Monsters can not only be nasty opponents, but also your best friends. That’s exactly what Pokémon proved. If you are looking for similar anime series, you might find some new tips in this list.
Pokémon is the biggest anime franchise ever. The colorful pocket monsters not only have a cuddly factor, but also trigger a collecting craze. Collecting monsters is a big theme not only in Pokémon, but also in many other anime.
The monsters don’t always have to be brightly colored. They can also be more blatant or so ugly that we wouldn’t even accept them into our team. MeinMMO has picked out 5 recommendations for you that you shouldn’t miss as a Pokémon fan.
How was this list created?
Yokai Pact
The Pact of Yokai anime series has been running since 2008. Unfortunately, the anime is not available on any streaming service in Germany, which is why your only option is to buy the DVDs or access an American Crunchyroll account.
What is it about? Takashi Natsume is a boy who can see supernatural beings, also known as yokai. As a result, he was bullied by many children of the same age. But one day his grandmother gives him the “Book of Friends,” in which he makes an incredible discovery.
Included in the book are numerous yokai who have made a pact with the grandmother. But Takashi has no desire to use the power of the Yokai for his own purposes. He makes it his mission to dissolve all the contracts with the Yokai in order to free them from slavery.
Digimon
Digimon is decried as a competitor to Pokémon, even if the digital monsters lagged behind the pocket monsters most of the time. The anime started with Digimon Adventure, which is probably the most famous season to this day. Many more seasons followed, in which some people even became Digimon themselves.
What is it about? In addition to the human world, there is a digital world. The digital monsters live in it, which can transform into even stronger beings through particularly challenging situations, the so-called digitization.
In many seasons, a child is drawn into the world of Digimon and given a partner Digimon. The Digivice keeps the monster and the child connected. In the anime itself, the children only have one partner Digimon, but outside of the series we can collect the colorful monsters as much as we want.