Shows Like Macross Frontier

If you liked Macross Frontier (2008), a animation and action & adventure 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
Knights of Sidonia (2014)
★ 7.6/10Also action & adventure and animation
An alien race called Gauna has destroyed Earth. leaving humanity struggling to survive aboard the spaceship Sidonia. Even though it’s been a century since the last encounter with the Gauna, military service is…
2
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.
3
Eureka Seven (2005)
★ 7.4/10Also action & adventure and animation
Renton Thurston desires to leave his home behind and join the mercenary group known as Gekkostate, hoping to find some adventure. When a robot crashes through Renton's garage the meeting sparks the beginning of…
4
Full Metal Panic! (2002)
★ 7.1/10Also animation
Kaname Chidori’s one of the most popular girls at her high school – unfortunately, it’s her growing popularity off campus she should be worrying about. Unbeknownst to Kaname, terrorists are plotting her abduction…
5
Aldnoah.Zero (2014)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and action & adventure
In 1972, the Apollo 17 mission discovered a hypergate to Mars on the surface of the moon. Soon a war breaks out between Earth and Mars, and Martian soldiers begin to descend from the sky, riding steel giants, intent on…
6
World Trigger (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and action & adventure
A gate to another world opens in Mikado City, and monsters called Neighbors emerge. It's up to Border Defense agent Osamu Mikumo to fight them.
7
Macross Δ (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also action & adventure and animation
Macross Delta is set in the year 2067, 8 years after the events of the latest Macross TV series, Macross Frontier. The story focuses on Walküre, a team of talented idols and the Delta Squadron, a team of experienced…
8
SUPER HxEROS (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and action & adventure
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…
9
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…
10
Robotics;Notes (2012)
★ 6.9/10Also animation
In 2019, Kaito Yashio and Akiho Senomiya are the sole members of the Robotics Club at Central Tanegashima High School in Kyushu, Japan. Kaito is a laid back student and a skilled gamer who is just trying to help Akiho…
11
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…
12
BBK/BRNK (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also animation
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…
13
Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet (2013)
★ 7.2/10Also action & adventure and animation
While fighting an intense inter-galactic war, a mecha pilot is accidentally warped into a space-time neither he nor his computer recognize. After waking up from a long-time hibernation, he finds himself trapped on a…
14
SPRIGGAN (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and action & adventure
An ancient civilization's relics on Earth hold dangerous powers — it's up to ARCAM Corporation's Spriggan agents to keep them out of the wrong hands.
15
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…
16
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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revisions (2019)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and action & adventure
When Shibuya time-warps to 2388, high schooler Daisuke and his friends are conscripted by AHRV agent Milo to fight the hostile cyborg race, revisions.
18
NieR:Automata Ver1.1a (2023)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and action & adventure
The distant future, 5012. The sudden aerial invasion of Earth by ＜Aliens＞ and their creations ＜Machine Lifeforms＞ led mankind to the brink of extinction. The surviving number of humans who took refuge on the moon to…
19
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…
20
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…