Princess Mononoke

Two brothers use forbidden alchemy to try to resurrect their dead mother. It goes catastrophically wrong — one loses his body entirely, the other loses limbs. N…

If you loved Princess Mononoke's everyone operating in shades of grey — no clean heroes, no simple villains, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. Same epic and dark energy throughout.

Prince Bojji is deaf, tiny, and considered the weakest prince in a world that ranks kingdoms by military strength. When he befriends Kage, a shadow creature and…

Both are built around characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. Same epic and dark energy throughout.

Young Thorfinn watches his father — a legendary warrior turned pacifist farmer — murdered by Viking mercenaries. He joins the mercenary band to get close enough…

If you loved Princess Mononoke's everyone operating in shades of grey — no clean heroes, no simple villains, Vinland Saga delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about war that refuses to make heroism look clean or uncomplicated. Same epic and dark energy throughout.

Gon Freecss, a 12-year-old who grew up on an island, takes the notoriously dangerous Hunter Exam to find his absent father. What starts as a shonen adventure ab…

If you loved Princess Mononoke's everyone operating in shades of grey — no clean heroes, no simple villains, Hunter x Hunter delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.

Bam enters the Tower — a massive structure where each floor is a world unto itself — to find Rachel, the girl who showed him the stars. But the Tower isn't a re…

Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. Same epic and dark energy throughout.