Shisha no Teikoku

Steampunk adventures with creative visuals and great action, but blow apart whatever coherent stories or character depth they might've had. 

Steampunk zombies. Dealt with very differently, as the zombies are neutral entities in Shisha no Teitoku, the story is more inquisitive; a mystery-solving gallivanting adventure. The literary references are pretty off-putting if you're familiar with the works, but they're not heavy references, more Easter eggs for a Japanese audience who may not be as familiar with Western literary canon. Kotetsujou no Kabaneri is more drama based, with good vs. evil. Focusing more on the sadness and loss that comes with fighting. The colours and art style for Koutetsujou is darker and the sketchy lines really helps to bring out the atmosphere. Both have a good deal of action and the steampunk aesthetic is executed very well in both.  read more 

Both are authentically steampunk styled animes set during the same time period.  

If you're a fan of zombies, then both series will prove to be enjoyable to you, because a large portion of both focus on the reanimation of corpses. While in Le Chevalier (pre-revolutionary France), it's because of magic/alchemy that corpses come to life and act as killers, in Shisha (Victorian England), the zombies are controlled by humans to further their standard of living. Both are very interesting concepts that are treated very differently. 

Similar stories, similar art style, the same original character design(redjuice), the same singer(EGOIST) and the same studio(WIT STUDIO, which used to be Production I.G Studio 6). DIFFERENCES: Guilty Crown - a near future setting, superpower, mecha Shisha no Teikoku - a historical setting, zombie, steampunk If you like one of them, you may be interested in the other one. 

Both are a reinterpretation of Sherlock Holmes 

In my opinion, 86 is an anime that looks like a mecha or war series on the first glance, but it's emphasis is actually about righteousness, equality, anti-discrimination, and anti-war. With these key words in mind, the first jap anime comes into my mind is this one. With a skin of fighting, shisha no teikoku also an emphasized a lot on the philosophy side, which is quite similar to 86. Although the exact theme is a little different, the storytelling style is the same. 

Both of these have similar moods such as atmosphere that build up a darker story and bother have similar way to tell story. If you like the dark tones you be fine but if beside that there is not a lot that similar. 

Both ambiented in a XX century like fantasy Europe, with undead  

Maybe plot is not really similar, but in both series appears John Watson, who is main character, Irene Adler, and at the end of the movie we can see Sherlock, who is obviosly mc from Kabukichou Sherlock. If you like those characters I definitely reccomend to watch both series. 

- both feature duo of a human and immortal creature - world is plagued with creations that want to corrupt people (in shisha case make them zombies) - Its a mystery who is causing the ruckus in town and the duo is going to solve it w/ meeting interesting characters - great animation and character designs - set in 19th century 

Character names are all connected references lacking any subtlety. Mardock Scrambles for egg references, Shisha no Teitoku for Western Literary canon references. Both equally disconcerting. They're also both quite self-absorbed in their philosophising but with excellent visuals. If you didn't mind how pretentious and pseudo-intellectual one was, be sure to give the other one a try, you'll probably be able to appreciate it more than I did. 

Both have a very similar feel to them in similar settings with somewhat similar and driven characters. 

Bros travelling the world in search of that thing they gotta find. Not many anime feature real-world location outside of the US or UK, so it's always exciting to see Afghanistan and Pakistan, or Singapore and India being featured. Lots of nicely animated fights and action in both, but have very different tone. With Shisha no Teitoku being more serious and self-absorbed, and Stardust Crusaders being more fun and fabulous in every sense of the word. Shisha no Teitoku is a steampunk adventure movie set in an world where zombies are commonplace and the bros are travelling around the world trying to get their hands on some important notes. Stardust Crusaders is about some bros fighting their way around the world to fight an incredibly powerful glamrock vampire.  read more 

Written by the same person so inevitably many stylistic similarities in the writing, but also: - Very similar themes around thought and language. Soul, conscience, consciousness, morality, the power of words, etc. Equally vapid and self-congratulatory, but that's just me talking. - Amazing animation and attention to detail. Both historical detail in Shisha no Teitoku, and the near-future technology in Genocidal Organ. - Large variety of real world locations show in substantial detail. - One single femme fatale character because any more will feel off-putting to the neckbeard fedora crowd the two films are aimed at. - Very nice background art. 

These take a page from Sherlock Holmes. 19th century England, and the fascination of bringing the dead back to life. Be prepared to see detective work, action, and the occult in both! 

Western, victorian-era inspired near-dystopian setting, both with misfit protagonists, underlying themes of identity philosophy and pressurised society.  

These are both anime that tackle the concept of souls as if it is a scientific thing rather than something to do with magic or religion. The main characters have someone who they hold dear but is not a complete human and wish to bring them back to being their former self. The same power that allows souls and bodies to operate separately is used as the main force used by the military. The fights and battles are all well animated.