Anirban Bhattacharya
‘God Eater’ is a popular dystopian future anime. It takes place in the year 2071 when monsters are rapidly chipping away the human population. In order to survive against these monsters on whom conventional weapons are useless, humans merged with oracle cells, which allow them to use weapons known as God arc. If you are looking for similar anime with lots of action, set in a dystopian environment, then we’ve got you covered. Here’s the list of best anime similar to ‘God Eater’ that are our recommendations. You can watch several of these anime like ‘God Eater’ on Netflix, Crunchyroll or Hulu.
7. Schwarzesmarken (2016)
‘Schwarzesmarken’ is an anime which takes place in an alternate timeline (almost all anime on this list do). It has lots of action, sci-fi stuff, and twists and turns. The series somewhat gives a similar feel to that of ‘God Eater’. The premise is kind of same, only in this case to fight off the threat, the characters use huge technologically advanced mechas. Also, the story of ‘Schwarzesmarken’ takes place in the past unlike ‘God Eater’, which takes place in the future. The anime takes place in the year 1983. It is the Cold War era. But this time, humans aren’t the threat to themselves. It’s the aliens known as BETA. The BETA are quite tough and of course, conventional weaponry fails against them. So, large suits, tactical surface fighters, are used to fight them. But the human army is being slowly pushed back.
The plot of the anime revolves around the 666th tactical surface fighter squadron, focusing mainly on Second Lieutenant Theodor Eberbach. The squadron is famous for its ruthlessness and valuing mission success over human life. But it seems that the newest addition to the team, Katia Waldheim, might bring in hostile attention from within the human realm even when the existence of humanity is at stake. The political aspect of the anime is also quite interesting.
6. World Trigger (2014)
‘World Trigger’ is another action anime with lots of sci-fi stuff. The plot of the anime is good enough and the animation is nice. It has huge monsters who are a constant threat to humanity and normal weapons don’t work on them. New weaponry is invented, which are effective against these monsters. So yes, this anime has lots of similarities with ‘God Eater’. Neighbors are dangerous creatures who crawl out of the mysterious gate which suddenly opens on Earth. And as mentioned before, conventional weapons are useless against them.
Border Defence Agency is an organization which provides a solution to this problem. They built special weapons called Triggers which when used by trained humans can hurt the neighbors. Even after several years since the opening of the mysterious gate, the danger from the Neighbors still lurks around, which is why humans are still trained to be able to use Trigger. However, they are not allowed to use their weapons outside the campus. But when a new student is taken to a forbidden area by bullies and Neighbors to attack, Osamu Mikumo has no choice but to use his weapon. Before he can be of any use, the new student easily defeats the aliens. Turns out he is a Half-human, half-neighbor and has the name Yuuma Kuga.
5. Owari no Seraph (2015)
‘Owari no Seraph’ is another anime which builds on the premise of a dystopian future. The anime has lots of action supernatural stuff and shares some commonalities with ‘God Eater’. In both series, monsters or dangerous creatures emerge, forcing humans into a corner. Fighting back these monsters are special organizations who use special weapons. Both include military strategizing and tactic to defeat the enemy.
Social structures of Earth start crumbling and with this comes the rise of the vampires. The vampires promise to protect the survivors but in return, they need blood as donations. Yuuichirou and Mikaela Hyakuya are two of the many survivor orphans. They are tired of being treated like food for the vampire and design a plan to escape. But their plan fails and only Yuuichirou is able to flee. He swears vengeance against the vampires and joins the Imperial Demon Army to train hard and defeat these blood-thirsty monsters once and for all. But revenge always comes at a cost, doesn’t it?
4. Gate: Jieitai Kanochi, Kaku Tatakeri (2015)
‘Gate: Jieitai Kanochi, Kaku Tatakeri’ is an action, adventure anime. It has a great plot and is quite entertaining. The anime is quite similar to ‘God Eater’. It has creatures who pose a threat to humanity. Humans need to group and strategize if they want to defend against these mysterious and dangerous enemies. This anime has proper military stuff in it as in ‘God Eater’.
One day, a mysterious portal suddenly appears in Tokyo. It looks like a huge gate that connects another dimension. Through this gate, supernatural creatures and armor-clad warriors came rushing. They destroyed everything in their path and killed lots of people. Youji Itami, an officer of the Japan Self-Defense Force, was nearby when this happened. He tries his best to save as many lives as possible while other members of the force try their best to stop the attack. Now, three months after the attack, the Japan Self-Defense Force is sending a small group of personnel beyond the gate. Their goal is to collect information about the region and try to form a sort of friendly connection with the locals so that peace can be achieved. The task is crucial and mistake will mean an inevitable war.
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3. Black Bullet (2014)
‘Black Bullet’ is quite entertaining if you like dystopian future and stuff. The series has lots of action. The plot and premise are good enough to give this anime a try. It gets a spot on this list because it shares some similarities with ‘God Eater’. Of course, the obvious similarity is the setting. Both the anime are set in a dystopian environment where there are monsters that are slowly pushing humanity to the brink of extinction. Then we have humans trying hard to hold these monsters at bay by using special weapons.
In ‘Owari no Seraph’, a virus by the name of Gastrea starts infecting humans and turning them into monsters who then wreak havoc. The survivors are now forced to live within large walls made of Varanium. Then there are special female children who happen to have the virus in them in minuscule amounts but enough to grant them superpowers to fight the monsters. They are called initiators. Every initiator is paired with a promoter who guides the initiator and makes sure she is safe. The anime follows the story of Enju Aihara and her enforcer Satomi Rentarou as they fight off the Gasterea monsters.
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2. Koutetsujou no Kabaneri (2016)
‘Koutetsujou no Kabaneri’ is a popular horror anime which has lots of action. The series is quite similar to that of ‘God Eater’. Both series take place in a dystopian setting where monsters are wreaking havoc. The existence of humans is in critical condition and they are forced to barricade themselves behind walls. Both anime showcases one main character who wishes to end all this problem due to past trauma.
The anime takes place during the industrial revolution. A plague caused by some mysterious virus is turning humans into vile creatures who feed on humans. These monsters have a never-ending appetite. They can only be killed by destroying their hearts. But if another human is bitten by one of these monsters, they rise up to join their ranks. Humans have cornered themselves into fortified cities whose only point of entry is through armored trains. Ikoma is one of the many persons who have built the train. He believes that he has created a weapon which can easily pierce the hearts of the monsters and is itching to try it out. The story follows him and others as they try to put an end to this apocalypse.
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1. Shingeki no Kyojin (2013)
‘Shingeki no Kyojin’ is one of the most popular anime out there. It is quite brilliant and has lots of action, drama, and twists. ‘God Eater’ is quite similar to ‘Shingeki no Kyojin’. The difference, however, is that while ‘Shingeki no Kyojin’ takes place in the past, ‘God Eater’ takes place in the future. Both the shows have huge monsters trying to push humans towards extinction. In both anime, humans now live in fortified cities and since conventional weapons are useless against the monsters, they use new inventions to defeat them.
The plot of ‘Shingeki no Kyojin’ takes place in the past where humans face dangerous foes in the form of large humanoid monsters they dub, Titans. Titans have an appetite for humans and leave death and destruction in their path. To defend themselves against these monster 3D gears, allowing multiple degrees of freedom to its users are quite effective. Eren Yeager witnesses the death of his mother at the hands of a Titan and he vows to kill all of them. He joins the army and trains hard to be able to do so. But little does he know that there are lots of secrets hidden within the firewalls of his city that can change the ways humans think about these creatures.
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