Asian Dramas Like Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Two orphans who grew up as fake siblings reunite in adulthood and must navigate the fine line between family and love.

If you loved Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Family by Choice delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.

Rai, an ancient and impossibly powerful Noble, awakens after 820 years of slumber and enrolls in a South Korean high school run by his loyal servant. While trying to adapt to moder…

If you loved Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Noblesse delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

The Counters — ordinary people who host powerful spirits to fight evil demons that feed on human greed — return with new threats, new members, and old wounds that haven't healed. S…

If you loved Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, The Uncanny Counter Season 2: Counter Punch delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — belonging and found family — is the same. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

A group of bounty hunters drift through space in the Bebop, each running from a past they can't escape. Spike Spiegel is a former syndicate hitman. Jet Black is an ex-cop with a pr…

If you loved Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Cowboy Bebop delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be.

A group of noodle shop workers are actually demon hunters who capture evil spirits that prey on humans.

If you loved Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, The Uncanny Counter delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about found family that ends up messier and realer than the biological kind. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.

Kang Nam-soon has had superhuman strength since birth, spending her childhood raised by nomads on the Mongolian steppe. Back in Seoul to find her long-lost family, she meets a narc…

Both are built around questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is pure fun — the kind you don't have to feel guilty about.

Five medical interns navigate the intense pressures of residency at a Seoul hospital, forming bonds and rivalries as they discover who they really are under extreme professional an…

Like Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Resident Playbook is built around ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.

A spy who needs a fake family for a mission. An assassin who needs a husband. A telepath child who needs parents. None of them know the others' secrets. All of them accidentally be…

If you loved Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, Spy x Family delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.

In a world where 80% of people have superpowers called Quirks, Izuku Midoriya is born without one — and still dreams of being a hero. When the greatest hero alive passes his power …

If you loved Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse's ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world, My Hero Academia delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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 the sole survivor o…

Like Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Ranking of Kings is built around ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.