Shows Like Super Dimension Fortress Macross

If you liked Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982), 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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UFO Robot Grendizer (1975)
★ 7.7/10Also action & adventure and animation
The story revolves around Duke Fleed who is a survivor of the Vega Star, raised by Dr. Umon as his adoptive son, and known as Daisuke Umon on Earth. Years after his arrival, he's faced with the threat of King Vega and…
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Aquarion (2005)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
Set in the future, a giant fighting machine called the Aquarion is humanity's only effective weapon in the fight against the technologically advanced species called the Shadow Angels.
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Transformers: Armada (2003)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
Earth kids enter a conflict between two factions of Transformers.
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Voltron: Legendary Defender (2016)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and action & adventure
Five unlikely teenage heroes and their flying robot lions unite to form the megapowerful Voltron and defend the universe from evil.
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Birdy the Mighty: Decode (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and action & adventure
While pursuing fugitives the Space Federation police officer Birdy Cephon Altera finds herself on Earth.
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MegaMan NT Warrior (2002)
★ 7.8/10Also action & adventure and animation
In the year 20XX, a young boy named Netto Hikari receives a very special gift as he enters the 5th grade: his very own customized Net Navi, Rockman.
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Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (1991)
★ 7.4/10Also action & adventure and animation
It is the year 0083 of the Universal Century. The rebellious Principality of Zeon has been defeated in the One Year War by the Earth Federation. However, a faction of Zeon remnants led by Aguille Delaz fled from the…
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Steel Jeeg (1975)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and action & adventure
Hiroshi Shiba is a car racer who is mortally wounded in a laboratory accident, but restored to life by his father, Professor Shiba.
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Pacific Rim: The Black (2021)
★ 8.2/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and animation
Two siblings - an idealistic teenage boy and his naive younger sister - are forced to pilot an abandoned Jaeger across a hostile landscape in a desperate attempt to find their missing parents.
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Voltron: Defender of the Universe (1984)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Five lion robots and their pilots defend the planet Arus and the galaxy from evil King Zarkon.
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Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (2025)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and action & adventure
High-school student Amate Yuzuriha lives peacefully in a space colony floating in outer space. But when she meets a war refugee named Nyaan, Amate is drawn into the illegal mobile suit dueling sport known as Clan Battle.
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Zoids: Chaotic Century (1999)
★ 8.6/10Also action & adventure and animation
Set on the distant planet Zi, the story unfolds in a world where biomechanical creatures called Zoids serve as powerful weapons in the long-standing conflict between the Helic Republic and the Guylos Empire. A fragile…
13
Transformers: War for Cybertron: Siege (2020)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
On their dying planet, the Autobots and Decepticons battle fiercely for control of the AllSpark in the Transformers universe's origin story.
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RahXephon (2002)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Ayato Kamina, a 17-year-old high school student, lives in Tokyo Jupiter oblivious to the world around him, having been raised to believe that the rest of civilization has been destroyed; but everything changes when a…
15
Transformers: Rescue Bots (2012)
★ 7.3/10Also action & adventure and animation
A team of specialized Autobots not quite ready for prime-time battles against the Decepticons is given a vital mission by Optimus Prime. The goal for the Bots is to learn about mankind and how to help others to find…
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Mech Cadets (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also action & adventure and animation
An underdog teen joins a group of young Cadets who've been chosen to bond with Robo Mechs from space and defend Earth against alien invaders.
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Transformers: Prime (2010)
★ 8.1/10Also action & adventure and animation
Roll out with Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Arcee, Ratchet, Bulkhead, and the rest of the heroic Autobots as they battle the evil Decepticons. Now that big bad Megatron has returned with a mysterious and dangerous element…
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The Transformers (1984)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and action & adventure
The Transformers is the first animated television series in the Transformers franchise. The series depicts a war among giant robots that can transform into vehicles and other objects.
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The Heroic Legend of Arslan (2015)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and action & adventure
Arslan is the heir apparent of Pars, a strong nation that sits at the hear of the trade route connecting the East and the West. When the pagan nation of Lusitania begins an invasion of Pars, the timid Arslan is…
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Blue Dragon (2007)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and action & adventure
A terrible and mysterious enemy attacks the small village of Shu and his friend Kluke. The great warrior Zola, followed by Jiro, will help them discover the ability to evoke shadows.