Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
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Half a year has passed since Sagara Sousuke took up the job of protecting Kaname Chidori and has started living like a normal teenager for the first time. A former child soldier, his view on the perils of everyday life is highly unconventional and in frequent need of violent adjustment; Chidori can only hope her endless assault will eventually get him used to normal life. But a shadow looms over their happy days as Sousuke's employer, the private army called Mithril, is attacked by a new unknown enemy. Suddenly outgunned, can Mithril afford to keep one of their best playing around?
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Escaflowne
Alt titles: Vision of Escaflowne
- TV (26 eps)
- 1996
Hitomi was just a normal high school girl, until she was taken by the mysterious Van Fanel and dropped into a world of romance, magic and giant sword-wielding armor suits! Now Van, pilot of the famed armor suit Escaflowne; and Hitomi, whose hobby of predicting the future just became a frightening reality, must work together and fight the advanced technology of Zaibach: a force who want to shape Gaea to their visions of "peace". Follow Hitomi in her struggles against both these forces who seek to conquer this world, and her own confused heart.
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add recThe only real connection between FMP: TSR and Escaflowne is the realistic mecha combat. If you enjoyed FMP TSR's mecha combat, then you'll enjoy Escaflowne as it also has realistic mecha combat.
There's something special about Full Metal Panic: there aren't very many anime series out there like it. It doesn't fit perfectly into a "mecha" genre because the story isn't entrely based around the machines. Most of the story revolves around comedic love/school drama. That aside, Escaflowne is probably the most similar anime I could recommend for FMP. While Escaflowne is primarily fantasy in setting, the psychological, love, and internal/external conflicts are extremely similar in nature. Escaflowne, like FMP focuses heavily on character relationships and their reaction to the mecha. Neither series is ONLY about mecha. Both titles are also extremely balanced between love drama, action, mecha, etc. FMP and Escaflowne are both titles I consider to be in a completely different league of anime.
Love Hina
- TV (25 eps)
- 2000
Keitaro Urashima is somewhat of a failure. In order to fulfill a promise he made to a girl fifteen years ago, he has tried time and again to get into Tokyo U but has never managed to pass the exam. However, fate smiles upon him and he ends up working for his aunt, managing an all-girls dorm! Living with the feral Kaolla, the timid Shinobu, the sake-loving Mitsune, the blade mistress Motoko and the punch-happy Naru, can Keitaro keep his focus and keep his promise? And will he ever end up meeting that girl from his past?
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Rurouni Kenshin
Alt titles: Kenshin
In the revolutionary Meiji period, Japan is undergoing enormous political change. It is a time when vagabonds and terrorists will use any method to prevent the modernization of their country, even if it means trampling on the innocent in the process. In such a time, Himura Kenshin, a wandering samurai, has dedicated his life to protecting the weak and desperate peasants from those who would oppress them. However, Kenshin has a dark past which threatens to destroy the values he is fighting for. When he meets his new friends Kaoru, Sanosuke, and Yahiko, and tries to build a peaceful life with them, events conspire against him. Can Kenshin overcome the demons within and without, and finally ensure the peaceful future that Japan deserves?
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add recThe hinted yet extremely limited romance, the comic relief, and the great fighting scenes; there are plenty of reasons why I could link Kenshin with FMP! TSR.
Despite their completely different genres (mecha vs samurai), in the end both give us engaging shounen anime that kept me interested from start to end.
Outlaw Star
- TV (26 eps)
- 1998
Gene Starwind and Jim Hawkins make a living on various jobs and bounties. While waiting for their ticket to hit it big time, a mysterious woman named Hilda leaves them with a key to the puzzle of finding a starship of great power, known only as the Outlaw Star. What are these long lost spaceships and what is the Galactic Leyline?
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add recOutlaw Star is a lot like FMP! TSR. Both have a good story, but don't get too deep and stick mainly to the action. Next to all the action there's plenty of humor to keep people interested, and there's even a bit of romance.
FMP has a bit more comedy, but both have some great fights and an atmosphere that just sucks you in.
Tenchi Muyo!
- OVA (13 eps)
- 1992
Tenchi was just a typical high school student with an ordinary life, until one day he accidentally released a beautiful yet angry demon named Ryoko from her sealed prison… and thus his troubles began! In a typical fashion, Ryoko barges into Tenchi’s life and home; but unfortunately, she won’t be the only one. With two princesses, a bumbling intergalactic police woman and a maniacal mad scientist entering the mix, Tenchi has his hands full. Will any of the girls succeed in claiming our young hero for her own? And more importantly, which one will Tenchi choose?
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add recBoth series have comedy and action with a little bit of romance. Also in different ways but they have characters adjusting to new surroundings which makes for some good comedy. So if you liked the comedyand afction in one you'd probabaly enjoy the other.
