Ao no Exorcist

Series Similar to Ao no Exorcist

If you enjoyed Ao no Exorcist, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Mob Psycho 100

   2016 · Comedy, Action, Anime, Horror · ended

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   Kageyama Shigeo (a.k.a. "Mob") is a 8th grader with psychic abilities. He could bend spoons and lift objects with his mind from a young age, but he slowly began to withhold from using his abilities in public due to the negative attention he kept receiving. Now, the only thing he wants is to become friends with a girl in his class, Tsubomi. With his psychic "mentor" (who has no psychic powers), he continues his daily life, attempting to realize his purpose in life.

2. Devil May Cry

   2007 · Action, Anime, Horror, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Anime profile, hidden gem.

   Devil May Cry follows the story of the demon hunter known as Dante. As a half demon, half human, he uses his trusty sword Rebellion and his two guns Ebony and Ivory to take on missions. Dante owns and runs "Devil May Cry," a business that specializes in hunting and killing demon-related problems.(Source: MyAnimeList)

3. Dororo

   2019 · Action, Adventure, Anime, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Anime profile, hidden gem.

   A samurai lord has bartered away his newborn son's organs to forty-eight demons in exchange for dominance on the battlefield. Yet, the abandoned infant survives thanks to a medicine man who equips him with primitive prosthetics—lethal ones with which the wronged son will use to hunt down the multitude of demons to reclaim his body one piece at a time, before confronting his father. On his journeys the young hero encounters an orphan who claims to be the greatest thief in Japan.

4. Kekkai Sensen

   2015 · Action, Anime, Fantasy, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Anime profile, hidden gem.

   A breach between Earth and the netherworlds has opened up over the city of New York, trapping New Yorkers and creatures from other dimensions in an impenetrable bubble. They've lived together for years, in a world of crazy crime sci-fi sensibilities. Now someone is threatening to sever the bubble, and a group of stylish superhumans is working to keep it from happening.

5. Hellsing

   2001 · Anime, Horror, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for similar Anime / Supernatural profile, hidden gem.

   Hellsing is a 13-part anime based on the manga of the same name. The plot is significantly difficult to that of the the manga although the characters are the same. The show mainly focuses on the hellsing institute that houses the anti-hero named Alucard who swore loyalty to the Helsing family many years before. Alucard being the first ever vampire takes on a new apprentice named Sera's.

6. Supernatural: The Animation

   2011 · Drama, Anime, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for similar Anime / Supernatural profile.

   In this anime adaptation of the first two seasons of the U.S. series Supernatural, Sam and Dean Winchester lose their mother Mary to the Yellow-Eyed Demon when they are young. Their father John comes from a line of supernatural Hunters, and trains his sons in the family business. When he disappears, they go hunting on their own, fighting monsters and looking for the Yellow-Eyed Demon.

7. Death Parade

   2015 · Anime, Fantasy, Horror · ended

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   There is a place after death that's neither heaven nor hell. A bar that serves you one chance to win. You cannot leave until the game is over, and when it is, your life may be too. From Studio Madhouse (Death Note, Black Lagoon) comes a thrilling new series where the stakes are high and the rules are simple: your life is on the line.

8. Gintama

   2006 · Comedy, Action, Anime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Anime profile, hidden gem.

   Life isn't easy in feudal Japan... especially since the aliens landed and conquered everything! Oh sure, the new health care is great, but the public ban on the use of swords has left a lot of defeated samurai with a difficult decision to make concerning their future career paths! This is especially true if, as in the case of Gintoki Sakata, they're not particularly inclined towards holding a day job, which is why Gintoki's opted for the freelance route, taking any job that's offered to him as long as the financial remuneration sounds right. Unfortunately, in a brave new world filled with stray bug-eyed monsters, upwardly mobile Yakuza and overly ambitious E.T. entrepreneurs, those jobs usually don't pay as well as they should for the pain, suffering and indignities endured!

9. Sekirei

   2008 · Comedy, Action, Anime · ended

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   Minato Sahashi is extremely intelligent, yet due to his inability to cope under pressure has failed the college entrance exam twice. As a result he has been branded an idiot and loser by many. One day after talking to his yet again disappointed mother he comes into contact with a girl named Musubi who was under attack. The girl runs but takes him with her and soon finds that Minato, while unknown to him, is an Ashikabi, one of the mysterious set of masters that have the genetic trait that can become partners with some of the 108 cute girls, buxom women, and bishōnen called "Sekirei." The reason for the partnership allows the Sekirei to use all their power to win in the competition held by the mysterious MBI corporation.

10. Blood+

    2005 · Action, Adventure, Anime, Horror · ended

    Recommended for similar Action / Anime profile, hidden gem.

    Throughout the passage of time and the shifts in backgrounds, a particular war continues to leave its mark on history, extending its influence into the modern world. There are two major groups involved in the ensuring war. The first group consists of monsters known as Chiropterans who can change their appearances into that of human beings. They are actually immortals who feed on the blood of the living. The second group is an organisation known as the "Red Shield", formed to track down these monsters and exterminate them. Otonashi Saya is a high-school girl who lives a peaceful life with her family. The only problem is, she has no recollections of her life beyond that of the past year. However, her happy life will be destroyed by an event that will lead her to her destined fate.