The Mysterians - Recommendations

• Movie (1 ep)
• 1986

The year is 2755. As a result of a system malfunction, the cargo ship XeBeC goes off-course in a warp gate and ends up within the orbit of the distant planet Garaga. After crashing on Garaga's surface, the crew must find ways to survive from hideous monsters, rabid ape soldiers, and a race of mysterious psychics.

• TV (26 eps)
• 2001

In the year 2070, a giant object appears over the skies of the small town Tenmo, scrambling the electrical grid and confirming the existence of extra terrestrial life. To young Hajime Morata, this news is exciting and new - but to the townspeople, school council members and even the new exchange student Muryou Subaru, nothing going on in the skies is out of the ordinary. For it seems that Earth houses both intergalactic ambassadors and planet defenders alike - at least one of whom can use the power of the giant Shingu to battle incoming invaders - and Hajime is somehow connected. In addition to helping plan school festivals and living his day to day life, Hajime slowly begins to discover the secret behind his town and himself.

• TV Special (1 ep)
• 1988

• Movie (1 ep)
• 1993

In a beautiful and lush forest on Mars, a group of young ladies attend a special school to develop their psychic powers; one of these is Eve, an exceptionally powerful psychic who has no memories of why she’s there. Never travelling beyond the forest, Eve lived a sheltered life, haunted by a recurring dream of endless fire and death – that is, until a young boy named Dew whisks her away on a mission to save the planet. All life on Mars is on the verge of extinction, and one called the Messenger – in stasis for the last 25,000 years – holds a message that may save them all. Now, while many who pride themselves on science and technology try to put a stop to the Messenger’s awakening, Eve must use her abilities to wake him and hopefully save everyone from destruction.

• TV (26 eps)
• 2003

In the not too distant future, discrimination is based not on the color of your skin, but the psychic powers you possess. The wielders of these skills (known as E's) are persecuted in the slums of Gald, but are coveted in Ashuram, a military organization dedicated to enhancing these abilities for mysterious purposes. For one man named Kai, his journey from one of Ashuram's best to one of Gald's finest will take him through the heart of a conspiracy that threatens to destroy not only all E's, but all humans on the planet as well...

• TV Special (1 ep)
• 2001

A recap episode that covers the episodes 1-14.

• OVA (5 eps)
• 1989 - 1990

In their quest for the ultimate weapon, the secret organization Talon has delved into the realms of cybernetics and mind powers – culminating in the creation of the superpowered Blue Sonnet. When Talon begins to suspect that high school student Komatsuzaki Lan has level one Esper abilities, Sonnet is sent to observe and test her; but Lan has minimal control over her abilities, and when one of her friends is hurt during Sonnet’s “test,” she flees – with Talon’s forces hot on her trail. While Lan struggles to gain control of her newfound abilities and her humanity, Sonnet finds her own humanity slowly asserting itself. Will Talon succeed in molding Lan and Sonnet into the weapons they desire?

• OVA (3 eps)
• 2002

In a dark dystopic future, humankind is controlled by Dorothy, a sentient supercomputer who believes she is god. To help do her bidding, she created beings known as Galerians -- humans with supernatural and psychokinetic abilities that rival no other. Enter Rion, a young man who possesses the skills of the Galerians, and unwillingly holds the key to Dorothy's destruction within his mind. As enemies search to destroy him, Rion must race against the clock to find his long lost sister and save humanity, before Dorothy and the Galerians can destroy it...

• OVA (1 ep)
• 2000

When some scavengers stumble across and reinitialize the supercomputer ELANA, Locke and his friends are drawn into a repeat of its plot to destroy all ESPers.

• OVA (2 eps)
• 1998

It was the year 2007, a time when a worldwide witch hunt began. The victims? Humans with special psychic abilities, persecuted and feared for their talents. Keith Evans and Burn Griffiths are two such people who quickly became friends, and were torn apart almost as fast. Now, the year is 2010, and the so-called superhumans have begun to revolt against their human tormentors. Leading the bloody revolution is none other than Keith, who is set on destroying all humans. With time running out, Burn might be the only one capable of stopping him...