Ash and Pikachu are on their way to a new adventure in the Isshu region, where plenty of new battles and monsters await them. Upon arriving they're caught up in a mysterious vortex that affects Pikachu's electricity, are introduced to a new Pokemon trainer named Shooty, and learn about a legendary Pokemon that's rumored to look over Isshu. Now, alongside a new friend named Iris, Ash and Pikachu set forth to find the Isshu gyms and continue to become the best Pokemon master of all!
The above is a preliminary synopsis that will be updated once more episodes of the anime have been released.
Misaki Suzuhara is a young girl who traveled to Tokyo to live with a relative, but ended up becoming involved in the greatest game of all time: Angelic Layer! In this fast-paced competition, players customize dolls and fight them in arenas of all sizes, hoping to gain experience and perhaps win the greatest tournament of them all! With new friends to meet and new enemies to defeat, the best time of Misaki's life seems to be just beginning. Join Misaki as she struggles to be the best, even in the face of overwhelming odds...
Though Pokemon is aimed at a much younger audience than Angelic Layer, both involve children who control monsters and battle in tournaments. If you like that aspect of one, you'd surely like the other.
Angelic layer is a good anime; it’s got a cute main character and a good plot much like Pokémon.
Welcome to the game of Live On! In it, people known as Cardlivers use collectible cards to summon mysterious creatures for battles. One such Cardliver is Kakeru, an elementary school student who wants nothing more than to beat his friend Ai in a game. During a stroll through a park Kakeru runs across a hurt puppy named Petal and, using a card that it gives to him, transforms into a wondrous wolf and defeats the dog's would-be and sinister captors. Alongside Petal, Kakeru sets forth with his new cards to become the best Live On player around!
While many titles out there mimic Pokemon, most aren't as good of a pairing as it and Live on Cardliver. Both have an overly eager protagonist and plenty of proxy battles (cards and pokeballs), and the tone and feel are more lighthearted than most of these shows. There's enough shounen action to appeal to fans of either title.
Both series are your standard kiddy shounens with a monster of the week type plot with lots and lots of main character hax and plot armours.
It's not necessary to watch all the previous seasons as they start from THE VERY BEGINNING in explainations of how everything works.