 If you liked
Pokemon
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 ...then you might like
Blue Dragon
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Both involve using monsters to fight and have collectable card games and such.
also both based on video games.
Though blue dragon has a more interesting story (not vastly)
and reaches some sort of conclusion rather then just dragging it on and on
for many years.
It also has characters designs by the man who made dragonball
and music from the composer of final fantasy games which should hopefully get you interested