Anime like Ya She

Shiguang Dailiren

Also known as Link Click.

Studio: BeDream , Studio LAN , bilibili , Aniplex , Sony Music Solutions
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

In a corner of a bustling city, there is a small shop called "Time Photo Studio" operating as usual. Although the entrance looks abandoned, it's actually run by two men with special abilities: Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang. In order to fulfil customers' requests, Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi work together and use their special abilities to enter photos. However, things don't go as planned...



Note: The final episode aired with a runtime of ~31 minutes.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Super Power , Body Swapping , Photography , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Crime , Detective , Urban Fantasy , Memory Manipulation , Urban , Episodic , Natural Disaster , Suicide , Family Life , Police , Office , Office Lady , College , School , Basketball , Martial Arts

Natsume Yuujinchou

Also known as Natsume's Book of Friends Season 1.

Studio: Aniplex , Brain's Base , NAS , NIS America Inc. , TV Tokyo Music , Sony Music Entertainment , Trilogy Future Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Natsume has always been an outcast because he inherited his grandmother's ability to see yokai. After moving to his grandmother's hometown and accidentally releasing a yokai imprisoned in a Lucky Cat statue, he learns about his grandmother's "Book of Friends," which contains the names of the yokai she defeated, and allows its wielder to command the yokai named within. Since then, yokai now visit him on a daily basis, seeking to either get their names back or take possession of the Book of Friends.



Tags: Youkai , Iyashikei , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Found Family , Rural , Adoption , Shoujo , Urban Fantasy , Estranged Family , Bullying , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Shapeshifting , Outdoor Activities , Exorcism , Tsundere , School

Petshop of Horrors

Also known as Petshop of Horrors.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Trans Arts , TBS , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Count D, a quite interesting pet shop owner from an area called Chinatown, sells rare and hard to come by pets to people longing for something special, but with each sale comes a contract. If the rules of the contract are followed, everything goes fine, but if someone should break the rules of the contract, the pet shop cannot be held responsible for anything unfortunate that might happen. Leon Orcot, a homicide detective, has linked many odd and unexplainable deaths together; they all were customers of Count D's pet shop, and he intends to find out why.



Tags: Detective , Urban Fantasy , Animals , Philosophy , Foreign , Josei , Episodic , Shapeshifting , Anthropomorphism , Mythology , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Magic , Mermaid , Crime , Body Horror , Urban , Police , Monster Girl , Necromancy , Body Swapping , Nudity , Love Triangle , Gore , Idol , Heterosexual

Fukigen na Mononokean

Also known as The Morose Mononokean.

Studio: Studio Signpost , Docomo Anime Store , Square Enix , Tokuma Japan Communications , AT-X , Studio Pierrot , Ray , Age Global Networks , Kanon , Yomiuri TV Enterprise , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Supernatural

Ashiya has spent the first seven days of high school stuck in the infirmary because of a youkai attaching itself to him. He ends up asking the owner of a small tea room called the "Mononokean" for help. This is a tale involving the very morose owner of Mononokean guiding the youkai that happened to wander into this world go to the next world.



Tags: Youkai , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Shounen , Exorcism

Bai Yao Pu

Also known as Fairies Albums.

Studio: Haoliners Animation , bilibili
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

We follow the adventures of a mysterious young girl, accompanied by a young monk and a demon doctor. Together, they solve human problems and cure illnesses caused by demons and ghosts.

Tags: Youkai , Ancient China , Animals , Travel , Medicine , Female Protagonist , Mythology , Episodic , Cultivation , Tragedy , War , Disability , Heterosexual , Magic , Shapeshifting , Demons , Martial Arts , Suicide , Dragons , Gods , Werewolf

Dongguo Xiaojie

Studio: Haoliners Animation , Tencent Animation & Comics
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Supernatural

Dongguo Xiaojie, a young girl, has lived together with her mother ever since she was little. On the year she turned sixteen, her mother suddenly contracted a "Grave Illness". To save her mother, Dongguo Xiaojie set foot into the unknown on a dangerous journey. Accompanying her on this journey is her sworn elder brother Mo Zixuan and the mysterious youth, Life's Hardship. However, danger arises again and again as they are continuously attacked by people they meet on their journey. Just what conspiracy is hidden behind this journey?

Tags: Demons

Koukyuu no Karasu

Also known as Raven of the Inner Palace.

Studio: Bandai Namco Pictures , Aniplex , Shueisha , Movic , Tohan , Marui Group , BS11 , Kansai TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

Deep within the inner palace lives a special consort who does not serve the emperor despite her position as a consort. She is known as the Raven Consort. People who have seen her say she looks like an old woman, while others say she looks like a young girl. Stories tell of her use of mysterious arts, and how she can take on any request, be it death curses or finding lost things. Koushun, the current emperor, goes to visit the Raven Consort with that intention. Without knowing that their fated meeting will become a taboo that will overturn history.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Foreign , Historical , Primarily Adult Cast , Detective , Kuudere , Mythology , Exiled , Magic , Episodic , Necromancy , Shoujo , Ghost , Conspiracy , Politics , Tsundere , Ojou-sama , Suicide , Body Horror , Ancient China , Orphan , Maids , Heterosexual ,

Kai Byoui Ramune

Also known as Dr. Ramune -Mysterious Disease Specialist-.

Studio: Platinum Vision , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Supernatural

As long as hearts exist inside people, there will always be those who suffer. And then something "strange" enters their mind and causes a strange disease to manifest itself in the body. The illness, which is called a "mystery disease" is unknown to most, but certainly exists. There is a doctor and apprentice who fights the disease, which modern medicine cannot cure.

His name is Ramune.

He acts freely all the time, is foul-mouthed, and doesn’t even look like a doctor! However, once he is confronted with the mysterious disease, he is able to quickly uncover the root cause of his patients' deep-seated distress and cure them.

And beyond that...



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Magic , Episodic , Satire , Food , Medicine , Disability , Ghost , Shounen , Cult , Iyashikei , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things

Ling Qi: Huang Quan Zhi Qi

Also known as Spiritpact -Bond of The Underworld-.

Studio: Haoliners Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Supernatural

The second season of Spiritpact (Ling Qi). The series' Japanese dub premiered simultaneously with the original Chinese version and aired on Tokyo MX.



Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Magic , Youkai , Tsundere , LGBTQ+ Themes , Swordplay , Henshin , Exorcism , Curses , Ghost , Conspiracy , Necromancy , Proxy Battle , Revenge , Shapeshifting , Super Power , Urban Fantasy

Youkai Apartment no Yuuga na Nichijou

Also known as Elegant Yokai Apartment Life.

Studio: Shin-Ei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Yuushi Inaba, a 16-year-old boy whose parents died three years ago. He moved into his uncle's house, but resolved to move into a dormitory in high school. Plans changed when that dormitory burned down. He eventually finds a cheap apartment, but discovers too late that the apartment is home to supernatural creatures such as ghosts, youkai, and mononoke, and his daily life becomes embroiled in the eccentric apartment.



Tags: Youkai , Male Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Afterlife , Coming of Age , Urban Fantasy , Ghost , Exorcism , Tragedy