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

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 , Coming of Age , School , Aromantic , Primarily Female Cast , School Club , Asexual , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Philosophy , Bisexual , POV , Shounen , Acting , Meta , Trains , Writing , Athletics

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

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

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 , Primarily Female Cast , Royal Affairs , Politics , Conspiracy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Maids , Swordplay , Vampire , Isekai , Reincarnation , Religion , Dragons , Adoption , Drugs , Curses , Matriarchy

Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Naijan, Murimuri! (※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 , Polyamorous , Love Triangle , Mixed Media , Primarily Teen Cast , Rehabilitation , Psychosexual , Urban , Nudity , Video Games , Coming of Age , Yandere , Age Regression , Hikikomori , Table Tennis

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 , Yuri , Cosmic Horror , Episodic , Primarily Adult Cast , Mythology , Guns , Isekai , CGI , Military , College , Body Horror , Curses , Crime , Rehabilitation

Adachi to Shimamura

Also known as Adachi and Shimamura.

Studio: Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Adachi spends her school days skipping class until she meets fellow delinquent Shimamura and the two become fast friends. Cutting class together deepens their friendship but soon unexpected emotions blossom.

As awkwardness and confusion settle in, the two girls travel this sea of emotions without a paddle as they learn about each other’s feelings.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Yuri , Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Iyashikei , Unrequited Love , Aliens , Table Tennis , Fishing

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 , Found Family , Urban Fantasy , Teacher , Tragedy , Skeleton , Heterosexual , Dragons , Foreign , Age Gap , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Shapeshifting , Rural , Chimera , Body Horror , Suicide , Gore , Travel , Marriage , Slavery , Shounen , Witch , Male Harem , Chibi , Tanned Skin , Horticulture

Strawberry Panic

Also known as Strawberry Panic.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Lantis , Media Blasters , Dwango
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Aoi Nagisa transfers to one of the three affiliated all-girl Catholic schools on Astraea Hill, St. Miator's Girls' Academy. There, she discovers a community of fellow students entwined in an intricate hierarchy, in which two Etoiles represent the three schools. In order to fit in, Nagisa must go to class, join clubs, and make new friends. Meanwhile, Shizuma Hanazono, the sole Etoile of Astraea Hill, finds herself drawn to this new, exciting transfer student. As Shizuma and Nagisa get to know each other, Shizuma finally decides it is time to face her troubled past.

Tags: Yuri , Love Triangle , School , Boarding School , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Tomboy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Amnesia , Archery , Nudity , Ensemble Cast