Anime like Chikyuu Bouei Kigyou Dai-Guard

Bullbuster

Also known as BULLBUSTER.

Studio: NUT , KADOKAWA
Status: Finished
Genres: Mecha

Mysterious creatures have been terrorizing an island, forcing locals to flee their once-thriving home. With government funds lacking for monster eradication, Tajima purchases the only construction company left and transforms it for the task. Thankfully, the brilliant Testurou Okino and his new robot, Bullbuster, come to their aid. But the team is on a tight budget. Can they save the island?



Tags: Real Robot , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Economics , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Conspiracy , Rural , Coastal , Kaiju , Environmental , CGI , Office Lady

Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor

Also known as Mobile Police Patlabor.

Studio: Studio DEEN , Touhouku Shinsha , Maiden Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In the future, rapidly advancing technology gives birth to giant robots known as "Labors," so named for their usefulness in heavy industry. However, this also gives rise to "Labor crimes," resulting the need for a new branch of law enforcement equipped with and dedicated to the policing of Labors. When Izumi Noa, a female police officer, becomes the newest recruit of Special Vehicles Division 2, she and her top of the line "Patrol Labor" (or "Patlabor") Alphonse are swept into a series of adventures featuring crazed construction workers, eco-terrorists, and sea monsters.



Tags: Police , Real Robot , Episodic , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Terrorism , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Conspiracy , Kaiju , Satire , Shounen

Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor ON TELEVISION

Also known as Patlabor the Mobile Police.

Studio: Touhouku Shinsha , Maiden Japan , Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In the future, advanced robotics has created heavy robots ("labors") for use in a variety of functions: construction, fire-fighting, military, and more. However, though the robots are only machines, their operators are also only human - and humans sometimes turn to crime. Since a heavy labor unit can be a dangerous weapon, the police of the future are set to fight fire with fire, using advanced patrol labor units, "patlabors". This is the story of the Second Special Vehicles Division, a motley crew of patlabor policemen and -women doing their best to fight crime and live a normal life.



Tags: Police , Work , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Crime , Real Robot , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast

Kidou Senkan Nadesico

Also known as Martian Successor Nadesico.

Studio: Xebec , Starchild Records , ADV Films , Yomiko Advertising
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

Akito doesn't want to fight. Despite a childhood spent on the anime Gekiganger 3, a Mecha show, he'd rather cook than pilot a Mecha. Fate intervenes when his home on Mars is destroyed, and he is transported instantly to the Earth, mysteriously. He has questions no one can answer fully, but follows a girl from a chance meeting in hopes to discover any. The girl, Yurika, is captain of the private battleship Nadesico, and in order to follow her, he enlists as their cook. Possessing the nanite implants that allow to control mechas, he's a handy backup pilot for the mechas of the Nadesico. He joins a crew bent on revenging Mars and composed of misfits, otakus, and ditzes. But in reality they are handpicked experts. They take their own private war back to Mars to face the harsh reality that life may not always be like a Giant Mecha Series.



Tags: Space , Parody , Love Triangle , Time Manipulation , Ensemble Cast , Real Robot , Meta , Female Harem , Otaku Culture , Primarily Adult Cast , Space Opera , Food , Kuudere

Full Metal Panic!

Also known as Full Metal Panic!.

Studio: GONZO , Funimation , Kadokawa Shoten
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Sousuke Sagara, a seventeen year old military specialist working for the secret organization MITHRIL, has been assigned to protect the latest "Whispered" candidate Kaname Chidori. To complete this task Sousuke will have to deal with enemies from his past as well as the occasional panty thief. Unfortunately for Sousuke, the toughest part of his mission isn't only protecting Miss Chidori but also getting used to living an average High School students life, no easy task for someone raised on the battlefield.



Tags: Military , Guns , Real Robot , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , School , Super Power , Terrorism , War , Ensemble Cast , Politics , Work , Tsundere , Ships , Artificial Intelligence , Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Alternate Universe

Dual! Parallel Lunlun Monogatari

Also known as Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure.

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , AIC
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Kazuki Yotsuga is your regular average nerd in high-school, except he isn't smart. He has this website which relates to his visions that only he can see. His vision's are about robots who keep fighting each other battle after battle. One day he is sent to a, "parallel world" where these visions exist and he joins a company to fight back against the devious RaRa, who want to take over the world.



Tags: Female Harem , Isekai , Alternate Universe , Primarily Female Cast , Robots , Real Robot , Super Robot , Urban , Parody , Crossdressing , Male Protagonist

Planetes

Also known as Planetes.

Studio: Sunrise , Bandai Visual , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

In the year 2075, mankind has reached a point where journeying between Earth, the moon and the space stations is part of daily life. However, the progression of technology in space has also resulted in the problem of the space debris, which can cause excessive and even catastrophic damage to spacecrafts and equipment. This is the story of Technora's Debris Collecting section, its EVA worker, Hachirota "Hachimaki" Hoshino, and the newcomer to the group, Ai Tanabe.



Tags: Space , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Philosophy , Seinen , Iyashikei , Female Protagonist , Politics , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Terrorism , Denpa , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Cult , Episodic , Tanned Skin , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love

Taiho Shichauzo

Also known as You're Under Arrest!.

Studio: Studio DEEN , TBS , Kodansha , AnimEigo
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy

Running late on her first day as a patrol woman for the Bokuto Police Department, spunky moped rider Natsumi Tsujimoto decides to take several shortcuts, only to be chased down and cited by mechanical genius and expert police driver Miyuki Kobayakawa. Upon arrival at the precinct, Natsumi finds out that her new partner is the same woman who ticketed her earlier. At first, she doesn't trust Miyuki, but in a short period of time, they develop an unbreakable friendship that overcomes traffic accidents, reckless drivers and even the strongest typhoons to hit Tokyo.



Tags: Police , Motorcycles , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Cars , Primarily Adult Cast , Mopeds , Seinen

Macross 7

Also known as Macross 7.

Studio: Mainichi Broadcasting System , Ashi Productions , Studio Nue , Arts Pro , Big West , Victor Entertainment , Hero
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Mecha , Music , Sci-Fi

35 years have passed since Lynn Minmay had brought peace between the Zentradi and the humans in the events of Macross. Nekki Basara is a guitarist and a singer of the band Fire Bomber. Living in a less-developed part of the flying colony City 7 which is looking for a habitable planet, he composes and sings songs in the belief that music holds a greater power.

During its flight, an unknown alien race appeared and started laying siege upon City 7. However, its attacks are not conventional -- instead of trying to destroy them, they steal what is known as "spiritia", rendering victims unresponsive and zombie-like. During these battles, Basara always goes out into the middle of the warzone, singing his songs and expecting friend and foe to listen and be moved by his music.



Tags: Band , Space , Aliens , Space Opera , Real Robot , Super Robot , Rock Music , Heterosexual , Military , Idol , Love Triangle , Lost Civilization , Episodic , Vampire , Age Gap , Cosmic Horror , Rehabilitation , Memory Manipulation , Unrequited Love , Disability

Ginga Kikoutai Majestic Prince

Also known as Majestic Prince.

Studio: Doga Kobo , Orange , Sotsu , Fields
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In the latter half of 21st century, humans leave the Earth and begin to live in space. In order to adapt to the environment in space and deal with the hostile aliens in Jupiter, genetically engineered children called "Princes" are artificially raised and trained to be pilots of armed robots "AHSMB (Advanced High Standard Multipurpose Battle Device). This is a story about one of the teenage "Princes", Hitachi O Izuru, who studies in an academic city Grandzehle.

Tags: Space , War , Aliens , Slapstick , CGI , School , Super Robot , Real Robot , Agender , Tokusatsu