20 anime like Sword of the Stranger
These are the titles AniList users most often recommend to people who enjoyed Sword of the Stranger, ranked by how many recommended each one. 8 are short series of 13 episodes or fewer, and 5 are films you can watch in one sitting.
- 1
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 97 AniList users who watched Sword of the Stranger.
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Supernatural
- 2
The Boy and the Beast
Movie · 2015 · 79/100
It shares its focus on male protagonist, swordplay. Recommended by 42 AniList users who watched Sword of the Stranger.
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Drama
- 3
Ninja Scroll
Movie · 1993 · 73/100
It shares its focus on historical, gore, swordplay. Recommended by 40 AniList users who watched Sword of the Stranger.
- Action
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Horror
- 4
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 40 AniList users who watched Sword of the Stranger.
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- 5
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
TV · 2007 · 26 eps · 79/100
It shares its focus on historical, primarily adult cast, and is a longer watch at 26 episodes. Recommended by 29 AniList users who watched Sword of the Stranger.
- Action
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- 6
Rurouni Kenshin OVA: Trust & Betrayal (Tsuioku-hen)
OVA · 1999 · 4 eps · 85/100
It shares its focus on samurai, historical, male protagonist, and is a longer watch at 4 episodes. Recommended by 24 AniList users who watched Sword of the Stranger.
- Action
- Drama
- Romance
- 7
Blade of the Immortal (ONA)
ONA · 2019 · 24 eps · 70/100
It shares its focus on swordplay, samurai, historical, and is a longer watch at 24 episodes. Recommended by 17 AniList users who watched Sword of the Stranger.
- Action
- Adventure
- Supernatural
- 8
Princess Mononoke
Movie · 1997 · 85/100
It shares its focus on animals, rural, historical. Recommended by 14 AniList users who watched Sword of the Stranger.
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
- 9
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 13 AniList users who watched Sword of the Stranger.
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
- 10
Katanagatari
TV · 2010 · 12 eps · 81/100
It shares its focus on swordplay, historical, samurai, and is a longer watch at 12 episodes. Recommended by 12 AniList users who watched Sword of the Stranger.
- Action
- Adventure
- Romance
- 11
Hell’s Paradise
TV · 2023 · 13 eps · 80/100
It shares its focus on swordplay, gore, samurai, and is a longer watch at 13 episodes. Recommended by 10 AniList users who watched Sword of the Stranger.
- Action
- Adventure
- Mystery
- Supernatural
- 12
Ninja Kamui
TV · 2024 · 13 eps · 64/100
It shares its focus on assassins, male protagonist, gore, and is a longer watch at 13 episodes. Recommended by 8 AniList users who watched Sword of the Stranger.
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Sci-Fi
- 13
Shigurui: Death Frenzy
TV · 2007 · 12 eps · 69/100
It shares its focus on samurai, gore, swordplay, and is a longer watch at 12 episodes. Recommended by 7 AniList users who watched Sword of the Stranger.
- Action
- Drama
- Psychological
- 14
Revenger
TV · 2023 · 12 eps · 65/100
It shares its focus on historical, assassins, male protagonist, and is a longer watch at 12 episodes. Recommended by 7 AniList users who watched Sword of the Stranger.
- Action
- 15
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
Movie · 2020 · 84/100
It shares its focus on swordplay, male protagonist, primarily male cast. Recommended by 7 AniList users who watched Sword of the Stranger.
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
- 16
Yasuke
ONA · 2021 · 6 eps · 56/100
It shares its focus on swordplay, samurai, historical, and is a longer watch at 6 episodes. Recommended by 6 AniList users who watched Sword of the Stranger.
- Action
- Fantasy
- Mecha
- Sci-Fi
- 17
Vinland Saga
TV · 2019 · 24 eps · 87/100
It shares its focus on historical, male protagonist, primarily male cast, and is a longer watch at 24 episodes. Recommended by 6 AniList users who watched Sword of the Stranger.
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- 18
Rurouni Kenshin
TV · 1996 · 94 eps · 79/100
It shares its focus on swordplay, samurai, historical, and is a longer watch at 94 episodes. Recommended by 5 AniList users who watched Sword of the Stranger.
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Drama
- 19
The Deer King
Movie · 2022 · 68/100
It shares its focus on male protagonist. Recommended by 4 AniList users who watched Sword of the Stranger.
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
- 20
BLEACH: The Sealed Sword Frenzy
Special · 2006 · 1 eps · 65/100
It shares its focus on swordplay. Recommended by 3 AniList users who watched Sword of the Stranger.
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
Recommendation votes from AniList users. Highlighted genres are shared with Sword of the Stranger.