Shows like Dragon Ball
24 series close to Dragon Ball (1986) on how it feels, not just what shelf it sits on — with what each one shares with it underneath.
dragon, anthropomorphism, competition · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · with Toshio Furukawa and Mayumi Tanaka · Toei Animation · on Fuji TV
shounen, fighting, super power · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · with Masako Nozawa · Toei Animation · on Fuji TV
shounen, tournament, fighting · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · with Toshio Furukawa and Mayumi Tanaka · Toei Animation · on Fuji TV
shounen, tournament, fighting · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · with Masako Nozawa and Hiromi Tsuru · Toei Animation · on Fuji TV
shounen, fighting, super power · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · with Toshio Furukawa and Masako Nozawa · Toei Animation · on Fuji TV
shounen, fighting, based on manga · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · with Takeshi Aono · Toei Animation
monster, tournament, combat · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · Toei Animation · on Fuji TV
dragon, anthropomorphism, shounen · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation
dragon, shounen, monster · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · Toei Animation
shounen, super power, based on manga · Action & Adventure, Animation · with Mayumi Tanaka · Toei Animation · on Fuji TV
shounen, tournament, based on manga · Animation · Toei Animation · on Fuji TV
shounen, tournament, based on manga · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · with Mayumi Tanaka · on Fuji TV
shounen, fighting, super power · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation
kung fu, fighting, martial arts · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation
dragon, shounen, monster · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation
competition, shounen, tournament · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · with Chikao Ohtsuka
shounen, tournament, fighting · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · on Fuji TV
shounen, tournament, super power · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation
alien, shounen, super power · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · with Mayumi Tanaka
alien, shounen, based on manga · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · Fuji Television Network · on Fuji TV
anime · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · Toei Animation · on Fuji TV
shounen, monster, based on manga · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · with Takeshi Aono · Toei Animation
combat, shounen, based on manga · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation
competition, shounen, tournament · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation
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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.