[15 Similar] Anime Like The Asterisk War: Academy City on Water

These two anime are about an academy with a festival/event to determine who the strongest is. The main heroine is a fire wielder and is also of royalty.

1. Both MC's are uber elite swordsmen
2. Both MC's lack the ability to use uber awesome magic and must rely on their combat sense and sword skills
3. Both MC's have an ultimate mode where they unleash super quick and awesome power but only for a short time, and with a cooldown.
4. Both MC's love interest is a red-haired foreign princess from a small country.
5. Both princesses are fire users with a hot temper trying to do the best for their country.
6. Both princesses develop a respect for the MC.
7. Both MC's respect the princess.
8. There is a loli-ish childhood female that the MC knows.
9. MC's are friends with a shady stealthy person.
10. There are school rankings and multiple school 'battle festivals' for schools to compete with each other.
11. The student councils are OP and somehow command a crazy amount of power over non school associations.
12. Both MC male and MC female must win the tournament to accomplish their own goals.
13. There seems to be a class war between the new generation of (Blazers/Genestella) vs the normal people.
14. MC has to bring another swordsmen girl out of being manipulated and becomes friends with her and trains with her.

These two anime are basically a clone of one another. They're both so similar that I sometimes get their stories mixed up. Both anime are set in a futuristic magic school where we have a main protagonist who's underestimated in the beginning but is actually really strong. They had a chance encounter with the pink-haired fire-wielding tsundere-ish main heroine and somehow evoke their anger resulting into a duel where the main protagonist eventually win. Both anime also has a tournament of some sort in school where our main characters will participate. The main difference between the two, of course, is the main plot and also the main protagonists reasons and motivations for fighting. The main protagonists personalities also differs. Asterisk's main protagonist is a guy who seems to always have a smile on his face while Cavalry's main protagonist is more of the serious type. And it goes without saying that the main heroines eventually falls in love with the main protagonist. Both anime didn't really put anything new to the table but they're still pretty enjoyable to watch although in my opinion Cavalry is a cut above Asterisk in almost all aspect.

These two anime are about an academy with a festival/event to determine who the strongest is. The main heroine is a fire wielder and is also of royalty.

They both start with the meeting between a boy and a girl that at first don't get along..
.. and then (in Gakusen Toshi Asterisk: after a duel/in Blade Dance: after that she hit him because he.. and that he saved her) they change their mind.

Both represent literally every A1 Pictures light novel adaptation cliché. In fact, TAW feels like what SAO would be if SAO took place at a school instead of in a video game world.

Do you enjoy pretty colors and cute girls? Do you like overpowered protagonists? Do you like hexagons, flashing colors, sci-fi, and swords everywhere? Then you're in luck. If you enjoyed sword art online then you'll enjoy Gakusen Toshi Asterick since both have a plethora of hot girls and swords. Both main characters looks eerily familiar and share a similar appearance and personality, so if you want to see more Kirito go check out Gakusen Toshi Asterick. Both shows were made by A1 pictures so you won't be disappointed by the confusingly fast and flashy fight scenes seen in both shows. However, the music is lovely and the pretty colors and character designs are visually appealing.

Main characters are both powerful and have limiters.
Magic related items
Both high school themed

- Magic in future
- Special MCs
- MCs are deeply connected with their sisters
- Great fighting sequences in both
- High-school setting

Gakusen Toshi Asterisk is very similar to IS: infinite Stratos. This is why:

The two anime could basically be interchanged for one another, they really are That similar lol.

A purple-haired protagonist with lots of combat potential transfers into a prestigious combat university. The schools from both anime are structured the same and the fights that take place there between students are very similar also. They each have an ecchi element to them while being a mix between action and slice of life.

Has similar, if not the same, feeling like Asterisk - a generic dude with a goofy LE ANIMU weapon and "special ability" is surrounded by girls with one-line personality, mostly serving as cocktease for MC.
It's also set in highschool, because of course it is.

When you search for a funny magic echi Anime. Read this recommendation.

My favorite anime is Zero no Tsukaima and I watched handful of most recommended but didn't like those. However Gakusen Toshi Asterisk is really the answer if you search for sth like Zero no Tsukaima

-both anime have characters fighting each other in a "festival" to compete in strength and skills
-both anime have schools with a ranking system
-in both animes the protagonist enters the school due to his sister, who visited it earlier
-they have similar genres
-female main character wants to be the strongest to reach her own goal/wish
-female main character doesn't let people close therefore they call her cold

Both are harems
Both have tons of fan service
Great story on both
both have to unlock a power at some point to be seriously op
Both are looking for someone that is related but missing
Both are on crunchy roll so win win.

Both feature people with superpowers (Genestella for Asterisk and Quirks for MHA) and high school setting (all schools of Asterisk and UA High) with awesome action scenes complete with funny moments. Both English dubs are super awesome. However, Asterisk is more fanservice-y than MHA. Aniplex of America distributes Asterisk while Funimation distributes My Hero Academia.

Both is set in academy
Both is about magic
Both of the main characters are "lucky pervert"

Besides Infinite Stratos, id say Gakusen Toshi Asterisk is the second most similar to this series. especially in terms of characters: