Ranked #129

Darker than BLACK

Very similar premise; Contractors are very similar to Witches.

The similiar main character Lelouch and Hei act very nice hiding their true goal

Both are about how the people who have powers use them in the right and clever way to outdo their opponent, and not that if one person has a slightly better power that he wins by default or something like that. They both have that detective vs. plotter, and also they both have that mid-episode cliffhanger where you really have no idea how they would solve or handle the solution, but then they come with the most awesome things that you really never would have thought of. PS: they're both very good animes by default, you should watch them both anyway.

They have a very similar feel to them. The story in DtB is a little darker than GitS, and the worlds are very different, but the seriousness and overall feel to them is very similar. If you liked one, you should give the other a try.

Both have a similar sci-fi episodic adventure format, where the main characters take up missions and jobs in order to make money. The main difference is that DtB's adventures span 2 episodes whereas CB spans 1. ^_^

Not terribly similiar in their facades. However, that's what's clever about the two series'. They both have subtle details and philosophical questions that the average viewer won't be able to perceive on their first viewing. Physically, they both focus on chasing after truths that lie beyond a secure womb-like environment. Not to mention some of the brilliant animation that is present in both of them.

Same atmosphere, similar idea..

Because Darker than Black is almost the same als Night Head Genesis about special powers and stuff. They are both very enjoyable, worth a watch!

In both shows, certain individuals have unique super-powers thanks to a recent phenomenon. In Darker than Black, you have factions of these people up against one another. In Speed Grapher, it's one man against everyone else, a more exciting setup IMO. Also, the characters in Speed Grapher are less opaque than those in Darker than Black where the mystery usually takes precedence over the story, leaving so much unexplained that the show gets tedious.

They are both creepy and dark but have a very good story line and have very likeable characters.

both series are about some weird event that changed the world and some individuals got super powers after that

they are so damn similar, i wonder from wich book they are copied or wich one is the rip off of the other one. :/

Both are sci-fi animations with a gloomy atmosphere and people who have strange abilities.

Both of them deal with contractors who obtain super powers ... DTB is much better than Kaze no stigma in my opinion but they both have the same theme. Kaze no stigma is not as dark as DTB though.

Both involve high technology, plenty of battles and a somewhat dark storyline.

In DtB, Hei is somewhat related to an incident resulting in the disappearance of South America. Similiarily, in Noein, Karasu is distantly related to the disappearance of various alternate worlds. Both protogonists are capable fighters, and both are searching for what happened in past times.

What do they have in common? How about people getting powers (but with a price), an overall dark mood, a mysterious protagonist with an awesome jacket, and a whole lot of wondering about which side is the right one. And seriously, Hei and Joseph are incredibly similar - they both even have sister issues.

Also made by Studio Bones. Has a similar concept of social outcasts (Contractors/Wolves) of whose existence the general public is unaware, posing as humans and trying to survive any way they can.

They're both dark Animes... they have really lovable villains... and in DTB the main character kinda has split personalities too... Elfen Lied's the bloodier of the two.. but if you like one of them... the other is worth checking out ^^

It gives the same kind of tension. The main characters are also both loners, and behave similarly in certain ways.

TMGK is about a group of kids who fight to protect the city. DTB is about a group that fight to gain the truth. Althought there's no real main character in TMGK, Hei is the lovely lead role in Darker Than Black. Both anime have magic, or people magical/mystical/spiritual powers and action, fighting scenes. Personally I love both of them, so watch 'em

Get Backers is more light and comedy than Darker Than Black, but the themes of powers is the same, and both series has main characters that manipulates electricity in similar ways.

They are two diffrent anime, but they both have the same kind of mystery: Why is there a big wall in Darker than BLACK and why do Coralians appear, in E7.

Both have the same hellish atmosphere to them. They're also similar in terms of series structure whereas Darker than BLACK is a different story every two episodes and Jigoku Shoujo is a story per episode. Definitely worth checking out if you liked one or the other

Yet another show where you've got certain people suddenly developing powers, factions of them grouping together, factions of humans trying to control or eliminate them, and various protagonists on the different sides. Similar at least in terms of the super-powers and the not-quite-making-sense-ness of it.

Like the law of Equivalent Exchange (The rule that alchemists in the series consider to be the foundation of Alchemy, or even the fundamental law of the world: to obtain, something of equal value must be lost.) in Full Metal Alchemist; Darker than BLACK has a similar form of "payment" as a form of a contract payment or remuneration in exchange for their superhuman powers.

Both have main characters with a tragic past. The main similarity is, they both move on to kinda a "different story" after a couple episodes. While Darker Than Black is to finding a new contractor, Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori is someone entering the site and entering a name. ^-^

darker than black is about some sort of parasite that crashed from space with a meteor, it gives super powers and have to give it something in return
ayakashi is almost the same

Both have main character with surpernatural ability , and both are very enjoyable anime with great and dark storyline too.

If you need action and a deep multiple episode long story to get your anime hard-on, either of these will work. Darker than BLACK contains supernatural action and police-scoured situations with a slowly evolving story, and Gungrave takes the action one step further with intense gun-fights and classic mafia-esque plot development. Watching one will prepare you for the alternative, but make sure you have several months of free time if you plan on watching both @_@

DtB is a more serious show than s-CRY-ed, but they're both short, very self-aware shonen action shows with some great characters and intriguing settings (DtB is almost set in a world which is the reverse of s-CRY-ed's).

its just that damn good.

both of the main characters work for some agency. also contractors and the cyborgs both have emotionless to be more efficient when a decision. both contractors and cyborgs are mutated humans in some sense. in gunslinger girl its artifical but in darker than black it is nonartifical and genuine. henrietta and hei both act differently compared to their peers.

It took me awhile to understand which anime is most like Darker than Black. I know that Chobits and Darker than BLACK are two completely different genres, but if you think about it they are somewhat similar. Darker than Black has contractors that are used like machines doing the dirty work of people without the powers of a contractor. In Chobits the persocoms were normally treated as mere objects. However in the middle of both series characters begin to realize that both contractors and persocoms don't seem to be just tools but they may have some life within and act like normal humans. I'm not completely finished with Darker than Black yet, but this is the feeling I'm getting between both animes.

However be wary that the story will be slow if you ONLY have the idea that Darker than Black is about contractors being humans. This is a great anime filled with action, violence and a great story.

supernatural, psychological, action-packed thrillers. both are expressed in different arcs, consisting of unique and very clever storylines. darker than black however is more based on the strange phenomena of people having strange powers and "hell's gate" whilst shigofumi is based on letters from the recently dead; but both are very dramatic dark anime which has lots of character development and intriguing twists and turns as well as tension and even gruesome parts. both good watches which require some thought (darker than black more so).

Both of these animes seem to have a lot of similarities. They basically both deal and have that mystery and investigation aspect.

Watching Kara No Kyoukai came to mind that it made me think about Darker Than Black. After watching Darker than Black and Kara no kyoukai, both animes seem so incredibly fascinating in terms of supernatural events, not necessarily supernatural but Kara no Kyoukai has more mystery into it that leads to more further investigating than Darker Than Black.
Darker Than Black deals with contractors who are humans as well, though I haven't really come to study about the true meaning of contractors, but contractors are just like humans who possess human characteristics.
That being said, I highly recommend this anime to Kara No Kyoukai due to the fact they both deal with investigation type of scenario.

well.... they both start the series in the middle of the story, and then TRY ( two lines under the word try) to explain what's happening as the story goes along, the characters in both anime have superhuman powers ( vampires and the other something called contractor) which they use to go on missions, each episode or two is about one mission, which has nothing to do with the original story, so of you miss a couple of these episodes, it's won't have much difference in the end, Speaking of the end, they both have a very similar ending, you are left wondering what the hell is going on .....but of course it would be different if they had a sequel, basically at the end, nothing really changes, everything is as the same as when the anime started in both of them.

By the way I didn't like either one of them.

Although the plot is a litte different, both main characters are very similar.
Hei possesses supernatural powers, wears mask on his missions and hides his true personality exactly like Lelouch. For both the most important are their younger sisters. Yin resembles Anya (similar hairstyle and emotionless). Both C.C. and Amber travel through the time, have many secrects and look alike (green long hairs, similar white clothes).