Anime like Shin Taketori Monogatari: 1000-nen Joou

also known as Queen Millennia

Genres: Drama Mystery Sci-Fi

What is Queen Millennia about?

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished

The year is 1999. Amamori Hajime is just a normal, everyday elementary school student, trying to study and hanging out with his crazy pals. But then one day as his father is testing a piece of equipment he has been working on, something causes it to blow up, taking the house with it! Now orphaned, Hajime is taken in by his uncle, who is an astronomer. There at his uncle's observatory, he meets a girl he's seen before and developed somewhat of a crush on. He finds out her name is Yukino Yayoi, and her parents run a ramen shop in town. But even better than that, she's his uncle's assistant! What luck!

But Yayoi isn't exactly what she seems. There is a reason she helps out Amamori-san at the observatory. She is the Millennial Queen (Sen-Nen Joou), specially chosen by her home planet, LaMetal, to go to Earth and help prepare for the possible annihilation of the planet. What will cause this disaster? LaMetal has an extremely elliptical orbit, which sends it very, very near Earth every 1000 years. When it gets close enough, the earth reacts, causing all sorts of natural disasters. Although she was chosen with the idea of protecting LaMetal in mind, her personal plan is to evacuate as many humans as she can to LaMetal, so if their planet is destroyed, they will survive.

However, there is one person who strives to stop her plan, the head of the Millennial Theives. Why does he want to stop Yayoi? And how does he know about the Millennial Queen, anyway?



Tags: Aliens , Space , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Seinen
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Here is a list of Anime similar to Shin Taketori Monogatari: 1000-nen Joou

Galaxy Express 999

Ginga Tetsudou 999

Also known as Galaxy Express 999.

Studio: Toei Animation , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

After witnessing the death of his mother and being left for dead at the hands of Count Mecha, ten-year old Tetsuro Hoshino is awakened by a mysterious woman, Maetal. In exchange for only his company, Maetal offers him the ride of his life on the Galaxy Express 999. It is said that those who travel aboard the legendary train to the end of the line can receive a free mechanical body and with it, immortality. Impoverished and alone, Tetsuro leaps at the opportunity and joins Maetal on a quest that will span the cosmos. As the Galaxy Express 999 makes its way across our solar system and beyond, Tetsuro is drawn deeper into a dangerous universe where peril lurks at every stop.



Tags: Space , Dystopian , Trains , Coming of Age , Space Opera , Philosophy , Episodic , Travel , Cyborg , Tragedy , Robots , Orphan , Environmental , Male Protagonist , Guns , Class Struggle , Shounen , Crossover , Time Manipulation
Galaxy Express 999 (Movie)

Ginga Tetsudou 999 (Movie)

Also known as Galaxy Express 999 (Movie).

Studio: Toei Animation , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

After the death of his mother at the hands of the evil robot Count Mecha, young Tetsuro has become a delinquent street urchin who dreams only of revenge.
Tetsuro lives in a far future world in which humans have the choice to travel to another planet where they can exchange their bodies for immortal, robotic counterparts. His goal is to someday acquire (through theft) enough money to board the Galaxy Express 999, a train which is capable of traveling through space, and which will take him to the planet of robots.

One day, after escaping from the police, he meets the beautiful Maetel, who resembles his mother. She offers to take him on the Galaxy Express 999 to get a robotic body and to get revenge on Count Mecha. Along the journey, the two meet many varied people (including Captain Harlock and Queen Emeraldas), and Tetsuro learns what it means to be human.



Tags: Space Opera , Trains , Space , Revenge , Male Protagonist , Pirates , Robots , Orphan , Age Gap , Guns
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Captain Harlock Space Pirate

Uchuu Kaizoku Captain Harlock

Also known as Captain Harlock Space Pirate.

Studio: Toei Animation , Studio Nue , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Sci-Fi

The year is 2977. Mankind has become complacent and stagnant. All work is done by machines, while humans spend all their time on entertainment. But when a mysterious invader from the stars catches Earth unawares, only the legendary space pirate Captain Harlock and the crew of the Arcadia have the will to stand against them.



Tags: Space Opera , Pirates , Aliens , Space , Episodic , Fugitive , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Nudity
Queen Emeraldas

Queen Emeraldas

Also known as Queen Emeraldas.

Studio: ADV Films , Four Some , OLM
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi

The story revolves around a race that seeks to dominate the galaxy. A lone mysterious female warrior, known to others as Emeraldas sails the endless planets of the universe- in her Seas of Star ship- fighting the tyranny of that merciless race. She is tormented by the memory of her lost love.



Tags: Space , Space Opera , Female Protagonist , Pirates , Crossover
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Saint Elmo: Apostle of Light

Saint Elmo: Hikari no Raihousha

Also known as Saint Elmo: Apostle of Light.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi

Inside Mercury, Japan builds a large-sized solar space power plant. The plant supports Earth with its large solar energy supply but suddenly there is an abnormality at the Saint Elmo plant. To pinpoint the problem, Earth sends several technicians to fix it.



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Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water

Fushigi no Umi no Nadia

Also known as Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water.

Studio: Gainax , NHK , Sogo Vision , Sei Young Animation , Sentai Filmworks , Animatsu Entertainment , KORAD , Group TAC
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Romance , Sci-Fi

In 1889, the world is on the pinnacle of great discoveries in technology. In mankind's grasp for the future, a sinister foe known only as Gargoyle, obsessed with restoring the former Atlantean empire to the glory it once held, begins his plans to take over the world. Nadia, with the help of a young inventor, Jean Raltique, and the mysterious captain Nemo of the submarine Nautilus, must fight to save the world from Gargoyle and Neo-Atlantis. Based on the Novel '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' by Jules Verne.



Tags: Historical , Ships , Steampunk , Coming of Age , Foreign , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Orphan , Classic Literature , Cult , Conspiracy , Lost Civilization , Mythology , Aliens , Robots , Tanned Skin , Male Protagonist , Royal Affairs , Animals , Estranged Family , Revenge , Aviation , Circus , Tragedy , Religion , Found Family , Environmental , Wilderness , Guns , Love Triangle , Space , Cyborg
Future Boy Conan

Mirai Shounen Conan

Also known as Future Boy Conan.

Studio: Nippon Animation , GKIDS
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Sci-Fi

July 2008. Mankind was faced with the threat of extinction. An ultra-magnetic weapon, far more devastating than any nuclear weapon known, destroyed half the world in an instant. The earth's crust was rocked by massive movements, the earth was thrown off its axis, and the five continents were torn completely apart and sank deep below the sea...

The attempt by a number of people to flee to outer space failed. Their spaceships were forced back to the earth and vanished with their hopes shattered. But one of the spaceships narrowly escaped destruction and crash-landed on a small island which had miraculously survived the devastation. The crew members of the spaceship settled there, as if they were seeds sown on the island.

After years, a boy was born. He was a new life in the desert, a ray of light in the darkness of the annihilated earth...



Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Fugitive , Politics , Survival , Ships , Kids , Lost Civilization , Steampunk , Primarily Child Cast , Male Protagonist , Guns , Aviation , Classic Literature , Slapstick , Outdoor Activities , Coastal
Turn A Gundam

∀ Gundam

Also known as Turn A Gundam.

Studio: Sunrise , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

This story is set thousands of years in the future. The people of Earth have forgotten the space wars of the past, reverting back to a pre-industrial existence. But the lunar settlers known as the Moonrace, who have retained their high technology, now plan to seize their mother planet for themselves. As the war of the worlds begins, a young Moonrace citizen named Loran Cehack, pilot of the legendary Turn A Gundam, struggles to bridge the gap between humanity's long-separated branches.



Tags: Lost Civilization , War , Post-Apocalyptic , Coming of Age , Real Robot , Ensemble Cast , Politics , Space , Philosophy , Space Opera , Classic Literature , Anachronism , Super Robot , Rural , Cosmic Horror , Crossdressing , Male Protagonist , Crossover , Foreign , Agriculture , Heterosexual , Environmental
Giant Gorg

Giant Gorg

Also known as Giant Gorg.

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

Austral Island is located 2,000 km south from Samoa islands. The existence of the island was removed from the official records, and Tagami Yu made a journey to search for the reason.

He sailed for the island with Dr. Waive who was his father's friend, Doris who is the daughter of Dr. Waive, and Captain who is the friend of Dr. Waive. On their way to the island, GAIL, the international conglomerate, and gangster, Cougar Connection lead by Lady Lynx attacked them.

They managed to arrive at the island, but suddenly a mysterious monster began to attack them. When they became ready for death, a blue giant robot appeared. It destroyed the monster and saved them. Although it was an existence far beyond human knowledge, it reminded Yu of something warm and familiar.

It was Giant Gorg which is called "Messenger of the God" by the inhabitants of the island. Escaping from the attack of GAIL's assault team, Gorg guided Yu into the underworld. There, he found alien's relic and an alien who woke up after 30,000 years' sleep.



Tags: Lost Civilization , Foreign , Super Robot , Aliens , Orphan , Criminal Organization , Male Protagonist , Tanks , Guns , Religion , Ships , Aviation , Scuba Diving , Animals

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