Anime like GUNSLINGER GIRL -IL TEATRINO-

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 , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Time Skip , Yakuza , Nudity

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 , Found Family , Urban , Yuri , Work , Kuudere , Orphan , Espionage , Adoption , Restaurant , Police , LGBTQ+ Themes , Politics , Parenthood , Boys' Love , Bar , CGI

Jormungand: PERFECT ORDER

Also known as Jormungand: Perfect Order.

Studio: Funimation , White Fox , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , Jormungand Production Partners
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

A ruthless arms dealer on a quixotic quest for world peace. A child soldier born into chaotic conflict. Their lives will intertwine as they journey together through the seedy underbelly of the world's arms market.



Tags: Guns , Military , Anti-Hero , Seinen , Assassins , War , Terrorism , Foreign , Tomboy , Orphan , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Urban , Travel , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Politics , Nudity , Mafia , Age Gap , Unrequited Love , Tanned Skin , LGBTQ+ Themes , Heterosexual

Yakusoku no Neverland 2

Also known as The Promised Neverland Season 2.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex , Shueisha , Dentsu , Fuji TV , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Psychological , Thriller

The second season of Yakusoku no Neverland.

Fifteen children escape Grace Field House, a false paradise, hoping for a chance at freedom. Instead, they encounter plants and animals they have never before seen, and are chased by demons. The outside world is so beautiful, and yet is almost too cruel to face.

Even so, the children refuse to give up. They are guided in their search for better lives only by a message from Minerva and a pen Norman left behind in order to fulfill their promise to return to the House to save those of their family who are still trapped within.


Note: Episode 1 streamed early on Amazon Prime on Jan 7, 2021. The regular TV broadcast started on Jan 8, 2021.

Tags: Survival , Primarily Child Cast , Demons , Dystopian , Fugitive , Ensemble Cast , Orphan , Kaiju , Time Skip , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Revenge , Travel , Dungeon , Food , Gore , Archery , Body Horror , Male Protagonist , Tanned Skin , Crime

Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II

Also known as Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II.

Studio: Aniplex , A-1 Pictures , KADOKAWA , Bandai Namco Entertainment , Straight Edge , EGG FIRM
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

The second season of Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online.

LLENN, M, Fukaziroh, and Pitohui form the strongest team, LPFM for short, and enter a new battle royale death match tournament that was annouced out of the blue.

LPFM is eyed as the top favorite candidate team to win, but the team will have to endure several rigorous ordeals to get there: a playing field that sinks into the ocean with the passage of time, an unknown area hidden in the middle of the map, and an anonymous team conspiracy.

In addition to all of this, all players will have to follow some shocking special rules if they want to play the game and win…



Note: On June 17, 2024, Studio 3Hz announced their acquisition by A-1 Pictures. The GGO Project would continue to be handled by the same staff, now working under their new studio's name.

Tags: Guns , Video Games , Female Protagonist , Battle Royale , Virtual World , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Military , Swordplay , Tomboy , Primarily Adult Cast , Idol , LGBTQ+ Themes

BLACK LAGOON: The Second Barrage

Also known as Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage.

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

Okajima Rokuro - now known almost exclusively as 'Rock' - was once a typical, put-upon Japanese businessman. Then, on a routine business trip, he was kidnapped and ransomed by the Lagoon Company: a band of mercenary pirates operating out of the crime-riddled city of Roanapur. Abandoned by his bosses, he joined the Lagoon Company. Now he must try and stay afloat amongst the ever-shifting politics of the criminal underworld, while simultaneously avoiding death at the hands of his quick-tempered, gun-toting co-worker, 'Two Hand' Revy.



Tags: Crime , Guns , Anti-Hero , Gangs , Tomboy , Mafia , Pirates , Primarily Adult Cast , Assassins , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Yakuza , Triads , Ships , Male Protagonist , Noir , Travel , Ensemble Cast , Suicide , Delinquents , Language Barrier , Twins , Nudity , Gore

Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari Season 2

Also known as The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2.

Studio: Kinema Citrus , DR Movie , KADOKAWA , Crunchyroll , Sammy , Nippon Columbia , Kadokawa Media House , NTT Plala , Good Smile Company , AT-X , Glovision , Frontier Works
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

The second season of Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari.

With another Wave happening in a week, Naofumi Iwatani and his party have no time to waste. However, when bat familiars raid Lurolona Village and the Wave countdown comes to a halt, the Four Cardinal Heroes reconvene with the queen, Mirelia Q Melromarc, for a quick briefing. The queen presumes that the odd occurrences are linked to the Spirit Tortoise—a threatening creature that has awakened from its slumber, back to cause havoc once again. A plan to put the Spirit Tortoise to rest is devised—but out of the four men, only the cursed Shield Hero agrees to help.



Tags: Isekai , Male Protagonist , Magic , Travel , CGI , Kaiju , Kemonomimi , Slavery , Revenge , Female Harem , Prison , Kingdom Management , Seinen , Gore , Age Regression , Nudity , Fishing