Anime like Toki no Tabibito: Time Stranger

Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo

Also known as The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Kadokawa Shoten , Bandai , Memory-Tech , Happinet Pictures , Selecta Visión , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi

The power to travel through time... It can be used for the good of humanity, or just selfishly abused. While many may fantasize about obtaining such a power, it has become nothing less than reality for otherwise-normal schoolgirl Konno Makoto.

After a fated event, her life takes a turn for the extraordinary. Though she initially uses her power to literally "leap" into the past and change little things in order to make her life easier, she soon has to face the fact that changing the past can have drastic consequences.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , School , Tomboy , Tragedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Love Triangle , Baseball

Steins;Gate

Also known as Steins;Gate.

Studio: Frontier Works , Funimation , Media Factory , Movic , AT-X , WHITE FOX , Kadokawa Pictures Japan , Nitroplus
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

Self-proclaimed mad scientist Okabe Rintarou lives in a small room in Akihabara, where he invents "future gadgets" with fellow lab members Shiina Mayuri, his air-headed childhood friend, and Hashida Itaru, an otaku hacker. The three pass the time by tinkering with their latest creation, a "Phone Microwave" that can be controlled through text messages.

The lab members soon face a string of mysterious incidents that lead to a game-changing discovery: the Phone Microwave can send emails to the past and thus alter history. Adapted from the critically acclaimed visual novel by 5pb. and Nitroplus, Steins;Gate takes Okabe to the depths of scientific theory and human despair as he faces the dire consequences of changing the past.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Alternate Universe , Time Loop , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Memory Manipulation , Male Protagonist , Urban , Dystopian , Primarily Adult Cast , Philosophy , Dissociative Identities , Chuunibyou , Denpa , Tsundere , Otaku Culture , Heterosexual , Kuudere , Suicide , Ensemble Cast , Amnesia , War , Post-Apocalyptic , Gender Bending , Maids , Trains , Shrine Maiden , Seinen

Mirai no Mirai

Also known as Mirai.

Studio: Studio Chizu
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Slice of Life

One day, Kun’s mother brings home a new family member. For the four-year-old boy, joy quickly turns to disappointment when the little sister replaces her brother as the center of attention. The boy can’t bring himself to accept her as his sister. But things turn magical when, with a mysterious garden as his gateway, the boy encounters his mother as a little girl and his great-grandfather as a young man, and has a series of surprising adventures with his older sister from the future. These experiences change how he sees the world and help him grow into the big brother he was meant to be.



Tags: Family Life , Urban Fantasy , Time Manipulation , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Trains , CGI , Urban , Animals , Parenthood , Pregnancy

Crusher Joe

Also known as Crusher Joe: The Movie.

Studio: Sunrise , Studio Nue , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi

Crushers: intergalactic Jacks-of-All-Trades who will take on any assignment for the right price. Crusher Joe heads a small team of these outer space troubleshooters that includes the cyborg Talos, the beautiful Alfin, and the obligatory kid sidekick Ricky. A routine assignment escorting a cryogenically frozen heiress to a medical facility goes awry when the girl goes missing and Joe and his team are left holding the bag. It seems space pirates are trying to play the Crushers for patsies, but Joe doesn’t take kindly to the setup and tracks the pirates to their home world. The four heroes not only have to rescue their human cargo but take down the pirates in the process, which involves a heck of a lot of space dogfights, explosions, and good old-fashioned hand-to-hand combat.



Tags: Space , Conspiracy , Pirates , Robots , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Slapstick , Guns , Nudity

Terra e...

Also known as Toward the Terra.

Studio: Toei Animation , The Right Stuf International
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi

In the future, mankind's seemingly utopian society is strictly controlled by the government, and anything that threatens to disrupt the status quo is ruthlessly suppressed. When 14-year-old Jomy begins to question the way the society is run, he suddenly becomes a target for both the government and the Mu, an outcast race with extra-sensory abilities who have been fighting against the government for generations. Now, each is determined to hunt him down - one to kill him and the other to save him.



Tags: Shounen , Space Opera , Space , Time Skip , Fugitive , Male Protagonist , Dystopian , Artificial Intelligence

orange

Also known as Orange.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Telecom Animation Film , Toho , ABC Animation , AT-X , Dai Nippon Printing , Futabasha , Lawson , TV Aichi
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

Everyone has regrets in life. So who wouldn't take the chance to change the past if given the opportunity? When sixteen-year-old Takamiya Naho receives a mysterious letter, claiming to be from her twenty-seven-year-old self, her life is suddenly thrown into flux. The letter tells her that a new transfer student by the name of Naruse Kakeru will be joining her class, and to keep her eye on him. But why? Naho must decide what to make of the letter and its cryptic warning, and what it means not only for her future, but for Kakeru's as well.



Note: The last episode aired with a runtime of ~40 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

Tags: School , Tragedy , Shoujo , Time Manipulation , Suicide , Alternate Universe , Unrequited Love , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Bullying , Tsundere

Sayonara Ginga Tetsudou 999: Andromeda Shuuchakueki

Also known as Adieu Galaxy Express 999.

Studio: Toei Animation , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sci-Fi

Two years after the events in Galaxy Express 999, Earth has become a battleground. Tetsuro, older and fighting the Machine People, rejoins Maetel aboard the GE999.

Tags: Trains , Space , Male Protagonist

Neo Heroic Fantasia: Arion

Also known as Neo Heroic Fantasia Arion.

Studio: Sunrise , Tokuma Shoten
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Supernatural

In a far-flung time when Gods and Men walk the earth together, the child Arion plays in the rolling hills of Thrace. His mother Demeter is troubled by both a curse - blindness - and by the secret of Arion's birth. A mysterious stranger spirits Arion away, and seeks to shape the growing young man into an assassin, a secret weapon to tilt the balance of the war between Zeus and Poseidon. But Arion won't be manipulated easily, nor will he submit quietly to the hands of adversaries like the tenacious Ares, the intelligent and fierce Athena, or the elegant and scheming Apollo. Only his tremendous strength, a forgotten weapon forged by Prometheus, and the love and loyalty of his allies can carry Arion forward. To discover the secret of his destiny, Arion will have to storm Mount Olympus- and face down Zeus himself!



Tags: Gods , Swordplay , Magic , Historical , Anti-Hero , Revenge , Male Protagonist , Mythology , Seinen , Nudity , Gender Bending , Love Triangle

Hi no Tori 2772: Ai no CosmoZone

Studio: Tezuka Productions , Toho
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Phoenix 2772 starts with twelve minutes without dialogue, much like a silent film, recalling the birth and education of Godo. In this brave new world, children are born in test tubes and are raised by computers and robots. Godo learns the skills that will make him into a great pilot, assisted by the robotic wonder Olga. Everything that Godo needs is provided for him until he eventually goes for training with his automaton companion. He soon realizes that the world is not what he expected...



Tags: Robots , Male Protagonist , Dystopian , Love Triangle , Aliens

Keitei Chou Tokyuu Marine Express

Also known as Marine Express.

Studio: Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

The year is 2002, and the Marine Express, the first underwater train between America and Japan, is ready for its maiden voyage. The chief engineer suspects that the train's test run will be used for illicit purposes and hires private detective Ban Shunsaku. He arrives to his client's mansion only to find that he has just been murdered. Armed with just a glimpse of the murderer's face, Shunsaku boards the Marine Express to get to the bottom of this mystery. This job, however, is much more than what he bargained for, as the train holds secrets beyond anyone's imagination.



Tags: Trains , Crossover , Meta , Anachronism , Lost Civilization , Time Manipulation , Ghost