Shows Like Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ

If you liked Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (1986), a animation and war & politics 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.

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Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985)
★ 7.9/10Also action & adventure and animation
Universal Century 0087, 7 years have passed since the end of the One Year War between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon. The Earth Federation has created an elite task force, known as the Titans, who…
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Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (2007)
★ 7.7/10Also action & adventure and animation
The year is 2307 A.D. Although fossil fuels have been depleted, humanity has obtained a new source of energy to replace them, in the form of a large-scale solar power generation system based on three huge orbital…
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Mobile Fighter G Gundam (1994)
★ 7.5/10Also action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy
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…
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Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (1995)
★ 7.9/10Also action & adventure and animation
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…
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Mobile Suit Gundam (1979)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and action & adventure
What would you do if you suddenly found yourself in the middle of a war? Teenager Amuro Ray sees his life shattered when war comes to his home. During the chaos, Amuro finds himself inside the mobile suit Gundam, the…
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Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (2002)
★ 7.6/10Also action & adventure and animation
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…
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Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (1996)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and action & adventure
Ensign Shiro Amada is transferred to Southeast Asia to take command of the 08th MS Team. In their first guerilla operation, Shiro's team is tasked with distracting the Zeon forces while Federation ground troops locate…
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Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 (2016)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
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…
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Gun x Sword (2005)
★ 6/10Also animation and drama
There’s a claw-fisted, genocidal maniac terrorizing the planet of endless illusion, and only Van, a tight-lipped loner in a jet black tuxedo, can bring the scoundrel to justice. Armed with his shape-shifting sword and…
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86 EIGHTY-SIX (2021)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and action & adventure
Called “Juggernaut,” these are the unmanned combat drones developed by the Republic of San Magnolia in answer to the attacks by the autonomous unmanned drones of the neighboring Empire of Giad, the “Legion”. But…
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Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture (2024)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and action & adventure
Year Seven of the Kowa Period, in the former Hokkaido Block, live brothers known as the Nameless Mercenaries. The Emperor, Callis al Britannia, tries to plunge the world into chaos with the help of his servant…
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Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy (2002)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and action & adventure
Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy, known in Japan as Kinnikuman II sei, is a manga and anime series made by Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada under the pen name Yudetamago. It is the sequel to the hit manga…
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Burst Angel (2004)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and comedy
The future’s looking bleak. It’s a good thing there’s a new sheriff in town. Her name is Jo and she’s an enigma even to herself. Alongside her partners Sei, Amy, and Meg, Jo fights for the citizens who can’t defend…
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Great Mazinger (1974)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and action & adventure
After Koji Kabuto and Sayaka Yumi leave to the USA, it's up to the rash orphan Tetsuya Tsurugi to pilot the next Mazinger robot: the Great Mazinger. Under the direction of Dr. Kenzo Kabuto and helped by his adoptive…
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Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
A. S. (Ad Stella) 122 ― An era when a multitude of corporations have entered space and built a huge economic system. Suletta Mercury, a lone girl from the remote planet Mercury, transfers to the Asticassia School of…
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Scrapped Princess (2003)
★ 6.7/10Also action & adventure and animation
Pacifica Casull is the most feared and hated person by the followers of the God Mauser. Known as the Scrapped Princess, she is the poison that will destroy the world. To avoid being killed by the zealots of Mauser…
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Schwarzes Marken (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and action & adventure
Germany was divided into East and West after WWII, where citizens of either treated the other side as enemies. In the midst of Cold War, however, the Earth was invaded by an alien life form landed on Kashgar, Xinjiang…
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Gurren Lagann (2007)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and action & adventure
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.
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Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar (2009)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and action & adventure
The story is set in an alternate world called Geminar, where countries have fought endless wars with replicas of humanoid Seikishi weapons that they found in ancient ruins. 15-year-old Kenshi Masaki, the half-brother…
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SSSS.DYNAZENON (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and action & adventure
Sequel to the 2018 animated series SSSS.Gridman and the third installment of the Gridman multimedia franchise. When Yomogi Asanaka, a first-year student at Fujiyokidai High School, meets Gauma, he claims to be a "kaiju…