Anime like Seisenshi Dunbine

Tenkuu no Escaflowne

Also known as Vision of Escaflowne.

Studio: Sunrise , Funimation , Selecta Visión
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Mecha , Romance

High school student Hitomi is transported from Earth to the magical world of Gaea, where she meets boy prince Van Fanel, and is caught up in his quest to unite the countries of Gaea against the ominous Zaibach empire. On the way, she discovers an hidden ability and strives to unravel layers of mystery surrounding Van, his past, and the giant machine known as Escaflowne.



Tags: Isekai , Lost Civilization , Dragons , Travel , Love Triangle , Politics , War , Fugitive , Mythology , Orphan , Swordplay , Female Protagonist , Super Robot , Royal Affairs , Kemonomimi , Estranged Family , Body Horror , Unrequited Love , Cyborg , Memory Manipulation , Nekomimi , Robots , Heterosexual , Athletics , Philosophy , Dissociative Identities , Gender Bending , Twins , Shapeshifting , Arranged Marriage , Gore , Tragedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Anthropomorphism , Proxy Battle

∀ Gundam

Also known as Turn A Gundam.

Studio: Sunrise , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

This story is set thousands of years in the future. The people of Earth have forgotten the space wars of the past, reverting back to a pre-industrial existence. But the lunar settlers known as the Moonrace, who have retained their high technology, now plan to seize their mother planet for themselves. As the war of the worlds begins, a young Moonrace citizen named Loran Cehack, pilot of the legendary Turn A Gundam, struggles to bridge the gap between humanity's long-separated branches.



Tags: Lost Civilization , War , Post-Apocalyptic , Coming of Age , Real Robot , Ensemble Cast , Politics , Space , Philosophy , Space Opera , Classic Literature , Anachronism , Super Robot , Crossdressing , Cosmic Horror , Rural , Male Protagonist , Crossover , Foreign , Agriculture , Heterosexual , Environmental

Kidou Senshi Zeta Gundam

Also known as Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam.

Studio: Sunrise , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

The year is Universal Century 0087. Seven years have passed since the end of the One Year War. In its zeal to stamp out any remaining opposition, the Earth Federation has organized the Titans, an elite fighting force. However, the Titans soon get out of hand, committing atrocities on par with the worst the Principality of Zeon had to offer during the war. In response, dissatisified citizens, former Zeon soldiers, and even members of the Earth Federal Forces form a resistance group known as the Anti-Earth Union Group, or AEUG. As the next war is brewing, a small AEUG group arrives at Side 7 to investigate the new Gundam Mk. II...



Tags: Space , Military , War , Politics , Space Opera , Swordplay , Guns , Real Robot , Ensemble Cast , Femboy , Tragedy , Family Life , Super Power , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Revenge , Anti-Hero , Memory Manipulation , Super Robot

Densetsu Kyojin Ideon

Also known as Space Runaway Ideon.

Studio: Sunrise , Aniplex , TV Tokyo , Tokyu Agency
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

From the continuing reclamation of the ruins of the planet Solo, mysterious mechas are excavated. But suddenly, an alien called Buff Clan attacks seeking the limitless energy “Ide.” The earthlings are backed into a corner, when the three mechas piloted by the earth boy Yuki Cosmo and others fuse together. Becoming the giant robot Ideon, they use their incredible power to fight back against Buff Clan.



Tags: Space Opera , War , Cosmic Horror , Fugitive , Military , Super Robot , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Aliens , Travel , Philosophy , Space , Lost Civilization , Guns , Heterosexual , Estranged Family , Real Robot , Samurai , Revenge , Swordplay , Dinosaurs , Nudity

Brain Powerd

Also known as Brain Powerd.

Studio: Sunrise , Bandai Visual , WOWOW , Sentai Filmworks , Selecta Visión
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In the not so distant future much of the earth has been submerged under the sea or destroyed by earthquakes. At the center of the turmoil is the mysterious Orphan. Orphan may or may not be the original cause of the cataclysms. Orphan's goal is to raise a ship hidden deep beneath the sea to the surface, but doing so would result in the destruction of all humans except for the small number which are loyal to Orphan.

Orphan's agents pilot mysterious mecha known as Grand Cheres, and search the world for mysterious, giant disks which occasionally appear, flying at high speeds and wrecking much of the countryside, or cities, when they hit the ground. After a dying disc almost kills Hime, a Brain Powerd is born from the disc. Brain Powerds are another type of Mecha, similar to but not the same as Grand Cheres.

Hime becomes the Brain Powerd's pilot, forming a symbiotic relationship with the living mecha and joins an International Organization dedicated to stopping Orphan, or at the very least saving humanity should Orphan succeed.

Tags: Robots , Military , Aliens , Super Robot , Found Family , Cult , Fugitive , Espionage , Nudity

Kidou Senshi Victory Gundam

Also known as Mobile Suit Victory Gundam.

Studio: Sunrise , Studio DEEN , Apollon
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

It is Universal Century 0153. On the space colonies located at Side 2, the Zanscare Empire has come to power and it holds onto that power through liberal use of the guillotine. With its forces invading the Earth and its space fleets preparing to subjugate the other Sides, the Zanscare Empire has nothing to fear from the weakening Earth Federation. It is opposed only by the League Militaire, whose state of the art mobile suits and young pilots comprise the only real resistance movement. Now, thirteen-year-old Uso Ewin has been dragged into the war by a battle near his home in Eastern Europe. As the Newtype pilot of the Victory Gundam, he fights not only to defeat the Zanscare Empire but also to find out what has become of his parents, who left him behind when they went into space.



Tags: Military , Real Robot , War , Coming of Age , Space , Space Opera , Tragedy , Cult

Juusenki L-Gaim

Studio: Sunrise , Starchild Records
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In the Pentagona System, a young man by the name of Daba Myroad leads a rebellion against Pentagona's leader, Oldna Poseidal. Daba's not alone however, meeting a large number of allies along his journey and having in his possession the powerful L-Gaim, a white Heavy Metal left to him by his father.



Tags: War , Real Robot , Space , Fairy , Slapstick , Love Triangle , Ensemble Cast , Nudity , Crossdressing , Boys' Love , Revenge

Genmu Senki Leda

Also known as Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko.

Studio: Kaname Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Asagiri Yohko is an ordinary high school student, and she is in love with a boy who does not know it. To help things along, she has written a song to explain how she feels but that song has quite a bit more than a couple of good bridges.

Yohko learns that while she is listening to her song, she is transported to Earth's other-dimensional sister world "Ashanti." This song has the potential to open a gateway between Earth and Ashanti wide enough for a conquering force to invade and take over. And it is exactly why it was forbidden eons ago by the legendary warrior Leda who saw this coming.

This Leda warrior's duty now falls to Yohko and some newfound friends to stop the onslaught and return the 2 worlds in balance.

Maybe Yohko is not so ordinary after all.



Tags: Isekai , Female Protagonist , Magic , Real Robot , Lost Civilization , Primarily Female Cast , Memory Manipulation , Henshin , Animals , Swordplay , Anthropomorphism , Super Robot , Alternate Universe , Shrine Maiden , Desert

Kikou Kai Galient

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Set in a far flung medieval-looking world of Arst, Prince Jordy Volder takes up the fight against the ambitions of the conqueror Marder. Jordy uses the legendary giant robot "panzer" Galient, which is one of many panzers that have been preserved underground for thousands of years. Using an army of advanced robot panzers, Marder is conquering all of Arst in preparation of his plan for dominance of the Crescent Galaxy.



Tags: Real Robot , War , Aliens , Space , Lost Civilization , Super Robot

Kidou Senshi Gundam

Also known as Mobile Suit Gundam.

Studio: Sunrise , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

What would you do if you suddenly found yourself in the middle of a war? Teenager Amuro Ray sees his life shattered when war comes to his home. During the chaos, Amuro finds himself inside the mobile suit Gundam, the Earth Federation's new secret weapon, and he somehow gets it to work. Amuro and the other refugees flee their homeland on the warship White Base. This group of children and inexperienced soldiers will change the outcome of the war.



Tags: War , Military , Real Robot , Space , Space Opera , Politics , Travel , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Conspiracy , Foreign , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Revenge , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Aviation , Tanks , Anti-Hero , Environmental , Guns , Super Robot , Love Triangle , Swordplay , Desert , Time Manipulation