Anime like Lupin III: PART IV

GREAT PRETENDER

Also known as Great Pretender.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , Fuji TV , Production I.G , Toho , BS Fuji , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Thriller

Self-styled “Japan's greatest swindler” Makoto Edamura is mainly targeting elder people and occasional foreign travelers. But when he tries to scam an apparently clueless French tourist in Tokyo, he can't possibly imagine that what looked like just another ordinary job is going to take him all the way to Los Angeles, tied upside-down on the famous Hollywood sign… And he is yet to find out what fate awaits him!



Tags: Crime , Anti-Hero , Foreign , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Urban , Work , Mafia , Language Barrier , Triads , Filmmaking , Drawing , Drugs , Gangs , Acting , Heterosexual , Aviation , Tragedy , Bisexual , Slavery , Tomboy , Detective , Nudity , LGBTQ+ Themes , War , Mahjong , Baseball , Tanned Skin , Guns , Terrorism , Football , Boys' Love

Lupin III: Cagliostro no Shiro

Also known as Lupin The 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Discotek , Madman Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Mystery

In the twilight of his career, master thief Lupin the Third's latest and greatest caper has hit a snag. What should've been bags of cash from a national casino turns out to be expert counterfeits! Together with his partner-in-crime Jigen, Lupin heads to the remote European nation of Cagliostro to exact revenge. Not everything goes as planned; the two encounter Clarisse, a royal damsel in distress being forced to marry the sinister Count Cagliostro against her will. Saving her won't be easy, however, as Lupin and Jigen -- together with Lupin's unpredictable ex-girlfriend Fujiko and the swordsman Goemon -- must fight their way through a trap-filled castle, a deadly dungeon, and an army of professional assassins! Can Lupin rescue the girl, evade the cuffs of his long-time nemesis Inspector Zenigata, and uncover the secret treasures of The Castle of Cagliostro?



Tags: Crime , Conspiracy , Fugitive , Anti-Hero , Class Struggle , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Police , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Guns , Samurai

Lupin III: THE FIRST

Also known as Lupin III: The First.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Marza Animation Planet , GKIDS , Selecta Visión , Hanabee Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mystery

The story centers on Lupin teaming up with a woman named Leticia to steal the Bresson Diary, a treasure that even the first generation Arsène Lupin could not steal.



Tags: Full CGI , Foreign , Anti-Hero , Detective , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Lost Civilization , Crime , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Guns , Seinen , Aviation , Samurai , Police , Swordplay , Cyberpunk

LUPIN ZERO

Also known as Lupin ZERO.

Studio: Telecom Animation Film , TMS Entertainment , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy

Lupin III, a bored junior high schooler in Tokyo, takes an interest in a young Daisuke Jigen, a mysterious and impressive marksman. Lupin III strikes up a conversation with Jigen at a nightclub, however during their talk, Jigen concludes that Lupin III is simply a privileged and naïve boy from a well-to-do family and doesn’t want anything to do with him. However, while helping the nightclub singer Yoko, who is being pursued by the yakuza, Jigen learns that Lupin III is a descendant of the legendary thief…



Tags: Guns , Crime , Slapstick , Male Protagonist , Travel , Shounen , Historical , Coming of Age , Anti-Hero , Delinquents , Bisexual , Maids , School , Crossdressing

Lupin III: EPISODE:0 "First Contact"

Also known as Lupin the 3rd Episode 0: The First Contact.

Studio: VAP , TMS Entertainment , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Mystery

First Contact tells the story of the origins of the Lupin gang. In this blast from the past, Lupin is after American mafia boss Galvez's single most precious treasure: a treasure within a treasure. Jigen is Galvez's hired gun who fails to kill cat-burglar Lupin in his first attempt on the treasure and seeks revenge. Fujiko is the girlfriend of Lupin's rival, Brad. Zenigata travels from Japan to America to find and arrest Fujiko. Goemon seeks the almighty sword that cuts steel, Zantetsuken. This sword is mysteriously connected to the treasure in Galvez's vault.... After a series of twists and turns, these complete strangers become acquainted in their "First Contact," an epic adventure together!



Tags: Mafia , Crime , Fugitive , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Police , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Swordplay , Foreign , Guns , Samurai

Lupin III: Goodbye Partner

Also known as Lupin the 3rd: Goodbye Partner.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy

Inspector Zenigata is arrested, and the press claims ol' Pops was the true mastermind behind all of professional looter Lupin's heists! It doesn't take long for Lupin's pride to get the better of him, and wealthy magnate Roy Forest manipulates him into accepting a new challenge: stealing the “Time Crystal” within a week. The Time Crystal is a government secret gone public: a super-computer engine that can decrypt secure passwords faster than ever thought possible. But why is Jigen acting so strangely lately? What has become of the young piano prodigy who was recently kidnapped? And most of all, what is the strange connection between them all?



Tags: Male Protagonist , Crime , Artificial Intelligence , Anti-Hero , Politics , Samurai , Conspiracy , Guns , Police , Detective , Fugitive , Foreign

Lupin III: PART 6

Also known as LUPIN THE 3rd PART 6.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Nippon Television Network , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Mystery

Gentleman thief Lupin III is back and ready for his next caper— unless legendary sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, has anything to say about it! When Holmes’ longtime partner, Dr. Watson, is murdered, none other than Lupin tops the suspects list. With Holmes fast closing in, Lupin must prove his innocence and bring a shadowy organization called The Raven to heel if he wants to live to steal another day.



Note: Episode 0 -The Times- is included in this entry.

Tags: Crime , Anti-Hero , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Police , Guns , Fugitive , Foreign , Travel , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cult

SPY×FAMILY

Also known as SPY x FAMILY.

Studio: CloverWorks , WIT STUDIO , Toho , Shueisha , TV Tokyo , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Everyone has a part of themselves they cannot show to anyone else.

At a time when all nations of the world were involved in a fierce war of information happening behind closed doors, Ostania and Westalis had been in a state of cold war against one another for decades. The Westalis Intelligence Services' Eastern-Focused Division (WISE) sends their most talented spy, "Twilight," on a top-secret mission to investigate the movements of Donovan Desmond, the chairman of Ostania's National Unity Party, who is threatening peace efforts between the two nations.

This mission is known as "Operation Strix." It consists of "putting together a family in one week in order to infiltrate social gatherings organized by the elite school that Desmond's son attends."

"Twilight" takes on the identity of psychiatrist Loid Forger and starts looking for family members. But Anya, the daughter he adopts, turns out to have the ability to read people's minds, while his wife, Yor, is an assassin! With it being in each of their own interests to keep these facts hidden, they start living together while concealing their true identities from one another.
World peace is now in the hands of this brand-new family as they embark on an adventure full of surprises.



Tags: Espionage , Family Life , Found Family , Shounen , Fake Relationship , Assassins , Conspiracy , Adoption , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Crime , Foreign , Urban , Slapstick , Super Power , School , Parenthood , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Surreal Comedy , Parody , Episodic , Cohabitation , Politics , Guns , Urban Fantasy , Bullying , Orphan , Martial Arts , Tsundere , Unrequited Love

Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens

Studio: Satelight
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery

At first glance, the city of Fukuoka seems like a peaceful one, but under the surface, crime is running rampant. The city's Hakata ward is home to the professionals of the underworld: professional killers, detectives, informants, professional revenge seekers, those skilled in torture, and more. And according to urban legend, a "killer of professional killers" has shown up in the city.



Tags: Assassins , Primarily Male Cast , Crime , Crossdressing , Ensemble Cast , Detective , Swordplay , LGBTQ+ Themes , Baseball , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Guns , Revenge , Femboy , Episodic , Gore , Male Protagonist

Magic Kaito 1412

Also known as Magic Kaito 1412.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Mystery

Kaito Kuroba, a normal teenage student whose father is often absent. When his father dies under mysterious circumstances, he is made aware of his father's secret identity; a famous international criminal known as International Criminal 1412: the Phantom Thief, and that he was murdered by a mysterious organization for refusing to aid them in retrieving the "Pandora Gem"; a mystical stone said to shed a "tear" during the passing of a particular comet (often called the 'Volley Comet'), the consumption of which bestows immortality.

He vows to prevent the organization from gaining immortality, and assumes his father's identity as he begins his quest for the gem. His only clues as to the gem's location are that it glows red under the full moon and that it is a doublet: a gem hidden within a larger gem. Thus, it would have to be a relatively large one with a bizarre history, and always stored in a place that never receives moonlight. He thus researches and steals famous priceless gems with odd histories from incredibly well-defended areas, and always returns them after the very next full moon.


Tags: Episodic , Magic , Crossover , Heterosexual , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Detective , School , Urban , Mafia , Female Protagonist