Anime like Tu Bian Yingxiong X

Shiguang Dailiren

Also known as Link Click.

Studio: BeDream , Studio LAN , bilibili , Aniplex , Sony Music Solutions
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

In a corner of a bustling city, there is a small shop called "Time Photo Studio" operating as usual. Although the entrance looks abandoned, it's actually run by two men with special abilities: Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang. In order to fulfil customers' requests, Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi work together and use their special abilities to enter photos. However, things don't go as planned...



Note: The final episode aired with a runtime of ~31 minutes.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Super Power , Body Swapping , Photography , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Crime , Urban Fantasy , Memory Manipulation , Urban , Episodic , LGBTQ+ Themes , Suicide , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Family Life , Police , College , Office Lady , School , Basketball , Office

One Punch Man

Also known as One-Punch Man.

Studio: MADHOUSE , TV Tokyo , Bandai Visual , Viz Media , Lantis , Shueisha , Banpresto , Asatsu DK , Good Smile Company
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Saitama has a rather peculiar hobby, being a superhero, but despite his heroic deeds and superhuman abilities, a shadow looms over his life. He's become much too powerful, to the point that every opponent ends up defeated with a single punch.

The lack of challenge has driven him into a state of apathy, as he watches his life pass by having lost all enthusiasm, at least until he's unwillingly thrust in the role of being a mentor to the young and revenge-driven Genos.

Tags: Superhero , Super Power , Parody , Male Protagonist , Satire , Urban Fantasy , Surreal Comedy , Urban , Cyborg , Primarily Adult Cast , Kaiju , Seinen , Aliens , Cultivation , Primarily Male Cast , Gods , Martial Arts , Demons , Henshin

Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia ILLEGALS

Also known as My Hero Academia: Vigilantes.

Studio: bones film , Toho , Yomiuri TV , bones , Shueisha , Dentsu , Sony Music Entertainment , Movic
Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

Kouichi Haimawari is a dull college student who aspires to be a hero but has given up on his dream. Although 80% of the world’s population has superhuman powers called Quirks, few are chosen to become heroes and protect people. Everything changes for Kouichi when he and Pop☆Step are saved by the vigilante Knuckleduster and get recruited to become vigilantes themselves!



Tags: Urban , Super Power , Superhero , Crime , Fugitive , Idol , Male Protagonist , Shounen

TIGER & BUNNY

Also known as Tiger & Bunny.

Studio: Sunrise , Viz Media
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mecha , Mystery

Sternbild City is home to people called "Next," who use their special abilities to protect the people as superheroes. These heroes solve cases and save lives so they can wear sponsor logos or acquire "hero points." Their activities are documented on the popular program "Hero TV," which picks the "King of Heroes" in a yearly ranking. The veteran hero Wild Tiger has always preferred to work alone, but now he's been assigned the rookie Barnaby Brooks Jr., who has a different perspective on being a superhero.



Tags: Superhero , Super Power , Henshin , Tokusatsu , Revenge , Ensemble Cast , Work , Memory Manipulation , Acting , CGI , Conspiracy , Robots , Super Robot , Family Life , Motorcycles

Sentai Daishikkaku

Also known as Go! Go! Loser Ranger!.

Studio: Shouchiku , Yostar Pictures , Kodansha , TBS , JR Higashi Nihon Kikaku , Yostar
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

When the Monster Army invaded Earth thirteen years ago, the Divine Dragon Rangers rose up to stop them! With the war raging on, these great heroes are mankind’s last hope!

...or are they?

In truth, the invaders were subjugated within a year, forced to continue to crank out a monster a week for the Rangers to crush in front of their adoring fans! But one monster has had enough. Something has to change! He’ll rebel against the might of the Dragon Rangers and destroy them all...from the inside!



Tags: Monster Boy , Urban Fantasy , Tokusatsu , Anti-Hero , Revenge , Shapeshifting , Espionage , Henshin , Aliens , Survival , Urban , Conspiracy , Fugitive , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Dystopian , Disability , Ensemble Cast , Superhero , CGI , Gore , Battle Royale , Gender Bending , Meta , Acrobatics , Primarily Adult Cast

Tu Bian Yingxiong BABA

Also known as TO BE HERO.

Studio: Haoliners Animation , Studio LAN , SPRiNG
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Handsome, divorced and with a teen daughter living with him, our hero is a “bad father” who works as a toilet seat designer. One day, as he was in the toilet, he founds himself sucked into the toilet seat and he is given the important task to save the planet. The price for being a super hero is quite huge: This Good-looking guy is transformed into an Ugly Dude…with Super Power! To protect the Earth and his daughter Min, his fight is about to begin…



Tags: Super Power , Surreal Comedy , Male Protagonist , Family Life , Anti-Hero , Aliens , Urban , Work

Mingyun Quan Tai

Also known as Ringing Fate.

Studio: bilibili , MOJO
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

A Gan is seriously ill, and falls into a world called "Kong" at the moment of dying. Here, people can drive mechas to fight in the ring of fate, and the winner could get a chance to live again. By coincidence, A Gan partners with Zhang San, an evil mecha with a soul, and begins her adventure in "Kong".

Tags: Afterlife , Chibi , Robots , Amnesia , Female Protagonist , Full CGI , Tragedy , Battle Royale , Real Robot , Henshin , Kemonomimi , Suicide , Mixed Media

Kill la Kill

Also known as Kill la Kill.

Studio: Aniplex , TRIGGER , Dentsu , Kadokawa Shoten , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Ultra Super Pictures , Movic , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi

After the murder of her father, Ryuuko Matoi has been wandering the land in search of his killer. Following her only lead—the missing half of his invention, the Scissor Blade—she arrives at the prestigious Honnouji Academy, a high school unlike any other. The academy is ruled by the imposing and cold-hearted student council president Satsuki Kiryuuin alongside her powerful underlings, the Elite Four. In the school's brutally competitive hierarchy, Satsuki bestows upon those at the top special clothes called "Goku Uniforms," which grant the wearer unique superhuman abilities.

Tags: Henshin , Female Protagonist , Revenge , Class Struggle , Nudity , Parody , Surreal Comedy , Dystopian , Tomboy , Super Power , Psychosexual , Aliens , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Incest , School , Military , Anti-Hero , Cult , Villainess , Bullying , Ensemble Cast , School Club , Tokusatsu , Delinquents , CGI , Gore , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Meta , Orphan , Exhibitionism , Tsundere , Cosplay , Yandere , Cheerleading

Super Crooks

Also known as Super Crooks.

Studio: bones , Netflix , Sound Team Don Juan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Thriller

One last heist. That's what they all say, right? Just one final score, and everyone can retire and take up fishing. Thing is, the jails are filled with super villains who thought the same thing, and got busted. But the Heat's in a jam. He's run up the kind of gambling debt that - if he can't pay it back in cash - will be paid in blood. Nobody wants to see the most beloved supercrook of all time rubbed out by the mob - especially his biggest fan, Johnny Bolt. And Johnny's got a plan to help the Heat and make all his buddies disgustingly rich at the same time. Unfortunately for Johnny's recruits, they have to head to Spain and rob the world's most notorious super villain blind. And that's where things get tricky.



Tags: Crime , Primarily Adult Cast , Super Power , Superhero , Anti-Hero , Prison , Foreign , Time Skip , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Gore , Primarily Male Cast , Gambling , Fugitive , Nudity , Zombie , Tomboy , LGBTQ+ Themes , CGI

Boku no Hero Academia

Also known as My Hero Academia.

Studio: bones , Dentsu , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Toho , Movic
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy

What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested extraordinary superpowers called “Quirks” at age four? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Becoming a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? U.A. High's Hero Program of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless?

Middle school student Izuku Midoriya wants to be a hero more than anything, but he hasn't got an ounce of power in him. With no chance of ever getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes, his life is looking more and more like a dead end. Then an encounter with All Might, the greatest hero of them all gives him a chance to change his destiny…



Tags: Super Power , Superhero , Shounen , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , School , Urban Fantasy , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Bullying , Cultivation , Primarily Male Cast , Prison , Yuri