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Shows that feel likeVinland Saga (2019–)

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.

If you loved Vinland Saga, the closest series we have are Attack on Titan (2013), BLUE EYE SAMURAI (2023) and Akame ga Kill! (2014). All three share Vinland Saga'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 Oz (1997).

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If Vinland Saga hit the spot, these will too

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

The same two preoccupations: revenge, and gore

The difference: Trades the stillness of Vinland Saga for an angle of its own

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

The same preoccupation in both: revenge

The difference: Takes it somewhere less bleak than Vinland Saga 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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Akame ga Kill!
2014 · 1 season · TOKYO MX
★ 7.7animation · drama · action & adventure

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

Young Tatsumi travels to the capital of the Empire in order to earn money for his starving people and encounters a world of unimaginable depravity, dominated by the ruthless Prime Minister who controls the child Emperor. Tatsumi is recruited by Night Raid, a group of assassins dedicated to eliminating corruption by mercilessly killing officials and privileged nobles.

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

Common ground: travel

The difference: Leans harder into sci-fi & fantasy than Vinland Saga does

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: travel

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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Vikings: Valhalla
2022–2024 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.4action & adventure · drama · war & politicsNetflix

Both are built on the same subject: survival

In this sequel to "Vikings," a hundred years have passed and a new generation of legendary heroes arises to forge its own destiny — and make history.

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

One thread runs through both: based on manga

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

The same mix in both: momentum, then scale

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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Oz
1997–2003 · 6 seasons · HBO
★ 8.7crime · dramaMax

Bleak and contemplative in the same breath

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.

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The Last Kingdom
2015–2022 · 5 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.5action & adventure · drama · war & politicsNetflix

War & politics built on bleakness, twice over

A show of heroic deeds and epic battles with a thematic depth that embraces politics, religion, warfare, courage, love, loyalty and our universal search for identity. Combining real historical figures and events with fictional characters, it is the story of how a people combined their strength under one of the most iconic kings of history in order to reclaim their land for themselves and build a place they call home.

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Has Fallen
2024– · 2 seasons · Canal+
★ 6.5action & adventure · war & politicsHulu

Action & adventure with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

A protection officer and an MI6 operative team up after a terrorist attack. They suspect a mole as they race to thwart a larger conspiracy threatening Paris.

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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
2022– · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.3animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

The same preoccupation in both: mercenary

In a dystopia riddled with corruption and cybernetic implants, a talented but reckless street kid strives to become a mercenary outlaw — an edgerunner.

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