Anime like Ryuu no Haisha

Hisone to Maso-tan

Also known as Dragon Pilot: Hisone & Masotan.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Straightforward and innocent Hisone Amakasu is a Self-Defense Force rookie stationed at the Air Self-Defense Force's Gifu Base. She was struggling with the fact that she sometimes hurts people unintentionally by her innocent words and decided to join the Air Self-Defence Force, hoping to maintain a certain distance from people. This decision led her to a fateful encounter which profoundly changed her life. It was the "OTF" dragon hidden in the base and it chose Hisone as his pilot. When it soared into the sky with Hisone, her fate as a dragon pilot was decided. It is said that dragons have a key to the future of the world…



Tags: Dragons , Aviation , Female Protagonist , Military , Ensemble Cast , Work , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Super Robot

Kuutei Dragons

Also known as Drifting Dragons.

Studio: POLYGON PICTURES
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

The Quin Zaza airship sails the skies in pursuit of the deadliest (and tastiest) magical monsters in the blue: DRAGONS. While most people fear these scaly beasts, the crew of the Zaza specializes in bringing them down to earth to offer the world the medicine and food only dragons can provide. It’s a tough living, and the price for failure is all too often death, but the rewards for success are riches immeasurable — not to mention the most delicious cuisine around!



Note: All episodes premiered on Netflix on January 9, 2020, but aired weekly on TV.

Tags: Dragons , Full CGI , Aviation , Found Family , Food , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Urban Fantasy , Ensemble Cast , Steampunk , Episodic , Primarily Male Cast

Deca-Dence

Also known as DECA-DENCE.

Studio: NUT , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi

Many years have passed since humanity was driven to the brink of extinction by the sudden emergence of the unknown life forms Gadoll. Those humans that survived now dwell in a 3000 meter-high mobile fortress Deca-dence built to protect themselves from the Gadoll threat.

Denizens of Deca-dence fall into two categories: Gears, warriors who fight the Gadoll daily, and Tankers, those without the skills to fight. One day, Natsume, a Tanker girl who dreams of becoming a Gear meets surly Kaburagi, an armor repairman of Deca-dence.

This chance meeting between the seemingly two opposites, the girl with a positive attitude who never gives up on her dreams and the realist who has given up on his, will eventually shake the future course of this world.



Tags: Dystopian , Post-Apocalyptic , Video Games , Kaiju , Cyborg , Artificial Intelligence , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Augmented Reality , Robots , Found Family , Steampunk , CGI , Tanned Skin , Heterosexual , Age Gap , Slapstick , Satire

Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi

Also known as Spirited Away.

Studio: Studio Ghibli , Studio Hibari , Walt Disney Studios , GKIDS
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

On the way to their new home, 10-year-old Chihiro Ogino's family stumbles upon a deserted theme park. Intrigued, the family investigates the park, though unbeknownst to them, it is secretly inhabited by spirits who sleep by day and appear at night. When Chihiro's mother and father eat food from a restaurant in the street, angry spirits turn them into pigs. Furthermore, a wide sea has appeared between the spirit world and the human one, trapping Chihiro, the sole human, in a land of spirits. Luckily for her though, a mysterious boy named Haku appears, claiming to know her from the past. Under his instructions, Chihiro secures a job in the bathhouse where Haku works. With only her courage and some new found friends to aid her, Chihiro embarks on a journey to turn her parents back to their original forms and return home.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Youkai , Coming of Age , Curses , Magic , Shapeshifting , Mythology , Work , Isekai , Urban Fantasy , Gods , Witch , Dragons , Travel , Memory Manipulation , Anthropomorphism , Inn , Primarily Child Cast , Trains , Twins

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 previously appeared in the theatrical recap 'Death'.

Tags: Philosophy , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Super Robot , Meta , Cosmic Horror , Dystopian , Denpa , Post-Apocalyptic , Angels , Primarily Teen Cast , Kaiju , Psychosexual , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Aliens , Mythology , Body Horror , Suicide , Religion , Hikikomori , Military , Estranged Family , Kuudere , Clone , Tokusatsu , Tsundere , Politics , Spearplay , Foreign , Heterosexual , Gore , Trains , Espionage , Masturbation , Found Family , Office Lady , Episodic , Nudity , Family Life , Artificial Intelligence , Real Robot

Suisei no Gargantia

Also known as Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet.

Studio: Production I.G , Bandai Visual , Yomiuri TV , Lantis , Viz Media , Nitroplus , Bushiroad , Hanabee Entertainment , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi

The story begins in the distant future in the far reaches of the galaxy. The Human Galactic Alliance has been constantly fighting for its survival against a grotesque race of beings called "Hidiaazu." During an intense battle, the young lieutenant Ledo and his humanoid mobile weapon Chamber are swallowed up into a distortion of time and space. Waking from his artificially induced hibernation, Ledo realizes that he has arrived on Earth, the planet on the lost frontier. On this planet that was completely flooded by the seas, people live in fleets of giant ships, salvaging relics from the seas' depths in order to survive. Ledo arrives on one of the fleets called Gargantia. With no knowledge of the planet's history or culture, he is forced to live alongside Amy, a 15-year-old girl who serves as a messenger aboard the Gargantia fleet. To Ledo, who has lived a life where he knows nothing but fighting, these days of peace continue to surprise him.



Tags: Environmental , Lost Civilization , Artificial Intelligence , Post-Apocalyptic , Ships , Male Protagonist , Real Robot , Language Barrier , Isekai , Military , Aliens , Pirates , Super Robot , Tanned Skin , Space , Heterosexual , CGI , Philosophy , Guns , Disability , Cult , Revenge

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 , Pirates , Environmental , Aviation , Fugitive , Female Protagonist , Exiled , Primarily Adult Cast , Military , Travel , Male Protagonist , Robots , Heterosexual , Guns , Primarily Male Cast , Trains

Bounen no Zamned

Also known as Xam'd: Lost Memories.

Studio: bones , Aniplex , Half H.P Studio , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

Sentan Island is a small island surrounded by the Yuden Sea. It exists in a state of dreamlike tranquility, cut off from the war between the Northern Government and the Southern Continent Free Zone. Our hero, Akiyuki Takehara, lives on Sentan Island along with his mother Fusa. He is currently separated from his father, the town doctor Ryuzo, but the bond between father and son remains. One day, after taking Ryuzo the lunch that Fusa has made for him as usual, Akiyuki arrives at school, where he is caught up in an explosion along with his friends, Haru and Furuichi. The explosion produces a mysterious light, which enters Akiyuki's arm, causing him excruciating pain. He's given no time to understand it, however, as the white-haired girl who rode on the bus with him guides him to a power unlike anything he's ever known.

Tags: Ensemble Cast , Military , War , Super Power , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , Terrorism , Slavery , Aviation , Kuudere , Amnesia , Disability , Human Experimentation

Godzilla: Singular Point

Also known as Godzilla Singular Point.

Studio: Orange , bones , Toho
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Mystery , Sci-Fi

This series features an original story, which depicts the young geniuses Mei Kamino, a female researcher, and Yun Arikawa, a male engineer, as they take on an unprecedented threat with their companions. When danger comes up from the depths, only young geniuses Mei, Yun, and their team can face the threat in Godzilla Singular Point!



Tags: Kaiju , Time Manipulation , Artificial Intelligence , CGI , Robots , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Urban , Military , Tokusatsu

Kill la Kill

Also known as Kill la Kill.

Studio: Aniplex , TRIGGER , Dentsu , Kadokawa Shoten , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Ultra Super Pictures , Movic , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi

After the murder of her father, Ryuuko Matoi has been wandering the land in search of his killer. Following her only lead—the missing half of his invention, the Scissor Blade—she arrives at the prestigious Honnouji Academy, a high school unlike any other. The academy is ruled by the imposing and cold-hearted student council president Satsuki Kiryuuin alongside her powerful underlings, the Elite Four. In the school's brutally competitive hierarchy, Satsuki bestows upon those at the top special clothes called "Goku Uniforms," which grant the wearer unique superhuman abilities.

Tags: Henshin , Female Protagonist , Revenge , Nudity , Surreal Comedy , Class Struggle , Parody , Dystopian , Super Power , Tomboy , Aliens , Coming of Age , Cosmic Horror , Age Gap , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Military , Psychosexual , Anti-Hero , Cult , Orphan , Bullying , Tsundere , Tokusatsu , Delinquents , Villainess , Ensemble Cast , School Club , Meta , Exhibitionism , Urban Fantasy , Found Family , Ojou-sama , Yuri , Tragedy , Gore , CGI , Butler , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cosplay , Yandere , Cheerleading , Space