Shows Like Princess Principal

If you liked Princess Principal (2017), 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.

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Gosick (2011)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and drama
Set in a fictional European country in 1924, a Japanese exchange student meets a mysterious, brilliant girl who only leaves the library to sleep. Her brother, a detective, relies on her exceptional mind to solve…
2
The Case Study of Vanitas (2021)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and action & adventure
In 19th-century Paris, young vampire Noé finds the Book of Vanitas in human hands. Calling himself Vanitas, this doctor wields its power and tempts Noé with a plan to “cure” all vampires. Allying with him may be…
3
Flip Flappers (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and action & adventure
How does the world look in your eyes? Papika and Cocona, the heroines of the story, hold the keys to open the door. When the two girls meet, their adventures in a different time and different overlapping dimension…
4
Active Raid (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and action & adventure
Set in a part of Tokyo that has descended into a quagmire, the story follows Unit 8 of the 5th Special Public Security Section's 3rd Mobile Assault Division — popularly called "The Eighth" — who don powered armor…
5
Basilisk (2005)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and action & adventure
The story takes place in the year 1614. Two ninja clans, Tsubagakure of the Iga and Manjidani of Kouga, battle each other to determine which grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu will become the next shogun. The deadly…
6
Tokyo Revengers (2021)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and action & adventure
Takemichi Hanagaki is a freelancer that’s reached the absolute pits of despair in his life. He finds out that the only girlfriend he ever had, in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, had been killed by the ruthless Tokyo…
7
Moriarty the Patriot (2020)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and mystery
In the late 19th century, the British Empire nobility reigns while its working class suffers at their hands. Sympathetic to their plight, William James Moriarty wants to topple it all. Frustrated by the systemic…
8
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
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…
9
The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse (2023)
★ 8/10Also animation and action & adventure
As a prophecy of doom unfolds on the peaceful land of Britannia, a purehearted boy sets out on a journey of discovery — and revenge.
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X (2001)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and drama
It's the year of destiny and 15 year old Kamui Shirō, a powerful psychic, has returned to Toyko after a 6 year absence. He returns to protect his childhood friends, Fūma, and Fūma's younger sister, Kotori. But destiny…
11
T・P BON (2024)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and action & adventure
After Bon accidentally intervenes in a Time Patrol case, he must join Agent Ream in saving innocent lives from the past — while watching history unfold.
12
Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play (1995)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
Miaka, a junior high school student in Tokyo, has normal problems: fights with her mom, entrance exams, and deciding where she's going to go eat with her friends. But when she finds a mysterious book in the library…
13
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009)
★ 8.7/10Also animation and action & adventure
Disregard for alchemy’s laws ripped half of Edward Elric’s limbs from his body and left his brother Alphonse’s soul clinging to a suit of armor. To restore what was lost, the brothers seek the Philosopher’s Stone…
14
Fena: Pirate Princess (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and action & adventure
Fena Houtman remembers little about her childhood. Orphaned and raised as a servant in a brothel, her life changes when she escapes to an island of pirates where she discovers the truth behind her family. With Fena…
15
Undead Murder Farce (2023)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and mystery
In this world, creatures like vampires and werewolves still walk about, but Aya Rindo can’t say the same for herself. This beautiful disembodied head, carried by her maid Shizuku Hasei, is a detective in search of her…
16
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.
17
Robotics;Notes (2012)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and drama
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…
18
Hundred (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also action & adventure and animation
A mysterious life form known as Savage is attacking the Earth, and there is only one weapon that can counter it: the Hundred. To become a Slayer, a master of military arts able to wield a Hundred, Kisaragi Hayato…
19
Akame ga Kill! (2014)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and drama
Young Tatsumi travels to the capital of the Empire in order to earn money for his starving people and encounters a world of unimaginable depravity, dominated by the ruthless Prime Minister who controls the child…
20
Citadel Honey Bunny (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also action & adventure and drama
When stuntman Bunny recruits struggling actress Honey for a side gig, they are hurled into a high-stakes world of action, espionage and betrayal. Years later, as their dangerous past catches up, the estranged Honey and…