Anime like Danball Senki

Gundam Build Fighters

Also known as Gundam Build Fighters.

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

The story is set in the near future when GunPla Battles, competitions that pit Gundam plastic models against each other, have become popular worldwide in the "Second GunPla Boom." Sei Iori, a first-year middle-school student and the only son of a model shop owner, is talented at building GunPla, but inexperienced in the GunPla Battles. He encounters a mysterious boy named Reiji, who happens to be an accomplished Gundam Fighter. Together, they strive for the GunPla Battle world championships.



Tags: Super Robot , Robots , Primarily Child Cast , Kids , Kuudere , Isekai , Male Protagonist , Real Robot , Meta , Otaku Culture , Proxy Battle , Idol , Video Games

Gekitou! Crush Gear TURBO

Studio: Sunrise , Bandai Visual
Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

After losing almost all their members, the Tobita Crush Gear club is facing extinction. Kouya who dreams of being a Crush Gear Fighting Champion doesn't want to see the club become extinct and will do whatever he can to keep the club running and become a Crush Gear Champion.

Tags: Cars , Shounen

Medarot

Also known as Medabots.

Studio: Bee Train , Production I.G , NAS , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi

In the near future, humans and robots coexist. “Robattles,” a competition in which Medarot are pitted against each other, is popular among kids. A Medarot’s consciousness, effectively its brains, is located in a Medal that can be inserted into and ejected from the robot body. By chance, nine-year-old Ikki finds a Rare Medal, and soon after has his own Medarot named Metabee. This is the story of their friendship and growth as they use wisdom and courage to fight countless opponents in robot battles.

Tags: Robots , Kids , Primarily Child Cast , Lost Civilization , Episodic , Urban , Aliens , Memory Manipulation , Photography , Conspiracy , Delinquents , Shapeshifting , Super Power , School , Proxy Battle , Super Robot , Male Protagonist , Cosplay , Advertisement

Plawres Sanshirou

Studio: Asatsu DK , Kaname Production , Toho
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi , Sports

Plawres is a wrestling game that the players make their robots, which are about 30 cm tall, fight in the ring. The main character, Sugata Sanshiro, is a plawres player. Using his plawrestler, Juohmaru, he beats strong rivals.



Tags: Wrestling , Robots , Conspiracy , Shounen , School , Proxy Battle , Judo , Male Protagonist , Martial Arts

Chousoku Henkei Gyrozetter

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha

In 21st century Japan, cars with artificial intelligence for increased safety, known as "A.I. cars," have revolutionized the car industry. Special schools teaching children driving A.I. cars have been established. One day, Kakeru Todoroki, a fifth grader of Arcadia Academy, was summoned by the school principal and given an A.I. car "to save the humanity by chosen drivers like you." The car, however, is not just a car but also a transforming robot known as "Gyrozetter."



Tags: Cars , Super Robot , Shounen

Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer

Also known as Angelic Layer.

Studio: bones , TV Tokyo Music , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi , Sports

From the moment twelve-year-old Misaki Suzuhara first arrives in Tokyo to live with her aunt, she finds herself swept away by the amazing world of Angelic Layer – a fast-paced high-tech game where dolls called “Angels” are controlled by the thoughts of their operator, or “Deus”. Discovering that her new friends are as interested in Angelic Layer as she is, Misaki builds her own Angel, Hikaru, and begins competing in battles where will and determination count far more than size and strength. The competitions are going to be fierce and, with the national championships looming on the horizon, you can bet that not everyone Misaki meets will be on her side. Can Misaki handle the pressure of non-stop competition while struggling to adapt to life in an unfamiliar city?



Tags: Robots , Female Protagonist , Real Robot , Primarily Female Cast , Proxy Battle , Shounen , Disability , Primarily Child Cast

Megaton-kyuu Musashi

Also known as MEGATON MUSASHI.

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

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 , Kids , Age Gap , Dystopian , Love Triangle , Bullying , Maids

Dash! Yonkurou

Studio: Aubec
Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

A young boy named Hinomaru Yonkurou, the owner of a minicar the Emperor, which is left to him by his deceased father, leads a mini 4WD racing team called Dash Warriors, as they enter the mini 4WD championship. To win the tournament they have to face racers from the Death Corp.

Tags: Kids , Cars

Kidou Senshi Gundam AGE

Also known as Mobile Suit Gundam AGE.

Studio: Sunrise , Lantis , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Sony Music Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In A.G. 101 (the 101st year of the Advanced Generation calendar) a mysterious entity known only as "UE", or "unknown enemy", attacks and destroys the space colony Angel. This brutal attack becomes infamous as the "The Day the Angel Fell", and marks the beginning of humanity's war for survival.

The series begins in A.G. 108 when the UE attack the space colony Ovan, where Flit Asuno lives with his mother. Flit's mother is killed by the UE, and in her belongings (in an object called a "AGE Device") he discovers the blueprints for a powerful weapon from the past - the ancient messiah named "Gundam."

From these blueprints, Flit spends the next several years studying engineering at an Earth Federation base on the Nora space colony and designing the AGE-1 Gundam. Seven years later, in A.G. 115, Flit completes the Gundam, just as the UE attack Nora. Flit and his lineage's battle piloting the AGE-1 to protect mankind is about to begin.



Tags: Space , Military , Real Robot , War , Male Protagonist , CGI

Danball Senki Wars

Studio: OLM
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha

Year 2055, 4 years after the events in Danball Senki W. LBXs have become the world’s largest hobby, big enough for pro leagues to be established, and people to make their entire living off being an LBX player. 14-year-old Arata is a new transfer student at Kamui Daimon Integrated Academy on Kamui Island, near Japan. Known to be the most prestigious institution in the world for raising LBX players and mechanics, entrance to the academy requires an extremely competitive hurdle of being the champion of at least 3 official tournaments. Along with other members of his platoon, they face rivals and delve into the secrets lurking within the academy.



Tags: Kids , Real Robot , CGI , Primarily Child Cast , Robots