A Certain Magical Index

Series Similar to A Certain Magical Index

If you enjoyed A Certain Magical Index, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Grimoire of Zero

   2017 · Anime, Fantasy · ended93% match

   Recommended for similar Anime / Fantasy profile, also on AT-X.

   Zero is a witch who is ignorant of the world and travels with a half-beast half-human mercenary who longs to be human. Witches who practice sorcery exist in the world, however, in this era no one knows how about the art and study of witchcraft. Zero is going on a journey to search for a magical tome called "The Book of Zero" that hides a power that can destroy the world. The mercenary travels with her as her guard.

2. Death Note

   2006 · Anime, Fantasy, Thriller · ended92% match

   Recommended for similar Anime / Fantasy profile, highly rated (8.8).

   Death Note is an anime series based around a manga of the same name whereby a human finds a death god's notebook. Any person's name written in this notebook will die. The main character who finds this noteboook is Light Yagami who faces off against an unfaced character named L who tries to challenge him.

3. Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody

   2018 · Anime, Fantasy · ended92% match

   Recommended for similar Anime / Fantasy profile, hidden gem, also on AT-X.

   A computer programmer is transported to a fantasy world where life is an adventure that's fun and full of girls.

4. The Eminence in Shadow

   2022 · Action, Anime, Fantasy · returning91% match

   Recommended for similar Anime / Fantasy profile, hidden gem, also on AT-X.

   Shadowbrokers are those who go unnoticed, posing as unremarkable people, when in truth, they control everything from behind the scenes. Sid wants to be someone just like that more than anything, and something as insignificant as boring reality isn't going to get in his way! He trains in secret every single night, preparing for his eventual rise to power—only to denied his destiny by a run-of-the-mill (yet deadly) traffic accident. But when he wakes up in a another world and suddenly finds himself at the head of an actual secret organization doing battle with evil in the shadows, he'll finally get a chance to act out all of his delusional fantasies!

5. Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign

   2015 · Action, Anime, Fantasy · ended90% match

   Recommended for similar Anime / Fantasy profile, hidden gem.

   One day, a mysterious virus appeared on Earth which killed every infected human over the age of 13. At the same time, vampires emerged from the world's dark recesses and enslaved mankind. Enter Hyakuya Yuuichirou, a young boy, who along with the rest of the children from his orphanage, are treated as livestock by the vampires. Even in captivity, Yuuichirou dreams big. He dreams of killing vampires. He dreams of killing them all.

6. Attack on Titan

   2013 · Anime, Fantasy, Horror · ended90% match

   Recommended for similar Anime / Fantasy profile, highly rated (8.9).

   Known in Japan as Shingeki no Kyojin, many 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 heroic 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!

7. Re:Monster

   2024 · Anime, Fantasy · returning89% match

   Recommended for similar Anime / Fantasy profile.

   After meeting an untimely death, Tomokui Kanata is reincarnated as a lowly goblin, but he's worked up a monstrous appetite. Thanks to his new ability that allows him to grow stronger the more he feeds, his feeble status quickly changes, and he rises to become the goblin leader. With a mix of his past memories, new body, and strong stomach, he's taking a bite out of this new fantastical world!

8. Berserk

   1997 · Anime, Fantasy, Horror · ended89% match

   Recommended for similar Anime / Fantasy profile, highly rated (8).

   Berserk is a 25-part anime set in a dark fantasy/horror environment whereby the series focuses on the main character guts; a lone swordman who later meets up with a group of mercenaries called the band of the hawk. The leader of this band holds a strange necklace called a behelit that will only lead to evil.

9. Akame ga Kill!

   2014 · Action, Anime, Fantasy · ended88% match

   Recommended for similar Anime / Fantasy profile.

   Under the rule of a tyrannical empire, Tatsumi, a young swordsman, leaves his home to save his poverty stricken village. He meets a girl named Akame, an assassin who was bought, brainwashed and trained to kill by the Empire. Akame is a member of the secret assassin group called "Night Raid" who use special weapons called Teigu. Together, Tatsumi and the members of Night Raid confront the corrupt empire.

10. Kingdom

    2012 · Anime, Fantasy · returning88% match

    Recommended for similar Anime / Fantasy profile.

    In the Warring States Period of ancient China (475-221 BCE), Shin and Hyou are war-orphans in the kingdom of Qin. They dream of one day proving themselves on the battlefield. One day, however, Hyou is taken to the palace by a minister. Winding up on the losing side of a power-struggle, Hyou manages to return to the village, barely alive. Shin then meets a boy who closely resembles Hyou, Ei Sei. For now he is the king of Qin; later he will become the emperor Shi Huangdi.