Anime Recommendations By Category

When you have no specific series in mind, but do have a particular category of anime you like, we’ve sorted out our entire catalog of series-specific anime recommendations and anime lists by category.

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ActionRomanceComedy
DramaSlice of LifeFantasy
EcchiSportsHarem
HorrorMechaIsekai
LGBTMusicMystery
PsychologicalSupernaturalSci-Fi

Action

Fights! Fights! Fights! In these action anime recommendations, there is no shortage battles. Whether it is the ringing of clashing swords or the rhythm of gun fire, these action anime recommendations can get your blood pumping.

Romance

We all enjoy the way love can make our heart race and romance anime recommendations can give us just that. It is a feeling that many simply want to chase, but love isn’t always wholesome. In these romance anime recommendations, they show you love in all forms – the good, the bad, and sometimes, the ugly.

my little monster romance anime

Anime Like My Little Monster

Shizuku Mizutani cares little of others and only about scoring top marks. However, when she…

anime series like inuyasha

Anime Like Inuyasha

Kagome’s normal life came to an end one day when a demon dragged her down…

Comedy

Sometimes you just want to laugh, you know? In these comedy anime recommendations, whether it is a series that wedges in a more than a few jokes to keep an adventure light or the whole series forsook complex plot in lieu of a constant barrage of absurd situations, they are sure to make your day brighter.

Drama

Drama anime recommendations are all about the spicier side of life. A cheating lover! A scandal in the office! Your government kidnapping puppies from their little puppy beds! Drama anime isn’t all so exaggerated, but drama anime recommendations are all driven by higher-emotion situations that hook you in.

Slice of Life

Part of the joy that can be harvested from slice of life anime recommendations is an ability to relate to characters. There is nothing more relatable than seeing a character live a pretty normal, pretty mundane life. Slice of life anime recommendations are all about the small joys we can reap from just living our normal lives.

Miyamura and Hori from Horimiya laying down

Anime Like Horimiya

Although lauded for being likable and intelligent, Kyouko Hori hides the fact that she has…

Fantasy

When it comes to fantasy anime recommendations, we could be talking about anything. All anime is fantasy, after all. In this specific case, these fantasy anime recommendations happen in a world often less modern and more magical than our own.

deca dence anime

Anime Like Deca-Dence

Driven to the point of extinction by creatures known as the Gadoll, humanity now lives…

Ecchi

When you want ecchi anime recommendations, we know you are in it for the “plot” and not so much the plot. These ecchi anime recommendations are all various degrees of lewd.

Sports

The interesting thing about sports anime recommendations are that people don’t really enjoy it like they would enjoy watching sports on live TV. Certainly the sense of fiery competition is compelling, but most often sport anime recommendations are driven to great heights by character stories and relationships that thrive in the high octane heat of competition.

blue box anime

Anime Like Blue Box

Every morning, first year Taiki Inomata looks forward to heading to the school gym to…

yugioh anime

Anime Like Yugioh

After solving the mysterious Millennium Puzzle, high school student Yugi Motou suddenly finds himself aided…

Harem

You could have one person who loves you, or your could have a whole bunch. Harem anime recommendations are more for people who would pick the latter. While harem anime is often romance anime, instead of one interest, the protagonist has a whole gaggle of them.

love flops anime

Anime Like Love Flops

One normal day, high school student Asahi Kashiwagi wakes up and watches a fortune teller’s…

nekopara anime

Anime Like Nekopara

Kashou Minazuki is the son of Japanese bakers who has recently started working at the…

Horror

From sinister ghosts to vicious slaughter, horror anime recommendations cover everything that is, well, horrifying. If it’s even remotely scary, you will find in these anime series.

7 seeds anime

Anime Like 7 Seeds

With extinction-level meteors heading towards Earth, the government attempted to preserve humanity with the 7…

goblin slayer anime

Anime Like Goblin Slayer

A young priestess fresh out of the temple is excited to start her life as…

Mecha

Anime is unique in the long love affair that it has had with giant robots. More than just the Gundam franchise, mecha anime recommendations are all about large exoskeleton-type suits with pilots inside that save the day.

86 anime

Anime Like 86

For years, the Republic of San Magnolia has been at war with the Giadian Empire….

Isekai

Isekai anime recommendations follow the adventures – heroic, dubious, or lewd – that main characters have when they are transported or reincarnated into another world.

LGBT

Yaoi, Yuri, Shounen ai, Shoujo ai, and transgender – these LGBT anime recommendations cover same-sex romances and gender identity in all their many forms.

Music

Music anime recommendations are about music, yes, but they are also about character stories and relationships. Music can be a powerful tool for communicating to others. If nothing else, music anime always have a banger of a soundtrack.

ya boy kongming anime

Anime Like Ya Boy Kongming!

As a general in China’s Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang Kongming had endured countless battles that…

Mystery

Mystery anime recommendations are all about the hunt for truth. From whodunits and locked room murders to something sinister that is going on behind the scenes and affecting the main characters, mystery is a powerful tool that keeps you absolutely locked to the screen. These mystery anime recommendations create a sense of intrigue and foster a desire to unravel the truth.

shadows house anime

Anime Like Shadows House

The Shadows are a family of nobles who live in their massive mansion. They are…

Psychological

The mind is a complex place, and psychological anime recommendations know it. If you poke and prod it in just the right way, you can be unsure what is even real. Whether it is a passion for making the audience ponderous or just showing you the descent into madness of the main character, psychological anime recommendations are designed to mess with the mind.

angel of death anime

Anime Like Angels of Death

Rachel awakens to find herself trapped in the basement of an abandoned building. After wandering…

anime series like steins gate

Anime Like Steins;Gate

In a rickety old building in Akihabara, mad scientist Rintarou Okabe and his lab assistants…

Supernatural

The things in these supernatural anime recommendations are all things not of this world. Ghosts and demons that dwell just out of our common sight. These supernatural anime recommendations cover the activities of those from a different plane.

otherside picnic anime

Anime Like Otherside Picnic

After accidentally entering, Sorao finds herself in the desolate, and as she discovers, dangerous Otherworld….

Sci-fi

Sci-fi anime recommendations can be fascinating. Sometimes it can cover things like space travel and androids – things that are close to our technological grasp. Sometimes it covers technological possibilities far, far beyond our reach or even our understanding. These sci-fi anime recommendations cover all levels of technology and the effect that it has on societies.

astro note anime

Anime Like Astro Note

Takumi is a gifted, but newly unemployed chef. On his search for more long-term work,…

speed grapher anime

Anime Like Speed Grapher

Tatsumi Saiga was once a war photographer, but now does investigative photography. When investigating a…

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