Tokyo Revengers is one of the most popular newer anime adaptations, following the story of unlucky Takemichi Hanagaki. After finding out about the death of his former girlfriend, Hinata Tachibana, at the hands of the Tokyo Manji Gang, Takemichi is pushed off a train platform and believes he’s about to die.
Instead, Takemichi gets to go back to high school and hopefully rewrite history so his girlfriend can be saved in the future. With great animation and a story that combines gangs, high school, and time travel, Tokyo Revengers has so far been a big hit. Here are other series that incorporate similar elements.
10 In Akira, Gangs And Psychic Powers Combine In A Post-Apocalyptic Neo-Tokyo
Neo-Tokyo is a city in the post-apocalyptic future (the 1988 movie put the future in 2019) in Akira, where gangs rule the streets. The story focuses on Shōtarō Kaneda, the leader of the Capsules biker gang, and his friend since their school days, Tetsuo Shima. After a motorcycle accident, Tetsuo develops telekinesis. He's taken to a secret government facility where they discover that his abilities are linked to the event that destroyed Tokyo in 1988. The anime movie was a hit and is generally considered to have launched the second wave of anime.
9 The American-Italian Mafia And Alchemy Mingle In Baccano!
Baccano! is set in the United States in the 1930s, near the end of the Prohibition era. Mafia gangsters are mixed up with alchemists, and an elixir of immortality is created that that causes a Mafia war between the Gandor and Runorata families. The events take place from 1930 to 1932, but the timeline of the anime isn't linear. The cast of characters includes a psychopathic assassin and hijackers, and much of the action takes place on a transcontinental train called the Flying Pussyfoot.
8 In Darker Than Black, Empowered Contractors Do The Work Of The Ruthless Syndicate
Darker than Black is set in the near future. The events begin ten years after Heaven's Gate appeared in South America and Hell's Gate appeared in Japan, each bending the laws of physics. Contractors came from the Gates: former humans who are given supernatural powers. The Contractors ruthlessly carry out their missions for the mysterious Syndicate, but there's a plot at the root of it that may destroy them all, and Section 4 Chief Misaki Kirihara may just be the one to uncover it.
7 In Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song, Time Travelers Attempt To Save The World From AI Gone Mad
In Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song, the year is 2056, and artificial intelligence (AI) has progressed rapidly through all levels of society. AI beings with android bodies like Vivy are commonplace. Vivy thinks her mission is to sing and make people happy, but then she meets Matsumoto, another android who says he's come back from the future to prevent a war between humans and AIs – and he desperately needs Vivy's help. The quest takes Matsumoto and Vivy on a 100-year journey to save the world.
6 In Erased, Satoru Fujinuma Goes Back In Time To Save His Mom And Childhood Friends
Satoru Fujinuma, the main character of Erased, is a pizza deliveryman living in Chiba with the power of Revival. Revival allows him to go back in time to minutes before a life-threatening event – but it's a secret, and he's never really been able to control it.
When Satoru finds his mother murdered, he becomes the accused, and it triggers Revival. It sends him 11 years back in time so that he can save his mother. But while he's there, he also decides to solve the kidnapping that took his three childhood friends, including the girl he loved.
5 Changing The Past Has Consequences In Steins;Gate
Steins;Gate follows the adventures of Rintaro Okabe, a self-described mad scientist, and his friends in 2010. They discover a way to send text messages to the past with the potential to change the present. Another researcher creates a device that can send memories back in time via a microwave. Their activities attract the attention of a sinister organization looking to get their hands on the device, and Okabe goes back in time repeatedly to prevent his friend's death.
4 Takamiya Naho Gets Letters From Her Future Self Hoping To Rewrite The Past In Orange
One day, Orange's Takamiya Naho gets a letter from herself from 10 years in the future. While she thinks it’s a joke at first, everything in the letter starts to come true. In the future, at 26, Naho is full of regrets, and she’s writing to her 16-year-old self in the hopes of preventing herself from making some of the mistakes she now has to live with. Naho also tells her younger self to look out for Kakeru Naruse, a new transfer student who isn’t around anymore in the future.
3 Natsuki Subaru Dies Repeatedly To Reset Time And Save The Girl In Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World
In Re:Zero, Natsuki Subaru’s time traveling ability is called Return by Death, which pretty much describes its power. He only discovers it after he's abruptly taken to another world on the way to the convenience store.
After being attacked and killed, Natsuki is immediately reset back to a short time before his death. It takes several repeats for him to recognize that he has the ability, and by then, he's become involved with a mysterious girl with silver hair. Can Natsuki go back to manipulate events enough to save her?
2 Bounty Hunters And Gangs Clash In A Wild Future In Cowboy Bebop
Cowboy Bebop is set in 2071, about a half century after the world became virtually uninhabitable after an accident. Bounty hunters called Cowboys chase criminals across the solar system and bring them in to justice. The hugely successful series follows Spike Spiegel, a former hitman, and his eccentric crew as they bring in criminals and run into money troubles. A big part of the story is the rivalry between Spike and members of his former gang, the Red Dragons, and their eventual ultimate clash.
1 A Comet Grants Powers – Including Time Travel – In Charlotte
In Charlotte's alternate reality, the comet Charlotte passes by the Earth once every 75 years, spreading dust that causes a few kids to develop superpowers as they reach puberty. Yuu Otosaka has the power to possess other people for five seconds. Once he discovers his power, Yuu ends up at a school for other empowered kids. Eventually, he recalls suppressed memories of his brother, who can time travel, and who tried to develop a vaccine. Yuu learns he can take on another person's powers and goes back in time himself to prevent his friend's death.