10 Best Anime TV shows like Solo Leveling – Your Streaming Guide

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Shaurya Singh Thapa

Shaurya Singh Thapa

JustWatch Editor

Based on the Korean manwha (comic) of the same name, MAPPA Studios anime Solo Leveling broke out as the first major anime of 2024. If you are looking for similar anime series with underdog protagonists, a diverse world of monsters and monster hunters, and fast-paced action, we’ve got you covered with a streaming guide to anime TV shows just like Solo Leveling and where to stream them online. We'll also let you know if they are available to stream for free.

Jujutsu Kaisen

Just like Solo Leveling, Jujutsu Kaisen is a finely animated cult favourite by studio MAPPA. Subverting shounen anime tropes, JJK finds goofy protagonist Yuji Itadori navigating his way through a multitude of sorcerers warding off their curses. Much like Solo Leveling’s Sung Jin-Woo striving to find his identity among monster hunters, Itadori aims to rise to the top.

Goblin Slayer

Goblin Slayer is another visually dazzling recommendation, incorporating Japanese dark fantasy themes in a premise centered around the titular antihero. Killing every goblin in his vicinity, Goblin Slayer’s morality comes into question when he crosses paths with a young priestess.

Chainsaw Man

Chainsaw Man also deserves a spot on your watchlist if you hunger for Solo Leveling's adrenaline-fueled action sequences. Unabashedly bloody and raunchy, Chainsaw Man yet again proves why MAPPA is the most innovative studio in the anime world right now.

Bleach

If you prefer sword-wielding protagonists like the ones in Solo Leveling or just the humans-versus-monsters binary in anime, Bleach is an all-time classic. Replace monsters with spirits from another world and you have a compelling narrative in Bleach, one that has gone on to endure in many spin-off series and movies.

Gintama

Gintama is a genre mishmash that sticks the landing with its alternate take on samurai-era Japan, one where freelance samurai roam in the backdrop of retro-futuristic aliens. Much like Solo Leveling's monster hunters, the samurai of Gintama are not glamorised to be fearless heroes but rather humanized caricatures of warriors.

The Daily Life of the Immortal King

The Daily Life of the Immortal King is a fantasy anime that reminds us that beyond other worldly challenges, the real Herculean task can be facing the real world itself. So, in this immersive anime, a near-invincible “cultivation genius capable of achieving new realms” faces the perils of… high school.

Sword Art Online

Sword Art Online is another binge-worthy watch for Solo Leveling fans, given its worldbuilding scope. The action begins in a vast multiplayer role-playing game, one in which many gamers are trapped in their avatars. It’s up to one lonely drifter in the game to find a way out.

Mashle

Mashle, one of the most popular anime series in recent years, is another anime that handles fantasy worlds with adolescent humour in the same vein as Solo Leveling. Anime fans usually describe the coming-of-age magic-themed anime as “Saitama (One Punch Man) meets Harry Potter”. Expect a Hogwarts-like magic academy with endless imagination.

Frieren

Frieren, a more recent addition to the fantasy anime lists, has immediately spawned a cult fandom despite being based on a relatively niche manga. Solo Leveling might capture the build-up to a storm but Frieren covers the calm “after” the storm. An elf warrior and compatriots must face the aftermath of a demon war, realising that some quests remain incomplete even after the battle has been won.

My Hero Academia

A trendsetting shounen anime with superhero influences, My Hero Academia is an anime that even non-anime fans can get into quite easily. Set within a superhero school training the next generation of heroes, MHA follows the journey of one Izuku Midoriya as he gives it all to become the protector of his generation, the same conviction that makes an inferior monster hunter like Sung Jin-Woo test his limits in Solo Leveling.

Where can I watch anime TV shows similar to Solo Leveling?

Below you can find streaming information for the 10 best anime TV shows that are similar to Solo Leveling. This includes the latest information on where to stream them on services such as Netflix, Crunchyroll and Prime Video. We'll also let you know if you can legally watch them for free online.

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  1. Jujutsu Kaisen

    Jujutsu Kaisen

    2020

    # 1

    A boy swallows a cursed talisman - the finger of a demon - and becomes cursed himself. He enters a shaman's school to be able to locate the demon's other body parts and thus exorcise himself.

  2. Goblin Slayer

    Goblin Slayer

    2018

    # 2

    "I'm not saving the world. I just kill goblins." Rumor has it that, in a certain guild in the middle of nowhere, there is an extraordinary man who has climbed all the way to the Silver rank just by killing goblins. At the same guild, a priestess who's just become a new adventurer has formed her first party... and the man who ends up rescuing that party when they get into trouble is none other than the Goblin Slayer.

  3. Chainsaw Man

    Chainsaw Man

    2022

    # 3

    Denji has a simple dream—to live a happy and peaceful life, spending time with a girl he likes. This is a far cry from reality, however, as Denji is forced by the yakuza into killing devils in order to pay off his crushing debts. Using his pet devil Pochita as a weapon, he is ready to do anything for a bit of cash.

  4. Bleach

    Bleach

    2004

    # 4

    For as long as he can remember, Ichigo Kurosaki has been able to see ghosts. But when he meets Rukia, a Soul Reaper who battles evil spirits known as Hollows, he finds his life is changed forever. Now, with a newfound wealth of spiritual energy, Ichigo discovers his true calling: to protect the living and the dead from evil.

  5. Gintama

    Gintama

    2006

    # 5

    Life isn't easy in feudal Japan... especially since the aliens landed and conquered everything! Oh sure, the new health care is great, but the public ban on the use of swords has left a lot of defeated samurai with a difficult decision to make concerning their future career paths! This is especially true if, as in the case of Gintoki Sakata, they're not particularly inclined towards holding a day job, which is why Gintoki's opted for the freelance route, taking any job that's offered to him as long as the financial remuneration sounds right. Unfortunately, in a brave new world filled with stray bug-eyed monsters, upwardly mobile Yakuza and overly ambitious E.T. entrepreneurs, those jobs usually don't pay as well as they should for the pain, suffering and indignities endured!

  6. The Daily Life of the Immortal King

    # 6

    As a cultivation genius who has achieved a new realm every two years since he was a year old, Wang Ling is a near-invincible existence with prowess far beyond his control. But now that he’s sixteen, he faces his greatest battle yet – Senior High School. With one challenge after another popping up, his plans for a low-key high school life seem further and further away…

  7. Sword Art Online

    Sword Art Online

    2012

    # 7

    In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a piece of technology called Nerve Gear. One day, players discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive unless they reach the 100th floor of the game's tower and defeat the final boss. However, if they die in the game, they die in real life. Their struggle for survival starts now...

  8. MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES

    # 8

    In the magic realm, magic is everything—everyone can use it, and one’s social status is determined by their skill level. Deep in the forest, oblivious to the ways of the world, lives Mash. Thanks to his daily training, he’s become a fitness god, but he harbors a secret that could turn his life upside down—he can’t use magic! When he’s found out, rather than his life being over, he’s unexpectedly enrolled in magic school, where he must beat the competition!

  9. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

    # 9

    After the party of heroes defeated the Demon King, they restored peace to the land and returned to lives of solitude. Generations pass, and the elven mage Frieren comes face to face with humanity’s mortality. She takes on a new apprentice and promises to fulfill old friends’ dying wishes. Can an elven mind make peace with the nature of life and death? Frieren embarks on her quest to find out.

  10. My Hero Academia

    My Hero Academia

    2016

    # 10

    For his entire life, Izuku has dreamed of being a hero—an ambitious goal for anyone, but an especially challenging one for a boy without superpowers. That’s right: in a world where 80% of the population has some sort of special gift, Izuku was unlucky enough to be born completely normal. But that won’t stop him from enrolling in one of the most prestigious hero academies in the world to learn what it truly means to be a hero.