Anime like Shisha no Teikoku

Kuroshitsuji: Book of the Atlantic

Also known as Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

All aboard to the next great adventure for Ciel and his demonic butler, Sebastian! After hearing rumors of a peculiar society bringing people back from the dead, the two board the luxury liner Campania on her maiden voyage to investigate. Incognito amongst the mysterious Aurora Society, they find familiar faces and a sight they can’t believe—a woman raised from the dead! But surprise quickly turns to dread when the shambling corpse attacks. With more questions than answers, Ciel and Sebastian are up against not just one flesh-hungry corpse, but hundreds. Worse yet, the flamboyant reaper Grell and his new partner, Ronald Knox, stand in their way. Time is running out to solve this mystery, and if the demonic duo doesn’t act fast, they’ll be treading some seriously rough waters. Who could be behind this daring necromancy—and are they ready to find out?

Tags: Demons , Butler , Zombie , Foreign , Historical , Anti-Hero , Ships , Gore , CGI , Crossdressing , Shounen , Kuudere , Transgender , Swordplay , Male Protagonist

Koutetsujou no Kabaneri

Also known as Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , Aniplex , Funimation , Crunchyroll , Dentsu , Fuji TV , Kansai TV , KYORAKU , Fujipacific Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Supernatural

As the world is in the middle of an industrial revolution, a monster appears that cannot be defeated unless its heart, which is protected by a layer of iron, is pierced. By infecting humans with its bite, the monster can create aggressive and undead creatures known as Kabane. On the island Hinomoto, located in the far east, people have built stations to shelter themselves from these creatures. People access the station, as well as transport wares between them, with the help of a locomotive running on steam, called Hayajiro. Ikoma, a boy who lives in the Aragane station and helps to build Hayajiro, creates his own weapon called Tsuranukizutsu in order to defeat the creatures. One day, as he waits for an opportunity to use his weapon, he meets a girl named Mumei, who is excused from the mandatory Kabane inspection. During the night, Ikoma meets Mumei again as he sees Hayajiro going out of control. The staff on the locomotive has turned into the creatures. The station, now under attack by Kabane, is the opportunity Ikoma has been looking for.

Tags: Zombie , Steampunk , Post-Apocalyptic , Trains , Tragedy , Pandemic , Travel , Guns , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Gore , Revenge , Historical , Nudity , Rotoscoping , Kaiju , Heterosexual , Age Gap , CGI , Incest

Gyakusatsu Kikan

Also known as Genocidal Organ.

Studio: Geno Studio , Funimation , Manglobe
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Psychological , Sci-Fi

The war on terror exploded, literally, the day Sarajevo was destroyed by a homemade nuclear device. The leading democracies have transformed into total surveillance states, and the developing world has drowned under a wave of genocides. The mysterious American John Paul seems to be behind the collapse of the world system, and it’s up to intelligence agent Clavis Shepherd to track John Paul across the wreckage of civilizations and to find the true heart of darkness—a genocidal organ.



Tags: Philosophy , Conspiracy , Foreign , Terrorism , Military , War , Dystopian , Anti-Hero , Politics , Augmented Reality , Guns , Gore , Assassins , Urban , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Achronological Order , Heterosexual , Primarily Male Cast , Nudity , Cyberpunk , Fugitive

Steamboy

Also known as Steamboy.

Studio: Horipro , Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Sci-Fi

Ray is a young inventor living in the U.K. in the middle of the 19th century. Shortly before the first ever Great Exhibition, a marvelous invention called the "Steam Ball," behind which a menacing power is hidden, arrives at his door from his grandfather Lloid in the U.S. Meanwhile the nefarious O'Hara Foundation has sent men to aquire the Steam Ball so that they can use its power towards their own illicit ends.



Tags: Military , Steampunk , Historical , Ojou-sama , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Fugitive , Coming of Age

Magatsu Wahrheit: ZUERST

Also known as MAGATSU WAHRHEIT.

Studio: Yokohama Animation Lab , KLab , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

Based on the popular RPG game from KLab. In the Wahrheit Empire, humanity’s spirit remains fragmented from a disaster in the past where many lives were lost to bloodthirsty monsters who were once summoned. But the fate of the capital is about to drastically change when shy transport worker Inumael and naive Empire soldier Leocadio get caught up in a smuggling incident.



Tags: Politics , Military , Fugitive , Body Horror , Conspiracy , Magic , Guns , Swordplay , Foreign

Harmony

Studio: Studio 4°C , Kansai TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

In the future, utopia has finally been achieved thanks to medical nanotechnology and a powerful ethic of social welfare and mutual consideration.

This utopia isn't perfect, and three young girls stand up to totalitarian kindness and super-medicine by attempting suicide via starvation. It doesn't work, but one of the girls—Tuan Kirie—grows up to be a member of the World Health Organization. As a crisis threatens the harmony of the new world, Tuan rediscovers another member of her suicide pact, and together they must help save the planet...from itself.



Tags: Philosophy , Dystopian , Female Protagonist , Cyberpunk , Suicide , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Augmented Reality , CGI , Terrorism , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Crime , Conspiracy , Urban , Politics , Military , Police , Guns , Nudity

Yuukoku no Moriarty

Also known as Moriarty the Patriot.

Studio: Production I.G , Bandai Namco Arts , Shueisha , BANDAI SPIRITS , Yomiuri TV Enterprise , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

In the late 19th century, the British Empire nobility reigns while its working class suffers at their hands. Sympathetic to their plight, William James Moriarty wants to topple it all. Frustrated by the systemic inequity, Moriarty strategizes to fix the entire nation. Not even consulting detective Sherlock Holmes can stand in his way. It's time for crime to revolutionize the world!



Note: The first episode received an early screening on September 21st, 2020. The regular TV broadcast started on October 11th, 2020.

Tags: Anti-Hero , Class Struggle , Crime , Foreign , Conspiracy , Detective , Revenge , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Historical , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Mafia , Politics , Episodic , Ships , Guns , Gore , Adoption , Shounen

Guimi Zhi Zhu: Xiaochou Pian

Also known as Lord of Mysteries.

Studio: B.CMAY PICTURES , Tencent Penguin Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

In a Victorian world of steam, dreadnoughts, and occult horrors, Zhou Mingrui awakens as Klein Moretti. He walks a razor’s edge between light and darkness, entangled with warring Churches. This is the legend of unlimited potential…and unspeakable danger.



Tags: Conspiracy , Magic , Male Protagonist , Religion , Cult , Cosmic Horror , Gods , Body Horror , Gore , Primarily Adult Cast , Steampunk , Detective , Lost Civilization , Isekai , Alchemy , Cultivation , Tragedy , Foreign , Acting , Astronomy , Dissociative Identities , Curses , Guns , CGI , Espionage , Reincarnation , Angels , Historical , Gender Bending , Episodic , Demons , Ghost , Skeleton

Vampire in the Garden

Also known as Vampire in the Garden.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , Netflix , Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Music , Sci-Fi

One cold winter, humanity lost its battle with the vampires, and with it, most of where they called home. A small population of survivors created a wall of light in a small town to protect them and give them a place to live in peace. Our protagonist, Momo, lives a repressed life but still wishes to coexist with the enemy, the vampires. Fine, the vampire queen, once loved humans and disappeared from the battlefield. As war rages through the humans’ town, the two have a fateful encounter. Once upon a time, humans and vampires lived in harmony in a place called Paradise. This is the story of a young girl and a vampire on a journey to find Paradise.



Tags: Vampire , War , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Travel , Dystopian , Military , Primarily Female Cast , Snowscape , Post-Apocalyptic , Foreign , Survival , Guns , LGBTQ+ Themes , Gore , Fugitive , Urban Fantasy , CGI , Swordplay

Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra

Also known as The Book of Bantorra.

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , david production , Sentai Filmworks , Sakura Create
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

In a world where dead people turn into books and are stored in the Bantorra Library where anyone who reads a book can learn their past, Bantorra Library is maintained by Armed Librarians who wield psychic powers and their enemy is a religious society known as Sindeki Kyoudan.

Tags: Super Power , Primarily Adult Cast , Conspiracy , Cult , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Work , Gods , Anti-Hero , Fugitive , Tanned Skin , Heterosexual , Foreign , Tragedy , Gore , Pandemic , Guns , Memory Manipulation , Dissociative Identities , CGI , Swordplay , War