Movies like MLB x Demon Slayer (2025)
The best movies like MLB x Demon Slayer (2025) are Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (1995), How to Play Baseball (1942) and Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time (2001). If MLB x Demon Slayer hooked you with its animation, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light (2021)7.7/10 from 523 votes
- NewestDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- (2024)Released 2024
- In JapaneseDragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (1995)Also in Japanese
Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (1995)
Not paying attention to his job, a young demon allows the evil cleansing machine to overflow and explode, turning the young demon into the infamous monster Janemba. Goku and Vegeta make solo attempts to defeat the monster, but realize their only option is fusion.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHow to Play Baseball (1942)
Goofy shows us the national pastime. After a brief overview, we have a demonstration of the many possible pitches. On to the World Series, where we go through an eventful inning, culminating in a baseball that disintegrates when being hit.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time (2001)
InuYasha is a half-demon who was trapped in the Legendary Tree and was set free by Kagome, a girl who traveled 500 years through time. This time, both of them will have to face Menomaru, a Chinese demon whose father, known as Hyoga, came 300 years ago to invade Japan, but was stopped by InuYasha's Father. InuYasha and Kagome, along with Sango, Miroku, Shippou, Kaede and Myoga, will try to stop Menomaru in his becoming the most powerful demon ever.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWendell & Wild (2022)
Two scheming demons strike a deal with a punk rock-loving teen so they can leave the Underworld and live out their dreams in the Land of the Living.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBaseball Bugs (1946)
Bugs Bunny single handedly takes on the “Gas-House Gorillas,” a baseball team of hulking, cigar-chomping bullies.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEveryone's Hero (2006)
A boy begins a grand journey to return Babe Ruth's baseball bat before the deciding game of the 1932 World Series comes to a close.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDevilman - Volume 1: The Birth (1987)
Akira Fudo is just a normal kid in Tokyo, until an old friend of his, Ryo, shows up and turns his world upside down. An upcoming war of demons on humanity is waiting in the wings, however, the only way for a human to fight a demon is with their power. To save the world, Akira and Ryo risk a dangerous ceremony in an attempt to create humanity's only hope: the powerful Devilman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (1995)
The Z Warriors discover an unopenable music box and are told to open it with the Dragon Balls. The contents turn out to be a warrior named Tapion who had sealed himself inside along with a monster called Hildegarn. Goku must now perfect a new technique to defeat the evil monster.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light (2021)
With the help of the "Dragon Sin of Wrath" Meliodas and the worst rebels in history, the Seven Deadly Sins, the "Holy War", in which four races, including Humans, Goddesses, Fairies and Giants fought against the Demons, is finally over. At the cost of the "Lion Sin of Pride" Escanor's life, the Demon King was defeated and the world regained peace. After that, each of the Sins take their own path.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCharlie Brown's All-Stars! (1966)
After their humiliating 999th defeat, Charlie Brown's whole baseball team quits on him. All seems lost...until Charlie Brown learns that his team can join the Little League and become an official team with real uniforms! But as the team's enthusiasm sparks, Charlie Brown learns that neither girls nor Snoopy would be allowed to play. Charlie Brown faces the difficult decision of breaking this horrible news to his excited team.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBerserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013)
One year has passed since Guts left the Band of the Hawk and Griffith was imprisoned by the Kingdom of Midland for treason. In the dead of night, at a camping site where they hide, the Band of the Hawk is attacked by Bakiraka assassins led by Silat. When all seems lost, Guts returns from his journey. "You destroyed everything." Crying that Griffith is nothing without Guts, Casca and Guts are joined together body and soul. Griffith is imprisoned in the oldest building in Wyndham Catle, the Tower of Rebirth.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 1 (2022)
Tristan, the son of Meliodas and Elizabeth, inherits the power of the Goddess Clan and can heal people’s wounds and injuries, but he often ends up hurting others due to his inability to control his Demon Clan power. To protect his family, Tristan heads to Edinburgh Castle and meets a host of new friends along the way.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Asakusa Arc (2022)
Tanjiro ventures to Asakusa for his second mission with the Demon Slayer Corps. A recap of Kimetsu no Yaiba episodes 6–10, with new footage and special end credits.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- (2024)
Tanjiro undergoes rigorous training with the Stone Hashira, Himejima, in his quest to become a Hashira. Meanwhile, Muzan continues to search for Nezuko and Ubuyashiki. A recap of Kimetsu no Yaiba episodes 55–56, with new footage and special end credits.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHurricane Touchdown (2000)
After the older DigiDestined are abducted by the mysterious Kokomon, the next generation of kids team up with American DigiDestined Willis to rescue them - only to discover that their enigmatic enemy has an unexpected connection to their new friend!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDemon City Shinjuku (1988)
Ten Years ago, Genichiro Izayoi died trying to stop the sorcerer Rebi Ra, and as a result Shinjuku became a playground for demons. And now, the day approaches when Rebi Ra will complete his decade-long ritual to plunge the rest of the world into chaos! As Genichiro's son, it falls to Kyoya to venture into the heart of Shinjuku and put an end to the sorcerer his father couldn't beat. Can Kyoya exceed his father's legacy, or will the demons of Shinjuku create Hell on Earth?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKakurenbo: Hide & Seek (2004)
Among the ruins of an abandoned city, masked children play a mysterious game of hide-and-seek. A young boy joins the game in search of his sister as one by one, the children are hunted by the demonic residents of the urban sprawl.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDigimon Adventure tri. Part 6: Future (2018)
The world has begun to collapse. The rampaging Meicoomon absorbs Tailmon, who underwent a dark evolution, and changes form into the immensely powerful Ordinemon. In accordance with Yggdrasil's expectation, the real world is about to be engulfed by the Digital World. Meanwhile, Homeostasis considers Ordinemon to be out of control and puts into motion its final plan that will entangle the real world. Then the time comes for the DigiDestined to arrive at a final decision. What future do they choose for themselves?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDigimon Adventure tri. Part 2: Determination (2016)
The DigiDestined go to a nearby hot springs theme park and everyone has a good time, but Joe doesn't show up because he wants to study for his exams. Another infected Digimon, Ogremon, attacks Odaiba. Gomamon runs away from home while Mimi faces problems with the other DigiDestined and her classmates because of her selfish ideas.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSturgill Simpson Presents Sound & Fury (2019)
In this anime visual album, a mysterious driver heads deep into a postapocalyptic hellscape toward a ferocious showdown with two monstrous opponents.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTouch 4: Miss Lonely Yesterday (1998)
This fourth movie takes place a couple of years after the series. Minami and Tatsuya are both in college now. Different colleges, I might add. Tatsuya has quit playing baseball. Nitta is still pursuing Minami. And Tatsuya has a mysterious girl named Kaori at his college that seems to like him. So, how will all this affect the relationship between Minami and Tatsuya?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation
Touch 5: Cross Road (2001)
Trying to find his own game of baseball, and not that of his brothers, Tatsuya moves to America and pitches for a poor, struggling minor league baseball team called the Emeralds. Meanwhile, Minami is still in Japan, trying to find her own path after quitting gymnastics. Inspired by a photograph of her final performance, she becomes the photographers assistant.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson (2017)
In honor of Homer's journey to the Hall of Fame, MLB all-stars and Springfield locals look back at the greatest corporate softball game ever played.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation
Ball Park (1929)
An animated short film, and part of Paul Terry's Aesop's Film Fables, in which some animals play a game of baseball.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation
Kenritsu Umisora Koukou Yakyuubu-in Yamashita Tarou-kun (1988)
Based on the popular 80's baseball manga by Koseki Kouji. Tarou Yamashita loves baseball, but he was always the worst player. However, through effort and dedication he begins to shine in the Umisora High team.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation
Nine (1983)
Just before entering Seishuu High School, track star Katsuya Niimi and judo champion Susumu Karasawa see a girl crying as the school loses a baseball game. The boys decide to join the team and improve it in order to make her smile. The girl turns out to be Yuri Nakao, daughter of the baseball coach, and they learn the baseball team will be shut down if it doesn't start winning. The series follows the three, as well as pitcher Eiji Kurahashi, as Niimi and Karasawa learn about baseball and what it means to be one of nine players on a team, as they work together through high school make it to Koushien.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation
Nine: Final (1984)
The Nine saga comes to a close with the third installment
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation
The Motor City Slice (2018)
In this animated short, Tigers ace Jack Morris recalls the adventures of getting his team pizza after winning the 1984 World Series.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation
The Forest’s Baseball Team (1934)
A baseball game among the animals of the forest. In the middle of the match, the fox transforms into a princess and the raccoon into a servant, turning the scene into a kabuki-style performance. Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and Betty Boop also make appearances. The assistant director was Kenzo Masaoka, often referred to as “the father of Japanese animation,” who also provided the voice for the raccoon.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation
Go Go Toraemon (1986)
Based on the real sports team Hanshin Tigers baseball team and their victory at the national professional championships.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like MLB x Demon Slayer?
The closest matches to MLB x Demon Slayer are Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (1995), How to Play Baseball (1942) and Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time (2001). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after MLB x Demon Slayer?
Start with Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (1995), the closest match to MLB x Demon Slayer.
What is the highest-rated movie like MLB x Demon Slayer?
The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light (2021), rated 7.7/10 by 523 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like MLB x Demon Slayer?
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like MLB x Demon Slayer?
Yes: Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (1995), Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time (2001) and Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth (1987).
How are movies similar to MLB x Demon Slayer chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside MLB x Demon Slayer, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.