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The Ancient Magus' Bride (2017)
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The Ancient Magus' Bride (2017)
Original name: 魔法使いの嫁
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Chise Hatori, 15 years old. Lost, without hope, and without family, she is bought for money – not by another person, but by a non-human sorcerer named Elias. Though she hesitates, she begins life anew as his apprentice and future wife.
Style: anime, enigmatic, romantic, captivating, dark fantasy, stylized, manga, shounen, exciting
Plot: drastic change of life, changing lives, first love, supernatural, friendship, dragon, magic, young girl, fairy, life is a bitch, life & death, mysterious stranger, mythology, demon, hardship, coming of age, curse, slice of life, tragedy, forbidden love, darkness, comic book, religion, heartwarming, female nudity ...

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, captivating, exciting and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about supernatural, friendship, magic, supernatural power, demon, slice of life and fantasy world mostly in Animation, Fantasy and Drama genres. Some movies like The Ancient Magus' Bride: Kamisama Kiss (2012), Black Butler (2008), Snow White with the Red Hair (2015), Vampire Knight (2008), Assassins Pride (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Kamisama Kiss (2012)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
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, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, magic, spirit, master and servant, love and romance, japanese mythology, life turned upside down, supernatural romance, school, demon, friendship, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Kakuriyo -Bed & Breakfast for Spirits- (2018)
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: After losing her grandfather, Aoi—a girl who can see spirits known as ayakashi—is suddenly approached by an ogre. Demanding she pay her grandfather’s debt, he makes a huge request: her hand in marriage! Refusing this absurd offer, Aoi decides ...
Style: anime, feel good, sincere, light, captivating ...
Plot: cooking, supernatural, parallel world, friendship, couples, japanese mythology, love affair, male female relationship, supernatural ability, changing lives, demon, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
 7.7
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Black Butler (2008)
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: In Victorian-era London, on the night of Ciel Phantomhive's tenth birthday, a fire destroyed his manor and killed both of his parents. In a moment of despair, Ciel strikes a deal with a demon - his soul in exchange for revenge. This demon ...
Style: anime, exciting, dark fantasy, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick
Plot: supernatural, butler, investigation, master and servant, jack the ripper, demon, supernatural ability, evil force, young heroes, deal with the devil, murder, aristocracy ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century
Place: england, london, united kingdom, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Ancient Magus' Bride: The Boy from the West and the Knight of the Blue Storm (2021)
Genre: Animation
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Gabriel, an ordinary boy who just moved from London, was bored with his surrounding, until one day he saw a wisp of purple smoke from the window of his house. At that time, he hurriedly chased the smoke, looking for any kind of freedom and fun. ...
Style: anime, dark fantasy, entertaining, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: friendship, supernatural, wizard, fantasy world, magical creature, magical, magician, supernatural ability, heroes, wizards and magicians, black magic, magical power ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Snow White with the Red Hair (2015)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Shirayuki was a young girl born with unique apple-red hair. She meets a famous but foolish Prince Raji, who falls in love with her at first sight and orders her to become his concubine. With nowhere else to go, Shirayuki cuts her hair and escapes to ...
Style: anime, captivating, sincere, shoujo, fairy tale ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: friendship, heroine, love and romance, female protagonist, snow white, prince, destiny, royal family, youth, king, woman, rich ...
Place: asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Vampire Knight (2008)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Cross Academy is an elite boarding school with two separate, isolated classes: the Day Class and the Night Class. On the surface, Yuuki Cross and Zero Kiryuu are prefects of the academy, and attempt to keep order between the students as classes ...
Style: anime, shoujo, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: vampire, supernatural, rivalry, love, school, forbidden love, memory, supernatural power, memory loss, imaginary, friendship, night ...
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Assassins Pride (2019)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: In the world only the aristocrats have the power to fight the monster - mana. Even though Melida Angel was born in an aristocracy and studies at an academy developing mana users, she has no mana. To find her talent for mana, Kufa Vampir was sent to ...
Style: anime, sentimental, captivating, romantic, enigmatic
Audience: teens
Plot: training, love and romance, sister sister relationship, master, girl, murderer, supernatural power, rivalry, fantasy world, magic, good versus evil, monster ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Gugure! Kokkuri-san (2014)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: A little girl named Kohina ends up summoning a Kokkuri-san, a lower-ranking ghost in Japanese folklore. The Kokkuri-san she calls ends up being a white-haired handsome, young man. Although he had intended to merely haunt her at first, he becomes ...
Style: anime, psychological, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: spirit, magic, rivalry, supernatural, coming of age, supernatural ability, friends, wizards and magicians, curses spells and rituals, friendship, wizard, spell ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Tweeny Witches (2004)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 9 min.
TV show
Story: Arusu believes in magic and it's power to do good in the world. Unfortunately for her, her fellow witches disagree, and use their powers for all sorts of neat tricks, like turning little sprites into their slaves. Realizing that this ...
Style: anime, avant garde, enigmatic, captivating, urban fantasy
Plot: magic, friendship, warlock, supernatural power, supernatural, female protagonist, witch, wizard, book, father daughter relationship, magical girl, child hero ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Natsume's Book of Friends (2008)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: 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.
Style: anime, serious, suspenseful, captivating, adult animation ...
Plot: spirit, friendship, ghost, supernatural, exorcist, japanese culture, orphan, youkai, supernatural power, human animal relationship, folklore, japanese mythology ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 8.4
 15K
MADE IN ABYSS (2017)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 325 min.
TV show
Story: The “Abyss” is the last unexplored region, an enormous and treacherous cave system filled with ancient relics and strange creatures. Only the bravest of adventurers can traverse its depths, earning them the nickname, “Cave Raiders.” Within ...
Style: anime, exciting, suspenseful, touching, enigmatic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: boy girl relationship, friendship, orphan, robot, survival, explorer, androids and robots, humanoid robot, puzzle, tragedy, amnesia, treasure hunt ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
How to Keep a Mummy (2018)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Kashiwagi Sora is living a normal high school student life, when his "adventurer" father sends him a mummy from his travels in Egypt! Sora balks at the letter from his crazy dad ("I found a cool mummy, so I decided to leave it with ...
Style: anime, sincere, feel good, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: friendship, supernatural, coming of age, slice of life, high school life, high school, mummy, school, rescue, obsessive quest, supernatural ability, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.9
 602
07-Ghost (2009)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Set in a gothic fantasy world, this is the story of Teito Klein, an orphaned slave who became the top military academy student. However, an unexpected turn of events left him pursued by the forces of the Barsburg Empire. Now an escaping convict, ...
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Audience: kids
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.5
 14K
Mushi-Shi (2005)
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Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: They are neither plants nor animals. They differ from other forms of life such as the micro-organisms and the fungi. Instead they resemble the primeval body of life and are generally known as "Mushi". Their existence and appearance are ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.6
 2K
XXXHOLiC (2006)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
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TV show
Story: Kimihiro Watanuki, a high-schooler, is troubled by monsters and spirits who are magically attracted to him. However, nobody else can see them but him. One day, Watanuki stumbles into a shop that grants wishes, and encounters Yuko Ichihara, a ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Somali and the Forest Spirit (2020)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
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Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: The world is ruled by spirits, goblins, and all manner of strange creatures. Human beings are persecuted, to the very point of extinction. One day, a golem and a lone human girl meet. This is a record of the pair, one a member of a ruined race, the ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 7.0
 2K
Blood Lad (2013)
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Staz is a vampire from the surreal "Demon World", and Fuyumi, an ordinary girl, accidentally wanders into the Demon World through a portal. Subsequently after meeting each other, Fuyumi is killed by a carnivorous plant and turned into a ...
Style: anime, entertaining, humorous, exciting, stylized ...
Audience: teens
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Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2011)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: When Yadomi Jinta was a child, he was a central piece in a group of close friends. In time, however, these childhood friends drifted apart, and when they became high school students, they had long ceased to think of each other as friends. One of ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 8.1
 14K
Horimiya (2021)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: A secret life is the one thing they have in common. At school, Hori is a prim and perfect social butterfly, but the truth is she’s a brash homebody. Meanwhile, under a gloomy facade, Miyamura hides a gentle heart, along with piercings and tattoos. ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 8.3
 19K
Dororo (2019)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan, Poland
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A samurai lord has bartered away his newborn son's organs to forty-eight demons in exchange for dominance on the battlefield. Yet, the abandoned infant survives thanks to a medicine man who equips him with primitive prosthetics—lethal ones ...
Style: anime, disturbing, captivating, exciting, suspense ...
Plot: samurai, danger, demon, friendship, society, uncover truth, violence, fight, human versus monster, supernatural, poverty, losing-it hero ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle (2020)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Syalis is a princess. A really cute one. When she gets kidnapped by the Demon King as a hostage, she's stuck in a castle full of demons, waiting to be rescued by her knight in shining armor. So what does she do? What any of us would. Take a ...
Style: anime, funny, sweet, romantic, gothic ...
Plot: friendship, demon, magic, princess, teenage protagonist, captivity, fantasy world, supernatural, slice of life, deal with the devil, danger, society ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 7.4
 15K
Blue Exorcist (2011)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Humans live in the world of Assiah, demons in Gehenna. The two dimensions are not meant to interfere with each other, but demons still possess creatures in Assiah in spite of this. The humans who can fight these demons are known as exorcists. Rin ...
Style: anime, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: supernatural, friendship, exorcist, demon, danger, anger, curses spells and rituals, rivalry, school, exorcism, heroes, teamwork ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Fruits Basket (2001)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Tohru Honda is 16 year old orphaned girl who gets invited to live in the house of her classmate, the handsome boy Sohma Yuki, and his cousins, 16 year old Kyo and 27 year old Shigure. However, these young men and parts of the rest of their family ...
Style: anime, shoujo, touching, exciting, feel good ...
Audience: teens, date night, kids
Plot: friendship, everyday life, friends, high school life, loss of family member, love and romance, youth, accident, first love, teenage love, transformation, loss of father ...
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Midnight Occult Civil Servants (2019)
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Miyako Arata is newly assigned to the Shinjuku Ward Office's Nighttime Regional Relations Department. Each of Tokyo's 23 wards has one such department, established to mitigate paranormal and occult-related events. Arata's special ...
Style: anime, disturbing, tense, captivating, shoujo ...
Plot: deity, kidnapping, demon, angel, drastic change of life, japanese mythology, teamwork, supernatural, magic, mysticism, mythology, supernatural power ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 5.8
 811
Amnesia (2013)
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: This story takes place in a fictional town, in a fictional country, in a fictional world. One morning, a young lady awakens to find that she has lost all her memories prior to that morning. Her life, her relationships, her very name—all gone. All ...
Style: anime, shoujo, exciting, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: cafe, memory loss, amnesia, parallel world, time travel, tragedy, fairy, ghost, everyday life, harem, angst, drastic change of life ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord (2019)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Dale is a cool, composed, and highly skilled adventurer who's made quite a name for himself despite his youth. One day on a job deep in the forest, he comes across a little devil girl who's almost wasted away. Unable to just leave her ...
Style: anime, captivating, humorous, seinen, suspenseful ...
Plot: little girl, parenthood, daughter, adventurer, father, orphan, demon, drastic change of life, foster child, father daughter relationship, slice of life, magic ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
To the Forest of Firefly Lights (2011)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
Story: One hot summer day a little girl gets lost in an enchanted forest of the mountain god where spirits reside. A young boy appears before her, but she cannot touch him for fear of making him disappear. And so a wondrous adventure awaits...
Style: anime, touching, exciting, sincere, sad ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: spirit, childhood, friendship, slice of life, forest, love, supernatural, folklore, nature, little girl, summer, countryside ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
 7.7
 5K
D.Gray-man (2006)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Allen Walker, a young Exorcist with a cursed eye that can see the suffering of the Akumas created by The Millenium Earl, travels to England to the Headquarters of the exorcists, the Black Order, where his Master, General Cross Marian, has sent him ...
Style: anime, emotional, exciting, suspense, shounen ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, demon, chosen one, young heroes, friendship, orphan, secret organization, supernatural, good versus evil, escapades, imaginary ...
Time: 19th century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Yona of the Dawn (2014)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan, Taiwan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: The legend of the Four Dragons and the origin of the land has been passed down for generations in the land of Kouka. Currently, Hiryuu Palace has no one else next in line for the throne other than the fifteen year old princess, Yona, who had been ...
Style: anime, exciting, shoujo, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: power struggle, battles, save the kingdom, princess, exile, coup, betrayal, chase, survival, running for your life, dragon, travel ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 5.7
 422
Fairy Gone (2019)
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Once upon a time, fairies were tools of war. The story takes place in a world where fairies possess and dwell in animals, giving them mysterious abilities. By removing the organs of a possessed animal and transplanting them into humans, fairies can ...
Style: anime, dark fantasy, tense, bleak, visually appealing ...
Plot: revenge, magic, magical power, fairy, supernatural, supernatural ability, catastrophe, power struggle, magical creature, supernatural power, organized crime, terrorism ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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