Top 30 of 35 suggestions

Anime like Macross

113 people recommend Gundam to anyone who liked Macross — more than any other title. Symphogear is second on 73 votes and Gunbuster third on 59. 27 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 Macross and said a particular show was worth watching next, so a suggestion people disagreed with does not appear at all. Five of the 30 have a watch order on this site; the rest are named so you can find them.

Gundam 46 entries · 1979–2026 Watch order › 113 recommend it
Symphogear TV series · 13 episodes · 2012 Not on the site yet 73 recommend it
Gunbuster OVA · 6 episodes · 1988 Not on the site yet 59 recommend it
Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar TV series · 26 episodes · 1974 Not on the site yet 54 recommend it
Megazone 23 OVA · 1985 Not on the site yet 53 recommend it
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 OVA · 26 episodes · 2012 Not on the site yet 50 recommend it
Cowboy Bebop 3 entries · 1998–2012 Watch order › 35 recommend it
Eureka Seven TV series · 50 episodes · 2005 Not on the site yet 28 recommend it
AKB0048 TV series · 13 episodes · 2012 Not on the site yet 27 recommend it
Area 88 OVA · 3 episodes · 1985 Not on the site yet 24 recommend it
Symphogear XV TV series · 13 episodes · 2019 Not on the site yet 23 recommend it
Martian Successor Nadesico TV series · 26 episodes · 1996 Not on the site yet 22 recommend it
Legend of the Galactic Heroes 11 entries · 1988–2022 Watch order › 20 recommend it
Gurren Lagann 4 entries · 2007–2009 Watch order › 17 recommend it
Super Dimension Century Orguss TV series · 35 episodes · 1983 Not on the site yet 17 recommend it
Mobile Police Patlabor 10 entries · 1988–2027 Watch order › 15 recommend it
Space Runaway Ideon TV series · 39 episodes · 1980 Not on the site yet 12 recommend it
Aquarion EVOL TV series · 26 episodes · 2012 Not on the site yet 10 recommend it
Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- TV series · 13 episodes · 2021 Not on the site yet 10 recommend it
Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club The Movie – Finale – Chapter 1 Film · 2024 Not on the site yet 10 recommend it
Love Live! The School Idol Movie Film · 2015 Not on the site yet 9 recommend it
Gate TV series · 12 episodes · 2015 Not on the site yet 9 recommend it
The Legend of Black Heaven TV series · 13 episodes · 1999 Not on the site yet 8 recommend it
Full Metal Panic! TV series · 24 episodes · 2002 Not on the site yet 6 recommend it
RahXephon TV series · 26 episodes · 2002 Not on the site yet 6 recommend it
s-CRY-ed TV series · 26 episodes · 2001 Not on the site yet 6 recommend it
Cross Ange: Rondo of Angel and Dragon TV series · 25 episodes · 2014 Not on the site yet 6 recommend it
Aikatsu Stars! The Movie Film · 2016 Not on the site yet 6 recommend it
Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow Film · 2019 Not on the site yet 6 recommend it
Aquarion TV series · 26 episodes · 2005 Not on the site yet 5 recommend it

Where these come from

Every number above is a tally of AniList members who finished Macross and nominated another series as the one to watch next. Nothing here is inferred from genres or tags: this page cannot tell you why Gundam follows Macross, only that 113 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.

35 suggestions cleared the vote floor for Macross — far more than a page can usefully rank, so these are the 30 with the most votes behind them. The rest are the long tail of one or two seasons each. Add Macross to the picker if you want them weighed against everything else you have watched rather than against this franchise alone.

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: Gundam , Cowboy Bebop , Legend of the Galactic Heroes , Gurren Lagann , Mobile Police Patlabor .

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.

Last refreshed August 13, 2026