Shows Like VanDread

If you liked VanDread (2000), 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
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…
2
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.
3
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.
4
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.
5
Date A Live (2013)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and comedy
Thirty years ago a strange phenomenon called a "spacequake" devastated the center of Eurasia, claiming the lives of at least 150 million people. Since then, smaller spacequakes plague the world on an irregular basis…
6
AIKa ZERO (2009)
★ 7.7/10Also action & adventure and animation
In the future — in a world mostly submerged under water — the 19-year-old Sumeragi Aika goes to college while training as an agent by assisting in Aida Gozo's salvaging business.
7
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…
8
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.
9
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.
10
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.
11
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…
12
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…
13
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…
14
Hyperdimension Neptunia (2013)
★ 6/10Also animation and comedy
This is Gameindustri. Beings called Goddesses rule the countries of this unreal world. The four goddesses govern four states: Planeptune, Lastation, Lowee and Leanbox. For many long years these countries fought each…
15
Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle (2016)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and action & adventure
Lux, a former prince of an empire named Arcadia that was overthrown via a rebellion five years earlier, accidentally trespasses in a female dormitory's bathing area, sees the kingdom's new princess Lisesharte naked…
16
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…
17
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…
18
BACK ARROW (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and action & adventure
Lingalind is a land enclosed by the Wall. The Wall covers, protects, cultivates, and nurtures the land. One day in Edger, a village on the outskirts of Lingalind, a mysterious man named Back Arrow appears. Arrow has…
19
Mobile Fighter G Gundam (1994)
★ 7.5/10Also action & adventure and animation
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…
20
Chio's School Road (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and comedy
Miyamo Chio, a first-year at the completely ordinary high school Samejima Academy. Chio just wants to get through her school life without standing out too much, but for some reason, all kinds of obstacles await her…