Shows Like Mezzo DSA

If you liked Mezzo DSA (2004), a animation and mystery series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and action & adventure
Two kids whose families own businesses in a shopping arcade that's scheduled to shut down are thrown into a series of dimensions, each one a parody of some form of anime or video game, and try to find their way home.
2
Active Raid (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and action & adventure
Set in a part of Tokyo that has descended into a quagmire, the story follows Unit 8 of the 5th Special Public Security Section's 3rd Mobile Assault Division — popularly called "The Eighth" — who don powered armor…
3
Tokyo ESP (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and action & adventure
Rinka Urushiba is a normal high school girl, until she encounters a penguin and shoals of glowing fish swimming through the sky. She looses consciousness only to awaken with the power to move through inanimate objects…
4
KanColle: Kantai Collection (2015)
★ 6/10Also animation and action & adventure
Set in a world where humanity has lost control of the oceans to the “deep sea fleet,” the only hope to counter this threat are the Kanmusu, a group of girls who possess the spirit of Japanese warships. The story…
5
Desert Punk (2004)
★ 6/10Also animation and action & adventure
In the future, Japan is a wasteland. In the Great Kanto Desert, scattered humans eke out a living in the hot sand. Among them, a short-statured man they call "Sunabozu" makes a living as a bounty hunter. Like a demon…
6
UQ Holder! (2017)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and action & adventure
In the decade since the world became aware of the existence of magic, the world has undergone massive upheaval. However, a boy named Tōta lives in seclusion in a rural town far removed from these changes. His ordinary…
7
The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse (2023)
★ 8/10Also animation and action & adventure
As a prophecy of doom unfolds on the peaceful land of Britannia, a purehearted boy sets out on a journey of discovery — and revenge.
8
The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk (2008)
★ 7/10Also animation and comedy
The Summer of "Anu": In a summer once every five years, demons in the mysterious Tower of Druaga lose their powers due to the magic spell cast by a god named "Anu". King Gilgamesh, ruler of the kingdom Uruk, uses the…
9
The Severing Crime Edge (2013)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and action & adventure
Killing Goods are murder weapons handed down from generation to generation within the families of their owners. They are cursed to compel their current owners to repeat the original murders. The curse also makes them…
10
Buddy Daddies (2023)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and comedy
Two assassins who never miss their mark must juggle fatherhood with their demanding job when they suddenly find themselves raising a four-year-old girl.
11
Burst Angel (2004)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and comedy
The future’s looking bleak. It’s a good thing there’s a new sheriff in town. Her name is Jo and she’s an enigma even to herself. Alongside her partners Sei, Amy, and Meg, Jo fights for the citizens who can’t defend…
12
Stroker and Hoop (2004)
★ 5.9/10Also animation and action & adventure
Stroker and Hoop is an American Flash animated television series on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. The series is a parody of buddy cop films and television series such as Starsky & Hutch…
13
Brynhildr in the Darkness (2014)
★ 6.2/10Also action & adventure and animation
When he was a child, Murakami was friends with a girl he called Kuroneko. One day, while trying to prove the existence of aliens to Murakami, she is killed in an accident that he barely survives. Guilty of his role in…
14
BACK ARROW (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and action & adventure
Lingalind is a land enclosed by the Wall. The Wall covers, protects, cultivates, and nurtures the land. One day in Edger, a village on the outskirts of Lingalind, a mysterious man named Back Arrow appears. Arrow has…
15
Happy Tree Friends (2000)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and comedy
This action and adventure comedy is drawn in simple appearance and combines cute forest animals with extreme graphic violence. Each episode revolves around the characters enduring accidental events of bloodshed, pain…
16
Sekirei (2008)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and comedy
Struggling yet brilliant, 19-year-old Minato Sahashi has failed his college entrance exams for the second time, resulting in him being regarded as worthless by those around him. However, the course of his seemingly…
17
The Fable (2024)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and comedy
A legendary hitman trained to become the world's best assassin is asked to lay low for a year by the head of his crime family.
18
The Royal Tutor (2017)
★ 7/10Also animation and comedy
Heine Wittgenstein is a pint-sized man given a monumental task. He's recently hired by the King of Grannzreich to whip four of his five sons into royalty material as their tutor. At first glance, the princes have all…
19
Devil May Cry (2025)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and action & adventure
In this epic battle of good vs. evil, the lines are blurry as hell. But a devilishly handsome demon hunter could be the world's best hope for salvation.
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Akudama Drive (2020)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and mystery
Many years ago, a Great Civil War ravaged Japan, leaving the country fragmented between two regions: Kansai and Kanto. In Kansai, a group of six Akudama carry out missions given to them by a mysterious black cat, while…