Shows Like Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

If you liked Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002), a animation and action & adventure series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

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THE GHOST IN THE SHELL (2026)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and action & adventure
2029, a near-future Japan. The full cyborg Motoko Kusanagi envisions a task force that preemptively strikes emerging threats. She and her team are scouted by Daisuke Aramaki as Public Security Section 9, AKA the "Shell…
2
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture (2015)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and crime
The story follows Motoko Kusanagi, a highly skilled member of the military, whom upon meeting Daisuke Aramaki, a current chief of the Public Security Section 9, in less than desirable conditions struggles to clear her…
3
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
In the year 2045, cybernetic mercenary Motoko Kusanagi returns to Section 9 to face a dangerous new threat: the posthumans.
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Dimension W (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Humanity has found a way to achieve infinite energy by using coils to draw it from the fourth plane: dimension "W". With the production of coils having been monopolized by the New Tesla energy company, freelance…
5
Cyber City Oedo 808 (1990)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and crime
In the city of Oedo 2808 A.D., three Cyber criminals are given two choices, to either rot in jail or to join a special force of the Cyber Police to possibly get one more chance at freedom. For each criminal…
6
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (2022)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
In a dystopia riddled with corruption and cybernetic implants, a talented but reckless street kid strives to become a mercenary outlaw — an edgerunner.
7
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 (1998)
★ 6.7/10Also action & adventure and animation
MegaTokyo 2040: Tokyo’s workforce is riddled with robots that tend to go on destructive killing sprees. Four young women gear up in cybernetic suits to battle an evil corporation’s bionic pawns while its grip on the…
8
PLUTO (2023)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
When the world's seven most advanced robots and their human allies are murdered one by one, Inspector Gesicht soon discovers that he's also in danger.
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Active Raid (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and action & adventure
Set in a part of Tokyo that has descended into a quagmire, the story follows Unit 8 of the 5th Special Public Security Section's 3rd Mobile Assault Division — popularly called "The Eighth" — who don powered armor…
10
Detective Conan (1996)
★ 8/10Also animation and crime
The son of a world famous mystery writer, Jimmy Kudo, has achieved his own notoriety by assisting the local police as a student detective. He has always been able to solve the most difficult of criminal cases using his…
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Paranoia Agent (2004)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Musashino, Tokyo. An elementary schooler repeatedly attacks people in the streets. Known only to the public as "Lil Slugger", none of the victims can recall the young boy's face and only three distinct details are left…
12
Psycho-Pass (2012)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and crime
In the year 2113, people are given brain scans to determine how likely they are to commit a crime. Those who fail are apprehended, or even killed.
13
A.D. Police (1999)
★ 6.3/10Also animation and action & adventure
MegaTokyo 2038: A.D. Police Officer Kenji Sasaki loses another partner to a rabid boomer. A day after he's sent off-duty, he receives a new partner: German cop Hans Kleif.
14
B: The Beginning (2018)
★ 7.6/10Also action & adventure and animation
Genius investigator Keith Flick rejoins the royal police force just as serial killer "B" emerges. Mysterious youth Koku may be an ally, or a target.
15
Robocop: Prime Directives (2001)
★ 6.3/10Also action & adventure and crime
Ten years after the original Robocop, Delta City is city owned and operated by OCP. RoboCop finds himself nearly obsolete and his former partner, John Cable, has returned to Delta City as its new Security Commander…
16
Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Los Angeles 2032. A young woman wakes up with no memories, and possessing deadly skills. The only clues to her mystery are a locked data device and a tattoo of a black lotus. Putting together the pieces, she must hunt…
17
Akudama Drive (2020)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
Many years ago, a Great Civil War ravaged Japan, leaving the country fragmented between two regions: Kansai and Kanto. In Kansai, a group of six Akudama carry out missions given to them by a mysterious black cat, while…
18
Almost Human (2013)
★ 7.4/10Also crime and sci-fi & fantasy
The year is 2048. By mandate, every cop must partner with a robot. Detective John Kennex returns to work after waking up from a 17-month coma. As he adjusts to working with his new partner, Dorian, a discontinued…
19
Fire Force (2019)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and action & adventure
Year 198 of the Solar Era in Tokyo, special fire brigades are fighting against a phenomenon called spontaneous human combustion where humans beings are turned into living infernos called "Infernals". While the…
20
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008)
★ 7.5/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and action & adventure
The series picks up four years after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day with John and Sarah Connor trying to stay under-the-radar from the government, as they plot to destroy the computer network, Skynet, in…