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BLACK LAGOON

Also known as Black Lagoon.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Funimation , Selecta Visión , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Thriller

Okajima Rokuro is a Japanese businessman in a town full of Japanese businessmen. His normal day consists of social drinking with clients and being kicked around by his bosses. He finally gets a break though, as he's sent by his company to the tropical seas of Eastern China to deliver a disc. But his boat gets hijacked by a band of mercenaries hired to retrieve the disc. Rock (as he is newly dubbed by his captors) catches the interest of the only female merc Revy as she thinks he's worth a ransom, taking him hostage. However, the disc that was stolen has a terrible secret that's unknown to Rock, which causes massive confusion and chaos for both him and his kidnappers.

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

91Days

Also known as 91 Days.

Studio: Shuka , Shouchiku
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological

The "classic mafia drama" takes place during the prohibition era. In the Lawless district the law has no power, the mafia rule the streets, and the illegally made liquor flows freely. At one time Avilio lived in this district, but after a mafia dispute ended in the murder of his family, he went into hiding. Later, Avilio receives a letter from a mysterious person that ignites his passion for revenge and leads him to return to Lawless. There, he infiltrates the Vanetti family and gets close to Nero.



Tags: Revenge , Mafia , Tragedy , Crime , Male Protagonist , Gangs , Anti-Hero , Noir , Assassins , Foreign , Guns , Primarily Male Cast , Historical , Criminal Organization , Politics , Espionage , Primarily Adult Cast , Tanned Skin , Cannibalism , Time Skip , CGI , Orphan

Baccano!

Also known as Baccano!.

Studio: Aniplex , Brain's Base , Aniplex of America , Sakura Create , Happinet Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery , Supernatural

During the early 1930s in Chicago, the transcontinental train, Flying Pussyfoot, is starting its legendary journey that will leave a trail of blood all over the country. At the same time in New York, the ambitious scientist Szilard and his unwilling aide Ennis, are looking for missing bottles of the immortality elixir. In addition, a war between the mafia groups is getting worse. On board the Advena Avis, in 1711, alchemists are about to learn the price of immortality.

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

BANANA FISH

Also known as BANANA FISH.

Studio: MAPPA , Aniplex , Dentsu , Shogakukan , Movic , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Psychological , Thriller

Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands—and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acquaintance...



Tags: Mafia , Gangs , Tragedy , Crime , Conspiracy , Drugs , Male Protagonist , Urban , Primarily Male Cast , Revenge , Guns , Coming of Age , Foreign , Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Shoujo , Noir , Anti-Hero , Fugitive , Primarily Adult Cast , Assassins , Classic Literature , Criminal Organization , Orphan , Prison , Tanned Skin , Photography

Super Crooks

Also known as Super Crooks.

Studio: bones , Netflix , Sound Team Don Juan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Thriller

One last heist. That's what they all say, right? Just one final score, and everyone can retire and take up fishing. Thing is, the jails are filled with super villains who thought the same thing, and got busted. But the Heat's in a jam. He's run up the kind of gambling debt that - if he can't pay it back in cash - will be paid in blood. Nobody wants to see the most beloved supercrook of all time rubbed out by the mob - especially his biggest fan, Johnny Bolt. And Johnny's got a plan to help the Heat and make all his buddies disgustingly rich at the same time. Unfortunately for Johnny's recruits, they have to head to Spain and rob the world's most notorious super villain blind. And that's where things get tricky.



Tags: Crime , Primarily Adult Cast , Super Power , Superhero , Anti-Hero , Prison , Foreign , Time Skip , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Gore , Primarily Male Cast , Urban Fantasy , Gambling , Fugitive , Nudity , Zombie , Tomboy , LGBTQ+ Themes

Gungrave

Also known as Gungrave.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi

After a tragic scene with the murder of his friends, Brandon Heat follows his only friend Harry McDowel into Millennion, the largest mafia syndicate. While Harry McDowel is striving for power, Brandon is only staying in Millennion to see the girl he loves whose custody was gained by the leader of Millennion, Big Daddy. But as the years pass and Brandon proves loyal to Millennion, Brandon learns the true purpose and passion of Millennion, and that's when true conflict arises.



Tags: Mafia , Crime , Gangs , Tragedy , Guns , Revenge , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Zombie , Afterlife , Super Power , Body Horror , Gore , Time Skip , Age Gap , Cyborg

Ikebukuro West Gate Park

Also known as Ikebukuro West Gate Park.

Studio: Doga Kobo , AT-X , Movic , KADOKAWA , Bandai Namco Live Creative , Funimation , Legs , Nippon Columbia , Delfi Sound
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery

Based on a series of urban mystery novels.

Crime-ridden Ikebukuro is a haven for violent gangs, the Yakuza, and home to Makoto Majima. To protect his friends, this charismatic troubleshooter mediates disputes among the warring factions—even fixing problems the police can’t. But when a rising tide of violence results in Makoto losing a loved one, can he ride out the storm, or will he drown in all the spilled blood that floods his streets?



Tags: Crime , Gangs , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic , Primarily Male Cast , Urban , Yakuza , Drugs , Dancing , Ensemble Cast , Parody

No Guns Life

Also known as No Guns Life.

Studio: MADHOUSE , EGG FIRM , TBS , Sony Pictures Entertainment , Good Smile Film , Funimation , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , BS11 , AT-X , Grooove
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi

After the war, there are many "Extends" in the city, people whose bodies were modified to make them into dangerous weapons. Inui Juuzou is one of them, and he has no memories of his life and body before his head was transformed into a gun. Strangely enough, his head-gun is designed so that only someone behind him can pull the trigger. Juuzou makes a living by taking on cases involving Extends in the city, and he is assisted by Mary, an intelligent young woman that he has taken under his protection.

Tags: Cyborg , Dystopian , Guns , Crime , Noir , Male Protagonist , Cyberpunk , Seinen , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Police , Amnesia , Disability , Trains , CGI , Class Struggle

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 , Anti-Hero , Tomboy , Urban , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Guns , Police , Found Family , Mopeds , Episodic , Parenthood , Coming of Age , Drugs , Nudity , Martial Arts , Tragedy , Unrequited Love , Circus , Crossdressing , Time Skip , Femboy

Dogs: Bullets & Carnage

Studio: David Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Action

In a future European city, Mihai Mihaeroff, a former assassin; Badou Nails, a chain-smoking one-eyed mercenary; Fuyumine Naoto, a katana-wielding female orphan; and Heine Rammsteiner, a genetically altered albino gunman, ply their deadly trades on the streets and in the underground.

Note: The first anime volume shipped in Japan with the fourth volume of Miwa's Dogs: Bullets & Carnage manga on May 19, 2009. The second anime volume shipped with the Dogs: Stray Dogs Howling in the Dark manga volume on July 17, 2009.

Tags: Seinen , Mafia , Primarily Adult Cast , Achronological Order , Episodic , Primarily Male Cast , Foreign , Gore , Tragedy , Anti-Hero , Amnesia , Bar , Orphan , Guns , Urban , Nudity , Prostitution