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Shows that feel likeCastlevania (2017–2021)

A vampire hunter fights to save a besieged city from an army of otherworldly beasts controlled by Dracula himself.

If you loved Castlevania, the closest series we have are A Discovery of Witches (2018), The Shannara Chronicles (2016) and The Misfit of Demon King Academy (2020). All three share Castlevania's cerebral and dreamlike feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Archive 81 (2022).

★ 8.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗4 seasons · Netflixcreated by Warren Elliscerebraldreamlikecontemplativedread
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If Castlevania hit the spot, these will too

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A Discovery of Witches
2018–2022 · 3 seasons · Sky One
★ 7.7sci-fi & fantasy · dramaNetflix

The same two preoccupations: magic, and vampire

Closet witch Diana Bishop and centuries-old vampire Matthew Clairmont are drawn into a deadly mystery and forbidden romance when a magical book shows up in an Oxford library.

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The Shannara Chronicles
2016–2017 · 2 seasons · MTV
★ 7.1action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy

Common ground: demon

The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Castlevania does

A young Healer armed with an unpredictable magic guides a runaway Elf in her perilous quest to save the peoples of the Four Lands from an age-old Demon scourge.

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The Misfit of Demon King Academy
2020–2024 · 2 seasons · AT-X
★ 7animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyHulu

Both are built on the same subject: magic

The difference: Easier on the stillness than Castlevania

Anos Voldigord was a tyrannical Demon King that eradicated humans, spirits, and even the gods, but became bored of eternal warfare and reincarnated with dreams of a peaceful world. However, what awaited him in reincarnation after 2000 years were descendants who became too weak after being accustomed to peace, and all sorts of magic that deteriorated to the extreme. Anos enters Demon King Academy that gathers and educates those who are viewed as the reincarnation of the Demon King, but the academy could not see through his true powers and ends up branding him as a misfit.

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Preacher
2016–2019 · 4 seasons · AMC
★ 7.9sci-fi & fantasy · mystery · dramaPrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: vampire

The difference: Leans harder into mystery than Castlevania does

A preacher sets out on a mission to make the almighty himself confess his sin of abandoning the world. With his best friend Cassidy, an alcoholic Irish vampire, his love Tulip, a red blooded gun towing Texan, and the power of genesis, an unholy child born from an angel and a devil, Jesse gives up everything to set the world straight with its creator.

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Chainsaw Man
2022 · 1 season · TV Tokyo
★ 8.3animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyHulu

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dark fantasy

Denji has a simple dream—to live a happy and peaceful life, spending time with a girl he likes. This is a far cry from reality, however, as Denji is forced by the yakuza into killing devils in order to pay off his crushing debts. Using his pet devil Pochita as a weapon, he is ready to do anything for a bit of cash.

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Constantine
2014–2015 · 1 season · NBC
★ 7.5action & adventure · drama · sci-fi & fantasy

One thread runs through both: demon

A man struggling with his faith is haunted by the sins of his past but is suddenly thrust into the role of defending humanity from the gathering forces of darkness.

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Shadowhunters
2016–2019 · 3 seasons · Freeform
★ 6.5action & adventure · drama · sci-fi & fantasyHulu

Cerebral where it counts, dreamlike underneath

When Clary Fray's mother has disappeared, Clary joins a band of Shadowhunters; demon killing hunters, and gets caught up in a plan to save the world.

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★ 7drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Common ground: dark fantasy

Bizarre nightmares unfold in eight tales of terror in this visually stunning, spine-tingling horror collection curated by Guillermo del Toro.

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

Dread-soaked animation in both cases

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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The Seven Deadly Sins
2014–2021 · 4 seasons · tv asahi
★ 7.6animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Cerebral sci-fi & fantasy, and it commits to that

The “Seven Deadly Sins”—a group of evil knights who conspired to overthrow the kingdom of Britannia—were said to have been eradicated by the Holy Knights, although some claim that they still live. Ten years later, the Holy Knights have staged a Coup d'état and assassinated the king, becoming the new, tyrannical rulers of the kingdom. Elizabeth, the king's only daughter, sets out on a journey to find the “Seven Deadly Sins,” and to enlist their help in taking back the kingdom.

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Archive 81
2022 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.3drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

An archivist takes a job restoring damaged videotapes and gets pulled into the vortex of a mystery involving the missing director and a demonic cult.

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JUJUTSU KAISEN
2020– · 1 season · MBS
★ 8.5animation · sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventureNetflixPrime Video

Both lean on dream logic more than on animation

Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, taking the curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with Ryomen Sukuna. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Satoru Gojo, Itadori is admitted to Tokyo Jujutsu High School, 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.

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