Fans of Naruto, look no further. Masashi Kishimoto's iconic manga adaptations, including Naruto, Naruto: Shippuden, and Boruto, are some of the most celebrated shonen jump series. The story of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja learning jutsu to become the hokage, is an action-packed journey that brings back childhood memories for many anime fans. Other popular shounen series like One Piece and Dragon Ball Z share similarities with Naruto. For more great shows, consider Yu Yu Hakusho, Black Clover, Fairy Tail, One Punch Man, and many others. What are the top recommendations for Naruto enthusiasts?
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Izuku never stops trying to become a hero, even though he was born powerless in a super-powered world.
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Lucy Heartfilia joins the Fairy Tail guild and teams up with Natsu Dragneel.
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Two orphan boys with different powers try to become the best wizards in a magic world.
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It is similar because it has a ninja theme.
It features martial arts with special powers.
The story shows a boy hero rising through ranks.
It features a samurai theme.992 - 5
It shows special powers similar to ninjas.
This series offers one source of inspiration for Naruto.
It displays martial arts with special powers.927 - 6
An elastic man hunts for pirate treasure, One Piece.
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Why it is similar: Similar animation, fighting with special powers, the "avatar" state power works like Kurama's power. A small group of powerful friends travel and have adventures while fighting Fire-benders.
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The adventures of Goku and his allies, a powerful warrior, defend Earth from threats.
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A bored superhero seeks meaning in a world full of monsters.
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A young man and his friends protect the human world.
It follows Maka Albarn's adventures at the Death Weapons Meister Academy.
It has samurai motifs.318 - 11
Brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric seek the Philosopher's Stone.
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A high-school girl moves from the past to feudal Japan.
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It shows martial arts actions with special powers.
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Players in online role-playing games get pulled into a series of deadly conspiracies.
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Ninjas possess magic powers.
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It shows ninja characters.
It presents village factions.
It features ninja themes.137 - 17
A hit man who is an infant teaches the tricks of his trade to a future mafia boss.
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Yuma Kuga and Osamu Mikumo must team up to defend their new reality against unknown beings.
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Rikuo Nura fights his yokai nature through good deeds, but cannot defeat his fate.
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Buso Renkin is a manga series by Nobuhiro Watsuki. It follows Kazuki Muto, who becomes an alchemical warrior against alchemical monsters called homunculi. Watsuki saw this manga as his last shōnen work and tried to make the genre work. It ran in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from June 2003 to April 2005. Shueisha republished the chapters in ten tankōbon volumes. Viz Media licensed the manga for North American release. The manga became an anime series.
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It includes ninjas with magic powers.
It depicts ninja characters.-89 - 22
It shows village factions.
It features ninja themes.
It includes ninjas with magic powers.-105 - 23
It shows ninja characters.
It shows village factions.
It features ninja themes.-106 - 24
It includes ninjas with magic powers.
It shows ninja characters.
It shows village factions.-109 - 25
It features ninja themes.
It includes ninjas with magic powers.
It shows ninja characters.-110 - 26
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It shows ninja characters.
It shows village factions.Also ranks #46 on 70+ Best Anime Starting With 'N'
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It features ninja themes.
It includes ninjas with magic powers.
It shows ninja characters.-128 - 29
It shows village factions.
It features ninja themes.Also ranks #76 on 90+ Best Anime Starting With 'I'
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It includes ninjas with magic powers.
It shows ninja characters.
It shows village factions.Also ranks #44 on Best '70s Anime Series, Ranked
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It features ninja themes.
It includes ninjas with magic powers.
It shows ninja characters.Also ranks #63 on 70+ Best Anime Starting With 'N'
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It shows village factions.
It features ninja themes.
Ninja uses magic powers.-327
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