Anime like Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku no Tobira

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

TRIGUN: Badlands Rumble

Also known as Trigun: Badlands Rumble.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Funimation , flying DOG , Sunny Side Up , Studio Jack
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sci-Fi

In town surrounded by quicksand, an outlaw from Vash the Stampede's past has resurfaced after twenty years. His name is Gasback - and he's looking to cause a little trouble. It seems Gasback has a serious beef with the town's mayor, who's paying dozens of bounty hunters to protect his turf.

One of those hired guns is a beautiful woman with a vendetta against Gasback. Will she get a shot at revenge? Maybe, if she can get through Gasback's bodyguard, Wolfwood. And what's Vash got to do with this mess? Nothing much - except for the fact that he personally set off the entire chain of events two decades ago!



Tags: Revenge , Fugitive , Crime , Desert , Male Protagonist , Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , CGI

Space☆Dandy

Also known as Space Dandy.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi

The story of the anime revolves around Dandy, an alien-hunter. His job is to seek out new aliens never seen before, and receives a reward whenever he finds a new species. His mission is to find those new species faster than anyone else as he travels the galaxy. Together with the bucket-of-bolts robot QT and the dimwit alien Meow he picked up along the way, he comes into contact with new planets and their inhabitants..



Tags: Space , Surreal Comedy , Episodic , Aliens , Parody , Philosophy , Space Opera , Robots , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Kaiju , Meta , Achronological Order , Primarily Male Cast , Zombie , Surfing , Mixed Gender Harem , Yuri

Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor: The Movie

Also known as Patlabor: The Movie.

Studio: Production I.G , Bandai Visual , Touhouku Shinsha , Shouchiku , Bandai , Maiden Japan , Studio DEEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

The year is 1999 and Tokyo's Mobile Police have a new weapon in the war on crime – advanced robots called Labors are used to combat criminals who would use the new technology for illegal means. The suicide of a mysterious man on the massive Babylon Project construction site sets off a cascade of events that may signal the destruction of Tokyo.



Tags: Cyberpunk , Noir , Police , Real Robot , Terrorism , Detective , Philosophy , Urban , Guns , Software Development , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Cosmic Horror

Gintama: Kanketsu-hen - Yorozuya yo Eien Nare

Also known as Gintama: The Final Chapter - Be Forever Yorozuya.

Studio: Sunrise , TV Tokyo , Aniplex , Dentsu , Bandai
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sci-Fi

When Gintoki apprehends a movie pirate at a premiere, he checks the camera's footage and finds himself transported to a bleak, post-apocalyptic version of Edo, where a mysterious epidemic called the "White Plague" has ravished the world's population. It turns out that the movie pirate wasn't a pirate after all—it was an android time machine, and Gintoki has been hurtled five years into the future! Shinpachi and Kagura, his Yorozuya cohorts, have had a falling out and are now battle-hardened solo vigilantes and he himself has been missing for years, disappearing without a trace after scribbling a strange message in his journal. Setting out in the disguise given to him by the android time machine, Gintoki haphazardly reunites the Yorozuya team to investigate the White Plague, and soon discovers that the key to saving the future lies in the darkness of his own past. Determined to confront a powerful foe, he makes an important discovery—with a ragtag band of friends and allies at his side, he doesn't have to fight alone.



Tags: Time Manipulation , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Swordplay , Post-Apocalyptic , Found Family , Samurai , Parody , Shounen , Historical , Primarily Adult Cast , Isekai , Kuudere , Rotoscoping , Guns

Taiho Shichauzo: the MOVIE

Also known as You're Under Arrest! The Motion Picture.

Studio: Studio DEEN , ADV Films , Bandai Visual , TBS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama

The hard-working men and women of the Bokuto Traffic Corps are back on the scene,​ but this time they've got more to worry about than everyday traffic violations! During a routine arrest,​ they recover a secret document detailing step-by-step instructions to terrorists on how to wipe Tokyo off the map! Even the precinct station isn't safe from the bloodthirsty murderers that want this information,​ or from the rogue who wrote it.​

Can Miyuki and Natsume rally their fellow officers in time to save themselves and the city?​!



Tags: Police , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Cars , Motorcycles , Shounen

Lupin III: Cagliostro no Shiro

Also known as Lupin The 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Discotek , Madman Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Mystery

In the twilight of his career, master thief Lupin the Third's latest and greatest caper has hit a snag. What should've been bags of cash from a national casino turns out to be expert counterfeits! Together with his partner-in-crime Jigen, Lupin heads to the remote European nation of Cagliostro to exact revenge. Not everything goes as planned; the two encounter Clarisse, a royal damsel in distress being forced to marry the sinister Count Cagliostro against her will. Saving her won't be easy, however, as Lupin and Jigen -- together with Lupin's unpredictable ex-girlfriend Fujiko and the swordsman Goemon -- must fight their way through a trap-filled castle, a deadly dungeon, and an army of professional assassins! Can Lupin rescue the girl, evade the cuffs of his long-time nemesis Inspector Zenigata, and uncover the secret treasures of The Castle of Cagliostro?



Tags: Crime , Conspiracy , Fugitive , Anti-Hero , Class Struggle , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Police , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Guns , Samurai

PSYCHO-PASS 3: FIRST INSPECTOR

Also known as PSYCHO-PASS 3: First Inspector.

Studio: Production I.G , Dentsu , Toho , Sony Music Entertainment , Fuji TV , Nitroplus , MAGNET
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

Tokyo, 2120. In a society overseen by the Sibyl System, Inspectors Arata Shindo and Kei Mikhail Ignatov of CID Unit One clash over truth and justice. Koichi Azusawa, the mastermind behind a string of crimes, sets his sights on the CID itself and launches an assault on the Public Safety Bureau Building. Unit One is in peril like never before—a case that will try Arata and Kei’s loyalties.

Notes:
The three episodes were given a limited run in theaters as one film, and received a simultaneous release on Amazon Prime.



Tags: Police , Crime , Cyberpunk , Dystopian , Detective , Artificial Intelligence , Philosophy , Politics , Guns , Memory Manipulation

TRIGUN STAMPEDE

Also known as TRIGUN STAMPEDE.

Studio: Orange , Toho , TV Tokyo , Shounen Gahousha , Movic , Toy's Factory
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi

Vash the Stampede’s a joyful gunslinging pacifist, so why does he have a $6 million bounty on his head? That’s what’s puzzling rookie reporter Meryl Stryfe and her jaded veteran partner when looking into the vigilante only to find someone who hates blood. But their investigation turns out to uncover something heinous—his evil twin brother, Millions Knives.



Tags: Full CGI , Guns , Desert , Tragedy , Dystopian , Male Protagonist , Fugitive , Twins , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , CGI , Gore , Aliens , Crime , Travel , Shounen , Body Horror , Primarily Male Cast , Religion , Steampunk , Slapstick , Transgender

Wolf's Rain OVA

Studio: bones , Asatsu DK , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

After leaving Jagara's keep, the story concludes as Kiba, Tsume, Hige, Toboe, Blue and Cheza struggle to finish their journey to Rakuen (Paradise), accompanied by the humans Hubb, Cher and Quent. Darcia confronts the protagonists at last. The secrets of his mysterious existence and Cheza's true form are revealed in this finale.



Tags: Animals , Tragedy , Post-Apocalyptic , Dystopian , Survival , Werewolf , Reincarnation , Snowscape , Primarily Adult Cast