Shows Like Ninja Scroll: The Series

If you liked Ninja Scroll: The Series (2003), a sci-fi & fantasy and action & adventure 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
Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
High school student Michio Kaga was wandering aimlessly through life and the Internet, when he finds himself transported from a shady website to a fantasy world — reborn as a strong man who can use "cheat" powers. He…
2
Sekirei (2008)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and action & adventure
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…
3
Plunderer (2020)
★ 8.3/10Also action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy
In a post-apocalyptic world dominated by the so-called "Numbers," each human will have their identity branded with their own "Count," which could define any number related to their life. May it be one's walked distance…
4
Samurai Girls (2010)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and action & adventure
The story takes place in Japan in the early 21st century, in an alternate reality where the Tokugawa Shogunate has remained in power. In this reality, student councils are tasked with oppressing schools. Yagyuu…
5
Punch Line (2015)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
High schooler Yūta Iridatsu has experienced “astral projection” i.e. his spirit has been separated from his body. He woke up in a mansion named Koraikan and met a cat spirit named Chiranosuke, who told him “You must…
6
Queen's Blade (2009)
★ 6/10Also animation and action & adventure
Every few years, beautiful female warriors from across the land compete in the Queen's Blade Tournament to become the ruler of the land. It's a series that loves violence as much as it hates clothes and complicated…
7
Seven Mortal Sins (2017)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and action & adventure
The prideful archangel Lucifer disobeys God and is cast into the lowest level of hell as a fallen angel. On her way to hell, Lucifer happens to meet a high school girl on Earth named Maria, who helps her. In hell…
8
Kemonozume (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Creatures known as Shokujinki have been secretly living alongside humans for hundreds of years. Though they may look like humans, Shokujinki are able to transform into uncontrollable beasts with gigantic claws and…
9
Monster Girl Doctor (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
In the town of Lindworm where monsters and humans coexist, Dr. Glenn runs an exemplary medical clinic for monster girls with his lamia assistant, Sapphee. Whether receiving a marriage proposal by a centaur injured in…
10
Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time (2020)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Upon winning a fighting tournament and being crowned the world’s strongest warrior, Peter Grill discovers a downside to his newfound fame. Women of all species, from ogres to elves, are scrambling over each other for…
11
Gushing Over Magical Girls (2024)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Hiragi Utena is a major fangirl of the magical girls protecting her city and leaps at the chance to join their ranks. But once she transforms, she learns she's a villain who enjoys being a magical-girl-tormenting…
12
Girls Bravo (2004)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Small for his age, Yukinari has been bullied and abused by girls all his life. Now in high school, he has developed a rare condition: whenever girls touch him, or even come close, he breaks out in hives. Imagine his…
13
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (2010)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and action & adventure
Panty and Stocking are nasty angels who were banished from the pearly gates for being foul-mouthed bad girls! Now they spend their days hunting ghosts in the lecherous abyss between Heaven and Earth. Panty likes sex…
14
The Testament of Sister New Devil (2015)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and action & adventure
Toujou Basara is a high school student whose father has suddenly just remarried. His father then departs overseas leaving Basara with two new beautiful step-sisters. Little does he know, his new sisters, Mio and Maria…
15
Tales of Wedding Rings (2024)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Sato is a high school boy in love with his best friend Hime, an unearthly beauty from another realm. So when she moves back to her home world to get married, Sato doesn’t think twice—he follows her and crashes the…
16
Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and action & adventure
Kogarashi Fuyuzora is a "hands on" psychic. Ever since the day he got possessed by an evil ghost, he has been burdened with debt. Needing a cheap room to rent, he winds up at a haunted hot springs inn, Yuragi Inn…
17
Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Due to the invasion of Disas—enigmatic creatures of soil from the land of the dead—mankind, who was on the verge of crisis, was saved by the efforts of magical girls who had obtained a mysterious magical power... Three…
18
Kanokon (2008)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Kouta has girl troubles of the supernatural sort. For some reason, he keeps attracting the attention (and affections) of animal spirits! Having spent most of his life in the country, Kouta is understandably nervous…
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Interspecies Reviewers (2020)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
In a world bursting at the seams with moe monsters and humanoids of the horned sort, which brave heroes will take it upon themselves to review the beastly babes of the red-light district? Can only one be crowned the…
20
Strike the Blood (2013)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and action & adventure
Kojou Akatsuki's days as an ordinary high school student in the Demon District of Itogami Island come to an abrupt end after a fateful encounter leaves him with the remarkable abilities of a vampire. It isn't long…