Shows like Bleach: 20 to watch next
If you loved Bleach (2004) — a action & adventure, animation and sci-fi & fantasy series — these 20 shows are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Bleach most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like swordplay, katana and sword. 16 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Yu Yu Hakusho 1992★ 8.5
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
After dying to save a boy, delinquent tough guy Yusuke Urameshi is granted another chance at life by redeeming himself as a "Spirit Detective."
Stream in India on Netflix
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Dan Da Dan 2024★ 8.5
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
In a bet to prove whether ghosts or aliens exist, two high schoolers face terrifying paranormal threats, gain superpowers and maybe even fall in love?!
Stream in India on Netflix, Crunchyroll, Sony Liv
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JUJUTSU KAISEN 2020★ 8.6
Shares: Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, taking the curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with Ryomen Sukuna. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Satoru Gojo, Itadori is admitted to Tokyo Jujutsu High School, an organization that fights the curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a curse to exorcise a curse, a life from which he could never turn back.
Stream in India on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Crunchyroll
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Wistoria: Wand and Sword 2024★ 8.1
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
In a world where magic reigns, Will Serfort can’t cast a spell. Though hardworking, Will’s classmates think less of him for it. However, he has a secret strength: his sword. Can Will defy expectations with muscle over magic and blade over wand? Find out in this epic sword-and-sorcery adventure!
Stream in India on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
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Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun 2020★ 8.6
Shares: Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
To be united with her crush, a hopeless romantic summons the ghost in the girls' bathroom at her school. But she's shocked when the ghost is a boy!
Stream in India on Crunchyroll, Sony Liv, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
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Natsume's Book of Friends 2008★ 8.2
Shares: Animation, 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.
Stream in India on Crunchyroll, Sony Liv, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
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Chivalry of a Failed Knight 2015★ 7.0
Shares: Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
Magic Knights are modern magic-users who fight with weapons converted from their souls. Ikki Kurogane goes to a school for these Magic Knights, but he is the "Failed Knight" or "Worst One" who is failing because he has no magical skills. However, one day, he is challenged to a duel by Stella, a foreign princess and the "Number One" student. In this duel, "the loser must be obedient for life."
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Mob Psycho 100 2016★ 8.5
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Shigeo Kageyama, a.k.a. "Mob," is a boy who has trouble expressing himself, but who happens to be a powerful esper. Mob is determined to live a normal life and keeps his ESP suppressed, but when his emotions surge to a level of 100%, something terrible happens to him! As he's surrounded by false espers, evil spirits, and mysterious organizations, what will Mob think? What choices will he make?
Stream in India on Crunchyroll, Sony Liv, VI movies and tv
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Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles 2021★ 8.2
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
His past life and current life are intersecting--a boy with memories of two lives faces his destiny! After his mother was killed at an early age, the orphaned Rio fought his hardest to survive in the slums. One day, he awakens to the memories of Haruto Amakwa, who died in an accident while dreaming of being reunited with his childhood friend, and Rio realizing he has reincarnated in a world of swords and sorcery.
Stream in India on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
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BLOOD-C 2011★ 7.9
Shares: Action & Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Saya Kisaragi is an outwardly normal girl who serves as the shrine maiden to a country town; in reality, she is a skilled swordswoman charged by her father to defeat Elder Bairns, monsters who feed on human blood. As her battles grow more desperate and more people she cares for fall victim to the Elder Bairns, Saya begins finding faults in her reality, and eventually uncovers a disturbing truth about herself, the town and her surviving friends.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest 2019★ 8.4
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Hajime Nagumo and his high school class are suddenly summoned to a fantastical land as heroes. But while most of his classmates have powerful stats and abilities, Hajime does not. Underappreciated and unprepared, he tumbles into the depths of a monster-infested dungeon where voracity and sacrifice are his only options. To thrive in this savage world, he’ll have no choice but to welcome the abyss.
Stream in India on Crunchyroll, Sony Liv, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
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Shakugan no Shana 2005★ 7.4
Shares: Action & Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Murdered by a demonic being, 15-year-old Yuji Sakai has his life force replaced by a flame that dims with each day. When the flame dies, no one will remember he was ever alive. This is how he meets Shana: a warrior with a burning sword, and the will of a god as her guide. The two form a bond as Yuji becomes Shana’s accomplice in her battles to keep the balance between the ordinary world and hers.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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BLACK TORCH 2026★ 8.1
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Jiro Azuma is no average high schooler. A descendant of ninjas and trained in the ancient warrior art of the shinobi, Jiro is also able to talk with animals. After a mysterious encounter with an injured cat named Rago, Jiro discovers the feline is actually the legendary Black Star of Doom! Joined by the Bureau of Espionage, they fight off swarms of mononoke lying in wait to exploit Rago’s powers.
Stream in India on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Anime Times Amazon Channel
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After-school Hanako-kun 2023★ 8.2
Shares: Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The spirit Hanako-kun and his human assistant, first-year student Nene Yashiro, keep the peace between supernatural forces and the students of Kamome Academy. When they’re not fighting to maintain balance between the living and spirit worlds, how do they spend their time? Join Hanako-kun and Nene on their adventures after school!
Stream in India on Crunchyroll, Sony Liv, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
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Tsugumomo 2017★ 6.5
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Kazuya Kagami never goes anywhere without the precious "Sakura Obi" his mother gave him. One day a beautiful, kimono-clad girl named Kiriha appeared before him. Kiriha naturally began to live with Kazuya in his room. Then there's Chisato, Kazuya's childhood friend with glasses and a ponytail, who meddles in his affairs. Soon there's also an overprotective older sister who seems to want to take baths with him. Jumble in a huge-chested priestess, a good-looking sorceress named Kokuyoura, beautiful women, and hot girls, and Kazuya's happy, embarrassing, confusing life begins…
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Kill la Kill 2013★ 8.2
Shares: Action & Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Honnouji Academy is forcefully ruled by the iron-fisted control of its student council and its president, Satsuki Kiryuin. Transfer student, Ryuko Matoi, arrives on campus carrying a giant sword, that is actually half of a scissor. She is looking for the woman who holds the other half of her sword who killed her father. It is said that Satsuki Kiryuin knows the identity of the killer but when Ryuko confronts her she is beaten by the student council and their powerful "Goku Uniforms" whom she cannot match in strength. However, once Ryuko receives her own "Kamui" by the name of Senketsu, the odds are lifted in her favor.
Stream in India on Crunchyroll, Sony Liv, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
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I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too 2023★ 8.2
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
A door to another world stretches out before a boy who's been brutally bullied all his life. This alternate reality grants him access to all sorts of things, like cheat skills and a portal that lets him travel between his old and new worlds! Can this class loser turn his life around back home...?
Stream in India on Netflix, Crunchyroll, Sony Liv
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Demon King Daimao 2010★ 7.6
Shares: Action & Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Demon King Daimao follows Akuto Sai as the lead character, who on the day he enters Constant Magic Academy, receives a very unexpected future occupation aptitude test result: “Demon King.”
Stream in India on Crunchyroll, Sony Liv
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Noragami 2014★ 8.2
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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 just quit, and now he’s got to find a new divine weapon. Just when things look bleak, he meets a girl named Hiyori and changes her life forever.
Stream in India on Crunchyroll, Sony Liv, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
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The Irregular at Magic High School 2014★ 7.7
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Siblings Tatsuya and Miyuki enroll at Magic High School, where Miyuki's honors status comes between her and her underachieving older brother.
Stream in India on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Anime Times Amazon Channel