10 Best Anime For Fans Of The Alien Franchise

Hideoki Anno's magnum opus deals with young mecha pilots and their battle against alien creatures while adding unexpectedly profound philosophical

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Parasyte: The Maxim is a must-watch. The anime is set in a world infected by human-consuming creatures called Parasytes

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Hisayuki Toriyumi's iconic outer space survival movie Lily C.A.T deals with the crew of a space vessel fighting a shapeshifting alien

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A remake of the 1974 anime Space Battleship, this new-age update revolves around a voyage that the titular space vessel Yamato makes in 2199

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Planet of the Monsters takes place several years after the thermonuclear lizard has taken over the planet

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Cockroaches have survived centuries of evolution but imagine that the insects turn into massive colonizer of Mars

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One of the best anime anthologies to watch, Memories has three segments out of which the first one will interest fans of psychological horror

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The anime does bear similarities to the space dram Cowboy Bebop but unlike the cult classic

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Attack on Titan is a blend of multiple genres ranging from sci-fi action to fantasy drama

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This forms the backdrop of Akira, the landmark cyberpunk anime movie from the 80s

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10 Best Anime For Fans Of The Alien Franchise

Hideoki Anno's magnum opus deals with young mecha pilots and their battle against alien creatures while adding unexpectedly profound philosophical

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Neon Genesis Evangelion

Parasyte: The Maxim is a must-watch. The anime is set in a world infected by human-consuming creatures called Parasytes

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Parasyte: The Maxim

Hisayuki Toriyumi's iconic outer space survival movie Lily C.A.T deals with the crew of a space vessel fighting a shapeshifting alien

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Lily C.A.T

A remake of the 1974 anime Space Battleship, this new-age update revolves around a voyage that the titular space vessel Yamato makes in 2199

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Space Battleship Yamato 2199

Planet of the Monsters takes place several years after the thermonuclear lizard has taken over the planet

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Cockroaches have survived centuries of evolution but imagine that the insects turn into massive colonizer of Mars

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Terra Formar

One of the best anime anthologies to watch, Memories has three segments out of which the first one will interest fans of psychological horror

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Magnetic Rose

The anime does bear similarities to the space dram Cowboy Bebop but unlike the cult classic

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Attack on Titan is a blend of multiple genres ranging from sci-fi action to fantasy drama

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Attack On Titan

This forms the backdrop of Akira, the landmark cyberpunk anime movie from the 80s

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Akira

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