Anime like Zero no Tsukaima

Toradora!

Also known as Toradora!.

Studio: Genco , Starchild Records , Magic Capsule , NIS America Inc. , Yomiuri Advertising , TV Tokyo Music , J.C. Staff , Hanabee Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Ryuuji Takasu is a gentle high school student with a love for housework; but in contrast to his kind nature, he has an intimidating face that often gets him labeled as a delinquent. On the other hand is Taiga Aisaka, a small, doll-like student, who is anything but a cute and fragile girl. Equipped with a wooden katana and feisty personality, Taiga is known throughout the school as the "Palmtop Tiger."

One day, an embarrassing mistake causes the two students to cross paths. Ryuuji discovers that Taiga actually has a sweet side: she has a crush on the popular vice president, Yuusaku Kitamura, who happens to be his best friend. But things only get crazier when Ryuuji reveals that he has a crush on Minori Kushieda—Taiga's best friend!

Toradora! is a romantic comedy that follows this odd duo as they embark on a quest to help each other with their respective crushes, forming an unlikely alliance in the process.

Tags: Tsundere , Coming of Age , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Unrequited Love , Male Protagonist , Slapstick , Female Harem , Tragedy , Food , Fake Relationship

Shakugan no Shana

Also known as Shakugan no Shana.

Studio: J.C. Staff , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Funimation , Toshiba Entertainment , Cosmic Ray , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Supernatural

He had thought his normal days would last forever, until they were ended abruptly by an encounter with a girl with red hair and eyes. He named her Shana.

Not long after he enters high school, Sakai Yuji’s normal days come to an end. He sees something bizarre on his way home: people are frozen in a strange fire, and a monster that looks like a large doll is attacking them. Just when he's about to be killed, a girl in a dark cloak wielding a large sword appears, and slices the monster in half. Although Yuji survives the strange encounter, the girl informs him of a desolate truth: " 'You' don't exist anymore."

She calls herself a Flame Haze who hunts "Guze no Tomogara"; intruders from another world. She explains to him that he is a "Torch", a substitute of Yuji whose “existence” has already been devoured. She also told him that he is a special Torch, "Mystes", which contains a precious item in it. When he looks at his chest, he sees within himself a faint flame, just as she said.

It is in this way that his eternal struggle alongside the girl begins.



Tags: Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Tsundere , Religion , Anti-Hero , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , School , Swordplay , Female Protagonist , Kuudere , Primarily Teen Cast , Kaiju , Primarily Adult Cast

Toaru Majutsu no Index

Also known as A Certain Magical Index.

Studio: J.C. Staff , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Square Enix , Funimation , AT-X , ASCII Media Works , Kadokawa Contents Gate
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Set in a city of scientifically advanced superhuman students, but in a world where magic is also real. Touma Kamijou’s right hand, the Imagine Breaker, will negate all magic, psychic, or divine powers, but not his own bad luck. One day he finds a young girl hanging on his balcony railing. She turns out to be a nun from the Church of England, and her mind has been implanted with the Index-Librorum-Prohibitorum - all the magical texts the Church has removed from circulation.

Tags: Magic , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Tsundere , Male Protagonist , Nun , Amnesia , Female Harem , Artificial Intelligence , Kuudere , Slapstick , Gore

Kinsou no Vermeil: Gakeppuchi Majutsushi wa Saikyou no Yakusai to Mahou Sekai wo Tsuki Susumu

Also known as Vermeil in Gold.

Studio: Staple Entertainment , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Square Enix , Pony Canyon , Toei Video , BS11 , AT-X , Studio Mausu , APDREAM , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance

Meet Alto, a hapless student at Royal Ortigia Magic Academy whose academic performance leaves much to be desired. Rather than take a more sensible approach to salvaging his grades in time for graduation, Alto decides to summon a bit of otherworldly assistance. Only after does he learn he’s bound the legendary she-devil Vermeil into service as his familiar! But while Vermeil is a powerful ally sure to turn his grades around, her magic can only be replenished with a kiss, and that makes everything go to hell with Alto’s jealous childhood friend, Lilia.



Tags: Magic , School , Male Protagonist , Demons , Succubus , Heterosexual , Monster Girl , Age Gap , Nudity , Yandere , Female Harem , Primarily Teen Cast , Love Triangle , Shounen , MILF , Terrorism , Acting , Angels , Tragedy

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

Hidan no Aria

Also known as Aria the Scarlet Ammo.

Studio: J.C. Staff , Funimation , TBS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

Aria is a volatile girl who’s top dog in assault at a school for young mercenaries. When she discovers her classmate Kinji’s an ace, she strong-arms him into being her partner, but she isn’t the only femme fatale who wants a taste of his combat skills. His secret? He’s only a hotshot when he’s turned on! Aria gets Kinji for one mission, but he’ll end up with more than one finger on his trigger!



Tags: Tsundere , Guns , School , Urban Fantasy , Female Harem , Yandere , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Kuudere , CGI

Seto no Hanayome

Also known as My Bride is a Mermaid.

Studio: GONZO , AIC , Square Enix , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Michishio Nagasumi's life couldn't be any more normal. In an odd twist of events, during his summer vacation he ends up almost drowning in the sea. Luckily, the cute mermaid Seto San appears to save him. However, San is from a yakuza mermaid family and according to their law, if a human is to catch sight of a mermaid, either he or the mermaid must die. The only other way is for Nagasumi to be taken in as a family member, marrying San. In attempts to save both of their lives, Nagasumi asks for San's hand in marriage. Nagasumi's summer vacation reaped more then what he would expect, as he must now protect San from others finding her secret out.

Tags: Parody , Mermaid , Male Protagonist , School , Gangs , Yakuza , Heterosexual , Chibi , Slapstick , Idol , Female Harem , Shounen , Ensemble Cast

Astarotte no Omocha!

Also known as Astarotte's Toy.

Studio: diomedéa , Kadokawa Shoten , Pony Canyon , DAX Production , KLOCKWORX , ASCII Media Works
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance

While job hunting, Naoya is taken by a mysterious girl to a magical land where he is installed in the harem of the succubus Princess Lotte. Thanks to trauma from her childhood, Lotte hates men and surrounds herself with lots of other women, who all have quirks of their own. In spite of her selfishness, when Naoya learns that Lotte is really quite lonely he agrees to stay in her world ...if he can bring his daughter Asuha with him.



Tags: Succubus , Isekai , Age Gap , Primarily Female Cast , Heterosexual , Maids , Kemonomimi , Nekomimi , Female Harem , Demons , Monster Girl , Seinen , Bisexual , Crossdressing , Royal Affairs

Lv2 Kara Cheat datta Moto Yuusha Kouho no Mattari Isekai Life

Also known as Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers.

Studio: OVERLAP , J.C. Staff , Crunchyroll , MUSE , Docomo Anime Store , AT-X , Pony Canyon , CTW , KLOCKWORX
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Romance

The Magical Kingdom of Klyrode summons hundreds of heroes from other worlds every year to fight in their war against the Dark One and his army of powerful demons. Banaza is one of those heroes, summoned from the Royal Capital Paluma, but something’s not right—Banaza is only an average merchant. He has no magic, no fighting ability, and his stats are abysmal. Worse, a mishap leaves him unable to return home! Rejected as a hero and stranded in another world, abandoned to the far reaches of the kingdom by a cruel king who just wants him gone, Banaza’s fate looks pretty bleak. But what will happen once the failed hero candidate finds himself with super cheat powers once he hits level two?



Tags: Isekai , Magic , Male Protagonist , Monster Girl , Kemonomimi , Demons , Heterosexual , Shapeshifting , Female Protagonist , Marriage , Nudity , Anthropomorphism , Swordplay , Agriculture , Tomboy , Archery , Gender Bending , Iyashikei , Time Manipulation , Elf , Time Skip

Dog Days

Also known as Dog Days.

Studio: Aniplex , Seven Arcs
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Dog Days takes place in the world of Flonyard, an alternate Earth inhabited by beings who resemble humans, but also have the ears and tails of specific animals. The Republic of Biscotti, a union of dog-like citizens, has come under attack by the feline forces of the Galette Leo Knights. In an effort to save Biscotti, Princess Millhiore summons a champion from another world in order to defend her people. That champion is Cinque Izumi, a normal junior high student from Earth.

Agreeing to assist Biscotti, Cinque retrieves a sacred weapon called the Palladion and prepares for war. In Flonyard, wars are fought with no casualties and are more akin to sports competitions with the goal of raising money for the participating kingdoms. Cinque is successful in his role as Biscotti’s champion, but learns that a summoned champion cannot be returned to their home world. The scientists of Biscotti will endeavor to find a way for Cinque to return home, but until they figure something out, he must serve Princess Millhiore by continuing to fight as Biscotti’s hero.

Tags: Kemonomimi , Magic , Isekai , Battle Royale , Female Harem , Male Protagonist , Idol , Demons , Primarily Female Cast , Nekomimi , Maids , Tsundere , Kuudere , War