Anime like Jigokuraku 2nd Season

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 , Estranged Family , Curses , Youkai , Anti-Hero , Orphan , War , Male Protagonist , Parenthood , Historical , Travel , Rural , Urban Fantasy , Gore , Female Protagonist , Philosophy , Crossdressing , Tomboy , Body Horror , Episodic , Kuudere , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Ghost , Cannibalism , Prostitution , Heterosexual , Nun , Body Image , Martial Arts

Kimetsu no Yaiba

Also known as Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.

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

It is the Taisho Period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon. To make matters worse, his younger sister Nezuko, the sole survivor, has been transformed into a demon herself. Though devastated by this grim reality, Tanjiro resolves to become a “demon slayer” so that he can turn his sister back into a human, and kill the demon that massacred his family.



Tags: Demons , Shounen , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Vampire , Tragedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Travel , Monster Girl , Revenge , Orphan , Gore , CGI , Primarily Male Cast , Mythology , Rural , Historical , Rotoscoping , Body Horror , Super Power , Curses , Chibi , Time Skip , Animals , Food

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Kyoto Douran

Also known as Rurouni Kenshin -Kyoto Disturbance-.

Studio: Aniplex , LIDENFILMS , Shueisha , Fuji TV , Dentsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Romance

The second season of Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023).

A phantom of the Bakumatsu who must be taken down. All the answers you desire are in Kyoto!



Tags: Swordplay , Samurai , Male Protagonist , Historical , Travel , Found Family , Martial Arts , Assassins , Ninja , Military , Shounen , Ships , Love Triangle

Gachiakuta

Also known as Gachiakuta.

Studio: bones , Avex Pictures , bones film , Kodansha , DMM.com , CBC TV , Dentsu , Com2uS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy

A boy lives in a floating town, where the poor scrape by and the rich live a sumptuous life, simply casting their garbage off the side, into the abyss. When he’s falsely accused of murder, though, his wrongful conviction leads to an unimaginable punishment—exile off the edge, with the rest of the trash. Down on the surface, the cast-off waste of humanity has bred vicious monsters, and to travel the path to vengeance against those who cast him into Hell, a boy will have to become a warrior…



Tags: Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Shounen , Survival , Dystopian , Revenge , Post-Apocalyptic , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Class Struggle , Found Family , Surreal Comedy , Tragedy , Robots , Adoption , Kaiju , CGI , Shapeshifting , Urban , Memory Manipulation , Guns , Body Horror , Criminal Organization ,

VINLAND SAGA

Also known as Vinland Saga.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , Twin Engine , Kodansha , Production I.G , Dentsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

Thorfinn is son to one of the Vikings' greatest warriors, but when his father is killed in battle by the mercenary leader Askeladd, he swears to have his revenge. Thorfinn joins Askeladd's band in order to challenge him to a duel, and ends up caught in the middle of a war for the crown of England.



Tags: Vikings , Revenge , Foreign , War , Historical , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Coming of Age , Seinen , Tragedy , Primarily Male Cast , Anti-Hero , Military , Politics , Swordplay , Primarily Adult Cast , Medieval , Gore , Travel , Heterosexual , Survival , Ships , Conspiracy , Slavery , Time Skip , Orphan , Pirates , Language Barrier , Religion , Snowscape , Spearplay , Archery , CGI , Cult , Nudity , Achronological Order

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

Chainsaw Man

Also known as Chainsaw Man.

Studio: MAPPA , Shueisha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Supernatural

Denji is a teenage boy living with a Chainsaw Devil named Pochita. Due to the debt his father left behind, he has been living a rock-bottom life while repaying his debt by harvesting devil corpses with Pochita.

One day, Denji is betrayed and killed. As his consciousness fades, he makes a contract with Pochita and gets revived as "Chainsaw Man" — a man with a devil's heart.



Tags: Demons , Monster Boy , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Gore , Tragedy , Shapeshifting , Body Horror , Anti-Hero , Urban , Henshin , Psychosexual , Shounen , Coming of Age , Monster Girl , Primarily Adult Cast , Anthropomorphism , Heterosexual , Yakuza , Guns , Found Family , Assassins , Crime , CGI , Age Gap , Cannibalism , Homeless , Police , Revenge , Amnesia , POV , Nudity , Zombie , Angels

HUNTER×HUNTER (2011)

Also known as Hunter x Hunter (2011).

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , Viz Media , Nippon Television Network , Studio Live
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

A new adaption of the manga of the same name by Togashi Yoshihiro.

A Hunter is one who travels the world doing all sorts of dangerous tasks. From capturing criminals to searching deep within uncharted lands for any lost treasures. Gon is a young boy whose father disappeared long ago, being a Hunter. He believes if he could also follow his father's path, he could one day reunite with him.

After becoming 12, Gon leaves his home and takes on the task of entering the Hunter exam, notorious for its low success rate and high probability of death to become an official Hunter. He befriends the revenge-driven Kurapika, the doctor-to-be Leorio and the rebellious ex-assassin Killua in the exam, with their friendship prevailing throughout the many trials and threats they come upon taking on the dangerous career of a Hunter.

Tags: Shounen , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Travel , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Martial Arts , Primarily Male Cast , Revenge , Chimera , Philosophy , Anthropomorphism , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Criminal Organization , Crime , Virtual World , Urban Fantasy , Environmental , Assassins , Mafia , Anti-Hero , Card Battle , Body Horror , Gangs , Shogi , Gore , Transgender , Animals , Video Games , Board Game , Yandere , Amnesia

Yuusha Kei ni Shosu: Choubatsu Yuusha 9004-tai Keimu Kiroku

Also known as Sentenced to Be a Hero.

Studio: Studio KAI , KADOKAWA , VIC GAME STUDIOS , Sammy , Kansai TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy

In a world where heroism is a punishment, Xylo Forbartz, a condemned goddess killer, battles endless hordes of monstrous abominations as part of Penal Hero Unit 9004. Death is no escape, only a cycle of resurrection and relentless combat. But when Xylo encounters a mysterious new goddess, their unlikely alliance sparks a rebellion that could shatter the chains of eternal punishment.



Notes:
The first episode aired with a runtime of ~58 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.
Initially scheduled to air in October, 2025

Tags: Medieval , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Demons , Anti-Hero , Gods , Gore , Revenge , Ensemble Cast , Crime , Tragedy , Military , Body Horror , Swordplay , Cosmic Horror , CGI , Tsundere , Prison , Isekai , Heterosexual , Seinen

Jujutsu Kaisen: Shimetsu Kaiyuu - Zenpen

Also known as JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 3: The Culling Game Part 1.

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

The third season of Jujutsu Kaisen.

After the Shibuya Incident, a deadly jujutsu battle known as the Culling Game orchestrated by Noritoshi Kamo erupts across ten colonies in Japan.

Haunted by guilt over the mass killings in Shibuya and wary of Sukuna’s interest in Fushiguro, Itadori chooses not to return to Jujutsu High. Instead, he teams up with Choso to exorcise the countless cursed spirits unleashed by Noritoshi Kamo. Amid this chaos, the Jujutsu Headquarters revokes Yuji Itadori’s suspended death sentence and appoints special-grade sorcerer Yuta Okkotsu as his executioner.

Newly awakened modern sorcerers and resurrected ancient ones, now fighting as players in the Culling Game, collide with conflicting motives, driving the world once more toward an age ruled by jujutsu.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Curses , Urban , Tragedy , Shounen , Death Game , Super Power , Battle Royale , Exorcism , Male Protagonist , Survival , Primarily Teen Cast , Gore , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Martial Arts , Philosophy , Surreal Comedy , Demons , Swordplay , Gambling , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bisexual , Rotoscoping , Nudity , Femboy , Crossdressing