Top 10 anime manga series similar to “Orient” that you must watch!
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Orient is a Japanese manga series written and produced by Shinobu Ohtaka. It was published in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine before being relocated to Bessatsu Shonen Magazine in February 2021. It is one of the most anticipated anime series. If you’re looking out for more details on the Orient manga series, click here.
Have you finished watching Orient and are looking out for similar anime to watch? Here are our top 10 recommendations. The official synopsis and the trailer for all the anime manga series. Also, don’t forget to visit this website for all the latest updates on your favourite TV series and movies. Now, without any further ado, let’s get into it!
1. Fena: Pirate Princess – Top 10 anime
Young orphan girl, Fena Houtman has been raised on an Island where there is no hope of becoming anything more than chattel, to be used and discarded by soldiers of the British Empire. But Fena is more than just another powerless orphan. Watch the trailer below!
2. Before Green Gables
Anne Shirley is a bright and boisterous orphan living with the dysfunctional Thomas family. Mr Thomas is a useless drunk who comes home in the evening only to abuse his family; Mrs Thomas struggles to run a house with no income; and their naughty sons Horace and Edward regularly stumble into trouble. Watch the trailer below!
3. Sankarea
Chihiro is a macabre-loving high school student who collects horror films and thinks shacking up with a zombie chick would be hot. But though the idea of death is alluring, when faced with the actual death of his beloved pet cat, the teen buckles under the grief, and becomes determined to bring his deceased companion back to life. Watch the trailer below!
4. Samurai Deeper Kyo
Samurai Deeper Kyo is a story of two men in one body – the humble, polite Mibu Kyoshiro and the legendary samurai Onime-no-Kyo, who has a price on his head. Consequently, Mibu Kyoshiro is capture for having an uncanny resemblance to the samurai. As the story of SDK progresses, we learn more about the two unique souls that inhabit the same body. Watch the trailer below!
5. SK8 The Infinity
High school students Reki and Langa are hooked on one thing—a dangerous, top secret, no-holds-barred downhill skateboarding race called “S.” When Reki takes Langa, a transfer student, to the mountain where “S” was captive, Langa finds himself suck in. These colorful skaters will take you through a thrilling story of skateboard battles and unlimited possibilities! Watch the trailer down below.
6. Dororo
Hyakkimaru is a young man who lacks 48 body parts because they were taken from him by demons before birth, as payment by his father, Kagemitsu Daigo, to obtain his wish to take over the country. When the baby boy was born he was missing 48 parts of his body, and thus was abandoned—thrown into a river. Hyakkimaru has grown up and now has obtained fake body parts so he can eliminate the 48 demons that were made from his body, and to retrieve his missing parts. Watch the official trailer down below!
7. Kijin Gentoushou – Top 10 anime
In the Edo period, there was a shrine maiden “Itsukihime” in the mountain village of Kadono. Jinta, a young man who acts as the shrine maiden’s guardian despite being a stranger, encounters a mysterious demon who speaks of the far future in the forest where he went to defeat it. From Edo to the Heisei era, this is a fantasy series about a demon man who travels through time while continuously questioning the meaning of wielding a sword. Watch the trailer below!
8. Sword of the Stranger
Kotarou is a brash young orphan in war-torn Japan, on the run from mysterious pursuers with Tobimaru, his faithful canine companion. Clueless as to why anyone would want him, much less imperial warriors from mainland China, a chance encounter with a strange wandering swordsman could not be more unwelcome in Kotarou’s skeptical eyes – especially when the stranger has a secret past that has caused him to seal his blade. Watch it’s official trailer down below!
