Anime like X OVA

Boku no Chikyuu wo Mamotte

Also known as Please Save My Earth.

Studio: Production I.G , Victor Entertainment , Hakusensha , Viz Media
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi

Could a strange recurring dream of being part of a team of alien scientists on the moon truly be real? Sensitive Japanese high school student Alice Sakaguchi doesn’t really believe that, of course... until, one night, when she dreams the same dream! Now, even her eight-year-old neighbor is acting strange. Is history really doomed to repeat itself, even when that history carries over from a previous life...?



Tags: Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Tragedy , Shoujo , Ensemble Cast , Age Gap , Reincarnation , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Alternate Universe , Age Regression , Male Protagonist , Gender Bending , Aliens , Urban , Amnesia , Boys' Love , Super Power , Philosophy , Achronological Order , Space , Dissociative Identities , Love Triangle , Environmental , War , Delinquents , Horticulture , School , Suicide

Tokyo BABYLON

Studio: MADHOUSE , Animate , Movic , Sony Music Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery , Supernatural

Subaru Sumeragi is the 13th head of the Sumeragi Clan and a most powerful onmyouji. Subaru is hired to exorcise a construction site, but his employer mysteriously died. The only suspect is a man who repeatedly walks away from situations in which he should have died. Then Subaru meets a young woman intent upon cursing the man, saying that he killed her brother. Subaru must figure out how his employer died and fight the evil spirits that are protecting the man with the help of his friend and twin sister, Seishirou Sakurazuka and Hokuto Sumeragi.



Tags: Magic , Urban , Urban Fantasy , Detective , Shoujo , Revenge , Male Protagonist , Police , Tragedy , Twins , Age Gap , Yandere , Female Protagonist , Boys' Love , Exorcism

xxxHOLiC

Also known as xxxHOLiC.

Studio: Production I.G , Funimation , BMG Japan , Kids Station , Kodansha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Watanuki Kimihiro can see spirits and other assorted supernatural creatures, which is quite a bothersome ability he strongly dislikes. On the way home one day, while plagued by some spirits, he is inexplicably compelled to enter a strange house. There, he encounters Yuuko, a mysterious woman who claims to be able to rid him of the ability to see and attract the troublesome creatures – for a price. She demands for him to work at her "store" that grants wishes to people, and thus begins Watanuki's adventures through weird and wonderful events.

Tags: Mythology , Urban Fantasy , Youkai , Male Protagonist , Football , Curses , Episodic , Philosophy , Seinen , Denpa , Work , Animals , Ghost , Ensemble Cast , Orphan , School , Gods , Twins , Archery

Yakumo Tatsu

Also known as Eight Clouds Rising.

Studio: Bandai Visual , Media Blasters , Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Horror , Psychological , Supernatural

Fuzuchi Kuraki is a quiet young high school student blessed with immense psychic powers and an ancient sword. He is searching for other magical artifacts with the help of Nanachi Takeo, a college student with latent powers of his own. They delve deep into the dark magic of Izumo, only to discover the secrets buried within the birthplace of all Japanese mythology.



Tags: Shoujo , Historical , Rural , Super Power , Mythology , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban Fantasy

Baraou no Souretsu

Also known as Requiem of the Rose King.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Bandai Namco Arts , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Akita Shoten , Bandai Namco Live Creative
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Supernatural

The Wars of the Roses grip medieval England as the houses of York and Lancaster vie for the throne. Richard is the third son of the Duke of York, who plans to take the crown. Richard wants nothing more than for this to happen, but this innocent wish will plunge England further into the chaos of war. Meanwhile, Richard is struggling with a battle far more personal.



Tags: Historical , Classic Literature , Tragedy , Politics , Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bisexual , Shoujo , Foreign , Ghost , War , Anti-Hero , Swordplay , Revenge , Male Harem , Transgender , Primarily Adult Cast , Age Gap , Time Skip , Medieval

Magic Knight Rayearth OVA

Also known as Magic Knight Rayearth OVA.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Polygram Japan , Kodansha , TMS-Kyokuchi , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Mecha

The Earth lies darkened and deserted. Despite the best efforts of the film's heroine, Hikaru, the evil-filled castle of Cephiro has taken over the world and stands in the center of a lifeless Tokyo. Before the ice-witch Alcyone can take her revenge on Hikaru, she is rescued by Lantis, a young man who seals her into a magical maze where she is challenged to prove her powers while her friends are hunted down by Cephiro's warlocks.

Fleeing through the silent city, Umi and Fuu must seek out the sleeping Mashin; godlike creatures that will fuse with them to form giant warriors of awesome destructive power. But the Magic Knights are afraid, untrained and alone... will even the Mashin be enough to save them from the evil acts of Cephiro?

Notes:
During 1998 Toshihiro Hirano released a Director's cut called "Special Edition - The Wings of Hope", including the 3 episodes in a two hour movie with some new scenes and some dialogue changes

Tags: Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Super Power , Isekai , Time Manipulation , Magic , Henshin , Tokusatsu , Tragedy , Super Robot , Primarily Female Cast , Shoujo , Environmental , Nudity , Fairy , Achronological Order , Ghost , Post-Apocalyptic