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Shows that feel likeMy Hero Academia (2016–2025)

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.

If you loved My Hero Academia, the closest series we have are Hunter x Hunter (2011), Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009) and BLUE EYE SAMURAI (2023). All three share My Hero Academia'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 Banana Fish (2018).

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If My Hero Academia hit the spot, these will too

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

Trials, exams and rivals who become the reason to keep going

The difference: Colder and more strategic, and it goes genuinely dark

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

Heroism tested against institutions that don't deserve the faith

The difference: Heavier and more finished — one tight 64-episode arc, then it's over

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

An outcast turning exclusion into a reason to become extraordinary

The difference: Adult, beautiful and brutally violent — revenge, not heroism

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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Tokyo Revengers
2021– · 1 season · MBS
★ 7.7animation · action & adventure · crimeHulu

A useless kid deciding to become someone who can protect people

The difference: Gang violence and time travel, grittier and much sadder

Takemichi Hanagaki is a freelancer that’s reached the absolute pits of despair in his life. He finds out that the only girlfriend he ever had, in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, had been killed by the ruthless Tokyo Manji Gang. The day after hearing about her death, he’s standing on the station platform and ends up being pushed over onto the tracks by a herd of people. He closes his eyes thinking he’s about to die, but when he opens his eyes back up, he somehow had gone back in time 12 years. Now that he’s back living the best days of his life, Takemichi decides to get revenge on his life.

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

Young recruits bearing the cost of a fight the adults couldn't win

The difference: Despair replaces optimism — victories here always cost something vital

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

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

The difference: Takes it somewhere less cerebral than My Hero Academia does

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

Common ground: revenge

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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Banana Fish
2018 · 1 season · Fuji TV
★ 8.1animation · drama · action & adventureNetflix

Both land momentum and scale at once

The difference: Easier on the ideas than My Hero Academia

A teenaged gang leader in New York City faces his abuser and rival gangs alongside a photojournalist from Japan as they investigate a deadly new drug.

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

Relentless action & adventure in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to drama than My Hero Academia 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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Girl from Nowhere
2018–2021 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.6drama · mystery · crimeNetflix

Both are working the same pair: bullying, school

A mysterious, clever girl named Nanno transfers to different schools, exposing the lies and misdeeds of the students and faculty at every turn.

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DC's Stargirl
2020–2022 · 3 seasons · The CW
★ 7.1sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · dramaMax

A teenager taking up a hero's mantle in a world that has them already

The difference: Live action and small-town, gentler and slower

Courtney Whitmore, a smart, athletic and above all else kind girl, discovers her step-father has a secret: he used to be the sidekick to a superhero. "Borrowing" the long-lost hero’s cosmic staff, she becomes the unlikely inspiration for an entirely new generation of superheroes.

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House of Cards
2013–2018 · 6 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.6dramaNetflix

Relentless animation, and it commits to that

Betrayed by the White House, Congressman Frank Underwood embarks on a ruthless rise to power. Blackmail, seduction and ambition are his weapons.

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