Anime like Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito

Vlad Love

Also known as VLAD LOVE.

Studio: Drive , Production I.G , Ichigo Animation , Comic Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Supernatural

Mitsugu Bamba is a high school girl who is crazy about donating her blood, to the point that she feels compelled to visit a local blood bank despite the unfriendly nurse. One day, Mitsugu encounters a beautiful girl there who looks like she has come from overseas. The girl is so pale that she appears ready to faint. Instead, she suddenly starts trashing the blood bank. The girl then loses consciousness and so Mitsugu takes her home...



Note: The first episode was streamed on the official Vlad Love YouTube channel on Dec 18, 2020. The first 6 episodes were released on streaming platforms on Feb 14, 2021. The last 6 episodes were released on Mar 14, 2021.

Tags: Vampire , Slapstick , Female Protagonist , Parody , Meta , Surreal Comedy , Satire , Primarily Female Cast , School Club , Tomboy , Acting , School , Urban , Educational , College , LGBTQ+ Themes , Urban Fantasy , Cosplay , Dragons , Video Games

Touka Gettan

Also known as Toka Gettan, The Moonlight Lady Returns.

Studio: Studio DEEN , WAO World , Avex Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

Touka Kamiazuma inherited his clan’s duty to protect the magical land of Kamitsumihara when he discovered his body holds Sekiken, a mythical stone sword, but his connection to the land only deepens when he meets the strangely intriguing Momoka Kawakabe. Inexplicably drawn to one another, soon destiny’s inescapable threads pull Touka and Momoka into a web of dark secrets and ancient tragedies that will bring an ancient legend to life and change the face of Kamitsumihara forevermore.



Tags: Achronological Order , Gender Bending , LGBTQ+ Themes

Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road

Also known as The Executioner and Her Way of Life.

Studio: J.C. Staff , Warner Bros. Japan , SB Creative , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , EGG FIRM , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

When interdimensional travelers from an otherworldly land known as “Japan” appear, they often bring death and destruction. It’s up to Executioners like Menou to track and exterminate the Lost Ones before they wreak havoc. When Menou encounters a beguiling Lost One named Akari, it’s bloody business as usual… until Menou discovers Akari can cheat death, that is. Even so, Menou has a job to do, and she is committed to her executioner’s mission come hell or high water — provided her newly stirring feelings don’t get in the way.



Note: The first two episodes received an advance release on Abema on March 20, 2022. The regular TV broadcast started on April 2, 2022.

Tags: Anti-Hero , Magic , Memory Manipulation , Primarily Female Cast , Time Manipulation , Female Protagonist , Isekai , Assassins , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Religion , Gore , Meta , Primarily Teen Cast , Reincarnation , Travel , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Yandere , Post-Apocalyptic , CGI , Dissociative Identities

Black Cat

Also known as Black Cat.

Studio: GONZO , GDH , Dentsu , Funimation , TBS
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi

Train Heartnet is the infamous gunman 'Black Cat', a cold-blooded assassin who works for the organization known as 'Chronos', bearing the mark XIII on his body. Most of his life was surrounded by violence, so Train is quiet, asocial and uncaring. However his life changes as he encounters the mysterious Sweeper (bounty hunter), Saya. Her unique way of living interested Train but tragedy occurs, resulting in Train changing the way he has lived towards the life of a Sweeper with newfound friends Sven and Eve.

Tags: Super Power , Revenge , Assassins , Guns , Tragedy , Shounen , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Kuudere

Ange Vierge

Studio: SILVER LINK. , Kadokawa Shoten , Sotsu , KADOKAWA , Sega Games , KLOCKWORX
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Ecchi , Fantasy

The story of the Ange Vierge trading card game follows what happens when "Hairou" portals suddenly open, fusing three different worlds together. As a result, various mysterious "Exceed" powers are awakened in teenaged girls. An academy for these so-called "Progress" girls is built on the isolated Seiran Island in the Pacific.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Ensemble Cast , Yuri , Nudity , Magic , Female Protagonist , School , Super Power , Swordplay

Kagihime Monogatari: Eikyuu Alice Rinbukyoku

Also known as Key Princess Story Eternal Alice Rondo.

Studio: Trinet Entertainment , Picture Magic
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

Kirihara Aruto loves the stories of Alice, so much so that he begins to write one. One night while writing, he sees a girl out his window who he thinks is Alice. He follows her, and discovers that she is called a Seeker of Alice, and with the powers granted to her she fights other Seekers of Alice to take their eternal story, in order to find the part that belongs to the Eternal Alice.

Throughout Aruto's adventures with Arisugawa Arisu, his little sister Kirihara Kiraha and their various friends they discover more about the land of Alice, about the novels, the man who wrote them, and their own powers.

Tags: Magic , Classic Literature , Swordplay , Alternate Universe , Battle Royale , Male Protagonist , Fairy Tale , Primarily Female Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Age Regression , Henshin , Shounen , Incest

Ou Dorobou JING

Also known as Jing: King of Bandits.

Studio: Aniplex , Studio DEEN , ADV Films , SME Visual Works
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Jing may appear to be a young boy, but his remarkable skills make him one of the most feared thieves on the planet. Along with his feathered partner Kir, Jing travels from town to town, stealing anything of value regardless of the amount of security. But when he's in a pinch, he has one more trick up his sleeve: Kir bonds with Jing's right arm to perform the effectively deadly "Kir Royale" attack. And because of all this, Jing is infamously known by many as the "King of Bandits."


Tags: Shounen , Episodic , Male Protagonist

Kannazuki no Miko

Also known as Destiny of the Shrine Maiden.

Studio: Studio Fantasia , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Remic , Front Line , TNK , Kodansha , Rondo Robe , Sentai Filmworks , Memory-Tech , Toshiba Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Romance

The highborn Himemiya Chikane is cool and aloof, the perfect young lady of good breeding. Kurusegawa Himeko is devoted to her, and secretly her friend. Their lives are undisturbed in their school, until an ancient evil suddenly rears its head. To combat it, Chikane and Himeko must take on the roles of shrine maidens of the Moon and Sun.

Tags: Yuri , Super Robot , Shrine Maiden , Love Triangle , Magic , Mythology , Gods , Female Protagonist , Yandere , LGBTQ+ Themes , Shounen , Primarily Female Cast , Alternate Universe , Swordplay , Nudity , Nun , Bisexual

Mai-HiME

Also known as My-HiME.

Studio: Sunrise , TV Tokyo Music , Funimation , Bandai Visual
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mecha , Romance

Mai Tokiha thought she had enough trouble in life between taking care of her ailing brother and transferring to a new school. But when she saves a mysterious girl wielding a sword, everything changes. A power awakens within her and she becomes a HiME, a battle princess! But she’s not alone with this power—eleven other girls share her fate, and the burden is a heavy one.



Tags: Magic , School , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Battle Royale , Ensemble Cast , Robots , Super Power , Primarily Female Cast , Love Triangle , LGBTQ+ Themes , Kuudere , Yuri , Dragons , Shrine Maiden , Nun , Rural , Gods , Crossdressing , Motorcycles , Yandere , Conspiracy , Unrequited Love , Memory Manipulation , Artificial Intelligence , Time Skip