Anime like Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen

Jujutsu Kaisen

Also known as JUJUTSU KAISEN.

Studio: Toho , MAPPA , Shueisha , Sumzap , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Supernatural

A boy fights... for "the right death."

Hardship, regret, shame: the negative feelings that humans feel become Curses that lurk in our everyday lives. The Curses run rampant throughout the world, capable of leading people to terrible misfortune and even death. What's more, the Curses can only be exorcised by another Curse.

Itadori Yuji is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a friend who has been attacked by Curses, he eats the finger of the Double-Faced Specter, taking the Curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with the Double-Faced Specter. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Gojou Satoru, Itadori is admitted to the Tokyo Metropolitan Technical High School of Sorcery, an organization that fights the Curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a Curse to exorcise a Curse, a life from which he could never turn back.



Note: The first episode received an early web premiere on September 19th, 2020. The regular TV broadcast started on October 3rd, 2020.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Shounen , Youkai , Super Power , Curses , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Exorcism , Dissociative Identities , Demons , Orphan , Urban , Body Horror , Magic , Martial Arts , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Shapeshifting , Gore , Swordplay , School , Anthropomorphism , Rotoscoping , Slapstick , Mythology , Surreal Comedy , Twins , Boarding School , Baseball

Dororo

Also known as Dororo.

Studio: MAPPA , Twin Engine , Tezuka Productions , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Supernatural

Dororo, a young orphan thief, meets Hyakkimaru, a powerful ronin. Hyakkimaru's father, a greedy feudal lord, had made a pact with 12 demons, offering his yet-unborn son's body parts in exchange for great power. Thus, Hyakkimaru - who was born without arms, legs, eyes, ears, a nose or a mouth - was abandoned in a river as a baby. Rescued and raised by Dr. Honma, who equips him with artificial limbs and teaches him sword-fighting techniques, Hyakkimaru discovers that each time he slays a demon, a piece of his body is restored. Now, he roams the war-torn countryside in search of demons.

Tags: Demons , Revenge , Disability , Swordplay , Tragedy , Samurai , Youkai , Estranged Family , Anti-Hero , Orphan , War , Male Protagonist , Curses , Parenthood , Historical , Rural , Travel , Urban Fantasy , Gore , Episodic , Philosophy , Crossdressing , Female Protagonist , Body Horror , Tomboy , Kuudere , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Ghost , Cannibalism , Heterosexual , Prostitution , Nun

Jujutsu Kaisen 0

Also known as JUJUTSU KAISEN 0.

Studio: MAPPA , Shueisha , Toho , Sumzap , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural

Yuta Okkotsu is a nervous high school student who is suffering from a serious problem—his childhood friend Rika has turned into a curse and won't leave him alone. Since Rika is no ordinary curse, his plight is noticed by Satoru Gojo, a teacher at Jujutsu High, a school where fledgling exorcists learn how to combat curses. Gojo convinces Yuta to enroll, but can he learn enough in time to confront the curse that haunts him?



Tags: Curses , Demons , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Shounen , Super Power , Urban , Magic , Cultivation , Exorcism , Martial Arts , Body Horror , Yandere , Revenge , Gore , Rehabilitation , Anthropomorphism , Heterosexual , School , Time Skip , Swordplay , Bullying , Tsundere , Shapeshifting , Primarily Male Cast , Kaiju , CGI , Spearplay , Monster Boy , Gyaru , Vore

Boku no Hero Academia

Also known as My Hero Academia.

Studio: bones , Dentsu , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Toho , Movic
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy

What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested extraordinary superpowers called “Quirks” at age four? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Becoming a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? U.A. High's Hero Program of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless?

Middle school student Izuku Midoriya wants to be a hero more than anything, but he hasn't got an ounce of power in him. With no chance of ever getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes, his life is looking more and more like a dead end. Then an encounter with All Might, the greatest hero of them all gives him a chance to change his destiny…



Tags: Super Power , Superhero , Shounen , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , School , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Bullying , Cultivation , Primarily Male Cast , Prison

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023)

Also known as Rurouni Kenshin (2023).

Studio: LIDENFILMS , Aniplex , Shueisha , Fuji TV , Dentsu , Animax Broadcast Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Romance

Re-adaptation of the main manga series.

One hundred and forty years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who, felling men with his bloodstained blade, gained the name Hitokiri, manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Then he vanished, and with the flow of years, became legend.



Tags: Swordplay , Historical , Samurai , Male Protagonist , Martial Arts , Shounen , Found Family , Assassins , Age Gap , Heterosexual , Rural , Travel , Drugs

Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugenjou-hen Movie 1 - Akaza Sairai

Also known as Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle.

Studio: Aniplex , ufotable , ufotable , Shueisha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

Part 1 of the theatrical trilogy adaptation of the Infinity Castle Arc.

Tanjiro Kamado – a boy who joined an organization dedicated to hunting down demons called the Demon Slayer Corps after his younger sister Nezuko was turned into a demon.

While growing stronger and deepening his friendships and bonds with fellow corps members, Tanjiro has battled many demons with his comrades – Zenitsu Agatsuma and Inosuke Hashibira. Along the way, his journey has led him to fight alongside the Demon Slayer Corps’ highest-ranking swordsmen, the Hashira, including Flame Hashira Kyojuro Rengoku aboard the Mugen Train, Sound Hashira Tengen Uzui within the Entertainment District, as well as Mist Hashira Muichiro Tokito and Love Hashira Mitsuri Kanroji at the Swordsmith Village.

As the Demon Slayer Corps members and Hashira engaged in a group strength training program, the Hashira Training, in preparation for the forthcoming battle against the demons, Muzan Kibutsuji appears at the Ubuyashiki Mansion. With the head of the Demon Corps in danger, Tanjiro and the Hashira rush to the headquarters but are plunged into a deep descent to a mysterious space by the hands of Muzan Kibutsuji.

The destination of where Tanjiro and Demon Slayer Corps have fallen is the demons’ stronghold – the Infinity Castle. And so, the battleground is set as the final battle between the Demon Slayer Corps and the demons ignites.



Tags: Demons , Male Protagonist , Swordplay , War , Revenge , Tragedy , Shounen , Super Power , Martial Arts , Afterlife , Dungeon , Gore , Suicide , Curses , Body Horror , Ensemble Cast , CGI , Amnesia , Historical , Rehabilitation , Amputation , Cult

Boku no Hero Academia THE MOVIE: Heroes:Rising

Also known as My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising.

Studio: bones , Toho , Nippon Television Network , Yomiuri TV , Shueisha , Dentsu , Sony Music Entertainment , Movic
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

The second installment in the Boku no Hero Academia movie franchise.

The aspiring heroes of UA Class 1-A have been given a new training opportunity during their winter break: To establish and maintain their own professional Hero Agency on the idyllic island of Nabu far off the coast of Japan. There, they'll experience the everyday travails of being heroes, for the first time without the support of their instructors or chaperons. It's a challenging assignment, but one the plucky students of UA are more than equipped to face – that is, until the arrival of a team of villains lead by the ruthless Nine and his eerily familiar quirk. Cut off from any backup and facing their greatest threat yet, it's up to Deku, Bakugo, and their classmates to face unspeakable danger to protect not only the people of the island, but the future of all Hero society.



Tags: Superhero , Super Power , Shounen , Rural , Male Protagonist , Terrorism , Chimera , Cultivation , Primarily Male Cast , Alternate Universe , School , Anti-Hero , Primarily Teen Cast , CGI

Black Clover

Also known as Black Clover.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Funimation , TV Tokyo , Crunchyroll , Shueisha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

In a world where magic is everything, Asta and Yuno are both found abandoned at a church on the same day. While Yuno is gifted with exceptional magical powers, Asta is the only one in this world without any. At the age of fifteen, both receive grimoires, magic books that amplify their holder’s magic. Asta’s is a rare Grimoire of Anti-Magic that negates and repels his opponent’s spells. Being opposite but good rivals, Yuno and Asta are ready for the hardest of challenges to achieve their common dream: to be the Wizard King. Giving up is never an option!



Tags: Magic , Shounen , Found Family , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Ensemble Cast , Orphan , Revenge , Class Struggle , Demons , Elf , Dissociative Identities , Reincarnation , Conspiracy , Adoption , Cult , Swordplay , Heterosexual , Bullying , Lost Civilization , Cultivation , Time Skip , Kuudere , Medieval , Tsundere , Travel , Love Triangle , Disability , Nun , Espionage , Coming of Age , Suicide , Food , Tomboy , Age Regression , Dungeon , Curses

Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] III. spring song

Also known as Fate/stay night [Heaven’s Feel] III. spring song.

Studio: ufotable , KADOKAWA , Notes , Aniplex of America , Aniplex , ufotable
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

The third film in a trilogy adaptation of the 3rd route of the popular visual novel: Fate/stay night.

To save the girl, to enact the justice he's chosen...The young man will no longer turn a blind eye to the truth. Mages (Masters) and Heroic Spirits (Servants) work together in the battles of the Holy Grail War, a fight for an omnipotent wish-granting container called the Holy Grail. However, this war has become horribly twisted.

A young woman named Sakura Matou, with the sins she has committed, drowns in the murky darkness. A young man named Shirou Emiya, who vowed to protect Sakura, works together with Rin Tohsaka and throws himself into the raging battle to put a stop to the Holy Grail War. Illyasviel von Einzbern, as one of the few who knows the truth behind the conflict, confronts her own fate, while Zouken Matou uses Sakura to try to fulfill his own desires.

Will the young man’s wish reach her even as he challenges fate itself, battling against the rising tide? The Holy Grail War is coming to an end... The final battle is about to begin.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Magic , Anti-Hero , Tragedy , Battle Royale , Philosophy , Mythology , Super Power , Religion , Gore , Male Protagonist , Swordplay , Yandere , Body Horror , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Cosmic Horror , Orphan , Primarily Teen Cast , Found Family , Heterosexual , CGI , Adoption , Assassins , School , Time Skip , Time Manipulation , Maids , Kuudere , Archery , Demons , Tanned Skin

Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hashira Geiko-hen

Also known as Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc.

Studio: ufotable , Aniplex , Shueisha , ufotable
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

Adaptation of the Hashira Training Arc.

The Hashira, the Demon Slayer Corps' highest ranking swordsmen and members. The Hashira Training has begun in order to face the forthcoming battle against Muzan Kibutsuji. Each with their own thoughts and hopes held in their hearts, a new story for Tanjiro and the Hashira begins.



Note: The first episode received an early premiere in cinemas as part of a special screening alongside the final episode of Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato-hen.

Tags: Demons , Shounen , Swordplay , Cultivation , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Gore , Curses , Suicide , Super Power , Revenge , Historical , Rural , CGI , Disability , Guns