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Anime Like High School of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead

20 anime similar to High School of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead based on genre, format, studio, and popularity

Anime Like High School of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead

Looking for anime similar to High School of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead? Here are 10 anime recommendations that share similar themes, genres, or storytelling styles.

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We selected these anime based on shared genres (Comedy, Ecchi, Supernatural), similar narrative structures, comparable art styles, and positive fan overlap. If you enjoyed High School of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead, these series should appeal to your taste.

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One-Punch Man

12 eps⭐ 8.32015Score: 40.8

2 shared genres: Comedy, SupernaturalSame studio: MADHOUSESimilar era (2015)

ActionComedySci-FiSupernatural

Saitama has a rather peculiar hobby, being a superhero, but despite his heroic deeds and superhuman abilities, a shadow looms over his life. He's become much too powerful, to the point that every opponent ends up defeated with a single punch. The lack of challenge has driven him into a state of apathy, as he watches his life pass by having lost all enthusiasm, at least until he's unwillingly thrust in the role of being a mentor to the young and revenge-driven Genos.

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No Game, No Life

12 eps⭐ 7.72014Score: 39.5

2 shared genres: Comedy, EcchiSame studio: MADHOUSESimilar era (2014)

AdventureComedyEcchiFantasy

Bored with life and considering the real world to be just a “crappy game,” savvy sibling shut-ins Sora and Shiro have withdrawn into their own fantasy world filled with video games. However, one day they find themselves summoned to another world by a boy who calls himself “God,” their abilities are about to be put to the ultimate test! Now not only their fates — but the fate of all of humanity — will be decided by a series of games that may just be the hardest these super-geniuses have ever faced! (Source: Sentai Filmworks, edited)

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High School of the Dead

12 eps⭐ 6.72010Score: 35.5

2 shared genres: Ecchi, SupernaturalSame studio: MADHOUSESimilar era (2010)

ActionDramaEcchiHorror

The lockers are splattered with blood, the student bodies are piling up and that's not mystery meat they're eating in the cafeteria… it's the faculty! And that's just the start of the worst day of school ever when a nightmarish virus is unleashed, turning humans into flesh eating zombies and converting Fujimi High School into a literal hell on Earth. Now it's a crash course in survival, and the only test or skill that matters is the ability to keep moving, breathing and fighting. Because if nerds, jocks and the surviving staff can't find a way to work together to escape this carnal house of education, they're all going to end up on the menu. And that's assuming there's anyplace safe left to escape to. (Source: Sentai Filmworks)

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Death Note

37 eps⭐ 8.42006Score: 34.6

1 shared genre: SupernaturalSame studio: MADHOUSE

MysteryPsychologicalSupernaturalThriller

Light Yagami is a genius high school student who is about to learn about life through a book of death. When a bored shinigami, a God of Death, named Ryuk drops a black notepad called a Death Note, Light receives power over life and death with the stroke of a pen. Determined to use this dark gift for the best, Light sets out to rid the world of evil… namely, the people he believes to be evil. Should anyone hold such power? The consequences of Light’s actions will set the world ablaze. (Source: VIZ Media)

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Food Wars!

24 eps⭐ 7.82015Score: 30.1

2 shared genres: Comedy, EcchiSimilar era (2015)

Ever since he was little, Souma Yukihira’s main goals have been to beat his father in a cooking contest and take over the family diner. That’s why, when his dad suddenly announces that he’s shutting the restaurant down and sending Souma to cooking school, Souma is shocked. However, Totsuki Academy is no ordinary cooking school. This elite institution is filled with culinary giants like Erina “God Tongue” Nakiri, who does her best to keep a lowly short-order like Souma from even making it inside the door. However, if the snobs can dish it out, Souma can serve it up, and when he learns that only a handful of the students manage to graduate every year, he swears that the only way he’ll leave is as number one! (Source: Sentai Filmworks)

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Death Parade

12 eps⭐ 8.02015Score: 30.0

1 shared genre: SupernaturalSame studio: MADHOUSESimilar era (2015)

DramaMysteryPsychologicalSupernatural

When two people die at the same time, they’re sent to a place that’s neither heaven nor hell—a lavish bar between worlds where the stakes are high and the rules are simple: if you win you live again, if you die… you’re gone for good. Decim is the bartender charged with serving the souls who enter Quindecim. He may make a mean cocktail, but his true profession is to play the role of arbiter—a judge who determines whether or not a soul is worthy of reincarnation. To aid in his judgment, the bar’s patrons are forced to play simple games laced with sadistic twists designed to bring their true natures to light. To Decim, judgment has always been black and white—that is—until he meets a mysterious young woman whose fate seems impossible to decide. His indecision shakes the very foundation of the games and raises the biggest question of all: Who is fit to judge the dead? (Source: Funimation)

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The Irregular at Magic High School

26 eps⭐ 7.02014Score: 29.6

1 shared genre: SupernaturalSame studio: MADHOUSESimilar era (2014)

ActionRomanceSci-FiSupernatural

Magic is a product of neither legends nor fairy tales, but instead has become a technology of reality since a time unknown to people. Supernatural power became a technology systematized through magic, while magic became a technical skill. A "Supernatural Power User" became a "Magic Technician." Magic Technicians (in short, Magicians) are nurtured through Magic High Schools and Universities. This is a story about: Tatsuya, a defective elder brother low achiever. Miyuki, a perfect, flawless younger sister high achiever. After both siblings entered a Magic High School, The stage of daily turbulence was unveiled—.

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Prison School

12 eps⭐ 7.32015Score: 28.5

2 shared genres: Comedy, EcchiSimilar era (2015)

Hachimitsu Private Academy was a revered and elite all-girls' boarding school on the outskirts of Tokyo...once upon a time. But with the new school year comes a revision to school policy: Boys are to be admitted into the student body for the first time ever. But on his first day at Hachimitsu, Kiyoshi Fujino discovers that he's one of only five boys enrolled at the school. Their numbers overwhelmed by the thousand girls in the student body, is it heaven or hell that awaits these five (un)fortunates?!. (Source: Anime News Network)

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SHIMONETA: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist

12 eps⭐ 6.92015Score: 28.1

2 shared genres: Comedy, EcchiSimilar era (2015)

The novel's story is set 16 years after the "Law for Public Order and Morals in Healthy Child-Raising" banned coarse language in the country. Tanukichi Okuma enrolls in the country's leading elite public morals school and is soon invited into the Anti-Societal Organization (SOX) by its founder, Ayame Kajou. As a member blackmailed into joining by Ayame, Tanukichi ends up taking part in obscene acts of terrorism against the talented student council president Anna (for whom Tanukichi has a crush). (Source: Anime News Network)

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Food Wars! The Second Plate

13 eps⭐ 7.92016Score: 27.7

2 shared genres: Comedy, Ecchi

The second season of Shokugeki no Souma. At the Totsuki Culinary Academy, the first rule is survival of the fittest, and if you don't have what it takes to become a master chef, you need to get out of the kitchen before you get burned. With the wheat of first-year students separated from the chaff, cocky former diner cook Yukihira Souma is one of the handful of kitchen whizzes still standing. As the next round of the Autumn Elections gets underway, can he survive a brutal bento boxing match with the chemistry-obsessed granddaughter of the Academy's director? And which of the other contenders; Megumi, Ryou, Akira, Hisako, Takumi or sinister dark-horse Subaru; will advance to fight for the gold medal? (Source: Sentai Filmworks))

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The Seven Deadly Sins

24 eps⭐ 7.32014Score: 27.4

3 shared genres: Comedy, Ecchi, SupernaturalSimilar era (2014)

ActionAdventureComedyEcchi

When they were accused of trying to overthrow the monarchy, the feared warriors the Seven Deadly Sins were sent into exile. Princess Elizabeth discovers the truth - the Sins were framed by the king's guard, the Holy Knights - too late to prevent them from assassinating her father and seizing the throne! Now the princess is on the run, seeking the Sins to help her reclaim the kingdom. But the first Sin she meets, Meliodas, is a little innkeeper with a talking pig. He doesn't even have a real sword! Have the legends of the Sins' strength been exaggerated? (Source: Anime News Network)

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Kill la Kill

24 eps⭐ 7.92013Score: 27.2

2 shared genres: Comedy, EcchiSimilar era (2013)

ActionComedyEcchi

After the murder of her father, Ryuuko Matoi has been wandering the land in search of his killer. Following her only lead—the missing half of his invention, the Scissor Blade—she arrives at the prestigious Honnouji Academy, a high school unlike any other. The academy is ruled by the imposing and cold-hearted student council president Satsuki Kiryuuin alongside her powerful underlings, the Elite Four. In the school's brutally competitive hierarchy, Satsuki bestows upon those at the top special clothes called "Goku Uniforms," which grant the wearer unique superhuman abilities.

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Food Wars! The Third Plate

12 eps⭐ 7.82017Score: 26.3

2 shared genres: Comedy, Ecchi

The third season of Shokugeki no Souma. At the Moon Festival, Totsuki Academy’s annual gourmet jubilee, students wage fierce culinary war as they try to out-earn their peers by selling the most of their chosen cuisine. Souma Yukihira, however, has his sights set on a grander prize: challenging the Elite Ten, who rule over the academy with iron fists. But Souma might have to put his grand ambitions on hold for the time being, because an insidious scheme to upset the balance of Totsuki Academy has begun to emerge from the shadows… (Source: Sentai Filmworks)

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Angel Beats!

13 eps⭐ 7.72010Score: 25.5

2 shared genres: Comedy, SupernaturalSimilar era (2010)

ActionComedyDramaSupernatural

Otonashi wakes up in the afterlife to find out he has no memories of his life before death. Desperate to survive in a war that could yield another unfortunate fate, he joins the SSS in the battle against Angel, whose very mission is to destroy all inhabitants of this afterlife. As Otonashi struggles to recover his memory and learn more about this world, he finds that not all is as it had seemed. (Source: Funimation)

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Noragami

12 eps⭐ 7.82014Score: 24.5

2 shared genres: Comedy, SupernaturalSimilar era (2014)

ActionAdventureComedySupernatural

Minor god Yato is down on his luck. Fed up with his slacker lifestyle, his partner abruptly quits. He has no money, no worshippers, and no shrine to call home. But just when things are starting to seem hopeless, a bus accident forces him to cross paths with Hiyori Iki, a sweet and perky high school girl. After the accident, Hiyori's soul has a bad habit of slipping out of her body, and after enlisting Yato's help to get her back to normal, she begins to fall into the world of spirits and gods. But Hiyori's not the only one who's keeping tabs on Yato. A god from Yato's past is back, and he's not interested in a friendly reunion. (Source: Funimation)

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Assassination Classroom

22 eps⭐ 7.92015Score: 24.4

2 shared genres: Comedy, SupernaturalSimilar era (2015)

ActionComedyDramaSupernatural

The students of class 3-E have a mission: kill their teacher before graduation. He has already destroyed the moon, and has promised to destroy the Earth if he can not be killed within a year. But how can this class of misfits kill a tentacled monster, capable of reaching Mach 20 speed, who may be the best teacher any of them have ever had?

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The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

120 eps⭐ 8.32016Score: 23.6

2 shared genres: Comedy, Supernatural

ComedySlice of LifeSupernatural

To the average person, psychic abilities might seem a blessing; for Kusuo Saiki, however, this couldn't be further from the truth. Gifted with a wide assortment of supernatural abilities ranging from telepathy to x-ray vision, he finds this so-called blessing to be nothing but a curse. As all the inconveniences his powers cause constantly pile up, all Kusuo aims for is an ordinary, hassle-free life—a life where ignorance is bliss. Unfortunately, the life of a psychic is far from quiet. Though Kusuo tries to stay out of the spotlight by keeping his powers a secret from his classmates, he ends up inadvertently attracting the attention of many odd characters, such as the empty-headed Riki Nendou and the delusional Shun Kaidou. Forced to deal with the craziness of the people around him, Kusuo comes to learn that the ordinary life he has been striving for is a lot more difficult to achieve than expected. Note: Aired in 2 versions, a 120-episode 5-minute short series, and a combined 24-episode 24-minute TV series with the same content.

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Blood Blockade Battlefront

12 eps⭐ 7.42015Score: 23.3

2 shared genres: Comedy, SupernaturalSimilar era (2015)

ActionComedySupernatural

A breach between Earth and the netherworlds has opened up over the city of New York, trapping New Yorkers and creatures from other dimensions in an impenetrable bubble. They've lived together for years, in a world of crazy crime sci-fi sensibilities. Now someone is threatening to sever the bubble, and a group of stylish superhumans is working to keep it from happening. (Source: Anime News Network) Note: The last episode aired with a runtime of ~46 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

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My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999

13 eps⭐ 7.72023Score: 23.0

1 shared genre: ComedySame studio: MADHOUSE

ComedyDramaRomance

Akane Kinoshita, a female college student, faces the absolute worst situation when she ends up breaking up with her boyfriend after he has an affair with a woman he met playing an online game. While relieving her stress by rampaging through the open hunting grounds of an online game, Akane spills everything about her heartbreak to “Yamada”, a player she met by chance who happens to be in the same guild. “I don't care,” is his curt reply. But when Akane gets a makeover and joins an offline event to get back at her ex-boyfriend, she hears those dreadful words again. And that was Akane's fateful encounter with “Yamada”─！ (Source: Crunchyroll)

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KONOSUBA -God's blessing on this wonderful world!

10 eps⭐ 7.92016Score: 22.2

2 shared genres: Comedy, Ecchi

AdventureComedyEcchiFantasy

Kazuma Satou decides that today is the day to get out of the house for a bit. Since he dies, pointlessly, it's clearly a bad choice. The goddess who greets him in the afterlife, however, offers him a chance to be reborn in a world not unlike that of a video game, and as a bonus she'll even throw in a cool item or power! Can't possibly be a bad choice, right? Except he arrives with no money at all, dead average skills, and his "bonus" isn't useful at all--since he picked the goddess, Aqua, herself. How are the two of them supposed to defeat the evil Devil King and live happily ever after? Well, for them, it probably starts with day laboring rather than adventuring. And it's only going to get more disappointing from there! (Source: Crunchyroll)

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