Anime like Mayoiga

Another

Also known as Another.

Studio: Lantis , Kadokawa Shoten , P.A.WORKS , Toho , Sentai Filmworks , KLOCKWORX , Bandai Namco Live Creative , NTT Docomo
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

When Kouichi Sakakibara transfers to a new school, he senses a frightening atmosphere in his new class, a secret none of them will talk about. At the center is the beautiful Mei Misaki. Kouichi is immediately drawn to her mysterious aura, but he begins to realize that no one else in the class is aware of her presence. Soon after his arrival, what is known as the Calamity begins, and it claims the lives of many students.



Tags: Tragedy , Gore , School , Memory Manipulation , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban Fantasy , Survival , Rural , Curses , Kuudere , Male Protagonist , Ghost , Female Protagonist , Suicide , Twins , Assassins , Death Game , Teacher , Philosophy

Ousama Game The Animation

Also known as King's Game.

Studio: Seven
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

The story begins when an entire high school class of 32 people receive a message on their cellphones from a person known only as the "King." The messages contain orders that the students must obey, or they risk the punishment of death. With their lives on the line, the students soon find out that the orders are getting more and more extreme as time goes on.



Tags: Death Game , Survival , Gore , Tragedy , Battle Royale , Surreal Comedy , School , Netorare , Yandere , Suicide , Tsundere

Ura Sekai Picnic

Also known as Otherside Picnic.

Studio: LIDENFILMS , Felix Film , Square Enix , BS11 , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Frontier Works , Sony Pictures Entertainment , AT-X , Amusement Media Academy , Hayakawa Shobou , Good Smile Film
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Mystery , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Moments from death, Sorawo is saved by the mysterious Toriko in the Otherside. Attracted to its beauty, she soon discovers that this dimension is inhabited by monsters once thought imaginary. Joining with Toriko in her search for a missing friend, they set out to explore this nightmare-realm and maybe make a little money. What they encounter could bring enlightenment—or drive them mad!



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Primarily Female Cast , Survival , Cosmic Horror , Episodic , Primarily Adult Cast , Mythology , Guns , Isekai , CGI , Military , College , Body Horror , Curses , Crime , Rehabilitation

Naka no Hito Genome [Jikkyouchuu]

Also known as The Ones Within.

Studio: SILVER LINK.
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Sci-Fi

Iride Akatsuki is a popular game footage uploader. He wakes up one day to find that he's been kidnapped and taken to a strange place, along with a number of other uploaders who specialize in different genres of games.

A mysterious alpaca-headed host gathers them after the initial stage, to explain how the game will proceed. Will the group of gamers clear the game and make it back to their real lives?



Tags: Ensemble Cast , Conspiracy , Video Games , LGBTQ+ Themes , Virtual World , Death Game , Shoujo , Yandere , Iyashikei , Tsundere , Gambling , Guns

Nihon Chinbotsu: 2020

Also known as Japan Sinks: 2020.

Studio: Science SARU , Avex Pictures , Netflix , Septeni Holdings
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sci-Fi

The setting for this adaptation is moved from 1970s Japan to 2020, just after the Tokyo Olympics. The story centers on the Mutou family, and the siblings Ayumu and Gou. The four members of the Mutou family are caught in an earthquake that hits Tokyo, and attempt to escape the city, while disaster claws at their heels.



Tags: Survival , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Disability , Natural Disaster , Post-Apocalyptic , Language Barrier , Outdoor Activities , Family Life , Female Protagonist , Coastal , Surreal Comedy , Eco-Horror , Cult , Athletics , Gore , Ensemble Cast , Cosmic Horror , Lost Civilization , Transgender , Ships , Drugs , E-Sports , Time Skip , Religion , Agriculture , Male Protagonist

Wonder Egg Priority

Also known as WONDER EGG PRIORITY.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex , D.N. Dream Partners , NTV Music , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

This is the story of Ai, an introverted girl whose fate is forever changed when she acquires a mysterious “Wonder Egg” from a deserted arcade. That night, her dreams blend into reality, and as other girls obtain their own Wonder Eggs, Ai discovers new friends—and the magic within herself.



Tags: Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Urban Fantasy , Suicide , Bullying , Coming of Age , Alternate Universe , Primarily Teen Cast , CGI , Denpa , Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , Hikikomori , Afterlife , Body Horror , Artificial Intelligence , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Transgender , Episodic , Tomboy , Age Gap , Kuudere , Gore , Isekai , Idol , Guns

Re:CREATORS

Also known as Re:CREATORS.

Studio: TROYCA , Magic Capsule , ABC Animation , Aniplex , Shogakukan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mecha , Thriller

People have created many stories. Joy, sadness, anger, deep emotion. Stories stir up emotion and captivate. However, those emotions are nothing more than the feelings of a spectator. What if the characters in the stories had their own "will"? In their eyes, are we, the creators of the stories, like gods? Revolution for our world. Punishment for the land of the gods.

Re:CREATORS. Everyone becomes a Creator.



Tags: Writing , Crossover , Isekai , Urban Fantasy , Meta , Magic , Otaku Culture , Drawing , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Alternate Universe , Battle Royale , Swordplay , Video Games , Robots , Spearplay , Super Robot , Suicide , Guns

Hakaba Kitarou

Also known as Graveyard Kitaro.

Studio: Toei Animation , Sony Music Entertainment , Fujipacific Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

Kitarou is a youkai boy born in a cemetery, and aside from his mostly-decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost tribe. He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and youkai, which generally involves protecting the former from the wiles of the latter.

This version of the Kitarou story is based on the original Hakaba Kitarou manga, the manga which inspired the popular Gegege no Kitarou series in the late 60's.



Tags: Youkai , Suicide , Tragedy , Orphan , Anti-Hero , Male Protagonist , Vampire , Kemonomimi , Homeless

Boku dake ga Inai Machi

Also known as ERASED.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Kansai TV , Aniplex of America , Madman Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Satoru Fujinuma is a 29 year old manga artist struggling to make a name for himself following his debut. But, that was not the only thing in his life that Satoru was feeling frustrated about… He has a unique supernatural ability of being forced to prevent deaths and catastrophes by being sent back in time before the incident occurred, repeating time until the accident is prevented. One day, he gets involved in an accident that has him framed as a murderer. Desperate to save the victim, he sends himself back in time only to find himself as a grade-schooler one month before fellow classmate Kayo Hinazuki went missing. Satoru now embarks on a new quest: to save Kayo and solve the mystery behind her disappearance.

Tags: Age Regression , Time Manipulation , Crime , Tragedy , Time Skip , Primarily Child Cast , Male Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Detective , Snowscape , Urban Fantasy , Super Power , Ensemble Cast , Seinen , School , Fugitive , Revenge , Teacher , Rural , Rehabilitation , Amnesia , Heterosexual , Bullying , Kuudere , CGI

Tasuuketsu

Also known as Tasuketsu -Fate of the Majority-.

Studio: Satelight , Nippon Television Network , VAP , BS Nittele , NetEase Games , Comic Smart , NTV Music , Marui Group
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery , Thriller

Saneatsu Narita finds himself in a game of survival as half of the human population disappears each night!

The game began suddenly. It was "Tasuketsu", a brutal survival game in which the majority is eliminated. In order to fight back against the immensely powerful emperor masterminding the game, young men and women create their own futures using the mysterious special ability known as "Special Right."



Tags: Death Game , Super Power , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Time Skip , Ensemble Cast , Survival , Zombie , Religion , Time Manipulation