Anime like Mairimashita! Iruma-kun 4

MASHLE

Also known as MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES.

Studio: Aniplex , A-1 Pictures , Shueisha , ADK Marketing Solutions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

This is a world of magic. This is a world in which magic is casually used by everyone.

In a deep, dark forest in this world of magic, there is a boy who is singlemindedly working out. His name is Mash Burnedead, and he has a secret. He can’t use magic.

All he wanted was to live a quiet life with his family, but people suddenly start trying to kill him one day and he somehow finds himself enrolled in Magic School. There, he sets his sights on becoming a “Divine Visionary,” the elite of the elite.

Will his ripped muscles work against the best and brightest of the wizarding world? The curtain rises on this off-kilter magical fantasy in which the power of being jacked crushes any spell!



Tags: Magic , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Parody , School , Fitness , Slapstick , Primarily Teen Cast , Super Power , Primarily Male Cast , Kuudere , Aromantic , Adoption , Food , Battle Royale , Asexual , Cult , Bullying , Medieval , Unrequited Love

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 , Crime , Ensemble Cast , Rescue , Bullying , Primarily Male Cast , Cultivation , Prison

Maou-jou de Oyasumi

Also known as Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle.

Studio: Doga Kobo , Lantis
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Sshhh! Princess Syalis is trying to get a good night's sleep. Some shut-eye. Forty winks. Catch some Z's. Long ago in olden times when people and demons lived together in—well, disharmony, really—a demon king kidnaps a human princess and imprisons her in his castle. Bereft, the princess's subjects beat their chests in anguish…until a hero arises to spearhead Project Rescue Our Princess! While waiting for her knight in shining armor, what's an imprisoned princess to do...? Teddy-bear guards with bat wings are all very well, but her dungeon cell is bo-o-o-ring! So, she decides to wile away the long hours by sleeping. Now if only she could get comfortable…and didn't suffer from insomnia...



Tags: Ojou-sama , Female Protagonist , Prison , Episodic , Parody , Demons , Kuudere , Slapstick , Iyashikei , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Magic , Ensemble Cast , Monster Boy , Found Family , Dungeon , Fairy Tale , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Monster Girl , Villainess , Animals , Goblin , Mythology , Skeleton , Dragons , Snowscape , Succubus , Swordplay

Youkai Gakkou no Sensei Hajimemashita!

Also known as A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School!.

Studio: Satelight , ABC Animation , Mixer , NetEase Games , Movic , Square Enix , BS Asahi , TOKYO MX , arma bianca , Frontier Works
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Supernatural

Rookie teacher Haruaki Abe is as cowardly as they come. It's hard enough for him to handle human students without whimpering-and now he's going to be teaching at a school full of monsters?! It's a classroom of horrors for Haruaki, as his mischievous students use every means at their disposal to prank him! Will this poor teacher be able to get his group of ghouls under control, or is this class destined for failure?



Tags: Slapstick , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Youkai , Teacher , Episodic , School , Urban Fantasy , Monster Boy , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Primarily Teen Cast , Nekomimi , Monster Girl , Male Protagonist , Gods , Shapeshifting , Crossdressing , Twins , Femboy , Exorcism , Adoption , LGBTQ+ Themes , Curses , Time Manipulation

Beelzebub

Also known as Beelzebub.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Dentsu , Studio Signpost
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Supernatural

Oga Tatsumi is a first year student in Ishiyama High, a notorious school for delinquents. One day he sees a man floating by, and the man suddenly splits in half to reveal a baby boy inside!



Tags: Demons , Delinquents , Male Protagonist , School , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , Family Life , Parenthood , Anti-Hero , Crossdressing , Super Power , Volleyball , LGBTQ+ Themes , Mahjong

Ansatsu Kyoushitsu

Also known as Assassination Classroom.

Studio: Lerche , Funimation , Kansai TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Supernatural

The students of class 3-E have a mission: kill their teacher before graduation. He has already destroyed the moon, and has promised to destroy the Earth if he can not be killed within a year. But how can this class of misfits kill a tentacled monster, capable of reaching Mach 20 speed, who may be the best teacher any of them have ever had?

Tags: Assassins , School , Teacher , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Tentacles , Aliens , Anti-Hero , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Guns , Crime , Bullying , Found Family , Femboy , Artificial Intelligence , Baseball , School Club , Suicide , Tragedy

Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun

Also known as Toilet-bound Hanako-kun.

Studio: Lerche , TBS , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

"Hanako-san, Hanako-san... are you there?"

At Kamome Academy, rumors abound about the school's Seven Mysteries, one of which is Hanako-san. Said to occupy the third stall of the third floor girls' bathroom in the old school building, Hanako-san grants any wish when summoned. Nene Yashiro, an occult-loving high school girl who dreams of romance, ventures into this haunted bathroom... but the Hanako-san she meets there is nothing like she imagined! Kamome Academy's Hanako-san... is a boy!



Tags: Ghost , Youkai , Mythology , School , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Afterlife , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Twins , Episodic , Shounen , Exorcism , Ensemble Cast , Femboy , Heterosexual , Slapstick , Achronological Order , Conspiracy , LGBTQ+ Themes , School Club , Mermaid

Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria

Also known as Wistoria: Wand and Sword.

Studio: Actas , Bandai Namco Pictures , Bandai Namco Filmworks , Kodansha , TBS , Crunchyroll , Bandai Namco Music Live
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy

A hard-working boy named Will enters a magic academy in hopes of becoming a great sorcerer. Unfortunately, there's a fatal flaw in his plan: he lacks the ability to use magic. Amid the cold stares of his classmates and instructors, Will feels discouraged at times, but he presses forward with unwavering determination. He can't use a wand, but he can wield a sword in his battle to reach the top of a magic-dominated world. He just needs to believe in his own unique strengths and remember the promise he made with someone precious to him...



Tags: Magic , Male Protagonist , Swordplay , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Shounen , Dungeon , Bullying , Heterosexual , Medieval , Elf , Female Harem , Gore , CGI , LGBTQ+ Themes , Mixed Gender Harem , Unrequited Love , Boys' Love , Femboy

Jigoku Sensei Nube (2025)

Also known as Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube (2025).

Studio: Studio KAI , Shueisha , REMOW , Toei Animation , TV Asahi , Shueisha DeNA Projects
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Horror , Supernatural

A new anime project for Jigoku Sensei Nube.

The story follows Meisuke Nueno, aka "Nube," a psychic teacher with a demon hand, as he battles evil spirits and monsters to protect his students in this saga that employs elements of Japanese mythology and folklore to tell a fan-pleasing action story.

Known for its occult and horror elements on school ghost stories and urban legends, Nube captivated readers across generations with his heroic efforts to save his students from supernatural threats.

Tags: Youkai , Teacher , Urban Fantasy , Episodic , Primarily Child Cast , School , Shounen , Demons , Exorcism