20 anime like Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor
These are the titles AniList users most often recommend to people who enjoyed Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor, ranked by how many recommended each one. 7 come from the same studio. 10 are short series of 13 episodes or fewer, and 1 is a film you can watch in one sitting.
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Akagi
TV · 2005 · 26 eps · 77/100
It shares its focus on gambling, seinen, crime, and comes from the same studio (MADHOUSE). Recommended by 195 AniList users who watched Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor.
- Psychological
- Sports
- Thriller
- 2
One Outs
TV · 2008 · 25 eps · 81/100
It shares its focus on gambling, philosophy, seinen, and comes from the same studio (MADHOUSE). Recommended by 173 AniList users who watched Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor.
- Psychological
- Sports
- 3
Death Note
TV · 2006 · 37 eps · 84/100
It shares its focus on crime, male protagonist, philosophy, and comes from the same studio (MADHOUSE). Recommended by 103 AniList users who watched Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor.
- Mystery
- Psychological
- Supernatural
- Thriller
- 4
Tomodachi Game
ONA · 2022 · 12 eps · 76/100
It shares its focus on survival, male protagonist, death game, and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 90 AniList users who watched Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor.
- Drama
- Mystery
- Psychological
- Thriller
- 5
Rainbow
TV · 2010 · 26 eps · 82/100
It shares its focus on seinen, survival, primarily male cast, and comes from the same studio (MADHOUSE). Recommended by 73 AniList users who watched Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor.
- Drama
- Psychological
- Thriller
- 6
LIAR GAME
TV · 2026 · 26 eps · 65/100
It shares its focus on gambling, primarily adult cast, male protagonist, and comes from the same studio (MADHOUSE). Recommended by 48 AniList users who watched Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor.
- Drama
- Psychological
- 7
SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table
TV · 2026 · 11 eps · 71/100
It shares its focus on death game, philosophy, survival, and is shorter at 11 episodes. Recommended by 33 AniList users who watched Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor.
- Action
- Drama
- Mystery
- Psychological
- 8
Yu☆Gi☆Oh!
TV · 1998 · 27 eps · 70/100
It shares its focus on death game, card battle, male protagonist. Recommended by 31 AniList users who watched Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor.
- Action
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- 9
Kakegurui
TV · 2017 · 12 eps · 70/100
It shares its focus on gambling, and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 26 AniList users who watched Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor.
- Drama
- Mystery
- Psychological
- 10
Shoubushi Densetsu Tetsuya
TV · 2000 · 20 eps · 73/100
It shares its focus on gambling, survival, primarily adult cast. Recommended by 25 AniList users who watched Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor.
- Sports
- 11
Welcome to the N-H-K
TV · 2006 · 24 eps · 82/100
It shares its focus on male protagonist, philosophy, primarily adult cast. Recommended by 23 AniList users who watched Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor.
- Comedy
- Drama
- Psychological
- Romance
- 12
Death Parade
TV · 2015 · 12 eps · 80/100
It shares its focus on death game, philosophy, primarily adult cast, and comes from the same studio (MADHOUSE), and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 18 AniList users who watched Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor.
- Drama
- Mystery
- Psychological
- Supernatural
- 13
FX Fighter Kurumi-chan
TV · 2026 · 12 eps · 68/100
It shares its focus on gambling, seinen, primarily adult cast, and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 11 AniList users who watched Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor.
- Drama
- Slice of Life
- 14
Tokyo Godfathers
Movie · 2003 · 81/100
It shares its focus on urban, primarily adult cast, class struggle, and comes from the same studio (MADHOUSE). Recommended by 8 AniList users who watched Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor.
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Drama
- 15
Ping Pong the Animation
TV · 2014 · 11 eps · 86/100
It shares its focus on primarily male cast, seinen, male protagonist, and is shorter at 11 episodes. Recommended by 6 AniList users who watched Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor.
- Drama
- Psychological
- Sports
- 16
BLUE LOCK
TV · 2022 · 24 eps · 79/100
It shares its focus on male protagonist, primarily male cast. Recommended by 6 AniList users who watched Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor.
- Action
- Drama
- Sports
- 17
Mahjong Hishou-den Naki no Ryuu
OVA · 1988 · 3 eps · 53/100
It shares its focus on gambling, yakuza, and is shorter at 3 episodes. Recommended by 4 AniList users who watched Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor.
- Drama
- 18
Usogui
OVA · 2012 · 1 eps · 44/100
It shares its focus on death game, and is shorter at 1 episodes. Recommended by 4 AniList users who watched Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor.
- Psychological
- 19
Pon no Michi
TV · 2024 · 12 eps · 61/100
It is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 4 AniList users who watched Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor.
- Slice of Life
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Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show
TV · 2025 · 12 eps · 55/100
It shares its focus on death game, survival, primarily adult cast, and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 3 AniList users who watched Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor.
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Sci-Fi
Recommendation votes from AniList users. Highlighted genres are shared with Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor.