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Shows that feel likeDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019–2024)

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.

If you loved Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, the closest series we have are InuYasha (2000), Chainsaw Man (2022) and Black Clover (2017). All three share Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'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 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 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 cursed companion and a journey to undo what was done to them

The difference: Feudal romance and questing, episodic and far gentler

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

Devils hunted by a kid with nothing left to lose

The difference: Filthy, funny and nihilistic — no family devotion at its centre

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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Black Clover
2017– · 2 seasons · TV Tokyo
★ 8.2animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy

The underdog training grind and shouting through a fight you cannot win

The difference: Louder and broader — comedy first, and none of the quiet grief

Asta and Yuno are two orphans who want the same thing: to become the Wizard King. Locked in a friendly rivalry, they work hard towards their goal. While Yuno excels at magic, Asta has a problem uncommon in this world: he has no powers! But, on the day they receive their grimoires, they surprise everyone. To reach their goal, they’ll each find their own path to greatness—with or without magic.

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

A hierarchy of elite fighters and the recruit climbing toward them

The difference: Broad fantasy comedy, much lighter on grief

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

Supernatural power scaled up until every duel feels mythic

The difference: A smug, unbeatable hero — power fantasy without real stakes

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

A perilous quest across beautiful lands crawling with demons

The difference: MTV fantasy with love triangles — spectacle on a TV budget

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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Bleach
2004– · 2 seasons · TV Tokyo
★ 8.3action & adventure · animation · sci-fi & fantasyHulu

Sword ranks, spirit rules and a fighter defending someone he loves

The difference: Longer, looser and much goofier between the battles

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.

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

A kind-hearted kid who carries a curse into every gorgeous fight

The difference: Snarkier and more modern — cool wins out over tears

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

A gentle kid shouldering magical duty far too big for their age

The difference: Sweet shoujo adventure — wonder and crushes instead of grief

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

A haunted fighter standing between ordinary people and demons

The difference: World-weary noir — a cynical adult where Tanjiro is all heart

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: growing up

The difference: Less dread-soaked, more its own thing

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

An ordinary sibling pulled into a hidden war against demonkind

The difference: Glossy YA romance drama — the demon hunting is set dressing

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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