What is this genre all about? Japanese for "transformation" (metamorphosis or disguise).A "henshin anime" is any anime, where the characters or their costumes transform, such as Sailor Moon. The henshin switches on the character's special powers, and is frequently accompanied by a costume change. Often the change of clothing is the only outward indicator that the character has changed and yet nobody seems to notice the hero's true self.Most henshin heroes have a special item which they use to change into their heroic form. These items are usually activated by a command phrase (which is often in Engrish, for some reason), triggering a transformation sequence.
We present you the list of Henshin manga you should read right now.
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Top 19 Henshin manga you should read right now. [2024 List]
- 19. Suicide Girl
- 18. Tai Sekaiyou Mahou Shoujo Tsubame
- 17. Saihate no Solte
- 16. +Anima
- 15. Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
- 14. Saint Seiya: Next Dimension - Meiou Shinwa
- 13. Mahou Shoujo♡Misoji
- 12. Date A Live
- 11. Date A Live
- 10. Saint Seiya
- 9. Fullmetal Lady
- 8. Kill la Kill
- 7. Kibou no Shima
- 6. Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Dark Demon Realm Mission!
- 5. Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiou Shinwa
- 4. Date A Live: Encore
- 3. Saint Seiya Episode G: Assassin
- 2. Saint Seiya Episode G
- 1. Bokura wa Mahou Shounen
19. Suicide Girl
A story where a girl of light fights against the darkness of the world.
Suicide Girl has finished publishing and it has 40 Chapters. It is also Known as: スーサイドガール, Suicide Girl
18. Tai Sekaiyou Mahou Shoujo Tsubame
The world is in danger! Who will rise to protect it? Introducing Tsubame, an ordinary high school student who dreams of becoming a magical girl. But if she has to choose between the world and her friends... A new adventure from Mapollo 3, the creator of PPPPPP! Buckle up for some passion, magical girls, and a dash of madness!
Magical Girl Tsubame: I Will (Not) Save The World is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 対世界用魔法少女つばめ, ! Anti-World Magical Girl Tsubame
17. Saihate no Solte
As a result of a large war, the world was eroded by a magical infection that distorted the time and space around it. Though magic has been outlawed since then, the effects of that war still remain. To uncover all the secrets of the world, "Lucky Solte," begins her adventure.
Solte the Traveler is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 最果てのソルテ, Solte of the Far Reaches, World End Solte
16. +Anima
Beings who possess animal-like powers walk among humans in this alternate universe. These mysterious mutants, the +Anima, are shunned by society. Four outcasts in particular--Cooro, a boy with crow-like powers; Husky, a fish-boy; Senri, a bear +Anima; and a girl named Nana, who wields the power of the bat--search for others like themselves while trying to gain acceptance in a world cruel to anyone or anything that is different.
+Anima has finished publishing and it has 59 Chapters. It is also Known as: プラスアニマ, Plus Anima, Parallel +Anima, ＋アニマ, プラス・アニマ
15. Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
Tsukino Usagi is 14 years old and in her second year of middle school. She's a bit of a crybaby and klutzy. However, she can transform into a warrior of justice, Sailormoon! An eternal classic that should be read by all.
Sailor Moon has finished publishing and it has 61 Chapters. It is also Known as: 美少女戦士セーラームーン, Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
14. Saint Seiya: Next Dimension - Meiou Shinwa
In 1990, in Elysium; the five saints Seiya, Hyoga, Shun, Shiryu and Ikki are battling the god Hades. During the battle, Hades starts remembering that he has seen Seiya's face before and comes to the conclusion that he faced him before, and thus the story begins...
is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 聖闘士星矢 NEXT DIMENSION 冥王神話, Saint Seiya: Next Dimension - The Myth of Hades
13. Mahou Shoujo♡Misoji
This is a story about a 35-year old office lady that turns into a magical girl one day.
Mahou Shoujo♡Misoji is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 魔法少女♡三十路, Mahou Shoujo Misoji
12. Date A Live
Shidou Itsuka has a problem. The world has been racked by massive quakes of an unknown source for years now, though life goes on. Then one day, Shidou's calm life ends forever when in the middle of a quake in his city, he meets a girl who's apparently a spirit-and the cause of all the destruction! When a team arrives to eliminate the threat, Shidou becomes embroiled in a war to protect these spirits-by making them fall in love with him?!
Date A Live has finished publishing and it has 146 Chapters. It is also Known as: デート・ア・ライブ, Date A Live
11. Date A Live
April 10th. Yesterday was the last day of spring vacation, so starting this morning it was a school day. After being woken up by his cute little sister, Itsuka Shidou believed that it would be the start of another normal day. As for predicting the chance meeting with the girl who called herself a spirit......
Along with a sudden shockwave, the townscape vanished without a trace. In a corner of the street which had now become a crater, the girl was there.
"—You, have you come to kill me too?"
She is the disaster that will destroy humanity, a monster of unknown origin, and a being rejected by the world. There are only two ways to stop this girl: annihilation, and conversation. His little sister Kotori, wrapped in a military uniform, thus said to Shidou: "Since it's like this, just go date her, and make the spirit fall for you!" "Wh.. whaaaaaaaat!?" Enter a new age of boy meets girl!!
has finished publishing and it has 6 Chapters. It is also Known as: デート・ア・ライブ, Date A Live
10. Saint Seiya
Ages ago, the goddess Athena was served by fighters called Saints who channeled the power of the Cosmos within them. Now a youth named Seiya has trained to become a Saint himself by earning the mystical Cloth of Pegasus. He is joined by other Saints with Cloths of their own to fight for Athena.
Note: Chapter count includes an omake story "The Swan's Tale: Natassja of the Lands of Ice."
Knights of the Zodiac has finished publishing and it has 110 Chapters. It is also Known as: 聖闘士星矢, Zodiac Knights
9. Fullmetal Lady
Spring, 1991. Mysterious gold metal balls fall from space... The balls were too small to be sensed by humans, so they were scattered across the entire earth without incident!
Included one-shot:
Zipang
Fullmetal Lady has finished publishing and it has 5 Chapters. It is also Known as: フルメタルレディ, Zipang
8. Kill la Kill
The story centers around two fiercely fighting schoolgirls, Ryuuko Matoi and Satsuki Kiryuuin. On a campus ruled by force, a transfer student wielding a Basami sword brings about upheaval.
KILL la KILL has finished publishing and it has 17 Chapters. It is also Known as: キルラキル, KLK
7. Kibou no Shima
A group of teenage boys travels to an island where it is rumoured that only women live. They are all eager to lose their virginity but will the legends surrounding the island be true or something more sinister is happening there?
An Island Named Desire has finished publishing and it has 20 Chapters. It is also Known as: キボウノシマ, Kibou no Shima
6. Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Dark Demon Realm Mission!
The story follows Future Trunks soon after the defeat of Cell in his own timeline, becoming a Time Patroller and assisting the Supreme Kai of Time in confronting the Time Breakers, later known as the Dark Empire Forces from the Demon Realm.
Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Dark Demon Realm Mission! has finished publishing and it has 17 Chapters. It is also Known as: スーパードラゴンボールヒーロズ暗黒魔界ミッション！, Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Dark Demon Realm Mission!
5. Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiou Shinwa
This manga tells the story of the previous Holy war of the universe of Saint Seiya, taking place in the XVIII century, 250 years before the original manga. The story centers on the relation between Tenma, the Pegasus Saint and his beloved friend, Alone, who would eventually become his greatest enemy, Hades.
Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiou Shinwa has finished publishing and it has 223 Chapters. It is also Known as: 聖闘士星矢 THE LOST CANVAS 冥王神話, Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiou Shinwa
4. Date A Live: Encore
We follow Shidou Itsuka, Kotori Itsuka, Tooka Yatogami, Origami Tobiichi, and many others in their adventures in high school through small stories. We learn a little more about the different relationships through the daily hassles. Big events take place, including Kotori's birthday and Yoshino's fireworks.
Date A Live: Encore has finished publishing and it has Chapters. It is also Known as: デート・ア・ライブ アンコール, Date A Live: Encore
3. Saint Seiya Episode G: Assassin
This story starts after events in Episode G, when Aiolia is called by Great Master with a mission: He must search and kill the Sanctuary's traitors.
Saint Seiya Episode G: Assassin has finished publishing and it has 188 Chapters. It is also Known as: 聖闘士星矢 EPISODE.G アサシン, Saint Seiya Episode G: Assassin
2. Saint Seiya Episode G
In ancient times, the Titan Cronos (son of Uranus the sky and Gaia the earth) and his wife Rhea gave birth to six children. Five of them were swallowed by Cronos, and only one was saved, Zeus, hidden from Cronos by Rhea. Upon reaching adulthood, Zeus forces his father to vomit the other five gods. Zeus, along with his brothers and sisters, decide to battle the Titans for control of the universe. Cronos and the other eleven Titans lose the battle and are sent to Tartarus.
Thousands of year later, in Greece, the Pope visits the room of the recently reincarnated infant Athena, with a golden dagger. Before he can kill her, the Gold Saint Saggitarius Aiolos saves her, and unmasks the Pope. Aiolos, horrified, flees. The Pope declares him a traitor to the Sanctuary, and has Capricorn Shura murder him. This causes his younger brother, Leo Aiolia, to grow under the shadow of his "traitor" brother, suffering from all manner of abuse and scorn. This leaves him with a grudge against the Gold Saints and Sanctuary as a whole, which causes the Pope and most of the Sanctuary to distrust him. To make things worse, the enemies of God Zeus, the Titans, are revived and begin to seek vengeance against him and the Sanctuary. This marks the start of Aiola's story and the battle of the Gold Saints against the Titans.
Saint Seiya Episode G has finished publishing and it has 87 Chapters. It is also Known as: 聖闘士星矢 エピソードG, Saint Seiya Episode G
1. Bokura wa Mahou Shounen
Rambunctious Kaito Odagiri, who longs to be a hero, is suddenly invited by mysterious transfer student Makoto Kaibara to take up the mantle of a hero who protects their town. But contrary to his expectations, he suddenly finds himself with the gaudy appearance of a kind of hero known as a "Magical Boy"! And though at first Kaito cries "why did it have to be something as embarrassing as this?! I won't do it!" with a tear-stained face, before long he finds himself enchanted by his own unbelievable cuteness...!
Boys are cute – and strong! The curtain rises on this tale of super righteous magical boys!
We Are Magical Boys is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ボクらは魔法少年, Bokura wa Mahou Shounen
