Movies and TV shows like InuYasha
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InuYasha (2000)
20K
Original name: 犬夜叉
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Kagome Higurashi is a modern day young girl who lives with her family by the old Higure shrine. Unbeknownst to Kagome, she is the reincarnation of priestess Kikyo and posseses the "Jewel of Four Souls" (the Shikon jewel). One ill-fated day, Kagome locates an ancient well near her home and is abruptly transported through the well and into a feudal Japan, inhabited by demons. There, she encounters Inuyasha, son of a powerful demon father and a human mother, who is pinned to a tree by an enchanted arrow.
Style:
anime, stylized, semi serious, exciting, shounen, adult cartoon, humorous, fairy tale, adult anime
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, teen fantasy, family outing
Plot:
magic, good versus evil, mission, time travel, curses spells and rituals, imaginary, heroic mission, youkai, isekai, supernatural, parallel world, demon, stupidity, female protagonist, companionship, lecher, magical, psychic, mature, sibling relationship, clairvoyant, young adult, haunting, hate, supernatural ability ...
Time:
middle ages, 90s, 16th century, 2000s, year 2000, 15th century
Place:
japan, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, exciting, shounen and humorous films and TV series with plots about magic, supernatural, danger, heroes, rivalry, escapades and imaginary mostly in Animation, Fantasy and Action genres. Some movies like InuYasha: InuYasha: The Final Act (2009), Ranma ½ (1989), Kamisama Kiss (2012), Inu x Boku Secret Service (2012), Rin-ne (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
InuYasha's story draws to a close but not before finding Naraku and the Sacred Jewel, and facing new enemies and new dangers.
Style:
anime, exciting, stylized, serious, atmospheric
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, time travel, heroic mission, heroes, young heroes, master warrior, battles, master villain, danger, uninhibited rivalry, imaginary, escapades ...
Time:
15th century, year 2003, 2000s, year 2000
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Inuyasha and his brother, Sesshomaru, each inherited a sword from their father after his death. However, their father had a third sword, named Sounga, that he sealed away. Seven hundreds years after his death, Sounga awakens and threatens ...
Style:
anime, semi serious, stylized, humorous, exciting ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids
Plot:
supernatural, good versus evil, young heroes, heroic mission, danger, youth, escapades, curses spells and rituals, imaginary, beast, clairvoyant, psychic ...
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
With their most formidable foe vanquished, Inuyasha and his comrades begin returning to their everyday lives. But their peace is fleeting as another adversary emerges: Kaguya, the self-proclaimed princess from the Moon of Legend, hatches a plot to ...
Style:
anime, humorous, stylized, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids
Plot:
supernatural, imaginary kingdom, mythical creature, good versus evil, young heroes, heroic mission, supernatural ability, escapades, parallel world, youth, master villain, danger ...
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
InuYasha is a half-demon who was trapped in the Legendary Tree and was set free by Kagome, a girl who traveled 500 years through time. This time, both of them will have to face Menomaru, a Chinese demon whose father, known as Hyoga, came 300 years ...
Style:
anime, semi serious, adult animation, light, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, heroic mission, magic, good versus evil, beast, monster, demon, supernatural, imaginary, imaginary kingdom, vengeance ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
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Story:
Saotome Ranma, a teenage martial artist, and his father Genma travel to the 'cursed training ground' of Jusenkyo in China. There, despite the warnings of the Chinese guard, they fall into the cursed springs. From now on, whenever Ranma is ...
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kids, family friendly, chick flick, pre-teens, teens ...
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arranged marriage, martial arts, gender bending, magic, gender, young lovers, teenager, unrequited love, dirty old man, gender bender, superhero, harem ...
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Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
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Story:
Nanami was just a normal high school girl down on her luck until a stranger’s lips marked her as the new Land God and turned her world upside down. Now, she’s figuring out the duties of a deity with the help of Tomoe, a reformed fox demon who ...
Style:
anime, shoujo, exciting, romantic, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story:
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Style:
anime, humorous, stylized, semi serious, shounen ...
Plot:
supernatural, supernatural ability, spirit, master and servant, demon, social misfits, estate, danger, bodyguard, socially awkward, curses spells and rituals, youkai ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story:
As a child Sakura Mamiya mysteriously disappeared in the woods behind her grandma's home. She returned whole and healthy, but since then she has had the power to see ghosts. Now a teenager, she just wishes the ghosts would leave her alone! At ...
Style:
anime, touching, exciting, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, disappearance, destiny, good versus evil, parallel universe, comeback, high school, imaginary, supernatural ability, evil force, danger, heroes ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
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Story:
Recca is a boy living in the modern world, only he seems drawn to following the ways of the ninja. On the day he befriends a girl named Yanagi who has a mysterious power of healing, he is confronted and challenged by a Dark Priestess. This battle ...
Style:
anime, shounen, epic
Audience:
kids
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story:
One day, 14-year-old Yusuke Urameshi suddenly finds himself dead, having died pushing a child out of the way of oncoming traffic. Since he has such a bad personality, even the Spirit World was caught by surprise that he would sacrifice himself. ...
Style:
anime, manga, exciting, adult cartoon, intense ...
Audience:
kids, teen fantasy
Plot:
good versus evil, tournament, demon, rivalry, amateur detective, supernatural, limbo, sacrifice, school, mature, heroes, bromance ...
Time:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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Story:
Shibuya Yuuri, an ordinary high school boy got flushed in a toilet and he saw himself in another world. He was then declared as the 27th maou or the demon king of the Demon world by Gunter von Christ and Konrad Weller . When Yuuri now travels back ...
Style:
anime, stylized, semi serious, exciting, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
supernatural ability, imaginary, imaginary kingdom, heroic mission, friends, friendship, escapades, danger, good versus evil, betrayal, heroes, chaos and mayhem ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
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The daughters of Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha set out on a journey transcending time! In Feudal Japan, Half-Demon twins Towa and Setsuna are separated from each other during a forest fire. While desperately searching for her younger sister, Towa wanders ...
Style:
anime, atmospheric, stylized, psychological, exciting ...
Plot:
demon, supernatural, battles, supernatural ability, heroic mission, destiny, violence, escapades, rivalry, danger, imaginary, curses spells and rituals ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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anime, exciting, semi serious, humorous, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
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Similarity:
50%
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story:
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Style:
anime, stylized, humorous, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
supernatural, rivalry, good versus evil, captivity, teenage life, master villain, escapades, danger, curses spells and rituals, vampire, magic, beast ...
Place:
germany, japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Syaoran, a boy who wants to become an archeologist, and Sakura, a princess from the Clow Kingdom, are childhood friends with a close relationship. On a fateful night, Sakura lost all her memories as a result of a conspiracy to obtain her powers. In ...
Style:
anime, captivating, exciting, entertaining, tense ...
Plot:
young love, memory loss, magic, wizard, time travel, conspiracy, escapades, save the day, alternate reality, friendship, heroes, childhood friend ...
Similarity:
100%
22K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story:
The world consists of two parts: the near shore and far shore. The near shore is the place where people reside, while the far shore is the place for deities and ayakashi, which are emotional fragments that can posses humans and cause trouble. So it ...
Style:
anime, exciting, suspense, humorous, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
deity, friendship, supernatural, ghost, drastic change of life, god, goddess, curses spells and rituals, spirit, love and romance, exorcist, sword fight ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
33%
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Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
A young Healer armed with an unpredictable magic guides a runaway Elf in her perilous quest to save the peoples of the Four Lands from an age-old Demon scourge.
Style:
exciting, captivating, sexy, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy
Plot:
supernatural, supernatural ability, fantasy world, elf, demon, imaginary kingdom, danger, imaginary, good versus evil, magic, young heroes, love triangle ...
Time:
future
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 325 min.
TV show
Story:
Seven schools are constantly "at war" with each other, and the students have become skilled fighters and constantly battle with rival schools. Their lives and fates are guided by strange jewels that contain the spirits and destinies of ...
Style:
anime, sexy, ecchi, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan, Taiwan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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Style:
anime, serious, exciting, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy
Plot:
supernatural ability, female warrior, friendship, save the world, good versus evil, danger, betrayal, youth, rivalry, teenage love, mind control, magic ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Bell Cranell is a rookie adventurer and the sole member of his dirt-poor guild founded by the petite goddess Hestia. Adventurers come from far and wide looking to strike it big in the massive labyrinth known as Dungeon, located beneath the city of ...
Style:
anime, exciting, captivating, romantic, enigmatic ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
anime, exciting, entertaining, satirical, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, vampire, demon, curses spells and rituals, danger, magic, battles, ghost, fantasy world, love and romance, king, drastic change of life ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
50%
163K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Many years ago, in the hidden village of Konoha, lived a great demon fox. When it swung one of it's nine tails, a tsunami occurred. The fourth hokage sealed this demon fox inside a boy in exchange for his own life. Naruto was that boy, and he ...
Style:
anime, exciting, manga, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
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anime, emotional, exciting, suspense, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
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Time:
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Place:
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40%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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Style:
anime, fantasy anime, humorous, semi serious, ecchi
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
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Similarity:
50%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
TV show
Story:
The story begins when high school student Kazuki Muto is killed one night saving a mysterious girl from a monster, only to wake up in his school dorm, believing it to have been a dream; however, he soon finds out that dream wasn't a dream at ...
Style:
anime, stylized, humorous, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience:
teen fantasy
Plot:
supernatural, heroes, rivalry, escapades, imaginary, danger, alchemy, school, magic, angst, boy meets girl, twins ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
27%
131
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, History, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Tactics is a Japanese manga series written as a collaboration between Sakura Kinoshita and Kazuko Higashiyama. It was serialized in Comic Blade Masamune. Kinoshita supplied the character "Kantarou," and Higashiyama supplied the character ...
Style:
anime, exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
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