Anime like The☆Ultraman

SSSS.GRIDMAN

Also known as SSSS.GRIDMAN.

Studio: TRIGGER , Tsuburaya Productions , Fields , Pony Canyon , Docomo Anime Store , KLOCKWORX , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Ultra Super Pictures , BS11 , Graphinica
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Collaboration with Tsuburaya Productions.

Yuta Hibiki awakens with amnesia and the ability see things that others cannot. He first encounters a Gridman in the reflection of his friend Rikka Takarada's computer and it tells him to "Remember his calling," but Yuta doesn't understand what this means. Later, in the distance, he sees an extremely large monster but it doesn't move. It's only when Yuta gets to school that the two sightings make sense: a monster attacks and the hero Yuta saw in the computer screen pulls him within the computer and transforms Yuta into a giant hero named Gridman.



Tags: Tokusatsu , Kaiju , Super Robot , Alternate Universe , Denpa , Memory Manipulation , Virtual World , Meta , Superhero , Anti-Hero , Henshin , Gods , Hikikomori , Amnesia , CGI , Super Power , Aliens , Yandere , Male Protagonist , School , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Mixed Media , Gore , Villainess , Love Triangle

SSSS.DYNAZENON

Also known as SSSS.DYNAZENON.

Studio: TRIGGER , Graphinica , Pony Canyon , Tsuburaya Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

One day, Yomogi Asanaka, a first-year student at Fujiyokidai High School, runs into a mysterious man named Gauma who claims to be a “kaiju user.”

The sudden appearance of a kaiju is followed by the entry of the gigantic robot, Dynazenon. In the wrong place at the wrong time are Yume Minami, Koyomi Yamanaka, and Chise Asukagawa, who are dragged into the fight against the kaiju.



Tags: Kaiju , Super Robot , Tokusatsu , Denpa , Ensemble Cast , Superhero , Super Power , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Henshin , Alternate Universe , Tragedy , Rehabilitation , Male Protagonist , Bullying , Hikikomori , CGI , Suicide , Reincarnation , Female Protagonist

Sentai Red Isekai de Boukensha ni Naru

Also known as The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World.

Studio: KADOKAWA , Satelight , Square Enix , Satelight , Nippon Columbia , BS11 , AT-X , TV Aichi
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Togo Asagaki was the Red Ranger in a heroic Ranger squad. During their final battle against an evil organization, he gave his life to guarantee their triumph. But fate had other plans, and he found himself reborn in an entirely different world. Embracing his new role as an adventurer, he transforms into Kizuna Red and continues his pursuit of justice, helping those in need.



Tags: Super Robot , Parody , Surreal Comedy , Tokusatsu , Henshin , Isekai , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Magic , Medieval , Royal Affairs , Superhero , Tsundere , CGI , Swordplay , Spearplay , Guns , Archery , Motorcycles , Desert , Aliens , Demons , Space , Shapeshifting , Nudity , Elf , Dungeon , Heterosexual , Dragons

Betterman

Studio: Sunrise , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Horror , Mecha , Mystery , Sci-Fi

A deadly virus known as "Algernon" has attacked humanity with vicious meaning. At the forefront of the battle is the mystifying Akamatsu Industries - disguised as a heavy machine factory in Tokyo, this undercover organization uses neural enhanced weapons known as NeuroNoids to battle Algernon. Also helping with their secret efforts is the mysterious mutant who is only known as "Betterman".



Tags: Kaiju , Real Robot , Henshin , Cosmic Horror , Male Protagonist

Gakuen Tokusou Hikaruon

Also known as Campus Special Investigator Hikaruon.

Studio: AIC
Status: Finished
Genres: Action

Hikaru is at first sight a student like others but actually it is a super hero defending the Earth of the demons. He has a powerful super bike and a combat suit. Inspired by the classic Space Sheriff (Uchuu Keiji) trilogy of the Metal Heroes Tokusatsu franchise, namely Space Sheriff's Gavan and Sharivan.



Tags: Super Power , Tokusatsu , School , Henshin , Male Protagonist , Nudity , Alternate Universe

ULTRAMAN

Also known as ULTRAMAN.

Studio: Production I.G , Sola Digital Arts , Netflix , Tsuburaya Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi

Decades ago, a being known as the Giant of Light joined Shin Hayata of the Scientific Special Search Party to save Earth from an invasion of terrifying monsters known as Kaiju. Now, many years later, those dark days are fading into memory, and the world is at peace. But in the shadows a new threat is growing, a danger that can only be faced by a new kind of hero - a new kind of Ultraman...

Shinjirou is an ordinary teenager, but his father is the legendary Shin Hayata. When he learns that his father passed on the "Ultraman Factor" to him, and that he possesses incredible powers, nothing will ever be the same again.



Tags: Tokusatsu , Full CGI , Henshin , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Urban , CGI , Primarily Male Cast , Super Power , Superhero , Aliens , Swordplay , Idol

GAMERA: Rebirth

Also known as GAMERA -Rebirth-.

Studio: KADOKAWA , ENGI
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

Last summer. Friends. And Kaiju.

In the summer of 1989, sixth graders Boko, Joe, and Junichi are on their last summer vacation as elementary school students. As if to cut through their daily routine, a monster named Gyaos suddenly attacks Tokyo. The four are petrified in midst of a town turned to ruins. As Gyaos sets its sight on them, a huge turtle-shaped kaiju appears in front of the boys. Its name is Gamera. Despite its injuries, Gamera fights Gyaos with all its might. This would only mark the beginning of the boys' "Summer of Kaiju".



Tags: CGI , Kaiju , Gore , Military , Travel , Tokusatsu , Coming of Age , Ships , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Full CGI , Tomboy , Heterosexual , Primarily Child Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Tragedy , Reincarnation , Tanks , Coastal , Urban , Guns , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bullying , Space , Villainess

Jinzou Ningen Kikaider: THE ANIMATION

Also known as Android Kikaider - The Animation.

Studio: Aniplex , Radix , SME Visual Works , Bandai Entertainment , Studio OX
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

The genius robotics professor, Dr. Komyoji has created Jiro (who has the ability to transform into Kikaider) – a humanoid robot tasked with the protection of Dr. Komyoji’s son, Masaru, and daughter, Mitsuko. Gifted with a conscience circuit, which has the power to simulate real emotions that helps to distinguish between “right and wrong”, Jiro must protect Mitsuko and Masaru from the evil Dr. Gil who wants Jiro to join his army and aid in his goal of world domination.



The series is initially a darker version of the original live action tokusatsu show Jinzou Ningen Kikaida, creating or expanding many emotional conflicts within Kikaida and other characters which was not present in the original Kikaida story.

Tags: Shounen , Tokusatsu , Robots , Artificial Intelligence , Male Protagonist , Henshin , Suicide , Tragedy

Kaijin Kaihatsubu no Kuroitsu-san

Also known as Miss KUROITSU from the Monster Development Department.

Studio: Quad , ABC Animation , ABC Frontier , MAGNET , BS11 , Flex Comics , Nagoya Broadcasting Network , CREST
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

Kuroitsu is an assistant researcher in the superhuman research & development department of Agastya, a villainous secret organization that battles with heroes who try to save the world. Kuroitsu lives a busy life in Agastya, caught between the absurd requests of her bosses; making presentations; implementing new features into superhumans; and getting results within the allotted time, budget, and spec requests; all without vacation.



Tags: Work , Tokusatsu , Female Protagonist , Monster Girl , Kemonomimi , Urban , Slapstick , Superhero , Henshin , Kaiju , Crossover , Gender Bending , Nudity , Transgender , Demons , Episodic , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Shounen

Kyouryuu Daisensou Aizenborg

Also known as Attack of the Super-Monsters.

Studio: Tsuburaya Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Mecha , Sci-Fi

Japan is being besieged by evil Dinosaurs that humanity have long thought extinct, they are back and are creating disaster. To counter the threat, a special team of expert warriors called Aizenborg were created. Lamees and Kamal use their special powers to combine into Super Aizenborg to battle the evil Satola and his Dinosaur army.



Tags: Tokusatsu , Mixed Media , Dinosaurs , Super Robot , Stop Motion , Cyborg