If you liked
Shinseiki Evangelion Movie: Air/Magokoro wo, Kimi ni
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...then you might like
Densetsu Kyojin Ideon: Hatsudou-hen
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Neon Genesis Evangelion director Hideaki Anno has often cited Yoshiyuki Tomino's Space Runaway Ideon as one of his biggest and most important influences. Anno's directorial style is very similar to Tomino's style, with an overall very cinematic feel in their works, similar camera angles, and a very similar, clear, and often realistic scene presentations. Just like its predecessor (The Ideon: Be Invoked), The End of Evangelion is a dark and bloody film filled with plenty of deaths, and strong feelings of hatred and desperation, and in the end, everybody dies (or turns into orange juice, in Eva's case) in both films. Their endings, however, have some light and hope shining through. If you wanna watch something filled with deep, philosophical meaning and plenty of bizarre, mindscrew-ish imagery, then go ahead and watch either one of these movies, both of which I regard as masterpieces. Please don't forget to watch Neon Genesis Evangelion before The End of Evangelion and Space Runaway Ideon before The Ideon: Be Invoked. They both have their own respective compilation films, but neither one of them is a good replacement for the original TV series.
If you liked
Getter Robo
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...then you might like
Mazinger Z
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These 2 manga are the founders of the mecha genre, and they heavily influenced almost all super robot manga/anime that came afterwards (including Neon Genesis Evangelion, G Gundam, and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann). They have a very similar-looking art style and overall feeling. They're both relatively light-hearted, but they have plenty of GAR, manliness, and hot-blooded mecha pilots. If you want to see what early mecha manga/anime was like, go read either one of these manga.