Movies and TV shows like Neon Genesis Evangelion
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Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995)
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Original name: 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
At the turn of the century, the Angels returned to Earth, seeking to wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic fury. Devastated, mankind's last remnants moved underground to wait for the day when the Angels would come back to finish the job. Fifteen years later, that day has come... but this time, humanity is ready to fight back with terrifying bio-mechanical weapons known as the Evangelions. Watch as Shinji, Rei, Asuka and the rest of the mysterious shadow agency Nerv battle to save earth from total annihilation.
Style:
anime, mecha, psychological, serious, exciting, twist ending, ambiguous ending, thought provoking, bleak, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, teen drama
Plot:
loneliness, existentialism, self doubt, father son relationship, psychological trauma, loss, depression, giant robot, young heroes, post apocalypse, suffering, piloted giant robot, absent mother, alien invasion, secret organization, insanity, philosophy, symbolism, cyberpunk, chaos, angel, alien encounter, father son estrangement, mature, violence ...
Time:
year 2015, 2000s, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
japan
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Most similar movies to Neon Genesis Evangelion
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, adult animation, serious and mecha films and TV series with plots about danger, psychological drama, heroes, female nudity, imaginary, mature and robot mostly in Animation, Sci-Fi and Action genres. Some movies like Neon Genesis Evangelion: Serial Experiments Lain (1998), Ergo Proxy (2006), FLCL (2000), Elfen Lied (2004), Cowboy Bebop (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The second of two theatrically released follow-ups to the Neon Genesis Evangelion series. Comprising of two alternate episodes which were first intended to take the place of episodes 25 and 26, this finale answers many of the questions surrounding ...
Style:
anime, psychological, mecha, ambiguous ending, adult animation ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
loneliness, depression, philosophy, insanity, misanthropy, suicide, alienation, hate, surrealism, infiltration, stream of consciousness, death ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Under constant attack by monstrous creatures called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind, U.N. Special Agency NERV introduces two new EVA pilots to help defend the city of Tokyo-3: the mysterious Makinami Mari Illustrous and the intense Asuka ...
Style:
mecha, anime, intense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
giant robot, brutality, apocalypse, post apocalypse, mental illness, escapades, good versus evil, man versus machine, imaginary, danger, dystopian future, heroes ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Originally a collection of clips from the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series, Death was created as a precursor to the re-worked ending of the series. Rebirth was intended as that re-worked ending, but after production overruns Rebirth became only the ...
Style:
anime, psychological, stylized, cult classic, mecha ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
androids and robots, evil alien, apocalypse, loneliness, hospital, surrealism, giant robot, transcendence, superhero, mature, worldwide chaos, heroic mission ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
The fourth and final film in the Rebuild of Evangelion series.
Style:
mecha, anime, futuristic, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
technology, violence, fight, hi-tech, battles, space station, showdown, outer space, spacecraft, dream world, fantasy world, parallel universe ...
Place:
paris france, south pole, france
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Strange events begin to occur as a withdrawn girl named Lain becomes obsessed with interconnected virtual realm of "The Wired".
Style:
psychological, anime, mind bending, serious, surreal ...
Plot:
computer, suicide, cyberpunk, cyberspace, fictional reality, society, surrealism, computers and web, mature, alice in wonderland, hacker, girl ...
Time:
future
Place:
tokyo, asia, japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
14 years after third impact, Ikari Shinji awakens to a world he does not remember. He hasn't aged. Much of Earth is laid in ruins, Nerv has been dismantled, and people who he once protected have turned against him. Befriending the enigmatic ...
Style:
mecha, futuristic, anime, psychological, surreal ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
androids and robots, loneliness, father son relationship, character study, dystopian future, imaginary, society, young heroes, escapades, danger, life is a bitch, giant robot ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After the Second Impact, Tokyo-3 is being attacked by giant creatures called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind. The child Shinji's objective is to fight the Angels by piloting one of the mysterious Evangelion mecha units. A remake of the ...
Style:
mecha, atmospheric, anime, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
androids and robots, artificial intelligence, female warrior, chaos, angel, battles, supernatural, save the world, parent child relationship, dystopian future, imaginary, man versus machine ...
Time:
near future
Place:
tokyo, japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 27 min.
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Story:
Ergo Proxy is a science fiction suspense anime television series, produced by Manglobe, which premiered across Japan on 25 February 2006 on the WOWOW satellite network. It is directed by Shukō Murase, with screenplay by Dai Satō et al.. Ergo Proxy ...
Style:
anime, cliffhanger, exciting, futuristic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
cyberpunk, androids and robots, murder, mysterious character, artificial intelligence, society, dark humor, investigation, utopia, apocalypse, danger, fate of humanity ...
Time:
future
Place:
europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, Canada, UK, France
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
In this 6-part mini-series, a 12-year old boy named Naota one day meets a strange woman, riding a Vespa and wielding a big guitar. As soon as she appears, mysterious things start happening.
Style:
anime, psychedelic, stylized, atmospheric, semi serious ...
Audience:
pre-teens, teens
Plot:
coming of age, robot, imaginary, surrealism, space and aliens, absurdism, stranger, youth, monster, friendship, androids and robots, alien ...
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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The Diclonius, a mutated homo sapien that is said to be selected by God and will eventually become the destruction of mankind, possesses two horns in their heads, and has a "sixth sense" which gives it telekinetic abilities. Due to this ...
Style:
anime, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, bleak ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
memory loss, supernatural ability, trauma, split personality, childhood trauma, decapitation, sadism, life is a bitch, supernatural, experiment gone awry, social misfits, danger ...
Time:
near future, future
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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In 2071, roughly fifty years after an accident with a hyperspace gateway made the Earth almost uninhabitable, humanity has colonized most of the rocky planets and moons of the Solar System. Amid a rising crime rate, the Inter Solar System Police ...
Style:
anime, futuristic, serious, exciting, neo noir ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
bounty hunter, friendship, jazz, fighting crime, unlikely partners, chases and races, space travel, spaceship, escapades, outer space, buddies, machismo ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
space western
Similarity:
91%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story:
Kamui Shirou and Fuuma Monou have been best friends ever since they were kids. Fate, however, separates them when Fuuma's mother died under a mysterious circumstances. Fast forward, 6 years later, a 16 year old Kamui has now returned to Tokyo ...
Style:
anime, exciting, atmospheric, stylized, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, heroes, battles, heroic mission, rivalry, save the world, danger, escapades, prophecy, tragic hero, childhood friend, unrequited love ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
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Story:
Shinichi Izumi is a normal high school boy whose right hand has become infected with an alien parasite that names itself "Migi" ("right"). Migi is the first parasite to develop a symbiotic relationship with its host, as he and ...
Style:
anime, exciting, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Place:
japan
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100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story:
Inuyashiki Ichirou is down on his luck. While only 58 years old, his geriatric looks often have him written off as a pathetic old man by the world around him and he’s constantly ignored and disrespected by his family despite all that he’s done ...
Style:
anime, suspense, serious, captivating, manga ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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Story:
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Style:
anime, atmospheric, stylized, serious, mecha ...
Plot:
survival, teenage life, heroic mission, artificial intelligence, dystopian future, man versus machine, rivalry, youth, danger, society, escapades, chaos ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins ...
Style:
anime, atmospheric, philosophical, futuristic, mind bending ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
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Time:
future, near future, 90s, year 1995, 2020s ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, east asia, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Straight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japanese anime to provide the background of the Matrix universe and ...
Style:
philosophical, anime, cyber, adult animation, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, virtual reality, distopia, man versus machine, technology gone awry, hacker, apocalypse, artificial intelligence, alternate reality, female warrior, danger, androids and robots ...
Time:
future, year 2003, near future, 22nd century, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story:
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Style:
anime, rough, suspenseful, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
rebelliousness, peril, rivalry, mind control, military, young heroes, battles, youth, civil rights, resistance, emperor, rebellion ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, kyoto japan, asia
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
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Style:
anime, suspenseful, serious, captivating, mecha
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic mission, artificial intelligence, dystopian future, escapades, technology gone awry, imaginary, rivalry, apocalypse, danger, robot, bromance, heroes ...
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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In the distant future, people build their homes and raise domestic animals in subterranean caverns. As a result, they live in fear of the occasional earthquake and cave-in, and have been for hundreds of years. Jeeha is one such village. One day, a ...
Style:
mecha, anime, exciting, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
female warrior, battles, beast, bravery, resistance, danger, battle zone, heroic mission, dystopian future, confined, escapades, survival ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
anime, mecha, exciting, suspenseful, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
future
Place:
japan
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Animation, Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min.
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Story:
As the nations of the world begin to merge, world peace is threatened by the private armies of individual corporations. The Kuryu Group has just discovered a weapon that will tip world power in their favor. The Genocyber: a nightmarish combination ...
Style:
anime, adult animation, mecha, adult anime, manga ...
Plot:
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Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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Story:
Eureka Seven, known in Japan as Psalms of Planets Eureka seveN, is a Japanese mecha anime TV series by Bones. Eureka Seven tells the story of Renton Thurston and the outlaw group Gekkostate, his relationship with the enigmatic mecha pilot Eureka, ...
Style:
anime, mecha, serious, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
pre-teens, teens
Plot:
giant, heroic mission, good versus evil, save the world, heroes, corruption, teenage life, rivalry, rescue, escapades, leadership, danger ...
Time:
future
Place:
europe, holland
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
In an alternate version of the present, Tokyo has been decimated by a shocking terrorist attack, and the only hint to the identity of the culprit is a bizarre video uploaded to the internet. The police, baffled by this cryptic clue, are powerless to ...
Style:
anime, psychological, touching, tragic ending, suspenseful ...
Plot:
terrorist bombing, conspiracy, terrorism, orphan, tragic hero, hacker, tragedy, childhood friend, death of protagonist, police, human experiment, terrorist ...
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.
Style:
anime, gothic, avant garde, adult animation, surreal ...
Plot:
surrealism, girl, little girl, angel, flood, warrior, religion, very little dialogue, minimal dialogue, egg, mental disorder, post-apocalyptic future ...
Place:
europe, japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story:
A Hunter Warrior and cyborg healer named Ido formerly lived in the floating land of Zalem, the paradise that hovers above the refuse heap of Scrap Iron City in which he now resides with his former lover, Chiren. In his travels as a bounty hunter — ...
Style:
anime, serious, manga, exciting, rough ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, androids and robots, bounty hunter, robot, dystopia, nudity, killer robot, poverty, barbarian, mature, biopunk, computer ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
In the very near future, a race of huge, insectoid aliens are discovered traveling the galaxy. These aliens, which are known as the Uchuu Kaijuu, or Space Monsters, seem dedicated to the eradication of the human species as the latter takes its first ...
Style:
anime, mecha, spoof, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
near future, future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
13%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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The story is set in the distant future. The land is ruined, and humanity establishes the mobile fort city Plantation. Pilots produced inside Plantation live in Mistilteinn, also know as the "birdcage." Children live there knowing nothing ...
Style:
anime, mecha, emotional, futuristic, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
first love, love, twists and turns, super weapon, teenager, friendship, distopia, fight, happiness, true love, battles, female nudity ...
Time:
future, distant future
Similarity:
14%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
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The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross is a Japanese science fiction mecha anime TV series released in 1984.
Style:
anime, serious, exciting, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
aviation, danger, evil alien, imaginary, rivalry, androids and robots, government agency, space and aliens, survival, escapades, heroes, chaos ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Similarity:
25%
343
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 625 min.
TV show
Story:
Gasaraki is a mecha anime television series produced by Sunrise. It was directed by Ryousuke Takahashi, who also co-created the series along with Sunrise and was assisted by Goro Taniguchi. The screenplay was written by Toru Nozaki.
The series ...
Style:
anime, mecha, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
robot, super weapon, weapon system, family relations, battles, supernatural ability, imaginary, heroes, supernatural, androids and robots, military, obsessive quest ...
Time:
future
Place:
asia, japan
Similarity:
25%
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