Movies and TV shows like Knights of Sidonia

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Knights of Sidonia (2014)
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Knights of Sidonia (2014)
Original name: シドニアの騎士
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: 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 mandatory. For Nagate Tanikaze, whose grandfather secretly hid him in the forgotten bowels of Sidonia, it’s a strange new world as he’s forced to come to the surface. Yet his recruitment comes just in time, for the Gauna have suddenly reappeared.
Style: anime, mecha, exciting, serious, tense, captivating, manga, psychological, suspense, super sentai ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: space battle, androids and robots, spacecraft, space travel, space and aliens, heroes, escapades, danger, military, rivalry, distopia, friendship, mature, evil alien, robot, space opera, transcendence, space, post-apocalyptic future, battles, master warrior, imaginary, female nudity, human in outer space, kaiju ...
Time: future, 2010s

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, exciting, serious and mecha films and TV series with plots about escapades, space and aliens, danger, imaginary, heroes, rivalry and battles mostly in Animation, Sci-Fi and Action genres. Some movies like Knights of Sidonia: Aldnoah.Zero (2014), Exosquad (1993), VanDread (2000), Star Blazers 2199 (2012), Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Aldnoah.Zero (2014)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: 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 exterminating humanity.
Style: anime, suspense, mecha, tense, exciting ...
Audience: teens
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Time: 2010s
Place: japan
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Exosquad (1993)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi, Adventure
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Exosquad is an American animated television series created by Universal Cartoon Studios as a response to Japanese anime. The show is set in the beginning of the 22nd century and covers the interplanetary war between humanity and Neosapiens, a ...
Style: futuristic, anime, exciting, serious
Audience: kids
Plot: military, outer space, superhero, space, missing person, cyberpunk, genetic engineering, escapades, heroes, imaginary, rivalry, rebellion ...
Time: future
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VanDread (2000)
Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Vandread is a Japanese anime series directed by Takeshi Mori and created by Gonzo and Media Factory animation studios. The series is composed of two seasons, each composed of thirteen episodes of twenty-five minutes. The first series is summarized ...
Style: anime, exciting, semi serious, stylized, humorous ...
Audience: kids, teens, boys' night
Plot: heroic mission, battle of the sexes, space travel, dystopian future, battles, escapades, imaginary, rivalry, danger, androids and robots, space and aliens, space opera ...
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Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse (2012)
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Country: Japan
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Story: In the year 1973, alien species known as BETA (Beings of Extra Terrestrial origin which is Adversary of human race) came to invade earth. During the next 30 years, they have conquered most of the Eurasian continent, effectively decreasing the world ...
Style: anime, serious, exciting, captivating, tense ...
Plot: save the world, heroic mission, space and aliens, super weapon, save the day, weapon system, military, danger, escapades, androids and robots, heroes, chaos ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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Star Blazers 2199 (2012)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min.
Story: Compilation of episodes 1-2 of the Space Battleship Yamato 2199 TV anime.
Style: exciting, futuristic, anime, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spacecraft, evil alien, alien encounter, battles, heroic mission, space and aliens, imaginary, escapades, mars, save the world, danger, struggle for survival ...
Time: future
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Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne (2012)
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Madoka is the lone member of her school's Jersey Club. She is one day recruited by a mysterious girl named Lan to pilot the robot "Vox" and protect her city from space invaders. They are joined by a third girl, Muginami, who has a ...
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Time: 21st century
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Five unlikely teenage heroes and their flying robot lions unite to form the megapowerful Voltron and defend the universe from evil.
Style: mecha, captivating, disturbing, exciting, humorous ...
Audience: teens, kids
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Heroic Age (2007)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
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Style: anime, futuristic, tense, captivating, mecha ...
Audience: teens
Plot: outer space, heroic mission, save the world, space travel, heroes, rivalry, redemption, imaginary, escapades, space wars, obsessive quest, legends and myths ...
Time: future
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UFO Robot Grendizer (1975)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
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Audience: kids, teens
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Time: future, 70s
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
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Style: anime, computer animated, futuristic, exciting, epic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
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Time: future
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Space Battleship Yamato (1974)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: When vile aliens known as the Gamilons wreak nuclear havoc on Earth, a group of survivors refit the Japanese battleship Yamato for intergalactic travel and set off on a mission to retrieve a neutralizer that will eradicate the radiation from ...
Style: anime, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space travel, space opera, spacecraft, space battle, save the world, outer space, space wars, battles, siege, radiation, escapades, imaginary ...
Time: future, 22nd century
Place: japan
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50%
Mobile Suit Gundam (1979)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Mobile Suit Gundam is a televised anime series, produced by Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network on April 7, 1979, and lasted until January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes. It was the ...
Style: anime, mecha, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, family friendly
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Time: future
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Style: anime, emotional, exciting, futuristic, bleak ...
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Time: future
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Space Cruiser Yamato 2 (1978)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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Audience: teens
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Time: future
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Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: The Last Blitz of Zeon (1992)
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Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
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Time: future
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Zoids: Genesis (2005)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
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