Anime like Megumi no Daigo: Kyuukoku no Orange

Hakozume: Kouban Joshi no Gyakushuu

Also known as Police in a Pod.

Studio: MADHOUSE , KADOKAWA , Kodansha , Docomo Anime Store , Kadokawa Media House , AT-X , BS Nippon , DR Movie
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

Officer Mai Kawai has had enough! She’s sick of being a police officer—but just when she’s about to hand in her resignation, the arrival of a brilliant (and beautiful) ace detective named Seiko Fuji changes her mind. Will Fuji reignite Mai’s passion for policing? And will Mai uncover the mystery of why Fuji was transferred to this ordinary police box?



Tags: Police , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Female Protagonist , Crime , Urban , Episodic , Seinen , Delinquents , Educational , Detective , Cars , Tragedy , Suicide , Drawing , Judo , Yakuza , Drugs , Animals , Trains , Motorcycles , Mopeds

Yomigaeru Sora: Rescue Wings

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Bandai Visual , Lantis
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Kazuhiro Uchida is transferred to a rescue centre located in a small town while training to become a fighter pilot. Initially, Kazuhiro thinks negatively about his new occupation, due to the difficult missions and the harsh discipline he receives from his seniors. However, over the course of his training, he begins to accept the job for what it is and becomes a true member of the rescue force.



Tags: Military , Primarily Adult Cast , Aviation , Work , Male Protagonist , Rescue , Tragedy , CGI , Primarily Male Cast , Heterosexual

Hikuidori

Also known as Oedo Fire Slayer -The Legend of Phoenix-.

Studio: SynergySP , AMUSE CREATIVE STUDIO , CBC TV , Akita Shoten , SynergySP
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

The fire extinguishing samurai who stopped the great fire was called "The fire-eating bird". Matsunaga Gengo, once known as the "Fire-eating Bird", was the best fire-fighting samurai in Edo. He had resigned from the fire brigade for a reason but suddenly received an invitation to serve in the Shinjo clan.

The Shinjo clan's fire-fighting team had no money and no personnel and was looked down upon by those around them. With the encouragement of his wife, Miyuki, Gengo decides to rebuild the collapsed fire-fighting clan as its chairman. Gengo and his friends, all of whom have their own peculiarities, struggle to "save any life", despite being ridiculed as "ragged steeplejacks"(= the 'Boro-Tobi-Gumi'.), In Edo, a mysterious series of suspicious fires called "foxfires" continue.

An entertaining action drama opens, with the firefighters scrambling to save lives in the face of the approaching disaster!



Tags: Firefighters , Full CGI , Historical , Samurai , CGI , Conspiracy

Taiho Shichauzo (TV)

Also known as You're Under Arrest! (TV).

Studio: Bandai Visual , Studio DEEN , Ashi Productions , AnimEigo
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy

Tokyo Highway Patrolwomen Natsumi and Miyuki get off to a bad start when Miyuki busts Natsumi for reckless moped driving on her way to work. Things get worse when they find out they're going to be partners!

A continuation of the OVA series, the adventures of Tokyo policewomen Natsumi and Miyuki continue in the You're Under Arrest TV series. It's back to Bokuto Precinct, where demented felons and bashful (but hunky) policemen abound, and where the cutest girl in the office... isn't a girl.



Tags: Police , Cars , Episodic , Primarily Adult Cast , Motorcycles , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Primarily Female Cast , Baseball , Mopeds , Crossdressing , Transgender

Toshokan Sensou

Also known as Library War.

Studio: Production I.G , Code , Asmik Ace , ASCII Media Works , Sony Music Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Romance

Toshokan Sensou tells the story of Kasahara Iku, the first woman to join the Library Task Force. In the near future in Japan, the Media Enhancement Law has been forced upon the population censoring all books and media. To counter this, the Library Defense Force was created. To protect themselves against the Media Enhancement Law Commission, all major libraries are fully equipped with a military Task Force, who take it upon themselves to protect the books and freedom of media of the people. This anime follows Iku and her fellow soldiers as they protect various special books and artifacts from the oppression of the Media Enhancement Law Commission. A love story, war story, and comedy all rolled into one.

Tags: Military , Shoujo , Politics , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Age Gap , Female Protagonist , War , Tomboy , Dystopian

Enen no Shouboutai

Also known as Fire Force.

Studio: david production , Funimation , DMM pictures , bilibili , Kodansha , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Year 198 of the Solar Era in Tokyo, special fire brigades are fighting against a phenomenon called spontaneous human combustion where human beings are turned into living infernos called "Infernals.” While the Infernals are first-generation cases of spontaneous human combustion, later generations possess the ability to manipulate flames while retaining human form. Shinra Kusakabe, a youth who gained the nickname Devil’s Footprints for his ability to ignite his feet at will, joins the Special Fire Force Company 8 which composes of other flames users as they work to extinguish any Infernals they encounter. As a faction that is creating Infernals appears, Shinra begins to uncover the truth behind a mysterious fire that caused the death of his family twelve years ago.



Tags: Firefighters , Urban Fantasy , Super Power , Demons , Shounen , Conspiracy , Cult , Religion , Urban , Male Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Steampunk , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Dystopian , Slapstick , Nun , Rescue , Lost Civilization , Chuunibyou , Primarily Adult Cast , Nekomimi , Swordplay , Tanned Skin , Nudity , Guns , Time Manipulation , Bullying , Kemonomimi , Female Harem , Unrequited Love

Rail Wars!

Also known as Rail Wars!.

Studio: Passione
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Romance

The "dream railway paradise entertainment" story is set in a parallel world where Japan did not privatize its national railways. Naohito Takayama is an ordinary high school boy who dreams of a comfortable future working for the top-rated Japanese National Railways. He is assigned as a trainee in the Railways Security Force full of odd characters such as Sakurai, a troublemaker who hates men. On top of that, an extremist group called "RJ" plots to privatize the Japanese National Railways.



Tags: Trains , Police , Male Protagonist , Work , Heterosexual , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Nudity , Female Harem , Primarily Female Cast , Guns , Idol , Female Protagonist

Shutsugeki! Machine Robo Rescue

Studio: Sunrise , TV Tokyo , Bandai Visual , Lantis
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In the future, age is not a factor to determine whether someone can perform a certain task or not, but special talent and training. An organization, Machine Robo Rescue (MRR), was established for robots and children to become partner and rescue people from danger. Then 12 children with various abilities were selected and introduced as part of this program: Robo Rescue!

Meet Oozora Taiyou, one of the children who were chosen as a part of MRR program. After being late on his first day of training, he went to perform a hot rescue with JETROBO. However, a mysterious Robot from mysterious organization, "The Star"(?), appeared before MRR team to interfere with the rescue. What are the motives of the mysterious organization? And what are their goals?

Life as one of the children chosen as part of MRR has started for Oozora Taiyou. Bumpy and hard training is just ahead for MRR team in order to protect many people's life!



Tags: Kids

Xiang Huo Er Sheng

Also known as Rising in the Fire.

Studio: HM Heros , iQIYI
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

The first fire-themed anime series in China. It mainly tells the moving story of Han Yan, the head of Feiliu Fire Station, and a group of young people including Jiang Mingsheng, Ning Wei, and Fan Haoyuan, who burn their youth and blood and fight on the front line of firefighting. Not only are there high-energy moments of fire rescue, but also the fire brigade that is extremely brave in wartime and extremely cute in leisure time, as well as fascinating suspense cases and hard-core firefighting knowledge! Show a different kind of passionate youth~



Tags: Full CGI , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Rescue , Work , Firefighters , Primarily Male Cast , Urban , Tragedy , Crime , Athletics , Chibi , POV , Detective

Yomigaeru Sora: RESCUE WINGS - Saigo no Shigoto

Studio: J.C.STAFF
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Episode 13 of Yomigaeru Sora -Rescue Wings, released as a DVD special. Takes place before the events in the series.

Tags: Military , Aviation , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , CGI