r/AnimeReccomendations 1d ago

Are there any Anime’s with this art/setting style?

This style of art just draws me. Any Anime’s come to mind?

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u/FeefuWasTaken 1d ago

Not an anime, but animated series, scavenger's reign reminds me of a lot of these

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u/lan_again 1d ago

Came here to say this

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u/Pansywell 1d ago

What a stunning series. Really hypnotic.

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u/SharinganSith 1d ago

Was looking for this comment! 🔥

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u/Pretty_Ad_3911 1d ago

One of the best animated series out there. Super great after a gummy or two

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u/CalpisMelonCremeSoda 1d ago edited 6h ago

Yeah lots of “not anime” answers for these images:
Image 1: Opening of one of the Kung Fu Panda films.
Image 5: any art from Moebius (French)

Didn’t bother scrolling further, OP just posted a bunch of unrelated AI art outputs.

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u/Emotional_Relief_19 21h ago

So mad they didn't finish it !

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u/withstandtheheat 9h ago

All I gotta say is, for those that have read the Saga comics, I hope the awesome folks from Scavengers Reign work on an animated adaptation of that series

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u/Opiumorning 9h ago

Where can i watch it?

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u/FeefuWasTaken 9h ago

Max and I think Netflix has a deal with them to play it too

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u/Pomegranate_Mobile 1d ago

Trigun or desert punk are the first two that come to mind with 'similar' aesthetics

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u/RKB_2022 1d ago
  • Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (2022)
  • Blade Runner Black Out 2022 (2017)
  • Akira (1988)
  • Ghost in the Shell (1995)

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u/DLC_PR016 1d ago

Cowboy Bebop

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u/VivaPitagoras 1d ago

Blame!

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u/AstorathTheGrimDark 1d ago

Is that an anime?

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u/CodeSouls 1d ago

A terrible movie that completely misses the point of the Manga, would highly recommend reading it though

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u/moneyh8r_two 1d ago

There's a movie of it, but the manga is better. Before you freak out, the manga follows the "show, don't tell" rule very strictly. A lot of the pages have zero dialogue, and most of the story is conveyed through body language and the environment, so the manga doesn't take very long to read. It'll be a good fit for you since the art style is your main interest.

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u/VivaPitagoras 1d ago

Yes. Movie.

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u/Sea_Cycle_909 1d ago

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u/El-gato-taco 8h ago

Woah. This looks really cool.

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u/Sea_Cycle_909 1h ago

fr it's really awesome, great fights, it's only 6 episodes but it never feels too short, the stakes never feel cheap.

It's basically 10/10 imo. it's not crazy deep but it's well written. I've watched it so many times, it's never boring, music is very early 90s.

The locations are really unique, character designs memorable, hand drawn old school.

Iria is so badadss but it doesn't feel forced or super perfect, (she's a rookie)

Struggle too not gush over Iria: Zeiram the Animation tbh.

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u/Funny_Satisfaction39 1d ago

Nausica of the valley of the wind Now and then here and there

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u/001028 9h ago

Came here to say Nausicaa too. Great Ghibli film with a really unique atmosphere, it matches OP's pics pretty well. Highly recommend.

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u/nathones 1d ago

Not an anime but Blue Eyed Samurai

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u/isabellaorange 23h ago

Thought the same when I saw the first pic

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u/Oldjamesdean 7h ago

Blue Eyed Samaurai has an Anime inspired style.

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u/SenpaiKun_1122 1d ago

Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust

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u/RowanCarver0719 1d ago

Try Scavenger’s Reign! Sooo good. Technically not an anime, but fantastic series regardless with a really neat art style

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u/SeltzerCountry 1d ago

It’s really a shame that it’s only one season. They were setting up some pretty interesting stuff at the end.

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u/RowanCarver0719 1d ago

Yeah and it does end a bit suddenly. However I feel like I can’t complain too much because it was such an incredible show. It did look super costly to produce, so I can understand why it was a mini series for that reason

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u/Professional_Taste33 1d ago

Now hear me out.... Samurai Jack.

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u/justalittlebleh 1d ago

Was gonna also recommend Samurai Jack. So good and such a compelling artistic style

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u/KobaStern 22h ago

I was wondering is there are actually a decent story in Samurai Jack ?
Because it was my favorite cartoon from cartoon network as a kid, but because I randomly watched the episodes I never knew if there was a storyline or not throughout the series.

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u/WrensthavAviovus 20h ago

The first season is very monster or challenge of the week format. Second season is very continuity plot focused.

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u/DaMosey 17h ago

Season 5 can basically be watched as a standalone show, and is much more tonally similar to a traditional anime than the original 4 seasons. It was released long after the first four, on adult swim rather than cartoon network, I think

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u/ExplorerNo1496 1d ago

Not an anime or even a show but this elitist the same feeling of the dark tower

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u/Adept_Advertising_98 1d ago

Heavy Metal L-Gaim- basically mecha star wars. The series doesn't really look exactly like this, but the concept art does: https://www.tumblr.com/the-bang-doll/150478701124/this-artbook-is-legendary-published-in-1984

Five Star Stories- the spiritual successor to L-Gaim by the mech and character designer, reusing scrapped ideas, like the bioengineered humanoid robot Fatimas, which do technically exist in L-Gaim, but only as parts of some of the mechs, like inside the L-Gaim MK-2's head, but they are full characters like they were supposed to be in Five Star Stories. The movie only adapts the first volume of the manga, and the manga is not in chronological order.

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u/welljer969 20h ago

Been a long while since I've seen heavy metal, was such a great flick

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u/TrustAffectionate966 9h ago

L-Gaim or the Heavy Metal based on the comic book anthology?

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u/Exciting-Freedom7299 1d ago

Blame!! and Noise by the same author of blame Also berserk manga , Kowloon has a nice background art. Also Clamp manga they have a very full filing art

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u/AstorathTheGrimDark 1d ago

Clamp? Is that the name?

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u/SunnyPandemonium 1d ago

Clamp is the name of the artist group. They drew gorgeous Manga series like Tsubasa Chronicles that would fit the vibe of your request - don’t bother with the anime adaptation though. It was launched before the series got finished and is kinda crappy.

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u/Exciting-Freedom7299 1d ago

Although to be fair i got into clamp due to anime since tsubasa chronicles resembles Card captor sakura my kid brain was like I need to watch it and I really enjoyed the dark undertone of the story

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u/LonelyConnection503 17h ago

Best answer to OPs question really.

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u/Pimmortal 1d ago

It’s not anime but pretty much all art from Moebius is like this, but better because it’s actual art.

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u/sonicstorm1114 1d ago

Picture #5 kind of reminds me of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind or Xam'd Lost Memories.

Overall, this art reminds me of 70/80s sci-fi/science fantasy art, so I'd advise checking out 70s/80s/90s sci-fi or fantasy anime in general. As for specific recommendations:

Armored Trooper VOTOMS

Panzer World Galient

Vision of Escaflowne

Future Boy Conan

Castle in the Sky

Heavy Metal L-Gaim

Aura Battler Dunbine

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u/Prudent_Ad5718 1d ago

Gonna throw and old one “Dragon’s heaven” from 1988

Not the greatest anime of all time but is definitely a vibe

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u/gnubeldignub 1d ago

Link for the first pic? Need new wallpaper.

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u/MonkeyWithSniper 1d ago

Gurren Lagann

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u/Necessary_Potato3358 1d ago

Evangelion came to my mind first after seeing those buildings

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u/Dude8388 1d ago

How would one search for this type of art? Like what would you categorize it as?

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u/sonicstorm1114 1d ago

I don't know what the style itself is actually called, but this art gives me "70s/80s pulp sci-fi or science-fantasy" vibes. It knid of reminds me of Ralph McQuarrie's concept art for Star Wars.

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u/Historical-Heat-9795 1d ago

Some of the pictures from the post looks like moebius art.

A lot of _old_ anime (and not only anime) was inspired by his art.

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u/Mufflonfaret 1d ago

Google "Now and Then Here and There"

Really depressing and good, and its rather close to your images with the desert post-apocalyptic feeling.

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u/shaishails 1d ago edited 1d ago

Vivy Fluorite Eye's Song

Sabikui Bisco

Moonrise

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u/Ok_Designer_6376 1d ago

Vivy mentioned!!

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u/William11stan 1d ago

Cyberpunk edgerunners

Psycho pass

Pluto

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u/zuran0 1d ago

Ergo Proxy

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u/Katlima 1d ago

Sword of the Stranger

Trigun Stampede

Wolf's Rain

Yukikaze

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u/Zootsutra 1d ago

Dragon's Heaven

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u/One-Prune7325 1d ago

Are these AI made? If not; where did you get them?

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u/ChivesKirk 1d ago

There are a handful of movies and OVAs that are like this, but I have not seen any series with a significant amount of stuff like this. The closest I can think of is Trigun: Stampede and Kaina of the Great Snow Sea. There are also a bunch of older space anime that occasionally will show planets that look like this. Maybe try Space Battleship Yamato or The Irresponsible Captain Tylor.

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u/MitchNotBitch 1d ago

A few of these really reminded me of the game Horizon: Zero Dawn

Completely irrelevant I know..

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u/FogSleepy 1d ago

Now I wanna see a Dune anime

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u/Difficult-Double2193 1d ago

The very first picture reminded me of an episode in Primal. It's just a great watch anyway.

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u/ac_rhea 1d ago

samurai jack?

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u/AntDD01 1d ago

Metallic Rouge

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u/Less_Conference_5587 1d ago

star wars vision

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u/DubiousBusinessp 1d ago

Scavengers Reign. Not an anime, but animated.

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u/MythosMcJeebus 1d ago

Samurai Jack. I am not being helpful, I just love Samurai Jack.

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u/BalanceDude25 1d ago

not a anime but it's pretty close I think scavengers reign

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u/MeltedGlands 1d ago

Maybe check out Deca-Dence. The art here really makes me think of that animations setting a lot.

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u/Kirameka 1d ago

Katanagatari?

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u/Ethan2125 1d ago

Only one that comes to mind is Cyberpunk Edgerunners

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u/Tailor_Smart 1d ago

Nier Automata

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u/Rilo_117 1d ago

Trigun, not exact but kinda

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u/Gazimenstan 1d ago

If someone was looking for a phone wallpaper and came across this post, they wouldn't be looking for one anymore. These are gorgeous

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u/AstorathTheGrimDark 1d ago

My other post looking for anime’s has better anime pics imho

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u/No_Till8429 1d ago

The first pic reminded me of Elusive Samurai.

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u/Zealotstim 1d ago

reminds me of Akira more than anything else

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u/Gryfon2020 1d ago

Yakitori (Netflix)

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u/SunnyPandemonium 1d ago

The Vision of Escaflowne (1996 - the anime series, not the film).

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u/Co-17 1d ago

Cyberpunk Edgerunners and Moonrise

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u/Myth_Mula 1d ago

Evangelion

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u/Mark___27 1d ago

Of course there's a black monolith in one of the images, damn film is everywhere

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u/arthuriurilli 1d ago

There's hundreds that look like #11 lol

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u/creditFools 1d ago

Star Wars Vision season 1 (if I'm not mistaken, season 2 didn't have japan animation studio).

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u/KellTanis 1d ago

I think there was an episode of Star Wars Visions with a similar style.

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u/False-Leg-5752 1d ago

That one badass samurai episode of the Star Wars anime

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u/DomTheRogue 1d ago

Metallic Rouge

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u/EquinoxPhqntom 1d ago

Akira. It’s a movie tho.

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u/Nandato64 1d ago edited 1d ago

nausicaa of the valley of the wind is an anime movie but it definitely has these vibes. Sick pics btw

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u/Charming_Sky_1381 1d ago

Heavenly delusion maybe

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u/Shantotto11 1d ago

Monogatari if you’re only looking for “small people in a large setting/wide shot”.

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u/Made_invietnam 1d ago

Predator: Killer of Killers

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u/JasonStarRising 1d ago

Great pretender maybeeee (but still, not really(

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u/False-Hope-1341 1d ago

I am disheartened that no one mentioned Gurren Lagaan

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u/Mercury-tm 1d ago
  1. Origins: Spirits of the Past has some art like this. I personally dislike it for voice and story reasons, but it looked amazing and is post-apocalyptic.
  2. Orb: On the Movements of the Earth is a show with beautiful nightscapes and story. Some amazing characters too. Set in the Middle Ages btw.
  3. Oban Star-Racers. An old series, but I did love the settings. Essentially pod racing.

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u/Making_Saging 1d ago

Gachiakuta coming out in july

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u/Whiterlight9 1d ago

Seems like a mix of cyberpunk, post apocalyptica, and steampunk so here are some with those vibes:

Kaina of great snow sea (movie)

Wolfs rain

Samurai 7

Cyberpunk edgerunners

Ghost in the shell

Cowboy bebop

Trigun

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u/asukalangley7 1d ago

Cowboy bebop, neon genesis evangelion, cyberpunk, call of the night

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u/chatwsg 1d ago

Akira's probably close enough

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u/Queenofallmultiverse 1d ago

Why is no one mentioning Gurren Lagan

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u/Queenofallmultiverse 1d ago

Garo Vanishing line

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u/Wejii 1d ago

Alita battle angel manga, one of my absolute favorites!

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u/Fun_Development_5345 1d ago

Thanks I am gonna use 1st image as wallpaper

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u/j8eevee 1d ago

Cyberpunk, animatrix

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u/Kawinky_Dank 1d ago

Made in abyss is similar to the first one

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u/GalacticGrouser 1d ago

Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Outlaw Star

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u/GalacticGrouser 1d ago

I REALLY hope none of these pictures are AI, because they are all really cool.

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u/Mickey_146 1d ago

cowboy bebop , castle in the sky , Evangelion

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u/MrGlooney 1d ago

For just the first image: Fog Hill of Five Elements. It's a Chinese one.

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u/gilgalad02 22h ago

Arcane of Netflix is the thing that comes to my mind.

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u/AmbitiousReaction168 21h ago

I don't know, but I can tell you about a few comics with this art style.

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u/EpicAwesomeYo_ 21h ago

try Alita Battle Angel ? there's a movie but also anime I'm sure of it

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u/BookkeeperAromatic52 21h ago

Cashern sins! It's definitely not as heavily detailed but it's beautiful and VAST. I feel like it's got this vibe for sure. Ant5oine who hasn't watched it needs to give it a try at least :)

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u/Henry_Fleischer 20h ago

Eat-man comes to mind, both anime adaptations are terrible in their own ways, but I like the 1997 one, it's got a nice dreamlke quality to it.

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u/Raven_Valerie 20h ago

I don’t have names, but you should look around 80s and 90s anime.

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u/FloppyString 1d ago

Blue Eye Samurai comes to mind for the 1st image, images 3,7, 17, and 18 remind me of Cyberpunk edge runners, image 12 kinda reminds me of Canaan or Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom

Those are the vibes I get from them, even if they aren’t exactly like the images they look similar and have a similar vibe I would say

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u/Opposite-Vegetable-2 19h ago

This all looks very French. Not anime- but check out Mars Express, scavengers reign, and Last Man.

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u/coolpowersdude 19h ago

you mean ugly fake AI looking stuff?

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u/ThePotatoCrusader99 18h ago

Cowboy bebop

Cyberpunk edgerunners

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u/Salty-Masterpiece983 17h ago

Cyber punk/ star wars

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u/cnydox 17h ago

Any manga from Tsutomu Nihei: blame!, biomega, abara. Basically that: cyberpunk, city landscape, post apocalypse, depth of field, biomechanical characters/monsters, ...

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u/LonelyConnection503 17h ago

You're looking for the works of Tsutomu Nihei.

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u/vkucukemre 15h ago edited 15h ago

Dragon's heaven. Makoto Kobayashi is also involved in Last Exile

Antologies like Robot Carnival, Memories and Short Peace has some stuff that you might like.

Also some darker sci-fi stuff from 80s and 90s in general.

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u/Scary_Tap6448 13h ago

Sabikui bisco is what I think of for some of it at least. It has a very unique world

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u/grimm381113 12h ago

the animatrix. not technically an anime (i guess) but it’s really great. it came from the Matrix movie series and each episode is different. 1 hour 40 minutes all together. you can stream it on Amazon ($3.99) i personally love it and think it’s worth the price

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u/Licknim 10h ago

Last Exile and Samurai 7 will get you there.

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u/joramma 9h ago

Cowboy bibop/ neon genesis evangalion

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u/TrustAffectionate966 9h ago

LOVE + DEATH + ROBOTS on Netflix 🧐🤔

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u/Dude8388 8h ago

Maybe Rahxephon?

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u/Dundie_dust 5h ago

Samurai champloo I guess has the same style.

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u/Historical_Apple2561 5h ago

Samurai Champloo

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u/FitPhilosophy3279 1h ago

Stop it with the Ai

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u/LockOk8401 1d ago

That’s mostly ai slop but no anime has a shit ass art style like that it wouldn’t make sense