Top Transgender Anime Recommendations

ONE PIECE

Also known as ONE PIECE.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy

Gold Roger was known as the Pirate King, the strongest and most infamous being to have sailed the Grand Line. The capture and death of Roger by the World Government brought a change throughout the world. His last words before his death revealed the location of the greatest treasure in the world, One Piece. It was this revelation that brought about the Grand Age of Pirates, men who dreamed of finding One Piece (which promises an unlimited amount of riches and fame), and quite possibly the most coveted of titles for the person who found it, the title of the Pirate King.

Enter Monkey D. Luffy, a 17-year-old boy that defies your standard definition of a pirate. Rather than the popular persona of a wicked, hardened, toothless pirate who ransacks villages for fun, Luffy’s reason for being a pirate is one of pure wonder; the thought of an exciting adventure and meeting new and intriguing people, along with finding One Piece, are his reasons of becoming a pirate. Following in the footsteps of his childhood hero, Luffy and his crew travel across the Grand Line, experiencing crazy adventures, unveiling dark mysteries and battling strong enemies, all in order to reach One Piece.

*This includes the following special episodes:
- Chopperman to the Rescue! Protect the TV Station by the Shore! (Episode 336)
- The Strongest Tag-Team! Luffy and Toriko's Hard Struggle! (Episode 492)
- Team Formation! Save Chopper (Episode 542)
- History's Strongest Collaboration vs. Glutton of the Sea (Episode 590)
- 20th Anniversary! Special Romance Dawn (Episode 907)

Tags: Pirates , Travel , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Found Family , Male Protagonist , Ships , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Slapstick , Prophecy , Politics , Time Skip , Royal Affairs , War , Slavery , Dystopian , Fugitive , Crime , Gods , Lost Civilization , Swordplay , Henshin , Cyborg , Monster Boy , Primarily Adult Cast , Shapeshifting , Anti-Hero , Food , Philosophy , Animals , Robots , Anthropomorphism , Skeleton , Anachronism , Guns , Desert , Medicine , Samurai , Prison , Post-Apocalyptic , Espionage , Indigenous Cultures , Drugs , Artificial Intelligence , Kuudere , Monster Girl , Fairy , Revenge , Aromantic , Marriage , Assassins , Dragons , Battle Royale , Demons , Adoption , Mermaid , Ninja , Time Manipulation , Angels , Kabuki , Kaiju , Clone , Zombie , Arranged Marriage , Gender Bending , Blackmail , Trains , Unrequited Love , Human Experimentation , Dinosaurs , Interspecies , Fake Relationship , Brainwashing , Transgender

Boku no Hero Academia 3

Also known as My Hero Academia Season 3.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama

Summer is here, and the heroes of Class 1-A and 1-B are in for the toughest training camp of their lives! A group of seasoned pros pushes everyone's Quirks to new heights as the students face one overwhelming challenge after another. Braving the elements in this secret location becomes the least of their worries when routine training turns into a critical struggle for survival.



Tags: Superhero , Super Power , Shounen , Primarily Teen Cast , Boarding School , Cultivation , Urban Fantasy , School , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Revenge , Police , Bar , Battle Royale , Heterosexual , Body Horror , Tomboy , CGI , Yandere , Transgender , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes

Steins;Gate

Also known as Steins;Gate.

Studio: WHITE FOX
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

Self-proclaimed mad scientist Okabe Rintarou lives in a small room in Akihabara, where he invents "future gadgets" with fellow lab members Shiina Mayuri, his air-headed childhood friend, and Hashida Itaru, an otaku hacker. The three pass the time by tinkering with their latest creation, a "Phone Microwave" that can be controlled through text messages.

The lab members soon face a string of mysterious incidents that lead to a game-changing discovery: the Phone Microwave can send emails to the past and thus alter history. Adapted from the critically acclaimed visual novel by 5pb. and Nitroplus, Steins;Gate takes Okabe to the depths of scientific theory and human despair as he faces the dire consequences of changing the past.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Alternate Universe , Time Loop , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Memory Manipulation , Male Protagonist , Urban , Dystopian , Primarily Adult Cast , Chuunibyou , Dissociative Identities , Cosmic Horror , Tsundere , Otaku Culture , Heterosexual , Femboy , Ensemble Cast , Kuudere , Suicide , Criminal Organization , Amnesia , Transgender , War , Clone , Cosplay , Espionage , Human Experimentation , Post-Apocalyptic , Gender Bending , Seinen , Maids , Trains , Shrine Maiden , LGBTQ+ Themes , Detective , Gore , Tomboy

Boku no Hero Academia 4

Also known as My Hero Academia Season 4.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

The villain world teeters on the brink of war now that All For One is out of the picture. Shigaraki of the League of Villains squares off with Overhaul of the yakuza, vying for total control of the shadows. Meanwhile, Deku gets tangled in another dangerous internship as he struggles to keep pace with his upperclassman—Mirio.



Tags: Superhero , Super Power , Shounen , Male Protagonist , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Crime , Ensemble Cast , Gangs , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Terrorism , Cultivation , Boarding School , Yakuza , Police , Drugs , Espionage , Delinquents , Primarily Male Cast , Band , Heterosexual , Transgender , Philosophy , LGBTQ+ Themes

Wonder Egg Priority

Also known as WONDER EGG PRIORITY.

Studio: CloverWorks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

This is the story of Ai, an introverted girl whose fate is forever changed when she acquires a mysterious “Wonder Egg” from a deserted arcade. That night, her dreams blend into reality, and as other girls obtain their own Wonder Eggs, Ai discovers new friends—and the magic within herself.



Tags: Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Urban Fantasy , Suicide , Bullying , Coming of Age , Alternate Universe , Primarily Teen Cast , Denpa , Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , Hikikomori , Afterlife , Body Horror , Artificial Intelligence , Transgender , School , CGI , Tomboy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Kuudere , Age Gap , Episodic , Gore , Isekai , Idol , Guns

Jujutsu Kaisen: Shimetsu Kaiyuu - Zenpen

Also known as JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 3: The Culling Game Part 1.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Supernatural

After the Shibuya Incident, a deadly jujutsu battle known as the Culling Game orchestrated by Noritoshi Kamo erupts across ten colonies in Japan.

Haunted by guilt over the mass killings in Shibuya and wary of Sukuna’s interest in Fushiguro, Itadori chooses not to return to Jujutsu High. Instead, he teams up with Choso to exorcise the countless cursed spirits unleashed by Noritoshi Kamo. Amid this chaos, the Jujutsu Headquarters revokes Yuji Itadori’s suspended death sentence and appoints special-grade sorcerer Yuta Okkotsu as his executioner.

Newly awakened modern sorcerers and resurrected ancient ones, now fighting as players in the Culling Game, collide with conflicting motives, driving the world once more toward an age ruled by jujutsu.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Curses , Urban , Shounen , Death Game , Tragedy , Super Power , Battle Royale , Survival , Exorcism , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Gore , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Martial Arts , Surreal Comedy , Demons , Magic , Achromatic , Swordplay , Gambling , Rotoscoping , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bisexual , Transgender , Philosophy , Crossdressing , Nudity

Kuroshitsuji

Also known as Black Butler.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

In Victorian-era Europe, a young boy loses everything he once held near and dear to a vicious plot. In his moment of death, he strikes a deal with a demon: his soul, in exchange for revenge. Ciel Phantomhive is now the head of the Phantomhive corporation, handling all business affairs as well as the underground work for the Queen of England. His new partner is a demon butler, Sebastian Michaelis, whose powers as a butler is only surpassed by his strength as a demon.

The story follows the two along with their other servants, as they work to unravel the plot behind Ciel's parents' murder, and the horrendous tragedies that befell Ciel in the month directly after.

Tags: Butler , Crime , Tragedy , Demons , Revenge , Historical , Anti-Hero , Detective , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Assassins , Orphan , Mythology , Gender Bending , Kuudere , Transgender , Angels , Primarily Male Cast , Episodic , Urban Fantasy , Royal Affairs , Shounen , Food , Crossdressing , Ninja , Urban , Chibi , Agender , Ghost

Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry

Also known as Chivalry of a Failed Knight.

Studio: SILVER LINK. , Nexus
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance

The "school sword action" story revolves around Magic Knights, modern magic-users who fight with weapons converted from their souls. Ikki Kurogane goes to a school for these Magic Knights, but he is the "Failed Knight" or "Worst One" who is failing because he has no magical skills. However, one day, he is challenged to a duel by Stella, a foreign princess and the "Number One" student. In this duel, "the loser must be obedient for life."



Tags: Swordplay , Male Protagonist , School , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Magic , Primarily Teen Cast , Boarding School , Tragedy , Super Power , Cohabitation , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Nudity , Incest , Female Harem , Class Struggle , Bullying , Primarily Female Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Transgender , Politics , Archery , Estranged Family

Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Kurenai Densetsu

Also known as KONOSUBA -God's blessing on this wonderful world!- Legend of Crimson.

Studio: J.C.STAFF
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy , Supernatural

A video game-loving shut-in, Satou Kazuma's life should've ended when he was hit by a truck, but through a twist of fate, he ends up reincarnating in another world--and dragging the troublemaking goddess, Aqua, the wildly dorky mage, Megumin, and the unrelentingly delusional lady knight, Darkness, with him.

Now, the Crimson Demon village that Megumin and Yunyun are from is facing a threat that could mean its ending. Kazuma and his gang follow Yunyun, who returns to the Crimson Demon village intent on saving it... when they are faced with their greatest threat yet! What will become of the unremarkable adventurer Kazuma's life in another world?!



Tags: Satire , Isekai , Parody , Magic , Chuunibyou , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Chimera , Anti-Hero , Afterlife , Primarily Female Cast , Demons , Female Protagonist , Gods , Swordplay , Medieval , Anthropomorphism , War , Transgender , Masochism , Goblin , Tanned Skin , Dullahan

Tokyo Ghoul:re 2

Also known as Tokyo Ghoul:re 2.

Studio: Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Kaneki Ken has finally regained memories of his former self, but this once again leaves him at a crossroads in the war between human and ghoul. After donning a pair of glasses to mirror his mentor Arima, Kaneki's new assignment is to manage the interrogation of Eto, the One-Eyed Owl, after she reveals her ghoul nature in a press conference about the publication of her newest book, which she claims will bridge the gap between the two warring sides. Now interred in Cochlea, Eto eagerly awaits the awakening of the "One-Eyed King", but only Kaneki seems to understand what she's really planning. As Aogiri Tree descends on the facility to rescue their leader, Kaneki turns to one of his oldest friends for help in his new secret mission.



Note: The first episode was distributed online via GYAO! on September 29, 2018. TV broadcast began on October 9, 2018.

Tags: Time Skip , Dissociative Identities , Seinen , Urban , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Gore , Time Manipulation , Body Horror , Police , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Dragons , Transgender , Unrequited Love , CGI , Mythology , Detective , Love Triangle

Tengoku Daimakyou

Also known as Tengoku Daimakyo.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mystery , Sci-Fi , Thriller

In the year 2024, the world has collapsed. Grotesque monsters lurk amongst the ruins of Japan, while remaining people scrape together what they can to survive. Kiruko, an odd-job girl in Nakano, accepts a mysterious woman's dying wish to take a boy named Maru to a place called Heaven.



Tags: Dystopian , Post-Apocalyptic , Survival , Achronological Order , Seinen , Travel , Tragedy , Body Swapping , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Gender Bending , Orphan , Super Power , Gore , Denpa , Unrequited Love , Demons , Body Horror , Artificial Intelligence , Pregnancy , Guns , Coming of Age , Nudity , Suicide , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cyberpunk , Transgender , Kuudere , Human Experimentation

MASHLE: Kami Shinkakusha Kouho Senbatsu Shiken-hen

Also known as MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES Season 2.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

After Mash Burnedead's clash with Magia Lupus, the secret about his powers is now out in the open. The short-lived celebration ends when the Bureau of Magic summons Mash before an audience of Divine Visionaries, who collectively decree Mash should reap the consequences and die. However, an evil shadow organization called Innocent Zero hijacks the inquiry to demand that Mash be kept alive.

Mash proves that he is capable of dealing with Innocent Zero, but the Divine Visionaries' verdict remains unchanged. Luckily, Mash finds unexpected allies in Divine Visionary Rayne Ames and Headmaster Wahlberg Baigan, and they successfully defer his execution until Innocent Zero is defeated. Mash is now allowed to live under one condition: he must be selected as the Divine Visionary candidate by the year's end.



Tags: Magic , Parody , Fitness , Shounen , Super Power , Slapstick , Kuudere , School , Male Protagonist , Battle Royale , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Chibi , Food , Aromantic , Time Manipulation , Bullying , Medieval , Estranged Family , Witch , Unrequited Love , Philosophy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Transgender

Blue Period

Also known as Blue Period.

Studio: Seven Arcs
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The studious Yatora leaves a dry life of study and good manners behind for a new passion: painting. But untethering yourself from all your past expectations is dangerous as well as thrilling…



Note: The anime premiered on Netflix on Sep 25, 2021 in Japan. The TV broadcast started on Oct 2, 2021.

Tags: Drawing , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , School , Educational , Seinen , Primarily Teen Cast , Philosophy , School Club , Transgender , Bisexual , Time Skip , Urban , LGBTQ+ Themes , Crossdressing , Femboy , Nudity

Zombie Land Saga

Also known as ZOMBIE LAND SAGA.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Supernatural

A typical morning. The usual music. Their normal lives. The peace these seven girls experience will suddenly be destroyed. By the living dead... zombies. A reality that they never wanted a part of, an amazing and terrifying zombie world. They all share one wish: "We want to live." These girls will struggle through this saga, in order to achieve a miracle. MAPPA, Avex Pictures, and Cygames team up to bring you a juicy, 100% original anime. A timeless shocker for all audiences, a brand new style of zombie anime, will soon rise.



Tags: Zombie , Idol , Monster Girl , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Satire , Necromancy , Parody , Body Image , Ensemble Cast , Amnesia , Dancing , CGI , Transgender , Time Skip , Rural , LGBTQ+ Themes , Oiran , Episodic , Motorcycles , Gangs , Hip-hop Music

BLEACH: Sennen Kessen-hen - Ketsubetsu-tan

Also known as BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Separation.

Studio: Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Supernatural

After a brutal surprise attack by the forces of Quincy King Yhwach, the resident Reapers of the Soul Society lick their wounds and mourn their losses. Many of the surviving Soul Reaper captains train to battle without their Bankai, the ultimate technique wielded by the fiercest warriors.

In the previous assault, Ichigo Kurosaki narrowly managed to help fend off Yhwach's fearsome wrath. However, to ultimately defeat his godly adversary and save his allies, Ichigo must now undergo severe training that will push him beyond his physical, emotional, and mental limits.

Though Yhwach already holds the upper hand in this ongoing blood feud, he also successfully recruits Uryuu Ishida, Ichigo's close friend and rival, to be his successor. Yhwach strikes out once again at the weakened Soul Society, intent on finally obliterating his long-standing enemies. As Ichigo struggles to attain new power, the Soul Reaper captains fight for survival and borrowed time.



Tags: Shounen , War , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Swordplay , Henshin , Urban Fantasy , Mythology , Afterlife , Gore , Zombie , Ghost , Transgender , Femboy , Time Manipulation , Gender Bending , Guns , LGBTQ+ Themes

Golden Kamuy

Also known as Golden Kamuy.

Studio: Geno Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy

In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto scratches out a meager existence during the postwar gold rush in the wilderness of Hokkaido. When he stumbles across a map to a fortune in hidden Ainu gold, he sets off on a treacherous quest to find it. But Sugimoto is not the only interested party, and everyone who knows about the gold will kill to possess it! Faced with the harsh conditions of the northern wilderness, ruthless criminals and rogue Japanese soldiers, Sugimoto will need all his skills and luck—and the help of an Ainu girl named Asirpa—to survive.



Tags: Historical , Snowscape , Seinen , Survival , Outdoor Activities , Military , Ensemble Cast , Indigenous Cultures , Food , Primarily Adult Cast , Guns , Primarily Male Cast , War , Wilderness , Gore , Anti-Hero , Male Protagonist , Educational , Assassins , Crime , Body Horror , LGBTQ+ Themes , Episodic , Gender Bending , CGI , Archery , Twins , Torture , Transgender , Medicine , Oiran

Lovely★Complex

Also known as Lovely Complex.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Love is unusual for Koizumi Risa and Ootani Atsushi, who are both striving to find their ideal partner in high school—172 cm tall Koizumi is much taller than the average girl, and Ootani is much shorter than the average guy at 156 cm. To add to their plights, their crushes fall in love with each other, leaving Koizumi and Ootani comically flustered and heartbroken. To make matters worse, they're even labeled as a comedy duo by their homeroom teacher due to their personalities and the stark difference in their heights, and their classmates even think of their arguments as sketches.

Lovely★Complex follows Koizumi and Ootani as they encourage each other in finding love and become close friends. Apart from their ridiculous antics, they soon find out an unexpected similarity in their music and fashion tastes. Maybe they possess a chemistry yet unknown, but could love ever bloom between the mismatched pair?



Tags: Female Protagonist , Shoujo , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Slapstick , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Tomboy , Basketball , LGBTQ+ Themes , Transgender , Gender Bending , Netorare , Femboy , Love Triangle

Skip to Loafer

Also known as Skip and Loafer.

Studio: P.A.WORKS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

This country girl is ready for the big city! Well, at least she thought she was. Mitsumi’s dream is to attend a prestigious school and make the world a better place. But when she finally gets to Tokyo, it turns out she isn’t exactly prepared for city life. Luckily, she runs into Shima, a sweet and handsome classmate who becomes her first friend! Can she make it in Tokyo with Shima by her side?



Tags: School , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Urban , Heterosexual , Iyashikei , Seinen , Acting , Transgender , Rural , LGBTQ+ Themes , Coastal

Kanata no Astra

Also known as ASTRA LOST IN SPACE.

Studio: Lerche
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mystery , Sci-Fi

Itʼs the first day of Planet Camp, and Aries Spring couldnʼt be more excited! She, along with eight other strangers, leave for Planet McPa for a weeklong excursion. Soon after they arrive, however, a mysterious orb appears and transports them into the depths of space, where they find an empty floating spaceship…



Note: The first and last episode aired with a runtime of ~48 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

Tags: Space , Clone , Conspiracy , Survival , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Found Family , Travel , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Politics , Crime , Shounen , Heterosexual , Revenge , Tragedy , Royal Affairs , Guns , LGBTQ+ Themes , Kuudere , Tanned Skin , Assassins , Transgender , Aliens , Nudity

Cardcaptor Sakura

Also known as Cardcaptor Sakura.

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

One day, Kinomoto Sakura, a 4th grader stumbles upon the mysterious book of Clow. Upon opening it and reading the name of The Windy aloud, Sakura scatters the cards to the winds. Sakura is elected and appointed by Keroberos, Guardian of the Cards to capture the remaining cards. With her friend Tomoyo and rival Syaoran, Sakura begins an adventure that will forever change her.

Tags: Magic , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Coming of Age , Primarily Child Cast , Episodic , Family Life , School , Henshin , Dissociative Identities , Reincarnation , Tsundere , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Fashion , Bisexual , Age Gap , Heterosexual , Iyashikei , Boys' Love , Fairy , Agender , Martial Arts , Time Manipulation , Kaiju , Amnesia , Time Skip , Transgender , Archery