Anime like Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance

10 anime to watch if you liked Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance, picked by shared genres and themes.

If you enjoyed Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance, these share its mecha, action, drama feel.

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1. Eureka Seven

2005 · 50 episodes · Finished. Also: Science Fiction, Post Apocalypse, Earth, Piloted Robot.

In the backwater town of Bellforest lives a 14-year-old boy named Renton Thurston. He desires to leave his home behind and join the mercenary group known as Gekkostate, hoping to find some adventure to brighten up his…

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2. Knights of Sidonia

2014 · 12 episodes · Finished. Also: Violence, Post Apocalypse, Piloted Robot, Science Fiction.

After destroying Earth many years ago, the alien race Gauna has been pursuing the remnants of humanity—which, having narrowly escaped, fled across the galaxy in a number of giant seed ships. In the year 3394, Nagate…

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3. Brynhildr in the Darkness

2014 · 13 episodes · Finished. Also: Alien, Japan, Earth, Violence.

Ten years ago, Ryouta Murakami set out with his best friend Kuroneko to find proof of alien life. A tragic accident occurred, killing Kuroneko and injuring Ryouta. In honor of Kuroneko's memory, Ryouta now searches the…

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4. Guilty Crown

2011 · 22 episodes · Finished. Also: Post Apocalypse, Science Fiction, Japan, Earth.

Japan, 2039. Ten years after the outbreak of the "Apocalypse Virus," an event solemnly regarded as "Lost Christmas," the once proud nation has fallen under the rule of the GHQ, an independent military force dedicated to…

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5. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

1997 · 1 episode · Finished. Also: Science Fiction, Post Apocalypse, Japan, Piloted Robot.

With the final Angel vanquished, Nerv has one last enemy left to face—the humans under Seele's command. Left in a deep depression nearing the end of the original series, an indecisive Shinji struggles with the ultimatum…

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6. Freezing

2011 · 12 episodes · Finished. Also: Earth, Japan, Asia, Human Enhancement.

Decades into the future, humanity is under siege by an alien race known as the Novas. These inhuman beings leave devastation in their wake whenever they appear, with the efforts to stave them off becoming known as Nova…

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7. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

2006 · 25 episodes · Finished. Also: Earth, Science Fiction, Japan, Asia.

On August 10th of the year 2010, the Holy Empire of Britannia began a campaign of conquest, its sights set on Japan. Operations were completed in one month thanks to Britannia's deployment of new mobile humanoid armor…

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8. Ghost in the Shell

1995 · 1 episode · Finished. Also: Earth, Science Fiction, Japan, Asia.

2029: A female cybernetic government agent, Major Motoko Kusanagi, and the Internal Bureau of Investigations are hot on the trail of “The Puppet Master,” a mysterious and threatening computer virus capable of…

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9. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2

2008 · 25 episodes · Finished. Also: Earth, Science Fiction, Japan, Asia.

One year has passed since the Black Rebellion, a failed uprising against the Holy Britannian Empire led by the masked vigilante Zero, who is now missing. At a loss without their revolutionary leader, Area 11's resistance…

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10. Gurren Lagann

2007 · 27 episodes · Finished. Also: Science Fiction, Post Apocalypse, Earth, Piloted Robot.

Simon and Kamina were born and raised in a deep, underground village, hidden from the fabled surface. Kamina is a free-spirited loose cannon bent on making a name for himself, while Simon is a timid young boy with no…

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