Anime Like 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.

In a world where warfare is constant – and great for business – there are twelve individuals that thrive on the battlefield. These individuals each bear traits that coincide to one animal from the Chinese Zodiac.

Those who are born into the right zodiac families or chosen to be the successor to that line are all invited to a competition that takes place every twelve years.

In this competition, they will fight to the death. The last one standing will have their any wish granted.

While forming the rear guard for his uncle’s escape, Toyohisa Shimazu manages to mortally wound Ii Naomasa, but is critically wounded himself in the process.

While trying to limp back home, he finds himself transported from the field to a hallway lined with doors. There, a mysterious man sends him spiraling into another world.

Dragged into the forest by two young elves, Toyohisa is patched up by two others from the Land of the Rising Sun that turn out to be Yoichi Suketaka Nasu and Oda Nobunaga.

From there, Toyohisa and his fellow historical figures, named “drifters” must save (or conquer) their new world.

Every 1,000 years, all gods from every religion are convened to decide the fate of humanity.

Due to their abuses against each other and the planet, the gods are about to unanimously vote for ending humanity.

However, just as it is about to pass, Brunhild, a Valkyrie, puts forth a proposal. Humans are given a chance to have 13 warriors from throughout history fight against gods in a one-on-one tournament style battle that will ultimately decide their fate.

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.

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.

A red wind has swept over Japan and withered everything in its wake. Wherever the wind blows, rust grows and consumes all in its path.

With humanity succumbing to this rust, and the world a barren wasteland, mushroom spores bore the blame for it. This has made archer Bisco Akaboshi, who grows mushrooms wherever his arrows land, into a notorious terrorist.

However, he is a mushroom protector who spreads his fungi in order to enrich the land as he searches for the legendary Sabikui, an ancient mushroom that devours rust in all forms.

Thousands of years ago, ancient dragon Bahamut terrorized the world. However, when gods and demons allied themselves to prevent the world’s destruction, they sealed him away, splitting the key among them so he would be eternally imprisoned.

After the dragon was sealed, humanity returned to normal. However, things are about to get very abnormal for bounty hunter Favaro when he meets a mysterious women that holds half the key to Bahamut’s seal.

As the world is embroiled in a brutal civil war, the outnumbered northern faction turned to the creation of Incarnates, half-human, half-beast soldiers that dominate the battlefield with godlike abilities.

While the regiment of Incarnates turns the war in the favor of the North, the Incarnate soldiers began to struggle to retain their humanity each time they used their powers. With the war eventually done, the Incarnates were cut loose.

Many went back to their homes, but could not return to human form. Many of these too-far-gone soldiers turned into an uncontrollable force that terrorize the civilians they once sought to protect. It is now the duty of former captain of the Incarnates, Hank Henriette, to take them down as he struggles with betrayals past and present.

Tatsumi is a naive boy from a rural village that makes the trip to the city in order to join the military and help his hometown.

However, after he is rejected, he ends up joining Night Raid, a group of assassins part of a revolutionary movement to overthrow the government.

From there, he must fight a brutal and increasingly bloody shadow war.

The region of Kansai is overrun by powerful criminals known as Akudama.

One night, after picking up 500 yen dropped by an Akudama, an Ordinary Girl finds herself wrapped up in a huge plot to foil a public execution.

Now with a bomb collar around her neck, she and other Akudama must complete tasks given by a mysterious Black Cat.

The Holy Grail War is a battle royale in one city in Japan among seven magi selected to be Masters.

These Masters summon a Servant, a Heroic Spirit of historic or mythical heroes past, and gain command seals to order their Servant to do their bidding.

Together, Masters use their Servants to fight a proxy war for the Holy Grail—a magical artifact capable of granting its wielder any wish.

In the Fifth Holy Grail War, Rin Toosaka is among the magi entering the competition. With her Servant, Archer, she hopes to obtain the Holy Grail and have her wish granted.

However, when Rin’s classmate Emiya Shirou accidentally enters too, things get much more interesting.

Humans live in constant fear of dragon attack, the species that really rules the world with overwhelming power. To keep human populations safe, a number of hunters track and kill dragons as their job. Ragna was one such dragon hunter, though as weak as he is, he is often carried by the prodigal talent of his companion, Leonica.

One day, Ragna gains an influx of power that came from his fallen future self. He learns that after Leonica’s brutal death in the future, Ragna’s future self labored for years hunting dragons in revenge, losing comrade after comrade and building his strength ever higher.

While his new body struggles to hold all the power he gained, his future self tells him that the key to finally killing all dragons, including the Dragon God, lies in him finding Crimson, a Dragon Lord who also seeks to end their entire species.