Anime like El Cazador

Noir

Studio: Bee Train , Funimation , Victor Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery

Mireille Bouquet is a professional assassin, and a very good one at that. But when she follows up an e-mail from a young Japanese girl named Yumura Kirika, inviting her to take "a pilgrimage to the past", her life becomes even more dangerous than it already is. Now, with a haunting melody invoking the memory of an event long past, Mireille and Kirika decide to work together to find the truth about a thousand year old organization that has controlled both of their lives since before they were born. And the only clue in their search, the only thing Kirika remembers about herself, becomes their working codename: a name designating an ancient fate, of two maidens who reign over death--Noir.



Tags: Assassins , Guns , Noir , Foreign , Crime , Amnesia , Female Protagonist , Fugitive , Primarily Female Cast , Conspiracy , Revenge , Tragedy , Gangs , Primarily Adult Cast , Philosophy , Yuri , Triads , Wrestling

Madlax

Studio: Bee Train , ADV Films , Victor Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

In the country of Gazth-Sonika, civil war rages. There, a mercenary called Madlax plies her trade, with almost supernatural skill. In the seemingly peaceful country of Nafrece, Margaret Burton lives a tranquil life. As separate as their lives may seem, the two are connected by ties of mystery, and by a holy book that is also sought by the shadowy organisation, Anfan. As Margaret and Madlax follow the path of their destiny, they come ever closer to uncovering the truth - with no guarantee that it is a truth they can bear to learn.



Tags: Guns , Military , Amnesia , War , Magic , Female Protagonist , Assassins , Primarily Adult Cast , Memory Manipulation , Orphan

Lycoris Recoil

Also known as Lycoris Recoil.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Aniplex , ABC Animation , BS11
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Slice of Life

“LycoReco” is a café with a traditional Japanese twist located in downtown Tokyo. But the delicious coffee and sugary sweets are not the only orders this café takes! From delivering packages short distances, to pick-ups and drop-offs on the lonely streets at night, to zombies and giant monster extermination…?! Whatever your problem, we're here to help! We will solve any kind of "trouble" you may have!

Waiting for you are the ever-smiling poster-girl and the cool, serious newcomer. A petite girl who never wants to work and a young woman approaching thirty who wants to get married. And the manager is a nice guy who’s obsessed with Japan!

Whatever your order is, leave it all up to us♪



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Crime , Guns , Assassins , Terrorism , Conspiracy , Yuri , Urban , Found Family , Work , Kuudere , Espionage , Orphan , Restaurant , Ensemble Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Boys' Love , Parenthood , Politics , Bar , Philosophy

Michiko to Hatchin

Also known as Michiko & Hatchin.

Studio: Manglobe , Media Factory , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Shouchiku , Fuji TV , Yomiko Advertising
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

After escaping from prison, the criminal Michiko rescues an abused girl known as Hatchin. The two are about as opposite as they come, but their fates become intertwined through the connection of a man from both their pasts. On the run from the police and Hatchin's abusive foster parents, the unlikely duo set out to find this man and ultimately discover their freedom.



Tags: Crime , Fugitive , Tanned Skin , Female Protagonist , Gangs , Foreign , Travel , Parenthood , Primarily Female Cast , Anti-Hero , Found Family , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Guns , Tomboy , Mopeds , Nudity , Coming of Age , Police , Episodic , Drugs , Martial Arts , Tragedy , Unrequited Love , Circus , Crossdressing , Time Skip , Femboy , LGBTQ+ Themes

Princess Principal

Also known as Princess Principal.

Studio: Studio 3Hz , Q-Tec , Actas , TOKYO MX , Bandai Visual , Medicos Entertainment , Lantis , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Movic , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi

The "spy action" series follows five girls in 19th century London, a city within the Albion Kingdom divided into east and west by a large wall. The girls serve as undercover spies enrolled as students at the prestigious Queen's Mayfair school. The girls make use of their individual abilities to remain active in the underground world of disguise, espionage, infiltration, and car chases.



Tags: Espionage , Female Protagonist , Steampunk , Foreign , Primarily Female Cast , Achronological Order , Suicide , LGBTQ+ Themes , Episodic , Urban Fantasy , Historical , Yuri , Boarding School , Primarily Teen Cast , Guns , Assassins , Trains , Anti-Hero , Kuudere , School

Bakuretsu Tenshi

Also known as Burst Angel.

Studio: GONZO , GDH , TV Asahi , Funimation , Imagica
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In a crime-ridden future Japan, Kyohei Tachibana is a peaceful student at a culinary school, dreaming of going to France for advanced study as a patissier (pastry chef). To afford the trip, he accepts a part-time job as private cook to a strange group of women - Sei, Meg, Jo and Amy. To Kyohei's astonishment, they turn out to be a band of violent mercenaries, and he finds himself in the line of fire.

Tags: Dystopian , Robots , Real Robot , Female Protagonist , Guns , Primarily Female Cast , CGI , Kuudere , Food , Tokusatsu , Triads , Body Horror , Conspiracy , Yuri

Ura Sekai Picnic

Also known as Otherside Picnic.

Studio: LIDENFILMS , Felix Film , Square Enix , BS11 , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Frontier Works , Sony Pictures Entertainment , AT-X , Amusement Media Academy , Hayakawa Shobou , Good Smile Film
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Mystery , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Moments from death, Sorawo is saved by the mysterious Toriko in the Otherside. Attracted to its beauty, she soon discovers that this dimension is inhabited by monsters once thought imaginary. Joining with Toriko in her search for a missing friend, they set out to explore this nightmare-realm and maybe make a little money. What they encounter could bring enlightenment—or drive them mad!



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Yuri , Primarily Female Cast , Alternate Universe , Survival , Episodic , Cosmic Horror , Mythology , Primarily Adult Cast , Guns , Isekai , CGI , Military , College , Body Horror , Curses , Crime , Rehabilitation

Akiba Meido Sensou

Also known as Akiba Maid War.

Studio: P.A.WORKS , Cygames , Tencent , Happinet Media Marketing , Movic , TOKYO MX , Shouchiku , Fields
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama

Akihabara is the center of the universe for the coolest hobbies and quirkiest amusements. In the spring of 1999, bright-eyed Nagomi Wahira moves there with dreams of joining a maid café. She quickly dons an apron at café Ton Tokoton, AKA the Pig Hut. But adjusting to life in bustling Akihabara isn’t as easy as serving tea and delighting customers. Paired with the dour Ranko who never seems to smile, Nagomi must do her best to elevate the Pig Hut over all other maid cafés vying for top ranking. Along the way she’ll slice out a place for herself amid the frills and thrills of life at the Pig Hut. Just when Nagomi’s dreams are within her grasp, she discovers not everything is as it seems amid the maid cafés of Akihabara.



Tags: Yakuza , Maids , Primarily Female Cast , Crime , Gangs , Female Protagonist , Work , Guns , Parody , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Restaurant , Surreal Comedy , Tragedy , Otaku Culture , Revenge , Found Family , Gore , Anti-Hero , Kemonomimi , War , Anachronism , Gyaru , Ensemble Cast , Orphan , Slapstick , Coming of Age , Kuudere , Conspiracy , Homeless , Time Skip , Gambling , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Tanned Skin , Ninja , Boxing , Food , Baseball , Disability , Poker , Nudity , Fishing

GUNSLINGER GIRL

Also known as Gunslinger Girl.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Marvelous Entertainment , Funimation , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Sci-Fi

Officially, the Social Welfare Agency is a government sponsored corporation that's in the business of saving lives. In reality, it's an agency on the fringe of technology. They give terminal patients another shot at life using cybernetic implants. This conditioning process then shapes the patient into an efficient machine for handling all of the government's dirty work.



Tags: Guns , Assassins , Foreign , Female Protagonist , Terrorism , Cyborg , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Urban , Memory Manipulation , Seinen , Crime , Tragedy , Mafia , Gore , Suicide , Tomboy , Military , Episodic , Tanned Skin , Politics

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 , Acrobatics , Rural , Religion , Body Horror