20 anime like Black Butler
These are the titles AniList users most often recommend to people who enjoyed Black Butler, ranked by how many recommended each one. 16 are short series of 13 episodes or fewer.
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Moriarty the Patriot
TV · 2020 · 11 eps · 80/100
It shares its focus on anti-hero, crime, foreign, and is shorter at 11 episodes. Recommended by 195 AniList users who watched Black Butler.
- Drama
- Mystery
- Psychological
- Thriller
- 2
The Case Study of Vanitas
TV · 2021 · 12 eps · 78/100
It shares its focus on male protagonist, foreign, anti-hero, and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 186 AniList users who watched Black Butler.
- Action
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Mystery
- 3
PandoraHearts
TV · 2009 · 25 eps · 72/100
It shares its focus on male protagonist, foreign. Recommended by 84 AniList users who watched Black Butler.
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Supernatural
- 4
The Case Study of Vanitas Part 2
TV · 2022 · 12 eps · 81/100
It shares its focus on foreign, male protagonist, anti-hero, and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 62 AniList users who watched Black Butler.
- Action
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Mystery
- 5
Undead Murder Farce
TV · 2023 · 13 eps · 78/100
It shares its focus on detective, historical, foreign, and is shorter at 13 episodes. Recommended by 32 AniList users who watched Black Butler.
- Drama
- Mystery
- Supernatural
- 6
Requiem of the Rose King
TV · 2022 · 24 eps · 56/100
It shares its focus on historical, foreign, anti-hero. Recommended by 31 AniList users who watched Black Butler.
- Action
- Drama
- Supernatural
- 7
Noragami
TV · 2014 · 12 eps · 78/100
It shares its focus on urban fantasy, mythology, male protagonist, and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 29 AniList users who watched Black Butler.
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Supernatural
- 8
Hellsing Ultimate
OVA · 2006 · 10 eps · 81/100
It shares its focus on urban fantasy, foreign, anti-hero, and is shorter at 10 episodes. Recommended by 24 AniList users who watched Black Butler.
- Action
- Horror
- Supernatural
- 9
Moriarty the Patriot Part 2
TV · 2021 · 13 eps · 82/100
It shares its focus on crime, anti-hero, detective, and is shorter at 13 episodes. Recommended by 22 AniList users who watched Black Butler.
- Drama
- Mystery
- Psychological
- Thriller
- 10
SERVAMP
TV · 2016 · 12 eps · 65/100
It shares its focus on urban fantasy, male protagonist, primarily male cast, and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 21 AniList users who watched Black Butler.
- Action
- Supernatural
- 11
SHADOWS HOUSE
TV · 2021 · 13 eps · 77/100
It shares its focus on butler, urban fantasy, and is shorter at 13 episodes. Recommended by 20 AniList users who watched Black Butler.
- Fantasy
- Horror
- Mystery
- Slice of Life
- 12
Moriarty the Patriot OVA
OVA · 2022 · 2 eps · 77/100
It shares its focus on crime, anti-hero, historical, and is shorter at 2 episodes. Recommended by 18 AniList users who watched Black Butler.
- Drama
- Mystery
- Psychological
- Thriller
- 13
Black Butler: Public School Arc
TV · 2024 · 11 eps · 78/100
It shares its focus on butler, historical, demons, and is shorter at 11 episodes. Recommended by 17 AniList users who watched Black Butler.
- Action
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Mystery
- 14
Disney Twisted-Wonderland: The Animation
ONA · 2025 · 8 eps · 68/100
It shares its focus on primarily male cast, male protagonist, urban fantasy, and is shorter at 8 episodes. Recommended by 17 AniList users who watched Black Butler.
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- 15
Hell Girl
TV · 2005 · 26 eps · 72/100
It shares its focus on revenge, episodic, tragedy. Recommended by 15 AniList users who watched Black Butler.
- Drama
- Horror
- Mystery
- Psychological
- 16
The Witch and the Beast
TV · 2024 · 12 eps · 73/100
It shares its focus on revenge, urban fantasy, male protagonist, and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 15 AniList users who watched Black Butler.
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
- 17
D.Gray-man
TV · 2006 · 103 eps · 76/100
It shares its focus on demons, male protagonist, foreign, and is a longer watch at 103 episodes. Recommended by 13 AniList users who watched Black Butler.
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
- 18
Toilet-bound Hanako-kun
TV · 2020 · 12 eps · 77/100
It shares its focus on mythology, male protagonist, urban fantasy, and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 13 AniList users who watched Black Butler.
- Action
- Comedy
- Drama
- Mystery
- 19
Princess Principal
TV · 2017 · 12 eps · 75/100
It shares its focus on foreign, episodic, urban fantasy, and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 12 AniList users who watched Black Butler.
- Action
- Adventure
- Sci-Fi
- 20
Makai Ouji: devils and realist
TV · 2013 · 12 eps · 64/100
It shares its focus on demons, primarily male cast, foreign, and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 12 AniList users who watched Black Butler.
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Mystery
- Supernatural
Recommendation votes from AniList users. Highlighted genres are shared with Black Butler.