If you liked
Koutetsujou no Kabaneri
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...then you might like
Akudama Drive
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While Akudama Drive held onto a more lighthearted rebelling kind of vibe at the beginning of the animation, but as the animation progressed it begins to build up a more serious atmosphere, shown through the various scenes of loss and death as they reveal more and more revolting truths as the animation progresses. In both animations, it depicts the desperateness of the characters living with awkward identities, experience through various hardships and explores subjects like "a place of belonging" as they struggle to survive in their separate difficult situations battling life and death. If you are seeking for an animation to watch with a rather serious tone throughout that preserves their own unique style of story telling, with beautiful art and well done Slice Of Life amidst an apocalypse, then Koutetsujou no Kabaneri is for you. If you are interested in something more unique, well animated action scenes, one of a kind art style following several characters under the perspective of the society deemed "Bad Boys" with bomb music and a great mix of Slice Of Life to top it off, then Akudama Drive is definitely the way to go. similarities: each has their unique art styles [O] well done action scenes (in their own ways) [O] experiencing hardships of high levels of extreme [O] minority group trying to overturn situation [O] mc was originally an ordinary person [O] revelation to various dark truths of society [O] reforming and changing current standing structures of society [O]
If you liked
Kimi no Na wa.
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...then you might like
Itsudatte Bokura no Koi wa 10 cm Datta.
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They both have beautiful love stories. It's simple, clean and well-executed. Of course, the graphics and general Kimi No Na Wa would be more detailed and well-rounded as there is an investment budget difference and one's a movie while the other is a short anime that only consists of 6 episodes. Considering these differences, it is very worthwhile sweet, romance anime.