Anime like Ginga Senpuu Braiger

Lupin III

Also known as Lupin the 3rd.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy

Hard-boiled, cocky, classy and silly. These words only begin to describe the amazing master thief Lupin the Third. With the help of some quick gunplay by his partner Jigen, Lupin takes on the world in elaborate heists, classic car chases, and nasty explosions. Fujiko, a buxom redhead with a penchant for betrayal, always gets tangled up in Lupin's capers. The stoic but swift swordsman Goemon is just as inclined to kill Lupin as he is to help him. And Lupin can never seem to lose the relentless Tokyo Police Inspector Zenigata. What sort of trouble will this band of misfits get into next?



Tags: Seinen , Anti-Hero , Fugitive , Episodic , Crime , Male Protagonist , Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , Mafia , Detective , Cars , Police , Samurai , Travel , Crossdressing , Football , Yakuza , Prison

Cowboy Bebop

Also known as Cowboy Bebop.

Studio: Sunrise , Bandai Visual , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Sci-Fi

Enter a world in the distant future, where Bounty Hunters roam the solar system. Spike and Jet, bounty hunting partners, set out on journeys in an ever struggling effort to win bounty rewards to survive.

While traveling, they meet up with other very interesting people. Could Faye, the beautiful and ridiculously poor gambler, Edward, the computer genius, and Ein, the engineered dog be a good addition to the group?

Tags: Space , Crime , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Noir , Travel , Guns , Cyberpunk , Male Protagonist , Found Family , Philosophy , Terrorism , Tomboy , Cowboys , Heterosexual , Martial Arts , Cyborg , Amnesia , Anti-Hero , Gambling , Yakuza , Drugs , Female Protagonist , Police , Cult , Tanned Skin , Nudity , Circus

Sei Juushi Bismarck

Also known as Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha

In the distant future, humanity has explored beyond Earth and colonized both the inner and outer planets of the Solar System. In order to protect the colonies and maintain law and order in the solar system, the Earth Federation Government (EFG) was created. Soon, many settlers started to resent the EFG's and its sphere of influence, straining the relationship between the central government and the colonies.

While a strained peace was being forged between Earth and the colonies, a race of non-human creatures known as Deathcula invaded the System. Without provocation, they attacked the colonies and killed many of the colonists. The EFG quickly realized that the Deathcula were technologically superior and their forces were hopelessly matched. In order to have a chance at survival, Dr. Charles Louvre developed a transformable starship known as the Bismarck.

Knowing that an advanced team of specialists were required to operate the Bismarck, four individuals came together and were charged with keeping the outer colonies safe from further Deathcula attacks.



Tags: Space , Aliens , Military , Guns , Super Robot , Episodic

Sentou Mecha Xabungle

Also known as Blue Gale Xabungle.

Studio: Sunrise , Sotsu , Nagoya Broadcasting Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Mecha , Sci-Fi

Jiron Amos seeks revenge against the outlaw who killed his parents, but in a world where crimes are forgiven if they’re not brought to justice within three days, there’s only one thing he can do: steal the mecha Xabungle.



Tags: Military , War , Ensemble Cast , Slapstick , Real Robot , Post-Apocalyptic , Revenge , Surreal Comedy , Love Triangle , Meta , Aliens

Ginga Shippuu Sasuraiger

Also known as Galactic Whirlwind Sasuraiger.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mecha

It is 2911 and the solar system is made up of of 50 planets. I.C Blues, a gambler, makes a bet with the boss of a criminal syndicate known as Bloody God that it is possible to navigate the whole solar system in one year. Helping out Blues is J9-III, made up of Rock, Beat, and Birdy. To clear any obstcles, they have the transforming train-robot Sasuraiger. But the Bloody Syndicate will do anything to ensure the Blues loses the bet.



Tags: Trains , Travel , Ensemble Cast , Episodic , Primarily Male Cast , Crime , Gangs , Space , Super Robot , Heterosexual , Guns , Cult , Fugitive

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 , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Travel , Foreign , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Revenge , Super Power , Guns , Anti-Hero , Love Triangle , Desert , Environmental , Time Manipulation

GetBackers: Dakkanya

Also known as GetBackers.

Studio: Studio DEEN , TBS , Kodansha , Rondo Robe , Rakuonsha , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Mystery

Ban Mido and Ginji Amano run a freelance business of recovering anything lost or stolen from a client—and they claim a 100% success rate. They call themselves the GetBackers, and they're a super powered duo whose job lands them in dangerous predicaments. Although they have many adventures on their recovery quests, each has a mysterious past that rears its ugly head at the most inoportune moments. It's wild and crazy and one awesome anime ride!



Tags: Super Power , Crime , Urban , Work , Urban Fantasy , Drugs , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Martial Arts , Ensemble Cast , Virtual World , Yakuza , Mafia , Chibi

Uchuu Majin Daikengou

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Giant robot Daikengo flies through space to re-establish galactic peace; on-board prince Ryger, who ran away from his planet Emperius to defeat the menace out of his reign borders, in order to save his people; Cleo, corrupted prime minister's daughter, help him along with two nice little robots, Anike and Otoke. They fight evil Lady Baracross, leading invasion forces, with her assistant Roboleon, wearing a Napoleon style hat. Daikengo is the first robot with scuttles on his mouth. When he opens them, his vampire style teeth are shown and he can spit fire.



Tags: Space , Aliens , Robots , Episodic , Super Robot , Male Protagonist , Cyborg , Swordplay , Tragedy , Kaiju , War , Space Opera , Slapstick , Politics

Sengoku Majin Goushougun

Also known as GoShogun.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Ashi Productions , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Mecha , Sci-Fi

A meteor strikes the Earth and is found to emanate a powerful new energy called Beamler, which is used to power a battle robot, GoShogun, and a teleporting fortress, Good Thunder. The Docougar Crime Syndicate, lead by crime lord Neo Neros, try to steal the secret of the energy from the inventor of GoShogun, but he kills himself rather than let them acquire it. His son is targeted by Neo Neros next, but he is taken in by the crew aboard Good Thunder, who travel the world fighting NeoNeros's forces with GoShogun.



Tags: Super Robot , Ensemble Cast , Artificial Intelligence , Conspiracy , Adoption , Episodic , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Robots , War , Parody , Coming of Age , Meta

Muteki Koujin Daitarn 3

Studio: Sunrise , Sotsu , Nagoya Broadcasting Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Mecha , Sci-Fi

Souzou Haran was a brilliant scientist that was conducting research on Mars. He created a form of cyborg life with the ability to think for itself. These cyborgs, dubbed the Meganoids, soon ran out of control and killed Dr. Haran along with his whole family, save his youngest son, the 16-year-old Banjou Haran. Banjou escapes from Mars on a rocket with a solar-powered super robot called Daitarn 3, which was built with the special metals of Mars. Now eighteen years old and living on Earth in a luxurious mansion, Banjou fights against the Meganoids with the aid of his faithful butler Garrison and his two gorgeous companions Reika and Beauty. Together they must stop the evil Meganoids which aspire to turn all humans into cyborgs and thus "improve" the human race.



Tags: Super Robot , Cyborg , Episodic , Slapstick , Male Protagonist , Butler , Revenge , Love Triangle , Primarily Adult Cast , Shapeshifting , Espionage , Tragedy , Anti-Hero