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Shows that feel likeKaiju No. 8 (2024–)

In a world plagued by creatures known as Kaiju, Kafka Hibino aspired to enlist in The Defense Force. He makes a promise to enlist with his childhood friend, Mina Ashiro. Soon, life takes them in separate ways. While employed cleaning up after Kaiju battles, Kafka meets Reno Ichikawa. Reno's determination to join The Defense Force reawakens Kafka's promise to join Mina and protect humanity.

If you loved Kaiju No. 8, the closest series we have are Fullmetal Alchemist (2003), KENGAN ASHURA (2019) and Solo Leveling (2024). All three share Kaiju No. 8'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 Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold (2015).

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If Kaiju No. 8 hit the spot, these will too

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Fullmetal Alchemist
2003–2004 · 1 season · TBS
★ 8.5animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy

Two things both keep coming back to: based on manga and military

The difference: 21 years apart, and the 2000s show

Two young brothers are raised as alchemists, but when they are severely injured trying to perform a forbidden act, they begin searching for the one thing that can save them; the fabled philosopher's stone.

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KENGAN ASHURA
2019–2024 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.9animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: anime

Ohma Tokita enters a hidden world where corporate disputes are settled in brutal gladiator bouts. Forget the money, he just wants to fight — and win.

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Solo Leveling
2024–2025 · 1 season · Gunma TV
★ 8.5animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy

The same preoccupation in both: urban fantasy

They say whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, but that’s not the case for the world’s weakest hunter Sung Jinwoo. After being brutally slaughtered by monsters in a high-ranking dungeon, Jinwoo came back with the System, a program only he could see, that’s leveling him up in every way. Now, he’s inspired to discover the secrets behind his powers and the dungeon that spawned them.

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Digimon: Digital Monsters
1999–2001 · 2 seasons · Fuji TV
★ 7.4animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyHulu

Common ground: shounen

While at summer camp, seven kids come across seven Digivices and are transported to a strange digital world. In this new world they make friends with creatures that call themselves Digimon who were born to defend their world from various evil forces.

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X-Men '97
2024– · 2 seasons · Disney+
★ 8.7animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyDisney+

Both land momentum and scale at once

The X-Men, a band of mutants who use their uncanny gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them, are challenged like never before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future.

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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
2006–2008 · 2 seasons · MBS
★ 8.7animation · sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure

Both are built on the same subject: military

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Kaiju No. 8 does

Japan has been invaded and conquered by the Britannian Empire. Japan is now known as Area 11 and its citizens known as Elevens. The Britannian Empire takes away Japan's autonomous power and imposes its rule through the use of Knightmares. The Empire's rule has never faltered, but cracks have begun to show...

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Plunderer
2020 · 1 season · TOKYO MX
★ 6.5action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy · animation

One thread runs through both: based on manga

In a post-apocalyptic world dominated by the so-called "Numbers," each human will have their identity branded with their own "Count," which could define any number related to their life. May it be one's walked distance or amount of compliments given to them by others, this Count could lead them to the abyss when it has dropped to zero. In the year 305 of the Alcian calendar, Hina has inherited a mission from her Mother, whose Count has depreciated to zero, to search for the Legendary Red Baron. In her adventure, she meets a half-masked swordsman named Licht who tries to hide his identity, as he is known as a degenerate for having an incredibly low Count.

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Overlord
2015–2022 · 4 seasons · AT-X
★ 7.6animation · sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventureNetflix

Common ground: anime

In the year 2138, virtual reality gaming is booming. Yggdrasil, a popular online game is quietly shut down one day. However, one player named Momonga decides to not log out. Momonga is then transformed into the image of a skeleton as "the most powerful wizard." The world continues to change, with non-player characters (NPCs) beginning to feel emotion. Having no parents, friends, or place in society, this ordinary young man Momonga then strives to take over the new world the game has become.

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Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold
2015 · 1 season · Bandai Channel
★ 7.6animation · action & adventure

One thread runs through both: shounen

The difference: Takes it somewhere less cerebral than Kaiju No. 8 does

Transcending eternity, the 12 Gold Saints return to protect love and peace on Earth! They gave their lives to destroy the Wailing Wall to break the way for Seiya and the Saints in their battle against Hades in the Underworld! Though presumed to have perished, Aiolia and the other Gold Saints return to the beautiful earthly world of radiating luminescence! Why have these lost souls been brought back to life? Shrouded in this deep mystery, Aiolia becomes embroiled in a duel. When he burns his Cosmo to its limit…the Cloth of Leo transforms! In 2015, the Golden Cosmo is finally revived!

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Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023– · 2 seasons · Apple TV
★ 7sci-fi & fantasy · drama · action & adventureApple TV+

Common ground: kaiju

After surviving Godzilla's attack on San Francisco, Cate is shaken yet again by a shocking secret. Amid monstrous threats, she embarks on a globetrotting adventure to learn the truth about her family—and the mysterious organization known as Monarch.

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Record of Ragnarok
2021– · 4 seasons · Netflix
★ 6.6action & adventure · animation · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Cerebral where it counts, dreamlike underneath

Before eradicating humankind from the world, the gods give them one last chance to prove themselves worthy of survival. Let the Ragnarok battles begin.

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Devilman Crybaby
2018 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.6animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

The same preoccupation in both: gore

With demons reawakened and humanity in turmoil, a sensitive demon-boy is led into a brutal, degenerate war against evil by his mysterious friend, Ryo.

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