25 [Similar Anime] Like Land of the Lustrous (TV)

Houseki no Kuni is probably what you came to Shinsekai Yori to see, but did not receive. Where the latter fails - characters, story (especially pacing), and art, the former is a preeminent example of the "new and bizarre world, slowly unraveled by the characters, for better or for worse" sub-sub-sub-category of shows.

both focus on the youngest/ newest person of a special type of people (winged people or gems) developing their identify in a world different from our own. both develop abilities throughout the show from understanding the world around them

Both are testaments to show that fully CG anime aren't always bad.

the atmosphere, world building and how it starts with a mysterious world that you learn more and more about as the story unfolds.
Houseki, has better character development and tackles some interesting themes such as what it means to be alive and what gives us meaning, what we have to sacrifice to gain something special and so on its real beep if you are willing to look deeper.

both feel like peaceful cute animes til u get past a certain part and thats when all hell lets loose. both have protags that are trying to unveil the secrets behind their "world"

Aside from the similarity in their narratives, where we see lots of religious symbolism strewn throughout a post-apocalyptic world, Evangelion and Lustrous share a love of evocative and atmospheric visual direction, especially in regards to the backgrounds, and they both regularly highlight emotional character notes throughout the series through this type of direction.
Phos also shares a lot of similarities with Shinji, including issues with self-worth, depression, loneliness, and resentment. In regards to other characters, both shows feature a large cast of well-developed and generally broken characters who all get explored on some level. Fans of existential entertainment, character studies, and great visual direction should check out both shows.

Both series begin with a calm tone and unexpected things happens. Characters also undergo series of events that completely changes them from their originals selfes.

Both shows feature a cast mostly composed by women fighting "monsters"; on Claymore, women are ranked by power, on Land of the Lustrous by hardness and role; the main character seems to be the weakest one; the male figure is the leader. As the story progress, the main character starts to question the leader, and the purpose and reason behind fighting the monsters. Notice that the animation is different, Land of the Lustrous is CGI, and Claymore is way more violent. But I definitely recommend both.

They're both set in a distant future with naive main characters that simply want to know more about the world they live in. The overarching themes that come later in the series are similar too, at least in my opinion.

These two are NOT similar. However if you like one then you will probably like the other, they have some parallel points in enjoyment; the atmospheric and half-minimalistic tone, light social commentary, professionally crafted and unanimelike shots and carefully constructed, immersive dialogue. Both look good too. If SSR is Slowdive, HnK is Sigur Ros.

Both feature unusual art and animation; Houseki no Kuni is an example of a full CGI anime done right, whereas Kaguya-hime resembles an animated traditional japanese painting, thanks to its watercolor backgrounds and minimalistic but aesthetic designs.

In both stories we follow a weak character who fails to keep up in the dangerous world they live in. Ultimately, both show the great change in the main character because of the difficulties they face and how they mature and gather the strength required to stand up to their circumstances.

Both are set in a world that feels very alien to the viewer, lives by strict rules and is under constant attack of alien entities (lunarians in Houseki no Kuni and bacteria in Hataraku Saibou). Both have a large cast of human-like, but not actually human characters, with different episodes focusing on different ones, and protagonists (Phos in Houseki no Kuni and Red Blood Cell in Hataraku Saibou) who are pretty incompetent and strive to become better at their job.

this is a must watch.
-amazing animation (best I have ever seen I think, episode 8 and 10 you will know what I mean)
-godlike music and voice actors
-mysterious and interesting story
-interesting characters and their interactions and how they evolve as the story progresses.

a fantasy world that is mysterious at first. but you learn more about the characters as the story unfolds. it deals with a lot of serious and dark themes such as the meaning of life mortality, what gives us meaning, sacrifice, death, trust and so on. its the type of show you can watch multiple times and you can still learn something new, now that you have knowledge of some things you did not before. the story only gets better and better. also the animation <3

-darker than it might seem
-creative use of cg
-variety of characters
-very interesting plot

Phos and Otani are very similar characters: useless is best word to describe both of them.
In Houseki no Kuni we can see rapid development of Phos character as she has perfect environment to grow. Alien 9 depicts same type of person in imperfect environment. Along with environment Phos is more perfect and likable because she is useless but also cheerful. Otani is useless and a crybaby so you can find her annoying sometimes.
Set of characters differs in quantity but in both shows we've two types of characters (excluding protagonist): Sensei (caring in Houseki vs. exploitative in Alien 9) and friends (leading vs. replacing her in her duties).
Both shows are weird but each has different kind of weirdness. In short (lol wtf vs. wtf... WTF)

Both shows deal with protagonists who are unsure/unable of what they want to become, and focus on the journey of them finding out their goals

Both have a story with mythical nature, and the forms of characters are somewhat similar.

- Both shows talk about finding your place in the world and how you can be useful to the ones you care about.

It is hard to recommend a follow-up for something like AoT that has no real parallel, certainly in regards to story quality. However, Land of the Lustrous is something of a ‘yin’ to the Attack on Titan ‘yang’.

Both have:
- beautiful graphics
- interesting cast
- unusual, quirky plot-lines

1. Both shows look tasty (really nice visuals)
2. Action animation is really well done
3. Drama filled
4. Innocent main that turns not innocent

this just reminded me of YuYuYu since ep 1, lunarians' design reminds me of Vertex in yuki yuna and they both have cute girls doing cute things... also they both slowly become more dark

I noticed that people who enjoy DMCB also enjoy Houseki no Kuni so I decided to draw similarities between the two: