Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

Series Similar to Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

If you enjoyed Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. FLCL

   2003 · Drama, Comedy, Anime, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Anime profile.

   Naota is a normal Japanese 6th grade boy (although a little cynical), but when his older brother leaves for America to play baseball, his brother leaves his homeless 17-year-old girlfriend Mamimi behind. Mamimi is sending mixed signals and advances to Naota, and he doesn't know what to do about her. But to make matters worse, Naota's world is totally turned upside down when he is run over by a woman on a Vespa. During their first encounter, she hits him over the head with her bass guitar, which then causes a horn to grow out of his forehead. She calls herself "Haruko" and her presence changes Naota's life to even further insanity.

2. Mob Psycho 100

   2016 · Comedy, Action, Anime, Horror · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Anime profile.

   Kageyama Shigeo (a.k.a. "Mob") is a 8th grader with psychic abilities. He could bend spoons and lift objects with his mind from a young age, but he slowly began to withhold from using his abilities in public due to the negative attention he kept receiving. Now, the only thing he wants is to become friends with a girl in his class, Tsubomi. With his psychic "mentor" (who has no psychic powers), he continues his daily life, attempting to realize his purpose in life.

3. Black Dynamite

   2012 · Comedy, Action · ended

   Recommended for similar Action profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Dynamite is a 1970s renaissance man with a kung-fu grip. A lover and a fighter who is not afraid to leap before he looks. His sidekick extraordinaire is Bullhorn, the brains and cunning that complements Black Dynamite's hard-hittin', bone-crushin' style. Providing comic relief on the mean streets is Cream Corn and classing up the place is the gorgeous Honey Bee.

4. Angel Beats!

   2010 · Action, Anime, Horror · ended

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   A boy awakens in the afterlife to find himself among teen rebels battling against reincarnation and against a singular girl with supernatural powers named Angel.

5. The Tick

   2001 · Comedy, Action, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Action profile.

   In a world where criminals rule the streets, evil has finally met its match. There is a new protector of the weak and oppressed, the hilarious blue defender of goodness, known as The Tick! Together with his sidekick Arthur and their friends - the insatiable Batmanuel, and the alluring Captain Liberty - these heroes will prove they are more than just big, dumb guys in silly-looking suits. So let this be a warning to naughty people everywhere, for you have met The Tick!

6. Wayne

   2019 · Comedy, Action · ended

   Recommended for similar Action profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Wayne can't help himself from righting the world's wrongs. Now, against all odds, he and his one-of-a-kind girlfriend Del are on a road trip from Brockton, Mass to Ocala, Florida to reclaim what's rightfully his: a majestic old car that was stolen from his sick father. With trouble behind them and danger ahead, Wayne and Del are bound to find themselves with their backs against the wall. But that's okay. They've been there before.

7. Tejina-senpai

   2019 · Comedy, Anime · ended

   Recommended for similar Anime profile, hidden gem.

   Our MC finds out that his school requires him to join a club and during his reluctant search he stumbles upon Tejina-senpai attempting magic tricks in her clubroom. Tejina-senpai has massive stage fright however and so now that she has an audience her attempts are simply comedic.

8. Astra Lost in Space

   2019 · Comedy, Action, Anime, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Anime profile.

   The year is 2061, when space travel is now possible and commercially viable, and the students of Caird High School embark on their Planet Camp. But soon after Group B5 arrived at their planetary camp site, a mysterious and unforeseen sentient light sphere warps its 9 members into outer space, stranding them 5012 light years away from their home planet. With the discovery of an old, unmanned spaceship nearby, the students must stay strong, manage their limited resources and remain united in the darkness of space, so that all of them can survive their long and likely perilous trek back home aboard the Astra.

9. Mr. Birchum

   2024 · Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile, hidden gem.

   From the mind of Adam Carolla, Mr. Birchum is a no-nonsense, junior high woodshop teacher who is attempting to navigate a world he doesn't understand or approve of. He's befuddled by his gaming streamer son, Eddie, annoyed at his selfie-taking, snowflake students and is constantly at war with the school district's appointed "J.E.D.I." (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion officer) Mr. Karponzi.

10. Hoops

    2020 · Comedy · ended

    Recommended for similar Comedy profile, hidden gem, also on Netflix.

    In this animated series, a foul-mouthed high school basketball coach is sure he'll hit the big leagues if he can only turn his terrible team around.