Shows like Black Butler
24 series close to Black Butler (2008) on how it feels, not just what shelf it sits on — with what each one shares with it underneath.
magic, dark fantasy, shounen · Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · with Jun Fukuyama and Yuki Kaji · MBS · on BS11
historical, supernatural, based on manga · Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Square Enix · on BS11
dark fantasy, based on manga, gore · Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · with Maaya Sakamoto · on AT-X
dark fantasy, revenge, supernatural · Horror, Drama, Mystery · Aniplex · on BS11
dark fantasy, shounen, demon · Horror, Drama, Comedy · on Tokyo MX
dark fantasy, bromance, supernatural · Horror, Drama, Animation · with Yuki Kaji · on BS11
revenge, shounen, based on manga · Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · with Yuki Kaji · Square Enix · on MBS
magic, dark fantasy, anime · Horror, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · with Emiri Kato · Aniplex · on MBS
bromance, dark fantasy, shounen · Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · MBS · on MBS
circus, dark fantasy, kidnapping · Drama, Mystery, Animation · on BS11
shounen, supernatural, based on manga · Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · with Junichi Suwabe and Daisuke Ono · on Tokyo MX
dark fantasy, revenge, shounen · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · with Yuki Kaji · MBS · on Tokyo MX
revenge, shounen, super power · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · with Yuki Kaji and Daisuke Ono · movic · on BS11
dark fantasy, shounen, supernatural · Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · with Junichi Suwabe and Akiko Yajima · MBS
magic, supernatural, angst · Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · on AT-X
bromance, supernatural, based on manga · Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Aniplex
revenge, shounen, supernatural · Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · Square Enix · on MBS
dark fantasy, super power, supernatural · Horror, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · on Tokyo MX
super power, anime, drastic change of life · Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · on Tokyo MX
bromance, kidnapping, coming of age · Drama, Animation · with Junichi Suwabe · Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
dark fantasy, supernatural, angst · Horror, Drama, Mystery
london, england, dark fantasy, supernatural · Horror, Drama, Mystery
supernatural, angst, based on manga · Drama, Mystery, Animation · Aniplex
bromance, demon, based on manga · Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · Aniplex
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Matches are drawn from Cinnamon DB’s emotional fingerprint — a reading of how a series actually plays rather than how it is catalogued — then weighted by shared subject, cast, creator, studio, network and era. Genres include the ones TMDB’s television taxonomy leaves out: it has no Horror category at all, so that one is inferred here rather than missing.