Shows Like Space Brothers

If you liked Space Brothers (2012), 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
Galaxy Express 999 (1978)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and drama
In a distant future, Tetsuro is a human boy who wants his body replaced with a robotic one. This is possible, but to do so he has to reach the Immortal Planet onboard the space train Galaxy Express 999. Maetel, a…
2
Sonny Boy (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and drama
On August 16, midway through a seemingly endless summer vacation, middle school third-year student Nagara, transfer student Nozomi, classmates Mizuho, Asakaze and their entire class are suddenly transported from their…
3
Astra Lost in Space (2019)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
In the year 2063, eight high school students and a kid are flown out to Planet Camp, tasked with surviving on their own for a few days. But shortly after arriving, an ominous glowing orb warps them to an unknown…
4
Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and drama
The first astronaut in human history was a vampire girl. Following the end of World War II, the world-dividing superpowers, Federal Republic of Zirnitra in the East and United Kingdom of Arnack in the West, turned…
5
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.
6
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2013)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and drama
The year is 2199. The human race has been crushed in their war with the Gamilos, driven into underground cities by the invader's assault. Scientists estimate they have only a year left. The young officers Susumu Kodai…
7
Gurren Lagann (2007)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
When a young laborer escapes to the world aboveground, he discovers a violent land in which humans battle robots controlled by a power-hungry noble.
8
Tengoku Daimakyo (2023)
★ 8/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
In the year 2024, the world has collapsed. Grotesque monsters lurk amongst the ruins of Japan, while remaining people scrape together what they can to survive. Kiruko, an odd-job girl in Nakano, accepts a mysterious…
9
BBK/BRNK (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
It’s been ten years since Azuma Kazuki has been in Japan, and upon his arrival he is taken prisoner by a group of armed men. Azuma is saved by his childhood friend, Kogane Asabuki, thanks to a living weapon she wields…
10
7SEEDS (2019)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and drama
Shy Natsu awakens as part of a group chosen to ensure the survival of humanity. Together, they have to survive on a changed Earth.
11
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Follow the intergenerational feud between the Joestar Family and various forces of evil, the most prominent of which is Dio Brando and his followers.
12
MAKE MY DAY (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
On an isolated icy planet promising a bright future, prisoners are forced to excavate a rare energy source that leads to a deadly, unwelcome discovery.
13
Dragonaut: The Resonance (2007)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and drama
With an asteroid hurtling toward Earth, sexy human Dragonauts and their curvaceous dragon companions unite to create a formidable fighting force. In the middle of this race against time are Jin, a heartbroken flyboy…
14
My-Otome (2005)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and drama
In the distant future on the planet Earl, colonized by immigrants from Earth centuries ago. "Old technology" has survived in the form of nanomachines that allow female virgins wield Highly-advanced Materializing…
15
Days with My Stepsister (2024)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and drama
When his father remarries, Yuta Asamura winds up sharing a roof with his new stepsister, Saki Ayase, the hottest girl in his grade. Carrying the scars of their parents’ troubled divorces, they vow to maintain a…
16
Tenchi Muyo! (1992)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Tenchi is an average guy who just accidentally freed the space pirate Ryoko after 700 years of captivity! Attractive alien girls from all across the galaxy are about to descend on Tenchi and make his life more…
17
Tower of God (2020)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Reach the top, and everything will be yours. At the top of the tower exists everything in this world, and all of it can be yours. You can become a god. This is the story of the beginning and the end of Rachel, the girl…
18
HIGH CARD (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and drama
Fourland Kingdom is an island nation in the North Atlantic. In this country, there are 52 X-Playing Cards, considered the origin of playing cards. A card with a unique supernatural ability can gift its abilities to a…
19
Made in Abyss (2017)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and drama
Located in the center of a remote island, the Abyss is the last unexplored region, a huge and treacherous fathomless hole inhabited by strange creatures where only the bravest adventurers descend in search of ancient…
20
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (1993)
★ 7/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Jotaro Kujo is a popular high school student – at least until that day when he thinks he is possessed by a ghost, which is why he locks himself up. During a fight between his grandfather and his grandfather’s friend…