Anime like Kidou Senshi Gundam Thunderbolt

also known as Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt

Genres: Action Mecha Sci-Fi

What is Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt about?

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished

The story is set in the same One Year War in UC 0079 as the first Mobile Suit Gundam anime series. It follows the battles between two ace pilots of the Principality of Zeon and the Earth Federation at the "Thunderbolt Sector," a shoal zone with numerous wrecks of space colonies and warships.



Tags: Military , War , Space , Real Robot , Anti-Hero , Seinen , Disability , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Philosophy , Tragedy , Gore , Guns , Drugs , CGI , Heterosexual , Suicide
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Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team

Kidou Senshi Gundam: Dai 08 MS Shotai

Also known as Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team.

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

UC 0079 - After the success of Operation Odessa, more and more Earth Federation soldiers are sent to earth to free it from the hands of the Principality of Zeon. As Zeonic troops retreat to unknown parts of the world, it's up to the Earth Federation Ground Force to find them and exterminate them.

Ensign Shiro Amada is made leader of the 08th MS Team, leading a team of Ground Type Gundams into battle. His mission: to distract the enemy and find a mysterious new Zeon weapon. But can he complete it when he falls in love with a Zeon pilot, named Aina Sahalin?



Tags: War , Military , Real Robot , Male Protagonist , Politics , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Space , Nudity
Cowboy Bebop

Cowboy Bebop

Also known as Cowboy Bebop.

Studio: Sunrise , Bandai Visual , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Sci-Fi

Enter a world in the distant future, where Bounty Hunters roam the solar system. Spike and Jet, bounty hunting partners, set out on journeys in an ever struggling effort to win bounty rewards to survive.

While traveling, they meet up with other very interesting people. Could Faye, the beautiful and ridiculously poor gambler, Edward, the computer genius, and Ein, the engineered dog be a good addition to the group?

Tags: Space , Crime , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Noir , Travel , Anti-Hero , Philosophy , Guns , Cyberpunk , Male Protagonist , Found Family , Terrorism , Female Protagonist , Cowboys , Martial Arts , Cyborg , Tomboy , Amnesia , Gambling , Heterosexual , Yakuza , Drugs , Police , Tanned Skin , Cult , Nudity , Circus , CGI
Neon Genesis Evangelion

Shin Seiki Evangelion

Also known as Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Studio: Gainax , TV Tokyo , ADV Films , Kadokawa Shoten , NAS , Tatsunoko Production , GKIDS , Madman Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

In the year 2015, the Angels, huge, tremendously powerful, alien war machines, appear in Tokyo for the second time. The only hope for Mankind's survival lies in the Evangelion, a humanoid fighting machine developed by NERV, a special United Nations agency. Capable of withstanding anything the Angels can dish out, the Evangelion's one drawback lies in the limited number of people able to pilot them. Only a handful of teenagers, all born fourteen years ago, nine months after the Angels first appeared, are able to interface with the Evangelion. One such teenager is Shinji Ikari, whose father heads the NERV team that developed and maintains the Evangelion. Thrust into a maelstrom of battle and events that he does not understand, Shinji is forced to plumb the depths of his own inner resources for the courage and strength to not only fight, but to survive, or risk losing everything.



Note: Later releases include edited versions of Episodes 21-24 called the "Director's Cut" with some visual editing and adding extra scenes that appeared in the theatrical recap 'Death'.

Tags: Philosophy , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Super Robot , Denpa , Dystopian , Cosmic Horror , Post-Apocalyptic , Angels , Psychosexual , Suicide , Kaiju , Primarily Teen Cast , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Aliens , Body Horror , Mythology , Military , Religion , Clone , Kuudere , Tokusatsu , Tsundere , Politics , Bisexual , Gore , Trains , Espionage , LGBTQ+ Themes , Boys' Love , Nudity , Episodic
Blue Submarine No. 6

Ao no 6-gou

Also known as Blue Submarine No. 6.

Studio: GONZO , Discotek , Toshiba EMI , Bandai Visual
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi

The once famous and well respected scientist Zorndyke has bred a new genre of living being, one that thrives on the oceans and lives to destroy humans. Zorndyke believes it is time that the humans were relieved of their rule of the earth. It is up to Blue Submarine No. 6 and the rest of the Blue fleet to put an end to Zorndyke's madness and creations.




Tags: Military , War , Post-Apocalyptic , Ships , Monster Girl , Monster Boy , Environmental , Chimera , Proxy Battle , Kaiju , CGI , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Nudity , Tomboy , Guns , Nekomimi
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - PROLOGUE

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 , Cyberpunk , Super Robot , Cyborg , Military , LGBTQ+ Themes , Witch
Mobile Suit GUNDAM Iron Blooded Orphans

Kidou Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans

Also known as Mobile Suit GUNDAM Iron Blooded Orphans.

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

300 years after a great conflict between Earth and Mars known as the "Calamity War," a woman named Kudelia sets out on a journey to Earth to speak for the independence of the Martian city of Chryse, which is under the control of the Earth government. Escorting her is the private security company CGS members Mikazuki Augus and Orga Itsuka. When a group named Gjallarhorn attacks CGS and Kudelia, Orga sees this as a chance to rebel against CGS and launch a coup. Mikazuki and Orga are thrust into a new conflict. To fend off Gjallarhorn, Mikazuki rides an old mobile suit from the Calamity War, powered by a nuclear reactor, the Gundam Barbatos.



Tags: Orphan , Military , Real Robot , Dystopian , War , Tragedy , Politics , Found Family , Anti-Hero , Super Robot , Swordplay , Space , Ensemble Cast , Kuudere , Coming of Age , Revenge , Polyamorous , Fugitive , Yakuza , Space Opera , Agriculture , Travel , Conspiracy , Female Harem , Gangs , Tanned Skin , Survival , Boys' Love , Trains , Love Triangle
GUNDAM: Requiem for Vengeance

Kidou Senshi Gundam: Fukushuu no Requiem

Also known as GUNDAM: Requiem for Vengeance.

Studio: Bandai Namco Filmworks , Sunrise , SAFEHOUSE , Sotsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Mecha , Sci-Fi

In the year 0079 of the Universal Century, the Principality of Zeon declares independence from the Earth Federation, plunging the two nations into war. Thanks to a revolutionary new weapon known as a Mobile Suit, the Zeon Force initially gains the upper hand. However, they lacked the power to take control of the entire Earth, bringing the war to a stalemate.

Eleven months into the war, the Earth Federation forces manage to seize a Zeon-controlled base located in Eastern Europe. Among the mixed battalion headed to reclaim this base is Sorari and the Red Wolves division, a Mobile Suit platoon that has just descended from space.



Tags: War , Guns , Full CGI , Real Robot , CGI , Military , Primarily Adult Cast , Foreign , Space , Politics
Samurai Champloo

Samurai Champloo

Also known as Samurai Champloo.

Studio: Manglobe , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy

Let's break it down. Mugen's a reckless sword-slinger with a style that's more b-boy than Shaolin. He's got a nasty streak that makes people want to stick a knife in his throat. Then there's Jin, a deadbeat ronin who speaks softly but carries a big blade. He runs game old-school style, but he can make your blood spray with the quickness. When these roughnecks bring the ruckus, it ain't good for anybody, especially them. Enter Fuu, the ditzy waitress who springs her new friends from a deadly jam. All she wants in return is help solving a riddle from her past. She and the boys are tracking the scent, but there's 99 ways to die between them and the sunflower samurai.



Tags: Travel , Swordplay , Samurai , Rural , Historical , Orphan , Martial Arts , Episodic , Anachronism , Assassins , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Prostitution , Kuudere , Tanned Skin , Politics , Drugs , Yakuza , Ninja , Religion , Heterosexual , Crossdressing , Nudity , Language Barrier , Zombie , Baseball , LGBTQ+ Themes , Indigenous Cultures
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Also known as Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.

Studio: TRIGGER , CD PROJEKT RED , Netflix
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Sci-Fi

An original anime series set in in the universe of Cyberpunk 2077.

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners tells a standalone, 10-episode story about a street kid trying to survive in a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future. Having everything to lose, he chooses to stay alive by becoming an edgerunner—a mercenary outlaw also known as a cyberpunk.



Note: The first episode received a pre-screening at Anime Expo on July 2, 2022. The first 3 dubbed episodes were streamed on Twitch as part of a co-stream promotion on September 12, a day before the show’s premiere.

Tags: Cyberpunk , Tragedy , Crime , Dystopian , Cyborg , Male Protagonist , Orphan , Gangs , Urban , Body Horror , Class Struggle , Guns , Gore , Revenge , Primarily Adult Cast , Anti-Hero , Drugs , Terrorism , Coming of Age , Nudity , Ensemble Cast , Artificial Intelligence , Time Skip , Time Manipulation , Tomboy , Software Development , Space , Robots , Cars , Age Gap
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch

Also known as Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion.

Studio: Sunrise , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Bandai Entertainment , Sony Music Entertainment , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi , Thriller

On August 10th of the year 2010 the Holy Empire of Britannia began a campaign of conquest, its sights set on Japan. Operations were completed in one month thanks to Britannia's deployment of new mobile humanoid armor vehicles dubbed Knightmare Frames. Japan's rights and identity were stripped away, the once proud nation now referred to as Area 11. Its citizens, Elevens, are forced to scratch out a living while the Britannian aristocracy lives comfortably within their settlements. Pockets of resistance appear throughout Area 11, working towards independence for Japan.

Lelouch, an exiled Imperial Prince of Britannia posing as a student, finds himself in the heart of the ongoing conflict for the island nation. Through a chance meeting with a mysterious girl named C.C., Lelouch gains his Geass, the power of the king. Now endowed with absolute dominance over any person, Lelouch may finally realize his goal of bringing down Britannia from within!



Tags: Anti-Hero , War , Class Struggle , Military , Politics , Super Power , Revenge , Male Protagonist , Terrorism , Tragedy , Real Robot , Female Protagonist , Dystopian , Philosophy , Super Robot , Memory Manipulation , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Foreign , Boarding School , Boys' Love , Amnesia , Urban Fantasy , Drugs , Disability , Heterosexual , Nudity , School Club , Kuudere , Age Gap , Female Harem , Masturbation , CGI , Tanned Skin , Swordplay , Gambling

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