Anime like Megazone 23

Choujikuu Yousai Macross

Also known as Macross.

Studio: Artland , Tatsunoko Production , Studio Nue
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Music , Romance , Sci-Fi

In 1999, a giant alien spacecraft crash lands on South Ataria island. Humanity proceeds to attempt to rebuild this marvel, but political conflicts centered around the Macross result in a global war. After 10 years, the Unification Wars are finally over, the new Earth United Nations Government is in power, and work on the Macross is complete.

On the day of the launching ceremony, its main cannon fires on its own, destroying an alien spacecraft. This fateful day marks the beginning of the war between the humans on the Macross and the Zentradi, a race of humanoid aliens of giant proportions.



Tags: Space Opera , War , Space , Military , Love Triangle , Aliens , Heterosexual , Idol , Tragedy , Philosophy , Unrequited Love , Real Robot , Aviation , Lost Civilization , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Politics , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Musical Theater , Marriage , Age Gap , Language Barrier , Time Skip , Incest , Martial Arts , Crossdressing , Nudity , Achromatic

Choujikuu Yousai Macross: Ai Oboete Imasu ka

Also known as Macross: Do You Remember Love?.

Studio: Mainichi Broadcasting System , Tatsunoko Production , Artland
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Music , Romance , Sci-Fi

A.D. 2009 - The human race is in the middle of a three-way war with a race of giant humanoid aliens called the Zentraedi (male) and Meltrandi (female). After executing a space fold that sent it and part of South Atalia Island to the edge of the Solar System, the space fortress Macross is on its way back to Earth. During a small skirmish with Zentraedi forces, young pilot Hikaru Ichijo rescues idol singer Lynn Minmay and their relationship develops as they're stranded somewhere within the ship. But shortly after returning to Macross City, Minmay is captured by the Zentraedi, and Hikaru and female officer Misa Hayase end up back on Earth - only to view the aftermath of the destruction of their civilization. Only a song discovered eons ago - along with Minmay's voice - can determine the outcome of the war.



Tags: Space Opera , Space , Aliens , War , Heterosexual , Aviation , Love Triangle , Idol , Real Robot , Military , Lost Civilization , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Ships , Language Barrier , Nudity

Bubblegum Crisis

Also known as Bubblegum Crisis.

Studio: AIC , Artmic , Youmex , AnimEigo
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In the near future, Tokyo was left flattened as a result from a great earthquake. A new city, MegaTokyo, was then recreated due in no small part from the aid of a multi-million dollar company, Genom Corp. Genom created and mass-produced biomechanical creatures called Boomers to aid in the restoration of MegaTokyo. When the Boomers began to run out of control, the ADPolice at first tried to stop them, but they proved to be far more difficult to deal with than was first imagined. Under the ever looming Boomer threat, a group of four girls from varying degrees of society banded together. Calling themselves The Knight Sabers, they were the only ones with enough firepower and resourcefulness to defend the fledgling MegaTokyo from Genom and it's berserk Boomers.



Tags: Cyberpunk , Robots , Police , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Tokusatsu , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Motorcycles , Guns , Episodic , Tragedy , Tanned Skin , Revenge , Cars , Band , Idol , Orphan , Nudity , Gore , LGBTQ+ Themes , Photography , Super Power , Unrequited Love

AKIRA

Also known as Akira.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Funimation , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Kodansha , Bandai Entertainment , Toho , Madman Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

It's the year 2019, thirty-one years have passed since the start of World War III. A top-secret child with amazing powers of the mind breaks free from custody and accidentally gets a motorcycle gang involved in the project. This incident triggers psychic powers within one of the gang members, Tetsuo, and he is taken by the army to be experimented on. His mind has been altered and is now on the path of war, seeking revenge on the society that once called him weak.



Tags: Cyberpunk , Post-Apocalyptic , Dystopian , Super Power , Urban , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Delinquents , Primarily Male Cast , Seinen , Urban Fantasy , Body Horror , Motorcycles , Anti-Hero , Conspiracy , Gangs , Gore , Military , Philosophy , Crime , Orphan , Guns , Politics , Mythology , Aliens , Nudity

Choujikuu Kidan Southern Cross

Also known as Super Dimensional Cavalry Southern Cross.

Studio: ADV Films , Tatsunoko Production , Big West
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

By the year 2120, humans have successfully colonized other planets following the near devestation of Earth from the last great world war. However, on Gloire, one such colony are surprised and unprepared at the arrival of The Zor, a group of beings whom were the original inhabitants of the planet and left following similar near fatal events. Coming to reclaim their former home world, a relentless war erupts between both races that ultimately leads to a cataclysmic showdown and into a no-win scenario for either.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Military , War , Aliens , Space , Real Robot

Kikou Souseiki Mospeada

Also known as Genesis Climber Mospeada.

Studio: Artmic , Tatsunoko Production , ADV Films
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha

The story takes place in the 21st century. Due to the fact that pollution was becoming a major problem, scientists had developed the use of hydrogen fuel called "HBT" as an alternative to fossil fuels. At this time humans have colonized Mars in search of new place to call home as a result of overpopulation. In the year 2050, a mysterious alien race called the Inbit invaded the Earth. Unable to fight the Inbits, Earth became desolate with only a few pockets of human beings scattered throughout the planet. Many of the refugees escape aboard a few remaining shuttles to seek shelter on the Moon. The Inbit set up their main base of operations in the Great Lakes area of North America called "Reflex Point".



Tags: Military , Real Robot , Aliens , Crossdressing , Aviation , Motorcycles , Idol , Travel

Project Zeorymer

Also known as Hades Project Zeorymer.

Studio: Youmex , AIC , Artmic , Central Park Media , Selecta Visión , Toshiba EMI
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mecha , Psychological , Sci-Fi

A young man named Akitsu Masato is captured by a secret govt. project known as "Last Guardian". He is told that his life as a normal student was all a lie, and that his real destiny is to be the pilot of a great robot called "Zeorymer of the Heavens". The truth of this is hammered in when Masato sees his parents accept payment for raising him. The Last Guardian is preparing for the resurrection of "Hau Dragon", an organization bent on world conquest. 15 years ago, Hau Dragon built 8 great robots. Each of the mecha represents a force of nature. However, before any of the robots could be used, their creater Kihara Masaki destroyed the robots except for the leader: Zeorymer. He took Zeorymer and an embryo to the government. The embryo became the boy Masato. Now, Hau Dragon has rebuilt the other 7 mecha and wants the 8th. It will be up to Masato and Himuro to pilot Zeorymer and fight against the Hau Dragon, but neither Masato or Himuro are all that they seem.



Tags: Super Robot , Reincarnation , Tragedy , Anti-Hero , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Dissociative Identities , Robots , Nudity , Bullying , Philosophy

Kidou Senshi Gundam F91

Also known as Mobile Suit Gundam F91.

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

U.C. 0123. Mobile Suit Gundam F91 is Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino's attempt to launch a new Gundam saga, set thirty years after Char's Counterattack.

The story of Gundam F91 revolves around teenage space colonist Seabook Arno, his friend Cecily Fairchild, and the efforts of the Crossbone Vanguard militia, led by Cecily's grandfather Meitzer Ronah, to establish an aristocracy known as "Cosmo Babylonia".

In keeping with Gundam tradition, the civilian Seabook is forced by circumstance to pilot the F91 Gundam, coincidentally designed in part by his estranged mother, Dr. Monica Arno.



Tags: Military , Space , Urban , Guns , Male Protagonist , Swordplay , Real Robot , War , Shounen

Venus Senki

Also known as Venus Wars.

Studio: Shouchiku , Sentai Filmworks , Gakken , Kugatsusha , Bandai
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi

When an ice comet slammed into the planet Venus, terraforming its toxic atmosphere into one capable of sustaining human life, mankind’s dream of colonizing other worlds became a reality. Unfortunately for the colonists, Venus isn’t the paradise they’d dreamed of. As crops fail and competition for resources intensifies, hostilities grow until the two inhabited continents stand on the brink of war.

Reporter Susan Sommers arrives in the capital of Aphrodia just as Ishtar attacks and only the intervention of Hiro Seno and his Battle Bike team saves her from certain death… but now Aphrodia is under Ishtar’s control and Sue, Hiro, and his teammates find themselves on the run! However, their unique skill at Battle Bike, which combines motorcycle racing with roller derby, may just prove to be the secret weapon Aphrodia needs to win the Venus Wars.



Tags: Space , Military , War , Motorcycles , Tanks , Male Protagonist , Fugitive , Politics , Female Protagonist

Black Magic M-66

Also known as Black Magic M-66.

Studio: AIC , Animate Film , Movic
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Freelance video journalist Sybil bites off more than she can chew when she tangles with a top secret military combat robot programmed to kill the grand-daughter of its creator.




Tags: Robots , Military , Artificial Intelligence , Guns , Survival , Primarily Male Cast , Cyberpunk , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Nudity , Urban , Shounen