Top 15 Animes Like One Punch Man (Animes Better Than One Punch Man in Their Own Way)

Animes Like One Punch Man
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What are the best animes like One Punch Man?

After watching a hardcore action packed super funny anime like One Punch Man, you can’t help but want more. Here are 15 animes like One Punch Man but at the same time have their own twist.

15. My Hero Academia

My Hero Academia - Season One - Coming Soon

In a world where 80% of humans have a special power or quirk, Izuku Midoriya is born without one. All Izuku has ever dreamt about is becoming a Hero. But being quirkless has made that dream nearly impossible. That is until All Might, the number one hero, chooses him to be his successor. Izuku goes through months of training and eventually enrolls in UA High. Through thick and thin and many lessons to be learned, Izuku starts his path on becoming the number 1 superhero.

Here we have most of the main characters from My Hero Academia in their superhero suits. Izuku Midoriya, All Might, Katsuki Bakugou, Uraraka Ochako, Lida Tenya, Todoroki Shouto, Asui Tsuyu, Eijirou Kirishima, and Mineta Minoru.

14. The Irregular at Magic High School

The Irregular at Magic High School Trailer

It’s the 21st century and magic has become a norm.  In a school that’s split by “weeds”, students who get low scores on the entrance exam, and “blooms”, students who excel in it, our main character Tatsuya Shiba, ends up in the weeds group. Although he is considered magically inept, Tatsuya possesses skills no other students have. He has extraordinary physical combat capabilities, exceptional magic techniques, and top-notch technical knowledge. These extraordinary skills make people view him as an irregular in their school’s standards.

The two main characters. Siblings Tatsuya Shiba, the irregular, and Miyuki Shiba, a candidate to succeed the leadership of the Yotsuba clan.

13. Needless

Needless Anime Opening [OP HD]

Fifty years after WWIII ended, a “black spot” appeared in Japan. The black spot contained contaminated ruins and mutated humans. The story revolves around Adam Blade, a man trapped in the black spot. Through contamination he acquired super strength and regeneration capabilities. To bring back peace to Japan he and his comrades decide to fight against Simeon, a large pharmaceutical and technology research organization who are known to conduct experiments on humans.

Needless characters (left to right) Adam Arclight, Roukakuji Riru, Saten, Hagiba Kasumi, Schild Cruz, and Adam Blade.

12. Bleach

Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black Trailer

Bleach revolves around Ichigo Kurosaki a high schooler whose family was attacked by a hollow, a spirit that seeks to take human souls. Luckily a soul reaper named Rukia Kuchiki tries to protect his family. unfortunately, she gets injured during the fight. To make sure his family is safe, Ichigo ends up agreeing to take Rukia’s powers and become a soul reaper himself. From them on Ichigo must hunt down hollows across his town. But after Ichigo sets off to save Rukia from being executed for her misbehaviors in the human world, he comes to realize that hollows are not the only evil in the world.

Ichigo and Renji ready to attack

11. Yu Yu Hakusho

YuYu Hakusho Season 1 Trailer

Yu Yu Hakushu revolves around 14-year-old Yuusuke Urameshi. Throughout his entire life Yuusuke has done nothing but bad. Until one day he saves a young boy from being hit by a car. He ends up dying in the act, but his good deed causes Koenma, heir to the throne of the spirit realm, to give him a chance to regain his life. To regain it he must become a spirit detective and stop the evil that roams planet Earth. With the help of Kazumu, Hiei, and Kurama he sets out to fight against the spirits.

Here we have Yuusuke, Kazuma, Hiei, and Kurama.

10. Devil May Cry

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As a child, Andrea always had a nightmare in which a gigantic pokeball rolled towards her, planning to squish her. The fear that dream caused gave her extra health when fighting bosses.
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