Anime like Heroic Age

Soukyuu no Fafner

Also known as Fafner.

Studio: Xebec , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Funimation , TV Tokyo Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Tatsumiyajima is the central island in the middle of a small cluster of islands, in a sleepy backwater of the Japanese isles. Not much happens there, and the island's young people go to school knowing that their lives are likely to remain peaceful and undisturbed. Or so they have been taught... but the truth is different. The fate of mankind is on the line, and Tatsumiyajima is the last line of defense against a hostile and incomprehensible enemy. At the center of it all, fighting for Humanity's continued existence, is the giant robot Fafner, the dragon that guards this final treasure of mankind.



Note: The last episode aired with a runtime of ~48 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode. In the DVD release and subsequent home video releases of the series, the final episode was split into two separate ~24 minute long episodes.

Tags: Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , Post-Apocalyptic , Real Robot , Tragedy , Aliens , War , Male Protagonist , Robots , Cosmic Horror , Military , Kuudere , Dystopian

Densetsu Kyojin Ideon

Also known as Space Runaway Ideon.

Studio: Sunrise , Aniplex , TV Tokyo , Tokyu Agency
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

From the continuing reclamation of the ruins of the planet Solo, mysterious mechas are excavated. But suddenly, an alien called Buff Clan attacks seeking the limitless energy “Ide.” The earthlings are backed into a corner, when the three mechas piloted by the earth boy Yuki Cosmo and others fuse together. Becoming the giant robot Ideon, they use their incredible power to fight back against Buff Clan.



Tags: Space Opera , War , Cosmic Horror , Fugitive , Military , Super Robot , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Aliens , Travel , Philosophy , Space , Lost Civilization , Guns , Heterosexual , Estranged Family , Real Robot , Samurai , Revenge , Swordplay , Dinosaurs , Nudity

Sousei no Aquarion

Also known as Aquarion.

Studio: Satelight , Touhouku Shinsha , Funimation , Media Factory , Ashi Productions , Bandai , Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

When the Shadow Angels invade after 12,000 years of slumber, humanity is held captive by fear and sheer alien dominance. Eleven years after the Great Catastrophe decimated the world, most of those left alive are scavengers, dirty and starving in the streets. There is hope, however: Mechanical Angel Aquarion!

Powered by three souls intertwined, a rare breed of pilot takes the controls. Known as Elements, one among them must rise if mankind is to survive. Prophecy is being fulfilled as the end of the world approaches... Through a swirling cloud of love, betrayal, loss and destiny, the last hope for the new century arrives and takes flight!



Tags: Super Robot , Super Power , Dissociative Identities , Reincarnation , Kaiju , Heterosexual , Bisexual , Orphan , War , Post-Apocalyptic , Aliens , Dystopian , Aviation , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Nudity , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Unrequited Love , Lost Civilization , Alternate Universe , CGI , Vampire , Boys' Love , Shounen

Ginga Kikoutai Majestic Prince

Also known as Majestic Prince.

Studio: Doga Kobo , Orange , Sotsu , Fields
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In the latter half of 21st century, humans leave the Earth and begin to live in space. In order to adapt to the environment in space and deal with the hostile aliens in Jupiter, genetically engineered children called "Princes" are artificially raised and trained to be pilots of armed robots "AHSMB (Advanced High Standard Multipurpose Battle Device). This is a story about one of the teenage "Princes", Hitachi O Izuru, who studies in an academic city Grandzehle.

Tags: School , Space , War , Aliens , CGI , Slapstick , Super Robot , Real Robot , Tokusatsu , Agender

Gasaraki

Also known as Gasaraki.

Studio: Sunrise , ADV Films , Yomiko Advertising , The Right Stuf International
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Psychological , Supernatural

The flames of war explode in the Middle East as two shadow forces unleash monstrous new weapons of mass destruction! But in a world in which giant robots are real, the most dangerous weapon of all lies buried within a human mind. Yushiro, the fourth son of the mysterious and powerful Gowa family, finds himself at the center of events that will change the future of mankind forever! Nothing can prepare the human race for what is about to be unleashed in Gasaraki!



Tags: Military , Politics , Economics , Conspiracy , Real Robot , Mythology , War , Kuudere , Tanks , Kaiju , Cult , Shrine Maiden , Foreign , Historical , Lost Civilization , Dancing , Male Protagonist , Clone , Yakuza , Youkai , Samurai

Mugen no Ryvius

Also known as Infinite Ryvius.

Studio: Sunrise , TV Tokyo , Bandai Visual , Yomiko Advertising , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Psychological , Sci-Fi

The year is AD 2225. Kouji Aiba and Aoi Housen are serving as astronauts in-training in Liebe Delta which is located on the edge of the Geduld Sea. When saboteurs with unknown intents suddenly strike during a routine dive procedure, the space station plummets into the Geduld, a plasma field that links all the planets like a nervous system and crushes any ship that strays too far into it. With all the adults onboard killed, the young astronauts will have to survive this long journey home in midst of the growing tension amongst each other. Meanwhile the organizers of the sabotage look on and prepare to attack once more.


Tags: Space , Survival , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Space Opera , Real Robot , Denpa , Aliens , Male Protagonist , Military , Tsundere , Primarily Child Cast , Yandere ,

Terra e... (TV)

Also known as Toward the Terra (TV).

Studio: Aniplex , Tokyo Kids , Mainichi Broadcasting System , SKY Perfect Well Think , Bandai Entertainment , Minami Machi Bugyousho
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi

In the future, humans are living on colonized planets and are controlled in every aspect of their life by a system of computers. Evolution has resulted in the birth of people with extraordinary powers. This new race is called Mu. Hated and feared by the humans, the Mu dream of a place to live in peace: Earth - a mystical far away planet - for humanity had to leave their home long ago as pollution and destruction increased and made it impossible to stay there any longer.

Jomy is a boy excitedly awaiting his birthday, the day he will enter the world of adults. Yet he knows nothing about the unknown powers sleeping in him and the shared dream of returning to Earth one day.


Tags: Space , Shounen , Fugitive , Space Opera , Super Power , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Artificial Intelligence , Memory Manipulation , Time Skip , Tragedy , Disability , Military , War

Zegapain

Also known as Zegapain.

Studio: Sunrise , TV Tokyo , Dentsu , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

Kyo, an avid swimmer tries his best to keep the high school swimming club going, which is pretty hard when he's the only member. Facing the prospect of the club being closed by the student council, he tries to enlist beautiful Misaki to act in a promo video, shot by his good friend Ryoko, in a bid to start a recruitment drive. She agrees but only if he pilots a mecha under the wing of Celebrum, a resistance organisation fighting to destroy Deutera Areas formed on Earth by the aliens Gards-orm. He agrees but finds it all strangely familiar as if he's done it before...



Tags: Isekai , Artificial Intelligence , Post-Apocalyptic , Time Manipulation , Dystopian , Virtual World , Real Robot , Super Robot , Swimming , CGI , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Aliens , Reincarnation , LGBTQ+ Themes

Bounen no Xamdou

Also known as Xam'd: Lost Memories.

Studio: bones , Aniplex , Half H.P Studio , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

Sentan Island is a small island surrounded by the Yuden Sea. It exists in a state of dreamlike tranquility, cut off from the war between the Northern Government and the Southern Continent Free Zone. Our hero, Akiyuki Takehara, lives on Sentan Island along with his mother Fusa. He is currently separated from his father, the town doctor Ryuzo, but the bond between father and son remains. One day, after taking Ryuzo the lunch that Fusa has made for him as usual, Akiyuki arrives at school, where he is caught up in an explosion along with his friends, Haru and Furuichi. The explosion produces a mysterious light, which enters Akiyuki's arm, causing him excruciating pain. He's given no time to understand it, however, as the white-haired girl who rode on the bus with him guides him to a power unlike anything he's ever known.

Tags: Ensemble Cast , Military , War , Super Power , Love Triangle , Terrorism , Male Protagonist , Vore , Slavery , Kuudere , Amnesia , Disability

Sidonia no Kishi: Ai Tsumugu Hoshi

Also known as Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the Stars.

Studio: POLYGON PICTURES , King Records , KLOCKWORX
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

After the Earth was destroyed by mysterious alien lifeforms known as the Gauna, surviving remnants of the human race escaped to space in the enormous generation ship Sidonia. Having drifted through space for millennia, the Sidonia found itself once more under attack from Gauna for the first time in a century.

Once again facing the threat of extinction, a temporary victory against the Gauna was eked out thanks to the human-Gauna hybrid Tsumugi Shiraui and ace Guardian mech pilot Nagate Tanikaze.

10 years later... The people of Sidonia enjoy a brief respite. Peaceful days pass, during which Tsumugi begins to realize her feelings for Nagate, who is now celebrated as a hero of Sidonia. However, as Captain Kobayashi has always known, as long as the Gauna remain, peace cannot last.

The decision is made: a final battle, upon which rests the fate of humanity's last survivors. As the end approaches, will the crew be able to protect those they love?



Tags: Space , Aliens , Monster Girl , Military , Post-Apocalyptic , Real Robot , CGI , Full CGI , Male Protagonist , Kaiju , Twins , Time Skip , LGBTQ+ Themes , Transgender