Shows Like NIPPON SANGOKU: The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun

If you liked NIPPON SANGOKU: The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun (2026), a animation and drama 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
Saga of Tanya the Evil (2017)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and drama
On the front lines of the war, Tanya Degurechaff, blond hair, blue eyes, and porcelain white skin, commands her squad with lisping voice. Actually, she is one of Japan's most elite salary men, reborn as a little girl…
2
Akame ga Kill! (2014)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and drama
Young Tatsumi travels to the capital of the Empire in order to earn money for his starving people and encounters a world of unimaginable depravity, dominated by the ruthless Prime Minister who controls the child…
3
Fist of the North Star (1984)
★ 8/10Also animation and drama
It's the year 199x, and Earth burns with the fires of a nuclear holocaust. On the charred remains of the planet's surface, humans struggle desperately to survive a fearful world. The young wanderer Kenshiro rises to…
4
Shōgun (2024)
★ 8.4/10Also drama and war & politics
In Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found…
5
High School of the Dead (2010)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and drama
A small group of students at Fujimi High are fighting for their lives after surviving a zombie outbreak. It is up to Takashi to unite the survivors and escape the horrors that surround them. In this new world of the…
6
World's End Harem (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and drama
The Man-Killer Virus: a lethal disease that has eradicated 99.9% of the world's male population. Mizuhara Reito has been in cryogenic sleep for the past five years, leaving behind Tachibana Erisa, the girl of his…
7
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (2016)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and drama
In the midst of an industrial revolution, the people of Hinomoto fight hordes of undead creatures, known as Kabane, using powerful armored trains.
8
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and drama
In the year 2045, cybernetic mercenary Motoko Kusanagi returns to Section 9 to face a dangerous new threat: the posthumans.
9
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 (2016)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and war & politics
U.C. 0096. Three years after Char's rebellion, Banagher Links, a boy living at the manufacturing colony Industrial 7, meets a mysterious girl who calls herself Audrey Burne. Audrey claims that she is trying to stop the…
10
Mobile Fighter G Gundam (1994)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and war & politics
In the Year F.C. (Future Century) 60, much of mankind inhabits space colonies which orbit the Earth. Dominance over the colonies is decided once every four years by a large tournament in which each nation sends a…
11
Gachiakuta (2025)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and drama
Accused of murder and thrown into the Pit, a young orphan joins a group of monster fighters with special powers to uncover the truth and seek vengeance.
12
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (2015)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and war & politics
On a terraformed post-disaster Mars, a group of child security agents rebel against the adults who betrayed them and the oppressive Earth government.
13
Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World (2020)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and war & politics
For years, a great war has raged on between the scientifically advanced Empire and a paradise of witches known as the Nebulis Sovereignty. This age-old battle sets the scene for a fateful encounter between two young…
14
Dolls' Frontline (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and war & politics
In the fallout of nuclear war, the last of humanity survives with the help of life-like androids known as Dolls. Built to serve, some fight in wars as Tactical Dolls or T-Dolls. Now, an elite team comprised of T-Dolls…
15
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (1995)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and war & politics
After Colony (A.C.) 195. Mankind has moved into space. Thousands of people live on giant orbiting space colonies called "Sides." However, the Earth Government, which rules the colonies, is unjust and cruel. A group of…
16
JOKER GAME (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and animation
Taking place in the year 1937 on the eve of World War II, the story involves a mysterious spy training organization known as the "D Agency." The organization is established by Lieutenant Colonel Yuuki from the Imperial…
17
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2006)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and drama
Japan has been invaded and conquered by the Britannian Empire. Japan is now known as Area 11 and its citizens known as Elevens. The Britannian Empire takes away Japan's autonomous power and imposes its rule through the…
18
Dimension W (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and drama
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…
19
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (2002)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and war & politics
Cosmic Era 71. Mankind has developed into two subspecies: Naturals, who reside on Earth, and Coordinators, genetically enhanced humans capable of withstanding the rigors of space who inhabit orbital colonies known as…
20
The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These (2018)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and drama
Caught in a 150-year-long war, interstellar nations reach the pinnacle of strategic combat at the hands of two genius leaders. Reinhard of the Galactic Empire, and Yang of the Free Planets Alliance lead the charge from…