20 anime like Katanagatari
These are the titles AniList users most often recommend to people who enjoyed Katanagatari, ranked by how many recommended each one. 11 are short series of 13 episodes or fewer.
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Bakemonogatari
TV · 2009 · 15 eps · 82/100
It shares its focus on male protagonist, philosophy, coming of age. Recommended by 411 AniList users who watched Katanagatari.
- Comedy
- Drama
- Mystery
- Psychological
- 2
Samurai Champloo
TV · 2004 · 26 eps · 84/100
It shares its focus on travel, swordplay, samurai, and is a longer watch at 26 episodes. Recommended by 180 AniList users who watched Katanagatari.
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- 3
Dororo
TV · 2019 · 24 eps · 81/100
It shares its focus on swordplay, samurai, male protagonist, and is a longer watch at 24 episodes. Recommended by 122 AniList users who watched Katanagatari.
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Supernatural
- 4
Monogatari Series Second Season
TV · 2013 · 26 eps · 88/100
It shares its focus on coming of age, philosophy, male protagonist, and is a longer watch at 26 episodes. Recommended by 112 AniList users who watched Katanagatari.
- Comedy
- Drama
- Mystery
- Psychological
- 5
Kubikiri Cycle: The Blue Savant and the Nonsense User
OVA · 2016 · 8 eps · 77/100
It shares its focus on philosophy, male protagonist, primarily adult cast. Recommended by 74 AniList users who watched Katanagatari.
- Drama
- Mystery
- Psychological
- Thriller
- 6
Rurouni Kenshin (2023)
TV · 2023 · 24 eps · 74/100
It shares its focus on swordplay, historical, samurai, and is a longer watch at 24 episodes. Recommended by 74 AniList users who watched Katanagatari.
- Action
- Drama
- Romance
- 7
Spice and Wolf
TV · 2008 · 13 eps · 80/100
It shares its focus on male protagonist, primarily adult cast, historical. Recommended by 57 AniList users who watched Katanagatari.
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Romance
- Slice of Life
- 8
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
TV · 2019 · 26 eps · 82/100
It shares its focus on swordplay, male protagonist, travel, and is a longer watch at 26 episodes. Recommended by 50 AniList users who watched Katanagatari.
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
- 9
The Heike Story
ONA · 2021 · 11 eps · 77/100
It shares its focus on historical, philosophy, samurai. Recommended by 50 AniList users who watched Katanagatari.
- Drama
- Supernatural
- 10
Owarimonogatari Second Season
TV · 2017 · 7 eps · 89/100
It shares its focus on philosophy, male protagonist, coming of age, and is shorter at 7 episodes. Recommended by 39 AniList users who watched Katanagatari.
- Comedy
- Mystery
- Psychological
- Romance
- 11
Hell’s Paradise
TV · 2023 · 13 eps · 80/100
It shares its focus on swordplay, gore, ninja. Recommended by 39 AniList users who watched Katanagatari.
- Action
- Adventure
- Mystery
- Supernatural
- 12
Golden Kamuy
TV · 2018 · 12 eps · 77/100
It shares its focus on historical, primarily adult cast, gore. Recommended by 36 AniList users who watched Katanagatari.
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- 13
MONOGATARI Series: OFF & MONSTER Season
ONA · 2024 · 14 eps · 86/100
It shares its focus on philosophy, female protagonist, meta. Recommended by 33 AniList users who watched Katanagatari.
- Drama
- Mystery
- Supernatural
- 14
The Elusive Samurai
TV · 2024 · 12 eps · 77/100
It shares its focus on historical, samurai, swordplay. Recommended by 30 AniList users who watched Katanagatari.
- Action
- Adventure
- Supernatural
- 15
The Tatami Galaxy
TV · 2010 · 11 eps · 84/100
It shares its focus on coming of age, philosophy, male protagonist. Recommended by 25 AniList users who watched Katanagatari.
- Comedy
- Mystery
- Psychological
- Romance
- 16
Rurouni Kenshin OVA: Trust & Betrayal (Tsuioku-hen)
OVA · 1999 · 4 eps · 85/100
It shares its focus on samurai, historical, philosophy, and is shorter at 4 episodes. Recommended by 18 AniList users who watched Katanagatari.
- Action
- Drama
- Romance
- 17
Kill la Kill
TV · 2013 · 24 eps · 79/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, coming of age, tsundere, and is a longer watch at 24 episodes. Recommended by 18 AniList users who watched Katanagatari.
- Action
- Comedy
- Ecchi
- 18
Chaika -The Coffin Princess-
TV · 2014 · 12 eps · 69/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, travel, swordplay. Recommended by 16 AniList users who watched Katanagatari.
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- 19
InuYasha
TV · 2000 · 167 eps · 77/100
It shares its focus on historical, female protagonist, swordplay, and is a longer watch at 167 episodes. Recommended by 16 AniList users who watched Katanagatari.
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- 20
Thunderbolt Fantasy: Sword Travels in the East
TV · 2016 · 13 eps · 79/100
It shares its focus on swordplay, primarily adult cast, philosophy. Recommended by 15 AniList users who watched Katanagatari.
- Action
- Drama
- Fantasy
Recommendation votes from AniList users. Highlighted genres are shared with Katanagatari.