Anime like Devilman Lady

DEVILMAN crybaby

Also known as Devilman Crybaby.

Studio: Science SARU , Aniplex , Netflix , Dynamic Planning
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Psychological , Supernatural

The protagonist Akira Fudou learns from his best friend, Ryou Asuka, that an ancient race of demons has returned to take back the world from humans. Ryou tells Akira that the only way to defeat the demons is to incorporate their supernatural powers, and suggests that he unite with a demon himself. Akira succeeds in transforming into Devilman, who possesses both the powers of a demon and the soul of a human. The battle of Devilman and Akira Fudou begins.



Note: New Devilman project marking Go Nagai's 50th anniversary as a creator.

Tags: Demons , Tragedy , Body Horror , Psychosexual , Gore , Urban Fantasy , Gods , Shapeshifting , Nudity , Male Protagonist , Cosmic Horror , Philosophy , Monster Boy , Unrequited Love , Curses , War , Angels , Henshin , Post-Apocalyptic , Anti-Hero , Mythology , Cannibalism , Coming of Age , Conspiracy , Revenge , Hip-hop Music , Athletics , Guns , Urban , Drugs , Meta , Masturbation , Public Sex , Heterosexual , Afterlife , Politics , Motorcycles , Shounen , Flash

Devilman: Tanjou-hen

Also known as Devilman: The Birth.

Studio: Kodansha , Dynamic Planning , Oh! Production , Discotek , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Horror , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Akira is just another normal kid in modern-day Tokyo, until an old friend of his, Ryo, shows up and turns his world upside down. Akira learns that there is an upcoming war of demons on humanity and he has just been enlisted for a major tour of duty. But the only way to fight a demon is with their power, so Akira and Ryo risk a dangerous ceremony in an attempt to create humanity's only hope: the powerful Devilman.

Tags: Demons , Body Horror , Shapeshifting , Gore , Shounen , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Mythology , Anti-Hero , Male Protagonist , Nudity , Philosophy , Henshin , Cars , Guns , Drugs , Boys' Love , Suicide , School , Delinquents

Vampire Miyu (TV)

Also known as Vampire Princess Miyu (TV).

Studio: AIC , Arts Pro , Victor Entertainment , Maiden Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Supernatural

Evil Shinma (shape-shifting monsters and vampires) roam the Earth on a mission to unleash their darkness upon the Human race. Miyu Royal Princess from the dark is the Chosen One—the one being who must banish the Evil Shinma from the Earth. She has the power to offer Humans the gift of eternal happiness, yet is herself, trapped between two worlds; destined for perpetual solitude and internal conflict.

Miyu's only companion is Larva, once an evil Shimna; now her devoted guardian. Together they share a dark journey through the weakness of the human heart and the tragic loss of innocence. Cut off from humanity by the knowledge of what she is, Miyu lives an endless quest as both the hunter and the hunted, on the edge of darkness.



Tags: Demons , Episodic , Anti-Hero , Tragedy , Vampire , Youkai , Shoujo , Body Horror , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Gore , Yuri

Mnemosyne: Mnemosyne no Musume-tachi

Also known as RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~.

Studio: Xebec , Genco , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Horror , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Rin Asogi is an immortal private detective with a thirst for vodka and a talent for attracting things that go bump in the night. In a series of nightmarish vignettes spanning sixty-five years, Rin's lush body is sadistically pierced, blown up, and mulched to a bloody pulp. The fiend behind her tortured existence is Apos, an eternal being obsessed with sacrificing Rin to Yggdrasil, the tree of all life. While Rin struggles to unravel the secrets of her endless agony, Apos lurks in the shadows, eager to tear into her ripe body and devour the memories of her countless lives. Rin's no stranger to the realm of the dead, but her next visit could last forever.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Cosmic Horror , Guns , Urban , Body Horror , Gore , Time Skip , Memory Manipulation , Torture , Urban Fantasy , Amnesia , Mahjong , Nudity , Tragedy , Ero Guro , Anti-Hero , Clone , Bisexual , Age Gap , Detective , Cyborg , Episodic , Dystopian , Cannibalism , LGBTQ+ Themes , Virtual World

serial experiments lain

Also known as Serial Experiments Lain.

Studio: TV Tokyo , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Genco , Funimation , Triangle Staff , Pioneer LDC , TV Tokyo Music , Fujipacific Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

We're all connected... There is the world around us, a world of people, tactile sensation, and culture. There is the wired world, inside the computer, of images, personalities, virtual experiences, and a culture all of its own. The day after a classmate commits suicide, Lain, a 14-year-old girl, discovers how closely the two worlds are linked when she receives an e-mail from the dead girl: I just abandoned my body. I still live here...

Has the line between the real world and the wired world begun to blur?



Tags: Denpa , Virtual World , Philosophy , Dissociative Identities , Augmented Reality , Female Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Artificial Intelligence , Cyberpunk , Software Development , Conspiracy , Gods , Cosmic Horror , Cult , Suicide , Religion , Meta , Urban , Tragedy , Video Games , Primarily Female Cast , Orphan , Amnesia , Adoption , Afterlife , POV , Yuri , Drugs , Trains , School , Aliens , Death Game , Zombie , Age Gap , Bullying , Anachronism

Witchblade

Also known as Witchblade.

Studio: GONZO , GDH , Funimation , SKY Perfect Well Think
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

Masane Amaha and her daughter Rihoko are on the run from a government child welfare agency that wants to take Rihoko away from her mother. They are caught and Rihoko is taken away. Meanwhile, Masane is attacked by an advanced weapon that can disguise itself as a human being. When faced with the danger, a strange light emits from her wrist and she transforms into a powerful being. She destroys the weapon and consequently becomes involved in a power struggle between powerful organizations, with her at the center of their attention. Because she holds the greatest power of them all, the legendary Witchblade.



Tags: Super Power , Family Life , Henshin , Parenthood , Amnesia , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Nudity , Tragedy , Natural Disaster , Ojou-sama

Casshern Sins

Also known as Casshern Sins.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Funimation , Tatsunoko Production , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Psychological , Sci-Fi

In the distant future, where cyborgs and humans struggle to survive after the war which destroyed the world, a being in white suit awakens. His name is Casshern and he remembers nothing of his own past.

In barren and dark dystopian world, where every being alive seems to hate his existence and the evil from his past wants him dead, Casshern, haunted by the flashes of his past memories has to survive and figure out who or what exactly he is and how he got to where he is now. But he does not know that he might not like the horrible truth of the past, hidden deep inside his mind...

Created as an intended reboot of Casshern franchise.

Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Philosophy , Dystopian , Robots , Super Power , Tragedy , Pandemic , Found Family , Episodic , Amnesia , Male Protagonist , Disability , Cyberpunk , Twins , Superhero , Lost Civilization

Genocyber

Also known as Genocyber.

Studio: Bandai Visual , Artmic , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Mecha , Psychological , Sci-Fi

As the nations of the world begin to merge, world peace is threatened by the private armies of individual corporations. The Kuryu Group has just discovered a weapon that will tip world power in their favor. The Genocyber: a nightmarish combination of cybernetics and psychic potential. Many desire to control this monstrosity, but can its hatred be contained... Battle erupts, and the cyberpunk world of the future is about to explode with violence.



Tags: Cyberpunk , Gore , Military , Tragedy , Body Horror , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Nudity , Mixed Media

Silent Möbius

Also known as Silent Möbius.

Studio: Radix , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Horror

The year is 2023 and Alien Beings known as "Lucifer Hawks" have begun invading earth from another dimension. All that stands between them and the enslavement of the human race is the Attacked Mystification Police Department - a special division of the Tokyo Police staffed by women with amazing paranormal abilities.



Tags: Cyberpunk , Police , Time Skip , Magic , Tsundere , Female Protagonist , Tomboy , Shounen , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Robots , Cyborg , Monster Girl , Heterosexual

Night Walker: Mayonaka no Tantei

Also known as Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective.

Studio: Bandai Visual , AIC , BeSTACK , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Horror , Mystery

Shido Tatsuhiko is not only a private eye... he is also a vampire with no real memory of his past. Joined by Yayoi Matsunaga, a female government agent, Riho Yamazaki, an orphaned teenage girl working as his girl Friday and Guni, a little green imp, Shido must face demonic creatures known as Nightbreed. Meanwhile, Cain, the vampire who made him what he is now, is seeking him...



Tags: Detective , Urban Fantasy , Vampire , Demons , Amnesia , Urban , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bisexual , Tragedy , Episodic , Boys' Love , Guns , Swordplay , Gore , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Twins , Fairy , Unrequited Love , Nudity