Movies and TV shows like Planetes
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Planetes (2003)
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Original name: プラネテス
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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In the year 2075, mankind has reached a point where journeying between Earth, the moon and the space stations is part of daily life. However, the progression of technology in space has also resulted in the problem of the space debris, which can cause excessive and even catastrophic damage to spacecrafts and equipment.
Style:
anime, serious, captivating, futuristic, adult animation, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
pre-teens
Plot:
spacecraft, technology, space and aliens, outer space, space travel, spacewalk, escapades, danger, fear, space station, boss and employee, workplace situations, nasa, scientist, terrorist, terrorism, zero gravity, moon landing, spaceship, female astronaut, psychology, science, astronomy, mature, slice of life ...
Time:
future, 21st century
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, serious, exciting and futuristic films and TV series with plots about space and aliens, outer space, escapades, heroes, space, danger and battles mostly in Animation, Sci-Fi and Action genres. Some movies like Planetes: Astra Lost in Space (2019), Majestic Prince (2013), Star Blazers (1979), Space Brothers (2012), Pilot Candidate (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
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But soon after Group B5 arrived at their planetary camp site, a mysterious and unforeseen sentient light ...
Style:
anime, psychological, exciting, futuristic, tense ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
conspiracy, friendship, survival, kidnapping, fight, youth, teamwork, disaster, rescue, human in outer space, space exploration, escapades ...
Time:
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Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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anime, exciting, emotional, futuristic, serious ...
Plot:
space and aliens, imaginary, danger, heroes, escapades, teenage life, superhuman powers, spacecraft, genetic engineering, robot, alien, space opera ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan
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63%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
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Style:
anime, serious, exciting, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
alien invasion, space battle, space opera, space adventure, spaceship, superhero, spacecraft, space wars, outer space, siege, radiation, battles ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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When they were young, the brothers Mutta and Hibito promised each other they would become astronauts. Now, in 2025, Hibito has followed his dream to become the first Japanese on the moon, but Mutta has just been fired from his job. His brother ...
Style:
anime, scenic, touching, humorous, futuristic ...
Plot:
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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The planet Zion is mankind's last hope for survival. But the legions of Victim are intent on destroying humanity! Five humanoid fighting weapons called Ingrids are capable of stopping the onslaught, but only the best pilots are chosen to become ...
Style:
anime, disturbing, tense, exciting, futuristic ...
Plot:
robot, goddess, spacecraft, giant robot, space battle, good versus evil, teamwork, save the world, struggle for survival, rescue, fight, fate of humanity ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
japan
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56%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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Starship Operators is a science fiction light novel series written by Ryo Mizuno. Six volumes were published by MediaWorks between 2001 and 2005. A 13-episode anime adaptation produced by J.C.Staff was aired on TV Tokyo in Japan. Starship Operators ...
Style:
anime, captivating, tense, disturbing, exciting ...
Plot:
outer space, space opera, space wars, female protagonist, battles, fight, space battle, spacecraft, space travel, pilot, female pilot, resistance movement ...
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56%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
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Style:
anime, exciting, serious, stylized
Plot:
destiny, supernatural, battles, supernatural ability, escapades, danger, evil alien, outer space, parents and children, asteroids and comets, alien encounter, haunted by the past ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
anime, exciting, stylized, serious, tense ...
Plot:
space travel, survival, escapades, heroes, battles, danger, space station, space and aliens, terrorism, spacecraft, space opera, scientist ...
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
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Appleseed XIII is a 2011 Japanese CGI anime adaptation of Masamune Shirow's science fiction manga series Appleseed. Composed of 13 episodes, the series retold the exploits of ES.W.A.T. member Deunan and her cyborg partner Briareos. The series ...
Style:
anime, exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
good versus evil, save the world, terrorism, artificial intelligence, dystopian future, rivalry, chaos, fighting crime, androids and robots, danger, partner, society ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
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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 ...
Style:
mecha, anime, exciting, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
space battle, androids and robots, space travel, military, space and aliens, escapades, heroes, danger, rivalry, distopia, evil alien, mature ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
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A mysterious comet traveling to Earth's solar system is not what it seems. Without Captain Avatar, Derek Wildstar leads the Argo (Yamato) against a new enemy.
Style:
anime, captivating, exciting, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
spacecraft, battles, escapades, danger, space and aliens, heroes, against the rules, evil alien, imaginary, save the world, space travel, evil empire ...
Time:
future, 23rd century
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
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It is the year 0083 of the Universal Century. The rebellious Principality of Zeon has been defeated in the One Year War by the Earth Federation. However, a faction of Zeon remnants led by Aguille Delaz fled from the final battle, hiding themselves ...
Style:
anime, mecha, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
space, spacecraft, outer space, mobile suit gundam, androids and robots, space colony, misogynist, earth, test pilot, hijacking, conspiracy, pilot ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 26 min.
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Jinto Lin's life changes forever when the Humankind Empire Abh takes over his home planet of Martine without firing a single shot. He is soon sent off to study the Abh language and culture and to prepare himself for his future as a nobleman - a ...
Style:
anime, saga, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space opera, space travel, betrayal, battles, military, outer space, space, surrender, fall in love, rivalry, love and romance, escapades ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
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Style:
anime, serious, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
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Time:
future
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53%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
anime, exciting, captivating, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space travel, space opera, spacecraft, space adventure, space battle, save the world, space wars, radiation, siege, battles, danger, escapades ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Place:
japan
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53%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
surreal, anime, futuristic, exciting, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
future
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Style:
mecha, anime, bleak, serious, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
androids and robots, space and aliens, battles, rivalry, imaginary, survival, danger, space station, resentment, invasion, chaos and mayhem, mobile suit gundam ...
Time:
future
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
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Style:
anime, mecha, serious, stylized, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
space, mobile suit gundam, child, space opera, battles, terrorism, wartime, space colony, soldier, military, star crossed lovers, space station ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
53%
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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:
53%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
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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
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53%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 35 min.
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Style:
anime, mecha, adult anime, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, space opera, androids and robots, man versus machine, aviation, test pilot, fighter plane, love triangle, artificial intelligence, dystopian future, chaos, space travel ...
Time:
future, 2040s, 21st century
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53%
Genre: Animation, Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
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Style:
anime, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mars, danger, murder, friendship, transformation, supernatural ability, betrayal, gunfight, youth, propaganda, working class, space and aliens ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
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Style:
anime, futuristic, sincere, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
future
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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, anime, futuristic, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spacecraft, evil alien, alien encounter, mars, heroic mission, escapades, imaginary, save the world, space and aliens, danger, battles, struggle for survival ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
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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
Plot:
androids and robots, heroes, spacecraft, imaginary, chaos, space and aliens, heroic mission, man versus machine, dystopian future, robot, mobile suit gundam, teenage boy ...
Time:
future
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51%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
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Style:
anime, mecha, cyber, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
future
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
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In the future, mankind's seemingly utopian society is strictly controlled by the government, and anything that threatens to disrupt the status quo is ruthlessly suppressed. When 14 year-old Jomy begins to question the way society is run he ...
Style:
anime, psychological, futuristic, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
space travel, adulthood, rivalry, escapades, imaginary, obsessive quest, supernatural ability, chaos, teenage life, computer system, memory loss, mind control ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story:
When the Golden Race invited other races to join them in the stars, three sentient races answered their call. The Goldens called them the Bronze, Silver and Heroic Tribes. Just before the Gold Tribe left to travel to another Universe, a fourth race ...
Style:
anime, mecha, futuristic, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
outer space, save the world, heroes, space travel, heroic mission, rivalry, redemption, obsessive quest, escapades, imaginary, space opera, tribe ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
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Kurau Phantom Memory is a 2004 science fiction anime series, produced by Bones and Media Factory, which was broadcast in Japan by the anime television networks Animax and TV Asahi. Set primarily in the year 2110, it explores themes such as ...
Style:
anime, atmospheric, exciting, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
disorder, danger, escapades, rivalry, superhuman powers, space and aliens, experiment gone awry, man versus machine, androids and robots, imaginary, scientist, experiment ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
japan
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Animation, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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Style:
anime, serious, suspenseful, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
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androids and robots, alien encounter, artificial intelligence, rivalry, mad scientist, heroic mission, dystopian future, danger, disorder, society, escapades, space travel ...
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