What anime is most like Wind Breaker?

I Want to End this Love Game (6.92) tops the list as the closest match to Wind Breaker on the Anime Codex rubric. Shared strengths in animation and characters — same Shonen demographic.

How are "anime like Wind Breaker" picks chosen?

Each show is scored on six criteria. We rank every other title by how close its six-criterion profile is to Wind Breaker, preferring the same demographic — so the matches share what actually made Wind Breaker good, not just surface tags.

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Anime like Wind Breaker

These 12 shows score most like Wind Breaker (Shonen) across all six Codex criteria — not just same-genre guesses, but the closest matches on the actual rubric. Ranked by how near their criterion profile sits to Wind Breaker.

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I Want to End this Love Game

Shared strengths in animation and characters — same Shonen demographic.

6.92

I Want to End this Love Game

2026Top: Animation 7.3

Shared strengths in animation and characters — same Shonen demographic.

7.08

MARRIAGETOXIN

2026Top: Animation 7.4

Shared strengths in animation and characters — same Shonen demographic.

6.85

Komi Can't Communicate

2021Top: Animation 7.5

Shared strengths in animation and characters — same Shonen demographic.

6.93

You and I Are Polar Opposites

2026Top: Character 7.5

Shared strengths in characters and animation — same Shonen demographic.

7.13

Kuroko's Basketball

2012Top: Character 7.5

Shared strengths in animation and characters — same Shonen demographic.

7.35

Daemons of the Shadow Realm

2026Top: Animation 8.0

Shared strengths in animation and emotional themes — same Shonen demographic.

6.60

Tune In to the Midnight Heart

2026Top: Animation 7.0

Shared strength in animation — same Shonen demographic.

7.40

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai

2020Top: Character 8.0

Shared strengths in characters and animation — same Shonen demographic.

6.81

D.Gray-man

2006Top: World 7.5

Shared strength in emotional themes — same Shonen demographic.

7.44

Ushio to Tora

2015Top: Character 7.8

Shared strengths in characters and emotional themes — same Shonen demographic.

7.40

Gachiakuta

2025Top: Animation 8.3

Shared strengths in animation and emotional themes — same Shonen demographic.

6.55

Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji)

2008Top: Animation 7.5

Shared strength in animation — same Shonen demographic.

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What anime is most like Wind Breaker?: I Want to End this Love Game (6.92) tops the list as the closest match to Wind Breaker on the Anime Codex rubric. Shared strengths in animation and characters — same Shonen demographic.
How are "anime like Wind Breaker" picks chosen?: Each show is scored on six criteria. We rank every other title by how close its six-criterion profile is to Wind Breaker, preferring the same demographic — so the matches share what actually made Wind Breaker good, not just surface tags.