20 anime like The Boy and the Beast
These are the titles AniList users most often recommend to people who enjoyed The Boy and the Beast, ranked by how many recommended each one. 4 come from the same studio. 5 are short series of 13 episodes or fewer, and 13 are films you can watch in one sitting.
- 1
Wolf Children
Movie · 2012 · 83/100
It shares its focus on family life, coming of age, and comes from the same studio (Studio Chizu). Recommended by 108 AniList users who watched The Boy and the Beast.
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Romance
- Slice of Life
- 2
Summer Wars
Movie · 2009 · 77/100
It shares its focus on family life, male protagonist, coming of age. Recommended by 51 AniList users who watched The Boy and the Beast.
- Action
- Comedy
- Drama
- Romance
- 3
Spirited Away
Movie · 2001 · 86/100
It shares its focus on coming of age, isekai, urban fantasy. Recommended by 43 AniList users who watched The Boy and the Beast.
- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Supernatural
- 4
Sword of the Stranger
Movie · 2007 · 79/100
It shares its focus on swordplay, male protagonist. Recommended by 42 AniList users who watched The Boy and the Beast.
- Action
- Adventure
- 5
BELLE
Movie · 2021 · 73/100
It shares its focus on coming of age, found family, and comes from the same studio (Studio Chizu). Recommended by 41 AniList users who watched The Boy and the Beast.
- Drama
- Music
- Mystery
- Sci-Fi
- 6
Katanagatari
TV · 2010 · 12 eps · 81/100
It shares its focus on swordplay, martial arts, male protagonist, and is a longer watch at 12 episodes. Recommended by 14 AniList users who watched The Boy and the Beast.
- Action
- Adventure
- Romance
- 7
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Movie · 2006 · 78/100
It shares its focus on coming of age. Recommended by 13 AniList users who watched The Boy and the Beast.
- Drama
- Romance
- Sci-Fi
- 8
Mirai
Movie · 2018 · 71/100
It shares its focus on family life, urban fantasy, coming of age, and comes from the same studio (Studio Chizu). Recommended by 13 AniList users who watched The Boy and the Beast.
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Drama
- Fantasy
- 9
The Eccentric Family
TV · 2013 · 13 eps · 76/100
It shares its focus on urban fantasy, family life, male protagonist, and is a longer watch at 13 episodes. Recommended by 13 AniList users who watched The Boy and the Beast.
- Comedy
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Slice of Life
- 10
Patema Inverted
Movie · 2013 · 77/100
It shares its focus on male protagonist. Recommended by 7 AniList users who watched The Boy and the Beast.
- Adventure
- Romance
- Sci-Fi
- 11
Dororo
TV · 2019 · 24 eps · 81/100
It shares its focus on swordplay, estranged family, orphan, and is a longer watch at 24 episodes. Recommended by 7 AniList users who watched The Boy and the Beast.
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Supernatural
- 12
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
Movie · 2020 · 84/100
It shares its focus on swordplay, male protagonist, orphan. Recommended by 7 AniList users who watched The Boy and the Beast.
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
- 13
Princess Mononoke
Movie · 1997 · 85/100
It shares its focus on male protagonist, urban fantasy. Recommended by 6 AniList users who watched The Boy and the Beast.
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
- 14
The Ancient Magus' Bride
TV · 2017 · 24 eps · 78/100
It shares its focus on found family, urban fantasy, and is a longer watch at 24 episodes. Recommended by 5 AniList users who watched The Boy and the Beast.
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Romance
- Slice of Life
- 15
Digimon Adventure (Movie)
Movie · 1999 · 74/100
It shares its focus on urban fantasy, isekai, family life. Recommended by 5 AniList users who watched The Boy and the Beast.
- Fantasy
- Sci-Fi
- 16
Megalobox
TV · 2018 · 13 eps · 77/100
It shares its focus on martial arts, male protagonist, and is a longer watch at 13 episodes. Recommended by 5 AniList users who watched The Boy and the Beast.
- Action
- Drama
- Sci-Fi
- Sports
- 17
Suzume
Movie · 2022 · 81/100
It shares its focus on urban fantasy, coming of age, orphan. Recommended by 5 AniList users who watched The Boy and the Beast.
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Mystery
- Supernatural
- 18
BEASTARS
TV · 2019 · 12 eps · 76/100
It shares its focus on anthropomorphism, coming of age, male protagonist, and is a longer watch at 12 episodes. Recommended by 5 AniList users who watched The Boy and the Beast.
- Drama
- Mystery
- Psychological
- Romance
- 19
Scarlet
Movie · 2025 · 61/100
It is also action / adventure / drama, and comes from the same studio (Studio Chizu). Recommended by 5 AniList users who watched The Boy and the Beast.
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
- 20
Mob Psycho 100
TV · 2016 · 12 eps · 84/100
It shares its focus on coming of age, urban fantasy, male protagonist, and is a longer watch at 12 episodes. Recommended by 4 AniList users who watched The Boy and the Beast.
- Action
- Comedy
- Drama
- Psychological
Recommendation votes from AniList users. Highlighted genres are shared with The Boy and the Beast.