Kekkai Sensen

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

1. 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.

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. Ao no Exorcist

   2011 · Comedy, Action, Anime, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Anime profile.

   Humans and demons are two sides of the same coin, as are Assiah and Gehenna, their respective worlds. The only way to travel between the realms is by the means of possession, like in ghost stories. However, Satan, the ruler of Gehenna, cannot find a suitable host to possess and therefore, remains imprisoned in his world. In a desperate attempt to conquer Assiah, he sends his son instead, intending for him to eventually grow into a vessel capable of possession by the demon king.Ao no Exorcist follows Rin Okumura who appears to be an ordinary, somewhat troublesome teenager—that is until one day he is ambushed by demons. His world turns upside down when he discovers that he is in fact the very son of Satan and that his demon father wishes for him to return so they can conquer Assiah together. Not wanting to join the king of Gehenna, Rin decides to begin training to become an exorcist so that he can fight to defend Assiah alongside his brother Yukio.

4. 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.

5. Blood-C

   2011 · Action, Adventure, Anime, Horror · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Anime profile, also on MBS.

   The Ukishima sanctuary is located in a picturesque old town on the edge of a lake. Saya Kisaragi, a young priestess of the temple lives there with her father, Tadayoshi. During the day, she lives the life of a normal high school student at the Sanbar academy. But at night, she hunts the "Ancient", creatures possessing supernatural physical abilities who prey humans and which alone she has the ability to defeat.

6. Death Parade

   2015 · Anime, Fantasy, Horror · ended

   Recommended for similar Anime / Fantasy profile.

   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.

7. 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.

8. Dorohedoro

   2020 · Action, Adventure, Anime, Horror · returning

   Recommended for similar Action / Anime profile.

   Caiman is a person who has lost all of his memories after being transformed into a lizard-headed man by a sorcerer. Living in a grim urban region called Hole, he now hunts magic users in search of the one responsible for his metamorphosis in an attempt to recover his past and his face. Extremely strong and immune to magic, he has the help of his best friend, Nikaido. She is an agile fighter who runs a small restaurant at Hole. Their continuous slaughter of magicians calls the attention of a powerful sorcerer named En. He has his two best hitman, Shin and Noi, target the lizard-man and his ally. As Caiman delves deep into the search for his former identity, he starts acquiring odd clues that lead him into the bizarre magic world.

9. 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.

10. Hitori no Shita: The Outcast

    2016 · Action, Anime, Horror · returning

    Recommended for similar Action / Anime profile.

    One day, Zhang Chulan is attacked by zombies in a graveyard. In the midst of that situation, he saves the life of a girl, throwing the kitchen knife in his hand in order to kill the enemies. The girl tells Chulan, who is relieved, to face his hardships head on and leaves. However, Chulan later sees that girl again at his university. From that moment, Zhang Chulan's destiny begins to move. There will be strangers with special powers appearing one by one, with battles involving those abilities. Each episode will bring a new mystery to light.(Source: MAL News)