Anime like Kiddy Grade

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 , Revenge , Tragedy , Conspiracy , Gangs , Primarily Adult Cast , Triads , Wrestling , Philosophy

Lost Universe

Also known as Lost Universe.

Studio: SoftX , E&G Films , Studio Tulip , The Right Stuf International
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

Millie Nocturne has one great goal in life: to be the best in the universe - at absolutely everything! But when she tries her hand at being the "best detective," she ends up an unwilling partner with two people who will change her life forever: Kane Blueriver, the psi-blade-wielding master of the starship Swordbreaker, and Canal, the smart-mouthed holographic image of the ship's computer.

Join this unlikely trio on their adventures as they hurtle through space facing off against intergalactic crime lords, rogue starships, and hijackers dressed as chickens... and that's just the tip of the asteroid!



Tags: Space , Female Protagonist , Swordplay , Slapstick , Male Protagonist , Basketball , CGI

Dirty Pair

Also known as Dirty Pair.

Studio: Sunrise , Studio Nue , The Right Stuf International
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi , Sci-Fi

If you're in big trouble, call the World Welfare Work Association or WWWA for short. They will send out a team of highly trained and capable agents called Trouble Consultants who can solve your problems. But if the team they send you is the Dirty Pair, solving your problems could come at the cost of a lot of collateral damage.



Tags: Space , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Police , Work , Tomboy , Crime , Primarily Adult Cast , Transgender , Guns , Cyberpunk , Nudity

Gun x Sword

Also known as Gun x Sword.

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , AIC A.S.T.A. , Funimation , Studio Tulip
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Van, a lanky and apathetic swordsman, is on a journey to kill the murderer of his fiancé. The only characteristic he has to go by is that the murderer has a claw for an arm, hence the murderer being referred to as The Claw Man. During his travels, Van happens to pass through the city of Evergreen, which is defending itself from bandits who aim to rob the city of its treasury. It is in this city that Van meets Wendy Garret, a timid young girl who is looking for her kidnapped brother. When the city pleads for Van's assistance to defend it, he refuses, claiming it has nothing to do with him and thus leaves the city on its own to deal with the peril. Soon after, Van comes across the raiding bandits himself and they eventually tick off the swordsman to a degree where he takes action against them for his own personal vendetta. Surprisingly, Van learns that the bandits had ties with The Claw Man, and in kidnapping Wendy's brother for a reason they did not disclose. After the bandits are dealt with easily, Van and, much to his chagrin, Wendy continue the journey in search of The Claw Man. Little do they know, however, that The Claw Man is involved with something more atrocious than either could fathom.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tags: Revenge , Super Robot , Cult , Anti-Hero , Post-Apocalyptic , Swordplay , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Parody , Female Harem , Travel , Steampunk , Conspiracy , Found Family

Canaan

Studio: Lantis , P.A. Works , Pony Canyon , Magic Capsule , Sentai Filmworks , Bushiroad , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Oosawa Maria is a Japanese photographer currently working in Shanghai, China. Along with her partner Mino, she searches for potential newsworthy stories throughout the city. When strange events occur at a local festival, Maria and Mino immediately investigate. Quickly, the two are immersed in a battle between unknown masked men and a strange, white-haired woman. Just when Maria is about to be caught in the crossfire, an old friend by the name of Canaan appears and helps Maria escape. But a sinister plot over a deadly virus soon develops, and Canaan learns she must confront her past if she wants any chance at stopping the perpetrator and saving her friends.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Terrorism , Urban , Revenge , Assassins , Foreign , Politics , Guns , Super Power , War , Primarily Adult Cast , Ensemble Cast , Photography , LGBTQ+ Themes , Airsoft

Wild Arms: Twilight Venom

Studio: Bee Train , Production I.G , Aniplex , WOWOW , ADV Films
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

This anime is based on a PlayStation game under the same title. The story is about four people who travel the desolated land of Filgaea and carve themselves a legendary story while they`re at it. These adventurers are Sheyenne Rainstorm, a gunslinger who holds the legendary weapon called ARMs; Kiel Aromax, a scientist who looks like he should be carrying a sword; Roleta Oratorio the Crest Sorceress, a magic-user who uses cards called Crests to cast spells; and Mirabelle Graceland, one of the Noble Red, which are a family of vampiric creatures who live alongside human beings They also travel with cute little intelligent furry things, from the Popepi Pipepo Tribe, named Isaac and Jerusha.



Tags: Guns , Lost Civilization , Ensemble Cast , Episodic , Anachronism , Vampire , Age Regression , Shapeshifting , Card Battle , Fugitive , Magic , Dragons , Ships , Politics , Conspiracy , Post-Apocalyptic , Wuxia

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 , Guns , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , CGI , Kuudere , Food , Tokusatsu , Triads , Body Horror , Conspiracy , Yuri

Bubblegum Crisis TOKYO 2040

Studio: AIC , ADV Films , Funimation , Victor Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi

After a mysterious eathquake levels Tokyo, Genom becomes a powerful influence providing their artificial organic lifeforms called Boomers to rebuild and act as a labor class to humanity. However, some of them ocasionally run amok, and even the specially created AD Police are at a loss to stop them. Lina Yamazaki travels to Tokyo for employment but also hopes to join a vigilante force called the Knight Sabers, who pilot powered suits to destroy these rogue Boomers.



Tags: Cyberpunk , Robots , Urban , Artificial Intelligence , Police , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Real Robot , Heterosexual , Motorcycles , Band

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 , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things

Starship Operators

Studio: J.C. Staff , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sci-Fi

For the 73rd class of cadets of the Defense University of the small planet Kibi, a shakedown cruise on the fleet's new starship "Amaterasu" is a fitting lead-up to graduation. As they are returning to their home planet, however, they are shocked to hear news of a declaration of war by the aggressive Kingdom against Kibi. When their planetary government surrenders without a struggle, the cadets decide to launch their own war, aboard the "Amaterasu". To gain funding, they make a deal with a galactic news network - and find themselves the "stars" of their own "reality show". Unfortunately, this is the kind of reality show that can get you killed...



Tags: Military , Space , War , Space Opera , Female Protagonist , Politics , Ensemble Cast