Anime like Comet Lucifer

Koukyoushihen Eureka Seven

Also known as Eureka Seven.

Studio: bones , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Ashi Productions , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

Renton is a teenager trapped working as a mechanic in a backwater town. He dreams of joining up with a daredevil group of pilots known as Gekkostate and following in his father's heroic footsteps.

When a mysterious beauty named Eureka shows up asking for a tune-up, Renton soon finds himself drawn into a high-flying mecha dogfight that makes him a target of the military. When the dust settles on the spectacular battle, Renton is invited to join Gekkostate, but he soon discovers that even a dream come true has a dark side.



Tags: Environmental , Coming of Age , Politics , Found Family , Heterosexual , Philosophy , Super Robot , Surfing , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Cohabitation , Tragedy , Real Robot , War , Military , Parenthood , Terrorism , Ensemble Cast , Kuudere , Aviation , Aliens , Anti-Hero , Cult , Primarily Adult Cast , Bullying , Guns , Ships , Clone , Tanned Skin , Unrequited Love , Football , Nudity , Suicide

Kono Minikuku mo Utsukushii Sekai

Also known as This Ugly Yet Beautiful World.

Studio: Gainax , Shaft , ADV Films , TBS , Rondo Robe , Movic
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi

High school student Takeru Takemoto works part time as a (motor)bike courier. During one of his deliveries, he saw a mysterious light passing him and fell into a forest. What he had found was a beautiful girl coming out from a glowing cocoon, calling herself "Hikari." While Takeru was quite embarrassed because of Hikari's nudity, a strange monster suddenly showed up and immediately attacked the two. Both Takeru and Hikari demonstrated the power of their other selves before Takeru had a clue of what's going on.



Tags: Philosophy , Coming of Age , Rural , Henshin , Kaiju , Nudity , Magic , Motorcycles , Love Triangle , Aliens , Super Power

Sora no Method

Also known as Celestial Method.

Studio: Studio 3Hz , Bandai Visual , Lantis , Orange , Sentai Filmworks , infinite
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Slice of Life

It's been seven years since Nonoka Komiya last lived in Lake Kiriya City. However, while she knew that there would be changes in the town, she's still unprepared for what she finds upon her return: A giant saucer hovers over the entire city, as it has since shortly after she and her family left. Stranger yet, a girl she doesn't know, Noel, is waiting for her, claiming that they have met before. Confused, Nonaka tries to focus on reconnecting with her old friends, but odd memories, suppressed in the wake of her mother's death, begin to float to the top of her consciousness. Can it be that she has met Noel before? And how does this connect with the appearance of the saucer itself? To solve the riddle, Nonoka must join with her friends and rediscover the events that occurred before she left Lake Kiriya.



Tags: Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Aliens , Urban Fantasy , School , Time Manipulation , Rural , Primarily Child Cast , Memory Manipulation , Twins

Sakugan

Also known as SAKUGAN.

Studio: Satelight , Sotsu , DeNA , Tohokushinsha Film Corporation , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Bunka Housou , VAP , BANDAI SPIRITS , Bandai Namco Arts , Bandai , Fosun Entertainment Japan , Asmik Ace , Sammy , NetEase
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In the distant future, humankind lives shoulder-to-shoulder in a cramped "Colony" divided by bedrock. Outside the colony extends a dangerous undeveloped area known as "The Labyrinth." Those who risk their lives to explore the Labyrinth and mark undeveloped areas are known as "Markers." Memempu is a young girl who wants to become a Marker, and Gagumber is a man who quit being a Marker. This rag-tag father and daughter team are about to take on the Labyrinth! "If there is no path, then dig one!



Note: Episode 1 had an early screening during Virtual Crunchyroll Expo 2021 on August 5, 2021.

Tags: Coming of Age , Post-Apocalyptic , Found Family , Super Robot , Kaiju , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , CGI , Tragedy , Gender Bending , Transgender , Parenthood , Video Games

LISTENERS

Also known as Listeners.

Studio: Slow Curve , MAPPA , Funimation , DMM pictures , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mecha , Music , Sci-Fi

In a post-apocalyptic future that has been torn apart by shadowy creatures known as the Earless, humanity's heroes are the Players, who pilot mecha known as Equipment to battle their inhuman enemies while earning fame and fortune to boot. Echo is a young tech-head who dreams of working amongst the Players and their Equipment, going so far as to build a makeshift mecha of his own, but he has long since resigned himself to life in the destitute scrap-heaps that cover so much of the world, now. That is, until he discovers an amnesiac named μ (or “Mu”) who has a mechanical port in her back that is the telltale sign of a Player. The pair become fast friends, and they vow to use their skills to fight for the world and defeat The Earless.



Tags: Robots , Post-Apocalyptic , Lost Civilization , Travel , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Musical Theater , CGI

Knight's & Magic

Also known as Knight's & Magic.

Studio: 8-bit , Q-Tec
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Mecha

A Japanese mecha otaku dies in a car accident and his soul is reincarnated into another world as Ernesti Echevarria. Eru inherits memories and interests from his previous life, and aims to be a pilot of a Silhouette Knight, a large humanoid weapon that really exists in his world.



Tags: Real Robot , Magic , Isekai , Super Robot , War , CGI , Reincarnation , Femboy , Demons , Male Protagonist , Twins , Espionage , School