But honestly, if you liked Jujutsu Kaisen and you have time to watch 700 episodes of anime, Naruto is also a great choice.
Naruto is obviously a shōnen anime staple, being one of the most popular series of all time. Yu Yu Hakusho is available to stream on Hulu and Funimation. If you’re a Jujutsu Kaisen fan, a Hunter x Hunter fan (the two share the same author!), or just a shōnen anime fan in general and somehow have not watched Yu Yu Hakusho yet, you absolutely must make it a priority on your watch list.
What Jujutsu Kaisen and Yu Yu Hakusho share in common is an emphasis on strong characters, fearsome preternatural foes, beautifully animated fights, and resonant themes of friendship and determination in the face of overwhelming opposition. Having impressed the powers that be, Yusuke is recruited by the Grim Reaper Botan to become a Spirit Detective, an arbiter of sorts between the physical and spirit worlds who is tasked with the responsibility of investigating paranormal activity and defeating malicious demons who prey on humans. Yu Yu Hakusho tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a 14-year-old delinquent who, in an uncharacteristic act of spur-of-the-moment altruism, sacrifices his life to save that of a small child’s. Premiering on Japanese television in 1992 before airing on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim block nearly a decade later, the anime adaptation of Yoshihiro Togashi’s supernatural martial arts adventure manga was heralded as one of the most popular anime series of its time and whose lasting appeal and popularity endures to this day. Jujutsu Kaisen may or not be the supernatural shōnen anime du jour this year, but before either Jujutsu Kaisen was given pride of place at the center of the anime zeitgeist, there was Yu Yu Hakusho. With that in mind, we polled our staff to bring you nine anime you should watch if you love Jujustu Kaisen. While we wait for the upcoming Jujutsu Kaisen 0 movie, now is a great time to queue a couple new anime to tied you over until the seemingly inevitable announcement of Jujutsu Kaisen’s second season. The story of Yuuji Itadori, a physically-gifted high schooler-turned-jujutsu sorcerer (think “exorcist”) in training, has certainly struck a chord among anime fans and savvy critics, some going so far as to champion the anime as a noteworthy- even revolutionary work in the history of shōnen action anime.
The win isn’t surprising given the manga’s recent explosion in sales in the wake of the anime’s growing popularity. Jujutsu Kaisen made a big splash when it took home the Anime of the Year award at the fifth annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards earlier in February.