In a world of anthropomorphic animals, Belle Lablac feels isolated as the only human. With no fur or fangs, she decides to become a nomad in order to travel and find a place where she belongs with people who look like her.
However, before Belle can even begin her journey, she must undertake a number of grueling tasks to earn the right to journey from the King and God that watch over Sword Land.
I had to find someone smarter than me to explain what was going on in this show, but to be fair, once they did, it is did make sense. That aside, detailed, unique worldbuilding is always a win for anime. If you are looking for more anime recommendations like Bye Bye, Earth, head on down below.
Anime Like Bye Bye, Earth
For Fans of Humans Being Rare
WorldEnd – What Would You Do At The End of The World?
It has been five hundred years since humanity went extinct at the hands of the mysterious beasts that roam the land. Now the surviving races have retreated to floating islands in the sky out of reach of most of the beasts. However, there are ones nimble enough to put these people in danger.
A small group of young girls, a race called the Leprechauns, are now raised as the only ones that can wield ancient weapons to fend off invasion by the beasts, but it often requires them to sacrifice themselves and they don’t often live to see adulthood.
Enter Willem, the last surviving human woken from his slumber and sent to watch over these girls, still feeling the sting from the final battle where he lost everything five hundred years ago.
Similarities Between Bye Bye, Earth and WorldEnd
- One human in a world of beast people
- Interesting flashy action that is pretty brutal to many of its characters
- Establishes a tragedy-laced romance for the main character
- Unique worldbuilding lore
Differences Between Bye Bye, Earth and WorldEnd
- WorldEnd has both a simpler built world, and explains that world and plot a lot better.
- WorldEnd places a larger, more frequent emphasis on the building romance. Belle and Adonis are more complicated and kind of just focused on near the end.
- WorldEnd is far more tragic because it endears you better to the characters that it does terrible things to.
Somali and the Forest Guardian
With humanity all but extinct after severe prosecution, the world is ruled over by spirits and all manner of strange creatures.
One day, a golem that serves as guardian of the forest meets a young human girl.
She has no memory of her parents, but the golem decides to at least seek out other humans to return her.
Similarities Between Bye Bye, Earth and Somali and the Forest Guardian
- One human in a world of non-humans
- The plot is about that human trying to find their place in the world
- Traveling, or at least the desire to go traveling
- Outside of the main plot, sad character stories make up many sub-plots
Differences Between Bye Bye, Earth and Somali and the Forest Guardian
- They actually do travel the world in Somali and the Forest Guardian. Bye Bye, Earth is about the process of jumping through hoops in order to even start traveling.
- Somali and the Forest Guardian is distinctly a childcare type anime where a golem is caring for a human child he found and trying to find humans to return it to.
- Humans are actively hated in Somali and the Forest Guardian while the concept of “humans” does not exist in Bye Bye, Earth.
- Somali and the Forest Guardian is easier to understand, has a simpler built fantasy world, has a more melancholy overall tone, and individual character stories make the plot almost episodic sometimes.
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For Fans of Unique Fantasy Worldbuilding With Large Casts
Ishura
The Demon King has been slain, but no one knows who was capable of taking out a man who made the world tremble under his might. Leaving a large power void behind, a series of warriors called Shura who all possess the might that could have rivaled the Demon King can effectively do what they want with the world now.
Some wander looking for powerful foes to fight, some delve into dungeons looking for powerful artifacts, and some have their eyes on conquest.
With the Demon King gone and no champion to crown for his defeat, the Shura begin to spark conflict among themselves to determine who is the True Hero, the strongest power who can stand against all others.
Similarities Between Bye Bye, Earth and Ishura
- Vast, well-built worlds whose basic plot and concepts are occasionally hard to grasp at first
- Large casts of battle skilled characters with unique abilities
- Conflicts between two groups of people make up at least some of the plot
Differences Between Bye Bye, Earth and Ishura
- Ishura has something similar to Soloist like you see in Bye Bye, Earth, but they are more rare and more flashy in their individual powers. They also aren’t strictly sword-based with their abilities.
- Ishura is more of a war story, but is also not completely a war story either. Ishura’s first season, which is about a war, is just “one arc” of a larger, diverse story.
- Ishura has more creative character designs
Rokka – Braves of the Six Flowers
According to legend, the revival of the Demon God will cause the Goddess to appoint six heroes, called Braves, to prevent the world from becoming a living hell. Adlet Mayer, the self-proclaimed strongest man in the world, travels to Piena in hopes of becoming a Brave.
After being briefly jailed for causing trouble, he is indeed called and he sets off on a journey with the princess, another Brave, to defeat the Demon God. However, when all six Braves assemble, there are seven in total and the others soon suspect Adlet is a fraud.
Similarities Between Bye Bye, Earth and Rokka
- Unique individuals and chosen warriors are tasked with doing various things
- These individuals often end up fighting with each other
- Interesting worldbuilding that feels unique among fantasy anime these days
Differences Between Bye Bye, Earth and Rokka
- Bye Bye Earth is a complete story that feels like it should be just the first arc of a larger story. Rokka feels like a complete story that is actually just the first part of a much large tale.
- Rokka is more of an action-focused mystery story.
- You get less depth of detail for the world in Rokka, but it is easier to understand than Bye Bye, Earth.
Giant Beasts of Ars
In Ars, humanity and the beast tribes are threatened by giant monster attacks. To combat this, champions of physical prowess form pacts with partners of magical ability to merge and wield magnificent destructive power.
Jiiro is one such champion who is still mourning the loss of his former partner. One day, he meets Kuumi, a young girl who has just awakened her magical abilities. He soon discovers that she escaped and is on the run from an experimental laboratory and helps her flee.
Similarities Between Bye Bye, Earth and Giant Beast of Ars
- Diverse tribes of beast people
- Detailed worldbuilding that feels unique among fantasy anime these days
- Large cast of combat-oriented characters
- Mysterious girl who is exploring her origins
- Flashy action and unique combat system
Differences Between Bye Bye, Earth and Giant Beast of Ars
- Giant Beasts of Ars takes a bit to get going, but it easier to understand than Bye Bye, Earth
- Humans are just still a significant part of the world in the Giant Beasts of Ars, they just exist sometimes unhappily with all the other beast tribes.
- Giant Beasts of Ars follows characters on an actual journey like Belle wants to do.
For Fans of Music-Inspired Combat
Takt Op. Destiny
After a meteor fell to Earth, the D2s invaded a large portion of the United States. In order to prevent angering the D2s who hate music, all music was banned.
Despite this, D2 attacks aren’t uncommon. The only defense against them remains Musicarts and their Conductor companions.
Takt, a piano prodigy, finds himself transformed into a Conductor after his friend Cosette is killed and transformed into his Musicart named Destiny. Together with Cosette’s sister Anna, they travel to New York City in hopes of stabilizing their pact.
Similarities Between Bye Bye, Earth and Takt Op Destiny
- Music inspired combat system that is not about playing actual music
- Soloists/conductors exist for battle and came about from mysterious circumstances
- The main characters were adrift but increasingly find purpose
Differences Between Bye Bye, Earth and Takt Op Destiny
- Takt Op Destiny explains its world and power system better
- Takt Op Destiny is modern-set – but with aliens that hate music being the major threat to humanity.
- Takt Op Destiny has the main character being a conductor for a battle partner, so he doesn’t actually fight himself like Belle does.
For Fans of Finding a Place in The World
The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash
Ever since she was born, Ivy has been able to hear a little voice in the back of her mind that she learned is likely the voice of her previous self in a previous life. While she had to hide that from her family, she grew up relatively happy until the day her star abilities were accessed.
In this world, a person’s soul is examined to determine their future career and given a star value of how good they will be at it. However, it was discovered that while Ivy was a Tamer, she has no stars in the ability.
Labeled a starless, she is chased out of her home by her family like an abomination to live on the outskirts of town. After the woman helping her survive passes away, Ivy is ran out of town as a bad omen by the villagers.
Deciding to travel the world, Ivy starts by befriending a very weak rare slime and helping them survive, eventually making friends both beast and man all over the world.
Similarities Between Bye Bye, Earth and The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash
- Girl is a rarity in the world, and discriminated against for it (She is human in a world without humans, she is starless where everyone has star rankings for their abilities)
- She goes on, or wants to go on a journey to find her place in the world
- She befriends a series of others who accept her for who she is
Differences Between Bye Bye, Earth and The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash
- The Weakest Tamer is a standard fantasy world with isekai elements, it is far less complex than Bye Bye, Earth.
- The main character in The Weakest Tamer is not the best at combat, and often avoids it if possible.
- The Weakest Tamer enjoys the occasionally lingering melancholy moment as well as more frequent wholesome moments. Bye Bye, Earth prioritizes more action and intrigue.
For Fans of Difficult to Comprehend Plots With Alice in Wonderland Parallels
Sonny Boy
One normal day during summer vacation, the school and the 36 students inside began to drift into another dimension. Once there, many of the students begin to develop supernatural powers.
At first, the school is surrounded by blackness, but their world soon changes, and as they drift, they find their new realities bound by certain rules.
Similarities Between Bye Bye, Earth and Sonny Boy
- Alice in Wonderland elements where the reality the characters are in is different from ours, confusingly so and sometimes psychedelically so.
- Does little to explain itself, wants you to unravel what is going on, and leaves a fair bit to interpretation.
- Characters trying to find their place in the world
Differences Between Bye Bye, Earth and Sonny Boy
- Sonny Boy is, technically, an isekai. It is just not a boilerplate isekai like the rest of the mass.
- Sonny Boy is more about being a ponderous mindfuck prone to waxing philosophical.
- The characters in Sonny Boy are all students from a modern world.
- There isn’t much action in Sonny Boy
Flip Flappers
Paprika and Cocona hold the keys to open the door where they can meet from their different times in a dimension called Pure Illusion.
In this dimension, they search for the Shard of Mimi which is said to grant any wish. However, finding it will not be easy.
Similarities Between Bye Bye, Earth and Flip Flappers
- Very obvious Alice in Wonderland parallels
- Difficult to comprehend, trippy alternate worlds
- Main characters confused by what is happening and trying to find their place in all of it.
- Uniquely built world and hard to unravel story
Differences Between Bye Bye, Earth and Flip Flappers
- Flip Flappers does better at explaining itself and does actually makes sense by the end.
- Think of Flip Flappers as melding the psychedelic part of Alice in Wonderland with sci-fi.
- The bright colors and energetic oddities in Flip Flappers are just a veneer for a coming-of-age story.
Humanity Has Declined
After constantly declining birth rates, human civilization is almost extinct. The few humans left now coexist with fairies who have extremely advanced technology and very little regard for humans safety.
The story follows a mediator between humans and fairies that tries to make it so both races can live peacefully.
Similarities Between Bye Bye, Earth and Humanity Has Declined
- Difficult to grasp plot and occasionally difficult to understand why characters are doing things.
- Alice in Wonderland inspirations where the world is odd and the world defines reality differently than we do.
- Main character who is entangled in everyone’s problems
Differences Between Bye Bye, Earth and Humanity Has Declined
- There is no action in Humanity Has Declined
- Humanity Has Declined uses chaotic, nonsensical arcs and non-linear storytelling to make things almost needlessly confusing.
- Humanity Has Declined is technically a post-apocalypse story, not a fantasy story like Bye Bye, Earth.
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