Anime Like STEEL BALL RUN JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 1st STAGE

20 anime similar to STEEL BALL RUN JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 1st STAGE based on genre, format, studio, and popularity

Anime Like STEEL BALL RUN JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 1st STAGE

Looking for anime similar to STEEL BALL RUN JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 1st STAGE? Here are 10 anime recommendations that share similar themes, genres, or storytelling styles.

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We selected these anime based on shared genres (Action, Adventure, Drama), similar narrative structures, comparable art styles, and positive fan overlap. If you enjoyed STEEL BALL RUN JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 1st STAGE, these series should appeal to your taste.

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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind

39 eps⭐ 8.52018Score: 44.9

5 shared genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, SupernaturalSame studio: david production

ActionAdventureDramaMystery

The fifth story arc of the long-running JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. Giorno Giovanna, a young man living in Naples, has the blood of DIO -- the eternal enemy of the Joestar clan -- running in his veins. Giorno becomes a delinquent due to being persecuted since childhood. However, he's led back onto the right path thanks to a gangster who saved him and taught him to believe in others. Bizarrely enough, this gang of people who didn't forget honor, gratitude, and respect made him reform. This is how Giorno came to admire gangsters. In the backstreets of Italy, Giorno causes trouble alongside his gang "Passione," and ends up being targeted... (Source: Anime News Network)

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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable

39 eps⭐ 8.42016Score: 43.0

5 shared genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, SupernaturalSame studio: david production

ActionAdventureDramaMystery

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Diamond wa Kudakenai adapts the fourth part of the JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken manga series. It's the year 1999, 11 years after Jotaro Kujo's desperate fight against DIO in Egypt. Jotaro meets with Josuke Higashikata, the illegitimate son of his grandfather Joseph Joestar. He discovers that Josuke also has the same "Stand" power and that a new threat is surfacing in Morioh City. (Source: Anime News Network)

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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - Battle in Egypt

24 eps⭐ 8.22015Score: 37.8

4 shared genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, SupernaturalSame studio: david production

ActionAdventureDramaSupernatural

After 30 days of travel across the world, plagued with countless battles, Jotaro and his companions have finally arrived in Egypt! Now only the strongest "Stand" users remain to rebuff our heroes' final march on Cairo: The Nine Egyptian Gods, Dio's most zealous servants. Will the Joestar line fall to the monstrous vampire, or can Jotaro defeat Dio and save his mother's life? (Source: Crunchyroll)

4/6 genres match

Fire Force

24 eps⭐ 7.62019Score: 35.5

3 shared genres: Action, Drama, SupernaturalSame studio: david production

ActionDramaSci-FiSupernatural

Year 198 of the Solar Era in Tokyo, special fire brigades are fighting against a phenomenon called spontaneous human combustion where human beings are turned into living infernos called "Infernals.” While the Infernals are first-generation cases of spontaneous human combustion, later generations possess the ability to manipulate flames while retaining human form. Shinra Kusakabe, a youth who gained the nickname Devil’s Footprints for his ability to ignite his feet at will, joins the Special Fire Force Company 8 which composes of other flames users as they work to extinguish any Infernals they encounter. As a faction that is creating Infernals appears, Shinra begins to uncover the truth behind a mysterious fire that caused the death of his family twelve years ago. (Source: Official Website)

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Fire Force Season 2

24 eps⭐ 7.82020Score: 34.7

3 shared genres: Action, Drama, SupernaturalSame studio: david production

ActionDramaSci-FiSupernatural

Shinra and Company 8 have figured out the Evangelist’s goal: to gather Adolla Bursts from Shinra and Shou. After learning more about his past from Captain Burns, Shinra becomes more motivated to discover the truth about his mother and save Shou again. But a mysterious girl known as the “First Pillar” reveals the Evangelist’s master plan to start another Great Cataclysm! (Source: Funimation)

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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (TV)

26 eps⭐ 7.72012Score: 34.6

3 shared genres: Action, Adventure, SupernaturalSame studio: david production

ActionAdventureSupernatural

Beginning its tale in 19th century England, young aristocrat Jonathan Joestar finds himself locked in bitter rivalry with Dio Brando, a low-born boy who Jonathan's father took under his wing after the death of Dio's father. Discontent with his station in life, Dio's fathomless lust to reign over all eventually leads him to seek the supernatural powers of an ancient Aztec stone mask in the Joestar's possession—an artifact that will forever change the destiny of Dio and Jonathan for generations to come. Fifty years later, in 1938 New York City, Jonathan's grandson Joseph Joestar must take up his grandfather's mission and master the abilities necessary to destroy the stone mask and its immensely powerful creators who threaten humanity's very existence, the Pillar Men. (Source: Anime News Network)

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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders

24 eps⭐ 7.92014Score: 33.3

3 shared genres: Action, Adventure, SupernaturalSame studio: david production

ActionAdventureSupernatural

In a Japanese jail sits 17-year-old Jotaro Kujo: punk, fighter, delinquent...and possessed by a force beyond his control! Around the world, evil spirits are awakening: "Stands," monstrous invisible creatures which give their bearers incredible powers. To save his mother's life, Jotaro must tame his dark forces and travel around the world to Cairo, Egypt, where a hundred-year-old vampire thirsts for the blood of his family. But the road is long, and an army of evil Stand Users waits to kill JoJo and his friends... (Source: VIZ Media)

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Hell’s Paradise

13 eps⭐ 8.02023Score: 30.4

4 shared genres: Action, Adventure, Mystery, SupernaturalSimilar era (2023)

ActionAdventureMysterySupernatural

The Edo period is nearing its end. Gabimaru, a shinobi formerly known as the strongest in Iwagakure who is now a death row convict, is told that he will be acquitted and set free if he can bring back the Elixir of Life from an island that is rumored to be the Buddhist pure land Sukhavati. In hopes of reuniting with his beloved wife, Gabimaru heads to the island along with the executioner Yamada Asaemon Sagiri. Upon arriving there, they encounter other death row convicts in search of the Elixir of Life... as well as a host of unknown creatures, eerie manmade statues, and the hermits who rule the island. Can Gabimaru find the Elixir of Life on this mysterious island and make it back home alive? (Source: Crunchyroll)

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Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train

1 eps⭐ 8.42020Score: 30.3

5 shared genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Supernatural

ActionAdventureDramaFantasy

This Demon Slayer movie sees Tanjiro Kamado and friends from the Demon Slayer corps board the Infinity Train on a new mission to investigate a mysterious series of disappearances, perpetrated by a demon who has been tormenting people and killing the demon slayers who oppose it.

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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc

7 eps⭐ 8.22021Score: 29.8

5 shared genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Supernatural

ActionAdventureDramaFantasy

In Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc, Tanjiro Kamado and his fellow Demon Slayer members embark on a mission aboard the Infinity Train. Their new mission is to investigate a series of mysterious disappearances, carried out by a demon that has been terrorizing passengers and killing the demon slayers who oppose it. Note: The first episode is entirely anime original. Episodes 2-7 are a re-edited version of the movie featuring new scenes and music.

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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

26 eps⭐ 8.32019Score: 29.6

4 shared genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Supernatural

ActionAdventureDramaFantasy

It is the Taisho Period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon. To make matters worse, his younger sister Nezuko, the sole survivor, has been transformed into a demon herself. Though devastated by this grim reality, Tanjiro resolves to become a “demon slayer” so that he can turn his sister back into a human, and kill the demon that massacred his family. (Source: Crunchyroll)

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JUJUTSU KAISEN

24 eps⭐ 8.42020Score: 28.2

3 shared genres: Action, Drama, Supernatural

ActionDramaSupernatural

A boy fights... for "the right death." Hardship, regret, shame: the negative feelings that humans feel become Curses that lurk in our everyday lives. The Curses run rampant throughout the world, capable of leading people to terrible misfortune and even death. What's more, the Curses can only be exorcised by another Curse. Itadori Yuji is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a friend who has been attacked by Curses, he eats the finger of the Double-Faced Specter, taking the Curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with the Double-Faced Specter. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Gojou Satoru, Itadori is admitted to the Tokyo Metropolitan Technical High School of Sorcery, an organization that fights the Curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a Curse to exorcise a Curse, a life from which he could never turn back. (Source: Crunchyroll) Note: The first episode received an early web premiere on September 19th, 2020. The regular TV broadcast started on October 3rd, 2020.

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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc

8 eps⭐ 7.92024Score: 27.7

4 shared genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, SupernaturalSimilar era (2024)

ActionAdventureDramaFantasy

Adaptation of the Hashira Training Arc. The Hashira, the Demon Slayer Corps' highest ranking swordsmen and members. The Hashira Training has begun in order to face the forthcoming battle against Muzan Kibutsuji. Each with their own thoughts and hopes held in their hearts, a new story for Tanjiro and the Hashira begins. (Source: Aniplex USA) Note: The first episode received an early premiere in cinemas as part of a special screening alongside the final episode of Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato-hen.

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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc

11 eps⭐ 8.12023Score: 27.6

4 shared genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, SupernaturalSimilar era (2023)

ActionAdventureDramaFantasy

Adaptation of the Swordsmith Village Arc. Tanjiro’s journey leads him to the Swordsmith Village, where he reunites with two Hashira, members of the Demon Slayer Corps’ highest-ranking swordsmen - Mist Hashira Muichiro Tokito and Love Hashira Mitsuri Kanroji. With the shadows of demons lurking near, a new battle begins for Tanjiro and his comrades. Notes: • The first episode has a runtime of ~49 minutes, and received an early premiere in cinemas worldwide as part of a special screening alongside the final two episodes of Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yuukaku-hen. • The final episode has a runtime of ~52 minutes.

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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

10 eps⭐ 8.52022Score: 27.0

2 shared genres: Action, DramaSame format (ONA)Similar era (2022)

ActionDramaPsychologicalSci-Fi

An original anime series set in in the universe of Cyberpunk 2077. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners tells a standalone, 10-episode story about a street kid trying to survive in a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future. Having everything to lose, he chooses to stay alive by becoming an edgerunner—a mercenary outlaw also known as a cyberpunk. (Source: CD PROJEKT RED) Note: The first episode received a pre-screening at Anime Expo on July 2, 2022. The first 3 dubbed episodes were streamed on Twitch as part of a co-stream promotion on September 12, a day before the show’s premiere.

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Devilman Crybaby

10 eps⭐ 7.62018Score: 26.6

3 shared genres: Action, Drama, SupernaturalSame format (ONA)

ActionDramaHorrorPsychological

New Devilman project marking Go Nagai's 50th anniversary as a creator.The protagonist Akira Fudou learns from his best friend, Ryou Asuka, that an ancient race of demons has returned to take back the world from humans. Ryou tells Akira that the only way to defeat the demons is to incorporate their supernatural powers, and suggests that he unite with a demon himself. Akira succeeds in transforming into Devilman, who possesses both the powers of a demon and the soul of a human. The battle of Devilman and Akira Fudou begins. (Source: Netflix)

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Dororo

24 eps⭐ 8.12019Score: 26.6

4 shared genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Supernatural

ActionAdventureDramaSupernatural

Dororo, a young orphan thief, meets Hyakkimaru, a powerful ronin. Hyakkimaru's father, a greedy feudal lord, had made a pact with 12 demons, offering his yet-unborn son's body parts in exchange for great power. Thus, Hyakkimaru - who was born without arms, legs, eyes, ears, a nose or a mouth - was abandoned in a river as a baby. Rescued and raised by Dr. Honma, who equips him with artificial limbs and teaches him sword-fighting techniques, Hyakkimaru discovers that each time he slays a demon, a piece of his body is restored. Now, he roams the war-torn countryside in search of demons.

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JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 2

23 eps⭐ 8.62023Score: 26.5

3 shared genres: Action, Drama, SupernaturalSimilar era (2023)

ActionDramaSupernatural

The second season of Jujutsu Kaisen. The past comes to light when second-year students Satoru Gojou and Suguru Getou are tasked with escorting young Riko Amanai to Master Tengen. But when a non-sorcerer user tries to kill them, their mission to protect the Star Plasma Vessel threatens to turn them into bitter enemies and cement their destinies—one as the world’s strongest sorcerer, and the other its most twisted curse user! (Source: Crunchyroll)

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Chainsaw Man

12 eps⭐ 8.32022Score: 24.7

3 shared genres: Action, Drama, SupernaturalSimilar era (2022)

ActionDramaHorrorSupernatural

Denji is a teenage boy living with a Chainsaw Devil named Pochita. Due to the debt his father left behind, he has been living a rock-bottom life while repaying his debt by harvesting devil corpses with Pochita. One day, Denji is betrayed and killed. As his consciousness fades, he makes a contract with Pochita and gets revived as "Chainsaw Man" — a man with a devil's heart. (Source: Crunchyroll)

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Vinland Saga Season 2

24 eps⭐ 8.82023Score: 24.6

3 shared genres: Action, Adventure, DramaSimilar era (2023)

ActionAdventureDrama

The second season of Vinland Saga. After his father's death and the destruction of his village at the hands of English raiders, Einar wishes for a peaceful life with his family on their newly rebuilt farms. However, fate has other plans: his village is invaded once again. Einar watches helplessly as the marauding Danes burn his lands and slaughter his family. The invaders capture Einar and take him back to Denmark as a slave. Einar clings to his mother's final words to survive. He is purchased by Ketil, a kind slave owner and landlord who promises that Einar can regain his freedom in return for working in the fields. Soon, Einar encounters his new partner in farm cultivation—Thorfinn, a dejected and melancholic slave. As Einar and Thorfinn work together toward their freedom, they are haunted by both sins of the past and the ploys of the present. Yet they carry on, grasping for a glimmer of hope, redemption, and peace in a world that is nothing but unjust and unforgiving. (Source: MAL Rewrite)

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