
46 Shows Like Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019) to Watch When You're Done
After a demon attack leaves his family slain and his sister cursed, Tanjiro embarks upon a perilous journey to find a cure and avenge those he's lost.
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This blockbuster anime follows Tanjiro, who becomes a demon slayer after his family is massacred and his sister is turned into a demon, in a quest for a cure and revenge. Stunningly animated and emotionally driven, its breathtaking action set a new visual bar. If its gorgeous battles and big heart hooked you, the great modern shōnen anime share its blend of spectacle, family and grief.
If you loved Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019), here are 46 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 Dororo, Berserk, Hellsing. 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.
46 Shows Similar to Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Dororo
2019 · Koji Yamamoto
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Berserk
1997
Guts, a wandering mercenary, joins the Band of the Hawk after being defeated in a duel by Griffith, the group's leader and founder. Together, they dominate every battle, but something menacing lurks i
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Hellsing
2001
Vampires exist. It is the duty of Hellsing, an organization sponsored by the British government, to hide that frightening fact and protect the blissfully unaware populace. Lately, vampire activity ha
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The Rising of the Shield Hero
2019 · Shuzo Kasahara
Iwatani Naofumi, a run-of-the-mill otaku, finds a book in the library that summons him to another world. He is tasked with joining the sword, spear, and bow as one of the Four Cardinal Heroes and figh
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Blue Exorcist
2011 · Atsushi Higashiyama
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Tower of God
2020 · Haruhito Nakayoshi
Reach the top, and everything will be yours. At the top of the tower exists everything in this world, and all of it can be yours. You can become a god. This is the story of the beginning and the end o
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Attack on Titan
2013 · Manabu Otsuka
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.
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Goblin Slayer
2018
"I'm not saving the world. I just kill goblins." Rumor has it that, in a certain guild in the middle of nowhere, there is an extraordinary man who has climbed all the way to the Silver rank just by k
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Hellsing Ultimate
2006
For over a century, the mysterious Hellsing Organization has been secretly protecting the British Empire from the undead. When Sir Integra Hellsing succeeded as the head of the organization, she also
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Digimon: Digital Monsters
1999
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Made in Abyss
2017 · Sho Tanaka
Located in the center of a remote island, the Abyss is the last unexplored region, a huge and treacherous fathomless hole inhabited by strange creatures where only the bravest adventurers descend in s
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Cardcaptor Sakura
1998
Sakura Kinomoto, an elementary school student who discovers that she possesses magical powers after accidentally freeing a set of magical cards from the book they had been sealed in for years. She is
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Baki Hanma
2021
To gain the skills he needs to surpass his powerful father, Baki enters Arizona State Prison to take on the notorious inmate known as Mr. Unchained.
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Black Clover
2017
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 uncomm
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Super Dragon Ball Heroes
2018
Trunks returns from the future to train with Goku and Vegeta. However, it disappears without warning. Then the mysterious Fu bursts in, telling them that Trunks has been imprisoned in the Prison Plane
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The Dragon Prince
2018
An extraordinary discovery inspires two human princes and an elven assassin to team up on an epic quest to bring peace to their warring lands.
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Digimon Adventure:
2020
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2014
Usagi Tsukino is chosen to be a guardian of justice and is sent on a quest to locate a Silver Crystal before the Dark Kingdom invades the Earth.
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2019
Seiya and the Knights of the Zodiac rise again to protect the reincarnation of the goddess Athena, but a dark prophecy hangs over them all.
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Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold
2015
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Pokémon
1997
Join Ash accompanied by his partner Pikachu, as he travels through many regions, meets new friends and faces new challenges on his quest to become a Pokémon Master.
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Naruto Shippūden
2007
After 2 and a half years Naruto finally returns to his village of Konoha, and sets about putting his ambitions to work. It will not be easy though as he has amassed a few more dangerous enemies, in th
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The Misfit of Demon King Academy
2020 · Akihiro Sotokawa
Anos Voldigord was a tyrannical Demon King that eradicated humans, spirits, and even the gods, but became bored of eternal warfare and reincarnated with dreams of a peaceful world. However, what await
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Fullmetal Alchemist
2003 · Hideo Katsumata
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 s
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Overlord
2015 · Satoshi Kobayashi
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 transforme
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
2000
Bullies often target someone frail and weak—someone exactly like Yûgi Muto. He treasures his Millennium Puzzle, an ancient Egyptian artifact that was brought into his grandfather's game shop. Believin
In common: Action & Adventure · Animation

Another
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When Kouichi arrives at his new school, he immediately senses something frightening in the atmosphere of his new class, something that no student wants to talk about and that seems to be related to a
In common: Animation

Arcane
2021 · Alex Yee
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Sword Art Online
2012
In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a pi
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JUJUTSU KAISEN
2020
Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryo
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Redo of Healer
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Chainsaw Man
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Emma, Norman and Ray are the brightest kids at the Grace Field House orphanage. And under the care of the woman they refer to as “Mom,” all the kids have enjoyed a comfortable life. Good food, clean c
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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
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Tokyo Ghoul
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Ken Kaneki, a bookworm college student, meets Rize, a girl his own age with whom he shares many interests.
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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
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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
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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
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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
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