29 suggestions, most-recommended first

Anime like Ghost in the Shell

478 people recommend Cyberpunk: Edgerunners to anyone who liked Ghost in the Shell — more than any other title. Akira is second on 452 votes and Psycho-Pass third on 409. 26 more suggestions cleared the threshold, and all of them are listed below, strongest first. These are votes rather than an algorithm: each number counts AniList members who watched Ghost in the Shell and said a particular show was worth watching next, so a suggestion people disagreed with does not appear at all. Five of the 29 have a watch order on this site; the rest are named so you can find them.

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners ONA · 10 episodes · 2022 Not on the site yet 478 recommend it
Akira 2 entries · 1988 Watch order › 452 recommend it
Psycho-Pass 9 entries · 2012–2023 Watch order › 409 recommend it
Ergo Proxy TV series · 23 episodes · 2006 Not on the site yet 335 recommend it
Serial Experiments Lain TV series · 13 episodes · 1998 Not on the site yet 195 recommend it
Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- TV series · 13 episodes · 2021 Not on the site yet 187 recommend it
Mobile Police Patlabor 10 entries · 1988–2027 Watch order › 155 recommend it
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade Film · 2000 Not on the site yet 145 recommend it
Cowboy Bebop 3 entries · 1998–2012 Watch order › 103 recommend it
Neon Genesis Evangelion 7 entries · 1995–2023 Watch order › 76 recommend it
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 2 TV series · 12 episodes · 2023 Not on the site yet 61 recommend it
Perfect Blue Film · 1998 Not on the site yet 57 recommend it
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury TV series · 12 episodes · 2022 Not on the site yet 55 recommend it
Texhnolyze TV series · 22 episodes · 2003 Not on the site yet 49 recommend it
NieR:Automata Ver1.1a TV series · 12 episodes · 2023 Not on the site yet 49 recommend it
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - PROLOGUE SPECIAL · 2022 Not on the site yet 46 recommend it
Darker than Black TV series · 25 episodes · 2007 Not on the site yet 27 recommend it
Battle Angel Alita OVA · 2 episodes · 1993 Not on the site yet 24 recommend it
Monster TV series · 74 episodes · 2004 Not on the site yet 21 recommend it
No Guns Life TV series · 12 episodes · 2019 Not on the site yet 21 recommend it
Black Magic M-66 OVA · 1987 Not on the site yet 12 recommend it
Akudama Drive TV series · 12 episodes · 2020 Not on the site yet 11 recommend it
Appleseed OVA · 1988 Not on the site yet 9 recommend it
PLUTO ONA · 8 episodes · 2023 Not on the site yet 9 recommend it
Dominion Tank Police OVA · 4 episodes · 1988 Not on the site yet 8 recommend it
Bubblegum Crisis OVA · 8 episodes · 1987 Not on the site yet 7 recommend it
Cyber City Oedo 808 OVA · 3 episodes · 1990 Not on the site yet 7 recommend it
The Big O TV series · 13 episodes · 1999 Not on the site yet 6 recommend it
Malice@doll OVA · 3 episodes · 2001 Not on the site yet 5 recommend it

Where these come from

Every number above is a tally of AniList members who finished Ghost in the Shell and nominated another series as the one to watch next. Nothing here is inferred from genres or tags: this page cannot tell you why Cyberpunk: Edgerunners follows Ghost in the Shell, only that 478 people think it does. Suggestions the community voted down are excluded, and where several seasons of one franchise were nominated they are counted once, under the franchise.

5 of them have a watch order here , so if one appeals you can see every series, film and OVA in it laid out in order before you start: Akira , Psycho-Pass , Mobile Police Patlabor , Cowboy Bebop , Neon Genesis Evangelion .

Keep going

Each of these has its own list of what people recommend after it — so if one of the suggestions above appeals, you can see where it leads before committing to it.

Recommendation counts and cover art from AniList, read at build time.

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