Anime like Crying Freeman

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Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished

Yo Hinomura was an ordinary Japanese potter when a run-in with a Chinese mafia changed his life forever. Now an assassin for the 108 Dragons, Yo is the perfect killing machine. As a sign for remorse over his victims, he sheds tears after eliminating his targets. Because of this, he is infamously known by the Dragons and every crime syndicate in the world as "Crying Freeman."

Tags: Gangs , Triads , Assassins , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Foreign , Seinen , Nudity , Female Protagonist

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Sanctuary

Also known as Sanctuary.

Studio: Viz Media , Pastel , Toho , VAP
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Thriller

Two Japanese survivors of the Khmer Rouge massacres in Cambodia vow to find a sanctuary, even if they have to build it themselves. Returning to Japan, they take seemingly opposite paths: one becomes a politician, the other a gangster.

As Asami and Hojo work through the linked worlds of politics and crime in modern Japan, they don't hesitate to do anything necessary to secure their own positions and stay true to their vow. Loyal to no one else, they find their friendship increasingly tested as they rise in their chosen fields.

Tags: Politics , Yakuza , Noir , Police , Nudity , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Triads , Male Protagonist , Crime

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Kizuoibito

Also known as Wounded Man.

Studio: Magic Bus
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Ecchi

Based on the manga by Kazuo Koike.

Tags: Guns , Seinen , Conspiracy , Mafia , Nudity , Male Protagonist , Martial Arts , Foreign

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Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom

Also known as Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom.

Studio: Bee Train , Genco , Funimation , Bushiroad , Nitroplus , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , OVERLAP , Lantis , TV Tokyo , Rakuonsha , TV Tokyo Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Thriller

A young man wakes up in a strange room with no memory of who he is or how he got there. His past is lost—and his future belongs to Inferno, a violent crime syndicate. They give him a new name—Zwei—and team him with their top assassin, the enigmatic Ein. She’ll teach Zwei all he needs to know about his new life as an Inferno operative, starting with lesson number one: kill or be killed.

Tags: Amnesia , Anti-Hero , Assassins , Noir , Mafia , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Crime , Guns , Memory Manipulation , Heterosexual , Foreign , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Time Skip , Yakuza , Nudity

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