Anime like Cross Ange: Tenshi to Ryuu no Rondo

Kakumeiki Valvrave

Also known as Valvrave the Liberator.

Studio: Sunrise , Aniplex , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha

True Calendar (T.C.) 71 - A new age where 70% of the human population lives in space thanks to the development of "Dyson Sphere", a city in space.

The world is divided into two main powers: The Dorssia Military Pact Federation, a power which grew out of a military alliance, and the Atlantic Rim United States (ARUS), which grew in power as it expanded its trade agreements. The minor nation of JIOR has declared neutrality between these two forces and maintains its peace through economic prosperity.

Within the JIOR's Sphere, Haruto Tokishima lived an ordinary life as a high school student in the division known as "Module 77"—until the Dorssian military begins their sudden invasion!

But the whole world will be shaken when Haruto meets the mysterious humanoid weapon, Valvrave!



Tags: Space , War , Real Robot , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Assassins , Body Swapping , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Vampire , Super Robot , Anti-Hero , Elf , Hikikomori

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch

Also known as Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion.

Studio: Sunrise , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Bandai Entertainment , Sony Music Entertainment , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi , Thriller

On August 10th of the year 2010 the Holy Empire of Britannia began a campaign of conquest, its sights set on Japan. Operations were completed in one month thanks to Britannia's deployment of new mobile humanoid armor vehicles dubbed Knightmare Frames. Japan's rights and identity were stripped away, the once proud nation now referred to as Area 11. Its citizens, Elevens, are forced to scratch out a living while the Britannian aristocracy lives comfortably within their settlements. Pockets of resistance appear throughout Area 11, working towards independence for Japan.

Lelouch, an exiled Imperial Prince of Britannia posing as a student, finds himself in the heart of the ongoing conflict for the island nation. Through a chance meeting with a mysterious girl named C.C., Lelouch gains his Geass, the power of the king. Now endowed with absolute dominance over any person, Lelouch may finally realize his goal of bringing down Britannia from within!



Tags: Anti-Hero , War , Class Struggle , Military , Politics , Super Power , Revenge , Male Protagonist , Terrorism , Tragedy , Real Robot , Female Protagonist , Dystopian , Philosophy , Super Robot , Memory Manipulation , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Foreign , Boarding School , Boys' Love , Amnesia , Urban Fantasy , Drugs , Disability , Heterosexual , Nudity , School Club , Kuudere , Age Gap , Female Harem , Masturbation , CGI , Tanned Skin , Swordplay , Gambling

Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid

Also known as Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid.

Studio: Arms , KADOKAWA , Showgate , Genco , AT-X , Marvelous
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance , Sci-Fi

After adorable “mermaid” Mamori is transferred to one of five artificial islands, she’s cornered, attacked and eventually saved by another beautiful transfer named Mirei. Unfortunately, even after the girl intervenes, Mamori’s attackers refuse to let up. Just when they think all hope is lost, Mirei and Mamori share a passionate kiss that turns the little “mermaid” into a powerful sword.



Tags: Henshin , Nudity , Yuri , Female Protagonist , Super Power , Shapeshifting , Swordplay , Primarily Female Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Military , Guns , Large Breasts , Masturbation , Ojou-sama , Bondage , Gambling , Motorcycles , Cunnilingus , Coastal , Torture , Space , Crossdressing , Gender Bending

86: Eighty Six

Also known as 86 EIGHTY-SIX.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Aniplex , KADOKAWA , BANDAI SPIRITS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Called “Juggernaut,” these are the unmanned combat drones developed by the Republic of San Magnolia in answer to the attacks by the autonomous unmanned drones of the neighboring Empire of Giad, the “Legion”. But they’re only unmanned in name. In reality, they are piloted by the Eighty-sixers—those considered to be less than human and treated as mere tools.

Determined to achieve his own mysterious ends, Shin, the captain of Spearhead Squadron, which is comprised of Eighty-sixers, continues to fight a hopeless war on a battlefield where only death awaits him.



Tags: War , Class Struggle , Military , Tragedy , Dystopian , Survival , Politics , Proxy Battle , Female Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Memory Manipulation , Robots , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Real Robot , Guns , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Achronological Order , Ghost , Artificial Intelligence , CGI , Gore , Necromancy , Unrequited Love , Lost Civilization , Kuudere , Travel , Super Power , POV , Nudity , Body Horror

Masou Gakuen HxH

Also known as Hybrid x Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia.

Studio: Production IMS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance , Sci-Fi

Hida Kizuna possesses the HHG (Heart Hybrid Gear) ability, but it is not strong enough to make him particularly important. His older sister calls him to transfer to a strategic defense school, where many of the students (many of which are large-breasted girls) use their HHG abilities to fight invaders from another world while wearing extremely skimpy pilot outfits. Kizuna's fighting ability doesn't measure up, but his sister has another plan; getting the girls to have erotic experiences with Kizuna, so that it will allow them to replenish their energy or power-up. It looks like his new school life is going to be full of embarrassment!



Tags: Nudity , Female Harem , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , School , Primarily Female Cast , Isekai , Achronological Order , LGBTQ+ Themes , Watersports , Estranged Family , Large Breasts

Senki Zesshou Symphogear

Also known as Symphogear.

Studio: Satelight , Encourage Films , Memory-Tech , Dwango , Bushiroad , Studio Pastoral
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mahou Shoujo , Music , Sci-Fi

With the coming of spring, Hibiki Tachibana and Miku Kohinata start their first year in high school school at the prestigious Lydian Music Academy. That their idol, the singer Tsubasa Kazanari, also attends Lydian is just an added bonus. Neither of them know that their lives are about to change forever. Neither of them know that the first, awakening beat is almost upon them.



Tags: Henshin , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Super Power , Primarily Teen Cast , Conspiracy , Guns , Urban , Tsundere , Tragedy , Idol , Mythology , Dancing , School , Swordplay , Superhero , Spearplay , Gore , Military , Drugs , Orphan , Motorcycles , Nudity

Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED

Also known as Mobile Suit Gundam Seed.

Studio: Sunrise , Asatsu DK , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Sony Music Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

C.E. 71: In the midst of war between the Naturals (OMNI) and Coordinators (ZAFT), a unit from ZAFT is dispatched to hijack the Earth Alliance's newly developed mobile suits on the neutral colony of Heliopolis. Orb Civilian Coordinator Kira Yamato attends the technical college on Heliopolis. After ZAFT hijacks 4 of the 5 mobile suits, Kira stumbles upon the last one, Strike, forced to pilot it to save his and his friend's lives. During this confusion, Kira also reunites with his childhood Coordinator friend, Athrun Zala, who ironically turns out to be a ZAFT soldier and one of the hijackers at Heliopolis. Having control of Strike, Kira joins the Earth Alliance boarding the ship known as Archangel, to protect his friends while despairing over becoming the enemy of his childhood friend and people.

Note: An HD remaster was broadcasting starting on December 23, 2011 with two recap episodes cut, including new and updated animation, conversion to 16:9, and updated music.

Tags: Military , War , Tragedy , Real Robot , Space , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , Space Opera , Netorare , Primarily Teen Cast , Politics , Gore , CGI , Clone , Twins

Kannazuki no Miko

Also known as Destiny of the Shrine Maiden.

Studio: Studio Fantasia , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Remic , Front Line , TNK , Kodansha , Rondo Robe , Sentai Filmworks , Memory-Tech , Toshiba Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Romance

The highborn Himemiya Chikane is cool and aloof, the perfect young lady of good breeding. Kurusegawa Himeko is devoted to her, and secretly her friend. Their lives are undisturbed in their school, until an ancient evil suddenly rears its head. To combat it, Chikane and Himeko must take on the roles of shrine maidens of the Moon and Sun.

Tags: Yuri , Super Robot , Shrine Maiden , Love Triangle , Magic , Mythology , Gods , Female Protagonist , Yandere , LGBTQ+ Themes , Shounen , Primarily Female Cast , Alternate Universe , Swordplay , Nudity , Nun , Bisexual

Kuromukuro

Also known as Kuromukuro.

Studio: P.A.WORKS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha

During the construction of the Kurobe Dam, an ancient artifact was discovered, and so the United Nations Kurobe Research Institute was established. Intellectuals from all over the world gathered to study the object, and the children of those researchers attend Mt. Tate International Senior High School, including the institute head's daughter, Yukina Shirahane. In the summer of 2016, a lone samurai once again awakens!



Tags: Robots , Aliens , Time Manipulation , War , Military , Ensemble Cast , Real Robot , Heterosexual , School , Revenge , Female Protagonist , Space , Male Protagonist , Swordplay

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha

Also known as Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha.

Studio: Seven Arcs , Funimation , Omnibus Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

3rd grader Takamachi Nanoha stumbled upon an injured talking ferret after hearing his telepathic cries for help. The ferret turned out to be Yuuno, an archeologist and mage from another world who had accidentally scattered the dangerous Jewel Seeds throughout Earth. Without the strength to collect the Jewel Seeds, Yuuno had resumed a ferret form and needed someone else to take on the task for him. He gave a red jewel to Nanoha explaining to her with this she could transform and use magic to combat the monsters that threatened them due to the Jewel Seeds. But the monsters are the least of their worries, as Yuuno and Nanoha are not the only ones out to collect the Jewel Seeds.

Tags: Magic , Super Power , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Henshin , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Animals , Urban , Coastal , Spearplay , Kemonomimi , Robots , Military , Artificial Intelligence , Memory Manipulation , Space , Shapeshifting , Clone , Lost Civilization , Kuudere , Nudity