20 anime like The Twelve Kingdoms
These are the titles AniList users most often recommend to people who enjoyed The Twelve Kingdoms, ranked by how many recommended each one. 3 come from the same studio. 2 are short series of 13 episodes or fewer.
- 1
Yona of the Dawn
TV · 2014 · 24 eps · 79/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, shoujo, royal affairs, and comes from the same studio (Studio Pierrot), and is shorter at 24 episodes. Recommended by 86 AniList users who watched The Twelve Kingdoms.
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Drama
- 2
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
TV · 2007 · 26 eps · 79/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, and is shorter at 26 episodes. Recommended by 72 AniList users who watched The Twelve Kingdoms.
- Action
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- 3
Erin
TV · 2009 · 50 eps · 80/100
It shares its focus on coming of age, female protagonist, politics. Recommended by 49 AniList users who watched The Twelve Kingdoms.
- Drama
- Fantasy
- 4
Vision of Escaflowne
TV · 1996 · 26 eps · 73/100
It shares its focus on isekai, swordplay, politics, and is shorter at 26 episodes. Recommended by 48 AniList users who watched The Twelve Kingdoms.
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Mecha
- Romance
- 5
The Story of Saiunkoku
TV · 2006 · 39 eps · 73/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, politics, shoujo. Recommended by 47 AniList users who watched The Twelve Kingdoms.
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Drama
- Fantasy
- 6
YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master
TV · 2024 · 20 eps · 78/100
It shares its focus on royal affairs, shapeshifting, politics, and comes from the same studio (Studio Pierrot), and is shorter at 20 episodes. Recommended by 32 AniList users who watched The Twelve Kingdoms.
- Action
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Supernatural
- 7
Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play
TV · 1995 · 52 eps · 71/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, shoujo, isekai, and comes from the same studio (Studio Pierrot). Recommended by 16 AniList users who watched The Twelve Kingdoms.
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Drama
- Fantasy
- 8
InuYasha
TV · 2000 · 167 eps · 77/100
It shares its focus on youkai, female protagonist, magic, and is a longer watch at 167 episodes. Recommended by 16 AniList users who watched The Twelve Kingdoms.
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- 9
The Story of Saiunkoku Second Series
TV · 2007 · 39 eps · 75/100
It shares its focus on politics, shoujo, royal affairs. Recommended by 14 AniList users who watched The Twelve Kingdoms.
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Drama
- Fantasy
- 10
Legend of Basara
TV · 1998 · 13 eps · 67/100
It shares its focus on war, shoujo, female protagonist, and is shorter at 13 episodes. Recommended by 14 AniList users who watched The Twelve Kingdoms.
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Romance
- 11
Raven of the Inner Palace
TV · 2022 · 13 eps · 73/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, magic, shoujo, and is shorter at 13 episodes. Recommended by 14 AniList users who watched The Twelve Kingdoms.
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Mystery
- Supernatural
- 12
The Heroic Legend of Arslan
TV · 2015 · 25 eps · 73/100
It shares its focus on military, war, royal affairs, and is shorter at 25 episodes. Recommended by 13 AniList users who watched The Twelve Kingdoms.
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
- 13
Revolutionary Girl Utena
TV · 1997 · 39 eps · 83/100
It shares its focus on coming of age, female protagonist, swordplay. Recommended by 12 AniList users who watched The Twelve Kingdoms.
- Action
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Mystery
- 14
Ascendance of a Bookworm
TV · 2019 · 14 eps · 78/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, isekai, magic, and is shorter at 14 episodes. Recommended by 11 AniList users who watched The Twelve Kingdoms.
- Fantasy
- Slice of Life
- 15
Sailor Moon
TV · 1992 · 46 eps · 76/100
It shares its focus on magic, shoujo, female protagonist. Recommended by 11 AniList users who watched The Twelve Kingdoms.
- Action
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Mahou Shoujo
- 16
Lady Oscar: The Rose of Versailles
TV · 1979 · 40 eps · 81/100
It shares its focus on royal affairs, military, politics. Recommended by 9 AniList users who watched The Twelve Kingdoms.
- Adventure
- Drama
- Romance
- 17
Ranking of Kings
TV · 2021 · 23 eps · 83/100
It shares its focus on coming of age, language barrier, swordplay, and is shorter at 23 episodes. Recommended by 8 AniList users who watched The Twelve Kingdoms.
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
- 18
Berserk
TV · 1997 · 25 eps · 84/100
It shares its focus on swordplay, war, military, and is shorter at 25 episodes. Recommended by 8 AniList users who watched The Twelve Kingdoms.
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
- 19
The Apothecary Diaries
TV · 2023 · 24 eps · 88/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, politics, royal affairs, and is shorter at 24 episodes. Recommended by 8 AniList users who watched The Twelve Kingdoms.
- Drama
- Mystery
- 20
Magic Knight Rayearth II
TV · 1995 · 29 eps · 71/100
It shares its focus on magic, swordplay, isekai. Recommended by 7 AniList users who watched The Twelve Kingdoms.
- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Mahou Shoujo
Recommendation votes from AniList users. Highlighted genres are shared with The Twelve Kingdoms.