Anime Like Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II

20 anime similar to Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II based on genre, format, studio, and popularity

Anime Like Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II

Looking for anime similar to Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II? Here are 10 anime recommendations that share similar themes, genres, or storytelling styles.

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We selected these anime based on shared genres (Action, Sci-Fi), similar narrative structures, comparable art styles, and positive fan overlap. If you enjoyed Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II, these series should appeal to your taste.

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Kaiju No. 8

12 eps⭐ 8.12024Score: 52.6

2 shared genres: Action, Sci-FiSame format (TV)Similar era (2024)

ActionSci-Fi

With the highest kaiju-emergence rates in the world, Japan is no stranger to attack by deadly monsters. Enter the Japan Defense Force, a military organization tasked with the neutralization of kaiju. Kafka Hibino, a kaiju-corpse cleanup man, has always dreamed of joining the force. But when he gets another shot at achieving his childhood dream, he undergoes an unexpected transformation. How can he fight kaiju now that he’s become one himself?! (Source: VIZ Media)

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86 EIGHTY-SIX

11 eps⭐ 8.32021Score: 50.0

2 shared genres: Action, Sci-FiSame format (TV)Same studio: A-1 PicturesSimilar era (2021)

ActionDramaMechaSci-Fi

Called “Juggernaut,” these are the unmanned combat drones developed by the Republic of San Magnolia in answer to the attacks by the autonomous unmanned drones of the neighboring Empire of Giad, the “Legion”. But they’re only unmanned in name. In reality, they are piloted by the Eighty-sixers—those considered to be less than human and treated as mere tools. Determined to achieve his own mysterious ends, Shin, the captain of Spearhead Squadron, which is comprised of Eighty-sixers, continues to fight a hopeless war on a battlefield where only death awaits him. (Source: Crunchyroll)

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86 EIGHTY-SIX Part 2

12 eps⭐ 8.72021Score: 48.8

2 shared genres: Action, Sci-FiSame format (TV)Same studio: A-1 PicturesSimilar era (2021)

ActionDramaMechaSci-Fi

The second cour of 86: Eighty Six. Having bid Lena farewell, Shin and the surviving members of the Spearhead squadron continue into the heart of Legion territory. There, they endure countless hardships until they're rescued by the Federal Republic of Giad, a reformed nation that offers them a second chance at a peaceful life. But it isn't long before a sense of duty calls the Eighty-Six back to the battlefield. Choosing to enlist in the military, they willingly walk back through the gates of hell, this time joined by a peculiar new ally-Frederica Rosenfort: a haughty young girl with a rare ability and wisdom far beyond her years. (Source: Yen Press) Note: The last two episodes were originally set to air in the first two weeks of January 2022, but were postponed to the second and third week of March due to production issues.

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Solo Leveling

12 eps⭐ 8.12024Score: 46.6

1 shared genre: ActionSame format (TV)Same studio: A-1 PicturesSimilar era (2024)

ActionAdventureFantasy

They say whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, but that’s not the case for the world’s weakest hunter Seong Jin-U. After being brutally slaughtered by monsters in a high-ranking dungeon, Jin-U came back with the System, a program only he could see, that’s leveling him up in every way. Now, he’s inspired to discover the secrets behind his powers and the dungeon that spawned them. (Source: Crunchyroll)

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Lycoris Recoil

13 eps⭐ 8.12022Score: 45.0

1 shared genre: ActionSame format (TV)Same studio: A-1 PicturesSimilar era (2022)

ActionSlice of Life

“LycoReco” is a café with a traditional Japanese twist located in downtown Tokyo. But the delicious coffee and sugary sweets are not the only orders this café takes! From delivering packages short distances, to pick-ups and drop-offs on the lonely streets at night, to zombies and giant monster extermination…?! Whatever your problem, we're here to help! We will solve any kind of "trouble" you may have! Waiting for you are the ever-smiling poster-girl and the cool, serious newcomer. A petite girl who never wants to work and a young woman approaching thirty who wants to get married. And the manager is a nice guy who’s obsessed with Japan! Whatever your order is, leave it all up to us♪ (Source: Official Site)

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Sword Art Online II

24 eps⭐ 6.62014Score: 44.3

2 shared genres: Action, Sci-FiSame format (TV)Same studio: A-1 Pictures

ActionAdventureFantasySci-Fi

One year after the SAO incident, Kirito is approached by Seijiro Kikuoka from Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Department "VR Division" with a rather peculiar request. That was an investigation on the "Death Gun" incident that occurred in the gun and steel filled VRMMO called Gun Gale Online (GGO). "Players who are shot by a mysterious avatar with a jet black gun lose their lives even in the real world..." Failing to turn down Kikuoka's bizarre request, Kirito logs in to GGO even though he is not completely convinced that the virtual world could physically affect the real world. Kirito wanders in an unfamiliar world in order to gain any clues about the "Death Gun." Then, a female sniper named Sinon who owns a gigantic "Hecate II" rifle extends Kirito a helping hand. With Sinon's help, Kirito decides to enter the "Bullet of Bullets," a large tournament to choose the most powerful gunner within the realm of GGO, in hopes to become the target of the "Death Gun" and make direct contact with the mysterious avatar. (Source: Crunchyroll)

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Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-

13 eps⭐ 8.52025Score: 44.3

1 shared genre: ActionSame format (TV)Same studio: A-1 PicturesSimilar era (2025)

ActionAdventureFantasy

The second season of Solo Leveling. Mastering his new abilities in secret, Jin-U must battle humanity's toughest foes to save his mother. (Source: Crunchyroll News)

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MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES

12 eps⭐ 7.62023Score: 44.2

1 shared genre: ActionSame format (TV)Same studio: A-1 PicturesSimilar era (2023)

ActionComedyFantasy

This is a world of magic. This is a world in which magic is casually used by everyone. In a deep, dark forest in this world of magic, there is a boy who is singlemindedly working out. His name is Mash Burnedead, and he has a secret. He can’t use magic. All he wanted was to live a quiet life with his family, but people suddenly start trying to kill him one day and he somehow finds himself enrolled in Magic School. There, he sets his sights on becoming a “Divine Visionary,” the elite of the elite. Will his ripped muscles work against the best and brightest of the wizarding world? The curtain rises on this off-kilter magical fantasy in which the power of being jacked crushes any spell! (Source: Crunchyroll)

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Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld Part 2

11 eps⭐ 7.42020Score: 40.4

1 shared genre: ActionSame format (TV)Same studio: A-1 PicturesSimilar era (2020)

ActionAdventureFantasy

The final load test... The war between the Human Empire and the Dark Territory has engulfed Underworld entirely. The battle has shifted course with the Dark Territory army led by Gabriel, who seeks to capture Alice, the Priestess of Light, against Asuna and the Human Empire forces fighting to save Underworld. As Kirito's consciousness remains buried in a deep sleep, Gabriel, standing in as the Dark God Vecta, has recruited thousands of American players to log in to Underworld to annihilate the Human Empire forces. Meanwhile, Asuna, Sinon, and Leafa have joined the battle utilizing three super-accounts of the deities of the Underworld. As the Goddess of Creation Stacia Asuna fights alongside the Human Empire forces to take on the American players in a vicious combat. Sinon, who has gained the super-account for the Sun Goddess Solus, is in pursuit of Gabriel, who has abducted Alice, while Leafa arrives to Underworld with the super-account Earth Goddess Terraria. But that is not all... The impassioned speech by Lisbeth has convinced many ALO players to join the fight with the Human Empire despite the risks. With this great war, not only Underworld's continued existence, but the bottom-up artificial intelligence, the ultimate AI, and even the future of mankind is at stake. Though he has yet to awaken, only one man holds the fate of this world: the Black Swordsman. (Source: Official Website)

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Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld

12 eps⭐ 7.52019Score: 39.6

1 shared genre: ActionSame format (TV)Same studio: A-1 Pictures

ActionAdventureFantasy

Kirito, Eugeo, and Alice. Six months have passed since the two disciples and an Integrity Knight brought down the pontifex, Administrator. With the fighting over, Alice has been living in her hometown of Rulid Village. Beside her is Kirito, who has not only lost his arm and soul, but also his dear friend. As Alice devotes herself to looking after Kirito, she too has lost the will to fight she once had as a knight. Nevertheless, the time for the final stress test – one which will engulf the entire Underworld with tragedy – draws relentlessly closer. Meanwhile, in the deepest areas of the Dark Territory, the Dark God Vecta has resurrected, as if to have waited for this very moment. Leading an army of dark forces, they begin their invasion into the human empire in hopes of attaining the Priestess of Light. The human empire force led by the Integrity Knight Bercouli prepares for a war of an unimaginable scale against the army of the Dark Territory. Even then, Alice is nowhere to be seen, nor the two heroes that saved the realm... (Source: Official Website)

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Sword Art Online: Alicization

24 eps⭐ 7.52018Score: 39.3

1 shared genre: ActionSame format (TV)Same studio: A-1 Pictures

ActionAdventureFantasy

Kirito awakens in a vast, fantastical forest filled with towering trees. In his search for clues to the truth of his surroundings, he encounters a young boy who seems to know him. He ought to be a simple NPC, but the depth of his emotions seem no different than a human. As they search for the boy's parents, Kirito finds a peculiar memory returning to him. A memory from his own childhood, of this boy and a girl, too, with golden hair, and a name he should have never forgotten - Alice. (Source: Yen Press) Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~48 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

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Sword Art Online

25 eps⭐ 7.02012Score: 37.9

1 shared genre: ActionSame format (TV)Same studio: A-1 Pictures

ActionAdventureFantasyRomance

In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a piece of technology called Nerve Gear. One day, players discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive unless they reach the 100th floor of the game's tower and defeat the final boss. However, if they die in the game, they die in real life. Their struggle for survival starts now... (Source: Crunchyroll)

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Blue Exorcist

25 eps⭐ 7.22011Score: 36.9

1 shared genre: ActionSame format (TV)Same studio: A-1 Pictures

ActionFantasySupernatural

This world consists of two dimensions joined as one, like a mirror. The first is the world in which the humans live, Assiah. The other is the world of demons, Gehenna. Ordinarily, travel between the two, and indeed any kind of contact between the two, is impossible. However the demons can pass over into this world by possessing anything that exist within it. Satan the god of demons, but there's one thing that he doesn't have, and that's a substance in the human world that is powerful enough to contain him!! For that purpose he created Rin, his son from a human woman, but will his son agree to his plans? Or will he become something else...? An exorcist?

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The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of the Commandments

24 eps⭐ 7.32018Score: 36.0

1 shared genre: ActionSame format (TV)Same studio: A-1 Pictures

ActionAdventureComedyEcchi

Melodias, Hawk, and Elizabeth retook the Kingdom of Leones from the Holy Knights. The festival went off without a hitch and the crew enjoyed their well-earned peace. And yet, another threat looms on the horizon. The Ten Commandments, a group of elite demon clan warriors, have their sights set on the kingdom. (Source: Anime News Network)

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Cells at Work!

13 eps⭐ 7.42018Score: 36.0

2 shared genres: Action, Sci-FiSame format (TV)

ActionComedySci-Fi

The average human body contains about 60 trillion cells, and each of them has work to do! But when you get injured, viruses or bacteria invade, or when an allergic reaction flares up, everyone from the silent but deadly white blood cells to the brainy neurons has to work together to get through the crisis! (Source: Kodansha US)

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My Hero Academia Season 5

25 eps⭐ 7.32021Score: 36.0

2 shared genres: Action, Sci-FiSame format (TV)Similar era (2021)

ActionAdventureComedySci-Fi

The rivalry between Class 1-A and Class 1-B heats up in a joint training battle. Eager to be a part of the hero course, brainwashing buff Shinso is tasked with competing on both sides. But as each team faces their own weaknesses and discovers new strengths, this showdown might just become a toss-up. (Source: Funimation)

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Dr. STONE New World

11 eps⭐ 8.12023Score: 35.9

2 shared genres: Action, Sci-FiSame format (TV)Similar era (2023)

ActionAdventureComedySci-Fi

The third season of Dr. STONE. Senkuu and the Kingdom of Science sail to new lands to uncover more scientific secrets! (Source: Crunchyroll)

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Gate

12 eps⭐ 7.42015Score: 35.4

1 shared genre: ActionSame format (TV)Same studio: A-1 Pictures

ActionAdventureFantasy

The military fantasy series begins when a gate appears in Tokyo's Ginza district sometime in the 21st century. From the gate pours out monsters, knights from middle-age Europe, and other fantasy-like beings, and they kill many of the citizens of Tokyo. This event is known as the Ginza Incident. The government sends a small group of soldiers from the Japanese Self-Defense Forces (a replacement for Japan's military) to the alternate world beyond the gate. Led by otaku soldier Youji, they find that the villages in the world are being attacked by a dragon. An elf girl who is a survivor from the dragon's rampage joins the group in their travels across the dangerous new world. (Source: Anime News Network)

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Dr. STONE

24 eps⭐ 8.12019Score: 35.3

2 shared genres: Action, Sci-FiSame format (TV)

ActionAdventureComedySci-Fi

After five years of harboring unspoken feelings, high-schooler Taiju Ooki is finally ready to confess his love to Yuzuriha Ogawa. Just when Taiju begins his confession however, a blinding green light strikes the Earth and petrifies mankind around the world— turning every single human into stone. Several millennia later, Taiju awakens to find the modern world completely nonexistent, as nature has flourished in the years humanity stood still. Among a stone world of statues, Taiju encounters one other living human: his science-loving friend Senkuu, who has been active for a few months. Taiju learns that Senkuu has developed a grand scheme—to launch the complete revival of civilization with science. Taiju's brawn and Senkuu's brains combine to forge a formidable partnership, and they soon uncover a method to revive those petrified. However, Senkuu's master plan is threatened when his ideologies are challenged by those who awaken. All the while, the reason for mankind's petrification remains unknown. (Source: MAL Rewrite)

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Dr. STONE: STONE WARS

11 eps⭐ 8.12021Score: 35.2

2 shared genres: Action, Sci-FiSame format (TV)Similar era (2021)

ActionAdventureComedySci-Fi

The second season of Dr. STONE Armed with the power of science and a genius intellect, Senkuu is determined to save humanity. However, Tsukasa’s empire goes on the offensive to halt the progress of science. Bolder choices are made as these two start a war that rocks the Stone World. (Source: Crunchyroll)

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