Shows Like Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash

If you liked Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash (2016), a animation 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.

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I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too (2023)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and action & adventure
A door to another world stretches out before a boy who's been brutally bullied all his life. This alternate reality grants him access to all sorts of things, like cheat skills and a portal that lets him travel between…
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Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles (2021)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and drama
His past life and current life are intersecting--a boy with memories of two lives faces his destiny! After his mother was killed at an early age, the orphaned Rio fought his hardest to survive in the slums. One day, he…
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Re:Creators (2017)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and action & adventure
Humans have created many stories. Joy, sadness, anger, deep emotion. Stories shake our emotions, and fascinate us. However, these are only the thoughts of bystanders. But what if the characters in the story have…
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Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (2023)
★ 8.8/10Also animation and action & adventure
After the party of heroes defeated the Demon King, they restored peace to the land and returned to lives of solitude. Generations pass, and the elven mage Frieren comes face to face with humanity's mortality. She takes…
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The Rising of the Shield Hero (2019)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and action & adventure
Iwatani Naofumi, a run-of-the-mill otaku, finds a book in the library that summons him to another world. He is tasked with joining the sword, spear, and bow as one of the Four Cardinal Heroes and fighting the Waves of…
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Skeleton Knight in Another World (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and action & adventure
One day, a gamer played video games until he fell asleep...and when he woke up, he found himself in the game world—as a skeleton! Equipped with the powerful weapons and armor of his avatar but stuck with its…
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Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (2016)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and action & adventure
Natsuki Subaru, an ordinary high school student, is on his way home from the convenience store when he finds himself transported to another world. As he's lost and confused in a new world where he doesn't even know…
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Solo Leveling (2024)
★ 8.7/10Also animation and action & adventure
They say whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, but that’s not the case for the world’s weakest hunter Sung Jinwoo. After being brutally slaughtered by monsters in a high-ranking dungeon, Jinwoo came back with…
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Goblin Slayer (2018)
★ 8/10Also animation and action & adventure
"I'm not saving the world. I just kill goblins." Rumor has it that, in a certain guild in the middle of nowhere, there is an extraordinary man who has climbed all the way to the Silver rank just by killing goblins. At…
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The Faraway Paladin (2021)
★ 7/10Also animation and action & adventure
In a city of the dead, long since ruined and far from human civilization, lives a single human child. His name is Will, and he's being raised by three undead: the hearty skeletal warrior, Blood; the graceful mummified…
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The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and action & adventure
Kenichi Hamada is just a regular, middle-aged man working as an illustrator in Japan. One day, he is transported to another world and wakes to find himself in the middle of a dangerous forest filled with ravenous…
12
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
★ 8.6/10Also animation and action & adventure
Follow the intergenerational feud between the Joestar Family and various forces of evil, the most prominent of which is Dio Brando and his followers.
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Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra: World Conquest Starts with the Civilization of Ruin (2025)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and action & adventure
In Eternal Nations, a fantasy strategy game where players manage an empire, Takuto Ira is a legendary player who sits atop the leaderboard. Takuto goes unconscious during a hospitalization and awakens on the continent…
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Blood+ (2005)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Unable to remember the past, high school senior Saya Otonashi must rediscover her destiny in order to defeat the chiropteran vampires that threaten her loved ones' existence.
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Wistoria: Wand and Sword (2024)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and action & adventure
In a world where magic reigns, Will Serfort can’t cast a spell. Though hardworking, Will’s classmates think less of him for it. However, he has a secret strength: his sword. Can Will defy expectations with muscle over…
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Redo of Healer (2021)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and action & adventure
In a world of monsters, adventurers and magic, some of the most gifted healers are subjugated to brute force. Keyaru gains the ability to rewind time and turns the tables on those who’ve exploited him in this dark…
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Tokyo Ghoul (2014)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and drama
Ken Kaneki, a bookworm college student, meets Rize, a girl his own age with whom he shares many interests.
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Clevatess (2025)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and action & adventure
One of the Lords of Dark Beasts, Clevatess’s reign shatters when he revives a hero he personally slayed and adopts an orphaned humanoid baby—the last hope to save a dying world. Now bound together, what fate awaits…
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Claymore (2007)
★ 8.2/10Also action & adventure and animation
When a shapeshifting demon with a thirst for human flesh, known as "youma," arrives in Raki's village, a lone woman with silver eyes walks into town with only a sword upon her back. She is a "Claymore," a being…
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Fist of the North Star (1984)
★ 8/10Also action & adventure and animation
It's the year 199x, and Earth burns with the fires of a nuclear holocaust. On the charred remains of the planet's surface, humans struggle desperately to survive a fearful world. The young wanderer Kenshiro rises to…