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Shows that feel like THE GHOST IN THE SHELL (2026–)

If you loved THE GHOST IN THE SHELL, the closest series we have are Kaiju No. 8 (2024), KENGAN ASHURA (2019) and Plunderer (2020). All three share THE GHOST IN THE SHELL's kinetic and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

2029, a near-future Japan. The full cyborg Motoko Kusanagi envisions a task force that preemptively strikes emerging threats. She and her team are scouted by Daisuke Aramaki as Public Security Section 9, AKA the "Shell Squad." An international conspiracy hints at a hacker known as The "Puppet Master." What fate awaits Kusanagi? What is the hacker's endgame?

8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗1 season · Fuji TVkineticepiccerebraldreamlike
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If THE GHOST IN THE SHELL hit the spot, these will too

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Kaiju No. 8
2024– · 1 season · TV Tokyo
8.2animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy

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

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.

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

One thread runs through both: based on manga

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

The same preoccupation in both: anime

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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Black Clover
2017– · 1 season · TV Tokyo
8.2animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy

Both land momentum and scale at once

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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Dragon Ball Z Kai
2009–2015 · 6 seasons · Fuji TV
8.3sci-fi & fantasy · animation · action & adventure

Both keep coming back to the same thing: cyborg

The difference: Sits closer to comedy than THE GHOST IN THE SHELL does

Rejoin Goku and his friends in a series of cosmic battles! Toei has redubbed, recut, and cleaned up the animation of the original 1989 animated series. The show's story arc has been refined to better follow the comic book series on which it is based. The show also features a new opening and ending. In the series, martial artist Goku, and his various friends, battle increasingly powerful enemies to defend the world against evil. Can Earth's defender defeat demons, aliens, and other villains?

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Record of Ragnarok
2021– · 4 seasons · Netflix
6.5action & adventure · animation · sci-fi & fantasy

Cerebral and dreamlike in the same breath

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

Both lean on momentum more than on animation

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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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
2012– · 6 seasons · Netflix
8.6animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy

Action & adventure built on scale, twice over

Follow the intergenerational feud between the Joestar Family and various forces of evil, the most prominent of which is Dio Brando and his followers.

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A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality
2020– · 1 season · bilibili
8.6animation · action & adventure · drama

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

The difference: Missing the ideas of THE GHOST IN THE SHELL

A poor and ordinary boy from a village joins a minor sect in Jiang Hu and becomes an Unofficial Disciple by chance. How will Han Li, a commoner by birth, establish a foothold for himself in his sect? With his mediocre aptitude, he must successfully traverse the treacherous path of cultivation and avoid the notice of those who may do him harm. This is a story of an ordinary mortal who, against all odds, clashes with devilish demons and ancient celestials in order to find his own path towards immortality.

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

Animation with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

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

Dreamlike action & adventure in both cases

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

Both lean on scale more than on sci-fi & 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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