Anime like Yatterman

Yoru no Yatterman

Also known as Yatterman Night.

Studio: Tatsunoko Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi

Long ago, a pair of heroes called the Yatterman faced off against the Doronbow Gang, led by the sexy villainess Doronjo. Years later the Yatter Kingdom is protected by the new Yatterman. But the mysterious rulers have forced the Yatter people into labor, and unrest runs rampant in the kingdom. Now, a new Doronjo reforms the Doronbow Gang to rebel against the Yatterman.



Tags: Superhero , Robots , Dystopian , Female Protagonist , Fugitive , Super Robot , Space , Aliens , Slapstick

Jikuu Tantei Genshi-kun

Also known as Flint the Time Detective.

Studio: Group TAC
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Mystery , Sci-Fi

It is the 25th century. The dark lord has 'infected' history with time-devices that could damage history beyond repair. Flint and his father lived in the prehistorics when they got turned into fossils. They are discovered and Flint gets turned back to his original state. With the help of his father, a boy Tony and a girl Sara he has to travel through time to bring the time-devices back to the land of time so history will be saved.



Tags: Kids , Detective , Time Manipulation , Slapstick , Primarily Child Cast , Male Protagonist

Pocket Monsters

Also known as Pokémon.

Studio: TV Tokyo , OLM , Viz Media , 4Kids Entertainment , TV Tokyo Music , Studio Jack
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

A young boy named Satoshi embarks on a journey to become a "Pokémon Master" with his first Pokémon, Pikachu. Joining him on his travels are Takeshi, a girl-obsessed Rock Pokemon Trainer, and Kasumi, a tomboyish Water Pokémon Trainer who may have a crush on him. Satoshi and Co. end up traveling through various regions, including Kanto, the Orange Islands, and Johto, and then enter the Pokémon League competitions there. Along the way, they run into many confrontations with Musashi, Kojirou, and Nyarth, a trio of Pokémon thieves who are apart of an evil organization called "Team Rocket". But everytime Team Rocket try to do their evil deeds, they fail thanks to Satoshi and his Pokémon.



Tags: Travel , Animals , Primarily Child Cast , Kids , Episodic , Creature Taming , Male Protagonist , Proxy Battle , Slapstick , Slavery , Female Protagonist , Rural , Environmental , Urban Fantasy , Tsundere , Super Robot , Dragons , Crossdressing , Tanned Skin , Guns , Photography

Kodai Ouja Kyouryuu King: D-Kids Adventure

Also known as Dinosaur King.

Studio: Sega Games , 4Kids Entertainment , Discotek , Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

Dr. Taylor was on a paleontology mission with his son, Max in Africa. Rex, Max's best friend, joins along as well. When Max had stumbled across some magic stone slabs with images of dinosaurs, the boys and their friend Zoe were being called out by the dinosaurs for help. It seems that an evil organization called the "Alpha Gang", led by the nefarious Dr. Z, traveled back in time to hunt down the dinosaurs so that they could take over the world by using those dinosaurs. It is up to Max, Rex, and their friend Zoe to travel around the world, defeating Dr. Z and the Alpha Gang while hunting down the dinosaurs.



Tags: Animals , Dinosaurs , CGI , Travel , Male Protagonist , Kids , Henshin , Time Manipulation

Time Bokan 24

Also known as Time Bokan 24.

Studio: Tatsunoko Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

The anime centres on Tokio, a junior high student living in the present time who is suddenly made a member of the 24th century's Space-Time Administration Bureau. Immediately, he learns that the history he has learned in the textbooks is wrong, and there is a more interesting version of history where the peerless beauty Cleopatra is actually the comic duo of Cleo and Patra, Momotarou is more of an ogre than actual ogres. Together with his teammate Karen, they use the 24 Bokan Mecha to search for the True History.



Tags: Time Manipulation , Superhero , Foreign , Historical , Episodic , Super Robot , Slapstick , Kids , Idol

Rokumon Tengai Mon Colle Knights

Also known as Mon Colle Knights.

Studio: Studio DEEN , Yomiko Advertising , TV Tokyo , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Scientist Ichiroubei Hiiragi discovers the existence of Six Gates, an otherdimensional world full of monsters and powerful hidden treasures known as Mon Mon Items. Ichiroubei embarks with his daughter, Rokuna, and her classmate, Mondo. However, they're foiled at every turn by Count Collection and his assistants, who want the Mon Mon Items in order to conquer both worlds. Becoming the heroes known as Mon Colle Knights, Mondo and Rokuna join forces with the monsters, striking back against Count Collection while searching for the Mon Mon Items in the name of friendship between their worlds.



Tags: Kids , Magic , Parody , Isekai , Card Battle , Primarily Child Cast

Ippatsu Hicchuu!! Devander

Studio: Tatsunoko Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha

This story revolves around a spirited, carefree boy named Kazuma Harukaze, who lives with his little sister Sakura and his horse Lovely on a farm within sight of Mt. Fuji. One day, a "meteor" lands nearby, and it turns out to be Hinkeeru—a messenger from Muzanda who has come to warn Earth of a grave danger—and a robot horse named Robony.



Tags: Parody , Superhero , Aliens , CGI , Henshin

Saru Getchu: On Air

Also known as Ape Escape.

Studio: Xebec
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

An evil monkey, Specter, has escaped a circus, using a mind-controlling device which allows him to become smarter and have access to controlling the monkeys. Kakeru is called over by a professor in order to capture all the monkeys, including the one's who's controlling them: Specter.



Tags: Kids , Animals , Kuudere

Medarot

Also known as Medabots.

Studio: Bee Train , Production I.G , NAS , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi

In the near future, humans and robots coexist. “Robattles,” a competition in which Medarot are pitted against each other, is popular among kids. A Medarot’s consciousness, effectively its brains, is located in a Medal that can be inserted into and ejected from the robot body. By chance, nine-year-old Ikki finds a Rare Medal, and soon after has his own Medarot named Metabee. This is the story of their friendship and growth as they use wisdom and courage to fight countless opponents in robot battles.

Tags: Robots , Kids , Primarily Child Cast , Lost Civilization , Episodic , Urban , Aliens , Memory Manipulation , Conspiracy , Delinquents , Shapeshifting , Super Power , Photography , School , Male Protagonist , Cosplay , Super Robot , Proxy Battle , Advertisement

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 , Heterosexual , Robots , Lost Civilization , Tanned Skin , Circus , Aliens , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Love Triangle , Cyborg , Mythology , Royal Affairs , Religion , Space