Anime like Mahoutsukai no Yome SEASON 2

Mahoutsukai no Yome

Also known as The Ancient Magus' Bride.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , Production I.G , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Chise Hatori has lived a life full of neglect and abuse, devoid of anything resembling love. Far from the warmth of family, she has had her share of troubles and pitfalls. Just when all hope seems lost, a fateful encounter awaits her. When a man with the head of a beast, wielding strange powers, obtains her through a slave auction, Chise's life will never be the same again.

Tags: Magic , Female Protagonist , Fairy , Mythology , Monster Boy , Found Family , Urban Fantasy , Teacher , Tragedy , Skeleton , Heterosexual , Dragons , Foreign , Age Gap , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Shapeshifting , Rural , Chimera , Body Horror , Suicide , Gore , Travel , Marriage , Slavery , Shounen , Witch , Male Harem , Chibi , Tanned Skin , Horticulture

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Niehime to Kemono no Ou

Also known as Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Pony Canyon , Crunchyroll , WOWMAX , Hakusensha , BS11 , Contents Seed
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

The King of the Beasts and Demons regularly receives female human sacrifices to eat in order to assert the dominance of his people over the human race. However, for the 99th sacrifice, the human girl brought to the capital, Sariphi, intrigues the Beast King. In fact she isn't afraid of him or any other beast and even accepts her death without begging or crying as she has neither home nor family to return to if she were released. The King finds her intriguing and let her stay at his side as his consort despite being human. This is the story of how Sariphi will become the queen of the demons and beasts.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Politics , Shoujo , Monster Boy , Anthropomorphism , Animals , Magic , War , Rehabilitation , Coming of Age , Bullying , Royal Affairs , Demons , Revenge , Historical , Swordplay , Estranged Family , Kingdom Management , Primarily Animal Cast , Heterosexual , Fairy Tale , Love Triangle , Gore , Age Gap , Time Skip

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Totsukuni no Shoujo (2022)

Also known as The Girl from the Other Side.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , Twin Engine
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery

Once upon a time, in a far, faraway place, there were two lands. The world was divided into an inner land and an outer land. People feared the outer land, inhabited by eerie beings, the carriers of curse. One day, on the border to the inner land inhabited by humans, one such being finds a girl on heaps of abandoned dead bodies. The girl says her name is Shiva and shows affection to the "being" who found her, calling him "Teacher."

This is a story of two people—one human, one inhuman—who linger in the hazy twilight that separates night from day.

Note: Originally released as a movie-length OVA. As streaming on Crunchyroll, it is split into 3 'normal' length episodes.

Tags: Rural , Philosophy , Gods , Demons , Magic , Environmental , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Teacher , Religion , Outdoor Activities , Anthropomorphism , Shounen

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Majo no Tabitabi

Also known as Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina.

Studio: C2C , Lantis , Kadokawa Shoten , Movic , Bandai Namco Arts , AT-X , SB Creative , Kadokawa Media House
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Inspired by her favorite book, Elaina ventures out to see the world she's read so much about. Like a leaf on the wind, she travels from one country to another, looking to sate her inquisitiveness and searching for new experiences. She's confronted by humanity in all its forms, whether strange, bizarre, or emotional. Exploration and curiosity drive her journey. Where to next, Elaina?

Tags: Witch , Episodic , Magic , Female Protagonist , Travel , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Time Skip , Primarily Female Cast , Achronological Order , Medieval , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Anti-Hero , Foreign , Yuri , Gore , Time Manipulation , Philosophy , Dragons , Alternate Universe , Body Swapping , Gangs , Slavery , Suicide , Amnesia

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Sousou no Frieren

Also known as Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End.

Studio: Toho , MADHOUSE , Shogakukan , Nippon Television Network , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , Aniplex , Dentsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about. Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. But Frieren will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to understand what life means to the people around her? Decades after their victory, the funeral of one her friends confronts Frieren with her own near immortality. Frieren sets out to fulfill the last wishes of her comrades and finds herself beginning a new adventure…

Tags: Travel , Magic , Elf , Philosophy , Medieval , Time Skip , Female Protagonist , Found Family , Iyashikei , Kuudere , Foreign , Demons , Adoption , Rural , Aromantic , Heterosexual , Episodic , Rotoscoping , Dungeon , Shounen , Asexual , Religion , Food , Snowscape , Dragons , Clone , Horticulture

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Somali to Mori no Kamisama

Also known as Somali and the Forest Spirit.

Studio: Satelight , HORNETS , Mixer , North Stars Pictures , JY Animation , Crunchyroll , CA-Cygames Anime Fund , Movic
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Slice of Life

The world is ruled by a diversity of inhuman beings, who persecuted humans and drove them to near-extinction. One day, the forest guardian Golem meets a human girl. This is a chronicle of a journey that would bind a member of the dying "human" clan to the forest guardian Golem, as father and daughter.

The first episode received an advance web distribution on January 3. The regular TV broadcast started on January 10.

Tags: Adoption , Found Family , Female Protagonist , Family Life , Travel , Iyashikei , Lost Civilization , Parenthood , Elderly Protagonist , Survival , Male Protagonist , Demons , Youkai , Seinen , Orphan , Witch , CGI , Elf , Disability , Slavery , Body Horror

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Nanatsu no Maken ga Shihai Suru

Also known as Reign of the Seven Spellblades.

Studio: Warner Bros. Japan , J.C.STAFF , KADOKAWA , KLOCKWORX , Movic , Bandai Namco Music Live , Konami Digital Entertainment , BS11 , TOKYO MX , Sotsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

It’s springtime at Kimberly Magic Academy, and new students are beginning their first year. Among them are a skilled and studious boy, Oliver, and a headstrong samurai girl, Nanao. They soon form a unique bond in the halls of Kimberly, but this picturesque school isn’t what it seems. Dark secrets and endless danger lurk behind every corner. Can these wizards make it to graduation alive?!

Tags: Magic , School , Ensemble Cast , Revenge , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Swordplay , LGBTQ+ Themes , Samurai , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Asexual , Gender Bending , Anti-Hero , Torture , Animals , Gore , Female Harem , Alchemy , Elf

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Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen

Also known as Ascendance of a Bookworm.

Studio: Ajiado , Crunchyroll , flying DOG , Genco , BS Fuji , ABC Animation , Happinet , KLOCKWORX , Yomiuri TV Enterprise , WOWOW , TO Books , JTB Next Creation , Tokyo Animator Gakuin
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

Anime adaptation of Part 1 of Honzuki no Gekokujou.

When a sickly young girl suddenly becomes obsessed with inventing new things, her family and friends are all puzzled. "What has gotten into Myne?" they wondered, never dreaming that the answer is not a "What" but a "Who": Urano Motosu, a book-loving apprentice librarian who died in an earthquake in Tokyo who somehow found herself in Myne's body! And since Myne's world is still in a medieval stage, where books can only be owned by the elite, the new Myne intends to do everything she can to bring her beloved books to the masses in the time she has left.

Note: The first episode was included in a bonus DVD that came with the limited edition of the 8th volume of Part 4 of the light novel that was released on September 10th, 2019 prior to its TV premiere.

Tags: Class Struggle , Reincarnation , Isekai , Female Protagonist , Work , Age Regression , Economics , Family Life , Medieval , Primarily Child Cast , Educational , Magic , Josei , Orphan , Adoption , Historical , Time Skip , Makeup , Archery , Chibi , Achromatic

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Konyaku Haki sareta Reijou wo Hirotta Ore ga, Ikenai Koto wo Oshiekomu

Also known as I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness.

Studio: Zero-G , Digital Network Animation , bilibili , Yomiuri TV Enterprise , Pony Canyon , Shufu to Seikatsusha , KLOCKWORX , arma bianca
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

Allen Crawford is a misanthropic sorcerer known as the “Dark Lord.” When he comes across Charlotte Evans, a noblewoman exiled on false charges, his memories of being betrayed three years ago come rushing back. He decides to teach Charlotte about all the pleasures, vices, and joys of naughty living. Can a broken heart be mended with riotous living? These two are bound to find out!

Tags: Fugitive , Shoujo , Hikikomori , Iyashikei , Rehabilitation , Heterosexual , Magic , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Kemonomimi , Demons , Memory Manipulation , Parody

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Hotarubi no Mori e

Also known as Into the Forest of Fireflies' Light.

Studio: Aniplex , Brain's Base , Hakusensha , DAX Production , TV Tokyo , NAS
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Supernatural

The story of Hotarubi no Mori e centers around Hotaru, a little girl who gets lost in an enchanted forest where apparitions reside. A young boy, Gin, appears before Hotaru, but she cannot touch him for fear of making him disappear.

Tags: Coming of Age , Youkai , Ghost , Tragedy , Rural , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Time Skip , Age Gap , Heterosexual , Iyashikei , Wilderness

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