Anime like Tetsuwan Atom (1980)

PLUTO

Also known as PLUTO.

Studio: Studio M2 , Genco , Netflix
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

A murder occurs in an orderly world where robots are unable to kill humans. The robotic Europol investigator Gesicht takes the case, but the mystery deepens when he finds no trace of a human at the scene of the crime. As he pursues the truth, Gesicht uncovers the most evil manifestation of hate that history has ever seen, one that is bent on bringing destruction to the world ...



Tags: Robots , Artificial Intelligence , Revenge , Detective , Seinen , Police , Ensemble Cast , Crime , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Memory Manipulation , Politics , War , Philosophy , Urban , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Amnesia , Dystopian , Terrorism , Noir , Travel , Guns , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Adoption , Cyberpunk , Anachronism , Cult , Proxy Battle , Nudity

Jetter Mars

Studio: Toei Animation , Fuji TV , MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Mecha , Sci-Fi

In 2015 A.D., Dr. Yamanoue, the Secretary of the Science Ministry, who devotes himself assembles the Android robot on an artificial island. He intends to live together with him as his own son. But the robot has a deficiency in his electric brain. He comes to the conclusion that Dr. Kawashimo's help is essential to correct his defective rain. Although they are friends, they are rivals not only in private life but also in scientific study. Dr. Yamanoue is very jingoistic and only thinks of the robot as one of his strategic arms. On the contrary, Dr. Kawashimo is a pacifist and devotes his affection to robots.

Dr. Kawashimo hurries to the island on request of Dr. Yamanoue, taking his pretty young daughter Miri with him. Arriving on the island, Dr. Kawashimo sets the electric brain into Jet Mars, a robot boy. Thus Mars comes into the world. Everything is new to Mars and he doesn't know what is good or bad. On the next day he lifts Dr. Kawashimo and Miri up onto the building. When he sees a glint of moisture in Miri's eyes, he has a mysterious feeling in his mind. Then he asks Dr. Yamanoue what it is. He is taught that it is a tear a weak girl sheds, but, a strong man never does.

One day, the electric brain of Fainton, another robot, is put out of order. So Fainton goes-on a wild rampage and the island is plunged into a crisis. When the seawater runs into the facilities from the big hole made by Fainton, only Mars stands in amazement and is quite at a loss what to do just then Miri exhibits her ultra ability and covers the big hole. Led by her, Mars also carries a sheet of iron and makes repairs. At last they rescue Dr. Yamanoue and Dr. Kawashimo from being washed by seawater. Miri is the robot made by Dr. Kawashimo. Mars learns how to cry and learns how to perform a kind deed.

(C)Tezuka Production, Toei Animation

Tags: Male Protagonist , Slapstick , Robots , Artificial Intelligence , Found Family , Vampire , Drugs , Werewolf

Inuyashiki

Also known as INUYASHIKI LAST HERO.

Studio: MAPPA , Fuji TV , Kodansha , DMM pictures , Aniplex , Dentsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Sci-Fi

Ichiro Inuyashiki is down on his luck. While only 58 years old, his geriatric looks often have him written off as a pathetic old man by the world around him and he's constantly ignored and disrespected by his family despite all that he's done to support them. On top of everything else, his doctor has revealed that he has cancer and it appears that he has little time left in this world. But just when it seems things couldn't get any worse, a blinding light in the night sky strikes the earth where Ichiro stands. He later wakes up to find himself unscathed, but he soon starts to notice that there's something…different about himself.



Tags: Tragedy , Super Power , Seinen , Cyborg , Elderly Protagonist , Male Protagonist , CGI , Anti-Hero , Robots , Urban , Crime , Gore , Terrorism , Body Horror , Philosophy , Superhero , Police , Heterosexual , Otaku Culture , Aliens , Yakuza , Surreal Comedy , Irrumatio

Steamboy

Also known as Steamboy.

Studio: Horipro , Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Sci-Fi

Ray is a young inventor living in the U.K. in the middle of the 19th century. Shortly before the first ever Great Exhibition, a marvelous invention called the "Steam Ball," behind which a menacing power is hidden, arrives at his door from his grandfather Lloid in the U.S. Meanwhile the nefarious O'Hara Foundation has sent men to aquire the Steam Ball so that they can use its power towards their own illicit ends.



Tags: Steampunk , Male Protagonist , Historical , Military , Foreign , Ojou-sama , Fugitive

Mach GoGoGo

Also known as Speed Racer.

Studio: Tatsunoko Production , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sports

The Mach 5 is one of the fastest and most technologically advanced race cars built by man. Equipped with various gadgets and a powerful engine, it provides a challenge for anyone who would dare race against it. The driver of this amazing vehicle is Gou Mifune, a teenager who dreams of breaking into the world of professional racing.

In spite of this, Gou's father and the creator of the Mach 5, Daisuke Mifune, does not want his son anywhere near a racetrack. Undeterred, his girlfriend Michi, younger brother Kurio, and Kurio's monkey sidekick Sanpei become Gou's biggest fans as he sets out to become the greatest racer of all time.

However, Gou soon learns that becoming a professional racer is not easy. From the underhanded plots of corrupt businessmen to stiff competition in the form of his rival, Racer X, Gou faces many obstacles on the road ahead, and has a lot to prove before he can cross the finish line.



Tags: Cars , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Anti-Hero , Guns

ASTRO BOY Tetsuwan Atom Tokubetsu-hen: Ivan no Wakusei - Robot to Ningen no Yuujou

Studio: Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Another Tetsuwan Atom Movie that was shown in the Tezuka Osamu World Cinema in Tokyo until it was closed in 2011.

Tags: Shounen , Super Power

ASTRO BOY: Tetsuwan Atom - 10-man Kounen no Raihousha - IGZA

Studio: Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi

Japan's first fully animated IMAX anime film. Interplanetary spacecraft Galileo II is heading for Saturn's largest moon Titan. However the machines on the moon are trying to destroy humans, so Atom must go and fix the problem.

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