Manga like Uchuu Senkan Yamato

Uchuu Kaizoku Captain Harlock

Also known as Captain Harlock.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi

Introducing Captain Harlock, the fiercely independent space pirate who fights totalitarianism in every corner of the Universe. When a mysterious alien force invades Earth, teenager Tadashi Daiba joins up with the only people brave enough to defend the planet: Captain Harlock and his ragtag crew of renegades! Aboard the space battleship Arcadia, Harlock sets forth to uncover the truth behind the beautiful extraterrestrial women taking over his home planet.



Tags: Space Opera , Space , Pirates , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Primarily Adult Cast , Revenge , Aliens

Kidou Senshi Gundam: The Origin

Also known as Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin.

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

Zeon ace pilot, Commander Char Aznable, thought he could foil the Federation's plan to build a mobile suit by attacking their research base on colony Side 7. He was wrong. With a prototype already active, the besieged Federation forces strike back using their new weapon, the mobile suit Gundam, with devastating consequences. Amidst the fighting, young electronics wizard Amuro Ray is determined not to let his friends and family die in the crossfire. But what can one boy do to repel a squad of mobile suit-clad invaders?



Tags: Space Opera , Military , Full Color , Real Robot , War , Space , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Shounen

Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi

In humanity's distant future, two interstellar states—the monarchic Galactic Empire and the democratic Free Planets Alliance—are embroiled in a never-ending war. The story focuses on the exploits of rivals Reinhard von Müsel and Yang Wen Li as they rise to power and fame in the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance.

Tags: Seinen , Military , Space , Space Opera , War , Politics , Primarily Male Cast

Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio

Also known as Arpeggio of Blue Steel.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

In the early 21st century, the majority of Earth’s landmass is submerged due to rising sea levels. Enter the Fleet of Fog, a host of sentient alien battleships of unknown origin who easily decimate earth’s naval forces. Humanity is now on the verge of extinction.

In the year 2056, the stalwart Captain Chihaya Gunzou and his intrepid crew on the Blue Steel fleet may be humanity’s last chance to fight off the alien invaders. The Blue Steel fleet happens to contain a secret weapon that could turn the tide of war: a mysterious I-401 submarine that can transform into a girl.



Notes: Nominated to the 22nd Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Tags: Military , Ships , Seinen , Post-Apocalyptic , Male Protagonist , War , School , Artificial Intelligence

Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199

Also known as Space Battleship Yamato 2199.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Sci-Fi

The year is 2199. The once blue and green planet Earth has been reduced to a radioactive desert wasteland by constant attacks by the hostile aliens from the planet Gamilus which force the remaining population underground. However, a friendly alien race from the planet Iscandar contacts the humans and gives them the blueprints to build a powerful space battleship capable of retrieving a device to clean the planet before humanity disappears. The United Nations Cosmo Navy - whose space fleets have been decimated by Gamilas forces - resurrects the long-sunken battleship Yamato and applies the alien technology to its interior, transforming it into the vessel for which the series is named: Space Battleship Yamato.

Tags: Space , Space Opera , Military , Seinen