Shows Like Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS

If you liked Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS (2017), a sci-fi & fantasy and animation 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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Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (2008)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Welcome to New Domino City! Once the playground to legendary duelist Yugi Muto, this sprawling metropolis has since been transformed into a futuristic society where dueling has kicked into overdrive. With recent…
2
Synduality Noir (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and action & adventure
The year is 2242. Kanata wants to be a Drifter and meets Noir, who is a dud Magus with no memories. However, because Noir excels in battle against the Enders, Kanata partners with her and discovers exactly what it…
3
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal (2011)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and action & adventure
When aspiring duelist Yuma meets Astral, a mysterious visitor from another universe, it seems like destiny. Yuma needs Astral to teach him how to duel, and Astral needs Yuma to help him regain his memories!
4
The Amazing Digital Circus (2023)
★ 8.7/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
A woman finds herself trapped in a virtual circus where she and five other humans are subject to the whims of a wacky AI ringmaster. In this digital purgatory they must face frightening NPCs and cope with their own…
5
A Wild Last Boss Appeared! (2025)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and action & adventure
An MMO gamer awakens as the Black-Winged Tyrant, Lufas Maphaahl, rising from her sealed fate—only to find this is very real. Her defeat 200 years ago unleashed monsters of death, and the legend is one of terror. Now…
6
Monster Rancher (1999)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and action & adventure
Genki is a boy who loves playing the Monster Rancher games and one day he's somehow transported into the world of the video game where he meets the girl Holly and the monsters Mochi, Suezo, Golem, Tiger and Hare…
7
Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also action & adventure and animation
Yuya Sakaki's dream is to follow in his father's footsteps and become the greatest "duel-tainer" in history - and he just might pull it off when he suddenly discovers Pendulum Summoning, a never-before-seen technique…
8
The Villager of Level 999 (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and action & adventure
In Earthclear, everyone is born into a fixed role, and villagers are the weakest of all. Most never rise above Level 5—except Koji Kagami, who is Level...999?! On a monster hunt, he meets Alice, the Demon King's…
9
s-CRY-ed (2001)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and action & adventure
The aftermath of a mysterious environmental catastrophe has left the land in complete desolation! While mankind has been able to rebuild the city, the catastrophe has caused some humans to undergo genetic mutations…
10
Final Fantasy: Unlimited (2001)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and action & adventure
Twins Ai and Yu Hayakawa decide to set forth in search of their parents and the mysterious dimension they studied.
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The Tatami Time Machine Blues (2022)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
It is August 12th. After the remote control to his boarding house's only air conditioning unit is inadvertently destroyed by spilled cola, "I" devises a plan to return to yesterday in a time machine to recover the…
12
Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On (2016)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and action & adventure
In a world where both men and monsters exist. Those who hunt the monsters are called Hunters. But in a small corner of the Hunter's world, there are those called Riders who bond with and coexist with monsters. With…
13
The Most Notorious "Talker" Runs the World's Greatest Clan (2024)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and action & adventure
Noel is the grandson of legendary Seeker Overdeath and dreams of surpassing his strength. But it turns out that Noel is nothing but a Talker, the weakest class of them all. Undeterred, he uses his silver tongue to…
14
Rage of Bahamut (2014)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and action & adventure
Two thousand years ago, the black-and-silver-winged dragon, Bahamut, terrorized the magical land of Mistarcia. The humans, god, and demons that inhabited the land united forces against the fiend and sealed its power…
15
Digimon Adventure: (2020)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and action & adventure
It's the year 2020. The Network has become something humans can no longer do without in their daily lives. But what humans don't know is that on the other side of the Network is the Digital World, a realm of light and…
16
Slayers (1995)
★ 7.5/10Also action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy
Follows the exploits of the young sorceress Lina Inverse, whose life revolves around food, treasure, and fighting. After stealing treasure from a group of bandits, Lina is accosted by stragglers during her journey to…
17
Read or Die the TV (2003)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and action & adventure
Five years have passed since the occurrence of the incident known as the "Human Annihilation Mission." In Japan, a novelist is dealing with writer's block after her friend has gone missing. In Hong Kong, three sisters…
18
3x3 Eyes (1991)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and action & adventure
The story of a young man named Yakumo Fuuji, who through a strange series of events becomes the immortal slave of the last of a race of 3 Eyed immortals. The immortal absorbs his soul to save his life, making him…
19
The Orbital Children (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and action & adventure
In 2045, two children born on the moon and three kids from Earth try to survive after an accident on their space station leaves them stranded.
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HELL MODE: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
Kenichi Yamada, a single, 35-year-old businessman, has spent the majority of his adult life playing every MMORPG to hit the market. Tired of the constant cycle of repetitive, newbie-centric gameplay, he is immediately…