Anime like Sengoku Majin Goushougun

Chou Denji Machine Voltes V

Also known as VOLTES V.

Studio: Sunrise , Discotek , Toei Animation , Tohokushinsha Film Corporation , TV Asahi
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

From out of nowhere, a mysterious alien race known as the Boazan Forces has invaded the Earth. A group of individuals specially trained to handle this kind of situation has been unleashed. Kenichi, Ippei, Daijirou, Hiyoshi & Megumi are the pilots of the Choudenji Machine Voltes V (5), Earth's defense against the Boazan and their terrible Beast Warriors. The plot thickens as the Go Brothers discover their true heritage and the truth behind their father's disappearance. Conflicts and mixed emotions hinder the Go Brothers at times but due to their unwavering desire to find their dad, they must go to the place where it all started. With the help of the rebels based on Earth and on the aliens' homeworld, the Voltes Team has another mission, remove the tyrant Zu Zanbajil and liberate the people of Boazan.



Tags: Super Robot , Aliens , War , Ensemble Cast , Slavery , Politics , Tragedy , Kaiju , Space , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Swordplay , Guns , Ninja , Space Opera

Uchuu Senshi Baldios

Also known as Space Warrior Baldios.

Studio: Ashi Productions , Kokusai Eigasha , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Marin Reigan lost his father and his home when Gattler staged a coup, forcing their people to abandon their dying planet and invade another. Seeking vengeance, Marin pursued. But when he saw the world they planned to invade, Marin found a new mission: to protect the untarnished skies and seas of that blue planet--Earth!

The battle will not be easy. Marin's technology is the only thing that can stand against Gattler's forces. But the Earthlings are not quick to trust him, and the ruthless enemy commander Aphrodia is hungry for vengeance of her own. Can Marin gain the Earthlings' trust, avenge his father, and stop the war?



Note: Originally planned and scripted for 39 episodes, the series was cancelled with various reasons cited including lack of anime magazine coverage and constant airtime changes. The 31st and last episode to air was actually produced as episode 32. Three unaired completed episodes (31, 33, 34) were later released on LaserDisc/DVD/Blu-ray, and the finished scripts and storyboards for the final 5 episodes had been shared in various magazines and a deluxe book.

Tags: Episodic , War , Time Manipulation , Aliens , Super Robot , Guns , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Revenge , Military , Space , Environmental , Tragedy

Chou Denji Robo Combattler V

Also known as Combattler V.

Studio: Sunrise , Toei Animation , Studio Nue , Discotek , TV Asahi
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi

The first of Tadao Nagahama's Romance Super Robot Trilogy. (#2: Chou Denji Machine Voltes V, #3: Toushou Daimos)

Thousands of years ago, the people of the planet Campbell decided to leave their planet and seek out new worlds to inhabit. One group, lead by the scientist Oreana, landed on Earth, but was delayed from their mission. In the early 21st century, Oreana's group reawakens and begins their plan to conquer the Earth. The only effective defense against the Campbellians' giant biomechanical slave beasts is the super-electromagnetic robot, Combattler V and its pilots.



Tags: Super Robot , Aliens , Kaiju , Episodic , Robots , War , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Heterosexual , Torture , Motorcycles , Tragedy , Guns

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

Hyakujuu-Ou GoLion

Also known as Go Lion.

Studio: Toei Animation , Media Blasters
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Golion, a powerful sentient robot, abuses his great powers by attacking and killing creatures known as Deathblack Beastmen, boasting that no one could defeat him. A divine space being punishes Golion for his arrogance and abuse by seperating him into 5 different lion robots. In the year 1999, a group of 5 young men return to Earth after a space voyage, only to find it ravaged by nuclear war. After encountering the alien race known as the Galra, the 5 youths end up on the planet Altea, and learn that the 5 lion robots that Golion was split into are in hibernation in various parts of Altea. Somehow, they must reunite the lions and form Golion, the only hope for the human race.

Tags: Aliens , Dystopian , Super Robot , Ensemble Cast , Kaiju , Primarily Male Cast , Episodic , Maids , Slavery

Koutetsu Jeeg

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

Hiroshi Shiba is an outstanding car racer whose father is assassinated upon the discovery of the Bronze Bell from an ancient civilization. This Bronze Bell is coveted by Queen Himika who comes from that ancient era; the Yamatai Kingdom, and whose ambitions are to seize the Bell and dominate earth.

Hiroshi is left with a few items from his father which would enable him to morph into a full sized mecha warrior, the Steel Jeeg. With these abilities and the help of his father's brain implanted in a computer and his assistance Miwa "Micchi" Uzuki, they set out to neutralize Himika's plans of world dominion.

Tags: Super Robot , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Henshin , Cyborg , Demons , Primarily Male Cast , Motorcycles , Tragedy

Mazinger Z

Also known as Mazinger Z.

Studio: Toei Animation , Discotek , Dynamic Planning , Asatsu DK
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

From the island of Bardos in the Aegean Sea comes a new threat to humanity in the form of Doctor Hell and his army of mechanical beasts. However, a new hero stands in his way: Mazinger Z, a giant robot built out of the indestructible metal chogokin and equipped with an arsenal of advanced weaponry. Piloting Mazinger Z is hotheaded teenager Kouji Kabuto, who strives to avenge the death of his grandfather and protect Japan from Doctor Hell's forces.



Tags: Super Robot , Episodic , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Motorcycles , Heterosexual , Lost Civilization , Love Triangle , Tsundere

UFO Senshi Dai Apolon

Studio: Eiken
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha

The story is about 16 years old boy Takeshi who recently formed an American football team at the BlueSky orphanage. One day the game is interuppted by a light in the sky. Takeshi discovers he is the son of the king of the planet Apolon, spirited away to Earth by his father's retainer Rabi to avoid death at the hands of General Dazaan. He turns out to have special energy abilities which can control UFO saucers from under the ocean floor, which in turn can become robots that are synchronized to their movements.



Tags: Super Robot , Kaiju , Episodic , Male Protagonist , American Football , Primarily Male Cast , Aliens

Rokushin Gattai GodMars

Also known as God Mars.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Discotek , Nippon BS Broadcasting
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha

In the year 1999, humanity begins to advance beyond the solar system. The leader of the planet Gishin, Emperor Zule, aims to conquer the galaxy and ends up in a conflict with Earth as a result. In an act aimed to eliminate the Earth, he sends a baby named Mars to live among humanity. Mars is accompanied by Gaia, a giant robot that utilizes a new power source strong enough to destroy an entire planet. Once Mars grows up, he will destroy the Earth by activating the bomb within Gaia. However, upon arriving on Earth, Mars is adopted into a Japanese family and given the name Takeru. Seventeen years later, Takeru has grown a love for humanity and he refuses to detonate the bomb as ordered by Zule. However, the bomb within Gaia is set to explode if Takeru were ever to die, which would ultimately result in the Earth's destruction.

Takeru possesses psychic powers (ESP) and decides to join the Earth defense forces and becomes a member of the Crasher Squad (an elite space defense force) where he and his friends take a stand against the Gishin attack.

Unknown to the Gishin, five other robots were created in secrecy along side Gaia by Takeru's father and sent with Gaia to protect Takeru. The five other robots are Sphinx, Uranus, Titan, Shin and Ra. Whenever Earth is in danger, Takeru is able to summon the five other robots to combine with Gaia form the giant robot Godmars.

Tags: Super Power , Adoption , Episodic , Super Robot , Male Protagonist , Aliens , Space , Twins , Pirates , Politics

Ginga Senpuu Braiger

Also known as Galaxy Cyclone Braiger.

Studio: Toei Animation , Kokusai Eigasha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mecha

In the year 2111, the solar system has been colonized. The colonized moons and planets are lawless and the police are helpless. In order to battle the evil within the solar system, Isaac Godonov creates J9, made up of himself, Jotaro Kido, Steven Bowie, and Angel Omachi. They are a team that will handle any missions the police will not with their robot Braiger... for a price.



Tags: Cars , Crime , Episodic , Conspiracy , Space , Super Robot , Henshin , Guns , Shapeshifting , Orphan , Aliens , Swordplay , Cult , Religion , Real Robot