Shows Like Neon Genesis Evangelion
If you liked Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995), a sci-fi & fantasy and animation series created by Hideaki Anno, 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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Eureka Seven (2005)
★ 7.4/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and animationRenton 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…
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Texhnolyze (2003)
★ 7/10Also animation and dramaDenizens of Lux have come to call it "The City" and treat it as a sentient force. Three factions vie for control of the city: the Organo, a strictly professional conglomerate with ties to the criminal underworld in the…
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Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (2002)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasyCosmic 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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ATRI -My Dear Moments- (2024)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and dramaIn the near future, a sudden and unexplained sea rise has left much of human civilization underwater. Ikaruga Natsuki, a boy who lost his mother and one of his legs in an accident some years earlier, returns…
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Casshern Sins (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and dramaAfter the murder of Luna, the robot society that rules the planet starts to rust and decay. Death and despair spread through the land like wildfire. The only one unaffected by the affliction that becomes known as "The…
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Gurren Lagann (2007)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasyWhen 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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Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- (2021)
★ 8/10Also animation and dramaIn the near future, Vivy, a diva-type A.I., went up on stage each day with hopes of putting her heart into her song. One day, the A.I. Matsumoto, who claims to have arrived from 100 years in the future, appears before…
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Kiznaiver (2016)
★ 7.6/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and animationThe anime's setting is a fictional Japanese city named Sugomori City. One day, Noriko Sonosaki tells her classmate Katsuhira Agata, "You have been selected to be a Kiznaiver." The Kizuna System, which allows Katsuhira…
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Plastic Memories (2015)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and dramaAfter failing his college entrance exams, 18 year-old Tsukasa Mizugaki is offered a position at the renowned SAI Corporation, known for its production and management of Giftia, androids that possess human emotions…
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Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (2007)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and dramaThe 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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The Big O (1999)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and dramaForty years ago, the minds of Paradigm City's inhabitants were wiped clean of all recollections of the past. Now, ruled by a powerful corporation and cut off from the rest of the world by desolate wastelands, Paradigm…
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Made in Abyss (2017)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and dramaLocated 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…
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Chainsaw Man (2022)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasyDenji has a simple dream—to live a happy and peaceful life, spending time with a girl he likes. This is a far cry from reality, however, as Denji is forced by the yakuza into killing devils in order to pay off his…
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PLUTO (2023)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasyWhen the world's seven most advanced robots and their human allies are murdered one by one, Inspector Gesicht soon discovers that he's also in danger.
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Wonder Egg Priority (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and dramaAi, a young girl with shut-in tendencies, who tries not to interact with others. She keeps one of her eyes hidden behind her hair. One day, she happens to stop by a deserted arcade, where she meets "Aka." Spinning the…
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revisions (2019)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasyWhen Shibuya time-warps to 2388, high schooler Daisuke and his friends are conscripted by AHRV agent Milo to fight the hostile cyborg race, revisions.
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Violet Evergarden (2018)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and dramaThe war is over, and Violet Evergarden needs a job. Scarred and emotionless, she takes a job as a letter writer to understand herself and her past.
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NieR:Automata Ver1.1a (2023)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasyThe 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…
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Ergo Proxy (2006)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasyThousands of years after Earth’s atmosphere was destroyed, adventure blooms in the strangest of places. The domed city of Romdo is supposed to be perfect, but Re-l Mayer, a young female inspector from the Civilian…
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Bokurano (2007)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and dramaDuring a summer camp, 15 children, 8 males and 7 females, find a grotto by the sea. Deep within they discover working computers and some electronic equipment, and later the owner, a man called Kokopelli. Kokopelli…