Anime like Yu☆Gi☆Oh!

Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor

Also known as Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor.

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Psychological , Thriller

Itou Kaiji is a bum who steals car emblems and slashes tires on what seems to be a regular basis. This routine changes one day when he is paid a visit by a man in a trench-coat. Once the two get talking, it seems that the visitor (Calling himself Endou) is a debt collector. The reason for his visit is an unpaid loan which Kaiji had previously co-signed for a work-mate (Furuhata Takeshi). The original loan was 300,000 yen and once Takeshi had disappeared, the loan then fell on Kaiji.

Kaiji is then told of a way to clear the interest compounded debt (which stood at 3,850,000 yen), which involved getting on a boat with others in his position. Once on the boat the debtors would then have to gamble with loaned money, which would end with a few winning, and others getting into deeper debt and having to work to pay off their debts. After some coercion Kaiji accepts a position on the boat, in order to clear his debt and make a bit of money as well...

Tags: Gambling , Survival , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Seinen , Class Struggle , Male Protagonist , Death Game , Tragedy , Philosophy , Crime , Card Battle , Revenge , Yakuza , Torture , Ships , Anti-Hero , Urban , Athletics , Body Horror , Nudity , Work , Prison

Build Divide: Code Black

Also known as BUILD-DIVIDE -#000000- CODE BLACK.

Studio: LIDENFILMS , Aniplex
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

Everything is decided by Build-Divide and it's the King who reigns supreme, but whoever can defeat him will be granted their heart’s desire. While everyone has a wish, the young Teruto Kurabe vows to win and get what he longs for. Guiding him on the path to victory is the mysterious Sakura Banka. Now, the stage is set in Shin Kyoto as Teruto dives headfirst into battle.



Tags: Gambling , Card Battle , Amnesia , Urban , Yandere , Idol , Male Protagonist , Virtual World , Tragedy , Isekai

Digimon Adventure:

Also known as Digimon Adventure:.

Studio: Toei Animation , Fuji TV , Yomiuri Advertising , Studio Gallop
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

It's the year 2020. The Network has become something humans can no longer do without in their daily lives. But what humans don't know is that on the other side of the Network is the Digital World, a realm of light and darkness. Nor are they aware of the Digimon who live there.

Widespread Network difficulties arise, centered around the Tokyo area. Traffic signals blink chaotically, public outdoor TVs display garbled text, and so on. The news reports it as a case of cyberterrorism.

Fifth grader Taichi Yagami stayed home by himself to get ready for a weekend summer camp, but his mother and little sister Hikari went to Shibuya, and now they're aboard a runaway train. Taichi Hurries to Shibuya to save his mother and sister, but the instant he heads toward the station platform... a strange phenomenon befalls the DigiDestined, and Taichi goes to the Digital World! The DigiDestined meet their partner Digimon, and they're faced with an adventure into the unknown...!



Tags: Virtual World , Primarily Child Cast , Angels , Anthropomorphism , Kaiju , Artificial Intelligence , Henshin , Kids , Proxy Battle

Jigoku Sensei Nube

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Horror , Romance

Nube is a clumsy, easygoing, and very kind teacher, but he has a secret under his glove on the left hand. He has a monster hand, and he also has the ability to sense ghosts and evil spirits. So he protects his dear students from these evil spirits with his monster hand, proving to be very powerful.



Tags: Teacher , Youkai , School , Male Protagonist , Exorcism , Demons , Shounen , Primarily Child Cast , Episodic , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Ghost

selector infected WIXOSS

Also known as selector infected WIXOSS.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Warner Bros. Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Thriller

In the popular game Wixoss, there are special cards called LRIGs that few players know about — cards that possess personalities and wills of their own. Ruuko is a teenage girl who just found one of these rare cards. Now, she can use her LRIG to battle in a strange, dark plane of existence. If she wins, her wishes will be granted — but what happens if she loses?



Tags: Female Protagonist , Card Battle , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Female Cast , Tragedy , Reincarnation , Battle Royale , Alternate Universe , Incest , School , Twins , Kuudere

Genei wo Kakeru Taiyou

Also known as Day Break Illusion.

Studio: Aniplex , AIC , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mahou Shoujo

Since ancient times long past, this world has been ruled by two tarot cards:
Diablos Tarot—The tarot of the devil that feasts on the souls of living humans and uses that nourishment to bring countless pain and suffering.
Elemental Tarot—The tarot that draws its energy from the power of nature in order to oppose the Diablos Tarot.

Girls chosen from 22 different bloodlines become the wielders of the Elemental Tarot, plunging themselves into this secret battle. To maintain the balance of this world, while carrying unbearable guilt…

Are they executioners? Or saviors? This is the story of the long, long battle fought by girls who cannot escape the fate they bear.



Tags: Magic , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Primarily Child Cast , Monster Girl , School , Shapeshifting , Witch , Coming of Age , Found Family , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Orphan , Family Life , Kuudere , LGBTQ+ Themes , Transgender , Boarding School

Cardfight!! Vanguard: overDress

Also known as Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress.

Studio: Kinema Citrus , Studio JEMI , Gift-o’-Animation , Sentai Filmworks , Bushiroad
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

Yu-yu is a boy living in Kanazawa, Kaga Province. He is 15 years old and in his third year of junior high school. He has the ability to sense the feeling of others, but he is troubled by the fact that he cannot say no when asked. One day, Yu-yu could no longer stand going along with his sister's hobby, so he ran away from home. The one who saves him is Megumi Okura. Megumi invites Yu-yu to a nighttime amusement park called "Wonder Hill" where her friends hang out.

At the amusement park, Yu-yu meets Megumi, Zakusa Ishikame, and Tomari Seto, members of "Team Blackout," a group that meets to play Vanguard every night.

Tonight, a serious fight for the team's flag will take place. Blackout's leader, Danji Momoyama, and the mysterious and powerful fighter, Tohya Ebata. As Yu-yu stares at them, the card fight is soon eroded into a world of images. This is how Yu-yu encounters Vanguard, a world he has never seen before, and is drawn by its powerful allure - making new friends along the way.



Note: The first episode was pre-screened on March 24, 2021 on the official japanese Cardfight Vanguard youtube channel.

Tags: Card Battle , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Primarily Teen Cast , Crossdressing , LGBTQ+ Themes , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Family Life , Wrestling

Death Parade

Also known as Death Parade.

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , DAX Production , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

When two people die at the same time, they’re sent to a place that’s neither heaven nor hell—a lavish bar between worlds where the stakes are high and the rules are simple: if you win you live again, if you die… you’re gone for good.

Decim is the bartender charged with serving the souls who enter Quindecim. He may make a mean cocktail, but his true profession is to play the role of arbiter—a judge who determines whether or not a soul is worthy of reincarnation. To aid in his judgment, the bar’s patrons are forced to play simple games laced with sadistic twists designed to bring their true natures to light. To Decim, judgment has always been black and white—that is—until he meets a mysterious young woman whose fate seems impossible to decide. His indecision shakes the very foundation of the games and raises the biggest question of all: Who is fit to judge the dead?



Tags: Death Game , Afterlife , Philosophy , Tragedy , Amnesia , Memory Manipulation , Reincarnation , Bar , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic , Suicide , Gambling , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Mythology , Kuudere , CGI , Ice Skating , Revenge , Bowling , Gyaru , Tanned Skin

HIGH CARD

Also known as HIGH CARD.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Studio Hibari , KADOKAWA , Sammy , NetEase Games
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

After discovering that his orphanage was on the brink of closing due to financial stress, Finn, who was living freely on the streets, set out for a casino with the aim of making a fortune. However, nothing could have prepared Finn for the nightmare that was awaiting him. Once there, Finn encountered a car chase and bloody shootout caused by a man's “lucky” card.
Finn will eventually learn what the shootout was about. The world order can be controlled by a set of 52 X-Playing cards with the power to bestow different superhuman powers and abilities to the ones that possess them. With these cards, people can access the hidden power of the “buddy” that can be found within themselves.

There is a secret group of players called High Card, who have been directly ordered by the king of Fourland to collect the cards that have been scattered throughout the kingdom, while moonlighting as employees of the luxury car maker Pinochle. Scouted to become the group's fifth member, Finn soon joins the players on a dangerous mission to find these cards.

However, Who's Who, the rival car maker obsessed with defeating Pinochle, and the Klondikes, the infamous Mafia family, stand in the way of the gang.

A frenzied battle amongst these card obsessed players, fueled by justice, desire, and revenge, is about to begin!

Tags: Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Card Battle , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Foreign , Cars , Found Family , Orphan , Guns , Primarily Male Cast , Police , Mafia , Heterosexual , Urban , Episodic , Poker , Amnesia , Gambling , Dissociative Identities , Detective , LGBTQ+ Themes , Conspiracy , Fake Relationship

Bakutsuri Bar Hunter

Studio: Toei Animation , Studio Gallop
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sports

The anime will center on the elementary school student Totta, who loves to fish. One day a bar soul named Potepen appears from the barcode on Totta's bag of potato chips. Together, Totta and Potepen use a special "Bakutsuri" bar rod item to fish for other bar souls.



Tags: Fishing