Anime like Hikari no Ou 2nd Season

Shinsekai yori

Also known as From the New World.

Studio: Aniplex , TV Asahi , A-1 Pictures , Pony Canyon , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Following a sudden outbreak of psychokinesis in 0.1% of the population, a rapid transformation swept the world. The godlike ability to manipulate matter remotely turned many power wielders to violence, inciting a long period of upheaval. Finally, after a chaotic era shaped by the rise and fall of oppressive regimes, the psychic humans were able to achieve a fragile peace by isolating their society, creating a new world bound by complex rules.

In the town of Kamisu 66, 12-year-old Saki Watanabe has just awakened to her powers and is relieved to rejoin her friends—the mischievous Satoru Asahina, the shy Mamoru Itou, the cheerful Maria Akizuki, and Shun Aonuma, a mysterious boy whom Saki admires—at Sage Academy, a special school for psychics. However, unease looms as Saki begins to question the fate of those unable to awaken to their powers, and the children begin to get involved with secretive matters such as the rumored Tainted Cats said to abduct children.

Shinsekai yori tells the unique coming-of-age story of Saki and her friends as they journey to grow into their roles in the supposed utopia. Accepting these roles, however, might not come easy when faced with the dark and shocking truths of society, and the impending havoc born from the new world.



Tags: Class Struggle , Dystopian , Lost Civilization , Post-Apocalyptic , Philosophy , Coming of Age , Super Power , Tragedy , Anti-Hero , Female Protagonist , Conspiracy , Memory Manipulation , Politics , Slavery , Time Skip , Bisexual , Revenge , Survival , War , Magic , Cosmic Horror , Animals , Body Horror , Rural , Environmental , Amnesia , Cult , Gore , Fugitive , LGBTQ+ Themes , Chimera , Heterosexual , Religion , Love Triangle , Torture , Anthropomorphism , Boys' Love , School , Aviation ,

Tenshi no Tamago

Also known as Angel's Egg.

Studio: Studio Gallop , Studio DEEN , Studio Hibari , Tokuma Shoten
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Psychological

In a desolate and dark world full of shadows, lives one little girl who seems to do nothing but collect water in jars and protect a large egg she carries everywhere. A mysterious man enters her life... and they discuss the world around them.



Tags: Philosophy , Dystopian , Lost Civilization , Tragedy , Mythology , Religion , Post-Apocalyptic , Cosmic Horror , Angels , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Amnesia , No Dialogue , Coming of Age , Survival , Foreign , Fairy Tale , Tanks , Cultivation , Body Horror

Kimitachi wa Dou Ikiru ka

Also known as The Boy and the Heron.

Studio: Studio Ghibli , Toho
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother’s tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy’s mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the “long-awaited one.”



Tags: Fairy Tale , Coming of Age , Animals , Isekai , Shapeshifting , Urban Fantasy , Anthropomorphism , Autobiographical , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Adoption , Tragedy , Time Manipulation , Historical , Rural , Orphan , Pregnancy , Age Regression , War , CGI , Family Life , Archery , Bullying