Shows Like Ōban Star-Racers

If you liked Ōban Star-Racers (2006), 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
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.
2
Initial D (1998)
★ 8/10Also animation and action & adventure
Takumi’s job as a tofu delivery boy has turned him into one of the most formidable drivers around. Behind the wheel of his Eight-Six, he’s one with the road—and his life shifts into high gear when the underground…
3
Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!! (1996)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
Mini 4WD racing is an interesting hobby in where kids and adults compete using customized motorized miniature cars. Every year, competitions revolving around the hobby circulated around the world, with both kids and…
4
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.
5
Battle of the Planets (1978)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
G-Force, a five-member superhero team, fights to defend Earth and its space colonies from the threat of the planet Spectra.
6
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.
7
Pokémon Horizons (2023)
★ 8.6/10Also animation and action & adventure
Follow Liko and Roy as they unravel the mysteries that surround them and encounter Friede, Captain Pikachu, Amethio, and others during their exciting adventures!
8
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.
9
The Orbital Children (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and action & adventure
In 2045, two children born on the moon and three kids from Earth try to survive after an accident on their space station leaves them stranded.
10
s-CRY-ed (2001)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and action & adventure
The aftermath of a mysterious environmental catastrophe has left the land in complete desolation! While mankind has been able to rebuild the city, the catastrophe has caused some humans to undergo genetic mutations…
11
Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and drama
It is thirty years after the failure of the Space Colonization Program. Humanity is nearly extinct. A perpetual and deadly Rain falls on the Earth. Men known as "Junkers" plunder goods and artifacts from the ruins of…
12
B'T X (1996)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and action & adventure
After years of absence, Teppei’s joyous reunion with his brother is cut short when the two brothers are attacked. When his brother is kidnapped, Teppei gives chase only to find himself cornered in a junkyard when a…
13
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…
14
Pokémon: Twilight Wings (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and drama
This series focuses on the residents of the Galar Region. It is set to focus on their dreams, realities, challenges they must face and conflicts they must overcome. This is all linked through the Galar Taxi Driver.
15
Pokémon (1997)
★ 8/10Also animation and action & adventure
Join Ash accompanied by his partner Pikachu, as he travels through many regions, meets new friends and faces new challenges on his quest to become a Pokémon Master.
16
The Legend of Korra (2012)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and action & adventure
Avatar Korra, a headstrong, rebellious, feisty young woman who continually challenges and breaks with tradition, is on her quest to become a fully realized Avatar. In this story, the Avatar struggles to find balance…
17
Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi (2026)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Kara and her ragtag Jedi crew seek out to find worthy Jedi to fight against an increasingly powerful warlord.
18
Black Cat (2005)
★ 7/10Also action & adventure and animation
The bounty hunter Sven is barely scraping by when he crosses paths with the Black Cat (a.k.a. Train Heartnet) and the young bio-weapon Eve. The three new companions will need more than luck to survive when they find…
19
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…
20
Captain Future (1978)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Curtis Newton, aka Captain Future, is an orphan. His parents died in their artificial satellite while he was an infant. His father was a scientist, who has abandoned earth for the satellite to dedicate his life for…