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 , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Crime , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Memory Manipulation , Natural Disaster , Episodic , Suicide , Family Life , Police , Martial Arts , College , Office Lady , Office , Basketball , School

Guimi Zhi Zhu

Also known as Lord of Mysteries.

Studio: B.CMAY PICTURES , Tencent Penguin Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

In a Victorian world of steam, dreadnoughts, and occult horrors, Zhou Mingrui awakens as Klein Moretti. He walks a razor’s edge between light and darkness, entangled with warring Churches. This is the legend of unlimited potential…and unspeakable danger.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Magic , Religion , Cult , Gods , Cosmic Horror , Gore , Body Horror , Primarily Adult Cast , Detective , Foreign , Steampunk , Lost Civilization , Alchemy , Isekai , Tragedy , Cultivation , Acting , Dissociative Identities , Astronomy , CGI , Ghost , Guns , Curses , Historical , Espionage , Angels , Episodic , Gender Bending , Anti-Hero , Reincarnation , Demons , Skeleton , Acrobatics

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: Finished
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 Fantasy , Urban , Super Power , Superhero , Shounen , Crime , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Fugitive , Idol , Cheerleading , Ensemble Cast

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 , Revenge , Henshin , Tokusatsu , Ensemble Cast , Work , CGI , Memory Manipulation , Acting , Urban Fantasy , Robots , Conspiracy , Super Robot , Family Life , Urban , Anti-Hero , Motorcycles

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 , Superhero , Urban , Work , Tragedy

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: Urban Fantasy , Monster Boy , 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 , Orphan

Mingyun Quan Tai

Also known as Ringing Fate.

Studio: bilibili , MOJO , Kungfufrog Animation
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: Robots , Afterlife , Amnesia , Chibi , Full CGI , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Battle Royale , Real Robot , Henshin , Kemonomimi , Suicide , Animals , Mixed Media

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 , Urban Fantasy , School , Crime , Rescue , Ensemble Cast , Bullying , Cultivation , Primarily Male Cast , Prison

Ishura

Also known as ISHURA.

Studio: KADOKAWA , Passione , Tencent , Aiming
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy

In a world where the Demon King has died, a host of demigods capable of felling him have inherited the world: a master fencer who can figure out how to take out their opponent with a single glance; a lancer so swift they can break the sound barrier; a wyvern rogue who fights with three legendary weapons at once; an all-powerful wizard who can speak thoughts into being; and an angelic assassin who deals instant death. Eager to attain the title of “One True Hero,” these champions each pursue challenges against formidable foes and spark conflicts themselves. The battle to determine the mightiest of the mighty begins.



Tags: War , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Politics , Anti-Hero , Magic , Battle Royale , Military , Dragons , Gore , Swordplay , Class Struggle , Desert , CGI , Robots , Espionage , Isekai , Dystopian , Skeleton , Elf , Disability , Angels , Episodic