10 Best Anime Like Heavenly Delusion, Ranked
Heavenly Delusion is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Ishiguro. An anime television series adaptation produced by Production I.G studio under the name Tengoku Daimakyo was announced and premiered on April 1, 2023, on Disney+ and has been received well by fans and critics. For all of you who’ve enjoyed the series, in this article, we are going to give you a list of the ten best anime like Heavenly Delusion.
10. Dr.STONE
Original Run: July 5, 2019 – present
Number of Episodes: 35
What it’s about: High school student Taiju, who has been secretly in love with Yuzuriha for a few years, informs his closest friend Senku, a science prodigy, that he is about to confess his affections to the girl. A magnificent light comes in the sky and turns everyone into stone statues just as the young man is ready to confess his love for her.
Why it’s like Heavenly Delusion: Well, since we’re actually focusing on just anime series and not movies (which eliminated numerous great titles that would have otherwise been on the list), we decided to start off with Dr.STONE, a classic shonen title, but with enough similar elements in terms of uncovering the secrets of a strange, new world that we think you might have fun watching it.
9. Dorohedoro
Original Run: January 12, 2020 – March 29, 2020
Number of Volumes: 12 + 6 shorts
What it’s about: The fantasy world in which the series is set is divided into three distinct realms: the world of sorcerers, a wealthy, colorful, and magically dominated kingdom connected to the human world through magically created doors; hell, where the souls of dead sorcerers gather and demons reside; and Hole, a filthy, degraded, polluted, and violent metropolis where humans live.
Why it’s like Heavenly Delusion: We were not sure where to put Dorohedoro on our list, but the anime adaptation of this gritty manga has a darker, yet similar post-apocalyptic setting that will be a refreshing take on the trope.
8. Deadman Wonderland
Original Run: April 17, 2011 – July 3, 2011
Number of Episodes: 12 (+ OVA)
What it’s about: The student Ganta Igarashi lives in Tokyo, which was severely damaged by an earthquake. He is a survivor of the disaster that caused three-quarters of Tokyo to sink under the sea. Still, people try to live normal lives, so Ganta goes to school with his friends. One day, however, a strange man dressed in red appears, floating in front of the classroom windows.
Why it’s like Heavenly Delusion: Similarly to Dorohedoro, Deadman Wonderland is a much grittier take on the trope and with more action, but it is still an intriguing story that will see the characters uncover some dark secrets about the world they are living in.
7. Summer Time Rendering
Original Run: April 15, 2022 – September 30, 2022
Number of Episodes: 25
What it’s about: Shinpei Ajiro grew up with the sisters Kofune Ushio and Mio after the passing of his parents. Shinpei is an adult who lives in Tokyo until he learns the shocking news that Ushio drowned and died. He leaves and goes back to the isolated island settlement, but when he sees marks on Ushio’s body around its neck, he grows suspicious. suggesting that she was choked. Shinpei makes an effort to learn the truth about what actually happened to Ushio while being helped by Mio and haunted by his ghost in an effort to perhaps save the locals from grave danger.
Why it’s like Heavenly Delusion: Summer Time Rendering is a strange title that will captivate you instantly. The elements of mystery and suspense present in the series are what inspired us to put it on this list, as we think you might enjoy it.
6. Steins;Gate
Original Run: April 6, 2011 – September 14, 2011
Number of Episodes: 24 + OVA
What it’s about: The story of Steins;Gate takes place in Akihabara and is about an experiment by the very strange scientist Rintarō Okabe, who has sometimes been described as insane. He manages to convert a microwave oven so that he can use it to send text messages into the past. However, what he only becomes aware of later is the fact that he is influencing his own present and this is exactly what makes him seem crazy. However, he is not the only researcher in the field. He soon finds himself confronted with an organization called SERN, which is after both him and the other initiates of the experiment. After repeatedly changing the future through this news, Okabe gets caught in a worldline in which his childhood friend Mayuri dies. To avoid her death, he travels back in time and tries everything possible, but without success.
Why it’s like Heavenly Delusion: Steins;Gate definitely has one of the most complex storylines we know of, but this cult classic anime is definitely something you need to check out. It combines a lot of elements and has more science-fiction than Heavenly Delusion, but it still features enough similarities for you to enjoy it.
5. Terror in Resonance
Original Run: July 10, 2014 – September 25, 2014
Number of Episodes: 11
What it’s about: The police are stumbling in the dark following the spectacular heist of plutonium from a processing facility in northern Japan. One of the offenders was able to enter undercover as a worker, and another used a snowmobile to smash through the barriers and leave once more with his accomplice and the stolen goods. They left a “VON” spray-painted on the floor. The thieves, two young people who go by the names “Nine” and “Twelve,” go to the same summer school as Lisa Mishima. Her peers harass her, but the two new students appear to want to stand up for her. Soon after, the two take a field excursion to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building to plant bombs and then start fires that bring down one of the two skyscrapers.
Why it’s like Heavenly Delusion: Well, Terror in Resonance has a very intriguing story and while it is not set in a post-apocalyptic world, it sometimes feels like it is. Dark secrets lie in the core of this anime and with a similar set of protagonists, we’re certainly you’ll enjoy it thoroughly.
4. The Promised Neverland
Original Run: January 11, 2019 – March 26, 2021
Number of Episodes: 23
What it’s about: When they were very young, Emma and her siblings—all of whom were orphans—were put in a special institution. The kids of Grace Field House lead happy lives despite having little freedom and occasionally stringent rules under the supervision of the woman they call “Mom” (actual name Isabella). and showers them with all the affection a mother could give her kids. But one evening, after one of their own has left, Emma and Norman learn that “Mom” has authorized the delivery of the orphanage’s children to demons. They’ll need to be resourceful and tryto flee if they want to survive.
Why it’s like Heavenly Delusion: Disregarding the backlash that the series’ second season received, we can confirm that The Promised Neverland is definitely a story you need to see. The protagonists are very similar and so is the atmosphere, which is why we think you’ll love it.
3. Made in Abyss
Original Run: July 7, 2017 – ongoing
Number of Episodes: 25
What it’s about: A 12-year-old girl named Riko resides at the Belchero orphanage in the town of Orth. The city looks out over the Abyss, a massive earthen pit with an unknown depth and a width of 1000 meters. Many explorers from throughout the world travel to this chasm because it is a source of magical artifacts that are gathered for sale on the surface. Only a small number of skilled explorers, known as white whistles, have emerged from the lowest strata; everyone else has either perished from the curse or remained below.
Why it’s like Heavenly Delusion: Don’t let the cheerful protagonists and the vivid world fool you, Made in Abyss is as dark and disturbing as they get and due to the characters also working to uncover the eerie mysteries of this world, we think you’ll love it, despite a more steampunk setting.
2. Coppelion
Original Run: October 2, 2013 – December 25, 2013
Number of Volumes: 13
What it’s about: Tokyo experienced a tragedy in 2016. On Odaiba, a nuclear power plant experiences a core meltdown, contaminating the entire city region. As a result, the government is forced to issue an evacuation order for Tokyo residents. Tokyo has turned into a ghost town 20 years later, in 2036, as a result of the high radiation levels, to which the government has imposed an entry prohibition. The Ground Self-Defense Forces (JGSDF) send three seniors from the Dispatch 3rd Special Forces Coppelion to create the medical team when a distress signal is received from Tokyo. The Coppelions have unique talents in addition to being immune to radiation thanks to genetic engineering. To locate survivors, the three girls travel to the destroyed capital.
Why it’s like Heavenly Delusion: Coppelion is a thrilling story that has a very similar setting and very similar protagonists to those of Heavenly Delusion. And while the atmosphere of the story might be a tad different, it is nevertheless a great series you’ll certainly enjoy.
1. From the New World
Original Run: October 3, 2012 – March 27, 2013
Number of Episodes: 25
What it’s about: Shinsekai Yori, a series set in a thousand-year-old Japan, relates the tale of Saki, a young woman from Kamisu’s 66th district. All people in this time and place have strong telekinetic powers and live happily in rural communities. Saki develops her powers at the age of twelve and joins her friends Satoru, Maria, Mamoru, Shun, and Reiko in the academy to further them. This happens despite her parents’ concerns that she would not be able to awaken the power within her. The city government monitors and shapes the youth, but the youth are ignorant of this.
Why it’s like Heavenly Delusion: Shinsekai Yori is an anime that we ranked first on this list because it is basically everything you want to see from an anime if you liked Heavenly Delusion, but with a dash of originality that’ll make you fall in love with it.