What is this genre all about? Religion is a collection of belief systems, cultural systems, and worldviews that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to explain the origin of life or the universe. They tend to derive morality, ethics, religious laws or a preferred lifestyle from their ideas about the cosmos and human nature.
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Top 19 Religion anime you should watch right now. [2024 List]
- 19. Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen
- 18. Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen 2
- 17. Kaminaki Sekai no Kamisama Katsudou
- 16. Shinreigari: Ghost Hound
- 15. Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen 3rd Season
- 14. Mononoke
- 13. Dororo to Hyakkimaru
- 12. Hoozuki no Reitetsu
- 11. Scrapped Princess
- 10. Vatican Kiseki Chousakan
- 9. Maou Dante
- 8. Vatican Kiseki Chousakan OVA
- 7. Saint☆Oniisan
- 6. Saint☆Oniisan (Movie)
- 5. Tezuka Osamu no Kyuuyaku Seisho Monogatari: In the Beginning
- 4. My Last Day
- 3. Dengeki Oshioki Musume Gootaman: Gootaman Tanjou-hen
- 2. Tezuka Osamu no Buddha: Owarinaki Tabi
- 1. Hi no Tori
19. Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen
A certain college girl who's loved books ever since she was a little girl dies in an accident and is reborn in another world she knows nothing about. She is now Myne, the sickly five-year-old daughter of a poor soldier. To make things worse, the world she's been reborn in has a very low literacy rate and books mostly don't exist. She'd have to pay an enormous amounts of money to buy one. Myne resolves herself: If there aren't any books, she'll just have to make them! Her goal is to become a librarian. This story begins with her quest to make books so she can live surrounded by them! Dive into this biblio-fantasy written for book lovers and bookworms!
Ascendance of a Bookworm has finished airing and it has 14 Episodes. It is also Known as: 本好きの下剋上 ～司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません～, Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen
18. Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen 2
Second season of Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen.
Ascendance of a Bookworm 2 has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 本好きの下剋上 司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません 2, Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen 2
17. Kaminaki Sekai no Kamisama Katsudou
Yukito's parents are the leaders of a cult. After he gets sacrificed, he gets reincarnated into another world where religion doesn't exist and porn books are akin to a child's doodles. He finds that it's also a world where your life and death is decided by the country. While obstructing his friend's execution, both of them lose their lives. Just at that moment, the god of his religion comes to their world and revives them.
KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 神無き世界のカミサマ活動, What God Does in a World Without Gods
16. Shinreigari: Ghost Hound
In an isolated region of Kyushu lies the town of Suiten. Though seeming small and modest, Suiten is not a picturesque place for a vacation, unless it is from the "Unseen World." Taro, Makoto, and Masayuki, three boys with traumatic pasts, learn to let their souls cross between the two parallel worlds. However, the Unseen World is no mere copy of the real Apparent World. The Unseen World is the home of ghosts, but changes are now allowing the souls of the dead to pass over into the Apparent World, with unpredictable effects. Follow the journey of Taro, Makoto, and Masayuki, as they cross between the two worlds, trying to unravel a great mystery.
Ghost Hound has finished airing and it has 22 Episodes. It is also Known as: 神霊狩 GHOST HOUND, Shinreigari: Ghost Hound
15. Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen 3rd Season
Third season of Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen.
Ascendance of a Bookworm 3rd Season has finished airing and it has 10 Episodes. It is also Known as: 本好きの下剋上 ～司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません～, Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen 3rd Season
14. Mononoke
The "Medicine Seller" is a deadly and mysterious master of the occult who travels across feudal Japan in search of malevolent spirits called "mononoke" to slay. When he locates one of these spirits, he cannot simply kill it; he must first learn its Form, its Truth, and its Reason in order to wield the mighty Exorcism Sword and fight against it. He must begin his strange exorcisms with intense psychological analysis and careful investigative work—an extremely dangerous step, as he must first confront and learn about the mononoke before he even has the means to defeat it.
The Medicine Seller's journey leads him to an old-fashioned inn where Shino, a pregnant woman, has finally found a place to rest. The owner has reluctantly placed her in the last vacant room; however, as she settles in, it quickly becomes clear that the room is infested by a lethal band of mononoke, the Zashiki Warashi. With his hunter's intuition, the Medicine Seller begins his investigation to discover the Form, the Truth, and the Reason before the Zashiki Warashi can kill again.
Mononoke has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: モノノ怪, Mononoke
13. Dororo to Hyakkimaru
Hyakkimaru is a young man who lacks 48 body parts because they were taken from him by demons before birth, as payment by his father, Kagemitsu Daigo, to obtain his wish to take over the country. When the baby boy was born he was missing 48 parts of his body, and thus was abandoned—thrown into a river. Hyakkimaru has grown up and now has obtained fake body parts so he can eliminate the 48 demons that were made from his body, and to retrieve his missing parts. Along for the adventure is the boy thief, Dororo, with whom he becomes friends.
Dororo has finished airing and it has 26 Episodes. It is also Known as: どろろと百鬼丸, Dororo and Hyakkimaru
12. Hoozuki no Reitetsu
Hell is a bureaucracy, and business is running smoother than ever thanks to the demonic efficiency of Hoozuki, chief deputy to Lord Enma, the King of Hell. Whether offering counsel to the Momotarou of Japanese folklore or receiving diplomatic missions from the Judeo-Christian Hell, the demon who runs the show from behind the king's imposing shadow is ready to beat down any challenges coming his way into a bloody pulp. Metaphorically, of course...
The poster boy for micromanagement and armed with negotiation skills worthy of Wall Street, Hoozuki no Reitetsu follows the sadistic and level-headed Hoozuki as he spends his days troubleshooting hell. With an abundance of familiar faces from popular Japanese legends and East Asian mythology working middle management positions, this referential and anachronistic dark comedy brings new meaning to the phrase "employer liability." Just how hard could it be to manage employees from hell, anyway?
Hozuki's Coolheadedness has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: 鬼灯の冷徹, Cool-headed Hoozuki
11. Scrapped Princess
Pacifica Casull is the most feared and hated person by the followers of the God Mauser. Known as the Scrapped Princess, she is the poison that will destroy the world. To avoid being killed by the zealots of Mauser, Pacifica and her adoptive brother and sister leave the village of Manhurin. Her brother, Shannon, is an expert with the sword while Racquel is proficient with magic. At every step of the way, however, someone is constantly trying to kill Pacifica, hoping to somehow avert the catastrophe that is supposed to befall the world on her 16th birthday.
Scrapped Princess has finished airing and it has 24 Episodes. It is also Known as: スクラップド・プリンセス, Haiki Oujo
10. Vatican Kiseki Chousakan
Vatican City—Holy Land of the Catholics. Amidst the land, there is an organization that conducts rigorous investigations on "claims of miracles" from all over the world to ascertain their credibility. The organization is referred to as "Seito no Za" (Assembly of Saints) and the priests that belong there are called miracle investigators. Robert Nicholas, an ancient archive and cryptanalysis expert is partnered and good friends with Hiraga Josef Kou, a genius scientist. Together, the brilliant duo investigates the "miracles" and uncovers the incidents and conspiracies hidden behind them.
Vatican Kiseki Chousakan has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: バチカン奇跡調査官, Vatican Miracle Examiner
9. Maou Dante
While sleeping one night, Ryo Utsugi had a nightmare of monsters attacking him. One day he learns a mysterious power to let him hear voices and have visions of girls getting killed, but one night he hears the same voice.
Demon Lord Dante has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: 魔王ダンテ, Dante the Satan
8. Vatican Kiseki Chousakan OVA
The flyer from this year's AnimeJapan 2017 event revealed that Vatican Kiseki Chousakan will receive an OVA episode.
Vatican Kiseki Chousakan OVA has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: バチカン奇跡調査官, Vatican Miracle Examiner Special
7. Saint☆Oniisan
Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha, the founders of Christianity and Buddhism, are living together as roommates in a Tokyo apartment while taking a vacation on Earth. The comedy often involves jokes about Christianity, Buddhism, and all things related, as well as the main characters' attempts to hide their identities and understand modern society in Japan.
Saint☆Young Men has finished airing and it has 2 Episodes. It is also Known as: 聖☆おにいさん, Saint☆Onii-san, Saint Onii-san
6. Saint☆Oniisan (Movie)
What if Jesus and Buddha were living on Earth in modern times? What if they shared an apartment in Japan? Saint Young Men is a humorous manga about the daily lives of Jesus and Buddha, with each chapter focusing on some element of modern life, such as Disneyland, rush hour on the train, Christmas, the public pool, carnivals, and more.
Saint☆Young Men (Movie) has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 聖☆おにいさん, Saint☆Onii-san (Movie), Saint Onii-san (Movie)
5. Tezuka Osamu no Kyuuyaku Seisho Monogatari: In the Beginning
Through the Italian National Broadcasting Network, Tezuka Osamu received an ardent request from the Vatican to make the Bible into animated form. This request was probably made to see how the Bible would be depicted by the non-Christian Tezuka Osamu. Tezuka Osamu accepted the request and spent an entire two years to complete a pilot film. It was about the mythology of Noah's ark, with the enthusiastic Tezuka Osamu not only writing the scenario but also drawing pictures by himself. During production, however, he unfortunately passed away, so Director Dezaki took over the film and completed it.
Note: While the series was in production during a period of several years in the late 1980s and early 1990s, it was not aired in Japan until 1997, on the satellite channel WOWOW. It was most likely broadcasted in Italy in 1992.
In The Beginning: The Bible Stories has finished airing and it has 26 Episodes. It is also Known as: 手塚治虫の旧約聖書物語 In The Beginning, Tezuka Osamu no Kyuuyaku Seisho Monogatari: In the Beginning
4. My Last Day
The story unfolds through the eyes of a criminal who receives the same brutal crucifixion sentence as Jesus Christ.
My Last Day has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: The Jesus Project, The Jesus Anime
3. Dengeki Oshioki Musume Gootaman: Gootaman Tanjou-hen
Mari Amachi is a very devout Christian who transfers to Perfect Religion Academy. A school devoted to all religions of the world in effort to make it's students the next world leaders in religion. Her friend Saori is kidnapped by the Black Buddha cult; a group who wishes to take away religious freedom though force and brainwashing. Mari prays to God for help but Buddha answers the call, instead! Mari aspires only to help her friend and she is transformed into Butt Attack Punisher Girl Gotaman. Between fighting bad guys, making a deal with Buddha, and wearing scandalous costumes, is it more than Mari can take?
Butt Attack Punisher Girl Gautaman has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 臀撃おしおき娘ゴータマン～ゴータマン誕生篇, Butt Attack Punisher Girl Gotaman
2. Tezuka Osamu no Buddha: Owarinaki Tabi
2500 years ago, in India, Siddhartha was born as a prince of the Shakya clan, but he gives up his position as a prince to see the world. While he travels he meets a strange boy named Assaji, who can predict the future and a monk with only one eye. Overwhelmed by the sufferings he witnesses around him, Siddhartha strives to restore peace. Meanwhile, Prince Ruri of Kosara begins his attack on the Shakya clan.
BUDDHA 2 has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 手塚治虫のブッダ－終わりなき旅－, Osamu Tezuka's Buddha Movie 2: Endless Trip
1. Hi no Tori
Hi no Tori is a collection of stories that all have something in common. The Phoenix, whose blood is believed to give an eternal life to one who drinks it. Therefore many seek to kill it, but as the Phoenix of the tale, it's reborn from the ashes. Stories take place in future and the past, where humans fight with each other as always, and everyone is afraid to die. But still, every story teaches a lesson: Life is beginning of an eternity, an never-ending cycle.
Bird of Fire has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: 火の鳥, Hinotori, The Phoenix
