Anime like Hei He

Jiyi Guanli Ju

Also known as False Memory.

Studio: Flint Sugar
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery , Psychological

“For us, good or bad, true or false, it is meaningless.”

When the world around you isn't what it seems, you may be in the midst of a Bug Man; powerful being who can warp the very nature of one's memories. The Memory Collectors are here to bring order... whether we like it or not.

Tags: Memory Manipulation , Coming of Age , Bullying , Denpa , Super Power , Photography , Urban , Male Protagonist , Martial Arts , Cyberpunk , Tragedy

Jiyi Guanli Ju (2026)

Also known as False Memory (2026).

Studio: bilibili , Studio Tumble , Flint Sugar
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery , Psychological

In order to return to the past, Guan Chao searches for the "Burning Stone", the energy source that can activate the Time Gun, but unexpectedly falls into the Memory Administration Bureau. To return to reality, Guan Chao teams up with memory administrators such as Fang Tang and Bai Zhong to recover the BUG Beings in the memory layers level by level. As the battles conclude one after another, what Guan Chao must face is...



Tags: Denpa , Memory Manipulation , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Alternate Universe , Cyberpunk , Primarily Adult Cast , Time Manipulation , Female Protagonist , Mixed Media , Post-Apocalyptic , Super Power

Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei

Also known as The Tatami Galaxy.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Funimation , Sony Music Entertainment , Fujipacific Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery , Psychological , Romance

When a college dropout stops for a late night bite at a mysterious ramen stand, he crosses paths with a self-proclaimed deity of matrimony. This bizarre meeting sends the young man hurtling through a horrifying flashback to his not-so-glorious college days when the influence of a cruel new friend turned him from a hopeless romantic into a mischievous “black cupid.”



Tags: Coming of Age , College , Surreal Comedy , Time Loop , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic , School Club , Hikikomori , Time Manipulation , Achronological Order , Meta , Cult , Mixed Media , Heterosexual , Satire , Ensemble Cast , Mythology , Proxy Battle , Cowboys , Cycling , Tennis , Gods , LGBTQ+ Themes

FLCL

Also known as FLCL.

Studio: GAINAX , Production I.G , Starchild Records , Funimation , GANSIS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Naota is a detached sixth grader afflicted by the pangs of puberty. He's fooling around with his brother's ex-girlfriend when a crazed girl on a motor scooter runs him over, brains him with a bass guitar, and moves into his house. This pink-haired girl, Haruko - who claims she's an alien - hurls Naota into the middle of a mega-corporation's secret agenda. Oh, and now giant battling robots shoot from his skull. Mix in mind-bending animation and tunes that echo through your cerebellum to top off the trip that will have you falling hard for FLCL.



Tags: Coming of Age , Surreal Comedy , Psychosexual , Male Protagonist , Age Gap , Meta , Female Protagonist , Philosophy , Robots , Primarily Teen Cast , Slapstick , Denpa , Love Triangle , Aliens , Parody , Mopeds , Heterosexual , Amnesia , Guns , Kaiju , Urban , Gods , Super Robot , Real Robot , Nudity , Body Horror , Episodic , Baseball , CGI , Mixed Media , Motorcycles , Cosmic Horror

Sonny Boy

Also known as Sonny Boy.

Studio: MADHOUSE , BS Asahi , Shouchiku , Marui Group
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

It’s an ordinary summer vacation...except for the fact that Nagara’s high school has mysteriously drifted into another dimension. As the students begin to develop strange new powers, will they work together to survive the alien environment and find a way home, or will their newly formed factions and rivalries turn on each other?



Note: The first episode received an advance release on YouTube on June 19, 2021. The regular TV broadcast started on July 16, 2021.

Tags: Alternate Universe , Philosophy , Denpa , Coming of Age , Super Power , Survival , Primarily Teen Cast , Isekai , Travel , Meta , Achronological Order , Cosmic Horror , Mixed Media , School , Episodic , Tragedy , Gods , Unrequited Love , Wilderness , Male Protagonist , Animals , Heterosexual , Desert , Baseball , Space , Suicide

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Also known as Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.

Studio: TRIGGER , CD PROJEKT RED , Netflix
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Sci-Fi

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners tells a standalone, 10-episode story about a street kid trying to survive in a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future. Having everything to lose, he chooses to stay alive by becoming an edgerunner—a mercenary outlaw also known as a cyberpunk.



Note: The first episode received a pre-screening at Anime Expo on July 2, 2022. The first 3 dubbed episodes were streamed on Twitch as part of a co-stream promotion on September 12, a day before the show’s premiere.

Tags: Cyberpunk , Tragedy , Crime , Dystopian , Cyborg , Male Protagonist , Class Struggle , Gangs , Urban , Body Horror , Orphan , Guns , Gore , Revenge , Primarily Adult Cast , Anti-Hero , Heterosexual , Drugs , Terrorism , Nudity , Coming of Age , Robots , Ensemble Cast , Artificial Intelligence , Time Skip , Time Manipulation , Age Gap , Software Development , Space , Cars , Tomboy , Bar , Advertisement

Colorful

Also known as Colorful ~ The Motion Picture.

Studio: Sunrise , Aniplex , Sentai Filmworks , Ascension , Sony Music Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life , Supernatural

"I" died and was kicked out of the cycle of reincarnation because of the sin "I" committed. An angel told me that "I" won a lottery and he gave me a chance to remember the sin. My spirit possessed the body of the 14-year-old boy Makoto, who committed suicide and "I" tried to recollect my memory. "I" felt distressed by the terrible circumstances of Makoto and the fact that "I" was borrowing his body. "I" have started to realize that people are hurting each other because the world is too colorful to distinguish the true color of themselves from others.

Based on an award-winning first person narrative novel by Mori Eto. The movie won several awards in Japan.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Suicide , Philosophy , Family Life , Reincarnation , Rehabilitation , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , School , Afterlife , Bullying , Drawing , Urban Fantasy , POV