20 anime like Gunbuster
These are the titles AniList users most often recommend to people who enjoyed Gunbuster, ranked by how many recommended each one. 3 come from the same studio. 11 are short series of 13 episodes or fewer, and 3 are films you can watch in one sitting.
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Neon Genesis Evangelion
TV · 1995 · 26 eps · 83/100
It shares its focus on coming of age, super robot, kaiju, and comes from the same studio (GAINAX), and is a longer watch at 26 episodes. Recommended by 267 AniList users who watched Gunbuster.
- Action
- Drama
- Mecha
- Mystery
- 2
Gurren Lagann
TV · 2007 · 27 eps · 85/100
It shares its focus on super robot, coming of age, war, and comes from the same studio (GAINAX), and is a longer watch at 27 episodes. Recommended by 194 AniList users who watched Gunbuster.
- Action
- Comedy
- Drama
- Mecha
- 3
Aim for the Ace!
TV · 1973 · 26 eps · 70/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, primarily female cast, bullying, and is a longer watch at 26 episodes. Recommended by 73 AniList users who watched Gunbuster.
- Drama
- Sports
- 4
Mobile Police Patlabor
OVA · 1988 · 7 eps · 72/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, kaiju. Recommended by 57 AniList users who watched Gunbuster.
- Comedy
- Mecha
- Sci-Fi
- 5
Macross
TV · 1982 · 36 eps · 75/100
It shares its focus on space opera, war, space, and is a longer watch at 36 episodes. Recommended by 45 AniList users who watched Gunbuster.
- Action
- Drama
- Mecha
- Music
- 6
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
TV · 2022 · 12 eps · 78/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, space, super robot, and is a longer watch at 12 episodes. Recommended by 43 AniList users who watched Gunbuster.
- Action
- Drama
- Mecha
- Sci-Fi
- 7
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
TV · 2025 · 12 eps · 68/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, space, heterosexual, and is a longer watch at 12 episodes. Recommended by 29 AniList users who watched Gunbuster.
- Action
- Drama
- Mecha
- Sci-Fi
- 8
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Movie · 2021 · 85/100
It shares its focus on coming of age, space, super robot. Recommended by 27 AniList users who watched Gunbuster.
- Action
- Drama
- Mecha
- Psychological
- 9
Getter Robo: Armageddon
OVA · 1998 · 13 eps · 77/100
It shares its focus on super robot, space, aliens, and is a longer watch at 13 episodes. Recommended by 23 AniList users who watched Gunbuster.
- Action
- Adventure
- Horror
- Mecha
- 10
Voices of a Distant Star
OVA · 2002 · 1 eps · 64/100
It shares its focus on space, female protagonist, aliens, and is shorter at 1 episodes. Recommended by 22 AniList users who watched Gunbuster.
- Drama
- Mecha
- Romance
- Sci-Fi
- 11
Space Runaway Ideon
TV · 1980 · 39 eps · 73/100
It shares its focus on space opera, war, military, and is a longer watch at 39 episodes. Recommended by 21 AniList users who watched Gunbuster.
- Drama
- Mecha
- Sci-Fi
- 12
Giant Robo the Animation: The Day the Earth Stood Still
OVA · 1992 · 7 eps · 76/100
It shares its focus on super robot. Recommended by 21 AniList users who watched Gunbuster.
- Action
- Mecha
- Sci-Fi
- 13
Project A-ko
Movie · 1986 · 67/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, aliens, primarily female cast. Recommended by 20 AniList users who watched Gunbuster.
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Mecha
- 14
Bubblegum Crisis
OVA · 1987 · 8 eps · 70/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, primarily female cast. Recommended by 16 AniList users who watched Gunbuster.
- Action
- Mecha
- Sci-Fi
- 15
FLCL
OVA · 2000 · 6 eps · 79/100
It shares its focus on coming of age, age gap, female protagonist, and comes from the same studio (GAINAX). Recommended by 15 AniList users who watched Gunbuster.
- Action
- Comedy
- Mecha
- Sci-Fi
- 16
Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar
TV · 1974 · 26 eps · 71/100
It shares its focus on space, space opera, aliens, and is a longer watch at 26 episodes. Recommended by 14 AniList users who watched Gunbuster.
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Sci-Fi
- 17
Yuki Yuna is a Hero
TV · 2014 · 12 eps · 72/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, primarily female cast, kaiju, and is a longer watch at 12 episodes. Recommended by 14 AniList users who watched Gunbuster.
- Action
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Mahou Shoujo
- 18
Macross Plus
OVA · 1994 · 4 eps · 75/100
It shares its focus on space, military, heterosexual. Recommended by 12 AniList users who watched Gunbuster.
- Action
- Drama
- Mecha
- Music
- 19
SSSS.DYNAZENON
TV · 2021 · 12 eps · 74/100
It shares its focus on kaiju, super robot, coming of age, and is a longer watch at 12 episodes. Recommended by 11 AniList users who watched Gunbuster.
- Action
- Mecha
- Romance
- Sci-Fi
- 20
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Movie · 1984 · 81/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, war, military. Recommended by 11 AniList users who watched Gunbuster.
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
Recommendation votes from AniList users. Highlighted genres are shared with Gunbuster.