Top 30 of 33 suggestions

Anime like Yu-Gi-Oh!

71 people recommend Pokemon to anyone who liked Yu-Gi-Oh! — more than any other title. Digimon Adventure is second on 41 votes and Bakugan Battle Brawlers third on 34. 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 Yu-Gi-Oh! and said a particular show was worth watching next, so a suggestion people disagreed with does not appear at all. Three of the 30 have a watch order on this site; the rest are named so you can find them.

Pokemon 68 entries · 1997–2027 Watch order › 71 recommend it
Digimon Adventure 16 entries · 1999–2025 Watch order › 41 recommend it
Bakugan Battle Brawlers TV series · 52 episodes · 2007 Not on the site yet 34 recommend it
Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor TV series · 26 episodes · 2007 Not on the site yet 31 recommend it
Yu-Gi-Oh! CARD GAME: THE CHRONICLES ONA · 2024 Not on the site yet 30 recommend it
Cardfight Vanguard TV series · 65 episodes · 2011 Not on the site yet 23 recommend it
BUILD-DIVIDE -#000000- CODE BLACK TV series · 12 episodes · 2021 Not on the site yet 17 recommend it
Beyblade TV series · 51 episodes · 2001 Not on the site yet 16 recommend it
selector infected WIXOSS TV series · 12 episodes · 2014 Not on the site yet 15 recommend it
Shaman King TV series · 64 episodes · 2001 Not on the site yet 14 recommend it
Shadowverse TV series · 48 episodes · 2020 Not on the site yet 14 recommend it
Jigoku Sensei Nube TV series · 49 episodes · 1996 Not on the site yet 13 recommend it
Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V TV series · 148 episodes · 2014 Not on the site yet 12 recommend it
Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS TV series · 120 episodes · 2017 Not on the site yet 12 recommend it
Hikaru no Go TV series · 75 episodes · 2001 Not on the site yet 11 recommend it
Digimon Tamers TV series · 51 episodes · 2001 Not on the site yet 10 recommend it
Duel Masters TV series · 26 episodes · 2002 Not on the site yet 10 recommend it
Day Break Illusion TV series · 13 episodes · 2013 Not on the site yet 10 recommend it
Future Card Buddyfight TV series · 64 episodes · 2014 Not on the site yet 10 recommend it
Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS TV series · 92 episodes · 2020 Not on the site yet 10 recommend it
Symphogear TV series · 13 episodes · 2012 Not on the site yet 9 recommend it
Death Parade 2 entries · 2013–2015 Watch order › 8 recommend it
Battle Spirits: Brave TV series · 50 episodes · 2010 Not on the site yet 6 recommend it
Battle Spirits: Kakumei no Gallet ONA · 5 episodes · 2020 Not on the site yet 6 recommend it
Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress TV series · 12 episodes · 2021 Not on the site yet 6 recommend it
Medabots TV series · 52 episodes · 1999 Not on the site yet 5 recommend it
MegaMan NT Warrior TV series · 56 episodes · 2002 Not on the site yet 5 recommend it
Battle Spirits: Shounen Gekiha Dan TV series · 50 episodes · 2009 Not on the site yet 5 recommend it
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan TV series · 24 episodes · 2010 Not on the site yet 5 recommend it
Duel Masters VS TV series · 49 episodes · 2014 Not on the site yet 5 recommend it

Where these come from

Every number above is a tally of AniList members who finished Yu-Gi-Oh! and nominated another series as the one to watch next. Nothing here is inferred from genres or tags: this page cannot tell you why Pokemon follows Yu-Gi-Oh!, only that 71 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.

33 suggestions cleared the vote floor for Yu-Gi-Oh! — 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 Yu-Gi-Oh! to the picker if you want them weighed against everything else you have watched rather than against this franchise alone.

3 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: Pokemon , Digimon Adventure , Death Parade .

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.

Last refreshed August 13, 2026