Anime like Lupin III: PART 5

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

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 , Language Barrier , Mafia , Acting , Triads , Filmmaking , Drawing , Drugs , Gangs , Heterosexual , Guns , Aviation , Tragedy , Bisexual , Slavery , Detective , Tomboy , Nudity , LGBTQ+ Themes , War , Mahjong , Baseball , Tanned Skin , Terrorism , Football , Episodic , Boys' Love

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

Cowboy Bebop

Also known as Cowboy Bebop.

Studio: Sunrise , Bandai Visual , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Sci-Fi

Enter a world in the distant future, where Bounty Hunters roam the solar system. Spike and Jet, bounty hunting partners, set out on journeys in an ever struggling effort to win bounty rewards to survive.

While traveling, they meet up with other very interesting people. Could Faye, the beautiful and ridiculously poor gambler, Edward, the computer genius, and Ein, the engineered dog be a good addition to the group?

Tags: Space , Crime , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Noir , Travel , Anti-Hero , Philosophy , Guns , Cyberpunk , Male Protagonist , Found Family , Terrorism , Female Protagonist , Cowboys , Martial Arts , Cyborg , Tomboy , Amnesia , Gambling , Heterosexual , Yakuza , Drugs , Police , Tanned Skin , Cult , Nudity , Circus , CGI

Lupin III: Part II

Also known as Lupin the 3rd Part 2.

Studio: VAP , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Animax , Studio Jack , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Mystery

Stealthy, smug, sharp, and silly. These words only begin to describe the greatest thief in the world, Lupin the Third. Ever at his side are the quick-draw sharpshooter Daisuke Jigen and the deadly, honor-bound swordsman Goemon Ishikawa

Besides the countless fabulous treasures and priceless gems he pursues across the world, Lupin’s target is the heart of one Fujiko Mine, a buxom beauty who’s just as often Lupin’s rival as she is his girlfriend. But getting away with the gold and the girl is rarely as simple as it first seems. The clever Fujiko is eager to run off with the treasure for herself. And the dogged Tokyo Police Inspector Zenigata has transferred to Interpol just to chase Lupin and his globe-trotting gang across any and all borders! What’s an international master criminal to do?



Tags: Fugitive , Episodic , Anti-Hero , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Crime , Police , Foreign , Detective , Ensemble Cast , Travel , Guns , Samurai , Meta , Crossdressing , Military , Language Barrier , Robots , Nudity

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

Golgo 13 (TV)

Studio: TV Tokyo , Sotsu , Half H.P Studio , The Answer Studio , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Thriller

Golgo 13 has been called a Japanese counterpart to James Bond, except with a darker character, a much more hardcore attitude towards sex, and a complete lack of morality. Golgo 13 is described as a mystery man of undetermined origin, possibility being at least part Japanese, who takes any assignment for any employer (it has been said he has worked for the CIA and the KGB) as long as the right price is given and will always fulfill his contracts, even if he has two or more opposing contracts at the same time. He is an uncanny sharpshooter, with near 100% accuracy and capable of lethal trick shooting, and regularly uses a customized, scoped M-16 rifle in his assassinations. He also is a heavy smoker of cigars.



Tags: Noir , Assassins , Episodic , Guns , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Nudity , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Military

Lupin III: Prison of the Past

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

To rescue a famous gentleman thief from imprisonment, Lupin and his team infiltrate the Kingdom of Doruenthe. While the skillful thieves from around the world are gathering, Lupin tries to reveal the secret hidden in the kingdom.

Tags: Crime , Anti-Hero , Conspiracy , Guns , Detective , Fugitive , Male Protagonist , Politics , Foreign , Samurai , Shounen , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Police

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

City Hunter 2

Also known as City Hunter 2.

Studio: Sunrise , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery

Ryo Saeba is a "sweeper" know as the City Hunter. He and his sidekick Kaori Makimura are hired to solve problems that the police can't (or won't) handle. When he's not keeping the streets of Tokyo clean, Ryo is chasing the ladies, and Kaori chases after him with a giant anti-ecchi hammer.



Tags: Guns , Episodic , Crime , Mafia , Slapstick , Shounen , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Detective , Assassins , Cars , Police , Male Protagonist , Military , Ninja , Adoption , Crossdressing , Yakuza , Politics , Delinquents , Wrestling , Super Power , Swimming , Age Gap , Terrorism , Memory Manipulation , Royal Affairs