cyberpunk , Primarily Female Cast , Kuudere , Memory Manipulation , Anthropomorphism , Idol , Conspiracy , Politics , Dissociative Identities , Rehabilitation , Primarily Adult Cast , Amnesia , Martial Arts , Suicide , Body Swapping , Nudity , Heterosexual , Marriage , Space , CGI , Gangs

Shiguang Dailiren

Also known as Link Click.

Studio: BeDream , Studio LAN , bilibili , Aniplex , Sony Music Solutions
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

In a corner of a bustling city, there is a small shop called "Time Photo Studio" operating as usual. Although the entrance looks abandoned, it's actually run by two men with special abilities: Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang. In order to fulfil customers' requests, Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi work together and use their special abilities to enter photos. However, things don't go as planned...



Note: The final episode aired with a runtime of ~31 minutes.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Body Swapping , Super Power , Photography , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Crime , Episodic , Urban Fantasy , Memory Manipulation , Urban , Suicide , Family Life , Police , College , Office Lady , School , Basketball , Office

Tokyo Revengers

Also known as Tokyo Revengers.

Studio: LIDENFILMS , Kodansha , Pony Canyon , Ultra Super Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Romance , Supernatural

Takemichi Hanagaki is a freelancer that's reached the absolute pits of despair in his life. He finds out that the only girlfriend he ever had in his life that he dated in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, had been killed by the ruthless Tokyo Manji Gang.

The day after hearing about her death, he's standing on the station platform and ends up being pushed over onto the tracks by a herd of people. He closes his eyes thinking he's about to die, but when he opens his eyes back up, he somehow had gone back in time 12 years.

Now that he's back living the best days of his life, Takemichi decides to get revenge on his life by saving his girlfriend and changing himself that he'd been running away from.



Tags: Gangs , Delinquents , Time Manipulation , Age Regression , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Primarily Male Cast , Urban , Crime , Alternate Universe , Ensemble Cast , Revenge , Shounen , Motorcycles , Heterosexual , Bullying , Suicide , School , Detective , POV , Mopeds

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 2nd Season Part 2

Also known as Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 Part 2.

Studio: White Fox , KADOKAWA , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , AT-X , Kadokawa Media House , Memory-Tech
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Romance , Thriller

After learning more behind the Death Loop and Witches of Sin, Subaru vows to save Emilia and his friends from further doom.



Tags: Isekai , Tragedy , Time Manipulation , Male Protagonist , Witch , Magic , Memory Manipulation , Ensemble Cast , Alternate Universe , Cult , Elf , Gore , Body Horror , Maids , Monster Girl , Assassins , Primarily Female Cast , Hikikomori , Heterosexual , Monster Boy , Female Harem , Time Skip , Time Loop , Age Gap , Foreign , Tsundere , Demons , Vampire , Unrequited Love

Steins;Gate 0

Studio: White Fox , Frontier Works , Media Factory , Funimation , Movic , Kadokawa Shoten , Madman Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

The eccentric, self-proclaimed mad scientist Rintarou Okabe has become a shell of his former self. Depressed and traumatized after failing to rescue his friend, he has decided to forsake his mad scientist alter ego and live as an ordinary college student. Surrounded by friends who know little of his time travel experiences, Okabe spends his days trying to forget the horrors of his adventures alone.

While working as a receptionist at a college technology forum, Okabe meets the short, spunky Maho Hiyajo, who later turns out to be the interpreter at the forum's presentation, conducted by Professor Alexis Leskinen. In front of a stunned crowd, Alexis and Maho unveil Amadeus—a revolutionary AI capable of storing a person's memories and creating a perfect simulation of that person complete with their personality and quirks. Meeting with Maho and Alexis after the presentation, Okabe learns that the two were Kurisu's colleagues in university, and that they have simulated her in Amadeus. Hired by Alexis to research the simulation's behavior, Okabe is given the chance to interact with the shadow of a long-lost dear friend. Dangerously tangled in the past, Okabe must face the harsh reality and carefully maneuver around the disastrous consequences that come with disturbing the natural flow of time.

Tags: Alternate Universe , War , Time Manipulation , Artificial Intelligence , Tragedy , Dystopian , Post-Apocalyptic , Dissociative Identities , Urban , Time Skip , Age Regression , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Amnesia , Denpa , Kuudere , Memory Manipulation , Military , Fugitive , College , Chuunibyou , Otaku Culture , Shrine Maiden , Gore , Primarily Adult Cast , Disability