Shows Like Patlabor: The TV Series

If you liked Patlabor: The TV Series (1989), a comedy and animation 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.

1
City Hunter (1987)
★ 7.8/10Also action & adventure and animation
Ryo Saeba works the streets of Tokyo as the City Hunter. He's a "sweeper" and with his sidekick Kaori Makimura, he keeps the city clean. People hire the City Hunter to solve their dangerous problems, which he does with…
2
Mazinger Z (1972)
★ 8/10Also action & adventure and animation
Mazinger Z, known briefly as Tranzor Z in the United States, is a Japanese super robot manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai. The first manga version was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from…
3
Steel Jeeg (1975)
★ 8.5/10Also 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.
4
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…
5
Bubblegum Crisis (1987)
★ 7/10Also action & adventure and animation
MegaTokyo 2033: Tokyo was left flattened as a result from a great earthquake. A new city, MegaTokyo, was then recreated due in no small part from the aid of a multi-million dollar company, Genom Corp. Genom created and…
6
Dirty Pair Flash (1994)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and action & adventure
Kei and Yuri were originally junior auxiliary agents in the Worlds Works and Welfare Agency (W.W.W.A. or 3WA for short) when the two were paired together under the codename "Lovely Angels." Kei was coming off her…
7
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.
8
Duckman (1994)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and comedy
Together with Cornfed, his portly, porcine partner in crime solving, this defective detective amazingly manages to solve crimes and be a single parent to his hilariously dysfunctional sons at the same time.
9
Lupin the 3rd (1971)
★ 8/10Also animation and action & adventure
Follow the exciting adventures of Arsene Lupin III, the grandson of the world's greatest thief, Arsene Lupin. Together with Daisuke Jigen, Goemon Ishikawa and his love interest Fujiko Mine, he carries out the greatest…
10
Case Closed: The Culprit Hanzawa (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and comedy
A silhouetted suspect moves to the crime-infested town of Beika with murder in mind.
11
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…
12
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider (2025)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
Even after turning 40 years old, Tojima Tanzaburo still seriously wants to be a Kamen Rider. Just when it seems like his dream may never come true, he gets caught up in a series of infamous Shocker-inspired…
13
HEROMAN (2010)
★ 7.6/10Also action & adventure and animation
An American kid named Joey lives in Center City, USA & has always wanted to become a hero. Unfortunately, he's just an orphan working part-time to support his grandma and himself. After he watched a commercial of a new…
14
Detectives These Days Are Crazy! (2025)
★ 7/10Also animation and comedy
Once a legendary detective, Nagumo Keiichiro now stumbles through middle age baffled by smartphones and modern life. His quiet decline gets disrupted when Mashiro, a bold high school girl, bursts into his office…
15
gen:LOCK (2019)
★ 7/10Also animation and action & adventure
Fifty years in the future, an oppressive authoritarian force threatens to conquer the world. A daring team is recruited to pilot a new form of weaponized neuroscience that powers devastating mecha, but they must be…
16
Guilty Crown (2011)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and action & adventure
The story revolves around Shu Ouma, a high school boy who inadvertently obtains an ability called "The Power of the Kings" that enables him to draw out items called "Voids" from other people. He is then thrown into the…
17
Mission: Yozakura Family (2024)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and comedy
Taiyo Asano has been on his own ever since his parents died and the only one who seems to care for him is his childhood friend and classmate, Mutsumi Yozakura. But Mutsumi has a secret—she is the head of a family of…
18
Synduality Noir (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and action & adventure
The year is 2242. Kanata wants to be a Drifter and meets Noir, who is a dud Magus with no memories. However, because Noir excels in battle against the Enders, Kanata partners with her and discovers exactly what it…
19
Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom (2009)
★ 7/10Also animation and action & adventure
Mafia is rife in America where assassinations are a regular occurrence on the streets. Inferno, a mysterious company, is behind most of these dealings through the use of their near-invincible human weapon, "Phantom."…
20
Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and action & adventure
Ron Kamonohashi was once regarded as a genius at the top detective training academy. But after a fatal mistake, he was expelled and forbidden to become a detective. Years later, police officer Totomaru Isshiki knocks…