Anime like Kidou Senshi Gundam: Fukushuu no Requiem

Kidou Senshi Gundam: Dai 08 MS Shotai

Also known as Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

UC 0079 - After the success of Operation Odessa, more and more Earth Federation soldiers are sent to earth to free it from the hands of the Principality of Zeon. As Zeonic troops retreat to unknown parts of the world, it's up to the Earth Federation Ground Force to find them and exterminate them.

Ensign Shiro Amada is made leader of the 08th MS Team, leading a team of Ground Type Gundams into battle. His mission: to distract the enemy and find a mysterious new Zeon weapon. But can he complete it when he falls in love with a Zeon pilot, named Aina Sahalin?



Tags: War , Military , Real Robot , Male Protagonist , Politics , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Space , Nudity

Kidou Senshi Gundam MS IGLOO: Ichinen Sensou Hiwa

Also known as Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: The Hidden One Year War.

Studio: Sunrise , Sunrise Music , Bandai Visual , Victor Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Mecha , Sci-Fi

The year is Universal Century 0079. Oliver May is a technical officer in the Zeon 603rd Technical Evaluation Unit , in charge of testing new military technology. Stationed in the Jotunheim, a civilian transport ship that was converted into military use, Oliver must head into battle and experience the One Year War, only this time from the perspective of a weapon tester who struggles to make an impact on an evolving war during changing times.



Tags: Real Robot , Military , Space , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Full CGI , War , CGI , Politics , Time Skip , Tragedy , Tanks , Super Robot

Kidou Senshi Gundam MS IGLOO 2: Juuryoku Sensen

Also known as Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2: Gravity of the Battlefront.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Mecha , Sci-Fi

MS igLoo 2 goes back to the first MS igLoo and tells the story of the Federation soldiers side that has to fight against the monstrous Zakus. Each episode tells a story of a different federation soldier that is cursed by a Death God that came down to earth with the Zakus and shows the desperate struggle against mobile suits with only conventional weapons such as tanks and missiles. Each soldier, fueled with revenge, and a Death God looming over their backs, fights against the odds that is the terrible might of a Zaku.

Tags: Military , Real Robot , Full CGI

Kidou Senshi Gundam MS IGLOO: Mokushiroku 0079

Also known as Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: Apocalypse 0079.

Studio: Bandai Visual , Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Mecha , Sci-Fi

Lieutenant Oliver May and the 603 Technical Division Unit aboard the Jotunheim continue testing and evaluating experimental weapons to aid the Zeon war effort against the Federation Forces. At the end of each experiment, the tale of the trials and tribulations faced by the weapon and its test pilot adds a small chapter to the long history of the One Year War



Tags: Military , Space , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , War , Real Robot , Full CGI , Tragedy , Time Skip , Politics , Heterosexual

Kidou Senshi Gundam Thunderbolt

Also known as Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

The story is set in the same One Year War in UC 0079 as the first Mobile Suit Gundam anime series. It follows the battles between two ace pilots of the Principality of Zeon and the Earth Federation at the "Thunderbolt Sector," a shoal zone with numerous wrecks of space colonies and warships.



Tags: Military , War , Space , Disability , Real Robot , Anti-Hero , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Philosophy , Tragedy , Gore , Guns , Drugs , CGI , Heterosexual , Suicide

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 , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , School , Super Power , War , Male Protagonist , Slapstick , Terrorism , Politics , Ensemble Cast , Work , Ships , Artificial Intelligence , Surreal Comedy , Alternate Universe

Kidou Senshi Gundam 0080: Pocket no Naka no Sensou

Also known as Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket.

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

The Side 6 space colony is a neutral oasis in the war between Zeon and the Earth Federation. Alfred Izuruha, a ten-year-old boy, finds relief from the tedium of schoolwork by following the war's progress and collecting military memorabilia. When rumors that the colony is hiding a Federation mobile suit development program bring Zeon special forces to Side 6, Alfred views them as a source of additional excitement. But, as the Zeon mission becomes more urgent and both sides take increasingly desperate measures, he might be in for an unexpectedly close look at the reality of war.

Tags: War , Military , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Real Robot , Urban , Espionage , Primarily Male Cast , Space

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 , Post-Apocalyptic , Female Protagonist , 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

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 , Conspiracy , Kaiju , Female Protagonist , Satire , Shounen

Aldnoah.Zero

Also known as ALDNOAH.ZERO.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , TROYCA , Aniplex , MAGES. , Nitroplus , TOKYO MX , Movic , Houbunsha , Nippon BS Broadcasting , Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In 1972, the Apollo 17 mission found a hypergate to Mars on the surface of the moon. Upon landing, astronauts discovered a enchanted utility later referred to as 'Aldnoah', giving the astronauts a status of superiority. Soon, many humans have relocated to Mars, and have adapted to the name 'Martians'. After Princess Asseylum, a royal Martian princess, descends onto Earth in an attempt to create a treaty between both planets, a war breaks out between Earth and Mars, and Martian soldiers begin to descend from the sky, riding steel giants, intent on exterminating humanity.



Tags: War , Military , Conspiracy , Space Opera , Post-Apocalyptic , Real Robot , Politics , Guns , Lost Civilization , Revenge , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , CGI , Space , Unrequited Love , Torture