Monster Farm: Enbanseki no Himitsu

Another breed of monster show, this along with Pokemon and Monster Rancher was one of the big 3 monster related shows. Filled with crazy creatures and adventures, if you liked this show (or Pokemon) you will very likely enjoy this series. 

Both invlove a variety of bizarre creatures that do battle and are based on video games. Monster Rancher's quite a bit darker than Pokemon, but still primarily directed at children. 

Both niche monster battling/taming kids anime that tried to ride the tailwind of the success of shows like Pokemon, Digimon and Yu-Gi-Oh. In both series their respective monsters speak the same human language as the human character counterparts and communicate with them in this way. Both have similar themes and humour. 

Both niche alternatives to Pokemon/Digimon style shows. Both kids anime. Both monster battling/taming series. Both have similar aged characters. 

Both shows focus on their heroes relationships with their monster friends who bring them to strange new worlds and experiences. Both have great character and monster designs. 

They are both children's shows with young protagonists whom control monsters to battle against the forces of evil. Both have nice art styles and monster/character designs.  

Both classic kids monster battling/taming anime. Both more niche alternatives to Pokemon/Digimon style shows.  

Both niche monster battling kids anime that came out on the tail-end of Pokemania alongside a wealth of similar shows such as Yugioh, Beyblade & Digimon to name a few. Taking this into account it's very clear that these shows were created with similar ideas for essentially the same target audience/demographic. Both contain intelligent and communicative creatures that speak to their human counterparts. (These two unlike some others both feature their respective monsters speaking full coherent sentences in the "human" language of whatever language you're watching the show in -think Digimon not Pokemon). They both have very unique and expressive art styles and monster designs. If you had a good time with any of the shows mentioned in this recommendation or any that follow a similar formula, I'm sure you will appreciate both of these anime. read more 

Spinning! A lot of spinning! In Monster Rancher they spin the mystery discs to revive their monsters, in Beyblade Metal Fight it's the beys their monster pals inhabit that do the spinning in order to battle each other! Both also try to market real world games and paraphernalia to their audience.  

Both kids anime that involve children fighting alongside intelligent creatures who are trapped within inanimate objects such as cards and disks. Both series feature both cute and ferocious monster designs. In both the protagonist(s) form deep bonds with their monster companions. 

Both monster battling kids anime. Both have great world building, art styles, characters designs and OSTs. Both main characters are similarly energetic and heroic.  

Both children's monster battling anime. Both have large rosters of varying cool monster designs. 

Typical boy sent into another universe collects companions trope. 

Another one of the series in wich the main character is sucked into video game world and it has to save it from evil.  

-Inter-dimensional travel. -Monsters. -Battles. -Kid friendly content. -Young heroes. -Plenty of varied and cool monster designs. Both of these shows have all of the above and appeal to a similar audience. 

Both children's monster anime with similar themes. Evil Moo (monster rancher villain) reminds me of the Barians (Zexal villains) in style and presentation. Both English dubs have great openings and OSTs. 

Both kids anime with similar themes. Both have great character designs with a wide array of unique monsters. Both have intelligent monsters that get sealed within objects (cards/disks).  

Both feature young prodigy heroes and their sentient creature partners (disc monsters & bey bitbeasts). Both have competitive sport elements incorporated and battles/tournaments that leak into the real world with their respective toys/games. Both have interesting and unique monster designs with their own specific distinct style. 

Both Pokemon-esque anime intended for a younger audience from the same era. Both follow lovable young heroes who meet, befriend and battle alongside a variety of cute and formidable creatures. 

Both popular kids anime that have sentient monsters who are originally trapped in round objects (bitbeasts and mystery disks) who partner with our child human heroes and battle against a variety of different foes. 

Both shows focus on a cast of young characters who battle with monsters trapped within in objects, disks and cards respectively. In both shows our heroes can summon creatures from these objects to aid them in battles. 

Both shows have young heroes fighting against dark powers with the help of sentient monsters. In both these creatures' spirits are only given physical form when transported to a different world/dimension. Both have great character and monster designs. 

Both shows feature young heroes as well as uniquely designed monsters. Both have strong themes of friendship as well varying puzzles and obstacles for our heroes to overcome. 

In both shows our heroes play a game competitively in which the monsters in the game are later shown to be sentient and communicate with our heroes. In both our human protagonists ally themselves with these monsters to battle against a variety of foes. 

Having a similar concept but monster rancher is far better executed and has a stronger selection of characters overall. the monsters are much more in depth since they are each given personality's and the ability to talk as well as battle. i also found the main character was more enjoyable than in dragon drive since he was more energized and humerus.It also has a much more gripping journey and better bad guys. It's just a lot more fun to watch but there essentially at the core the same type of show. i think if you like dragon drive your going to love monster rancher since its a standard above dragon drive.  read more 

Shounen style video game worlds. 

Both contain a main male character drawn into a world he would not normally be in. Genki is drawn into a game, while Rokuro is drawn into the Japanese underworld. 

Both classic kids monster battling/taming/collecting anime. Both have heavy emphasis on teamwork and morality. Both have wide ranges of varied monster designs. 

Both iconic kids monster battling anime from a similar era. Both have talking intelligent monsters who converse with the human characters using the same human language.  

Both monster collecting/taming/training kids anime. Both originally based off video games of similar genres. Both have wide variety of monster designs. 

Both children's monster battling anime from the same era. Both have great english dubs and soundtracks. Both casts of characters are of similar age. Both shows have many varied and appealing monster designs who often clash in battles. Both shows have monster spirits sealed within objects (bitbeasts/disks) 

Both based on monster collecting video games. Both focus on a spunky kid who befriend and battles with a variety of different creatures unique to each series respective worlds. 

Both extremely similar kids monster battling anime from a similar time when such was the craze after the massive & explosive success of Pokemon. Both have young children as main characters but also just as important are the partner monster characters who are extremely intelligent and able to communicate in way where it appears to the viewer as though they are speaking the same language and so can have much more meaningful dialogue with their monster companions (unlike in Pokemon). Both have a variety of cool/cute monster designs and both shows see these monsters engage in battles on behalf of our heroes against a common enemy. 

Both iconic kids anime. Both have humanoid monsters. Both monster collecting/taming/battling series. Both have intelligent and communicative creatures. 

Both classic and iconic yet niche monster battling anime. Both have intelligent creatures who communicate with the human characters in the same human language. Both have similar aged heroes and sense of humour. 

Both kids monster anime. Both have their series' monsters spirits sealed inside objects such as the mystery disk and the Bakugan. Both have talking monsters who communicate with their human character counterparts.