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Shows that feel likeBleach (2004–)

For as long as he can remember, Ichigo Kurosaki has been able to see ghosts. But when he meets Rukia, a Soul Reaper who battles evil spirits known as Hollows, he finds his life is changed forever. Now, with a newfound wealth of spiritual energy, Ichigo discovers his true calling: to protect the living and the dead from evil.

If you loved Bleach, the closest series we have are InuYasha (2000), Hunter x Hunter (2011) and Xena: Warrior Princess (1995). All three share Bleach's kinetic and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Cardcaptor Sakura (1998).

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If Bleach hit the spot, these will too

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InuYasha
2000–2010 · 2 seasons · ANIMAX
★ 7.9animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyNetflixPrime Video

A modern teenager pulled into a spirit world with a sword in hand

The difference: Feudal-era romance and questing, gentler between fights

Kagome Higurashi is a modern day young girl who lives with her family by the old Higure shrine. Unbeknownst to Kagome, she is the reincarnation of priestess Kikyo and posseses the "Jewel of Four Souls" (the Shikon jewel). One ill-fated day, Kagome locates an ancient well near her home and is abruptly transported through the well and into a feudal Japan, inhabited by demons. There, she encounters Inuyasha, son of a powerful demon father and a human mother, who is pinned to a tree by an enchanted arrow.

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Hunter x Hunter
2011–2014 · 3 seasons · Nippon TV
★ 9animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyNetflixPrime Video

Training, rules-heavy powers and opponents who reward close attention

The difference: Colder and more strategic, and it turns far darker in later arcs

Gon, a young boy who lives on Whale Island, dreams of becoming a Hunter like his father, who left when Gon was still young.

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Xena: Warrior Princess
1995–2001 · 6 seasons · Syndication
🍅 63%★ 6.8drama · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy

A warrior with a dark past working off a debt with a blade

The difference: Live-action camp mythology, episodic and much lighter

Xena is an infamous warrior on a quest to seek redemption for her past sins against the innocent. Accompanied by her comrade-in-arms Gabrielle, the campy couple use their formidable fighting skills to help those who are unable to defend themselves.

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Dragon Ball Z
1989–1996 · 9 seasons · Fuji TV
★ 8.8animation · sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure

Escalating showdowns where every win summons a harder opponent

The difference: Pure tournament spectacle, less lore and no ghost-story melancholy

Now happily married and with a son, martial arts champion Goku must defend Earth from a series of extraterrestrial invaders bent on destruction.

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
2000–2004 · 1 season · TV Tokyo
★ 8.2animation · action & adventurePrime VideoDisney+

One thread runs through both: friendship

The difference: Takes it somewhere less cerebral than Bleach does

Bullies often target someone frail and weak—someone exactly like Yûgi Muto. He treasures his Millennium Puzzle, an ancient Egyptian artifact that was brought into his grandfather's game shop. Believing that solving the puzzle will grant him his wish, he completes the puzzle, unleashing a new personality within him, the soul of the "King of Games." The new personality named Yami Yûgi is the exact opposite of Yûgi. Upon any injustice toward him, Yami Yûgi takes over Yûgi's body and forces the opponent into a "Shadow Game".

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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
2019–2024 · 5 seasons · Fuji TV
★ 8.5animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyNetflixPrime Video

Swordsmanship, ranks and demons, drawn beautifully

The difference: Tighter, sadder and far more disciplined about its plot

After a demon attack leaves his family slain and his sister cursed, Tanjiro embarks upon a perilous journey to find a cure and avenge those he's lost.

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Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005–2008 · 3 seasons · Nickelodeon
★ 9.3animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyNetflixParamount+

A reluctant kid carrying a world's worth of duty, friends at his side

The difference: Built for all ages, tightly plotted, and much lighter on death

In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.

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Saint Seiya
1986–1989 · 1 season · tv asahi
★ 8.4animation · drama · action & adventure

Armored young fighters powering up through loyalty and sheer will

The difference: An eighties classic — dated animation and a slower, stiffer pace

Ages ago, the goddess Athena was served by fighters called Saints who channeled the power of the Cosmos within them. Now a youth named Seiya has trained to become a Saint himself by earning the mystical Cloth of Pegasus. He is joined by other Saints with Cloths of their own to fight for Athena.

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The Legend of Korra
2012–2014 · 4 seasons · Nickelodeon
★ 8.3animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyParamount+

Martial arts as spiritual discipline, with the spirit world pressing in

The difference: Tighter arcs and Western animation, political rather than ghostly

Avatar Korra, a headstrong, rebellious, feisty young woman who continually challenges and breaks with tradition, is on her quest to become a fully realized Avatar. In this story, the Avatar struggles to find balance within herself.

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Cardcaptor Sakura
1998–2018 · 4 seasons · NHK BS2
★ 8animation · sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure

A schoolkid handed strange powers and a duty they never asked for

The difference: Gentle magical-girl warmth, episodic and low-stakes beside Bleach

Sakura Kinomoto, an elementary school student who discovers that she possesses magical powers after accidentally freeing a set of magical cards from the book they had been sealed in for years. She is then tasked with retrieving those cards in order to avoid an unknown catastrophe from befalling the world.

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Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
2023– · 1 season · Nippon TV
★ 8.9animation · action & adventure · dramaNetflixHulu

Both keep coming back to the same thing: based on manga

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Bleach does

After the party of heroes defeated the Demon King, they restored peace to the land and returned to lives of solitude. Generations pass, and the elven mage Frieren comes face to face with humanity's mortality. She takes on a new apprentice and promises to fulfill old friends' dying wishes. Can an elven mind make peace with the nature of life and death? Frieren embarks on her quest to find out.

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ONE PIECE
2023– · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.3action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Common ground: friendship

With his straw hat and ragtag crew, young pirate Monkey D. Luffy goes on an epic voyage for treasure.

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