Anime like Armitage III

GUNNM

Also known as Battle Angel Alita.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Animate , Movic , KSS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi

Doc Ido, a doctor and mechanic who lives and works in the hellish, postapocalyptic "Scrapyard", finds the—miraculously preserved—remains of a female cyborg in a junk heap. After he revives and rebuilds her, the preternaturally strong, amnesiac "Gally" begins to forge a life for herself in a world where every day can bring a fight for life. Adapts the first two volumes of the "Battle Angel Alita" manga.

Tags: Cyberpunk , Dystopian , Cyborg , Tragedy , Guns , Post-Apocalyptic , Robots , Gore , Urban , Amnesia , Nudity , Female Protagonist , Crime , Fugitive , Body Horror , Shounen

GHOST IN THE SHELL: Koukaku Kidoutai

Also known as Ghost in the Shell.

Studio: Production I.G , Bandai Visual , Kodansha , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Psychological , Sci-Fi

2029: A female cybernetic government agent, Major Motoko Kusanagi, and the Internal Bureau of Investigations are hot on the trail of “The Puppet Master,” a mysterious and threatening computer virus capable of infiltrating human hosts. Together with her fellow agents from Section 9, Kusanagi embarks on a high-tech race against time to capture the omnipresent entity.



Tags: Cyberpunk , Artificial Intelligence , Philosophy , Urban , Robots , Cyborg , Police , Primarily Male Cast , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Noir , Dystopian , Crime , Guns , Espionage , Nudity , Gore , CGI

Cyber City OEDO 808

Also known as Cyber City Oedo 808.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Central Park Media , Japan Home Video
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi

It is the year 2808. Three convicts are recruited as members of the Cyber Police to keep major criminal activity in Oedo (formerly Tokyo) in check. In return, their life sentences will be reduced by a few years for every mission accomplished. However, to ensure that these convicts are doing their job, the police have secured special collars around their necks. If they attempt to remove their collars or fail to meet the time limit of their mission, the collars will self-destruct.



Tags: Cyberpunk , Crime , Police , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic , Vampire , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Cyborg , Death Game , Guns , Space , Urban Fantasy , Detective , Espionage , Super Power , Cars

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Also known as Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.

Studio: TRIGGER , CD PROJEKT RED , Netflix
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Sci-Fi

An original anime series set in in the universe of Cyberpunk 2077.

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners tells a standalone, 10-episode story about a street kid trying to survive in a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future. Having everything to lose, he chooses to stay alive by becoming an edgerunner—a mercenary outlaw also known as a cyberpunk.



Note: The first episode received a pre-screening at Anime Expo on July 2, 2022. The first 3 dubbed episodes were streamed on Twitch as part of a co-stream promotion on September 12, a day before the show’s premiere.

Tags: Cyberpunk , Tragedy , Crime , Dystopian , Cyborg , Class Struggle , Orphan , Gangs , Male Protagonist , Urban , Body Horror , Guns , Gore , Revenge , Anti-Hero , Primarily Adult Cast , Drugs , Terrorism , Coming of Age , Nudity , Artificial Intelligence , Ensemble Cast , Tomboy , Time Skip , Time Manipulation , Software Development , Space , Robots , Cars , Age Gap

Bubblegum Crisis

Also known as Bubblegum Crisis.

Studio: AIC , Artmic , Youmex , AnimEigo
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In the near future, Tokyo was left flattened as a result from a great earthquake. A new city, MegaTokyo, was then recreated due in no small part from the aid of a multi-million dollar company, Genom Corp. Genom created and mass-produced biomechanical creatures called Boomers to aid in the restoration of MegaTokyo. When the Boomers began to run out of control, the ADPolice at first tried to stop them, but they proved to be far more difficult to deal with than was first imagined. Under the ever looming Boomer threat, a group of four girls from varying degrees of society banded together. Calling themselves The Knight Sabers, they were the only ones with enough firepower and resourcefulness to defend the fledgling MegaTokyo from Genom and it's berserk Boomers.



Tags: Cyberpunk , Robots , Police , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Tokusatsu , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Motorcycles , Episodic , Tragedy , Tanned Skin , Guns , Revenge , Band , Idol , Orphan , Cars , Nudity , Gore , LGBTQ+ Themes , Super Power , Unrequited Love

Metallic Rouge

Also known as Metallic Rouge.

Studio: bones , Fuji TV , Crunchyroll , bilibili , bones , LINE Digital Frontier , GAGA , Dentsu , BS Fuji
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery , Sci-Fi

In a world where humans coexist with androids called Neans, a group known as the Immortal Nine rises up against society. Tasked with disposing of the revolters, a Nean named Rouge Redstar (aka Metal Rouge) and investigator Naomi Orthmann head to Mars to track them down…but first, Rouge wants some chocolate.



Tags: Robots , Artificial Intelligence , Henshin , Cyberpunk , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Tanned Skin , Assassins , Super Power , Fugitive , Dystopian , Conspiracy , Martial Arts , Memory Manipulation , Urban , Tokusatsu , Crime , Class Struggle , Space , Espionage , Guns , Aliens , CGI , Super Robot , Dissociative Identities , Drugs , Tomboy , Spearplay , Twins

Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor

Also known as Mobile Police Patlabor.

Studio: Studio DEEN , Touhouku Shinsha , Maiden Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In the future, rapidly advancing technology gives birth to giant robots known as "Labors," so named for their usefulness in heavy industry. However, this also gives rise to "Labor crimes," resulting the need for a new branch of law enforcement equipped with and dedicated to the policing of Labors. When Izumi Noa, a female police officer, becomes the newest recruit of Special Vehicles Division 2, she and her top of the line "Patrol Labor" (or "Patlabor") Alphonse are swept into a series of adventures featuring crazed construction workers, eco-terrorists, and sea monsters.



Tags: Police , Real Robot , Episodic , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Terrorism , Ensemble Cast , Conspiracy , Kaiju , Female Protagonist , Satire , Shounen

Appleseed

Also known as Appleseed.

Studio: Bandai Visual , Touhouku Shinsha , TBS , Movic , Gainax , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Earth's last city, Olympus, rose from the ashes of global war on the backs of Bioroids, artificial clones who make up half the city's population. Under the guidance of a supercomputer, humanity's last survivors enjoy peace, but only on the surface. Human terrorists within the military seek a return to power and clash with the government's forces led by the legendary soldier, Deunan Knute, and her boyfriend who is 75% machine.



Tags: Police , Cyberpunk , Terrorism , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Robots , Seinen , Real Robot , Urban , Post-Apocalyptic , Artificial Intelligence , Philosophy , Guns

I Я I A ZЁIЯAM THE ANIMATION

Also known as Iria: Zeiram The Animation.

Studio: Bandai Visual , Ashi Productions , Discotek , d-rights
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi

Iria is the story of a girl and the Alien being she loves to hate. The series begins with her brother, Gren, taking a job. He is a bounty hunter, and one well known for his incredible skill. Iria, being a skilled apprentice bounty hunter herself, tags along. What is the job, one might ask. It is to find out what has happened to the crew and cargo of a Space Station. Needless to say, nothing is as it seems, and the war between Iria and Zeiram begins in earnest.


Tags: Female Protagonist , Guns , Space , Tokusatsu , Primarily Adult Cast , Aliens , Tomboy , Primarily Male Cast , Crossdressing

AD Police

Also known as A.D. Police Files.

Studio: AIC , Artmic , Youmex , AnimEigo , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Horror , Mecha , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

The year is 2027 in MegaTokyo, six years before the Knight Sabers will make their debut. Boomers (artificial humans) are still a relatively new advancement, and the implementation and integration of boomers into society is still a bit buggy -- sometimes fatally so. Whenever a boomer incident occurs, though, there is the Advanced Police, a special force trained to deal with boomer crimes.

Leon McNichol is a rookie in the AD Police, and is just starting to become exposed to the horrors and tragedies one finds every day in MegaTokyo. He and his veteran partner, Gina Marceau, slowly learn about the ever-fading line that separates man from machine.

Tags: Cyberpunk , Police , Robots , Urban , Dystopian , Gore , Military , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Cyborg , Drugs , Guns , Body Horror , Nudity , Tanned Skin