Shows Like Somali and the Forest Spirit

If you liked Somali and the Forest Spirit (2020), 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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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…
2
The Ancient Magus' Bride (2017)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and drama
Hatori Chise has lived a life full of neglect and abuse, devoid of anything resembling love. Far from the warmth of family, she has had her share of troubles and pitfalls. Just when all hope seems lost, a fateful…
3
Natsume's Book of Friends (2008)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Natsume Takashi has the ability to see spirits, which he has long kept secret. However, once he inherits a strange book that belonged to his deceased grandmother, Reiko, he discovers the reason why spirits surround him.
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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…
5
Tower of God (2020)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and action & adventure
Reach the top, and everything will be yours. At the top of the tower exists everything in this world, and all of it can be yours. You can become a god. This is the story of the beginning and the end of Rachel, the girl…
6
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…
7
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…
8
Made in Abyss (2017)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and drama
Located in the center of a remote island, the Abyss is the last unexplored region, a huge and treacherous fathomless hole inhabited by strange creatures where only the bravest adventurers descend in search of ancient…
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019)
★ 8.6/10Also animation and action & adventure
After a demon attack leaves his family slain and his sister cursed, Tanjiro embarks upon a perilous journey to find a cure and avenge those he's lost.
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By the Grace of the Gods (2020)
★ 8/10Also animation and action & adventure
Only 39 years into a life full of bad luck, Ryoma Takebayashi passes away in his sleep! Taking pity on him, three divine beings show compassion by reincarnating him as a young boy to a magical, new world. Now he spends…
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Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea (2013)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and drama
Long ago, all humans lived beneath the sea. However, some people preferred the surface and abandoned living underwater permanently. As a consequence, they were stripped of their god-given protection called "Ena" which…
12
Chained Soldier (2024)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and action & adventure
Destructive monsters from the Mato dimension threaten the earth, while women gifted with powers from Peaches try to stop them. But to save the world, Yuuki must be willing to become Chief Kyoka's servant both on the…
13
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and action & adventure
When Haruhiro awakens, he’s in the dark surrounded by people who have no memory of where they came from or how they got there. As the darkness fades, a fantastic new world called “Grimgar” appears before them and their…
14
Gachiakuta (2025)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
Accused of murder and thrown into the Pit, a young orphan joins a group of monster fighters with special powers to uncover the truth and seek vengeance.
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Unnamed Memory (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and action & adventure
Climbing a deadly tower, Oscar seeks the power of its master, the Witch of the Azure Moon. He hopes her incredible magic can break a curse that will kill any woman he takes for a wife. However, when the prince sees how…
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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…
17
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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Noragami (2014)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and action & adventure
Yato may just be a minor god now, but he’s determined to make it big and he’s got a plan. Unfortunately, things just don’t seem to be going his way. He doesn’t have a single shrine dedicated to him, his partner has…
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Seraph of the End (2015)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and action & adventure
After a mysterious virus wipes out ninety percent of humanity, vampires emerge from the recesses of the earth to enslave mankind, treating them like livestock. After growing tired of donating blood in exchange for…
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I'm Standing on a Million Lives (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
Ninth grader Yotsuya Yuusuke is practical, friendless, and not active in any clubs. Then one day, he and two female classmates are suddenly sent to another world where they must work together to battle for their lives…