The Anime Order

26 suggestions, most-recommended first

Anime like Mobile Police Patlabor

162 people recommend Ghost in the Shell to anyone who liked Mobile Police Patlabor — more than any other title. Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade is second on 94 votes and You're Under Arrest! third on 87. 23 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 Mobile Police Patlabor and said a particular show was worth watching next, so a suggestion people disagreed with does not appear at all. Five of the 26 have a watch order on this site; the rest are named so you can find them.

  1. Ghost in the Shell cover art Ghost in the Shell 17 entries · 1995–2026 Watch order › 162 recommend it
  2. Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade cover art Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade Film · 2000 Not on the site yet 94 recommend it
  3. You're Under Arrest! cover art You're Under Arrest! OVA · 4 episodes · 1994 Not on the site yet 87 recommend it
  4. Planetes cover art Planetes TV series · 26 episodes · 2003 Not on the site yet 67 recommend it
  5. Gunbuster cover art Gunbuster OVA · 6 episodes · 1988 Not on the site yet 57 recommend it
  6. Dominion Tank Police cover art Dominion Tank Police OVA · 4 episodes · 1988 Not on the site yet 41 recommend it
  7. BULLBUSTER cover art BULLBUSTER TV series · 12 episodes · 2023 Not on the site yet 25 recommend it
  8. You're Under Arrest! (TV) cover art You're Under Arrest! (TV) TV series · 47 episodes · 1996 Not on the site yet 24 recommend it
  9. The Sky Crawlers cover art The Sky Crawlers Film · 2008 Not on the site yet 21 recommend it
  10. Roujin Z cover art Roujin Z Film · 1991 Not on the site yet 20 recommend it
  11. Psycho-Pass cover art Psycho-Pass 9 entries · 2012–2023 Watch order › 17 recommend it
  12. Macross cover art Macross 18 entries · 1982–2021 Watch order › 15 recommend it
  13. Cowboy Bebop cover art Cowboy Bebop 3 entries · 1998–2012 Watch order › 14 recommend it
  14. FLAG cover art FLAG ONA · 13 episodes · 2006 Not on the site yet 13 recommend it
  15. New Dominion Tank Police cover art New Dominion Tank Police OVA · 6 episodes · 1993 Not on the site yet 12 recommend it
  16. Dai-Guard cover art Dai-Guard TV series · 26 episodes · 1999 Not on the site yet 12 recommend it
  17. Gundam cover art Gundam 46 entries · 1979–2026 Watch order › 10 recommend it
  18. Angel's Egg cover art Angel's Egg OVA · 1985 Not on the site yet 9 recommend it
  19. Urusei Yatsura cover art Urusei Yatsura TV series · 195 episodes · 1981 Not on the site yet 9 recommend it
  20. Blue Gale Xabungle cover art Blue Gale Xabungle TV series · 50 episodes · 1982 Not on the site yet 9 recommend it
  21. Full Metal Panic! cover art Full Metal Panic! TV series · 24 episodes · 2002 Not on the site yet 8 recommend it
  22. Appleseed cover art Appleseed OVA · 1988 Not on the site yet 8 recommend it
  23. Bubblegum Crisis cover art Bubblegum Crisis OVA · 8 episodes · 1987 Not on the site yet 8 recommend it
  24. Yuusha Keisatsu J-Decker cover art Yuusha Keisatsu J-Decker TV series · 48 episodes · 1994 Not on the site yet 7 recommend it
  25. You're Under Arrest! The Motion Picture cover art You're Under Arrest! The Motion Picture Film · 1999 Not on the site yet 6 recommend it
  26. Gasaraki cover art Gasaraki TV series · 25 episodes · 1998 Not on the site yet 5 recommend it

Where these come from

Every number above is a tally of AniList members who finished Mobile Police Patlabor and nominated another series as the one to watch next. Nothing here is inferred from genres or tags: this page cannot tell you why Ghost in the Shell follows Mobile Police Patlabor, only that 162 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: Ghost in the Shell , Psycho-Pass , Macross , Cowboy Bebop , Gundam .

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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