Anime like Witchblade

Kill la Kill

Also known as Kill la Kill.

Studio: Aniplex , TRIGGER , Dentsu , Kadokawa Shoten , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Ultra Super Pictures , Movic , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi

After the murder of her father, Ryuuko Matoi has been wandering the land in search of his killer. Following her only lead—the missing half of his invention, the Scissor Blade—she arrives at the prestigious Honnouji Academy, a high school unlike any other. The academy is ruled by the imposing and cold-hearted student council president Satsuki Kiryuuin alongside her powerful underlings, the Elite Four. In the school's brutally competitive hierarchy, Satsuki bestows upon those at the top special clothes called "Goku Uniforms," which grant the wearer unique superhuman abilities.

Tags: Henshin , Female Protagonist , Revenge , Nudity , Surreal Comedy , Class Struggle , Parody , Dystopian , Super Power , Tomboy , Aliens , Coming of Age , Age Gap , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Military , Psychosexual , Cosmic Horror , Anti-Hero , Cult , Orphan , Bullying , Tsundere , Tokusatsu , Yuri , Delinquents , Villainess , Ensemble Cast , School Club , Meta , Exhibitionism , Urban Fantasy , Found Family , Ojou-sama , Tragedy , Gore , CGI , LGBTQ+ Themes , Butler , Cosplay , Yandere , Cheerleading , Space

BAYONETTA Bloody Fate

Also known as Bayonetta: Bloody Fate.

Studio: GONZO , Q-Tec , Avex Entertainment , Sega Games , Toei Animation , Graphinica , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Supernatural

Based on the 2009 game, Bayonetta: Bloody Fate follows the story of the witch Bayonetta, as she defeats the blood-thirsty Angels and tries to remember her past from before the time she awoke, 20 years ago. Along her side are a mysterious little girl who keeps calling her "Mummy", a journalist that holds a personal grudge against Bayonetta and a unknown white-haired woman who seems to know more than she is willing to reveal about Bayonetta's time before her sleep.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Witch , Demons , Amnesia , Guns , Urban Fantasy , Magic , Super Power , Foreign , Primarily Adult Cast , Video Games , Nudity , Bar , Motorcycles

Ga-Rei-Zero

Also known as Ga-Rei-Zero.

Studio: AIC Spirits , Funimation , Asread
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural , Thriller

An elite squadron trained to combat supernatural forces is called in to investigate reports of invisible monsters terrorizing Tokyo, but their mission is complicated by the interference of a rogue exorcist. When the mysterious female slaughters the overmatched attack force, her former comrades are ordered to lock down the crime scene—and forever silence their old friend.



Note: This series is a prequel to the manga series, Ga-Rei.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Super Power , Gore , Swordplay , Disability , LGBTQ+ Themes , Work , Zombie , Achronological Order , Shounen , Nudity , CGI

Bakuretsu Tenshi

Also known as Burst Angel.

Studio: GONZO , GDH , TV Asahi , Funimation , Imagica
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In a crime-ridden future Japan, Kyohei Tachibana is a peaceful student at a culinary school, dreaming of going to France for advanced study as a patissier (pastry chef). To afford the trip, he accepts a part-time job as private cook to a strange group of women - Sei, Meg, Jo and Amy. To Kyohei's astonishment, they turn out to be a band of violent mercenaries, and he finds himself in the line of fire.

Tags: Dystopian , Robots , Real Robot , Female Protagonist , Body Horror , Guns , Primarily Female Cast , CGI , Kuudere , Food , Triads , Conspiracy , Yuri , Tokusatsu

Devilman Lady

Also known as The Devil Lady.

Studio: Toei Animation , TMS Entertainment , ADV Films , Dynamic Planning
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Psychological , Supernatural

Fudo Jun is a beautiful supermodel who is idolized by many. She also has a dark secret that not even she knows about at first, for within her veins run the genes that hold the next step in the evolution of mankind. The same blood as the beastlike superhumans that terrorize the city. Unlike the rest of them, though, Jun has managed to hold a tenuous grip onto her humanity, and she is recruited by the mysterious Asuka Ran, member of a secret organization within the government, aimed at controlling, if not eliminating, these berserk destroyers of mankind. Jun, as Devilman Lady, must now exterminate her own kind, but how much longer can she keep her sanity in a situation she never chose in the first place?



Tags: Conspiracy , Bisexual , Female Protagonist , Demons , Body Horror , Urban Fantasy , Monster Girl , Nudity , Gore , Philosophy , Kaiju , Gods , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Noir , Nekomimi , Seinen ,

Speed Grapher

Also known as Speed Grapher.

Studio: GONZO , TV Asahi , Funimation , WAO World , TAP
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Ecchi , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Ten years after the Bubble War, the dichotomy between the rich and the poor in the world becomes more prominent and Japan is no exception. The rich seek to satisfy their desires and derive pleasure for themselves, and Tokyo has materialized into such a city as a result. Saiga, once a war photographer, works for Hibara Ginza in the capitalist state of Tokyo. He infiltrates the Roppongi Club, a secretive base located in the red light district of the city, to collect information about them. However, he was caught in the process and brought forward to a girl called Kagura who was in the midst of a ritual. His contact with Kagura awakens his special ability: the power to make things explode when photographed. In order to unravel the mystery behind the Roppongi Club and Kagura, Saiga begins his solitary battle.

Tags: Cult , Super Power , Photography , Politics , Fugitive , Economics , Urban Fantasy , Crime , Revenge , Female Protagonist , Drugs , Terrorism , Body Horror , Psychosexual , Exhibitionism , Masochism , Pet Play , Femdom , Sadism , Anti-Hero , Age Gap , Conspiracy , Primarily Adult Cast , Gore , Noir , War , Nudity , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Military , Bondage , LGBTQ+ Themes

Scryed

Also known as s-CRY-ed.

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

A strange environmental phenomenon 22 years ago in the Kanazawa prefecture caused the land to split and protrude upwards reaching unprecedented heights, creating the secluded area known as The Lost Ground. Kazuma is a young mercenary who lives in the Lost Ground, looking for any work he can find to sustain his livelihood within the harsh environment. He is one of the few people that are gifted with the Alter ability, which allows him to plaster his right arm and torso with a metallic alloy. When this mercenary encounters HOLY, an order whose purpose is to suppress and capture what they call Native Alter Users, and one of the elite members of HOLY, Ryuho, an epic rivalry begins.



Tags: Henshin , Shounen , Tokusatsu , Dystopian , Primarily Male Cast , Super Power , Primarily Female Cast , Conspiracy , Heterosexual , Anti-Hero

GARO -VANISHING LINE-

Also known as GARO -VANISHING LINE-.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery

The anime's story is set in a prosperous city named Russell City. Even as the city celebrates its success, a conspiracy that threatens to shake its world has been set in motion. A man named Sword is the first to hear the earliest stirrings of the plot, and throws himself into a shadow war in order to expose it. His only clue is the keyword "El Dorado." He meets Sophie, a woman searching for her older brother who left her with only a message with the same word: "El Dorado." With Sword having also lost his younger sister in the past, both are drawn together by the word, and work together to find out its meaning.



Tags: Henshin , Demons , Urban Fantasy , Guns , Virtual World , Software Development , Tokusatsu , Male Protagonist , Tanned Skin , Desert , Motorcycles , Body Horror , Foreign , Episodic , Philosophy

Mnemosyne: Mnemosyne no Musume-tachi

Also known as RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~.

Studio: Xebec , Genco , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Horror , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Rin Asogi is an immortal private detective with a thirst for vodka and a talent for attracting things that go bump in the night. In a series of nightmarish vignettes spanning sixty-five years, Rin's lush body is sadistically pierced, blown up, and mulched to a bloody pulp. The fiend behind her tortured existence is Apos, an eternal being obsessed with sacrificing Rin to Yggdrasil, the tree of all life. While Rin struggles to unravel the secrets of her endless agony, Apos lurks in the shadows, eager to tear into her ripe body and devour the memories of her countless lives. Rin's no stranger to the realm of the dead, but her next visit could last forever.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Cosmic Horror , Guns , Urban , Body Horror , Gore , Time Skip , Memory Manipulation , Torture , Urban Fantasy , Amnesia , Mahjong , Nudity , Tragedy , Ero Guro , Anti-Hero , Clone , Bisexual , Age Gap , Detective , Cyborg , Episodic , Dystopian , Cannibalism , LGBTQ+ Themes , Virtual World

Blassreiter

Studio: GONZO , Funimation , Nitroplus , SKY Perfect Well Think , GDH , Toei Video
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

The story is set in a fictional Germany and centers around the outbreak of biomechanical creatures named "Demoniacs", who rise from corpses and attack people mindlessly. The Demoniacs have the ability to merge with most technology including cars and motorcycles, not only gaining control of them but also enhancing their performance greatly. Against them is a group of people known as XAT, Xenogenesis Assault Team, who police these Demoniacs in an attempt to keep the peace and discover the reasons for the "Demoniac" change. All the while, a number of human-turned-Demoniacs appear. Some use their powers for good whilst others for evil. One will rise above all other Demoniacs to become the "Blassreiter".



Tags: Foreign , CGI , Motorcycles , Pandemic , Tokusatsu , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Henshin , Female Protagonist , Military , Anti-Hero , Dystopian , Male Protagonist , Class Struggle , Guns , Urban Fantasy , Super Power , Assassins , Cars , Coming of Age , Conspiracy , Bullying , Amnesia , Body Swapping , Post-Apocalyptic , Reincarnation , Adoption , Time Skip , Religion , Cultivation , Body Horror