Anime like Tokyo Revengers

Boku dake ga Inai Machi

Also known as ERASED.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Kansai TV , Aniplex of America , Madman Entertainment , Dentsu , Lawson , Aniplex , Kadokawa Shoten , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Satoru Fujinuma is a 29 year old manga artist struggling to make a name for himself following his debut. But, that was not the only thing in his life that Satoru was feeling frustrated about… He has a unique supernatural ability of being forced to prevent deaths and catastrophes by being sent back in time before the incident occurred, repeating time until the accident is prevented. One day, he gets involved in an accident that has him framed as a murderer. Desperate to save the victim, he sends himself back in time only to find himself as a grade-schooler one month before fellow classmate Kayo Hinazuki went missing. Satoru now embarks on a new quest: to save Kayo and solve the mystery behind her disappearance.

Tags: Age Regression , Time Manipulation , Crime , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Time Skip , Male Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Detective , Snowscape , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Seinen , Fugitive , School , Revenge , Teacher , Rural , Amnesia , Rehabilitation , Heterosexual , Bullying , Kuudere , CGI

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 , Denpa , Philosophy , Dissociative Identities , Chuunibyou , Tsundere , Otaku Culture , Heterosexual , Kuudere , Ensemble Cast , Amnesia , Suicide , Seinen , Femboy , War , Gender Bending , Post-Apocalyptic , Maids , Trains , Shrine Maiden , Clone

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu

Also known as Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-.

Studio: WHITE FOX , Funimation , Kadokawa Shoten , Media Factory , AT-X , TV Tokyo , Magic Capsule
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Romance , Thriller

In the story, Subaru Natsuki is an ordinary high school student who is lost in an alternate world, where he is rescued by a beautiful, silver-haired girl. He stays near her to return the favor, but the destiny she is burdened with is more than Subaru can imagine. Enemies attack one by one, and both of them are killed. He then finds out he has the power to rewind death, back to the time he first came to this world. But only he remembers what has happened since.



Notes:
The first episode aired with a runtime of ~50 minutes as opposed to the standard 25 minute long episode.
In the Winter 2020 season, Re:ZERO was rebroadcast and re-edited to fit into an hour time-slot. This edit included the first OVA and added slight modifications to certain scenes throughout. It also added an additional scene at the end of the final episode.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Isekai , Time Loop , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Male Protagonist , Medieval , Curses , Witch , Magic , Cohabitation , Cult , Gore , Body Horror , Heterosexual , Maids , Love Triangle , Politics , Unrequited Love , Elf , Suicide , Demons , Primarily Female Cast , Twins , Coming of Age , Femboy , Kemonomimi , Butler , Travel , Assassins , Seinen , Dragons , CGI , Body Swapping , Meta , Kuudere , Tomboy , Nekomimi , Crossdressing

WIND BREAKER

Also known as WIND BREAKER.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex , Kodansha , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Tohan , CloverWorks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama

Where the average scores are the lowest, but the fights are the strongest. Furin High School is renowned as a super school of delinquents. Haruka Sakura, a first-year student, came from outside the city to fight to the top. However, Furin High School has become a group that protects the town called the “Chime of the Wind Breaker” – Bofurin. The heroic legend of high school delinquent Sakura begins here!



Tags: Gangs , Delinquents , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , School , Found Family , Urban , Tsundere , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Bullying , Martial Arts , Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes , Crossdressing

ReLIFE

Also known as ReLIFE.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Aniplex , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , NHN Comico , C&I Entertainment , Lawson
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

The story follows Kaizaki Arata, a 27-year-old jobless man, who fails at every job interview he had after quitting his last company. His life changes after he met Yoake Ryou of the ReLife Research Institute, who offered him a drug that can change his appearance to 17-years-old and to become a subject in an experiment for one year. Thus, he begins his life as a high school student once more.

Tags: Rehabilitation , Age Regression , School , Memory Manipulation , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Seinen , Hikikomori , Kuudere , Work , Time Manipulation , Age Gap , Tragedy , Suicide , Tsundere , Slapstick , Acting , Volleyball , Chibi

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

Durarara!!

Also known as Durarara!!.

Studio: Aniplex , Brain's Base , Movic , Aniplex of America , ASCII Media Works , Hakuhodo DY Media Partners , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery , Supernatural

In Tokyo's downtown district of Ikebukuro, amidst many strange rumors and warnings of anonymous gangs and dangerous occupants, one urban legend stands out above the rest—the existence of a headless "Black Rider" who is said to be seen driving a jet-black motorcycle through the city streets.

Ryuugamine Mikado has always longed for the excitement of the city life, and an invitation from a childhood friend convinces him to move to Tokyo. Witnessing the Black Rider on his first day in the city, his wishes already seem to have been granted. But as supernatural events begin to occur, ordinary citizens like himself, along with Ikebukuro's most colorful inhabitants, are mixed up in the commotion breaking out in their city.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Gangs , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Dullahan , Achronological Order , Delinquents , Crime , Female Protagonist , School , Mythology , Yandere , Male Protagonist , Motorcycles , Orphan , Otaku Culture , Amnesia , Anti-Hero , Seinen , Swordplay , Heterosexual , Bullying , Incest , Suicide

BUCCHIGIRI?!

Also known as BUCCHIGIRI?!.

Studio: MAPPA , MAPPA , Toho
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural

Arajin Tomoshibi's reunion with his old pal Matakara Asamine takes an unexpected turn when they stumble into a brawl with the toughest guys in town. And just when you thought things couldn't get weirder, a colossal genie decides to drop in. Brace yourself for the ultimate showdown. It's the clash of the cool and the magical!



Tags: Martial Arts , Delinquents , Gangs , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Primarily Male Cast , Mythology , Magic , Male Protagonist , Unrequited Love , Heterosexual , Boys' Love , Revenge , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Tragedy

BANANA FISH

Also known as BANANA FISH.

Studio: MAPPA , Aniplex , Dentsu , Shogakukan , Movic , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Thriller

Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands—and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acquaintance...



Tags: Gangs , Mafia , Tragedy , Crime , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Drugs , Primarily Male Cast , Urban , Revenge , Guns , LGBTQ+ Themes , Criminal Organization , Foreign , Boys' Love , Anti-Hero , Noir , Shoujo , Fugitive , Primarily Adult Cast , Coming of Age , Rescue , Assassins , Orphan , Classic Literature , Prison , Ensemble Cast , Photography , Tanned Skin

Summer Time Render

Also known as Summer Time Rendering.

Studio: OLM , Shueisha , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , MAGES. , Toy's Factory , TOKYO MX , Movic , BANDAI SPIRITS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

A sci-fi, summer story filled with suspense set on a small island with Shinpei Aijiro, whose childhood friend Ushio Kofune died. He returns to his hometown for the first time in two years for the funeral. Sou Hishigata, his best friend, suspects something's off with Ushio's death, and that someone can die next.

A sinister omen is heard as an entire family next door suddenly disappears the following day. Furthermore, Mio implicates a "shadow" three days before Ushio's death.



Tags: Time Manipulation , Urban Fantasy , Time Loop , Primarily Teen Cast , Shapeshifting , Reincarnation , Super Power , Coastal , Mythology , Rural , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Ensemble Cast , Body Swapping , Dissociative Identities , Cosmic Horror , Heterosexual , Survival , Gods , Religion , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Clone , Gore , Amnesia , Aliens , Body Horror , Unrequited Love , Guns , Ghost , Denpa , Tanned Skin , Love Triangle , Nudity , Age Regression