Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac

Series Similar to Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac

If you enjoyed Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Wistoria: Wand and Sword

   2024 · Action, Adventure, Anime, Fantasy · returning

   Recommended for similar Action / Anime profile.

   Wistoria: Wand and Sword follows the adventures of Will Serfort, a young man driven by the dream of keeping a promise made to a childhood friend: to become a Magia Vander, one of the powerful magicians who sit at the top of the Tower of Wizards. But Will faces a major obstacle: he is unable to cast even the most basic spell. This forces him to fight monsters in dungeons to earn credits at the Regarden Magic Academy where he studies. Despite his lack of talent in magic, Will is blessed with exceptional sword skills, inherited from his mysterious past. At the heart of the Magic Academy, where strength and magic reign supreme, Will Serfort must navigate dangerous challenges and rivalries, while searching for a way to unlock his hidden magical potential.

2. Magi: Sinbad no Bouken

   2016 · Action, Anime, Fantasy · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Anime profile.

   It tells the story of Sinbad's early life, when he captured two of the dungeons.

3. Tekken: Bloodline

   2022 · Action, Anime, Fantasy, Science-Fiction · ended

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

   "Power is everything." Jin Kazama learned the family self-defense arts, Kazama-Style Traditional Martial Arts, from his mother at an early age. Even so, he was powerless when a monstrous evil suddenly appeared, destroying everything dear to him, changing his life forever. Angry at himself for being unable to stop it, Jin vowed revenge and sought absolute power to exact it. His quest will lead to the ultimate battle on a global stage — The King of Iron Fist Tournament.

4. Shaman King

   2021 · Action, Anime, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Anime profile.

   Finding himself late for class one night, Manta Oyamada, an ordinary middle school student, decides to take a shortcut through the local cemetery. Noticing him, a lone boy sitting on a gravestone invites Manta to stargaze with "them." Realizing that "them" refers to the boy and his ghostly friends, Manta flees the terror. Later, the boy introduces himself as You Asakura, a Shaman-in-training, and demonstrates his powers by teaming up with the ghost of six-hundred-year-old samurai Amidamaru to save Manta from a group of thugs. You befriends Manta due to his ability to see spirits, and with the help of Amidamaru, they set out to accomplish You's goal of becoming the next Shaman King.

5. Fate/Apocrypha

   2017 · Action, Anime, Fantasy · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Anime profile, hidden gem.

   The setting is a parallel world to Fate/stay night where the Greater Grail mysteriously disappeared from Fuyuki after the Third Holy Grail War. After many years of silence, around the same time as the Fifth Holy Grail War would have happened, the Yggdmillennia, a family of magi, openly declares their secession from the Mage's Association, and that they are in possession of the Grail. The Association dispatches fifty magi to retrieve it, and all but one are instantly slaughtered by a mysterious Servant. The one remaining manages to activate the reserve system of the Greater Grail, allowing for the summoning of fourteen Servants in total.In the city of Trifas, two factions will fight for the control of the sacred relic, each of them possessing their own team of seven Servants : the Black Faction whose members are part of Yggdmillennia, protecting the Grail, and the Red Faction whose members were sent by the Mage's Association, trying to take the Grail back. For an event of this scale, the Grail itself summons its own Servant, the holy Ruler, to oversee the conflict. This marks the start of the Great Holy Grail War.

6. Fate/Stay Night

   2006 · Action, Adventure, Anime, Fantasy · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Anime profile.

   Raised by a mysterious sorcerer after the horrific death of his parents, Shiro Emiya has only just begun to help others using the small tidbits of magic that he's learned. However, when he's suddenly caught in a battle between two more powerful Magus, Shiro finds himself performing a spell above his expected ability, summoning the beautiful spirit warrior Saber to protect him! But safety is only momentary as Shiro and Saber now find themselves thrust into in a secret world of dark magic and deadly challenges: a no-holds barred duel to the death known as the Holy Grail War! At stake: a prize of unimaginable power. But can the inexperienced Shiro and Saber survive long enough to even enter the contest? First they'll have to withstand waves of treachery and assassination, even as Shiro scrambles to learn everything he'll need to know to stay alive as seven teams of Magus and Spirit Servants face off in mortal combat! The ultimate game of death and magic unfolds as the Holy War erupts in Fate/Stay Night!

7. Black Clover

   2017 · Action, Anime, Fantasy · returning

   Recommended for similar Action / Anime profile.

   Asta and Yuno were abandoned together at the same church and have been inseparable since. As children, they promised that they would compete against each other to see who would become the next Emperor Magus. However, as they grew up, some differences between them became plain. Yuno was a genius with magic, with amazing power and control, while Asta could not use magic at all, and tried to make up for his lack by training physically. When they received their Grimoires at age 15, Yuno got a spectacular book with a four-leaf clover (most people receive a three-leaf-clover), while Asta received nothing at all. However, when Yuno was threatened, the truth about Asta's power was revealed, he received a five-leaf clover Grimoire, a "black clover"! Now the two friends are heading out in the world, both seeking the same goal!

8. Hunter x Hunter

   2011 · Action, Adventure, Anime, Fantasy · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Anime profile, highly rated (8.6).

   Remake of the 1999 TV series of Hunter x Hunter based on the manga by Togashi Yoshihiro. A Hunter is one who travels the world doing all sorts of dangerous tasks. From capturing criminals to searching deep within uncharted lands for any lost treasures. Gon is a young boy whose father disappeared long ago, being a Hunter. He believes if he could also follow his father's path, he could one day reunite with him. After becoming 12, Gon leaves his home and takes on the task of entering the Hunter exam, notorious for its low success rate and high probability of death to become an official Hunter. He befriends the revenge-driven Kurapica, the doctor-to-be Leorio and the rebellious ex-assassin Killua in the exam, with their friendship prevailing throughout the many trials and threats they come upon taking on the dangerous career of a Hunter.

9. Devilman Crybaby

   2018 · Action, Anime, Fantasy · ended

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

   The protagonist Akira Fudo learns from his best friend, Ryo Asuka, that an ancient race of demons has returned to take back the world from humans. Ryo tells Akira that the only way to defeat the demons is to incorporate their supernatural powers, and suggests that he unite with a demon himself. Akira succeeds in transforming into Devilman, who possesses both the powers of a demon and the soul of a human. The battle of Devilman and Akira Fudo begins.

10. The Faraway Paladin

    2021 · Drama, Adventure, Anime, Fantasy · returning

    Recommended for similar Anime / Fantasy profile.

    In the ruined city of the dead far from human civilization lives a single human child named Will. He is raised by three undead: Blood the heroic skeleton warrior, Mary the ladylike mummy priestess, and Gus the crotchety ghost wizard. The three of them teach the boy what they know and pour their love into him.One day, the boy begins to wonder, "Who am I?" Will uncovers the mysteries of the undead hidden in this faraway land. He learns of the love and mercy of good gods, as well as the paranoia and madness of evil gods. And once he learns it all, the boy embarks on the path to becoming a Paladin.