Anime like Dandadan: supernatural chaos with the same energy

You finished Dandadan and now nothing else scratches the same itch. That's the problem with it. Most shows pick a lane: action or comedy, horror or romance. Dandadan floors the accelerator in all of them at once. A high schooler who believes in ghosts and one who believes in aliens get dragged into a fight with both, gain powers, and somehow it's also a love story, and somehow it's also genuinely funny. Science SARU's animation makes the whole thing move like it's about to fly off the rails.

So when people ask for "anime like Dandadan," the lazy answer is to list every supernatural shonen and call it a day. That's not useful, because Dandadan isn't one thing. Maybe you want the deadpan comedy. Maybe you want the kinetic spectacle. Maybe you just want a mismatched duo punching weird creatures. Different itches, different shows.

So here's the better approach: picks grouped by the specific part of Dandadan you're chasing. Find your reason for loving it, then jump to that section.

TL;DR: the quick answer

If you only watch one, watch Mob Psycho 100. It's the closest tonal sibling Dandadan has: supernatural powers, jaw-dropping animation, deadpan comedy, and a surprising amount of heart, all in the same package. Everything else on this list nails part of the Dandadan formula. Mob Psycho nails almost all of it.

Here's the full lineup at a glance:

First, what made Dandadan click

Quick alignment so the rest of this list makes sense. Dandadan ran 12 episodes in late 2024 (Studio Science SARU), tagged Action, Comedy, and Supernatural, and a second season aired and concluded in 2025. No, it's not currently airing, and no, there's no confirmed third-season date as of this writing, so don't go in expecting a live show. Both seasons stream on Crunchyroll, Netflix, and Hulu in the US.

The formula is a four-way blend: supernatural premise (yokai, urban legends, aliens), kinetic action with a wildly expressive art style, comedy that runs from gag to romantic, and a genuine romance under the chaos. The shows below are sorted by which of those four you're actually missing.

If you want the full package: powers + spectacle + comedy + heart

This is the hardest combination to find because most shows can't do all of it at once. These two come closest.

Mob Psycho 100

If Dandadan has a soulmate, it's Mob Psycho 100. A wildly powerful psychic middle schooler, Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama, just wants to be normal, while his con-artist "master" exploits his powers to exorcise spirits for cash. That's the deadpan comedy. Then a fight breaks out and Studio Bones unleashes some of the most creative animation in the medium, shifting art styles mid-scene to match Mob's emotional state.

It's the same exact triad Dandadan runs on: esper/supernatural powers, fluid showstopping action, and comedy that keeps swerving into real pathos. The original webcomic was drawn by ONE (the One-Punch Man creator), so the "crude source, transcendent anime" arc is identical to Dandadan's energy too. Three TV seasons exist (2016, 2019, and a third that premiered in 2022), so there's plenty to binge. It streams on Crunchyroll. Start here.

Undead Unluck

This one flies under the radar and shouldn't. Undead Unluck (Studio David Production, 24 episodes, 2023 to 2024) pairs Fuuko, a girl whose power makes anyone who touches her catastrophically unlucky, with Andy, a man who literally cannot die and would very much like to. They're "Negators," people with reality-bending abilities, and they're hunted by a shadowy organization that wants to control them.

The reason it belongs next to Dandadan is the mismatched male-female duo at the center, bickering their way through chaotic supernatural action with a strong comedic streak. That specific dynamic, two people with opposite powers stuck together, is the beating heart of both shows. One platform note: in the US, Undead Unluck streams on Hulu and Disney+, not Crunchyroll, so check there.

If you want the kinetic, MAPPA-grade spectacle (and don't mind it darker)

Dandadan's animation is half the appeal. If what you're chasing is that "how is this even moving like that" feeling, these two deliver, with the honest caveat that they trade Dandadan's lighter comedy for something edgier.

Jujutsu Kaisen

Jujutsu Kaisen (Studio MAPPA, 24 episodes in its first season, 2020 to 2021) is supernatural-battle shonen at the absolute top of its production game. Yuji Itadori swallows a cursed object and becomes the vessel for a legendary Curse, then trains as a Jujutsu sorcerer to exorcise the malevolent spirits born from human negativity. The cursed-energy fights are spectacular, the kind of animation that gets passed around in clips for weeks.

The honest framing: JJK is darker and far less comedy-forward than Dandadan. It has humor, but it's action-horror at its core, not a supernatural rom-com. So recommend it for the supernatural premise and the elite, kinetic MAPPA action, not for the same comedic tone. In the US it streams exclusively on Crunchyroll.

Chainsaw Man

Chainsaw Man (also MAPPA, 12 episodes, 2022) follows Denji, a broke kid who merges with his pet chainsaw devil and ends up hunting other devils for a government agency. It shares Dandadan's supernatural action and gory, kinetic spectacle, and it absolutely has comedy, but the comedy is dark, absurdist, and often deeply uncomfortable rather than Dandadan's lighter romance-tinged jokes. It's gorier and more nihilistic.

If that edge appeals to you, it's a fantastic watch and the franchise is hot right now: the Reze Arc movie began streaming on Crunchyroll in April 2026 and is available as of this writing, with a critics score around 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. The TV series streams on Crunchyroll.

If you want supernatural-meets-style with a real comedic streak

These keep the comedy dial up while leaning hard into a distinctive visual identity, which is very Dandadan.

Soul Eater

Soul Eater (Studio Bones, 51 episodes, 2008 to 2009) is set in a gothic-cartoon world where "Meisters" wield partners who can transform into living weapons, all training at an academy run by a literal Grim Reaper. It's got the supernatural-plus-action-plus-comedy triad locked, and the art style is unmistakable, the same kind of visual flair that makes Dandadan pop off the screen. It leans more comedic and adventurous than horrifying, which keeps it in the same playful register.

One thing worth knowing going in: the anime diverges from the manga in its final arc and writes its own ending that a lot of fans consider weaker than the source. Doesn't ruin it, but if you fall in love with the world, the manga finishes the story differently.

Blood Blockade Battlefront (Kekkai Sensen)

Blood Blockade Battlefront (Studio Bones again, 12 episodes, 2015) drops you into Hellsalem's Lot, a New York City where a dimensional breach has flooded the streets with monsters, gods, and the supernatural, and a secret organization keeps the chaos from spilling over. From the mind of Yasuhiro Nightow (Trigun), it's urban paranormal mayhem with flashy, stylish action and a strong comedic pulse, which lands extremely close to Dandadan's "weird stuff invading everyday city life" vibe. There's a second season, Beyond, from 2017 if you want more.

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (2016) is the comedy-first pick. Saiki Kusuo is an absurdly overpowered psychic, telekinesis, teleportation, mind-reading, the lot, whose only real goal is to live a boring, normal high school life that his powers and his bizarre classmates will not let him have.

The match is the supernatural powers plus high school plus comedic chaos axis, and on that axis it's a bullseye. The honest caveat: this is a pure gag comedy, it does not have Dandadan's kinetic fight spectacle. Nobody's getting into animated brawls with yokai here. Watch it for the powers-meet-everyday-life comedy, not the action.

The honest "close but not really" pick

A lot of "anime like Dandadan" lists pad themselves with shows that share one trait and ignore the rest. Here's one worth addressing directly so you don't get burned.

Hell's Paradise

You'll see Hell's Paradise (MAPPA, 13 episodes in its 2023 first season; a second season ran in early 2026) on plenty of these lists, and on paper it fits: supernatural, kinetic, gorgeously animated. A condemned ninja and his executioner are sent to a mysterious island to find an elixir of immortality, fighting horrifying creatures along the way.

But here's the straight talk: it shares only the supernatural plus kinetic-action axis with Dandadan. What it does not share is the comedy. Hell's Paradise is grim, serious, death-game dark fantasy with almost none of Dandadan's lighthearted, romantic, gag-driven energy. If the part of Dandadan you loved was the action and the eerie supernatural creatures, you'll have a great time, and it streams on Crunchyroll. If you loved Dandadan because it made you laugh, this is not that show. We'd rather tell you that up front than oversell it.

How to pick, fast

If you're still deciding, match your mood to the trait:

• "I want the exact Dandadan feeling." Mob Psycho 100. Not close.
• "I want the bickering duo dynamic." Undead Unluck (on Hulu/Disney+).
• "I want the best animated fights, comedy optional." Jujutsu Kaisen or Chainsaw Man, both darker.
• "I want supernatural + style + jokes." Soul Eater or Blood Blockade Battlefront.
• "I just want to laugh at someone with powers." The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
• "I want eerie supernatural action and I don't need comedy." Hell's Paradise.

The thing about Dandadan is that it's a genre blender, and no single show recreates the exact recipe. But if you take the trait you loved most and follow it, every pick here delivers on that one thing better than a generic "similar shonen" recommendation ever could.

A few of these lean into the wider supernatural and action corners of the medium, so if one section clicks, that's a good thread to keep pulling.

Track the rabbit hole on MyAnimePulse

Dandadan is one of those shows that turns into a project. You finish it, you want five more like it, you start one, it spawns three more recommendations. That's the fun part, and it's also exactly what a watchlist is for.

Add these to your list on MyAnimePulse, mark what you've finished, and let the recommendations adapt to which flavor of Dandadan-energy you actually keep coming back to. Start with Mob Psycho 100 and work down. You'll figure out your itch by episode three.