Anime like Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei

Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha: Shijou Saikyou no Maou no Shiso, Tensei shite Shison-tachi no Gakkou e Kayou

Also known as The Misfit of Demon King Academy: History’s Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants.

Studio: SILVER LINK. , Aniplex of America , Movic , Nippon BS Broadcasting , ADK Marketing Solutions , AT-X , Q-Tec , TOKYO MX , KADOKAWA , Docomo Anime Store , Contents Seed , Medicos Entertainment , Studio Mausu , Aniplex , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

Anos, the Demon King of Tyranny, has defeated humans, spirits, and gods alike. But even demon kings get tired of all the fighting sometimes! Hoping for a more peaceful life, Anos decides to reincarnate himself. When he wakes two thousand years later, though, he finds the world has become too peaceful--his descendants have grown weak and magic is in serious decline. Intending to reclaim his rightful place, he enrolls in Demon King Academy, where he finds that his magical power is off the charts. Literally. And because they can't measure his power, the faculty and other students regard Anos as a misfit. With the support of Misha, the one student he manages to befriend, the misfit (Demon King) begins his climb up the demon ranks!



Tags: Demons , Magic , Reincarnation , Male Protagonist , School , Super Power , Conspiracy , Memory Manipulation , Swordplay , War , Kuudere , Time Manipulation , Twins , Love Triangle , Tsundere , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Gore , Crime , Alternate Universe , Musical Theater , Primarily Teen Cast

Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e

Also known as Classroom of the Elite.

Studio: Lerche , KADOKAWA , Crunchyroll , AT-X , AKABEiSOFT2 , Bandai Namco Music Live , Sony Music Solutions , Toranoana , Kadokawa Media House , Lantis
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Koudo Ikusei Senior High School is a leading school with state-of-the-art facilities. The students there have the freedom to wear any hairstyle and bring any personal effects they desire. Koudo Ikusei is like a utopia, but the truth is that only the most superior students receive favorable treatment.

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji is a student of D-class, which is where the school dumps its "inferior" students in order to ridicule them. For a certain reason, Kiyotaka was careless on his entrance examination, and was put in D-class. After meeting Suzune Horikita and Kikyou Kushida, two other students in his class, Kiyotaka's situation begins to change.



Tags: School , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Anti-Hero , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Survival , Battle Royale , Kuudere , Nudity , Tsundere , Female Harem , School Club , Female Protagonist , Yandere

Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry

Also known as Chivalry of a Failed Knight.

Studio: SILVER LINK. , Nexus
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance

The "school sword action" story revolves around Magic Knights, modern magic-users who fight with weapons converted from their souls. Ikki Kurogane goes to a school for these Magic Knights, but he is the "Failed Knight" or "Worst One" who is failing because he has no magical skills. However, one day, he is challenged to a duel by Stella, a foreign princess and the "Number One" student. In this duel, "the loser must be obedient for life."



Tags: Swordplay , Male Protagonist , School , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Magic , Primarily Teen Cast , Class Struggle , Urban Fantasy , Nudity , Incest , Bullying , Female Harem , Primarily Female Cast , Politics , Transgender , Archery , Super Power , Large Breasts

Grisaia no Kajitsu

Also known as The Fruit of Grisaia.

Studio: 8-bit , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Ecchi , Psychological , Romance

The anime revolves around Mihama Academy, a prison-like school built to preserve fruit that has fallen too far from its tree. It is home to five female students who each have their reasons for enrolling in the academy and live their life idly within the walls of Mihama.

One day, Kazami Yuuji the institute’s first male student arrives and throws the orderly rhythm of Mihama off balance. Is Yuuji what the girls need to hold of their lives once more, or will the weight of their pasts prove too steep a wall to overcome? Or is his past even heavier than any of the others?



Tags: Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast , School , Female Harem , Survival , Nudity , Dissociative Identities , Kuudere , Guns , Revenge , Cannibalism , Suicide , Adoption

Gakusen Toshi Asterisk

Also known as The Asterisk War.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , flying DOG
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance , Sci-Fi

Invertia (meteor storm)… an unprecedented disaster that struck the world during the 20th century.

Because of this disaster, numerous cities around the world were destroyed. However, within the meteor, an unknown element called mana (the all-encompassing element), was discovered, which allowed human technology to make rapid strides.

This also gave rise to a new species of human born with unique skills – the Star Pulse Generation (Genestella).

The setting for the world’s greatest comprehensive battle spectacle, the Festas (Star Warrior Festivals), is an academy city above the water surrounded by six academies called Rikka also commonly known as Asterisk. Having transferred into Seidoukan Academy in order to fulfill his own wish, scholarship student Ayato Amagiri swears he too will fight in this city.

Burning souls race…

The curtain rises on this school battle spectacle!



Tags: Male Protagonist , Female Harem , Magic , Swordplay , School , Kuudere , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Teen Cast , Robots , War , School Club

Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records

Also known as Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor.

Studio: LIDENFILMS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

In the "action fantasy" story, Glenn is a part-time teacher at a magic school who is inclined to write "self-study" on the blackboard and then take a nap. One of his students, Sistine, gets angry and challenges him to a duel and he is easily defeated. However, when a terrible incident threatens the school, Glenn shows intense dedication to protecting his students.



Tags: Magic , School , Teacher , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Tsundere , Anti-Hero , Kuudere , Gore , Female Harem

Assassins Pride

Also known as ASSASSINS PRIDE.

Studio: EMT Squared , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Romance

Against the savage monsters that lurk outside the glass walls of Flandore, the last remnants of humanity have only one defense: the mana magic wielded only by members of the Noble class. When Melida, heiress to House of Angel, fails to manifest her magic upon reaching majority, the half-vampire Kufa is sent with orders from her own Grandfather to resolve the issue… and if Melida cannot manifest mana, Kufa is to execute her for the crime of impure blood. But when Melida fails the test, Kufa can’t bring himself to kill the spirited young woman whose only fault was to have an adulterous mother. And so, instead, he commits the crime of giving Melida some of his own mana.



Tags: Magic , Assassins , Primarily Female Cast , Age Gap , Male Protagonist , Vampire , Swordplay , Steampunk , Bullying , Battle Royale , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Female Harem , Body Horror

Xian Wang De Richang Shenghuo

Also known as The Daily Life of the Immortal King.

Studio: Haoliners Animation , bilibili
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Wang Ling is a high school student with a cool and carefree demeanor. Coming off as someone with a very low spiritual force, he actually possesses a power capable of destroying the world at a moment's notice. To mitigate the volatile force within him, his parents have resorted to using an amulet as a temporary solution. However, the amulet weakens over time and Wang Ling's emotions also accelerate its deterioration. Now with the amulet on the verge of breaking, Wang Ling and his father race against time in order to fix it.

Tags: Super Power , Male Protagonist , School , Urban Fantasy , Magic , Heterosexual , Parody , Satire , Cultivation , Primarily Teen Cast , Swordplay , Tragedy , Time Manipulation , Assassins , Alternate Universe , Anti-Hero

Kenja no Mago

Also known as Wise Man’s Grandchild.

Studio: SILVER LINK. , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

A young man is reborn in another world where he is adopted as a baby by the hero Merlin Wolford and named Shin. By his 15th birthday, Shin has accumulated all kinds of power by studying under Merlin, but one thing his adoptive grandfather didn't give him was a lick of common sense.



Tags: Magic , Male Protagonist , Isekai , Demons , School , Ensemble Cast , Adoption , Reincarnation , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Alternate Universe , Found Family , School Club , Gods , Marriage

Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin

Also known as Alderamin on the Sky.

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

The Katvarna Empire is at war with the neighboring Republic of Kioka. In the Katvarna Empire, the lazy, woman-admiring Ikuta hates war, but due to certain circumstances, he grudgingly takes the High Grade Military Officer Exam. No one would have expected that this 17-year-old young man would eventually become a soldier called a great commander by others. Ikuta survives this world engulfed in war with his superior intellect.



Tags: Military , War , Guns , Swordplay , Politics , Male Protagonist , Gore , Philosophy , Female Harem , Foreign , Ojou-sama , Primarily Teen Cast , Tragedy