Shows like Dragon Ball Z
24 series close to Dragon Ball Z (1989) on how it feels, not just what shelf it sits on — with what each one shares with it underneath.
end of the world, friendship, adventure · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · with Toshio Furukawa and Ryo Horikawa · Toei Animation · on Fuji TV
adventure, shounen, tournament · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · with Ryo Horikawa and Masako Nozawa · Toei Animation · on Fuji TV
end of the world, adventure, shounen · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · with Toshio Furukawa and Ryo Horikawa · Toei Animation · on Fuji TV
dragon, anthropomorphism, competition · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · with Toshio Furukawa and Mayumi Tanaka · Toei Animation · on Fuji TV
shounen, fighting, based on manga · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · Toei Animation
shounen, fighting, super power · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · with Masako Nozawa · Toei Animation · on Fuji TV
shounen, tournament, based on manga · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · with Mayumi Tanaka · on Fuji TV
dragon, shounen, based on manga · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · Toei Animation
friendship, adventure, shounen · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · on Fuji TV
friendship, shounen, based on manga · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · Toei Animation
tournament, combat, anime · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · Toei Animation · on Fuji TV
friendship, adventure, shounen · Action & Adventure, Animation · with Mayumi Tanaka · Toei Animation · on Fuji TV
dragon, anthropomorphism, adventure · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation
friendship, adventure, shounen · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation
competition, shounen, tournament · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation
adventure, shounen, super power · Action & Adventure, Animation
friendship, shounen, based on manga · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · with Ryo Horikawa and Hirotaka Suzuoki · Toei Animation
adventure, shounen, based on manga · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation
based on manga, anime, martial arts · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation
adventure, cyborg, shounen · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation
friendship, adventure, shounen · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation
adventure, shounen, anime · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation · Toei Animation · on Fuji TV
friendship, adventure, shounen · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation
adventure, 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.