Anime like Giniro no Kami no Agito

Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä

Also known as Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

Studio: Studio Hibari , Topcraft , Walt Disney Studios , GKIDS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

A thousand years after a global war, a seaside kingdom known as the Valley Of The Wind remains one of only a few areas still populated. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley are engaged in a constant struggle with powerful insects called ohmu, who guard a poisonous jungle that is spreading across the Earth. Nausicaä and her brave companions, together with the people of the Valley, strive to restore the bond between humanity and the Earth.



Tags: Environmental , Post-Apocalyptic , Female Protagonist , Philosophy , Lost Civilization , War , Aviation , Military , Eco-Horror , Kaiju , Survival , Primarily Adult Cast , Cosmic Horror , Travel , Anachronism , Guns , Politics , Orphan , Tanks , Cult , Revenge , Nudity , Elderly Protagonist

Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa

Also known as Castle in the Sky.

Studio: Studio Ghibli , Tokuma Shoten , Walt Disney Studios , GKIDS
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

This high-flying adventure begins when Pazu, an engineer's apprentice, finds a young girl, Sheeta, floating down from the sky wearing a glowing pendant. Together they discover both are searching for a legendary floating castle, Laputa, and vow to unravel the mystery of the luminous crystal around Sheeta's neck. Their quest won't be easy, however. There are greedy air pirates, secret government agents and astounding obstacles to keep them from the truth, and from each other.



Tags: Lost Civilization , Steampunk , Environmental , Aviation , Pirates , Fugitive , Female Protagonist , Military , Travel , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Robots , Guns , Primarily Male Cast , Trains , Shounen , Elderly Protagonist

Ooyukiumi no Kaina

Also known as Kaina of the Great Snow Sea.

Studio: POLYGON PICTURES , Fuji TV , Crunchyroll , Sony Pictures Entertainment , Dentsu , bilibili , NetEase Games , BS Fuji
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy

A world blanketed in an endless and ever-growing ocean of snow. The people eke out a living, either huddled around the roots of enormous trees dotting the surface, or high in the canopy, which spreads over the planet's atmosphere.

A chance meeting between Kaina, a youth from the canopy, and Liliha, a young woman from the surface, sets off a chain of events that will change the fate of the world.



Tags: Full CGI , Environmental , Lost Civilization , Survival , Male Protagonist , Dystopian , Post-Apocalyptic , Female Protagonist , War , Heterosexual , Snowscape , Robots

Chikyuu Shoujo Arjuna

Also known as Arjuna.

Studio: Bandai Visual , Satelight , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Sci-Fi

Juna was just an ordinary high-school girl, right up until the day she died in a motorcycle accident. But there, in the twilight of death, she saw the future of the barren earth destroyed by the Raaja, and was offered a second chance at life if she would stop them. Now she must learn to cast aside her thoughtlessly destructive ways and face her destiny as the Avatar of Time, the one being who can decide the fate of the planet.



Tags: Environmental , Eco-Horror , Urban Fantasy , Magic , Female Protagonist , CGI , Gods , Super Power , Reincarnation , Educational , Rural , Archery , Motorcycles , Agriculture , Coastal , Pandemic , Henshin , Estranged Family , Orphan , Disability , Mixed Media , Philosophy , Love Triangle , School , Heterosexual , Body Horror

Juu Ou Sei

Also known as Jyu-Oh-Sei: Planet of the Beast King.

Studio: bones , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mystery , Sci-Fi

Thor and his twin brother, Rai, are cast off to a forsaken planet by unknown masked men after witnessing the suspicious death of their parents. Given only a beam knife and a smelly satchel, they wander together in search of civilization on the primarily plant based world. They soon discover the plants have the advantage. Only the strong survive; the ones who throw away their humanity and become the beasts humans once were.



Tags: Survival , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Prison , Shoujo , Twins , Time Skip , Primarily Male Cast , Death Game , Arranged Marriage , Matriarchy , Heterosexual , Dystopian , Guns , Swordplay , Netorare , Unrequited Love , Love Triangle , Suicide

Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo

Also known as Children who Chase Lost Voices.

Studio: Media Factory , Movic , CoMix Wave , Yahoo! Japan , GKIDS
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Strange sounds in the darkness... Unearthly music from an old crystal radio... These are all the warning Asuna Watase has before a simple walk to her clubhouse catapults her into a nightmarish adventure that will take her beneath the Earth to a lost land beyond the realm of legend! Attacked by a strange monstrous creature, rescued by a mysterious stranger and pursued by a relentless enemy, Asuna finds herself enmeshed in a centuries old mystery that will bind her to a strange young defender and lead her inevitably, towards a secret that may hold the key to life itself!



Tags: Mythology , Lost Civilization , Gods , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Magic , Rural , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Demons , Travel , Guns

Canaan

Studio: Lantis , P.A.WORKS , Pony Canyon , Magic Capsule , Sentai Filmworks , Bushiroad , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Oosawa Maria is a Japanese photographer currently working in Shanghai, China. Along with her partner Mino, she searches for potential newsworthy stories throughout the city. When strange events occur at a local festival, Maria and Mino immediately investigate. Quickly, the two are immersed in a battle between unknown masked men and a strange, white-haired woman. Just when Maria is about to be caught in the crossfire, an old friend by the name of Canaan appears and helps Maria escape. But a sinister plot over a deadly virus soon develops, and Canaan learns she must confront her past if she wants any chance at stopping the perpetrator and saving her friends.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Terrorism , Urban , Revenge , Assassins , Foreign , Politics , Guns , Super Power , War , Primarily Adult Cast , Ensemble Cast , Photography , LGBTQ+ Themes , Airsoft

Green Legend Ran

Also known as Green Legend Ran.

Studio: AIC , Pioneer LDC
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Sci-Fi

A story of future Earth - A warning for mankind: In the future, our planet will be transformed into a strange new world where human life struggles on an Earth without rain or oceans - only vast, parched deserts.

Two youths fight for survival on our hostile planet and find hope. The sea, the sky and the land had been completely polluted by mankind when mysterious objects fall from the heavens. These titanic vessels smash into the planet and suck up the air, water, and most living creatures into their womb, stealing away the very essence of Earth's nature.

The few remaining inhabitants struggle for survival against a hostile environment and an oppressive ruling race known as the Rodo. One young, hot-blooded human named Ran, fights against the Rodo and a world in which rain is only a legend. He strives to join an Anti-Rodo group known as the Hazzard, not only to defeat the Rodo, but also to hunt down the man who killed his mother.



Tags: Tanned Skin , Orphan , Travel , Revenge , Desert , Aliens , Environmental , Post-Apocalyptic , Dystopian , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Terrorism , Body Horror , Nudity , Tanks , Super Power

Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam - Over the Wishes

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi

The film takes place two years after the original Last Exile. Humanity has returned to Earth after an exile that lasted generations, and the only nation that remained on Earth during the exile is now waging war on those that have returned. The story follows sky pirates Fam and Giselle, who rescue a princess and join her in saving her kingdom and bringing about peace.

Tags: Aviation