What is Darker than Black about?
Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Tags: Super Power , Anti-Hero , Crime , Noir , Urban , Assassins , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Terrorism , Urban Fantasy , Police , Espionage , Triads , Episodic , Kuudere , Gore , Male Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Yakuza , Detective , Memory Manipulation , Mafia
Here is a list of Anime similar to DARKER THAN BLACK: Kuro no Keiyakusha
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
Tags: Amnesia , Anti-Hero , Assassins , Noir , Mafia , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Crime , Guns , Memory Manipulation , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Time Skip , Yakuza , Nudity
Durarara!!
Also known as Durarara!!. Studio: Aniplex , Brain's Base , Movic , Aniplex of America , Sakura Create
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery , Supernatural
Ryuugamine Mikado has always longed for the excitement of the city life, and an invitation from a childhood friend convinces him to move to Tokyo. Witnessing the Black Rider on his first day in the city, his wishes already seem to have been granted. But as supernatural events begin to occur, ordinary citizens like himself, along with Ikebukuro's most colorful inhabitants, are mixed up in the commotion breaking out in their city.
Tags: Urban Fantasy , Gangs , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Dullahan , Achronological Order , Delinquents , Crime , Female Protagonist , Mythology , Yandere , Male Protagonist , Motorcycles , School , Orphan , Otaku Culture , Amnesia , Swordplay , Heterosexual , Bullying , Incest
BLACK LAGOON
Also known as Black Lagoon. Studio: MADHOUSE , Funimation , Selecta Visión , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Thriller
Tags: Crime , Guns , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Pirates , Anti-Hero , Gangs , Travel , Ensemble Cast , Mafia , Assassins , Female Protagonist , Tomboy , Foreign , Ships , Military , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Triads , Noir , Maids , Gore , Politics , Nudity , Nun
Cowboy Bebop
Also known as Cowboy Bebop. Studio: Sunrise , Bandai Visual , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Sci-Fi
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 , Tragedy , Noir , Travel , Guns , Cyberpunk , Male Protagonist , Found Family , Philosophy , Terrorism , Tomboy , Cowboys , Heterosexual , Martial Arts , Cyborg , Amnesia , Anti-Hero , Gambling , Yakuza , Drugs , Female Protagonist , Police , Cult , Tanned Skin , Nudity , Circus
PSYCHO-PASS
Also known as PSYCHO-PASS. Studio: Production I.G , Fuji TV , Nitroplus , Sony Music Entertainment , KYORAKU , Toho , Funimation , Dentsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller
Into this world steps Akane Tsunemori, a young woman with an honest desire to uphold justice. However, as she works alongside veteran Enforcer Shinya Kougami, she soon learns that the Sibyl System's judgments are not as perfect as her fellow Inspectors assume. With everything she has known turned on its head, Akane wrestles with the question of what justice truly is, and whether it can be upheld through the use of a system that may already be corrupt.
Note: In the Summer 2014 season, Psycho-Pass was rebroadcast and re-edited to fit into an hour time-slot, ending up in 11 one-hour episodes. This edit included added scenes at the beginning and middle of the episodes, as well as fixing and improving animation.
Tags: Detective , Police , Dystopian , Cyberpunk , Crime , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Female Protagonist , Artificial Intelligence , Conspiracy , Revenge , Male Protagonist , Fugitive , Guns , Anti-Hero , Terrorism , Augmented Reality , Gore , Class Struggle , Tragedy , Robots , Body Horror , Nudity ,
Bungou Stray Dogs
Also known as Bungo Stray Dogs. Studio: bones , Glovision , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mystery , Supernatural
Tags: Super Power , Crime , Detective , Mafia , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Classic Literature , Yakuza , Urban , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Orphan , Gangs , Seinen , Suicide , Slapstick , Guns , Terrorism , Gore , Kuudere , Shapeshifting , Anti-Hero , Assassins , Episodic , Tragedy , Bar , Homeless
MONSTER
Also known as Monster. Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , Viz Media , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Thriller
A doctor is taught to believe that all life is equal; however, when another series of murders occur in the surgeon's vicinity, Dr. Tenma's beliefs are shaken as his actions that night are shown to have much broader consequences than he could have imagined. Leaving behind his life as a surgeon he embarks on a journey across the country to unravel the mystery of the boy he saved.
Tags: Crime , Seinen , Detective , Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , Fugitive , Revenge , Primarily Adult Cast , Conspiracy , Twins , Memory Manipulation , Tragedy , Noir , Adoption , Foreign , Urban , Police , Male Protagonist , Amnesia , Medicine , Politics , Dissociative Identities , Travel , Historical , Orphan , Time Skip , Guns , Suicide , Primarily Male Cast , Torture , Episodic , Crossdressing , Nudity , Gore , Bullying , Rescue
BANANA FISH
Also known as BANANA FISH. Studio: MAPPA , Aniplex , Dentsu , Shogakukan , Movic , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Thriller
Tags: Mafia , Gangs , Tragedy , Crime , Conspiracy , Drugs , Male Protagonist , Urban , Primarily Male Cast , Revenge , Guns , Coming of Age , Foreign , Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Shoujo , Anti-Hero , Noir , Fugitive , Primarily Adult Cast , Assassins , Criminal Organization , Ensemble Cast , Orphan , Prison , Classic Literature , Photography , Tanned Skin
GREAT PRETENDER
Also known as Great Pretender. Studio: WIT STUDIO , Fuji TV , Production I.G , Toho , BS Fuji , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Thriller
Tags: Crime , Anti-Hero , Foreign , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Urban , Work , Mafia , Language Barrier , Triads , Filmmaking , Drawing , Drugs , Gangs , Acting , Heterosexual , Aviation , Tragedy , Bisexual , Slavery , Tomboy , Detective , Nudity , LGBTQ+ Themes , War , Mahjong , Baseball , Tanned Skin , Guns , Terrorism , Football , Boys' Love
Baccano!
Also known as Baccano!. Studio: Aniplex , Brain's Base , Aniplex of America , Sakura Create , Happinet Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery , Supernatural
Based on the award winning light novels of the same name, this anime adaptation follows several events that initially seem unrelated, both in time and place, but are part of a much bigger story—one of alchemy, survival and immortality. Merging these events together are the kindhearted would-be thieves, Isaac and Miria, connecting various people, all of them with their own hidden ambitions and agendas, and creating lifelong bonds and consequences for everyone involved.
Tags: Mafia , Ensemble Cast , Crime , Achronological Order , Historical , Trains , Urban Fantasy , Alchemy , Foreign , Noir , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Guns , Gore , Urban , Vore , Surreal Comedy , Demons , Travel , Meta , Disability
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