Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru - Recommendations

• TV (220 eps)
• 2002 - 2007

Naruto Uzumaki is a young ninja who bears a great power hidden inside him, a power that has isolated him from the rest of his village. As such, his only dream is to become the Hokage - the most powerful ninja, and leader of the village; but first he needs to graduate! With his inability to perform even the most basic ninja techniques, it seems that all Naruto has going for him is his determination to succeed no matter what. Teamed up with the genius Sasuke, book-smart Sakura, and their team leader Kakashi, Naruto embarks on his quest to become the Hokage. But with outside forces posing a threat to the entire Hidden Leaf village, Naruto discovers that he must become much stronger if he ever wants to realize his dream and protect the friendships he's forged.

• TV (41 eps)
• 1989 - 1990

In the year 2050, a violent earthquake on the moon spontaneously changed the moon’s atmosphere and gravity, making it habitable for humans to live upon. Fifty years later, the young Daichi Haruka heads to the moon for summer vacation; he wants to try out his newly created Jetboard, but he wants even more to catch a glimpse of the rabbit person recently spotted in the desert. After running across a little girl with furry ears and her like-bodied grandmother V-May, Daichi finds himself in the middle of a grand adventure! With the help of the giant mecha Granzort, his new companions and two other children, Daichi will help put a stop to an evil monster race that is dead set on controlling the universe!

• OVA (2 eps)
• 1996

Combined, Donatello, Leonardo, Raphael and Michaelangelo make up the pizza-loving butt-kicking Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. With the help of mysterious Mutastones, the gang are able to perform a Super Mutation and transform into the powerful Super Turtles! However, the evil Shredder, Bebop and Rocksteady have their own dark Mutastone which allows them to similarly change into powerful foes. Along with their friend April and the wise Splinter, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will battle Shredder's gang and Krang, and even a long-dead ninja!

• OVA (2 eps)
• 1985

• OVA (1 ep)
• 1985

Yohko Asagiri is in love but is afraid to confess her feelings, so she writes a song to express her feelings. Much to her dismay, the love song she wrote acted as a bridge connecting the world in which she lived in to that of Earth's alternate world called "Ashanti." There, the ruler of that world wants her song so that he could use it to open a doorway to Yohko's world and conquer it with his armies. Using the artifacts left behind by the legendary warrior Leda who prophesized her arrival, Yohko and her newfound friends must stop the tyrant's ambition and return both worlds to their proper place and balance.

• TV (61 eps)
• 1975 - 1976

Dr. Keida has successfully invented a time machine called Time Bokan, and to prove to his lab assistants that it works, he uses himself as the guinea pig. The test run was a success as it traveled through time and space within a matter of minutes, but when the device returns the lab assistants are surprised to discover that the doctor is missing, and only a talking parrot and a diamond are found...

• OVA (6 eps)
• 1997

To save the galaxy from impending doom, Cacao and Parfait are sent on a mission through time and space to retrieve the Fourth Warrior, Lamunes. Unfortu- nately, Cacao and Parfait discover Lamunes at the helm of the marauding Giga Genos invasion fleet. World by world, Lamunes is determined to bring the entire galaxy under his tyrannical heel. With the helpof a plucky orphan, it’s up to Cacao and Parfait to stop Lamunes from taking over the world.

• TV (23 eps)
• 1984

Hino Yamato, a normal Japanese school student, is transported to a magical world to defend it. Unbeknownst to him, he is the only person that can bring the lands stone god, Mazinger, to life. He does, and becomes the land's only hope against the evil ruler Dorado and his henchmen.

• TV (26 eps)
• 2016

When mecha attack a research center, its students, pilots, and researchers must fight back with the help of mysterious artifacts and a young samurai.

• Movie (1 ep)
• 1986

Agino Jiro escapes the despotic world of the twenty-fifth century by stealing a time machine. He's forced to highjack a car to use as a power source in the twentieth century, and accidently brings a group of high school students along with their teacher with him. They make brief stops durring the fire bombing of Tokyo, the Meiji Revolution and the battle of Sekigahara to escape the Time Patrol agent sent to hunt them down. Their final destination is 1582, where they become guests of Oda Nobunaga, just four days before his assassination. They then must make a hard choice about whether or not to change history.