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Yami no Teio: Kyuuketsuki Dracula
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Tezuka Osamu no Don Dracula
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Both of these unique, early '80s anime feature Kenji Utsumi playing a transplanted Dracula. He's in Boston in one and Tokyo in the other.
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A-Ko The Versus
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...then you might like
Akai Koudan Zillion: Utahime Yakyoku
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Both of these older OVAs are sci-fi action comedies that revolve around a kidnapping plot.
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Nyancos: Hello! Our Brilliant Future
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...then you might like
The Flying Luna Clipper
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“Nyancos” seems like something that would be shown as an in-flight movie on the Flying Luna Clipper. It has the same bizarre and creative feeling to it.
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Lodoss-tou Senki
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Ys
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Both of these older OVAs feature fantasy-themed stories about a hero saving a nation/island that play out in a similar fashion. Coincidentally, the hero characters in these series are voiced by the same actor.
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Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Brothers
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Tonari no Tokoro
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Both of these 1-episode OVAs are compilations of unusual takes on a number of classic fairy tales.
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Ryokunohara Labyrinth: Sparkling Phantom
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...then you might like
Antique Heart
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Both of these older, one-episode OVAs are about high school students and their encounter with a supernatural entity. They have different plots, but their overall style and feeling is similar.
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Twinkle Nora Rock Me!
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Kentoushi
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Both are older OVAs that are so poorly made to the point that they're hilarious. If you like one, you'll like the other.
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Shuten Douji
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...then you might like
Ankoku Shinwa
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These OVAs have similar elements, including religious (largely Buddhist) esotericism, demons, graphic deaths, and a teenage boy with a supernatural destiny traversing through time and space.
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Delpower X Bakuhatsu Miracle Genki!
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...then you might like
Assemble Insert
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These two '80s OVAs are both comedies full of references to other anime series and tropes. They have common elements and share some staff, so they feel similar to each other.
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Earthian
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...then you might like
Be-Boy Kidnapp'n Idol
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The two protagonists of these '80s OVAs have a similar relationship with one another, and both shows feature a plot with an evil talent agency/record company. Also, the more "innocent" main character is voiced by the same person.
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Shuten Douji
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...then you might like
Kyomu Senshi Miroku
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These '80s OVAs contain similar elements, including ancient Japanese folklore, religious mysticism, demons and science fiction. The plots of the two shows even play out in a comparable fashion, particularly with regard to the main character's friends in their fights against demons.
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Aoki Honoo
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...then you might like
Bakusou Circuit Roman Twin
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Both of these '80s OVAs feature a cast of unlikable characters who are mentally unstable and do terrible things to each other.
If you liked
Shounan Bakusouzoku
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...then you might like
Ogami Matsugorou
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Both OVAs, which came out around the same period, feature comedic takes on good-hearted high school delinquents, with a bit of romance mixed in with the shenanigans.
If you liked
Antique Heart
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...then you might like
Makaryuudo Demon Hunter
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Both are half-hour, one-shot '80s OVAs that feature a group of high school students getting inadvertently involved with the supernatural. "Makaryuudo" is a little more dark and violent, but both shows manage to maintain an overall lighthearted tone.
If you liked
Kyuuketsuhime Miyu
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...then you might like
Makaryuudo Demon Hunter
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Both '80s OVAs center on a teenage-looking girl with supernatural powers who has been tasked with hunting down demons. These shows have a similar vibe, although "Makaryuudo" is more lighthearted in tone.
If you liked
Kerokero Keroppi no Daibouken
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...then you might like
Hoshi no Yuuenchi
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Both of these short '80s OVAs for kids feature surreal plots that don't make much sense, and have moral lessons about stealing.
If you liked
Delpower X Bakuhatsu Miracle Genki!
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...then you might like
Mini Yon Soldier Rin!
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Both of these '80s one-shot comedy OVAs are filled with parodies of pop culture and common anime tropes.
If you liked
Fuuma no Kojirou: Yasha-hen
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...then you might like
Yajikita Gakuen Douchuuki
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Both '80s OVAs feature adolescents who are called on to solve ninja problems plaguing high schools.
If you liked
Tetsuwan Birdy Decode
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...then you might like
Kyoushoku Soukou Guyver (1989)
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Both are sci-fi/action series that feature an average high school boy who inadvertently comes into contact with aliens/a secret organization, resulting in permanent super-powered changes to his body. Both series also have a good dynamic between the main characters.
If you liked
Seijuuki Cyguard
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...then you might like
Kyoushoku Soukou Guyver (1989)
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Both '80s OVAs feature an innocent young man who, through an unfortunate series of events, receives a set of powerful armor. There is a lot of violence in both shows, the main character is voiced by the same person, and his friends constantly shout his name throughout the series.
If you liked
Baoh Raihousha
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...then you might like
Riki-Oh: Toukatsu Jigoku
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Both '80s OVAs feature a reticent young man with superhuman abilities who graphically and brutally murders his attackers.
If you liked
Legend of Lemnear: Kyokuguro no Tsubasa Valkisas
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...then you might like
Xanadu Dragonslayer Densetsu
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Both of these are high fantasy '80s OVAs featuring a hero who is on a journey to find and defeat an evil villain.
If you liked
Delpower X Bakuhatsu Miracle Genki!
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...then you might like
Ariel Visual
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Both '80s OVAs are comedies that feature eccentric mad scientist-like grandfathers trying to get their schoolgirl granddaughters to pilot a giant robot they made.
If you liked
Fuuma no Kojirou: Yasha-hen
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...then you might like
Kyomu Senshi Miroku
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Both '80s OVAs feature ninjas with supernatural powers fighting their opponents to the death.
If you liked
Youma
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...then you might like
Sengoku Kitan Youtouden
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Both '80s OVAs are set in Japan's Warring States period and feature ninjas fighting against demons. Their antagonists are voiced by the same person, and they are animated by the same studio.
If you liked
Kidou Senshi Gundam 0080: Pocket no Naka no Sensou
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...then you might like
Top wo Nerae! Gunbuster
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Both of these '80s OVAs are coming-of-age stories of sorts that concern loss of innocence and a gained understanding of the horrors of war. Also, they largely take place in the future in space, and their characters are designed by the same person.
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Riding Bean
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...then you might like
Crusher Joe
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These two '80s features have nearly identical plots: a renegade group of young "transporters-for-hire" gets asked by someone purportedly working for an influential family to take the family's rich, young incapacitated daughter somewhere to prevent her from being kidnapped. But little do our heroes know that the ones who asked them to take on this job were in disguise, and they were the bad guys all along, seeking to frame our heroes for the kidnapping! There is also a comically obsessive authority figure chasing after them. The main difference is that "Riding Bean" takes place in Chicago, and "Crusher Joe" takes place in space.
If you liked
Midnight Eye: Gokuu
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...then you might like
Battle Royal High School
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While the setting and tone of these two cheesy, action-packed '80s OVAs differ substantially -- "Battle Royal" is gorier and is set in a high school, while "Midnight Eye" takes place in a darker, futuristic cyberpunk world -- both of them include plot elements that seem straight out of Mad Libs due to how outlandish they are.
If you liked
Haja Taisei Dangaiou
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...then you might like
Project Zeorymer
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These '80s OVAs have similar mecha-themed plot elements, characters and music, and they are directed and produced by the same people. Zeorymer is like a darker and edgier version of Dangaioh.
If you liked
Kerokero Chime
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...then you might like
Dr. Rin ni Kiitemite!
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Although the plots of these two series are almost completely different, and Dr. Rin is darker and more complex, they have a similar "vibe," probably because they are both shoujo titles animated by the same studio and share some staff.