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Shows that feel likeHunter x Hunter (2011–2014)

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

If you loved Hunter x Hunter, the closest series we have are Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009), My Hero Academia (2016) and Vinland Saga (2019). All three share Hunter x Hunter'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 Berserk (1997).

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If Hunter x Hunter hit the spot, these will too

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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
2009–2010 · 1 season · MBS
★ 9.1animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyNetflixHulu

A rules-heavy power system that rewards paying close attention

The difference: Warmer and more moral, with a real ending

Disregard for alchemy’s laws ripped half of Edward Elric’s limbs from his body and left his brother Alphonse’s soul clinging to a suit of armor. To restore what was lost, the brothers seek the Philosopher’s Stone. Enemies and allies – the corrupt military, the Homunculi, and foreign alchemists – will alter the Elric brothers course, but their purpose will remain unchanged and their bond unbreakable.

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My Hero Academia
2016–2025 · 8 seasons · Nippon TV
★ 8.2action & adventure · animation · sci-fi & fantasyNetflixHulu

A cheerful kid grinding through exams and rivals toward an impossible goal

The difference: Sticks to school-arc formula — never mutates into anything as strange

Izuku has dreamt of being a hero all his life—a lofty goal for anyone, but especially challenging for a kid with no superpowers. That’s right, in a world where eighty percent of the population has some kind of super-powered "quirk," Izuku was unlucky enough to be born completely normal. But that’s not enough to stop him from enrolling in one of the world’s most prestigious hero academies.

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Vinland Saga
2019– · 2 seasons · NHK G
★ 8.9animation · war & politics · action & adventureNetflixPrime Video

A boy's adventure that keeps wandering into genuinely dark territory

The difference: Historical mud and grief — the playfulness is gone from episode one

For a thousand years, the Vikings have made quite a name and reputation for themselves as the strongest families with a thirst for violence. Thorfinn, the son of one of the Vikings' greatest warriors, spends his boyhood in a battlefield enhancing his skills in his adventure to redeem his most-desired revenge after his father was murdered.

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BLUE EYE SAMURAI
2023– · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.7action & adventure · animationNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: revenge

The difference: Takes it somewhere less cerebral than Hunter x Hunter does

Driven by a dream of revenge against those who made her an outcast in Edo-period Japan, a young warrior cuts a bloody path toward her destiny.

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

Escalating duels, ranked opponents and the grind of getting stronger

The difference: Spectacle over strategy, with long stretches of filler to wade through

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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Attack on Titan
2013–2022 · 4 seasons · MBS
★ 9.1animation · sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventureHulu

Power systems with hard rules, and arcs that reward close attention

The difference: Grim to the bone — no downtime, no whimsy, everyone is expendable

100 years ago, the last remnants of humanity were forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that roamed the land outside their fortress. Only the members of the Scouting Legion dared to stray beyond the safety of the walls – but even those brave warriors seldom returned alive. Those within the city clung to the illusion of a peaceful existence until the day that dream was shattered, and their slim chance at survival was reduced to one horrifying choice: kill – or be devoured!

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

Contests decided by inventive use of rules rather than raw power

The difference: Card duels for children, formulaic and low-stakes

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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Samurai Jack
2001–2017 · 5 seasons · Cartoon Network
★ 8.5sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · animation

The same preoccupation in both: revenge

The difference: Trades the warmth of Hunter x Hunter for an angle of its own

A great warrior is displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. The world has become a bleak place under the rule of Aku, segregated into fantastic tribes and ruled by Aku's evil robot warlords. Jack travels this foreign landscape in search of a time portal that can return him to his home time so he can "undo the future that is Aku!".

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

An adventuring party and what the journey does to the people in it

The difference: Slow, quiet and elegiac, with almost no fighting

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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24
2001–2014 · 9 seasons · FOX
★ 8.4action & adventure · drama · crimeHulu

Kinetic where it counts, epic underneath

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Hunter x Hunter does

Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.

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Sword Art Online
2012–2020 · 4 seasons · Gunma TV
★ 7.5animation · sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventureHulu

A game with rules that turn lethal, and kids who must learn them fast

The difference: Romance-led and uneven — no ensemble of rivals, no tactical cruelty

In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a piece of technology called Nerve Gear. One day, players discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive unless they reach the 100th floor of the game's tower and defeat the final boss. However, if they die in the game, they die in real life. Their struggle for survival starts now...

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Berserk
1997–1998 · 1 season · Nippon TV
★ 8.8action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy · animation

Brutal violence sitting right beside genuine, hard-won male friendship

The difference: Adult, bleak and unrelieved — none of the playfulness or bright detours

Guts, a wandering mercenary, joins the Band of the Hawk after being defeated in a duel by Griffith, the group's leader and founder. Together, they dominate every battle, but something menacing lurks in the shadows.

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