Pokemon

Although there are general differences between the animes the first time I watched Digimon on TV I thought immediately hey - those two animes are almost the same - the names of both of them are called after the creatures and those creatures are manually receiving orders from a human to defeat another pokemondigimon creature and in order to beat a powerful creature the digimonpokemon has to develop skills or evolve to another shape their form in order to win, and both of them (especially the adventure series) is an adventure in the world of the creatures to make some kind of goal, and that kind of goal is mostly the differences between the stories. read more 

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The main characters both have small monsters as partners, who can evolve into bigger, more powerful monsters. In both series, these monsters are used to battle each other and serve as bodyguards for their "owners." Pokemon was always the most popular of the 2 series, but Digimon is definitely not to be underestimated and by many even rated better than Pokemon. 

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A good deal of people recomend these two together because they are simular. That is where it ends, they are simular, but one should expect some majorly different senarios between the two. But the simularities... training monsters, traveling, growing up... are the things that might mean if one likes one, they might like the other. 

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You'll probably also like Digimon if you like Pokemon and the other way around, 'cause it's about monsters and people. Digimon has a better storyline though. 

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We have kids wandering around having fights with their cute monsters while exploring and forming bonds with their monster partners and others around them. Of course, with Pokemon it's more slice of life in a world strange to us, while in Digimon it's more adventure mostly in a world strange to the protaganists. There are elements of everyday life/adventure in each though. Despite being quite different in some aspects, both series have a similar late 90s feel and are really fun, doing a great job at breaking ground for what were fresh franchises at the time. 

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They both use monsters to fight other monsters and humans take care of them. Both are kids' shows filled with drama, action and more. Those monsters become stronger, and, as they become stronger, they can turn into more powerful beasts. There's a lot of monsters in the world, but the main characters only choose a few monsters to capture. 

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Both have monsters that battle 
though digimon has a superior story to pokemon in every way possible 

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They are similar because they both have monsters, and they are controlled by their tamers, both live in a world where it has countless monsters. 

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They are both about kids who get "monsters". And they fight against other "monsters". And the "monsters" have different levels, so they get bigger as they get better. They are mostly for kids. But both are very nice anime. 

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Both are about kids who battle their pet monsters against each other. 

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Digimon and Pokémon.. two really famous anime series all over the world. It's quite obvious really. They both contain kids with monsters, who are battling the whole day long. I'd prefer Digimon though. The storyline is better and Pokémon can get a little bit boring sometimes. 

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Both have fights with different creatures. Both are similarly animated with similar character designs. There is a strong sense of friendship between the monster and their owner. 

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Both anime have monsters battling one another and evolving to get stronger.  Plus, both have an emphasis on friendship.  Each monster has an owner that they have a relationship with. 

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Pokemon Advanced and Digimon are both about the symbiotic bond between humans and their intelligent "monsters" and the trials and tribulations that they go through. Neither of these series is extremely plot-oriented, but prefer to show the characters' daily lives through repetitious battles. Both strongly point out the importance of friendship and team-work, but sometimes border on being too moralistic. It's almost a given that you'll love one series, if you were a fan of the other. 

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Both of these anime have Male leads and monsters as friends who battle at their side, while Pokemon is more catch em all of monsters and has no deaths and Digimon has only one partner and showcases "deaths" but on a none traumatic way of showing it, both of these animes have Monsters, Battles, friendship and finding your destiny!!! 

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Although these two series often had a playground rivalry and many claimed the other a simple "rip off"; these two predictably have a lot of the same strengths and appeal. If you were smart and didn't buy into any of that nonsense, it was very possible to be an avid fan both without tearing down the other. If you have always been a fan of one yet never tried to other out of some odd sense of franchise loyalty, I implore to at least give other classic "Monster Raising" anime a shot! 

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Both anime have monsters that are like pets. Both Pokemon and Digimon have their "master".  

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Pokémon and Digimon are similar in fighting alongside monster buddies. The humans are the trainers. The monsters are the pets. 

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A world with monsters, using your own monsters to fight with anothers monsters, really addictive  

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Both are shows from the late ninety's. They have a group of kids with creatures who accompany them on their adventure. They do battle with said creatures. 

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- anime of our childhood
- legendary openings
- unique species of creatures that can evolve and become more powerful 

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Bakugan Battle Brawlers addpermalink

both main characters are stubborn, both involve battling and monsters. 

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I love both of these series, and found both of them very enjoyable.
Bakugan is a bit heavier than Pokemon, but both are for kids, so it's not too tragic. I find Bakugan, Yugioh, and Pokemon to all be very similar, but I can't include three in one recommendation.
Bakugan deals with cards and little balls that turn into beasts of all sorts. The main character has a dragon bakugan, while one of his friends has a tiger. They also have different elements, although it's not as extensive as Pokemon's typings. 

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Similarity
- In pokemon, the monster is kept in pokeball before they show up
- Likewise in Bakugan, the monster is in the sphere form before they show up

Difference
- Pokemon focus on adventure and battle league 

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Similarities
Same type of plot and MC
Supernatural sport being played with other dimensional beings 
long 4 cour anime
Kids genera
Group of friends    

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A group of friends on an advanter fighting with monsters, for kids. 

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both are fought with the throwing of balls.
they both have a similar scenario.
they both appeal to children.
they both dated recently. 

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Both anime series feature children who capture and battle, using animal-like creatures and forming companionships with them along the way. 

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One Piece addpermalink

When I first started watching One Piece I thought "wow, this is like a mixture between DragonBall and Pokemon."
- main characters are similar (kinda slow, don't give up, their hats, their hopes & dreams)
- strong theme of friendship, dreams and never giving up
- similar art style and very similar music
- lots of travelling and seeing new places
- each new crew member in One Piece is like a new Pokemon or team mate is Pokemon
If you like Pokemon you will hopefully like One Piece and vice versa 

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Both are really underestimated shows, mostly because of their horrible dubbed versions. Generally, people won't watch One Piece because of the art (that evolves after, though) and the number of episodes, and Pokémon because in the mind of most people, Pokémon = childish. 
In short, both are great anime in their Japanese version, but are totally ruined by the Americans, turning them into childish and stupid shows. 

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• Both are long running series

• In both the series MC and his crew goes to new places and makes new friends and enemies. 

• Both the MC have big dream one of them want to be a Pokemon master on the other hand another wants to become King of the Pirates. 

• Both the anime have perfect balance of serious and non seriousness in them.

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Both are very long running adventures with over many generations that is very casual and comedic in tone featuring a young optimistic protag hoping to become the best of his passion, encountering many different people along the way with imaginative worldbuilding. 

They also feature similar art styles and have a more cartoonish tone throughout that appeals to a wide age group, the main characters follows similar architypes. 

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- Both are very long (Pokemon is divided into various parts, however)
- Adventure involving journeys to various places
- Great friendship and a lot of comedy
- Luffy is kinda similar to Ash (never lets go of his hat or his dreams, goofball) and Nami is kinda similar to Misty (tsundere, similar hair colour)
Unfortunately, most people have a weird mindset of Pokemon=childish, but it really has similarities to the popular shounen title One Piece. 

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Medarot addpermalink

This series has the same form: A boy who wants to be a champion on some leagues, that meets his non human partner on the first episode, some guys who are supporting him, they both live only with their mother, a group of guys who wants to steel Pokemons/medals (such as Robrobo group/team Rocket) and the most important - the leagues. 

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Pokemon and Medabots are shounen anime and they pretty much alike. Both anime's are about a boy, who lives alone with his mother, that gets a pokemon/medabot as their partner. They become friends and battle a lot with other people. They wanna become one of the best and to do so they participate into competitions. Both series also got some "bad guys" and they are complete idiots, they always lose in the end. 

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I feel like they both are similar when it comes to the structure of the series. 

Is about a boy, working out along his side with his partner, his best friend, making the friendship growing stronger and stronger, making them together stronger and stronger. Trying to beat everyone  and win a championship. And then there is his mother who is so welcoming, warm, caring and always happy and cheering for her boy, and dont let us forget  about his friends, who always tagging along and cheering for him on his journey. And let us def. not forget about the enemy, who always get defeated in every episode and getting blasted away (and never put to jail), who is working for a big secret bad organisation with a higher up unknown boss. 

Not only that, but both series following a storyline (becoming the best and defeating the enemy) and still got some randomly fillers eps which have nothing to do the actually story...  read more 

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Both shows that tackled the ever popular monster taming kids anime genre. Whereas Pokemon was of course the breakout success of this phase, Medabots seemed to more struggle along, at least in the "west" it never quite became popular enough to stand alongside other similar shows.
Both were originally games and these anime series take direct inspiration from those games. 

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If you watched 4-Kids network as a kid then you probably saw Pokemon and Medabots.

Both are great kids shows that can stand the test of time.

Both revolve around kids controlling their Pokemon/robot buddies to fight each other and participate in tournaments.

Both, as always, have to end up saving the world at one point or another.

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Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Duel Monsters addpermalink

These shows went hand in hand in the 90's and early 2000's as the go to popular children's anime both containing a plethora of amazingly designed monsters with beautiful art styles and character designs. Both shows follow young protagonists who battle/duel opponents with these monsters and aim to be the best in their field. They both have huge multi-media influence with masses of video games, card games & movies spawned from the original shows. The art style, characters, OST, humour & world building are all top notch in both of these classic shows. 

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Anime: Monster Farm: Enbanseki no Himitsu

Monster Farm: Enbanseki no Himitsu addpermalink

Both invlove a variety of bizarre creatures that do battle and are based on video games. Monster Rancher's quite a bit darker than Pokemon, but still primarily directed at children. 

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Bakuten Shoot Beyblade addpermalink

Both iconic children's anime from the same era who feature young heroes who ally with their respective monsters and battle alongside them against various friends and foes.  

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Kodai Ouja Kyouryuu King addpermalink

Kids - heroes of the anime - are collecting magical creatures and fighting a group of bad guys that keep getting in their way. The creatures can either level up or otherwise get stronger and continue fighting each other. 

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Sonic X addpermalink

Both of them are based off of a video game and they are both about a boy who learns more about his animal type friends and they both have alot of action in them. 

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Naruto addpermalink

Naruto is about a Ninja who is looked down on because he had the Demon Fox sealed inside of him. He progresses afterwards so he became famous in his home town. It's similar to pokemon because Ash wasn't good when the series started. He just had patience and was not lazy to achieve his dream, just like Naruto 

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Hoshi no Kirby addpermalink

Shounen clearly made for younger children
Bright colorful art
based of Nintendo game 

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Cardcaptor Sakura addpermalink

In Cardcaptor Sakura; They have to capture cards
In Pokemon; They have to capture pokemons 

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Jikuu Tantei Genshi-kun addpermalink

Both stories are about kids, cute & powerful creatures and adventures. 

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Anime: C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control

C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control addpermalink

Same vibes where the main characters are very similar. Although the premise of [C] might be dark, it's actually full of hope just like Pokemon.  The main character Yoga is like Ash in a lot of ways. He also has a pokemon, in which it is termed as an "asset" in the world of [C]. Msyu is the said asset, who acts just like the pokemon Pikachu. Pikachu though the cuddly and cute-looking one, is actually the one who has a deeper and more human-like personalities than the humanoid Msyu. Both are very DEEP. 

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Juusen Battle Monsuno addpermalink

Both are aimed at a younger audience, and both have humans taming/training/ battling with a form of monster. 

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Anime: Spider Riders: Oracle no Yuusha-tachi

Spider Riders: Oracle no Yuusha-tachi addpermalink

Both main characters have sidekicks that aren't human. They meet them at the beginning and fight together as partners. 

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Youkai Watch addpermalink

Young boy catches warious monsters, stores them in portable device and then lets them out when needed. Both are episodical anime for kids. 

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Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers addpermalink

Both are shows targeting mainly on kids. The main hero is a young boy who obtains some creature/hero contained in some device (pokeball/disk) and battles with said creature/hero against other device owners. 

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Slayers addpermalink

Both are mid/late-90s adventure anime about a group of friends travelling to accomplish a goal and their shenanigans along the way. They've even pursued by some bumbling villains along the way. Slayers has more serialized story episodes than Pokemon does, but the episodic episodes in Slayers are enjoyable in a lot of the same ways that Pokemon is. 

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Soul Eater addpermalink

Both are action packed supernatural stories that focuses around the characters taking on various misadventures and share a ya cast in them. 

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Persona 4 the Animation addpermalink

In both animes, the main characters collect monsters to defeat other monsters on their journey. Also they have to defeat bosses.

Persona 4 is a much darker anime though 

And finally both are amazing video game series  

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Doubutsu no Mori addpermalink

Both are based around notable video game series from Nintendo that tell their own stories within their worlds and have a focus on humor and what day to day life is like in those worlds too. 

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Dragon Ball addpermalink

They both are centered around one kid who becomes the hero and tries to make the world they live in better place. 

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Hunter x Hunter (2011) addpermalink

While Pokemon is an older show, both feature very young adventurers setting out on a journey. 

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Kiba addpermalink

Okay most people have already recommend both of these but it was something else I noticed that was similar again both throw balls that have monsters in them. 

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Takt Op. Destiny addpermalink

battling, but this time using humans, and you're called a conductor.... 

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Keijo!!!!!!!! addpermalink

Both feature fictional sports. Keijo is a bit more edgy though 

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Toriko addpermalink

Unique, powerful monsters in an interesting land that leaves you wanting more. In Toriko, you capture food, which 9/10 times tend to be these awfully powerful beasts that even puts any legendary pokemon to shame. 

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Sekirei addpermalink

In both shows, the main character (Minato in Sekirei, Ash in Pokemon) recruits new team members to use in battle after getting said team members to bond with him (in Sekirei, Minato "wings" new Sekirei by getting them to fall in love with him and then kissing them; in Pokemon, Ash catches new Pokemon after getting the Pokemon to trust him).  Then the protagonist of each series has to use his new team members to battle other Pokemon trainers(in Pokemon)/Ashikabi (in Sekirei) in a tournament (although there isn't always a tournament in Pokemon).

Keep in mind that Sekirei is not appropriate for kids at all - aside from the obvious excessive fanservice, there's also a surprising amount of blood and violence in Sekirei. read more 

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Monster Strike addpermalink

Group of kids and their monster allies battle monsters 

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Yoru no Yatterman addpermalink

Yatterman is basicaly about Team Rocket fighting a government of robots. 

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Dennou Coil addpermalink

Both of them feature young protags exploring in a slightly altered version of a normal world filled with magical creatures with each having their own personality and roles where sometimes could be captured and tamed.

Both also features a more comedic tone though one is a bit darker 

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Catch! Tiniping addpermalink

both are kid shows where the main character has to catch some creatures 

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Puzzle & Dragons Cross addpermalink

Monster battling RPG, except this anime appeals to teenagers a little bit better than Pokemon. 

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Aki no Puzzle addpermalink

If you... "enjoyed" the Aki no Puzzle experience, you shouldn't miss the uncensored episode 38 of the Pokémon's original series, "Dennō Senshi Porygon". There's strong seizure in both. 

I hope you don't watch this seizure stuff, too. 

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IS: Infinite Stratos addpermalink

Both anime work in the same format.
Meet a new girl/pokemon, has a good fight with them, beat them, and add them to the collection. 

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Nichijou addpermalink

you know the drill. three main characters go on their MisAdventures and either wreck havoc or fix *almost* everything along the way. the side characters are fun & sometimes they take the spotlight because how well written they are! hope ya have 𝓕𝓾𝓝 anyways! 

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Anime: Subarashiki Kono Sekai The Animation

Subarashiki Kono Sekai The Animation addpermalink

Both focus on themes of friendship,fighting supernatural creatures,crazy scenarios happening every time as well as its darker moments from time to time. 

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Future Card Buddyfight addpermalink

Both have Main Characters wanting to be the strongest person. Both start with Main character and the partner hating each but they learn to like each other. 

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Bakutou Sengen Daigunder addpermalink

Both have tournaments for becoming champions. Daigunder has robots that talk instead of pokemon, and actually ends in 39 episodes. 

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Dragon Ball Z addpermalink

They are both fun shows that at their peak popularity, no other anime since has been able to reach, helping to familiarize anime to westerners. 

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Keroro Gunsou addpermalink

Funny, long running kids anime that can still be enjoyed by older folk. They're both silly with similar animation styles and weird animal sidekicks. 

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Inazuma Eleven addpermalink

I watched some episodes of this show back when I was a kid & the complete first season, last year. I found it very similar to Pokemon with the themes like never giving up, trying until you succeed, determination, self-confidence, team work etc. Although, Pokemon is the better show, Inazuma 11 is nowhere less, especially the 1st season. Also, the soccer shots are 🔥🔥🔥!!! 

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Boku no Hero Academia 2nd Season addpermalink

-Both anime's have a similar type battle
-Both have a similar league in purpose
-The protagonist is little bit childish
- Comedic in a particular way 
-Both have rivalry  

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Jewelpet addpermalink

Both long-running anime franchises involve superpowered pets. However, Jewelpets can talk and aren't just for fighting. 

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Yu☆Gi☆Oh! VRAINS addpermalink

Both classic monster battling franchise series. Both have younger characters that battle each other with amazingly designed monsters. Both series monsters are kept in objects (balls/cards) and released by the characters for battles. 
Both have iconic monster and character designs. 

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Ranma ½ addpermalink

Classic comedy anime full of mindless physical humor. 

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Jibaku-kun addpermalink

Three children travelling around a wonderful world inhabited by strange or cute creatures that they must catch or defeat.  

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Wonder Beat Scramble addpermalink

Good anime for elementary school children. 

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Katekyou Hitman Reborn! addpermalink

They both involve some kind of animal getting out of a fighting box (in khr! it happens in latter chapters)
the boxes in khr! and pokeballs in pokemon 

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Deltora Quest addpermalink

In both anime, the protagonists are on a journey, where they make friends, meet weird creatures, and so on. Also, both are animated by the same studio. 

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Mushishi addpermalink

Mushishi, if one is interested in vast philosophical questions, can be somewhat similar to Pokemon because it's about these mushi, which are like spiritual bugs, and the protagonist goes around managing them... other than that, though, it's more about dissolving conflicts than actual battling with the mushi or other characters. It's episodic too, so doesn't necessarily continue on with the same storyline as Pokemon, but still has the same atmosphere through the 50+ episodes. The music is really beautiful and appropriate too. 

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Dragon Collection addpermalink

Dragon Collection is Pokemon in disguise. Hiro is Ash, the dragon pup is Pikachu, cards are balls, Green Pepper Gang's Meatmania is Team Rocket. 

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Blue Dragon addpermalink

Both involve using monsters to fight and have collectable card games and such.
also both based on video games.

Though blue dragon has a more interesting story (not vastly)
and reaches some sort of conclusion rather then just dragging it on and on 
for many years.

It also has characters designs by the man who made dragonball
and music from the composer of final fantasy games which should hopefully get you interested 

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Anime: Toriko: Jump Super Anime Tour 2009 Special

Toriko: Jump Super Anime Tour 2009 Special addpermalink

Both focus on catching monsters. In Toriko's case, it's for cooking.  

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Digimon Tamers addpermalink

Both are your monster fight of the day type shows aimed at little kids. 

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Gundam Build Fighters addpermalink

Build Strike Gundam, I choose you!

Stay with me here.  Both are well established franchises (one by Nintendo, the other by Bandai), where the focus has been to deepen their respective 'universes' with new various types of units that were added with each iteration.
But with the addition of Gundam Build Fighters, both franchises now have championship style competitions where people of various ages fight duels through their respective avatars (pokemon/gunpla) to try to become 'the very best'. 

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Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer addpermalink

Both of these feature young ones trying to become the best trainer they can be. Only main differences are that in Pokemon, the main character is a boy, but in Angelic Layer, the main character is a girl. Also, in Pokemon, they fight with little monsters, but in Angelic Layer, they fight with customizable action figure/doll gladiators.

Angelic Layer is far shorter than Pokemon, though. 

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Samurai Champloo addpermalink

Both anime are about a group of friends that met on their road and that are travelling through the world or their country together. 
Also both anime are episodic and most of the episodes focus a lot on the costum, tradition, beliefs... of the country they're visiting.

And friendship is one of the main theme in both anime.  

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MapleStory addpermalink

They both are animes which based on video games and have monsters which related to children and also they both are rated to children. 

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Dragon Drive addpermalink

Has the same feel as pokemon. Characters fight other characters using dragon like creatures
 main character has a dragon called chibi who is small and cute and  is really strong like Ashes pokemon  

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Beast Saga addpermalink

An Anime series for kids and based on toys.

Imagine Pokemon are able to talk like humans.
There are no humans but Pokemon like or animal personification of humans.  

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Bakuten Shoot Beyblade 2002 addpermalink

Both iconic children's shonen anime with young protagonists who battle alongside/against sentient monsters and their friends. Both have great art styles, character designs and monster designs.  

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Anime: Bakuten Shoot Beyblade G Revolution

Bakuten Shoot Beyblade G Revolution addpermalink

Both super popular & iconic kids anime. Both follow children heroes/mc's who befriend their own series respective versions of monsters (Pokemon & Bitbeasts). Monsters from both series seem intelligent and have many varied designs.
Both series have battles where the humans use the monsters to battle against others. 

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Metal Fight Beyblade addpermalink

Classic children's anime, likely both gateway anime for so many of the same demographic, they have fantastical and amazing world building, characters and monsters. They are both really good at selling dreams to kids of their respective fantasy lands, which in turn translates to insane real world profits. 

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Metal Fight Beyblade: Baku addpermalink

Both classic kids anime from larger spanning multi media franchises. Both serve as cross promotion for video games, toys and various other products essentially marketed to their audience through the shows. Both have similar aged, heroic main characters that their target demographic is made to identify with and admire. 

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Metal Fight Beyblade 4D addpermalink

Both popular large franchise kids anime. Both multi media empires with cross promotion for toys, video games and merchandise. They both have similarly aged and designed main cast of characters, intended to be relatable to their children target audience.  

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Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Duel Monsters GX addpermalink

Yugioh and Pokemon are pillars of childhood for many anime fans and are often what can be thanked for interest in the medium as whole. Both series follow young protagonists with monster partners who seek to conquer the competitive scene in their respective worlds and come out on top (re: King of Games, Pokemon Master). The sense of humour and art styles of both of series' are top notch. Protagonist's from both shows are competitive however mostly seek friendly competition out of love and passion for the activity yet are destined to clash with many dark powers, people & entities that raise the stakes of these battles/duels exponentially. read more 

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Suhoyojeong Michel addpermalink

Both have very simplistic plot lines. In Michel their are little creatures called "fairies", in pokemon, their are little creatures called pokemon. Their is also a side kick gang known as the "black hammer" that is very similar to "team rocket". Michel the main character along with her side kick kim must travel around the world to collect these fairies although for an entirely different reason then pokemon but both shows can be enjoyed by kids although michel is aimed for an even younger generation
 

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Spider Riders: Yomigaeru Taiyou addpermalink

Both main characters have sidekicks that aren't human. They meet them at the beginning and fight together as partners. 

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Fairy Tail addpermalink

Natsu and Ash have extremely similar personalities, and Misty is like Lucy.
Plus, some of the attacks/magic kinda look similar.
And both are focused a lot on friendship. 

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Anime: Agatha Christie no Meitantei Poirot to Marple

Agatha Christie no Meitantei Poirot to Marple addpermalink

Same art style, both for children, both toned down to the max, both with kid protagonists. 

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Saru Getchu: On Air addpermalink

BOTH SERIES HAVE IN COMMON:
- they're similar visually
- they have funny plot
- their characters are kids

In my opinion it's better to play game Ape Escape on PS/PS2 before watching series. 

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Anime: Kakutou Ryouri Densetsu Bistro Recipe

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Both shows Have battles 

have cute and funny moments 

and Both have food in them well in pokemon they eat food and in fighting foodons the food fights. But still good show.

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Monster Farm: Legend e no Michi addpermalink

Both monster collecting/taming/battling kids anime.
Both have competitive battles, similar aged human heroes & wide ranges of varied monster designs. 

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