Shows Like AIKa ZERO

If you liked AIKa ZERO (2009), a action & adventure 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
AIKa (1997)
★ 8/10Also action & adventure and animation
Aika Sumeragi works as a salvager for hire, but gets caught up in a plot for world domination.
2
VanDread (2000)
★ 5.9/10Also action & adventure and animation
Hibiki Tokai, a male third-class laborer from Taraak, ends up stuck on a battleship after a botched attempt at stealing a robot. When female pirates capture the Taraakian Vanguard, things don't look like they could get…
3
Tawawa on Monday (2016)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and comedy
The anime follows a salaryman who has a chance meeting with a girl named Ai on the train. They begin to meet every Monday on the train, with the man serving as her bodyguard on the crowded commute while they chat.
4
Air Gear (2006)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and animation
Itsuki Minami is a school student notorious for engaging in street fights, a reckless punk that will break through any obstacle, alongside his best friends Kazuma Mikura and Onigiri. However, when he discovers a pair…
5
Dragonar Academy (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
In a land of dragons, where citizens called breeders tame their dragon pals, races of dragons are born from breeders who are given a Seikoku: a dragon star-shape brand. Learning to ride and tame dragons comes easy to…
6
Combatants Will Be Dispatched! (2021)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and comedy
Turns out, evil takes initiative! With world domination close at hand, the Kisaragi Corporation turns its sights on interstellar conquest, and who better to take over a magical world than two randomly assigned…
7
SUPER HxEROS (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and comedy
Earth faces an unprecedented threat from an invasion by the mysterious Kiseichuu. The Kiseichuu feed on human sexual energy, also known as “H-energy,” and weaken the human population. High school student Retto Enjo is…
8
Samurai Girls (2010)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and comedy
The story takes place in Japan in the early 21st century, in an alternate reality where the Tokugawa Shogunate has remained in power. In this reality, student councils are tasked with oppressing schools. Yagyuu…
9
Punch Line (2015)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and comedy
High schooler Yūta Iridatsu has experienced “astral projection” i.e. his spirit has been separated from his body. He woke up in a mansion named Koraikan and met a cat spirit named Chiranosuke, who told him “You must…
10
Sekirei (2008)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and comedy
Struggling yet brilliant, 19-year-old Minato Sahashi has failed his college entrance exams for the second time, resulting in him being regarded as worthless by those around him. However, the course of his seemingly…
11
Ladies versus Butlers! (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and comedy
Raised by his uncle after his parents’ deaths, Akiharu enrolls at a mostly female academy that specializes in training maids and butlers for high society placements.
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Clockwork Planet (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
One day, a black box suddenly crashed into the house of the high school dropout Naoto Miura. Inside it was a female automaton. The endless cycle of failure and success. The world that does change and the mankind that…
13
Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also animation and action & adventure
One day, Mitsuha falls off a cliff and is transported to a medieval Europe–type world! After a near-death encounter with a pack of wolves, she then realizes that she's able to transport between two worlds—this one and…
14
Plunderer (2020)
★ 8.3/10Also action & adventure and animation
In a post-apocalyptic world dominated by the so-called "Numbers," each human will have their identity branded with their own "Count," which could define any number related to their life. May it be one's walked distance…
15
The Eminence in Shadow (2022)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and comedy
Shadowbrokers are those who go unnoticed, posing as unremarkable people, when in truth, they control everything from behind the scenes. Sid wants to be someone just like that more than anything, and something as…
16
Ninja Scroll: The Series (2003)
★ 7.7/10Also action & adventure and animation
Fourteen years after defeating the immortal warrior Himuro Genma and thwarting the Shogun of the Dark's evil plans, Kibagami Jubei continues to roam all over Japan as a masterless swordsman. During his journey, he…
17
Golden Kamuy (2018)
★ 7.6/10Also action & adventure and animation
A Russo-Japanese War veteran partners with an Ainu girl to find a treasure stolen from her people, but they’re not the only ones pursuing the gold.
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Golden Boy (1995)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedy
Kintaro Oe is a 25-year-old boy who left Tokyo University and now lives a simple life, traveling by bicycle to learn everything he can about the world.
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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…
20
Kämpfer (2009)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and action & adventure
Natsuru is selected to be a Kampfer, a mystical fighter who has to fight other Kampfers. The catch is that all Kampfers are female, and Natsuru is male... at least he was! Worse, Natusru's best friend turns out to have…