15 Best Anime like Demon Slayer

“Demon Slayer” is a well-known anime series from the latter part of the 2010s and the early part of the 2020s.

While many other action series are worthy of viewing, fans of Demon Slayer include it in the “big three.”

There are several shows that fans may watch while they are waiting for the second season and the first film of Demon Slayer, all of which are high-caliber programs.

The story follows Tanjiro, whose family dies in a demon attack, and who learns that his sister has been turned into a monster by the event.

He would rather accept his sister’s death than let her become a monster.

For Demon Slayer fans that truly like the show, there is a plethora of other anime series to choose from that have comparable themes, storylines, and amazing activities to keep them entertained in-between seasons.

15. Peacemaker Kurogane

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  1. Episodes: 24
  1. Studio: Gonzo

Peace Maker’s sword-slashing sequel is here!

Three months had elapsed since the Ikedaya Incident, which put an end to the anti-shogunate uprising and cemented the Shinsengumi’s status as Kyoto’s premier peacekeeping force.

On the other hand, the tranquil have no rest: An unforeseen danger to the Shinsengumi emerges, and defeating this new evil on the horizon will require more than just swords.

14. Blue Exorcist

Blue Exorcist 15 Best Anime like Demon Slayer
  1. Episodes: 25
  1. Studio: A-1 Pictures

Rin Okumura’s life is altered overnight after a dispute with his foster father Shirou Fujimoto when Rin is revealed to be the son of the demon lord Satan, monarch of the evil region of Gehenna.

Rin and his twin brother Yukio are left alone in the world after their foster father becomes possessed and dies at the hands of Satan.

Rin enrolls in True Cross Academy with Yukio to become an exorcist and join the Knights of the True Cross, seeking vengeance for Fujimoto’s death.

Rin’s new route, on the other hand, is riddled with obstacles.

While adjusting to new schools and coping with his peers is difficult enough, he is also compelled to hide his demonic talents and paternity.

Furthermore, a slew of evildoers desires to use him for their gain.

Because not everyone at True Cross Academy is who they seem to be, one misstep might spell tragedy…

13. Seraph of the End

Seraph of the End 15 Best Anime like Demon Slayer
  1. Episodes: 24
  1. Studio: Wit Studio

A virus killed out a tenth of the human population in 2012, allowing vampires to seize power and enslave the rest of mankind.

For the next four years, Yichir Hyakuya and the orphans at his orphanage will be vampire food, but he and his buddy Mikaela have a plan to alter that.

They plot their escape with the other children of the Hyakuya Orphanage one night, but it comes at a horrible price.

Yichir manages to escape to the outer world, where he joins the Japanese Imperial Demon Army’s Moon Demon Company to seek revenge on the vampires who murdered his family.

12. Rurouni Kenshin

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  1. Episodes: 94
  1. Studio: Gallap, Studio Deen

During the violent era known as the Bakumatsu, there was an Ishin assassin known only as the Hitokiri Battousai, whose skill and brutality became nearly legendary in the age of Restoration he helped to build.

However, as the time of fighting drew to a close, he vanished without a trace, only to resurface eleven years later as a wandering swordsman, Himura Kenshin.

Now staying at a kenjutsu dojo maintained by a fiery-tempered woman named Kamiya Kaoru.

And surrounded by newfound friends like the streetfighter Sagara Sanosuke, ex-samurai’s son Myoujin Yahiko, and the shrewd doctor Takani Megumi.

He seeks to carry out his vow to protect the weak without killing to atone for the lives he’s taken.

It’s not long, though, before this vow is put to the test, and the shadows of his past return to haunt him and everyone he holds dear.

But it won’t be long before his promise is put to the test, and the ghosts of his past return to torment him and everyone he cares about.

11. Claymore

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  1. Episodes: 26
  1. Studio: Madhouse

In a world where monsters known as Yoma feed on people and hide among them,

Humanity’s last chance is a new breed of the fighter known as Claymores—silver-eyed girls who have willfully transformed into half-monsters to defeat the predators.

However, the more the Claymores rely on their supernatural abilities, the closer they come to permanently losing their human identities.

10. Gai-Rei: Zero

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  1. Episodes: 12
  1. Studio: AIC Spirits, as read.

The Paranormal Disaster Countermeasure Headquarters of the Japanese Ministry of Defense is an anti-paranormal special forces unit.

They’re in charge of safeguarding Japanese soil and citizens against supernatural and paranormal phenomena.

However, one of their operations did not go as planned, prompting involvement by the Ministry of Environment’s Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Division after the PDCH suffered a significant number of casualties while fighting demons.

9. Blood+

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  1. Episodes: 50
  1. Studio: Production I.G

A specific conflict continues to leave its stamp on history, extending its impact into the present world, despite the passage of time and changes in backdrops.

The ensuing conflict is fought by two major factions.

The first category comprises creatures known as Chiropterans, who can transform into humans.

They are immortals who feed on the blood of live people.

The second group is the “Red Shield,” an organization established to seek out and eliminate these creatures.

Saya Otonashi is a high school student who lives with her family in a calm environment.

The only difficulty is that she has no memories of her life before the previous year.

However, her blissful existence will be shattered by an occurrence that would bring her to her fate.

8. Fate/Stay Night

FateStay Night 15 Best Anime like Demon Slayer
  1. Episodes: 24
  1. Studio: Studio Deen

Shirou Emiya’s parents died in a fire when he was young, and he was subsequently adopted by Kiritsugu Emiya, a sorcerer.

Shirou has limited talents and was unable to become a powerful sorcerer like his father, despite his respect for him and his desire to become an ally of justice.

That is until he was dragged into the Holy Grail War one fateful day and forced to call a female “Servant” named Saber to protect himself.

The Holy Grail War, it turns out, is a series of conflicts between great sorcerors over the possession of the Holy Grail, a relic that grants one’s desires.

There are seven “Masters” in all, each of whom may summon “Servants” from the Saber, Archer, Rider, Berserker, Lancer, Caster, and Assasin classes.

To avoid revealing their weaknesses to the adversaries, these “Servants” must keep their names hidden.

Shirou is the central character in the tale, and his involvement in the Holy Grail War is essential to the plot.

7. Soul Eater

Soul Eater 15 Best Anime like Demon Slayer
  1. Episodes: 51
  1. Studio: Bones

The show focuses on three sets of weapon meisters and human weapons, all of whom attend the Shinigami school of weaponry.

They must collect the souls of 99 wicked humans and one witch to build the latter a “Death Scythe” for use by the Shinigami.

6. Goblin Slayer

Goblin Slayer 15 Best Anime like Demon Slayer
  1. Episodes: 12
  1. Studio: Studio Deen

A new adventure group forms for a young priestess, but almost immediately they are in peril.

While other characters come to their aid, it is the Goblin Slayer arrives on the scene and is committed to eliminating all goblins, by any means necessary.

So when others start hearing about his heroic exploits, who knows who will be the next to seek him out?

5. Fire Force

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  1. Episodes: 24
  1. Studio: David Production

In the year 198 of the Age of the Sun, Tokyo is a crowded cosmopolis.

But the world’s most populous city is threatened by devils that cause people to burst into flame at random.

The only ones who can stop it are the Pyrofighters, a team of specialized firefighters.

The young Shinra, blessed with the ability to ignite his feet and travel at the speed of a rocket, wants nothing more than to be a hero and knows that this is the place for him. But he’s not the best at following orders. 

4. Yona of the Dawn

Yona of the Dawn 15 Best Anime like Demon Slayer
  1. Episodes: 24
  1. Studio: Studio Pierrot

In the aftermath of her friend’s treachery, Yona is forced to leave the castle and the life of a princess behind,

And go on a personal and political journey to reclaim her rightful position as the ruler of the kingdom.

3. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood 15 Best Anime like Demon Slayer
  1. Episodes: 64
  1. Studio: Bones

After their mother died, the two boys lost the rest of their family.

They utilize prohibited knowledge to bring her back to life via alchemy.

Edward loses his left leg, while his younger brother, Alphonse, loses his entire body.

To save his brother, Edward loses his right arm and can use the armor as a vehicle for his brother’s spirit.

Edward obtains “auto-mail” limbs to replace his missing ones thanks to the assistance of a family friend.

Even if it means being a “State Alchemist”, Edward swears to seek for the Philosopher’s Stone to return the brothers to their natural bodies, no matter what the cost.

2. Dororo

Dororo 1 15 Best Anime like Demon Slayer
  1. Episodes: 24
  1. Studio: Tezuka Productions, MAPPA

Hyakkimaru was born missing 48 bodily parts, including an eye, as part of a deal his father, Kagemitsu Daigo, struck with demons to gain power in the land.

Because the infant was missing 48 bodily parts, he was tossed into a river and abandoned.

With the use of false body parts, Hyakkimaru was able to vanquish 48 demons that were formed from his body and regain the body parts that had been lost.

To join him is a young thief named Dororo who befriends him.

1. Black Clover

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  1. Episodes: 170
  1. Studio: Studio Pierrot

The story follows Asta, a young orphan raised in an orphanage with Yuno.

While everyone is born with the capacity to wield Mana as Magical Power (Maryoku), Asta concentrates on physical strength instead.

Yuno, on the other hand, was born a magical prodigy who could manipulate wind magic.

The two teenagers formed a friendly competition over who would be the future Wizard Ruler, a position second only to the Clover Kingdom’s king.

Yuno acquires the first Wizard King’s famous four-leaf grimoire.

The four-leaf grimoire is only handed to the greatest wizards.

Asta received a weird five-leaf grimoire containing mysterious elven weapons and a bodyless Devil race member who uses unique anti-magic.

Then he and Yuno join a Magic Knight unit to start their journey.

Avenging an injustice perpetrated against the Elves by the Clover Kingdom when it was founded, Asta joins the Black Bulls alongside Noelle Silva, while Yuno joins the Golden Dawn.

It is here that Asta and Yuno discover their Devils and the Dark Triad’s plot to completely materialize them into their world.


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