37 Shows Like BAKI (2018) to Watch When You're Done
While martial arts champion Baki Hanma trains hard to surpass his legendary father, five violent death row inmates descend upon Tokyo to take him on.
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If you loved BAKI (2018), here are 37 TV series that share its content DNA. iRankMovies measures real similarity using cosine similarity across eight weighted dimensions — genre (50%), tone (12%), pace (10%), structure (8%), era (7%), theme (6%), audience (4%) and narrative perspective (3%) — not just the rating. The closest matches according to our analysis are Black Lagoon, Monster, KENGAN ASHURA. Every title is ranked by how closely it matches and backed by the iRank Score, a composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb across 12,000+ analysed titles.
37 Shows Similar to BAKI
Black Lagoon
2006 · Jungo Maruta
The story follows a team of pirate mercenaries known as the Lagoon Company, that smuggles goods in and around the seas of Southeast Asia in the early to mid 1990s. Their base of operations is located
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation · Crime
Monster
2004
Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former patient.
In common: Animation · Crime · Drama
KENGAN ASHURA
2019 · Tomoko Takahashi
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.
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation
Naruto
2002
Naruto Uzumaki, a mischievous adolescent ninja, struggles as he searches for recognition and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the village's leader and strongest ninja.
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
2012
Follow the intergenerational feud between the Joestar Family and various forces of evil, the most prominent of which is Dio Brando and his followers.
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation
Redo of Healer
2021 · Shun'ichi Okabe
In a world of monsters, adventurers and magic, some of the most gifted healers are subjugated to brute force. Keyaru gains the ability to rewind time and turns the tables on those who’ve exploited him
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation · Crime
Hunter x Hunter
2011
Gon, a young boy who lives on Whale Island, dreams of becoming a Hunter like his father, who left when Gon was still young.
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation
Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas
2009
The Sacred war tale that took place during the 18th century is now unveiled. Tenma, Alone and Sasha, three orphans living their childhood protecting each other and then separated at diferent ages made
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation · Drama
Candy Candy
1976
This story is about a girl, Candy, who is a orphan. She is a nice and optimistic girl and she has a warm heart. When she was a child, she lived in an orphanage called Pony's Home. She had a good frien
In common: Animation · Drama
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
2009
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 Philoso
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation · Drama
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
2006
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 it
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation · Drama
Saint Seiya
1986
Ages ago, the goddess Athena was served by fighters called Saints who channeled the power of the Cosmos within them. Now a youth named Seiya has trained to become a Saint himself by earning the mystic
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation · Drama
High School of the Dead
2010 · Hiroyuki Omori
A small group of students at Fujimi High are fighting for their lives after surviving a zombie outbreak. It is up to Takashi to unite the survivors and escape the horrors that surround them. In this n
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation · Drama
Vinland 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,
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation · Drama
Golden Time
2013
Banri Tada is a freshman at a Tokyo law school. After an accident, he suffers severe memory loss. Despite the incident, he befriends fellow freshman, Mitsuo Yanagisawa, which leads him to the beautifu
In common: Animation · Drama
Charlotte
2015
All thanks to the special ability that he developed, Yuu was able to cheat his way into a very prestigious high school. With his power, he thought nothing was going to stand in his way, until he met
In common: Animation · Drama
Violet Evergarden
2018 · Masayuki Nishide
The war is over, and Violet Evergarden needs a job. Scarred and emotionless, she takes a job as a letter writer to understand herself and her past.
In common: Animation · Drama
Kakegurui
2017
Run by a corrupt and sadistic school council, the “system” at Hyakkaou is based on gambling, with losers who cannot cover their debts being demeaned by their peers and forced to serve their debtholder
In common: Animation · Crime · Drama
BEASTARS
2019
In a world where beasts of all kinds coexist, a gentle wolf awakens to his own predatory urges as his school deals with a murder within its midst.
In common: Animation · Crime · Drama
Banana Fish
2018 · Nobumasa Sawabe
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.
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation · Crime
Dragon Ball Z
1989
Now happily married and with a son, martial arts champion Goku must defend Earth from a series of extraterrestrial invaders bent on destruction.
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation
MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES
2023 · Akifumi Fujio
This is a world of magic where magic is used for everything. But deep in the forest exists a young man who spends his time training and bulking up. He can't use magic, but he enjoys a peaceful life wi
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation
The God of High School
2020 · Kun Gao
Jin Mori has proclaimed himself the strongest high schooler. His life changes when he's invited to participate in "God of High School," a tournament to determine the strongest high schooler of all. He
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
2017
The life of the shinobi is beginning to change. Boruto Uzumaki, son of Seventh Hokage Naruto Uzumaki, has enrolled in the Ninja Academy to learn the ways of the ninja. Now, as a series of mysterious e
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation
Bleach
2004
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
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation
InuYasha
2000
Kagome Higurashi is a modern day young girl who lives with her family by the old Higure shrine. Unbeknownst to Kagome, she is the reincarnation of priestess Kikyo and posseses the "Jewel of Four Souls
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation
Tokyo Revengers
2021 · Haruki Satomi
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 th
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation · Crime
BLUE LOCK
2022 · Junichi Kimura
High school soccer players from across Japan gather for a controversial project designed to create the best — and most egoistic — striker in the world.
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation · Drama
My Dress-Up Darling
2022 · Hirotaka Kaneko
High schooler Wakana Gojo wants to become a kashirashi—a master craftsman who makes traditional Japanese Hina dolls. Though he's gung-ho about the craft, he knows nothing about the latest trends, and
In common: Animation · Drama
Your Lie in April
2014 · Atsuhiro Iwakami
Kousei Arima was a genius pianist until his mother's sudden death took away his ability to play. Each day was dull for Kousei. But, then he meets a violinist named Kaori Miyazono who has an eccentric
In common: Animation · Drama
Horimiya
2021 · Masanori Miyake
A secret life is the one thing they have in common. At school, Hori is a prim and perfect social butterfly, but the truth is she's a brash homebody. Meanwhile, under a gloomy facade, Miyamura hides a
In common: Animation · Drama
DON'T TOY WITH ME, MISS NAGATORO
2021 · Noriyuki Akita
"A girl in a lower grade just made me cry!" One day, Senpai visits the library after school and becomes the target of a super sadistic junior! The name of the girl who teases, torments, and tantalizes
In common: Animation · Drama
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
2018 · Yumi Taniike
Puberty Syndrome—a rumored, mysterious syndrome that only affects those in their puberty. For example, a bunny girl suddenly appeared in front of Sakuta Azusagawa. The bunny girl's real identity is Ma
In common: Animation · Drama
DARLING in the FRANXX
2018
The distant future: Humanity established the mobile fort city, Plantation, upon the ruined wasteland. Within the city were pilot quarters, Mistilteinn, otherwise known as the “Birdcage.” That is where
In common: Animation · Drama
The Quintessential Quintuplets
2019 · Yoshio Kaneko
Fuutarou Uesugi is a poor, antisocial ace student who one day meets the rich transfer student Itsuki Nakano. They argue but when Uesugi realizes he is to be her tutor, he tries to get on better terms.
In common: Animation · Drama
The Legend of Korra
2012
Avatar Korra, a headstrong, rebellious, feisty young woman who continually challenges and breaks with tradition, is on her quest to become a fully realized Avatar. In this story, the Avatar struggles
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation
Dragon Ball Super
2015
With Majin Buu defeated half-a-year prior, peace returns to Earth, where Son Goku (now a radish farmer) and his friends now live peaceful lives. However, a new threat appears in the form of Beerus, th
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation