800 years ago, as terrifying demons pushed mankind to the brink, they prayed to the gods and called for their aid. Emerging from these prayers, battle deities called Idaten came forth. With great strength and endurance, they defeated the demons, sealing many of them away. Now, in a long era of peace, the present generation of Idaten have grown soft, save for a spare few that endure the brutal training of Rin, the last Idaten from the demon war. However, the Zoble Empire seeks to resurrect the demons and it seems these peaceful Idaten must remember their original purpose.
I thought this was going to be a comedy, but it, while still being pretty funny, actually brings the pain when it comes to action and animation. If you are looking for more anime recommendations like The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace, then head on down below.
Anime Like The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace
For Fans of Special Beings
Noragami
There will be times where you may happen across an odd phone number written in red. If you call it, you will get in touch with a young man who introduces himself as the Yato God. This Yato God is a minor deity and the self-proclaimed God of Delivery. He dreams of having millions of worshippers, but there isn’t a single shrine dedicated to his name. He spends his time doing odd jobs for spare yen until the day his weapons partner deserts him. Just as things are looking down, he happens across a young school girl that saves him from a car accident by taking the hit for him. She survives, but her soul becomes loose. Together they set out to find a way to tighten her soul back up.
Most obviously, both series are about deities. However, the deities in Noragami are more based off actual mythology. Regardless, in both you follow deities doing their duties in a unique story that can be surprisingly good when it comes to the fighting.
Needless
Even though World War III had officially ended, black spots appeared in Japan. In order to halt the spread of these contaminated areas, those inside were trapped and they began to mutate, gaining unique powers and becoming beings known as Needless. One such Needless is Adam Blade who seeks allies in order to help heal war-torn Japan and fighting against an ominous research group.
Both series focus on incredibly powerful individuals that mostly live on the fringes of society. However, most similarly is the fluidity and intensity that comes with the animation as well as the wild characters.
Land of the Lustrous
In this world, Gems inhabit the ruins of a world. Taking on certain characteristics, gems are assigned roles depending on their hardness. The hardest among them fight the Lunarians, aliens that seek to shatter them to decorate their own bodies. Phosphophyllite, or Phos, is young and fragile, but wants desperately to help the war effort of fellow gems.
Both series focus on special beings that are powerful protectors, but face a different enemy. They also both utilize a more stylized sort of animation and can be pretty brutal despite how colorful they look. However, Land of the Lustrous is a more serious story.
Senyuu
It has been a thousand years since the demon lord was sealed away by the legendary hero Creasion. However, when the demons return, it is decided that the demon lord would soon return as well. Now it is up to the great hero’s descendants – all 75 of them – to seal him away again. Unfortunately, most of their skills are not what you would call top-notch.
This is essentially what I thought Idaten Deities would be at a glance. Senyuu is a comedy about how the descendants of a powerful hero all suck in various comical ways. You see bits of that in Idaten, but it has that more focused plot.
For Fans of Intense and Energetic Fights
Kill la Kill
Ryuuko Matoi is on the hunt for her father’s killer, and her only lead is the missing half of his invention, the Scissor Blade. On her quest, she arrives at the prestigious Honnouji Academy, a school that is ruled over by the super powerful Satsuki Kiryuuin and her Elite Four. Believing Satsuki knows who killed her father, Ryuuko challenges one of the elite, but gets beaten due to their special uniforms. After receiving a special uniform of her own, Ryuuko sets plans into motion to dominate the school and find out what happened to her father.
While wildly different in plot, Kill la Kill shares a similar passion for wild and wildly vicious fights with an array of super unique and stylized characters. However, Kill la Kill reaches a more frantic pace with everything.
Mob Psycho 100
Kageyama Shigeo, otherwise known as Mob, is a young psychic with a wide range of blossoming abilities. Despite having this incredible power, he just wants to become friends with Tsubomi, a girl in his class. Due to negative reactions to his psychic abilities in the past, he now tries to keep them in check. In an effort to learn to better control his abilities, Mob becomes the apprentice to Reigen Arataka, who claims to be a psychic, but is actually a con artist that exploits Mob’s very real powers for money.
There were many moments during the action scenes in Idaten where you could easily think back to the best fights in Mob Psycho. The fluidity and use of color in each is really what ties them together. They really master that explosive punch when it comes to action.
One Punch Man
In order to pursue his childhood dream, the ordinary and unimpressive Saitama trained so hard that his hair fell out. However, his hard work paid off. Now it only takes one punch to defeat most villains in the city. Unfortunately, beating opponents in one punch is actually pretty boring, but that all changes when a cyborg named Genos, wanting to be his disciple, suggests that they join the Hero Association together.
Much like Idaten, One Punch Man really goes from zero to one hundred when it is time for the action. Everything is really grand and over-the-top. Both series are able to successfully defy reality in order create intense fights.
For Fans of Demon Fighting
Devilman Crybaby
Akira has always been a little weak and blends into the background, so when his childhood friend asks for help uncovering devils, he agrees. The pair head to Sabbath where many gather for debauchery and to be possessed by devils. When the devils begin to wreck havoc in their new living hosts, Akira agrees to merge bodies with a devil in order to save his friend. Though he now has a voracious devil inside him, he still has the heart of a crybaby.
You only get moments in Idaten where it transforms from a rather cheerful colorful show into kind of brutal for a bit there. As such, Devilman Crybaby, with its many moments of sex and violence, may be a bit more intense of a show. However, it, too, does exciting things with animation and tells a pretty great story.
Dorohedoro
Hole is a disorderly district where death and mutilation are common. The residents of Hole are the dregs of society and the test subjects of the magic users that live separate from it. Residents are constantly tested on or just murdered by these mages. In Hole is Kaiman, a man with a head cursed to be that of a lizard, but with an immunity to magic. He spends his time set on hunting down these magic users in one small bit of justice for the people that live in Hole.
While Dorohedoro isn’t necessarily about fighting demons, like Idaten, it is about fighting an organization that has sinister plans for people. That being said, what really ties them together is that both series have an ability to successfully tie its darker humor and graphic violence together into the unique blend that is seinen comedy.
Hellsing Ultimate
In this world, there are monsters that lurk in the darkness. Ones waiting to devour everything you are and hold dear. To stem the tide of this darkness is the Hellsing Organization. Commanded by Integra Hellsing, the organization’s powerful military force dedicate their lives to fighting monsters. However, their most powerful weapon is the vampire, Alucard, who turned against his own kind in service to Hellsing. Now with his new vampire assistant Seres at his side, he must battle not only monsters, but anyone that stands in Hellsing’s way.
If you didn’t so much care for the more slice of life and comedic moments in Idaten, but liked the interesting fighting, Hellsing Ultimate does those fights very well. Each is interesting in its own right, and because they are often supernatural creatures, things get over-the-top brutal.
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