Anime like Watashi wo Tabetai, Hitodenashi

Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu

Also known as The Summer Hikaru Died.

Studio: KADOKAWA , CygamesPictures , Netflix , CyberAgent , CygamesPictures , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Two best friends living in a rural Japanese village: Yoshiki and Hikaru. Growing up together, they were inseparable… until the day Hikaru came back from the mountains, and was no longer himself. “Something” has taken over Hikaru’s body, memories, feelings… and everything they know begins to unravel.



Tags: Monster Boy , Rural , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Cosmic Horror , Urban Fantasy , Mythology , Body Horror , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Teen Cast , Curses , Unrequited Love , Philosophy , Gods , Boys' Love , Mixed Media , Seinen , Detective , School , POV , Denpa , Asexual , CGI , Aromantic , Mountaineering , Disability

Kimi ga Shinu made Koi wo Shitai

Also known as I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day.

Studio: ROLL2 , KADOKAWA , infinite , Ichijinsha , Movic , newgin , WOWOW , AT-X , Kadokawa Media House , EVOLROAR
Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

At the mysterious orphanage where Sheena lives, death is nothing new to its residents—girls who no longer have families of their own, who are raised as weapons of war, taught to kill and take the lives of others without batting an eye. Everyone, that is, except Sheena, who wishes for nothing more than the growing conflict around her to end. On the night of her roommate's death, Sheena meets a strange girl covered in blood, who smiles despite the turmoil surrounding them. The next day, the girl appears as a new student in Sheena's class and introduces herself as Mimi. Initially thought to be a school myth, there are now whispers in the orphanage's halls that Mimi is their secret weapon—an immortal who cannot die. When Mimi is later assigned as Sheena's new roommate, Sheena's world grows even more complicated when she begins living with someone who loves and welcomes death, when all Sheena wants to do is stop it…



Tags: Yuri , War , Tragedy , Primarily Female Cast , Magic , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Orphan , Body Horror , Military , Dystopian , Gore , Shoujo , CGI , Nudity , Swordplay

Yagate Kimi ni Naru

Also known as Bloom Into You.

Studio: TROYCA , AT-X , Sony Music Entertainment , Kadokawa Pictures Japan , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Yuu Koito thought love would be something amazing and magical, but when a male friend asks her to date, she feels nothing. She doesn't even know how to respond until she overhears the student council president of her new high school, Touko Nanami, turning down a similar request. With Touko's help, Yuu manages to let her friend down gracefully, but then Touko confesses that she, herself, is starting to have feelings for Yuu, leaving Yuu in a quandary. Yuu doesn't think that she's in love with Touko, but she does feel something. As Yuu joins the Student Council, and she and Touko become closer, her confusion about her feelings only continues to grow. Because you can't control who you love, or who falls in love with you.



Tags: Yuri , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Female Cast , Coming of Age , School , Aromantic , Unrequited Love , School Club , Love Triangle , Asexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Philosophy , Acting , Bisexual , Shounen , POV , Meta , Trains , Writing , Athletics , Restaurant , Tragedy

Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road

Also known as The Executioner and Her Way of Life.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Warner Bros. Japan , SB Creative , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , EGG FIRM , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

When interdimensional travelers from an otherworldly land known as “Japan” appear, they often bring death and destruction. It’s up to Executioners like Menou to track and exterminate the Lost Ones before they wreak havoc. When Menou encounters a beguiling Lost One named Akari, it’s bloody business as usual… until Menou discovers Akari can cheat death, that is. Even so, Menou has a job to do, and she is committed to her executioner’s mission come hell or high water — provided her newly stirring feelings don’t get in the way.



Note: The first two episodes received an advance release on Abema on March 20, 2022. The regular TV broadcast started on April 2, 2022.

Tags: Anti-Hero , Magic , Memory Manipulation , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Yuri , Isekai , Assassins , LGBTQ+ Themes , Religion , Gore , Travel , Dissociative Identities , Swordplay , Reincarnation , Primarily Teen Cast , Yandere , Post-Apocalyptic , Medieval , Guns , Body Horror

Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei

Also known as The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady.

Studio: diomedéa , KADOKAWA , CTW , AT-X , Kansai TV , TVAadvance
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

Despite her supposed ineptitude with regular magic, Princess Anisphia defies the aristocracy’s expectations by developing “magicology,” a unique magical theory based on memories from her past life. One day, she witnesses the brilliant noblewoman Euphyllia unjustly stripped of her title as the kingdom’s next monarch. That’s when Anisphia concocts a plan to help Euphyllia regain her good name-which somehow involves them living together and researching magic! Little do these two ladies know, however, that their chance encounter will alter not only their own futures, but those of the kingdom...and the entire world!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Magic , Yuri , Royal Affairs , Primarily Female Cast , Politics , Conspiracy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cohabitation , Maids , Vampire , Isekai , Swordplay , Reincarnation , Villainess , Religion , Dragons , Adoption , Matriarchy , Drugs , Curses

Sayonara Lara

Also known as Goodbye, Lara.

Studio: Kinema Citrus , KADOKAWA , Yomiuri TV , Sammy , arma bianca , Pia , BS Asahi , Kinema Citrus , JR Nishi Nihon Communications
Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Once upon a time, a mermaid princess named Lara fell in love with a human prince. To be with him, she used a witch’s potion to become human—but the magic came at a cost: If she failed to find true love, she would vanish into sea foam forever. Now, 200 years later, Lara awakens in Lake Biwa with one final chance at life and love.



Tags: Mermaid , Female Protagonist , Fairy Tale , Coastal , Urban Fantasy , Time Skip , Yuri , Curses , Reincarnation , Interspecies , Magic , Boxing , Shapeshifting , LGBTQ+ Themes , Witch , Royal Affairs , Primarily Female Cast , Tomboy , Work , School Club , Food

Mahoutsukai no Yome

Also known as The Ancient Magus' Bride.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , Production I.G , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Chise Hatori has lived a life full of neglect and abuse, devoid of anything resembling love. Far from the warmth of family, she has had her share of troubles and pitfalls. Just when all hope seems lost, a fateful encounter awaits her. When a man with the head of a beast, wielding strange powers, obtains her through a slave auction, Chise's life will never be the same again.



Tags: Magic , Female Protagonist , Fairy , Mythology , Monster Boy , Tragedy , Found Family , Urban Fantasy , Teacher , Skeleton , Heterosexual , Interspecies , Dragons , Foreign , Age Gap , Philosophy , Body Horror , Shapeshifting , Primarily Adult Cast , Rural , Chimera , Suicide , Gore , Marriage , Travel , Slavery , Shounen , Male Harem , Witch , Chibi , Tanned Skin , Horticulture , Female Harem

Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Nai jan, Muri Muri! (※Muri ja Nakatta!?)

Also known as There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless….

Studio: studio MOTHER , Shueisha DeNA Projects , Shueisha , REMOW
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Renako Amaori is leaving her awkward and lonely junior high school life behind, determined to become a normal girl with normal friends in high school. Glamorous, confident Mai Ouzuka is Renako’s total opposite: wealthy, outgoing, and a literal fashion model. Against the odds, the two girls form an immediate connection. Renako thinks she may have found the best friend of her dreams…until Mai’s romantic confession sends her into a tailspin. Renako wants to prove to Mai that being BFFs is better than being girlfriends, but Mai is dead set on convincing Renako that they’re destined to be lovers. Let the love games begin!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Yuri , Female Harem , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Love Triangle , Polyamorous , Rehabilitation , Psychosexual , Nudity , Urban , Video Games , Yandere , Hikikomori , Coming of Age , Modeling , Seinen , Age Regression

BanG Dream! Ave Mujica

Also known as Ave Mujica - The Die is Cast -.

Studio: Bushiroad , SANZIGEN , TOKYO MX , Good Smile Company , Horipro International , Ultra Super Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Psychological

"Will you give me the rest of your life?"

After losing everything in a single night, Sakiko Togawa reaches out toward an even deeper abyss, one that will drag everyone around her down as well. Gathering the lives of girls burdened with their own troubles and desires, Sakiko raises the curtain on a perfect masquerade.

"Welcome to the world of Ave Mujica."

On a stage where sorrow, death, fear, love—even the solace of forgetting—are stripped away, will their masks be torn off and shatter into oblivion, or will they….



Tags: Band , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Tragedy , Dissociative Identities , Estranged Family , Full CGI , Metal Music , Yuri , Acting , LGBTQ+ Themes , Rock Music , Musical Theater , Incest , Disability , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Orphan , Ojou-sama , Adoption , Anti-Hero , Yandere , Kuudere , Tsundere

Satsuriku no Tenshi

Also known as Angels of Death.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Kadokawa Shoten
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Horror , Psychological , Thriller

13-year old Rachel awakens to find herself trapped in the basement of an abandoned building. Without any memories, or even a clue as to where she could be, she wanders the building, lost and dizzy. In her search, she comes across a man covered in bandages. He introduces himself as Zack and he wields a grim-reaper like sickle.

A strange bond is struck between them, strengthened by strange, crazy promises…

These two, trapped in this strange building, don't know why fate has placed them there. But they will work together desperately to find a way out…

Tags: Tragedy , Death Game , Survival , Anti-Hero , Amnesia , Foreign , Female Protagonist , Assassins , Religion , Suicide , Orphan , Denpa , Philosophy , Gore , Crime , Primarily Teen Cast , Gods , Age Gap , Yandere , Love Triangle , Guns