Anime like Subarashiki Kono Sekai The Animation

Persona 4 the Animation

Also known as Persona 4 the Animation.

Studio: Aniplex , AIC A.S.T.A. , Sentai Filmworks , ASCII Media Works , Index
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mystery , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Persona 4 takes place in a rural town named Inaba. There have been mysterious murders occurring whenever there was fog after heavy rain. There were also rumors about a channel on television airing only at midnight called Mayonaka TV, during which it is said that one can see his/her "other half" when staring at the TV screen.

After hearing about a recent unsolved murder which occurred during the fog, the characters—Narukami, Chie, and Yosuke—discuss how each of them had attempted to watch the mysterious TV channel and witnessed the murder victim. The protagonist later realizes that during midnight when the channel is on, his body can phase into his television set as a gateway to enter another world infested with shadows.

After discovering this, they all decide to explore. When first completely entering the world, dazed and confused, Narukami meets Teddie. Mayonaka TV and the town murders seem to have a connection. The murder victims may be merely victims of Mayonaka TV. Everyone decides that they will together try to solve the mysterious murders by exploring the hidden world of Mayonaka TV.

Tags: Crime , Detective , Super Power , Mythology , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Rural , School , Gods , Tomboy , Slapstick , Female Harem , Primarily Teen Cast , Boys' Love , Idol , School Club , LGBTQ+ Themes , Crossdressing , Cosmic Horror

Angel Beats!

Also known as Angel Beats!.

Studio: Aniplex , ASCII Media Works , P.A.WORKS , Visual Arts , Movic , Dentsu , Mainichi Broadcasting System , CBC TV , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Supernatural

Otonashi wakes up in the afterlife to find out he has no memories of his life before death. Desperate to survive in a war that could yield another unfortunate fate, he joins the SSS in the battle against Angel, whose very mission is to destroy all inhabitants of this afterlife. As Otonashi struggles to recover his memory and learn more about this world, he finds that not all is as it had seemed.



Tags: Afterlife , Tragedy , School , Amnesia , Primarily Teen Cast , Kuudere , Coming of Age , Memory Manipulation , Boarding School , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Slapstick , Angels , Survival , Found Family , Isekai , Guns , School Club , Politics , Band , Suicide , Rock Music , Baseball , Heterosexual , Chuunibyou , Drugs

Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei - The Animation

Also known as Danganronpa: The Animation.

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Funimation , Lerche , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

A group of 15 elite high school students are gathered at a very special, high class high school. To graduate from this high school essentially means you'll succeed in life, but graduating is very difficult. The school is presided over by a bear called Monokuma, and he explains to them that their graduation hinges around committing a murder. The only way to graduate is to kill one of your classmates and get away with it. If the other classmates discover the identity of the killer, the killer is the only one executed. However, if they fail to catch the killer, only the killer graduates and the others are annihilated. Which of the 15 will survive the bloodbath to come?

Tags: Death Game , Battle Royale , Tragedy , Survival , Detective , Dystopian , Memory Manipulation , Amnesia , School , Ensemble Cast , Gore , Dissociative Identities , Twins , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Artificial Intelligence , Tanned Skin , Yandere , Crossdressing , Kuudere , Suicide , Gyaru , Meta , CGI , Surreal Comedy , Femboy , Post-Apocalyptic , Idol

Hand Shakers

Also known as Hand Shakers.

Studio: GoHands , Funimation , KADOKAWA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action

In Osaka in the year "AD20XX," Hand Shakers are partners who can summon "Nimrodes," weapons born from their deep psyche by joining hands. In order to grant the pair's wish, the Hand Shakers compete with and fight other Hand Shaker pairs. The top pair will then meet and challenge "God."



Tags: Battle Royale , CGI , Super Power , Full CGI , Mopeds , Surreal Comedy , Age Gap , Heterosexual , Urban , Urban Fantasy , Alternate Universe , Cosmic Horror , Bullying , Philosophy , Slavery , Kuudere , Twins , Incest , Card Battle , Idol

GANTZ

Also known as Gantz.

Studio: GONZO , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Ecchi , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Thought your life was bad? Sometimes, death is worse. There is no salvation, peace, nor god waiting to receive you into their care. But wait, a god? Maybe you are talking about that big black ball stuck in the room with you. Now you are thrown into a game, fighting green aliens and robot monsters for the chance to survive.

When Kei Kurono is killed, he thus finds himself caught in such a game; a test of his skills, morals and will to survive. His life is not his own, his death spat and trampled upon over and over again. What happens if he does not listen? God knows.

A word of warning: Gantz is not for the faint-hearted, but neither is it as simple as it looks. Gore, rape and violence is rampant, as are portrayals of greed, violence, and all the ugliness that one sees in society today.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tags: Death Game , Body Horror , Gore , Aliens , Afterlife , Tragedy , Urban , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Survival , Urban Fantasy , Seinen , Guns , Nudity , Ghost , Suicide , Bullying , Male Protagonist , Cyberpunk , CGI , Homeless , Vampire

TRIBE NINE

Also known as Tribe Nine.

Studio: LIDENFILMS , Akatsuki , Bandai Namco Arts , Docomo Anime Store , Funimation , JR Higashi Nihon Kikaku
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi , Sports

In Neo Tokyo, disillusioned youth form tribes that battle each other in an intense game called Extreme Baseball. One night, two kids – Haru Shirogane and Taiga – meet the strongest XB Player Shun Kamiya. Haru and Taiga join Shun's group, the Minato Tribe, to play this cutthroat game against a mysterious man who has begun taking control of all the tribes. Can they defeat him before it’s too late?



Tags: Baseball , Cyberpunk , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Delinquents , Gore , Tragedy , Twins , Revenge , Heterosexual , Super Power

Caligula

Studio: Satelight
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery , Sci-Fi

The Caligula Effect is set in a virtual reality program known as "Mobius", created so people can escape pain in their lives and live in an idyllic high school setting, forced to live out their 3 years Indefinitely. The main protagonist is one of a group who realize that they are in a virtual world, and form the "Go-Home Club", a group dedicated to escaping from Mobius and its god-like overseer program, a vocal program called "μ". They oppose the "Ostinato Musicians", a group who supports μ and sees the Go-Home Club as traitors.

Tags: Virtual World , Idol , Henshin , Artificial Intelligence , Philosophy , Musical Theater

Devil Survivor 2: THE ANIMATION

Also known as Devil Survivor 2: The Animation.

Studio: Mainichi Broadcasting System , Pony Canyon , Sentai Filmworks , Bridge , Index
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural

When the world is under attack by a monstrous and seemingly unstoppable enemy, the only way to fight back is with warriors who have already died! Sidestepping a gruesome fate in a subway crash during an earthquake, two young men and a girl find themselves recruited into the ranks of the Devil Summoners and given the ability to literally call up demons to battle against the mysterious Septenriones! Can Hibiki, Daichi and Io survive in a war where demons face demons under human command? Where a person's death can be seen in advance? Where every living being is just a game piece to be saved or expended? And where each clash comes with a clock counting down to Armageddon?



Tags: Survival , Demons , Mythology , Urban Fantasy , Cosmic Horror , Post-Apocalyptic , Dystopian , Urban , Military , Politics , Kaiju , Male Protagonist , Gods , Kuudere , Boys' Love

PERSONA5 the Animation

Also known as PERSONA5 the Animation.

Studio: Aniplex , CloverWorks , Sammy , Movic , Atlus
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Supernatural

Ren Amamiya is about to enter his second year after transferring to Shujin Academy in Tokyo.
Following a particular incident, his Persona awakens, and together with his friends they form the “Phantom Thieves of Hearts” to reform hearts of corrupt adults by stealing the source of their distorted desires.
Meanwhile, bizarre and inexplicable crimes have been popping up one after another…
Living an ordinary high school life in Tokyo during the day, the group maneuvers the metropolitan city as Phantom Thieves after hours.
Let the curtain rise for this grand, picaresque story!



Tags: Crime , Henshin , Mythology , Memory Manipulation , Super Power , School , Alternate Universe , Male Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Delinquents , Achronological Order , Politics

DIGIMON BEATBREAK

Also known as DIGIMON BEATBREAK.

Studio: Fuji TV , Toei Animation , Yomiuri Advertising
Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

GLITCH THE FUTURE.

Tomoro Tenma lives in a world where human thoughts and emotions—known as “e-Pulse”—power AI devices called Sapotama. But when Digimon begin materializing from Sapotama and feeding on e-Pulse, society begins to fracture. After Gekkomon appears from his device, Tomoro joins Glowing Dawn, a secret team investigating rogue Digimon and the dark truth of a system both fueled and corrupted by emotion. What new future will be forged by humans and Digimon?



Tags: Proxy Battle , Urban , Artificial Intelligence , Primarily Teen Cast , Found Family , Male Protagonist , Anthropomorphism , Creature Taming , Urban Fantasy , Dystopian , Animals , Henshin , Ensemble Cast , Kids , Class Struggle , Cyberpunk , Super Power , Food , Virtual World , Episodic , Orphan , Kaiju , Conspiracy , Tomboy , Terrorism