6 Great Anime Movies To Watch If You Love Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle

Published Sep 24, 2026, 11:21 AM EDT

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Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle turned the beginning of Tanjiro Kamado's final battle into a genuine cinematic event. Ufotable's animation makes the endlessly shifting castle feel almost impossible, while battles against the Upper Rank demons combine spectacular swordplay with the tragic character stories that have always distinguished Demon Slayer. Its record-breaking box office success also proved just how enormous theatrical anime has become.

Finding another movie that recreates that exact combination is difficult, but Demon Slayer hardly stands alone. Some of the best anime films of the 2020s have similarly pushed animation, action, and fantasy far beyond what audiences might expect from the medium.

These six movies offer different pieces of what makes Infinity Castle so addictive. Some unleash demons and curses, while others deliver breathtaking sword fights or battles animated on a scale that demands the biggest screen available. None is a substitute for Tanjiro's journey, but they should make waiting for the next Infinity Castle installment considerably easier.

Jujutsu Kaisen 0

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  Megumi Ogata

  Yuta Okkotsu (voice)

• Kana Hanazawa

  Rika Orimoto (voice)

If the combination of supernatural battles and devastating character histories is what made Infinity Castle work, Jujutsu Kaisen 0 is the most obvious next stop. The movie follows Yuta Okkotsu, a teenager haunted by the spirit of his childhood friend Rika, whose transformation into a terrifying curse leaves Yuta struggling to control a power he barely understands.

Like Demon Slayer, the spectacle means more because the monsters are tied directly to human emotion. Yuta's relationship with Rika gives the climactic fights real weight, while Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto bring history of their own to the conflict. Even a small moment between Gojo and Geto added for the movie deepens that relationship. Fans of Akaza's emotionally brutal storyline should feel right at home.

Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc

• Kikunosuke Toya

  Denji (voice)

• Reina Ueda

  Reze (voice)

Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc takes a considerably messier approach to demon hunting. Denji is already part human and part Chainsaw Devil when he meets Reze, a mysterious young woman who initially appears to offer him something resembling an ordinary romance. Naturally, normality does not last very long.

MAPPA fills the movie with violent supernatural action, but the connection to Infinity Castle goes deeper than beautifully animated carnage. Both movies understand that a fight becomes much more painful once audiences know why the people involved are fighting. Fans looking for more dark supernatural anime can also find plenty of options among the shows worth watching for Jujutsu Kaisen fans, but Reze Arc packs that combination of heartbreak and spectacle into one feature.

Sword Of The Stranger

• Tomoya Nagase

  Nameless 'Nanashi' (voice)

• Yuri Chinen

  Kotaro (voice)

Sword of the Stranger does not need supernatural powers to deliver action worthy of a Demon Slayer fan's attention. The 2007 movie follows Kotaro, a young boy pursued by Ming warriors, who reluctantly accepts the protection of Nanashi, a wandering swordsman haunted by his violent past.

The story is deliberately straightforward, which leaves plenty of room for some extraordinary sword choreography. Nanashi's eventual duel against Luo-Lang remains one of anime cinema's great fight sequences because every movement feels fast, dangerous, and physically grounded. Anyone who watches Tanjiro's battles partly to marvel at what animation can accomplish with a sword should make this a priority.

Princess Mononoke

Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke offers a very different kind of demon story. Ashitaka becomes cursed after defending his village from a corrupted boar god and travels west in search of a cure. His journey eventually pulls him into a conflict between the inhabitants of Irontown and the gods defending the surrounding forest.

There are swords, supernatural creatures, severed limbs, and enough violence to surprise anyone who associates Studio Ghibli exclusively with gentler movies. What makes Princess Mononoke extraordinary, however, is its refusal to divide that conflict neatly into heroes and villains. Even the movie's ending resists providing an easy victory. Demon Slayer fans accustomed to discovering humanity inside apparent monsters should appreciate that complexity.

Dragon Ball Super: Broly

• Masakazu Morita

  Whis (voice)

• Masako Nozawa

  Son Goku/Goku Black/Son Gohan/Son Goten (voices)

Sometimes the appeal of Infinity Castle is considerably simpler: it looks incredible when extraordinarily powerful characters start trying to destroy each other. Few anime movies embrace that pleasure as enthusiastically as Dragon Ball Super: Broly.

Goku and Vegeta's encounter with Broly eventually becomes an extended display of escalating Saiyan power, with the animation changing style and perspective as the battle grows increasingly ridiculous. Yet Broly is more sympathetic than his enormous frame initially suggests, giving the movie an emotional hook underneath the destruction. The film also transformed a character who had previously existed outside the main continuity, helping turn Broly into part of modern Dragon Ball canon.

• Koichi Yamadera

  Jubei Kibagami

• Emi Shinohara

  Kagero

Long before Tanjiro picked up a Nichirin sword, Ninja Scroll was combining swordsmanship, demons, and supernatural abilities into some brutally effective anime action. The 1993 film follows wandering swordsman Jubei Kibagami, who becomes caught in a conspiracy involving the Devils of Kimon, warriors possessing abilities that make them far more dangerous than ordinary human opponents.

Ninja Scroll is considerably more adult than Demon Slayer, but the family resemblance is difficult to miss. Jubei progresses through a collection of increasingly bizarre enemies whose individual powers turn each confrontation into a different problem to solve. Its influence can still be felt across action anime decades later, making it particularly fascinating for Infinity Castle fans interested in seeing an older, nastier ancestor to the supernatural sword-fighting stories they love today.