Anime like Sentou Yousei Yukikaze

also known as Yukikaze

What is Yukikaze about?

Studio: GONZO
Status: Finished

This full 3DCG digital animation has story takes place in the far future after a pillar of huge fog appeared suddenly in the South Pole. This pillar, known as Jam, is actually a passage for an earth invasion.

In order to oppose the threat, the United Nations established an earth defense mechanism. Fukai Zero is a hero registered to the main force of earth defense and the special 5th flight squadron. His reconnaissance plane, Yukikaze (windblown snow) is the best tactical reconnaissance plane. His job is to collect battle information return safely to the base with the information. But one day when he was about to finish his duty, an unidentified machine attacked him...



Tags: Aviation , Military , War , Male Protagonist , Aliens , CGI , Artificial Intelligence , Conspiracy , Primarily Adult Cast , Full CGI , Space
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The Sky Crawlers

Sky Crawlers

Also known as The Sky Crawlers.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

The Sky Crawlers is based on a Japanese novel series by Hiroshi Mori. First published by Chuōkōron-shinsha in June 2001 and spanning five books, it follows the journeys and tribulations of a group of young fighter pilots involved in dogfight warfare, and is set during an alternate historical period.

Tags: Military , War , Philosophy , Tragedy , Dystopian , Clone , Male Protagonist , Aviation , Foreign , Reincarnation , Heterosexual , Amnesia , Kuudere , CGI
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Vapor Trail

Vapor Trail

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

In 2079, the world's first orbital elevator was built in the Pacific Ocean to commemorate the peace that mankind regained after the 3rd World War. However, during the completion ceremony, a huge red humanoid object appears from outer space. It was so powerful that mankind was defeated in vain resistance. The orbital elevator was occupied, and since then mankind has entered a war with the red hostile flying object "Vacant" flying from there.

Summer 2099. "It's been 20 years since the war started." Humanity developed the humanoid 7th generation fighter "Seventh" and succeeded in suppressing "Vacant" to the vicinity of the orbital elevator.

Yashima military base floating in the Pacific Ocean. A woman who belongs to the special technology research department, Miku, drives the black forward wing Seventh F/SX-02 Tenra and flies in the blue sky. Together with the personality data of Liza, a girl who was once separated, stored in the machine's computer. Just to be together.

A yuri mecha movie starring two girls bound together by a bond far stronger than friendship.

Tags: Yuri , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Real Robot , Military , Swordplay , Aliens , LGBTQ+ Themes , Artificial Intelligence
The Magnificent KOTOBUKI

Kouya no Kotobuki Hikoutai

Also known as The Magnificent KOTOBUKI.

Studio: GEMBA , BANDAI SPIRITS , Bandai Namco Entertainment , Bandai Namco Arts , Digital Frontier , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

The story takes place in a barren frontier where people trade goods with each other in order to help each other survive. The Kotobuki Squadron are bodyguards for hire, led by a strict but beautiful squadron leader, an unreliable commanding officer, and a true artisan of a crew chief. Alongside pilots who don't lack for personality, they take to the air in dogfights, letting the engine noise of their Hayabusa fighters ring out in the skies.



Tags: Aviation , Primarily Female Cast , Full CGI , Female Protagonist , Military , CGI , Post-Apocalyptic , Guns , Alternate Universe , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Episodic
Area 88 (TV)

Area 88 (TV)

Studio: TV Asahi , Group TAC , ADV Films
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Romance

Deep in the sandy plains of the Middle Eastern kingdom of Asran, Japanese photojournalist Makoto Shinjou travels to the remote airbase Area 88 to document the activities of the mercenaries who destroy the country's enemies for a living. Among their ranks is Shin Kazama, a Japanese ace pilot who was tricked by his former best friend into signing a contract with the Asran's fighter squad. Because of this, he lost his career as an airline pilot and the chance to marry his fiancee Ryoko Tsugumo. Now, Shin has three choices in order to leave Area 88 and return to Japan: serve the mercenary group for three years, earn US$1.5 million, or desert the base, risking imminent death.



Tags: Military , Aviation , Foreign , Shounen , Gore , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Gyaru
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801 T.T.S. Airbats

Aozora Shoujotai

Also known as 801 T.T.S. Airbats.

Studio: Studio Fantasia , ADV Films
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Romance

When aviation mechanic (and anime fanboy) Takuya Isurugi is transferred to the 801st Tactical Training Squadron, he gets more than he bargained for. Moderated by hard-headed veteran ace Mitsuru Konishi, the "Airbats" are an all-female aerial acrobatic team consisting of loose cannons Miyuki Haneda and Arisa Mitaka, karaoke freak and gambling genius Sakura Saginomiya, and junk food lover Yoko Shimorenjaku. Both Haneda and Mitaka do not get along with each other, and their rivalry worsens when they both fall for Isurugi. But with the entire JASDF having doubts about the team, the Airbats must work as a team or face total disbandment.

Tags: Military , Love Triangle , Ensemble Cast , Tanned Skin , Aviation , Primarily Female Cast , Tsundere , Female Harem , Nudity , Shounen
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Voices of a Distant Star

Hoshi no Koe

Also known as Voices of a Distant Star.

Studio: ADV Films , CoMix Wave
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

It is 2046 when a mysterious alien force begins their annihilation of the human race. Leaving behind the one person she loves, Mikako joins the interstellar battle as a pilot. And so - while Mikako risks her life to save mankind - Noboru waits. At first days, then months, then years for each new message that will let him know whether Mikako is still alive. And, while she barely grows older in the timelessness of space, Noboru ages. The two lovers, worlds apart, desperately strive to remain connected as the gap between them widens at a frightening pace.



Tags: Space , Age Gap , Achronological Order , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Robots , Aliens , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , CGI , Cosmic Horror , Dissociative Identities , Clone , Denpa
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Serial Experiments Lain

serial experiments lain

Also known as Serial Experiments Lain.

Studio: TV Tokyo , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Genco , Funimation , Triangle Staff , Pioneer LDC , TV Tokyo Music , Fujipacific Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

We're all connected... There is the world around us, a world of people, tactile sensation, and culture. There is the wired world, inside the computer, of images, personalities, virtual experiences, and a culture all of its own. The day after a classmate commits suicide, Lain, a 14-year-old girl, discovers how closely the two worlds are linked when she receives an e-mail from the dead girl: I just abandoned my body. I still live here...

Has the line between the real world and the wired world begun to blur?



Tags: Denpa , Philosophy , Virtual World , Dissociative Identities , Augmented Reality , Female Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Artificial Intelligence , Cyberpunk , Software Development , Gods , Cosmic Horror , Conspiracy , Cult , Suicide , Meta , Religion , Urban , Tragedy , Video Games , Primarily Female Cast , Afterlife , Amnesia , Adoption , Orphan , POV , Anti-Hero , Trains , Drugs , Zombie , Yuri , School , Aliens , Death Game , Age Gap , Bullying , Anachronism
RahXephon

RahXephon

Also known as RahXephon.

Studio: bones , ADV Films , Asatsu DK , Madman Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Music , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Sci-Fi

In the year 2012 Japan was invaded by the Mu. Human-like beings from another dimension with blue blood.

In the year 2015 Tokyo is attacked by invaders, who are repelled by a humanoid weapon called a Dolem. During the chaos, Ayato Kamina meets Reika Mishima, a classmate.

During that same day, he is attacked by government officials but a woman named Haruka comes to his rescue, informing him that she was sent to get him by the Organization TERRA, and that Tokyo had been sealed in a time rift where time flows one third as fast as the outside world.

He flees from Haruka onto a train where he sees Reika once more. Arriving at the Room of Rah, he follows her to a tremendous egg where the Dolem RahXephon is hatched from, and upon her singing his mother appears atop the Dolem that had stopped the TERRA Invasion. In the battle Ayato's mother is injured, and Ayato flees Tokyo Jupiter with Haruka upon seeing his mother's blue blood.

Tags: Coming of Age , Memory Manipulation , Mythology , Philosophy , Time Manipulation , Post-Apocalyptic , Military , War , Female Protagonist , Super Robot , Aliens , Amnesia , Primarily Female Cast , Male Protagonist , Age Gap
Simoun

Simoun

Also known as Simoun.

Studio: Bandai Visual , Studio DEEN , Media Blasters , TV Tokyo Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

In the peaceful theocracy of Simulicram, everyone is born female. At age 17, each maiden undergoes a special ceremony where she chooses her sex. However, only Pairs of maiden priestesses can synchronize with the ancient flying ships known as Simoun needed to defend Simulicram. These Pairs refrain from undergoing the ceremony as long as they wish to keep piloting their Simoun.

Aer is recruited to be a Simoun pilot after a terrifying attack by an enemy nation decimates the squadron known as Chor Tempest. To earn her wings she needs to find her way into the heart of Neviril, Regina of Chor Tempest. But Neviril's heart still belongs to her previous Pair, lost in the battle when she attempted a forbidden Simoun maneuver.



Tags: Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Military , Religion , Transgender , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , War , Philosophy , Isekai , Gender Bending , Aviation , Tragedy , Time Manipulation , Primarily Female Cast , Ensemble Cast , Steampunk , Gods , Alternate Universe , Love Triangle , Magic , Lost Civilization , CGI , Super Power , Incest , Time Skip , Boys' Love
Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu

Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu

Studio: Toei Animation , Happinet Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi

Asaba Naoyuki is an ordinary high school student. As a member of his school's press club, he's just spent the summer camping outside the local military base, in hopes of seeing the UFOs that are secretly kept there, according to local legend. Returning to school, he meets a strange girl, Iriya Kana, and gradually comes to realize that she is more than merely strange - and that a dark secret lies beneath the world that he knows.



Tags: Military , Tragedy , School , Amnesia , War , School Club , Denpa , Love Triangle , Aviation , Memory Manipulation , Dissociative Identities , CGI , Nudity , Tsundere , Kuudere
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