Anime like Kidou Senshi Gundam 00: A wakening of the Trailblazer

Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED FREEDOM

Also known as Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM.

Studio: Sunrise , Bandai Namco Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

A new Gundam SEED Movie announced as part of the project "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PROJECT Ignited" in celebration of Gundam SEED's upcoming 20th anniversary in 2022.

It is now Cosmic Era (C.E.) 75, two years after the dismantlement of the Destiny Plan, but warfare still continues to rage on between Naturals and Coordinators. Independence movements are now sprouting up across Earth, and invasions by Blue Cosmos grow exponentially stronger... To deal with these predicaments, a World Peace Supervision Organization known as COMPASS has been established, with PLANT Chairwoman Lacus Clyne as the founding leader. Kira Yamato and the others, as its new members, intervene into various battles for the sake of this peace. However, as these battles take place, an emergent nation known as 'FOUNDATION' appears, and they propose a joint operation to attack the Blue Cosmos Headquarters. Will Destiny run its course, or will Kira still have the Freedom to resist against impossible odds?

Tags: Real Robot , Conspiracy , Ensemble Cast , Military , Heterosexual , Space Opera , Space , Super Robot , CGI , Class Struggle , Politics , Clone , Love Triangle , Super Power , Age Regression

Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED C.E.73: Stargazer

Also known as Mobile Suit Gundam Seed C.E.73: Stargazer.

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

In C.E. 73, tensions between Naturals and Coordinators continue to persist, eventually leading to another war between the Earth Alliance and PLANT. Sven Cal Bayan is a Natural pilot of the elite EA squad, the Phantom Pain, and carries out his squad's various anti-Coordinator missions without fail. Selene McGriff is a Coordinator researcher at the neutral Deep Space Survey and Development Organization (DSSD) and a developer of the GSX-401FW Stargazer space exploration mobile suit. Though their backgrounds are completely different, the expanding war will nevertheless force their paths to collide.



Tags: Military , Space , Terrorism , Real Robot , Tragedy

Kuromukuro

Also known as Kuromukuro.

Studio: P.A. Works
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha

During the construction of the Kurobe Dam, an ancient artifact was discovered, and so the United Nations Kurobe Research Institute was established. Intellectuals from all over the world gathered to study the object, and the children of those researchers attend Mt. Tate International Senior High School, including the institute head's daughter, Yukina Shirahane. In the summer of 2016, a lone samurai once again awakens!



Tags: Robots , Aliens , Time Manipulation , War , Military , Ensemble Cast , Real Robot , Heterosexual , School , Revenge , Female Protagonist , Space , Male Protagonist , Swordplay

Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor - Heaven and Earth

Also known as Fafner: Heaven and Earth.

Studio: Xebec , Funimation , Starchild Records
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

A hiveminded alien force reengages war with Tatsumiya Island years after Kazuki led a team of mech pilots to destroy them. In an explosive battle over the fate of humankind, the young warriors risk everything to save their only home from assimilation.



Tags: War , Post-Apocalyptic , Philosophy , Robots , Aliens , Ensemble Cast , Military , Kuudere , Boys' Love

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

Code Geass: Fukkatsu no Lelouch

Also known as Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection.

Studio: Sunrise , Funimation , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , ADK Emotions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

The story takes place several years after Lelouch's "Zero Requiem" plan.

He gave up his life to save the world and protect the ones he loved. The day Lelouch vi Brittannia fell was the day this war-torn world found peace. Now, as his friends work to keep the peace, a terrorist attack could risk everything. Can the brilliant tactician outwit death and save them all? Or will Lelouch’s legacy fall here?



Tags: Anti-Hero , Politics , Time Manipulation , Alternate Universe , Military , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Super Robot , Foreign , Primarily Adult Cast , Real Robot , Memory Manipulation

Koukyoushihen Eureka Seven: Pocket ga Niji de Ippai

Also known as Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers.

Studio: bones , Bandai Entertainment , Kinema Citrus
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

Renton, son of scientists, and Eureka, a girl who can't live under the sun, are raised together when very young and become very attached to each other. One day, Eureka is taken away. Powerless at the time, Renton vows to rescue her. He enters the military and is soon is assigned to the Independent Youths Unit 303 of the First Mobile Forces thanks to his exceptional performance alongside his Nirvash, a bio-mechanical armor/control system. Unknown to Renton, lies a plot to extinguish the alien invasion that is currently happening involving not only him, but Eureka too.



Tags: Super Robot , Military , Aliens , Alternate Universe , Male Protagonist , Kuudere , Female Protagonist

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

Kidou Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo - PROLOGUE

Also known as Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - PROLOGUE.

Studio: Sunrise , Bandai Namco Filmworks , Sotsu , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Mecha , Sci-Fi

The prologue of Mobile Suit Gundam: the Witch from Mercury.

At Fólkvangr, a front constructed inside an asteroid, the Gundam Lfrith is undergoing operating tests in the Vanadis Institute's laboratory. The Lfrith has not yet managed to meet the conditions imposed by the council, and test pilot Elnora Samaya is growing impatient. That same day, her daughter is celebrating her fourth birthday...



Note: Premiered at the "GUNDAM NEXT FUTURE -LINK THE UNIVERSE-" event in July, before the TV anime broadcast in October.

Tags: Real Robot , Tragedy , Space , Conspiracy , Politics , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Family Life , War , Cyborg , Military , Witch , LGBTQ+ Themes

Kidou Senshi Gundam UC

Also known as Mobile Suit Gundam UC.

Studio: Sunrise , Bandai Entertainment , NYAV Post
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

U.C. 0096...

The manufacturing colony Industrial 7, which is still under construction, floats at Lagrange point 1.

A youth named Banagher Links, who grew up without knowing his father, meets a mysterious girl who has stowed away on a ship bound for Industrial 7. As the white mobile suit Unicorn undergoes repeated tests and becomes the subject of diverse speculations, the hands of time begin to move.

Banagher does not yet know that he has been caught up in the conflict surrounding Laplace's Box.

What is Laplace's Box?
What secret does it contain?
The hundred-year curse of the Universal Century is about to be resolved.



Tags: Space Opera , Politics , Military , Super Robot , Space , Tragedy , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Real Robot , CGI , Female Protagonist