Shows like Fist of the North Star: HOKUTO NO KEN: 20 to watch next
If you loved Fist of the North Star: HOKUTO NO KEN (2026) — a action & adventure and animation series — these 20 shows are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Fist of the North Star: HOKUTO NO KEN most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like martial arts, post-apocalyptic future and remake. 10 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
Where to watch Fist of the North Star: HOKUTO NO KEN →·Get picks for your whole taste →
- 1
Fist of the North Star 1984★ 8.0
Shares: Action & Adventure, Animation
It's the year 199x, and Earth burns with the fires of a nuclear holocaust. On the charred remains of the planet's surface, humans struggle desperately to survive a fearful world. The young wanderer Kenshiro rises to stand against the violent reality. Upon his chest are seven scars in the shape of the North Star!
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 2
Into the Badlands 2015★ 7.6
Shares: Action & Adventure
In a land controlled by feudal barons, a great warrior and a young boy embark on a journey across a dangerous land to find enlightenment. A genre-bending martial arts series very loosely based on the classic Chinese tale Journey to the West.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 3
Gibiate 2020★ 7.0
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure
In 2030, Japan. A virus has infected humans throughout the world. Infected people turn into different forms of monsters based on their ages, sexes and races. The virus is named 'Gibia' - after being rich in variety like gibia. Just then, a pair of samurai and ninja appeared in such a blighted wasteland of Japan. They both traveled from the early Edo period, fighting together with help from a doctor who tries to find cure for Gibia. Facing ceaseless attacks from Gibias, and outlaws that attack travelers for food, they start the dangerous journey with enemies all around.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 4
BAKI-DOU: The Invincible Samurai 2026★ 9.1
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure
Baki and the strongest Underground Arena fighters face a threat of historical proportions: the resurrected Musashi Miyamoto, Japan's greatest samurai.
Stream in India on Netflix
- 5
BASTARD‼ -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy- 2022★ 7.5
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure
When evil forces threaten to resurrect Anthrasax, the God of Destruction, the Kingdom of Meta-llicana calls on a volatile dark wizard for help.
Stream in India on Netflix
- 6
Terminator Zero 2024★ 7.1
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure
A warrior from a post-apocalyptic future travels to 1997 to protect an AI scientist being hunted by an unfeeling — and indestructible — cyborg.
Stream in India on Netflix
- 7
Hell's Paradise 2023★ 8.2
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure
For a chance at a pardon, a ninja assassin joins other condemned criminals on a journey to a mysterious island to retrieve an elixir of immortality.
Stream in India on Netflix, Crunchyroll
- 8
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 2012★ 8.6
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure
Follow the intergenerational feud between the Joestar Family and various forces of evil, the most prominent of which is Dio Brando and his followers.
Stream in India on Netflix, Crunchyroll, Sony Liv
- 9
Plunderer 2020★ 8.3
Shares: Action & Adventure, Animation
In a post-apocalyptic world dominated by the so-called "Numbers," each human will have their identity branded with their own "Count," which could define any number related to their life. May it be one's walked distance or amount of compliments given to them by others, this Count could lead them to the abyss when it has dropped to zero. In the year 305 of the Alcian calendar, Hina has inherited a mission from her Mother, whose Count has depreciated to zero, to search for the Legendary Red Baron. In her adventure, she meets a half-masked swordsman named Licht who tries to hide his identity, as he is known as a degenerate for having an incredibly low Count.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 10
SABIKUI BISCO 2022★ 6.4
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure
Japan’s post-apocalyptic wasteland replete with dust can only be saved by one thing—fungus. Bisco Akaboshi, a wanted criminal and skilled archer, searches for a legendary mushroom, known as Sabikui, said to devour any and all rust. Joining him on this epic saga to save the country is a giant crab and a young doctor. Can this unlikely trio find the fabled fungi and save the land?
Stream in India on Crunchyroll, Sony Liv, VI movies and tv
- 11
Gachiakuta 2025★ 8.5
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure
Accused of murder and thrown into the Pit, a young orphan joins a group of monster fighters with special powers to uncover the truth and seek vengeance.
Stream in India on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
- 12
Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy 2002★ 7.6
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure
Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy, known in Japan as Kinnikuman II sei, is a manga and anime series made by Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada under the pen name Yudetamago. It is the sequel to the hit manga Kinnikuman that they started in 1979. The toy line of Kinnikuman was released in North America as M.U.S.C.L.E.. The name of Ultimate Muscle was chosen to connect the Americanized storyline of the M.U.S.C.L.E. toyline of the 1980s into the anime. Bandai also produced intermittently distributed toy tie-ins during the initial run of Ultimate Muscle.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 13
BAKI 2018★ 8.1
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure
While martial arts champion Baki Hanma trains hard to surpass his legendary father, five violent death row inmates descend upon Tokyo to take him on.
Stream in India on Netflix
- 14
High School of the Dead 2010★ 8.1
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure
A small group of students at Fujimi High are fighting for their lives after surviving a zombie outbreak. It is up to Takashi to unite the survivors and escape the horrors that surround them. In this new world of the living dead...will they escape?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 15
Ushio and Tora 2015★ 8.0
Shares: Action & Adventure, Animation
When he stumbles upon Tora, a demon who's been impaled by a spear, young Ushio frees the beast and demands his help in fighting other agents of evil.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
- 16
Deadman Wonderland 2011★ 7.5
Shares: Action & Adventure, Animation
Ganta is the only survivor after a mysterious man in red slaughters a classroom full of teenagers. He's framed for the carnage, sentenced to die, and locked away in the most twisted prison ever built: Deadman Wonderland. And then it gets worse.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 17
Dororo 2019★ 8.5
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure
During the Warring States period, the young thief Dororo encounters Hyakkimaru, a strange, sightless boy who wields fearsome prosthetics in place of his missing limbs. Parts of Hyakkimaru’s body were traded to a group of 12 demons by his father in exchange for power, but thanks to a kindly medicine man, Hyakkimaru survived his horrifying ordeal. Now he roams the land in search of his missing body, and together he and Dororo will fight to survive in an unforgiving, demon-plagued world.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- 18
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress 2016★ 7.1
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure
In the midst of an industrial revolution, the people of Hinomoto fight hordes of undead creatures, known as Kabane, using powerful armored trains.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 19
Tengoku Daimakyo 2023★ 8.0
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure
In the year 2024, the world has collapsed. Grotesque monsters lurk amongst the ruins of Japan, while remaining people scrape together what they can to survive. Kiruko, an odd-job girl in Nakano, accepts a mysterious woman's dying wish to take a boy named Maru to a place called Heaven. Maru is convinced that there will be a boy there who looks exactly like him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 20
Knights of Sidonia 2014★ 7.6
Shares: Action & Adventure, Animation
An alien race called Gauna has destroyed Earth. leaving humanity struggling to survive aboard the spaceship Sidonia. Even though it’s been a century since the last encounter with the Gauna, military service is mandatory. For Nagate Tanikaze, whose grandfather secretly hid him in the forgotten bowels of Sidonia, it’s a strange new world as he’s forced to come to the surface. Yet his recruitment comes just in time, for the Gauna have suddenly reappeared.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now