D.Gray-man

Both anime have organizations fighting formerly human monsters (Akuma/Varuga) created by an enemy organization (Noah/Kafka). The organizations have several branches with eccentric leaders that mentor the main characters. The members are regularly dispatched on missions.
Both anime have a white-haired boy protagonist.
Some common positive themes are strong will, friendships, and the wish to protect loved ones. But there are also darker motifs such as despair and grief over death. 

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Both animes have an organization (Black Order and Circus) working for the government for the greater good.  They also have similar goons the akuma and Varuga which come from innocent people being turned by the antagonists. In both the only known way to save the people is to ‘purify’ by kill them. The powers held by the characters are honed through the organization, and only those compatible and capable can use the weapons. The weapons are honed through training in D Gray Man and school in Karneval. Kanda is very similar to Gareki, both being a bit tsundere but eventually becomes friendlier to the main characters. Although, Allen and Kanda fight like brothers while Gareki is much kinder to Nai. Lavi and Yogi are the happy go lucky characters that prefer to lighten the mood than to show their knowledge unless necessary. read more 

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Both protagonists are young white-haired males (D.Gray-man's Allen Walker is 15, while Karneval's Nai is of an unconfirmed age) with some sort of secret, in a way. They are both searching for someone important to them (both of which are mentioned only a few times and in a vague manner) with the help of members of an organization attempting to rid the world of destructive monsters (the Black Order in DGM and Circus in Karneval). A few of the characters they meet are at first unfriendly (Gareki and Kanda) as well as very friendly (Lavi and Yogi). In D.Gray-man, the Akuma can take on different forms like the Varuga in Karneval can. Both, of course, have evil organizations in charge of these monsters (the clan of Noah in DGM and Kafka in Karneval). In both series there is an item, for lack of a better word, which can only be activated by the correct owners to aid the exorcists in D.Gray-man (Innocence) and the members of Circus in Karneval (Circus I.D.). While D.Gray-man takes place in 19th century England, Karneval is set in something of a more futuristic country. read more 

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Both anime have a focus on the supernatural and an organization meant to deal with it. Both are somewhat dark/sad and have their own arcs in the overarching story. Both fit into very similar genres and are both enjoyable to watch, they will both keep you hooked. 

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Katekyou Hitman Reborn! addpermalink

They both have a serious and a hilarious atmosphere. The action is intense, and WILL keep you wanting for more and more! 

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Both have really well developed characters and similar overall feel. Althoug they're not similar in plot or the settings, they have a lot in common.  

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young male lead with hidden talent that will surface later through training ....long drawn battles.. sacrifice self to protect friends... 

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both of these are a MUST WATCH if your a guy who's into shounen or is new to anime itself. these 2 are a favorite among shounen fans
both have a lot of action, comedy and epic characters
both have that punk/emo/sasuke-like character that the girls love [kanda=hibari] (seriously that character it mostly the reason girls watch these, lol)
both have another character that's OPPOSITE to the above people [Lavi=Yamamoto]
both main characters are born with their power, and that power is unique among many.
both are over 100+ episodes
both main guys have a teacher they hate
both of them want to help out everyone (cliche in anime, rare in real life)
both have a variety of different weapons used by the MC's and enemies (main characters)
both MC get a power-up/awakening
both have SUPER-MEGA-AWESOME OPENINGS!!!
but most of all, both fans of these shows DEMAND A SEASON TWO!! that's how good they are
like the recommendations always say: if you like one, your sure to like the other. read more 

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Both these series are really long series which are not repetitive nor boring in any way, and don´t have that much fillers. As I am not that much of a fan of long anime series, I must say both these series made it high into my favourites, D.Gray-man ranking first and Hitman Reborn second.  
And what´s similar between these two animes except for that they´re both interesting shonen? Firstly, they both can be serious and humorous at the same time, while KHR is more humorous, DGM is more serious, though the difference is small. Also, the artstyle - it has been a bit off to times (DGM case)/ bad at beggining (KHR case), but was outstanding for a shonen in the end. Then, the affection to fujoshi - Both of these animes have lots of bishonen to couple up.  xD read more 

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Busou Renkin addpermalink

Seems like your run-of-the-mill shounens at the starts but turns out to be something more. 

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Ok, I have just completed watching BUSOU RENKIN, and it is by far the best I have seen.  I will not put spoilers for those who have not yet seen/completed it, but, I do have to say, if you have not, GO>>>RUN>>>! You will most assuredly not regret it. If you like action, drama, romance, comedy, and just having a kick ass time, you will like this anime.  It is Bleach, Full-Metal Alchemist, and D.Grayman all rolled into one.  You will see the similarities.  If you like those three, I don't see how you can't like Busou Renkin and fall in love with the characters.  For you romantics out there, like myself,  that still like a little action ( I mean FIGHTING ACTION PEOPLE, whispers and smirks--"so juvenile") you will enjoy it!!! read more 

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Both these animes include organizations that contain fighters who use weapons to destroy the enemy. D.gray-man uses weapons called innocence to fight akuma and Busou Renkin use weapons called Busou Renkin [Arms Alchemy] to fight homonculus, both involve activation.  

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Both have lots of action, with each character possessing a unique weapon originating from a special substance (innocence/alchemy). The humorous moments are very similar too in terms of animation. 

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Both have a dark leader trying to take over the world and asecreat organization using mystic wepons to stop him. 

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Naruto addpermalink

Both are animes where a crowd of heroes fight to save the world from the evil guys. If you ever watched Dragon Ball, Naruto, Bleach or any anime like these ones, you will find them pretty similar. 

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similiar type of male lead characters who have super hidden abilities that surpasses each new enemy they meet. They are rather child-like and bond quickly with people they meet. 

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The tags and genres are roughly the same, and both series are made up as universes instead of stories. Action, emotional and funny scenes are present in both animes, and you'd definitely get to like some of the characters. 

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This show is almost like Naruto. 
The relationship between Marshall Cross and Allen is similar to the relationship between the Pervy Sage and Naruto. With the masters mistreating and giving their students a hard time.
The clan of Noah is like the Akatsuki
Kanda and Sasuke are alike in their personalities, they even look alike. And they both wield swords.
Allen and Naruto are both called something like "Bean sprout" and "knucklehead". They both seem or appear to be immature but Allen is a lot more smarter and calmer.
Both shows have missions and somebody giving out those missions like the hokage and Kumoi Lee
Allen and Naruto are both weak at first but Naruto works a lot harder than Allen, whose power just levels up
Lenalee and Sakura are alike they are both useless. Though Lenalee is A LOT nicer.
Both plots have the good people have something inside that the enemy wants to take away. Like The Clan of Noah takes people innocence and the Akatsuki takes bijuu.
Both Allen and Naruto have sayings like " my ninja/whatever way", "I made a promise...".
The whole exorcist and ninja things are alike.
War
Each person who wields innocence has a different power, just like in Naruto except in Naruto you have to learn different powers, and some people can have same powers like more commonly shadow clone or ..... clones. Naruto does have some rare powers like Byakugan, Sharingan, Rinnegan the three ocular powers. 

Naruto tops D.Gray Man because the people in Naruto especially the main character are more hard working while the characters in D. Gray Man just get power.

Also Miranda lotto's episode with the recurring time in a city is just like Haruhi Suzumiya's endless eight read more 

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d.gray-man has a energetic main character [allen walker] who is a lot like the main character in naruto [naruto uzumaki], a cold-attitude friend or comrade [kanda yuu and sasuke uchiha] who has a dark past, and an energetic female character who wants to protect their friends [lenalee lee and sakura haruno]. both stories are on fighting, but are laced with humour along the series. if you liked one of them, you may like the other. i cannot guarantee that you will absolutely like it, as everyone has their own unique preferences. 

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Sousei no Onmyouji addpermalink

Enmadou Rokuro = Allen Walker
Adashino Benio = Lenalee
Both have:
-Exorcism and weird looking monsters (some of the monsters are dark skinned humans, idk why that‘s a thing lol)
-Protagonists that have some kind of demon powers
-both have many Eps 

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Blood+ addpermalink

Both are action series with a darker tone to them, and both focus more on characters and are more character-driven than what normal action series tend to do 

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Shingeki no Kyojin addpermalink

- Humans live in fear of supernatural beings: Akuma in D.Grayman and Titans in Shingeki no Kyojin.
- Main characters are both young men (around the age sixteen), who try to exterminate these evil beings.
- Main characters are stronger than most of their comrades.
- Both main characters have lost most of their family.
- They both have a special quality no one else has. 

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They both have a similar feel to it (if you can understand what I mean). They both have 'abnormal creatures(?)' that needs specialists to kill them and seem to be never ending. The 'creatures' are some different, Attack on Titan has different sizes and some are special ones and D.Gray Man has Akumas that are in different levels. Allen and Eren both are different from the others in some ways. And a lot of people dies in both of them (so don't be attached to most characters). But both extremely great animes that I would give a 10/10 for (even though Attack of Titan hasn't finished yet right now) read more 

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When I watched this anime,I can't help but to think deeply of how its similar to D.Gray Man.Both protagonists were very likable,both have their own Kanda type,Kanda and Jean,and somehow or rather the characters personality was very similar in some senses.Also on how their main enemies  has dreadfully leave a fear in other people,The Akuma and also the Titan and both protagonists were shun down by their own military base after they turn into something related to this enemy.However D.Gray Man and SNK has their own advantage over each other,the storyline of D.Gray Man is pretty confusing and sometimes it does not go to the flow of the story while SNK did which is actually too soon to tell.Anyway if you want to see a fiercer and a much more better paced one,try SNK,however if you are a D.Gray Man fan,you should see the similarities in one another read more 

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- Humans live in fear of supernatural beings: Akuma in D.Grayman and Titans in Shingeki no Kyojin.
- Main characters are both young men (around the age sixteen), who try to exterminate these evil beings.
- Main characters are stronger than most of their fellows.
- Both main characters have lost most of their family.
- They both have a special quality no one else has.  

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Jikan no Shihaisha addpermalink

Both have the same kind of world, the same kind of enemy, the same atmosphere.
The purpose of one is similar to the other. 

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Owari no Seraph addpermalink

the way there's an agency to fight demons in dgm is similar to how there's an agency to fight vampires in ons. 

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InuYasha addpermalink

they're not that similar accept for the fact that there are not quite normal people fighting demons and saving normal people. Oh, and there are ewven stronger people out to get the protagonists by useing the demons, if you know what i mean. and if you don't to bad for you.   

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These 2 Animes are really similar.They both have evil demons in them who are usually the ones doing the fighting.Similar type of Music.Similar Type of Plot.and Both shows Main Villain is a Guy who is mostly using his underlines to fight for him.The only Major differences I could find was that the Main Characters are a little different 

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You could call D.Gray-man a more modern version of Inuyasha. It corrects some flaws InuYasha had but it still contains most of them. Some characters, battles & plot patterns are very similar. If you liked InuYasha you'll like D.gray-man but I dont think that works vice-versa. 

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Recommendation also in Spanish.

- Inuyasha and D Gray Man, both are Shonens over 100 episodes.
- The characters are similar. Nice characters, with a dark past.
- In both animes the main characters and the enemy, are behind "something" that gives them power, in Inuyasha shards of the shikon jewel in D Gray Man power of "Innocence".
- In both animes the main characters are a group of friends, fighting monsters created by his enemy. Millenium Earl = Naraku
- Musica very similar.
- And the ambience are very similar to, but D Gray man is a bit more modern.

If you liked Inuyasha I recommend you see D Gray Man.

- Inuyasha y D Gray Man son Shonens de mas de 100 episodios.
- Los protagonistas son parecidos. Personajes agradables, con un pasado oscuro.
- En ambos animes los protagonistas y el enemigo están detrás de "algo" que les brinda poder, en Inuyasha, los fragmentos de la perla de Shikon, en D Gray Man detrás las "inocencias". 
- En ambos animes los protagonistas son un grupo de amigos, peleando contra monstruos creados por su mayor enemigo. Conde Milenario = Naraku
- Musica muy similar.
- La ambientación también es parecida, pero D Gray man es un poco mas moderno.

Si te gusto Inuyasha te recomiendo que veas D Gray Man.

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Anime: Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha

Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha addpermalink

Both have a guy who seems innocent on the outside, but have special powers and connected to secret organisations which battle against certain phenomena which affect people within the city; all part of many principles tying up to form a large plot. Both have the same dark supernatural power which takes over certain people which they must overcome. 

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Hunter x Hunter (2011) addpermalink

Both shows are action shonen with well thought out stories and good action scenes. Also, in both shows the MC work hard towards a goal. The MC's are quite strong and there are no random bursts of power making the MC over powered in face of danger in both shows. 

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Shaman King addpermalink

It's still got the whole ghosts/demons thing going on. I don't know; I find them both similar and enjoyable. 

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Jujutsu Kaisen addpermalink

Similar atmosphere of the story. Similar group of young trainees going out to face a great evil. Evil has a team as well. Very old school anime feel.  

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Vanitas no Karte addpermalink

Very similar feeling in how story beats go, though the MC of Vanitas no Karte has a more negative personality than Allen of D.Gray-Man. 

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Zombie-Loan addpermalink

The most similar thing between these two are characters. If you like the relationship between the main trio in D.Gray-man, you'll love Shito and Chika. 

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Enen no Shouboutai addpermalink

Finding the similarity in the plot, where both protagonists share a similar childhood trauma, one fights the demons, and other as firefighter fights people turned to fire demons 

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Garo: Honoo no Kokuin addpermalink

In D.Gray man, people who had lost someone,can revive their loved ones but in a figure of a Demon,The Exoricst are one of the Groups who are destroying the Demons. In Garo is a Similiar story,Most of people are bounded by a subject that they own or that their loved ones owned, and with their despair or greed they can make a pact with Horors who posses their Bodies,like Exorcist in D.Gray Man there is a group of Knights in Garo who are called Makai Knights that are destroying Horrors...... 

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Hayate no Gotoku! addpermalink

Both Allen and Hayate share the same personality..
They always end up helping other people, they both look kind and cheerful but also have funny dark personalities..
And not to forget that they also share the same unlimited "I can do anything" thing..
And lastly they share the same childhood experiences. Not exactly the same though..
Any how, however you see it they are the same <3. 

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Tokyo Ghoul addpermalink

This is a vague connection, but they both share many factors.
First off, the main character has a sort of connection to what's considered his species' enemy. In D. Gray Man, the character isn't actually half of the enemy, more that he has a bit of it in him.
D. Gray Man is about a boy who gets pulled into the world of 'Akuma' after his father's death. Akuma are creatures created by 'The Millenium Earl' to kill humans, causing evolution. The boy, Allen Walker, becomes an 'exorcist', or a person who can wield a special weapon to kill akuma. Although it's not the same view as Tokyo Ghoul, that organization could be considered similar to the CCG. Anyways, Allen can manipulate his left arm to use as a weapon, similar to kagune, but not in the right places.  read more 

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Shakugan no Shana addpermalink

Both shows are about fighting supernatural stuff and there is little romance in it...
 

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Noragami addpermalink

May be slow at first, but the plot and character development is amazing!!! Full of action and comedy!!! MY FAVORITE ANIMES!!! 

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Ueki no Housoku addpermalink

both great shounen were a boy trying to get stronger for other sake.  

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Natsume Yuujinchou addpermalink

Both main characters decide to live for both sides. In Natsume Yuujinchou, Natsume helps both the ayakashi and the human, and as for D. Gray Man, Allen fights for both the Akuma and humans. They both portray the interesting internal conflicts between the supernatural and themselves.  

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Seikon no Qwaser addpermalink

Both have a dark mood, and share the same supernatural/action/super powers genre. The main difference is that Seikon No Qwaser has extreme ecchi. 
In both the protagonist is a lovely, white-haired shota boy with a red mark/scar through his left eye (yes, Allen & Sasha almost look like twins) and with a sad, painful past.
Both anime are quite faithful to their manga adaptations. 

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Anime: Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan addpermalink

Even though the story isn´t a bit alike, the main characters are very similar.
Both have sad backgrounds and upbringins (their masters/teachers are a bit devilish and drunk) and both have an impressive kindness and strengh of heart, and both have the will to keep walking and protecting their loved ones.

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Devil May Cry addpermalink

Both are about destroying demons, but the main plot is different.
Both are full of action and are interesting to watch 

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Shounen Onmyouji addpermalink

A young, cute, and very kind boy uses his strong powers to exorcise deamons who are evil. He wants to protect everybody and everything. The young boy faces many emenies and near-death expericences. Secrets.desires.Sins. Many many things good and bad happens in this thrilling,powerful,addicting anime. ~there is also a lot of humor~ 

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Koukaku no Regios addpermalink

They all have different powers that they use to battle the enemy. And just like Allen belongs to the Exorcists, Lafon belongs to the 17th platoon. 

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Anime: Tegamibachi: Hikari to Ao no Gensou Yawa

Tegamibachi: Hikari to Ao no Gensou Yawa addpermalink

Just like the manga I find Letter Bee and D.Gray-Man quite similiar.
Allen and Lag both have special eyepower, they have bit of same personality, they join organizations which make 'em go to journeys and the overall feeling of the series is quite similiar except D.Gray-man is bit darker than Letter Bee. 

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