Anime like Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Gurren-hen

Promare

Also known as Promare.

Studio: Trigger , XFLAG , GKids
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Thirty years have passed since the appearance of the Burnish, a race of flame-wielding mutant beings who destroyed half of the world with fire. When a new group of aggressive mutants calling themselves Mad Burnish appears, the epic battle between their leader, Lio Fotia, and Galo Thymos, a new member of the anti-Burnish rescue team Burning Rescue, begins.



Tags: Firefighters , Robots , Super Robot , Male Protagonist , Environmental , Super Power , Satire , Primarily Adult Cast , Philosophy , Politics , Aliens , CGI , Urban , Terrorism , Post-Apocalyptic , Alternate Universe , Dragons , Boys' Love , Artificial Intelligence , Motorcycles , Conspiracy

Shin Seiki Evangelion Movie: Shi to Shinsei

Also known as Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth.

Studio: Gainax , Production I.G , Movic , Sega Games , TV Tokyo Music , Kadokawa Shoten
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Psychological , Sci-Fi

Compilation recap movie for the series Shin Seiki Evangelion. Due to the struggling production of the movie 'End of Evangelion' delaying the film a month before it was set to release, this film was announced to 'hold fans over'.

During the early 21st century a meteorite crashed into Antarctica. After scientists went to study the crash a gigantic explosion followed, classified as the 'Second Impact'. Shinji Ikari is a fourteen year-old boy who has come to Toyko3, a city that also serves as a fortress, to meet up with his father who left him many years ago. The city also happens to be under siege by monstrous creatures called 'Angels' at the time of his arrival. Somehow Shinji finds himself in Evangelion Unit 01, and manages to synchronize with the giant robot. Shinji is told to become its permanent pilot, and is thrown into combat as the city's last defense for fighting off the angels. However, as Shinji fights, he begins to realize the truth behind the Angels, the Second Impact, man's struggle against God and what he truly is afraid of.



Note: Exists in several versions: (with most appearing on the Japanese 2015 Blu-ray Boxset)
• Evangelion: DEATH & REBIRTH, released theatrically on March 15, 1997 - 2-part feature, the first 2/3rds titled 'Death' consisting of a recap of the TV series with new/re-drawn animation added in, and the later 1/3rd titled 'Rebirth' consisting of the first 28 minute rough cut of End of Evangelion.
• Death(True), aired on TV channel WOWOW on January 2, 1998 - re-edited version of 'Death' by director Masayuki, with most of the new animation cut (as it was moved to the "Directors Cut" of Episodes 21-24), but with some new shots added. Later released on the 'ARCHIVES OF EVANGELION' DVD Boxset.
• Death(True)², released on March 7, 1998 - a further edited down version of Death(True), but with some new animation added. Regarded as this film's 'definitive' release, this is the version opted to be licensed by Netflix.
• Revival of Evangelion, released theatrically on March 8, 1998 - Theatrical double feature consisting of Death(True)² + 4 minute intermission + End of Evangelion.

For simplicity's sake, we are only counting the first theatrical release in this entry.

Tags: Primarily Teen Cast , Achronological Order , Tragedy , Dystopian , Super Robot , Military , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Denpa , Real Robot , Philosophy , Post-Apocalyptic , Kaiju , Conspiracy , Gore , Cultivation , Politics , Kuudere , Tsundere , Nudity , Band

Star Driver THE MOVIE

Studio: bones , Aniplex
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha

Star Driver takes place on the fictional Southern Cross Isle. One night, a boy named Takuto washes up on shore swimming from the mainland. He later enrolls in Southern Cross High School as a freshman and makes new friends.



Tags: Henshin , Real Robot , Super Robot , Male Protagonist , School Club

GRIDMAN UNIVERSE

Also known as Gridman Universe.

Studio: Trigger , Tsuburaya Productions , Pony Canyon
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

Theatrical follow-up to SSSS.GRIDMAN and SSSS.DYNAZENON.

A year has passed since the events of SSSS.GRIDMAN. The world is at peace and no one except for Rikka and Utsumi remembers the kaiju, Gridman, or Akane Shinjou. This includes Yuuta, who despite serving as Gridman's host, has no memory of the most important moments of his life. So when a new Kaiju appears, he leaps at the chance to prove to himself that he too can be the hero by merging with Gridman once more.



Tags: Meta , Coming of Age , Henshin , Tokusatsu , Alternate Universe , Heterosexual , Kaiju , Denpa , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Amnesia , Primarily Teen Cast , Super Robot , Crossover , Gods , School , Memory Manipulation

Kidou Senshi Gundam Unicorn RE: 0096

Also known as MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM UNICORN RE:0096.

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

U.C. 0096. Three years after Char’s rebellion, Banagher Links, a boy who lives on the manufacturing colony Industrial 7, meets a mysterious girl named Audrey Burne. She claims to seek to prevent a potential war by interfering with the transfer of “Laplace's Box” from the Vist Foundation to a Neo Zeon remnant group known as the “Sleeves”.
However, when a Federation squad also sent to prevent the transfer clashes with the Sleeves, the colony is plunged into battle.
As Banager races through the flames in search of Audrey, one other fateful encounter awaits him—the Unicorn Gundam, a pale white mobile suit that's the key to Laplace's Box.

What is Laplace’s Box? What are the secrets that it holds? For the first time in 100 years, light will shine on the darkest secrets of the Universal Century...



Tags: Military , Space , Real Robot , Space Opera , Politics , War

Megaton-kyuu Musashi

Also known as MEGATON MUSASHI.

Studio: OLM
Status: Finished
Genres: Mecha

The story takes place after 90 percent of humanity wiped out due to an invasion. Survivors live in a shelter where their lives are monitored, and memories of the invasion erased. Three teenagers from the shelter are chosen to pilot three machines that combine to form the Musashi robot, made out of a material named Megatronium alloy. The series will balance robot action with school life.

Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Super Robot , Aliens , Memory Manipulation , Ensemble Cast , School , Age Gap , Kids , Dystopian , Love Triangle , Bullying , Maids

Mecha-ude (TV)

Also known as Mecha Ude: Mechanical Arms.

Studio: TriF studio , Pony Canyon , BS Asahi , TriF studio , Kansai TV , Television Nishinippon Corporation
Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

New anime project for MECHA-UDE, as a full-fledged anime series.

Long ago, alien lifeforms came to Earth, fusing with people on the planet. Due to their appearance, they were dubbed "Mecha-ude," as when fused, they bore a striking resemblance to mechanized limbs.

Through an involuntary partnership, average middle schooler Hikaru Amatsuga works alongside the Mecha-ude Arma, who is an extremely rare and special existence. To protect Arma, the resistance group ARMS assigns the dual Mecha-ude user Aki Murasame to follow him wherever he goes. However, she is also looking for a mysterious Snake-Type Mecha-ude wielder, who has put many of her comrades in a critical state.

Behind the scenes, an organization known as the Kagami Group is searching for the mythical "Trigger Arm," a Mecha-ude said to grant unlimited power. When Aki's life is threatened by this group, Hikaru must team up with Arma to find the courage to fight back and, along the way, learn that his life will never be ordinary again.



Tags: Artificial Intelligence , Male Protagonist , School , Cyborg , Terrorism , Shounen , Super Power , Aliens , Motorcycles

Kaijuu 8-gou

Also known as Kaiju No.8.

Studio: Toho , Shueisha , Production I.G , Production I.G , Studio Khara
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

With the highest kaiju-emergence rates in the world, Japan is no stranger to attack by deadly monsters. Enter the Japan Defense Force, a military organization tasked with the neutralization of kaiju. Kafka Hibino, a kaiju-corpse cleanup man, has always dreamed of joining the force. But when he gets another shot at achieving his childhood dream, he undergoes an unexpected transformation. How can he fight kaiju now that he’s become one himself?!



Tags: Kaiju , Monster Boy , Shapeshifting , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Henshin , Shounen , Military , Work , Guns , Gore , Kuudere , Primarily Adult Cast , Slapstick , Tokusatsu , Tsundere , Heterosexual , Ojou-sama , Swordplay , Martial Arts

FLCL: Grunge

Also known as FLCL: Grunge.

Studio: Adult Swim , MontBlanc Pictures , Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

The fourth season of FLCL, and sequel to FLCL Alternative. It centers on three teenagers who graduated and have started working. The CGI anime will have a theme of the feeling of being an adult.



Tags: CGI , Dystopian , Coming of Age , Full CGI , Surreal Comedy , Robots , Achronological Order , Philosophy , Aliens , Gangs , Male Protagonist , Slapstick , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Urban , Swordplay , Motorcycles , Bullying , Artificial Intelligence , Fishing , Food , Age Gap , Psychosexual