19+ Anime Like Mob Psycho To Binge-Watch!

Updated October 28, 2022 by Ernie

Ah yes, Mob Psycho 100, another amazing work from the creator of One Punch Man. It has such a simple but engaging storyline that we can’t wait for its new episodes to come out. It’s just so enthralling and interesting that it keeps everybody hooked on it. If you’re here for anime that resembles Mob Psycho 100, then you’ve come to the right place. Because we’ll be talking about some of the best Anime that are like Mob Psycho 100. Let’s get started!

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ANIME TO WATCH IF YOU LOVE MOB PSYCHO 100

20. Tokyo Esp

Tokyo Esp and Mob Psycho 100 resemble each other in the way that they’re both about espers. This anime tells us the story of Rinka who lives in Tokyo with her father and is struggling with her finances. Her life was normal until one day, while returning home from school, she saw a flying penguin. She starts going after it and ends up coming across a flying fish. 

While she’s observing this bizarre situation, one of the fish passes through Rinka, and she passes out. When she wakes up, she realizes that she’s able to pass through solid objects just like spirits and ghosts do. She needs to figure out how she developed this ability and her life is going to be full of adventures from now on. 

19. Zettai Karen Children

Both Zettai Karen Children and Mob Psycho are about overpowered espers and both portray how people are not comfortable with the idea of espers. The story of this anime is set in the future where a bunch of humans start developing special ESP powers. These powers are hated by people who can’t use them.

Some espers use their powers for the greater good and some of them use the powers for their own good. An organization by the name of B.A.B.E.L makes sure to keep the threats of this power at bay. Kaoru, Aoi, and Shiho are the three girls that are going to make sure no esper uses their powers to commit crimes. 

18. The Future Diary

The Future Diary deals with a bunch of humans with superpowers just like Mob Psycho 100. It introduces us to Yuki, a bored high school boy who has no dreams. He has a diary in which he writes his day-to-day events. One day, he wakes up to find his phone with diary entries for the next 90 days. He doesn’t pay heed to it until the events written in his diary start happening around him. It is revealed that he’s a part of the survival game and he must kill or be killed. 

17. Noragami

We have a similar kind of student/mentor relationship in both Noragami and Mob Psycho 100. Both Yato and Reigen are the mentors in both anime and are similar in many ways. Both of them are obsessed with money. Also, Mob and Yato both look weak but are actually extremely overpowered.  The story of Noragami revolves around a god named Yato who takes all sorts of odd jobs in order to make some money. 

One day, a high school girl named Hiyori Iki saves Yato from a car accident. However, she ends up taking a hit from him and her soul becomes loose and is able to leave her body. She demands Yato to turn her back to normal but Yato needs a new partner in order to do so. Hyori agrees to help him find a new partner and that’s where their adventure begins. 

16. Elfen Lied

While the stories of both these anime are quite different from each other, we get to see thematic similarities between the protagonists of the two anime. We’re introduced to Kouta and Yuta, two cousins, who find a naked girl covered in blood on the beach. Both Kouta and Yuta decide to take her home. Both of them have no idea that this innocent-looking girl has committed so many murders because she’s not a human but a terrible experiment. Their lives are going to be changed forever. 

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15. Blood Lad

There is a similarity between the quirky animation of the two anime. The main protagonists are also overpowered, and the themes are also similar. The story of Blood Lad revolves around Staz, a vampire who is not like a regular vampire in the least. He’s fascinated by manga, anime, and human culture in general. However, he does not really want to visit the human world. One day, a human girl ends up getting eaten by a plant in his world and turns into a ghost. That’s when Staz decides to help resurrect her and take her to her own world. However, their journey together is not going to be easy. 

14. Gintama

The perfect balance of humor and serious moments is similar in both the anime. We’re introduced to a guy named Gintoki who has to take odd jobs in order to survive as he’s a samurai and the samurais have become totally irrelevant in Japan. Why? A bunch of aliens named Amanto had invaded Japan. 

Their technology has rendered the samurais completely useless and they’re suffering now. Though Gintoki takes all sorts of jobs, he’s lazy and unmotivated. He also has unpaid employees named Shinpachi and Kagura who are as crazy as him, maybe even more than him. This is a story of misadventures of Gintoki and his friends who want to live their everyday life peacefully. 

13. Blood Blockade Battlefront

Both Blood Blockade Battlefront and Kekkai Sensen have a distinct style of animation and both the protagonists have passive personalities. They’re trying to figure out their powers and are insecure as well. The story of Blood Blockade Battlefront takes us to New York that houses all types of monsters coming from another dimension. That city is closed off inside a bubble so that the monsters don’t spread in the outside world. That city is now named Hellsalem’s Lot. 

The monsters and humans are supposed to live together now. We’re introduced to Leonardo Watch who is an aspiring photographer. He’s living a normal life with his sister and his parents until one day, he obtains the “All-seeing eyes of the gods” at the expense of her sister’s vision. He decides to go to Hellsalem’s Lot in order to reveal the mystery behind this power. Inside the Hellsalem’s Lot, an organization by the name of Libra has been making sure that both monsters and humans live in harmony. Leonardo ends up joining the organization which is full of eccentric people. How will he survive there?

12. Trigun

The theme of violence and the value of human beings is similar in both the anime. The two protagonists are also quite similar in the way that they’re both overpowered and take the responsibility that comes with it. In Trigun, we’re introduced to Vash the Stampede who has a $60 billion bounty on his head. He’s considered to be a brutal villain who destroys cities just for fun. Everybody must avoid making any kind of contact with him if they want to live normally. 

However, in reality, Vash is nothing like that. He roams the planet Gunsmoke. He’s followed by Meryl Stryfe and Milly Thompson who are keeping an eye on him and the potential damage he might cause. But Vash is not an easy man and will give them a hard time. This is the story of the misadventures of Vash and how he tries to stay away from unwanted attention in his day-to-day life. 

11. Spy x Family

Spy x Family and Mob Psycho both feature espers and that’s why they’re similar. The story introduces two neighboring countries, Ostania and Westalis, that are at war with each other. We’re introduced to a spy named Loid Forger who goes by a codename “Twilight”. He goes on secret missions in order to keep criminals at bay. One of his missions includes him having a family and he has to create a fake family including his fake wife named Yor and his adopted daughter, Anya. 

Anya is an esper who can listen to everything that’s going on inside others’ minds and is aware of her father’s secret mission. Yor is an assassin in secret who agrees to create a fake family with Loid because of her own reasons. Together, this chaotic family is going to go through a lot of hurdles and they must keep everything secret from each other in order to protect each other. 

10. Kotoura-San

Both Kotoura-San and Mob-Psycho 100 have a similar coming-of-age story of the protagonists. We’re introduced to Haruka Kotoura who was ostracized by her classmates due to her ability to read minds. She was considered creepy by her classmates. Even her parents were creeped out by her, forcing her to live with her grandfather. She grew reserved and aloof because of all the mistreatment she had suffered all her life. 

However, her life starts to change when she transfers to a new school. While most of her new classmates are still creeped out by her, she meets Yoshihisa Manabe who takes great interest in her power. He promises her that he will stay her friend no matter what and will never leave her. Haruka learns to open up and decides to trust him. She also opens up to others and that’s how her life becomes interesting.

9. Jujutsu Kaisen

Both Jujutsu Kaisen and Mob Psycho 100 have the similar Master-Student relationship and both have an overpowered protagonist who is also an airhead. Jujutsu Kaisen tells us the story about Itadori Yuuji who is a part of the Occult Club at his school. One day, he comes across a cursed item and that’s when he gets involved with the curses and is taken to the Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu Technical High School where he meets other people who are Jujutsu Sorcerers. Itadori is different from them as he has swallowed a finger of a demon named Sukuna who can take over his body any time he wants. Will Itadori ever turn back to normal while also fighting other curses. 

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8. Soul Eater

Both Soul Eater and Mob Psycho have funky art styles and that’s how they’re similar to each other. This anime takes place at the Shinigami Weapon Meister University where students named as Miesters are trained. The students are paired up with their weapons that are not your average weapons. They’re humans that can turn into weapons at will. They’re supposed to defeat the humans whose souls have been darkened. Our main characters including Maka, Black Star and Death the Kid are all ready to face the challenges and to achieve their goal; to collect 99 pre-kishin souls. 

7. Beyond the Boundary

Both Mob Psycho 100 and Beyond the Boundary are similar in a way that the protagonists in both are afraid of their own powers. It takes us to a world where supernatural beings called youmus exist. They are exterminated by the Spirit World Warriors. Akihito is a half-human and half-youmu who is also immortal. Mirai is his classmate who is also a Spirit world Warrior. She is not very confident in his powers and constantly targets Akihito for her practice. Akihito lets her practice and wants to help her gain some self-confidence in order to exterminate deadly youmus that are threatening humanity. 

6. A Certain Magical Index

Both A Certain Magical Index and Mob Psycho 100 are similar in a way that they involve espers. The story of this anime revolves around Touma Kamijou who is granted a certain ability to nullify any kind of supernatural magic with his right hand. However, he’s not the only one with these powers. He lives in a city full of different supernatural powers. There’s another thing about Touma, his terrible luck. He tries to avoid troubles in his day to day life and tries to live low-key as well. However, one day, he comes across a nun who is hanging from his balcony. It is revealed that she is bearing the Index Librorum Prohibitorum and that’s why a lot of people are looking for her. Will Touma be able to protect her from her evil pursuers?

5. Akira

The presence of psychic powers in the protagonists of both the anime is what makes them similar. This anime takes us to Neo Tokyo which was destroyed by a mysterious being named Akira. We’re introduced to Kaneda and Tetsuo who are in a  biker gang and spend their days avoiding police and chasing local criminals. One day, Tetsuo ends up crashing into a  strange boy and the military takes him away. When he returns, his who;e personality is changed. It is revealed that the military has conducted some experiments on him and he has become a machine now. Tetsuo will show everybody, including Kaneda, who is in control now. 

4. Hinamatsuri

Both Hinamatsuri and Mob Psycho 100 have a similar sense of humor as well as the presence of espers who are exploited by adults. We’re introduced to Nitta, a smart Yakuza, who lives in Asahikawa. One day, a strange girl named Hina appears before Nitta and uses her powers to make Nitta let her live with him. Hina has strong telekinetic powers that she often loses control of when she’s at school and also at Nitta’s organization. How will Nitta control her and also take care of her?

3. FLCL

Both FLCL and Mob Psycho 100 carry the same question “How to be cool and act mature?”. The answer to this question is present in each battle the protagonists of these anime have to go through. FLCL introduces us to an average guy named Naoto Nanbada who leads a boring life. However, his boring life changes after he is smacked in the face by a guitar that a girl on a scooter was carrying. When he comes home, he sees that the same girl has moved in with him. The girl claims to be an alien who is after the “Pirate king”. Now, Naoto must deal with her and also help her achieve her goal.  

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2. Saiki K

The presence of psychic characters in both the anime is what makes them similar. Saiki K is a story about a high school student named Saiki Kuso who possesses psychic powers. While he can do anything he wants with these powers, he has always avoided using them for his own good. However, all this high-school situation is tempting him to use his powers. This anime series is extremely funny and will keep you hooked till the end. 

1. One Punch Man

The creator of both One Punch Man and Mob Psycho 100 is the same and everything from the animation style to humor is quite similar in both the anime series. One Punch Man tells us the story of an overpowered superhero named Saitama who is able to defeat anyone with a single punch. He’s so bored with his life and is looking for stronger opponents to beat but he has never come across a single enemy who has given him a tough time. With his disciple, Genos, by his side, Saitama fights weird creatures every day. 

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