Anime like Gekijouban Aquarion

Hoshi no Umi no Amuri

Studio: Bandai Visual , Studio Hibari , Studio Hibari
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

The 3D modeled anime is set in Year 019 of the Insonity Progressive Revolution - a future era in which mankind has evolved into a new species called Adapters. Three very young Adapter girls from Japan, China and France set out on a space adventure that will affect the rest of their species.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Bullying , Super Power , Full CGI , Henshin , Space , Torture , Dissociative Identities , Orphan , Artificial Intelligence , Circus

Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora

Also known as Shattered Angels.

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , ADV Films , Funimation , TNK , AT-X , KLOCKWORX , Studio Mausu , Toshiba Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Kuu attends school in the city of learning, Academia. She soon finds herself locked in conflict with the Absolute Angels: a group of beautiful girls who feed on human life force to survive. Wielding god-like strength, they have the power to destroy the world itself. But are they truly demons of destruction or simply innocent girls trapped in a fate they can’t escape?



Tags: Magic , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Shounen , Robots

Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoiyo!! Masaru-san

Studio: MADHOUSE , Bandai Visual , Magic Bus
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Okometsubu Fujiyama has recently transferred over to a new school, Wakame High School. His goal is to make 100 friends--until he meets the extremely wierd Masaru Hananakajima. Masaru is a martial artist whose specialty is the "Sexy Commando" form of martial art. Masaru forms a club based on this art, including Fujiyama, who he nicknames Fuumin, in the club. The club becomes full of strange, yet wacky people. Aliens, moustaches, and cute fuzzy animals are encountered as the club moves along and gets steadily more popular.



Tags: Surreal Comedy , School Club , School , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Parody , Primarily Male Cast , Aliens , Martial Arts , Baseball , Primarily Teen Cast

BanG Dream! Ave Mujica

Also known as Ave Mujica - The Die is Cast -.

Studio: Bushiroad , SANZIGEN , TOKYO MX , Good Smile Company , Horipro International , Ultra Super Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Psychological

"Will you give me the rest of your life?"

After losing everything in a single night, Sakiko Togawa reaches out toward an even deeper abyss, one that will drag everyone around her down as well. Gathering the lives of girls burdened with their own troubles and desires, Sakiko raises the curtain on a perfect masquerade.

"Welcome to the world of Ave Mujica."

On a stage where sorrow, death, fear, love—even the solace of forgetting—are stripped away, will their masks be torn off and shatter into oblivion, or will they….



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Band , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Tragedy , Dissociative Identities , Estranged Family , Full CGI , Metal Music , Acting , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Rock Music , Musical Theater , Incest , Disability , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Orphan , Ojou-sama , Adoption , Yandere , Anti-Hero , Kuudere , Tsundere

Mashin Souzouden Wataru

Also known as MASHIN CREATOR WATARU.

Studio: Sunrise , Bandai Namco Pictures , Bandai Namco Filmworks , TV Tokyo
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

A new entry in the Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru series, in which the main character, fourth grader Wataru Hoshibe, appears as a RyuTuber aiming to become a superstar, and battles with his partner Ryuujinmaru in an alternate world of floating blocks to defeat the last boss “Enjoda”.



Tags: Kids , Super Robot , Primarily Child Cast , Male Protagonist , VTuber , Isekai

Kuuchuu Gunkan Atlantis

Studio: Gekigadan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha

Set on a floating island called Atlantis, the story follows a captured girl named Luna and her would-be rescuer Cyan. Not everything is a simple as it appears thanks to a mysterious enemy and the robot Gekiga-go.


Note: A 15 minute film, homage to GAINAX works, produced by Gekigadan, a group of 30 college students from Kyoto.

Tags: Super Robot , Military , Artificial Intelligence , Ships

HANOKA

Studio: RAMS , Lantis
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

This anime is the first full-fledged TV anime made with FLASH.

The story takes place on a planet Tokinea where human beings and Star Races have been fighting. The story revolves around a girl who was made as “Demon God”, an ultimate weapon against human beings, and a boy who is a partner of the girl.



Tags: Flash , CGI , Female Protagonist , War , Aliens , Military , Heterosexual

Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution

Also known as Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution.

Studio: MADHOUSE , ADV Films , Broccoli
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Music , Romance , Sci-Fi

Five supernatural factions have been fighting against each other for who knows how many centuries, with the beginning of Aquarian Age always in mind. Kyouta, soon begins to see visions of mystical girls fighting, except they do exist. Soon he and his girlfriend Yoriko become involved and the battle for Earth and Aquarian Age lies in their hands.




Tags: Band , Super Power , Acting , Rock Music , Henshin , Male Protagonist , Work , College

Vampire Sensou

Also known as Vampire Wars.

Studio: Toei Animation , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Supernatural

The rural American west is the setting for this OVA, in which a bizarre and brutal attack on a NASA base in Arizona attracts the attention of a French secret service agent, Monsieur Lassar, when a dead CIA agent is found floating on the Seine in Paris. Lassar is convinced that these two events are related, and sets out to prove it. His investigation leads him to film star Lamia Vindaw and a vampire cult that may be far more vicious and dangerous than its eccentric exterior makes it seem.



Tags: Super Power , Vampire , Aliens , Guns , Foreign , Cult , Gore , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Fugitive , Nudity , Suicide , Terrorism

Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai

Also known as Haganai.

Studio: Funimation , Media Factory , TBS , AIC Build , Bushiroad
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

Hasegawa Kodaka has transferred schools, and he's having a hard time making friends. It doesn't help that his blond hair tends to make people think he's a delinquent. One day, he runs into his bad-tempered solitary classmate Yozora while she's talking animatedly to her imaginary friend Tomo. Realizing that neither of them have any actual friends, they decide that the best way to alter this situation is to form a club and start recruiting.

That is how "Rinjinbu", The Neighbours' Club, was formed, a club specifically designed for people who don't have very many friends. As other lonely classmates slowly join their little club, they'll try to learn how to build friendships through cooking together, playing games, and other group activities. But will this group of relationship-challenged misfits really be able to get along?

Tags: School , School Club , Male Protagonist , Female Harem , Primarily Female Cast , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Nudity , Video Games , Crossdressing , Chuunibyou , Nun , Bullying , Gender Bending