Top 30 of 32 suggestions

Anime like Rurouni Kenshin

177 people recommend Dororo to anyone who liked Rurouni Kenshin — more than any other title. Vinland Saga is second on 177 votes and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba third on 165. 27 more suggestions cleared the threshold, and all of them are listed below, strongest first. These are votes rather than an algorithm: each number counts AniList members who watched Rurouni Kenshin and said a particular show was worth watching next, so a suggestion people disagreed with does not appear at all. Eleven of the 30 have a watch order on this site; the rest are named so you can find them.

Dororo 2 entries · 1969–2019 Watch order › 177 recommend it
Vinland Saga 4 entries · 2019–2023 Watch order › 177 recommend it
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 9 entries · 2019–2025 Watch order › 165 recommend it
Gintama 14 entries · 2006–2026 Watch order › 137 recommend it
Samurai Champloo TV series · 26 episodes · 2004 Not on the site yet 134 recommend it
Hell's Paradise 2 entries · 2023–2026 Watch order › 130 recommend it
Golden Kamuy TV series · 12 episodes · 2018 Not on the site yet 111 recommend it
Inuyasha 9 entries · 2000–2021 Watch order › 109 recommend it
Katanagatari TV series · 12 episodes · 2010 Not on the site yet 91 recommend it
Trigun 4 entries · 1998–2026 Watch order › 85 recommend it
Noragami TV series · 12 episodes · 2014 Not on the site yet 68 recommend it
Yu Yu Hakusho 6 entries · 1992–2018 Watch order › 64 recommend it
Hunter x Hunter 8 entries · 1998–2013 Watch order › 51 recommend it
The Heike Story ONA · 11 episodes · 2021 Not on the site yet 50 recommend it
Ninja Scroll Film · 1993 Not on the site yet 39 recommend it
Shaman King TV series · 64 episodes · 2001 Not on the site yet 34 recommend it
Noragami Aragoto TV series · 13 episodes · 2015 Not on the site yet 32 recommend it
One Piece 45 entries · 1998–2029 Watch order › 31 recommend it
Ranma ½ TV series · 18 episodes · 1989 Not on the site yet 30 recommend it
Sword of the Stranger Film · 2007 Not on the site yet 24 recommend it
Arms Alchemy TV series · 26 episodes · 2006 Not on the site yet 20 recommend it
Shigurui: Death Frenzy TV series · 12 episodes · 2007 Not on the site yet 20 recommend it
Golden Kamuy Final Season TV series · 13 episodes · 2026 Not on the site yet 18 recommend it
Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran TV series · 13 episodes · 2000 Not on the site yet 17 recommend it
Kingdom Season 2 TV series · 39 episodes · 2013 Not on the site yet 17 recommend it
Golden Kamuy Season 2 TV series · 12 episodes · 2018 Not on the site yet 17 recommend it
Berserk 7 entries · 1997–2022 Watch order › 15 recommend it
Ranma1/2 (2024) Season 2 TV series · 12 episodes · 2025 Not on the site yet 15 recommend it
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade Film · 2000 Not on the site yet 13 recommend it
Blade of the Immortal (ONA) ONA · 24 episodes · 2019 Not on the site yet 11 recommend it

Where these come from

Every number above is a tally of AniList members who finished Rurouni Kenshin and nominated another series as the one to watch next. Nothing here is inferred from genres or tags: this page cannot tell you why Dororo follows Rurouni Kenshin, only that 177 people think it does. Suggestions the community voted down are excluded, and where several seasons of one franchise were nominated they are counted once, under the franchise.

32 suggestions cleared the vote floor for Rurouni Kenshin — far more than a page can usefully rank, so these are the 30 with the most votes behind them. The rest are the long tail of one or two seasons each. Add Rurouni Kenshin to the picker if you want them weighed against everything else you have watched rather than against this franchise alone.

11 of them have a watch order here , so if one appeals you can see every series, film and OVA in it laid out in order before you start: Dororo , Vinland Saga , Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba , Gintama , Hell's Paradise , Inuyasha , Trigun , Yu Yu Hakusho , Hunter x Hunter , One Piece , Berserk .

Keep going

Each of these has its own list of what people recommend after it — so if one of the suggestions above appeals, you can see where it leads before committing to it.

Recommendation counts and cover art from AniList, read at build time.

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