Anime like Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria

Black Clover

Also known as Black Clover.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Funimation , TV Tokyo , Crunchyroll , Shueisha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

In a world where magic is everything, Asta and Yuno are both found abandoned at a church on the same day. While Yuno is gifted with exceptional magical powers, Asta is the only one in this world without any. At the age of fifteen, both receive grimoires, magic books that amplify their holder’s magic. Asta’s is a rare Grimoire of Anti-Magic that negates and repels his opponent’s spells. Being opposite but good rivals, Yuno and Asta are ready for the hardest of challenges to achieve their common dream: to be the Wizard King. Giving up is never an option!



Tags: Magic , Shounen , Found Family , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Ensemble Cast , Orphan , Revenge , Class Struggle , Demons , Elf , Dissociative Identities , Reincarnation , Conspiracy , Adoption , Cult , Swordplay , Bullying , Lost Civilization , Heterosexual , Cultivation , Time Skip , Kuudere , Nun , Medieval , Tsundere , Travel , Love Triangle , Disability , Espionage , Food , Coming of Age , Suicide , Tomboy , Age Regression , Dungeon , Curses

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

Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka

Also known as Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Genco , MAGES.
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

Some adventurers delve into the sprawling labyrinths beneath the city of Orario to find fame and fortune. Others come to test their skills against the legions of monsters lurking in the darkness below. However, Bell Cranel’s grandfather told him a different reason: it’s a great place to rescue (and subsequently meet) girls! Now that Bell’s a dungeon delver himself, the ladies he’s encountering aren’t the helpless damsels in distress he’d imagined, and one of them, the beautiful swordswoman Ais Wallenstein, keeps rescuing Bell instead. As embarrassing as that is, it’s nothing compared to what happens when goddesses get involved. Freya, Hephaistos, and Loki, with their powerful Familias, are intimidating enough, but there’s one goddess whose relationship with Bell is certain to spark trouble.



Tags: Dungeon , Male Protagonist , Gods , Magic , Mythology , Primarily Female Cast , Female Harem , Swordplay , Tomboy , Ensemble Cast , Medieval , Elf , Kuudere , Large Breasts , Cultivation , Kemonomimi , Nudity , Love Triangle , Nekomimi , Travel , Cohabitation , Villainess , Primarily Teen Cast , Goblin

Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry

Also known as Chivalry of a Failed Knight.

Studio: SILVER LINK. , Nexus
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance

The "school sword action" story revolves around Magic Knights, modern magic-users who fight with weapons converted from their souls. Ikki Kurogane goes to a school for these Magic Knights, but he is the "Failed Knight" or "Worst One" who is failing because he has no magical skills. However, one day, he is challenged to a duel by Stella, a foreign princess and the "Number One" student. In this duel, "the loser must be obedient for life."



Tags: Swordplay , Male Protagonist , School , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Magic , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban Fantasy , Nudity , Super Power , Cohabitation , Female Harem , Primarily Female Cast , Bullying , Incest , Large Breasts , Class Struggle , Politics , Transgender , LGBTQ+ Themes , Archery

Nanatsu no Maken ga Shihai Suru

Also known as Reign of the Seven Spellblades.

Studio: Warner Bros. Japan , J.C.STAFF , KADOKAWA , KLOCKWORX , Movic , Bandai Namco Music Live , Konami Digital Entertainment , BS11 , TOKYO MX , Sotsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

It’s springtime at Kimberly Magic Academy, and new students are beginning their first year. Among them are a skilled and studious boy, Oliver, and a headstrong samurai girl, Nanao. They soon form a unique bond in the halls of Kimberly, but this picturesque school isn’t what it seems. Dark secrets and endless danger lurk behind every corner. Can these wizards make it to graduation alive?!



Tags: Magic , School , Ensemble Cast , Revenge , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Swordplay , LGBTQ+ Themes , Samurai , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Asexual , Gender Bending , Anti-Hero , Torture , Animals , Gore , Female Harem , Alchemy , Elf

Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka V: Houjou no Megami-hen

Also known as Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V.

Studio: Warner Bros. Japan , J.C.STAFF , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , SB Creative , KLOCKWORX , Movic , FuRyu , GREE Entertainment , EGG FIRM , J.C.STAFF
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

The fifth season of Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka.

Goddess Festival—A fruit festival that brings the labyrinth city of Orario to life. Goddesses symbolizing fertility are enshrined on the altar, and among them is the Goddess of Beauty. Bell Cranel, who has survived and returned to his daily life from the dead depths of the dungeon, is here and ready to enjoy the bustle of the Goddess Festival until he receives a letter from a girl at a small bar in a corner of Orario—"To Mr. Bell, please go on a date with just the two of us at the upcoming Goddess Festival. From Syr." Syr's single-minded determination will drive both Bell and the labyrinth city crazy. Meanwhile, the Einherjar, the warriors who claim to be the "strongest," are now suddenly on the move...



Note: Each episode streamed 1 day early on ABEMA and HIDIVE. The original TV broadcast started on October 5th, 2024.

Tags: Gods , Mythology , Male Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Dungeon , Female Harem , Ensemble Cast , Love Triangle , Primarily Female Cast , Kemonomimi , Yandere , Magic , Medieval , Chuunibyou , Elf , Gore , Swordplay

Black Clover: Mahou Tei no Ken

Also known as Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King.

Studio: Shueisha , Studio Pierrot , Avex Pictures , Netflix
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

As a lionhearted boy who can’t wield magic strives for the title of Wizard King, four banished Wizard Kings of yore return to crush the Clover Kingdom.



Tags: Magic , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Revenge , Swordplay , Reincarnation , Super Power , Ensemble Cast , Demons , Robots , CGI , Medieval

Kaijuu 8-gou

Also known as Kaiju No.8.

Studio: Toho , Shueisha , Production I.G , Production I.G , Studio Khara
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

With the highest kaiju-emergence rates in the world, Japan is no stranger to attack by deadly monsters. Enter the Japan Defense Force, a military organization tasked with the neutralization of kaiju. Kafka Hibino, a kaiju-corpse cleanup man, has always dreamed of joining the force. But when he gets another shot at achieving his childhood dream, he undergoes an unexpected transformation. How can he fight kaiju now that he’s become one himself?!



Tags: Kaiju , Monster Boy , Shapeshifting , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Henshin , Shounen , Military , Work , Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , Gore , Kuudere , Slapstick , Tsundere , Heterosexual , Ojou-sama , Tokusatsu , Swordplay , Rescue

MASHLE: Kami Shinkakusha Kouho Senbatsu Shiken-hen

Also known as MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES Season 2.

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

The second season of MASHLE, adapting the Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc.

After Mash Burnedead's clash with Magia Lupus, the secret about his powers is now out in the open. The short-lived celebration ends when the Bureau of Magic summons Mash before an audience of Divine Visionaries, who collectively decree Mash should reap the consequences and die. However, an evil shadow organization called Innocent Zero hijacks the inquiry to demand that Mash be kept alive.

Mash proves that he is capable of dealing with Innocent Zero, but the Divine Visionaries' verdict remains unchanged. Luckily, Mash finds unexpected allies in Divine Visionary Rayne Ames and Headmaster Wahlberg Baigan, and they successfully defer his execution until Innocent Zero is defeated. Mash is now allowed to live under one condition: he must be selected as the Divine Visionary candidate by the year's end.



Tags: Magic , Fitness , Parody , Shounen , Super Power , Slapstick , Kuudere , School , Male Protagonist , Battle Royale , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Chibi , Food , Time Manipulation , Aromantic , Bullying , Medieval , Witch , Estranged Family , LGBTQ+ Themes , Unrequited Love , Philosophy , Transgender

Little Witch Academia

Also known as Little Witch Academia.

Studio: TRIGGER
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

For young witches everywhere, the world-renowned witch Shiny Chariot reigns as the most revered and celebrated role model. But as the girls age, so do their opinions of her—now just the mention of Chariot would get a witch labeled a child. However, undeterred in her blind admiration for Chariot, ordinary girl Atsuko Kagari enrolls into Luna Nova Magical Academy, hoping to someday become just as mesmerizing as her idol.

However, the witch academy isn't all the fun and games Atsuko thought it would be: boring lectures, strict teachers, and students who mock Chariot plague the campus. Coupled with her own ineptness in magic, she's seen as little more than a rebel student. But when a chance finally presents itself to prove herself to her peers and teachers, she takes it, and now it's up to her to stop a rampaging dragon before it flattens the entire academy.

Little Witch Academia is one of the four anime works that each received 38 million yen (about US$480,000) from the "2012 Young Animator Training Project." Just like in 2010 and 2011, the animation labor group received 214.5 million yen (US$2.65 million) from the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs, and it distributed most of those funds to studios who train young animators on-the-job.

Positive response to the movie led Studio Trigger to run a Kickstarter funding a sequel, which surpassed its funding goal.

Tags: Magic , Witch , Female Protagonist , School , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Dungeon , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Ojou-sama , Urban Fantasy , Dragons , Gore