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6 Anime Like Kemono Jihen

6 Anime Like Kemono Jihen

Mary Lee Sauder
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Kemono Jihen takes a serious, gritty approach to Japanese yokai and the urban fantasy genre – our half-monster protagonists may be young, but the problems they face would be daunting even to an adult. So, if you can’t bear to wait a full week to find out what supernatural horror the Inugami Strangeness Consultancy Office detectives will face next, here are six other fantastic anime that remind us of Kemono Jihen!

We chose shows that feature supernatural elements in a modern setting, usually with a darker tone and/or mature subject matter mixed in with traditional action-adventure elements. Let’s get started!

Top 10 Action Anime

Top 10 Action Anime

Mary Lee Sauder
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There’s nothing like a good action-packed anime to get the heart pumping faster, especially when it has god-tier animation and an engaging storyline to go along with it. Today, we’d like to highlight ten of our favorites in the genre – they’ll be ranked by the intensity and creativity of their action scenes, as well as the quality of the narrative that gives those scenes context and meaning. We’ll be focusing mostly on newer anime, since the sheer amazingness of classics like Dragon Ball Z and Cowboy Bebop is already well documented. So, with all that said, let’s get started!

Kemono Jihen Mid-Season Impressions - Not Your Average Ghouls in Tokyo

Kemono Jihen Mid-Season Impressions - Not Your Average Ghouls in Tokyo

Mary Lee Sauder
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Kemono Jihen is the latest big anime adaptation to come out of the Shounen Jump family (it’s serialized in Jump Square), telling the story of a young half-ghoul boy named Kabane who leaves his oppressive hometown to join a supernatural detective business in Tokyo. It has a creative, modern approach to Japanese mythology and is much mellower than most shounen, giving it an unusual atmosphere that we’re definitely digging so far. Let’s check it out!

The God of High School Review – One Cannot Live on Hype Alone

The God of High School Review – One Cannot Live on Hype Alone

Mary Lee Sauder
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The God of High School is the latest manhwa-turned-anime to grace our screens this year – only the second Korean comic to be adapted into animated form after Tower of God in Spring 2020. We follow taekwondo practitioner Jin Mori and his friends as they fight their way through a nationwide martial arts tournament that gets cranked up a notch when it’s discovered that certain participants possess unique superpowers called “charyeok”.

This high-octane action anime has been brought to life by top-tier studio MAPPA (known for their work on Dororo, Garo: Vanishing Line, Kakegurui, and others) and was heavily promoted on streaming sites as the next big shounen anime. But does The God of High School live up to its lofty expectations? Let’s take a closer look and find out!