The second season of Jujutsu Kaisen is yet to be announced, but Studio MAPPA is hard at work animating the dark fantasy manga from Gege Akutami. Jujutsu Kaisen follows Yuji Itadori, a high school student who transfers to a high school that trains sorcerers to fight cursed spirits.
The recently released prequel film, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, is not enough to satiate fans of the anime series. With that said, plenty of anime also falls under the same genre as Jujutsu Kaisen and features sorcery-filled combat, stunning animation, and charming characters. What other anime are Jujutsu fans bound to love?
Naruto is one of the most recognizable characters in the world of anime. The titular character shares a lot of similarities with Jujutsu Kaisen's Yuji — both have headstrong personalities and harbor sassy but extremely powerful beings inside them.
Alongside Naruto is the rest of Team 7 — Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi. The group goes on dangerous shinobi missions to stop nefarious villains such as Orochimaru, the Akatsuki, and Pain. Anime fans will be delighted to know that the world of Naruto is expansive and vast, as the spin-off based on his son is still on-air today.
Soul Eater is a dark supernatural anime series set in a school. In the show, 3 duos of weapon meisters and living weapons are training to absorb the souls of evil humans and reach the coveted rank of a Death Scythe.
Soul Eater primarily follows the duo Maka Albarn, an uptight but competent wielder, and Soul Eater Evans, a demon scythe who tends to go off the rails but aims to become a Death Scythe. While the anime is based on the manga series by Atsushi Ohkubo, the show deviated from the source material by episode 35 and created its own original ending.
The source material for Tokyo Ghoul is considered by Ranker users as one of the best seinen manga ever. The supernatural anime chronicles the adventures of college student Ken Kaneki, who finds out that he can transform into a human-ghoul hybrid after receiving transplanted organs from a woman named Rize Kamishiro.
Apart from its exciting and thrilling action sequences, fans like Tokyo Ghoul, as it takes a look at the main character's inner conflict and his attempt to grasp whatever humanity is left in him.
Just like Jujutsu Kaisen, Dororo is an anime television series produced by Studio MAPPA. Dororo is about a ronin named Hyakkimaru who rescues a young thief named Dororo from a gang of men. The duo needs to traverse Sengoku-era Japan to help Hyakkimaru find his scattered body parts.
Dororo has been regarded as one of the best anime in 2019 due to its excellent characterization, as well as its well-written episodes. However, some fans do feel that the anime's finale was rushed and didn't give the main characters the proper ending they deserve.
Terror in Resonance is an anime show about two teenage boys who run off with a prototype atomic bomb. Threatening to stage a terrorist attack and flatten Tokyo city, the group of teenage boys uploads a video on the internet instructing people to solve a cryptic riddle to save themselves.
The show is from Shinichirō Watanabe, the director of beloved anime shows Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo. Terror in Resonance has gained a cult of loyal fans due to its mature handling of sensitive themes like terrorism and violence.
Produced by animation studio Ufotable, Demon Slayer is a dark fantasy anime about a brother and sister duo who lost their family due to a demon attack. The main character of the show, Tanjiro Kamado, strives to become a demon slayer due to the tragedy that befell him.
However, Tanjiro also has to protect his sister Nezuko Kamado from his newfound comrades as she's turned into a blood-thirsty demon after the attack. With terrifyingly powerful and strong demons and characters, as well as fast and dynamic action sequences, Demon Slayer has managed to become one of the most popular anime shows today.
Based on the science fiction horror manga series by Hitoshi Iwaaki, Parasyte: The Maxim is an anime about parasitic aliens that invaded earth by digging into the brains of their targets. The anime series is produced by Madhouse, the same studio that produced acclaimed films like Paprika and shows such as Death Note.
The animated series puts the spotlight on high school student Shinichi Izumi and his parasitic relationship with an alien named Migi. The anime was well-received due to its comedic dialogues, solid art, and enthralling story.
Released by Netflix in 2018 as an original series, Devilman Crybaby is an anime that follows a human who needs to transform into a demon while still retaining his soul in order to defend humanity against a wicked race of demons.
What's notable about Devilman Crybaby is its exploration of themes such as LGBTQ+ identity, love, sexuality, and puberty. In addition, critics note that everything about the show is done deliberately and consistently so that it's able to cultivate a unique world and characters with individuality.
Similar to Jujutsu Kaisen, Dorohedoro also features sorcerers and dark creatures. In the world of Dorohedoro, viewers get to see uncanny and strange beings such as an anthropomorphic lizard and sorcerers with skull masks.
The anime mostly takes place in the Hole, a realm that knows no ethics and sees death as a regular occurrence. Dorohedoro's vast worldbuilding, graphic and bloody scenes, as well as its rough, detailed, and sketchy artwork, have allowed it to become one of the highest-rated horror anime among fans.
Many anime lovers say that Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood has already earned classic status due to its impact on succeeding anime shows, epic lore, and complex narrative. The series follows two brothers who seek to restore their bodies using alchemy after a botched effort at bringing their mother back to life.
In their search for the Philosopher's Stone, the brothers encounter villains such as the homunculus as well as empathic characters like Maes Hughes and Winry Rockbell. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood and Jujutsu Kaisen share an equally simple power system that's made better by its diverse cast of characters.
Jujutsu Kaisen is one of the best shows that fall under the dark fantasy and supernatural genre, but what similar animes can fans of the show enjoy?Jom Elauria