Anime like CANNON BUSTERS

TRIGUN

Also known as Trigun.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Nippon Victor , Arts Pro , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

Vash the Stampede is a wanted man with a habit of turning entire towns into rubble. The price on his head is a fortune, and his path of destruction reaches across the arid wastelands of a desert planet. Unfortunately, most encounters with the spiky-haired gunslinger don't end well for the bounty hunters who catch up with him; someone almost always gets hurt - and it's never Vash.

Oddly enough, for such an infamous fugitive, there's no proof that he's ever taken a life. In fact, he's a pacifist with a doughnut obsession who's more doofus than desperado. There's a whole lot more to him than his reputation lets on - Vash the Stampede definitely ain't your typical outlaw.



Tags: Guns , Fugitive , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Cowboys , Tragedy , Post-Apocalyptic , Crime , Desert , Travel , Steampunk , Shounen , Episodic , Twins , Aliens , Space , Slapstick , Religion , Acrobatics , Rural , Body Horror

Afro Samurai

Also known as Afro Samurai.

Studio: GONZO , Dentsu , Funimation , Victor Entertainment , Pony Canyon , Fuji TV , Trilogy Future Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

After watching his father die in a duel against an unbeatable villian known only as 'Justice,' young Afro fixes his life on the study of swords and revenge. The tale of Afro Samurai is one of bloody hardship and pain. Along his solitary path of revenge for his murdered father, he sheds no tears & knows no love. Forever chased by powerful enemies in a lawless technology-speckled dystopia, he evades bullets and blade to reach his final prey: a man who will not die. But Afro will reach his quarry - even if it means painting a road of blood and brains from here to the bitter inevitable end.

Tags: Revenge , Swordplay , Gore , Samurai , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Travel , Assassins , Anachronism , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Philosophy , Battle Royale , Achronological Order , Primarily Male Cast , Orphan , Ghost , Cult , Artificial Intelligence , Nudity , Guns , Alternate Universe , Martial Arts

Cowboy Bebop

Also known as Cowboy Bebop.

Studio: Sunrise , Bandai Visual , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Sci-Fi

Enter a world in the distant future, where Bounty Hunters roam the solar system. Spike and Jet, bounty hunting partners, set out on journeys in an ever struggling effort to win bounty rewards to survive.

While traveling, they meet up with other very interesting people. Could Faye, the beautiful and ridiculously poor gambler, Edward, the computer genius, and Ein, the engineered dog be a good addition to the group?

Tags: Space , Crime , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Philosophy , Tragedy , Travel , Found Family , Noir , Anti-Hero , Guns , Male Protagonist , Cyberpunk , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Terrorism , Martial Arts , Cyborg , Tomboy , Cowboys , Amnesia , Work , Gambling , Police , Yakuza , Drugs , Nudity , Cult , Tanned Skin , Circus , CGI , LGBTQ+ Themes

Shingeki no Bahamut: GENESIS

Also known as Rage of Bahamut: Genesis.

Studio: MAPPA , Cygames , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Supernatural

Mistarcia is a magical world where humans, gods, and demons mingle together. In the past, the black-and-silver winged Bahamut has threatened to destroy the land, but humans, gods, and demons overcame their differences to fight together and seal its power. The key to that seal was split in two, one half given to the gods and the other to demons, so that they would never be united and Bahamut never released. Now, two thousand years later, the world is in an era of peace—until the day a human woman steals the gods' half of the key.

Tags: Magic , Primarily Adult Cast , Demons , Angels , Gods , Medieval , Travel , Fugitive , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Dragons , Ensemble Cast , Revenge , Swordplay , CGI , Tragedy , Steampunk , Nudity , Zombie , Pirates , Heterosexual , Skeleton , Archery

Gun x Sword

Also known as Gun x Sword.

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , AIC A.S.T.A. , Funimation , Studio Tulip
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Van, a lanky and apathetic swordsman, is on a journey to kill the murderer of his fiancé. The only characteristic he has to go by is that the murderer has a claw for an arm, hence the murderer being referred to as The Claw Man. During his travels, Van happens to pass through the city of Evergreen, which is defending itself from bandits who aim to rob the city of its treasury. It is in this city that Van meets Wendy Garret, a timid young girl who is looking for her kidnapped brother. When the city pleads for Van's assistance to defend it, he refuses, claiming it has nothing to do with him and thus leaves the city on its own to deal with the peril. Soon after, Van comes across the raiding bandits himself and they eventually tick off the swordsman to a degree where he takes action against them for his own personal vendetta. Surprisingly, Van learns that the bandits had ties with The Claw Man, and in kidnapping Wendy's brother for a reason they did not disclose. After the bandits are dealt with easily, Van and, much to his chagrin, Wendy continue the journey in search of The Claw Man. Little do they know, however, that The Claw Man is involved with something more atrocious than either could fathom.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tags: Revenge , Super Robot , Cult , Anti-Hero , Post-Apocalyptic , Swordplay , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Guns , Parody , Travel , Female Harem , Steampunk , Conspiracy , Found Family

Basquash!

Also known as BASQUASH!.

Studio: Satelight , Maiden Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Mecha , Sci-Fi , Sports

On the planet Earthdash, its inhabitants gaze on its moon and the technologically advanced lunar city of Mooneyes with awe. Dan JD, a boy living in Rollingtown on Earthdash’s surface, gets caught up in Bigfoot Basketball — a fast-paced sport played with giant Bigfoot robots.



Tags: Basketball , Tanned Skin , Cyberpunk , Robots , Urban , Crime , Real Robot , Disability , Heterosexual , Fugitive , Male Protagonist , CGI , Desert , Ensemble Cast , Idol , Dystopian , Tomboy , Crossdressing , Aliens , Rural , Memory Manipulation , Cyborg , Kaiju

Gungrave

Also known as Gungrave.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi

After a tragic scene with the murder of his friends, Brandon Heat follows his only friend Harry McDowel into Millennion, the largest mafia syndicate. While Harry McDowel is striving for power, Brandon is only staying in Millennion to see the girl he loves whose custody was gained by the leader of Millennion, Big Daddy. But as the years pass and Brandon proves loyal to Millennion, Brandon learns the true purpose and passion of Millennion, and that's when true conflict arises.



Tags: Crime , Mafia , Gangs , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Guns , Revenge , Primarily Adult Cast , Super Power , Primarily Male Cast , Zombie , Afterlife , Body Horror , Gore , Time Skip , Cyborg , Heterosexual , Age Gap

Towa no Yuugure

Also known as Dusk Beyond the End of the World.

Studio: P.A.WORKS , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Movic , SANKYO , MediaNet , P.A.WORKS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi

When growing tensions around AI spark civil unrest, Akira is caught in the crossfire when he protects his girlfriend from an assassin’s bullet. Hundreds of years later, he awakens from cryogenic sleep to an unfamiliar world. As he struggles to come to terms with his new reality, he bonds with an android called Yugure, who bears an uncanny resemblance to his girlfriend. Now, he must ask himself what love means in a world where technology has changed the very fabric of society.



Note: Includes Prologue.

Tags: Robots , Heterosexual , Female Harem , Dystopian , Artificial Intelligence , Polyamorous , Male Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Lost Civilization , Anachronism , Cyberpunk , Inseki , Marriage , Incest , War , Cyborg , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bisexual , Gore , Travel , Time Skip , Adoption , Unrequited Love , Steampunk , Body Swapping , Mafia , Trains