Anime like Lupin III: Cagliostro no Shiro

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 III: PART 5

Also known as Lupin the 3rd Part V.

Studio: Telecom Animation Film , Nippon Television Network , TMS Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy

A legendary thief deserves a legendary heist, and Lupin has set his sights on his biggest bounty yet: Marco Polo, a dark-web marketplace where criminals lurk and there’s money for the taking. But just as Lupin swipes his latest fortune and tries to make off with the goods, his hideout is inexplicably surrounded by Zenigata and his forces thanks to a new game that’s gone viral on social media. It has a very specific, very unfortunate objective, and the name of the game is “Arrest Lupin III”!



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

Mirai Shounen Conan

Also known as Future Boy Conan.

Studio: Nippon Animation , GKids
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Sci-Fi

July 2008. Mankind was faced with the threat of extinction. An ultra-magnetic weapon, far more devastating than any nuclear weapon known, destroyed half the world in an instant. The earth's crust was rocked by massive movements, the earth was thrown off its axis, and the five continents were torn completely apart and sank deep below the sea...

The attempt by a number of people to flee to outer space failed. Their spaceships were forced back to the earth and vanished with their hopes shattered. But one of the spaceships narrowly escaped destruction and crash-landed on a small island which had miraculously survived the devastation. The crew members of the spaceship settled there, as if they were seeds sown on the island.

After years, a boy was born. He was a new life in the desert, a ray of light in the darkness of the annihilated earth...



Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Fugitive , Politics , Survival , Ships , Kids , Lost Civilization , Steampunk , Primarily Child Cast , Male Protagonist , Aviation , Classic Literature , Slapstick

Lupin III: PART IV

Also known as Lupin the 3rd Part IV.

Studio: Telecom Animation Film , TMS Entertainment , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy

Infamous master thief Lupin Sansei is back once again to do some grand thievery, now in San Marino, Italy. Only this time he's stealing... Love? Rebecca Rossellini, a famous heiress and businesswoman, is now married to Lupin, much to the surprise of Lupin's gang who were invited to the wedding, and Interpol Inspector Zenigata Kouichi, whom has not yet given up on catching Lupin, and even went as far as to crash the wedding in order to give his objection. But did Lupin really fall in love with a woman other than Mine Fujiko? Surely he must have something up his sleeve, right? That's what his right-hand man Jigen Daisuke believes, and the swordsman Ishikawa Goemon wants to believe this as well.

One thing is for certain; He is not the only scheming thief in San Marino. And not only that, but it seems that a cunning MI6 agent, Nyx, is stationed here as well. Just what exactly is in store for Lupin in his Italian adventure?



Tags: Crime , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Anti-Hero , Fugitive , Episodic , Detective , Male Protagonist , Guns , Police , Foreign , Travel , Drugs , Samurai , Clone

Lupin III: Fuuma Ichizoku no Inbou

Also known as Lupin the 3rd: The Fuma Conspiracy.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Toho , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy

Goemon's wedding to Murasaki Inabe, daughter of a samurai clan's leader, is interrupted when the Fuma ninjas attack, kidnapping the bride-to-be and demanding her family's ancient treasure as ransom. Lupin, Jigen, Goemon and Fujiko work together once again to try to save Murasaki and get to the treasure before the Fuma can steal it.



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

Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa

Also known as Castle in the Sky.

Studio: Studio Ghibli , Tokuma Shoten , Walt Disney Studios , GKids
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

This high-flying adventure begins when Pazu, an engineer's apprentice, finds a young girl, Sheeta, floating down from the sky wearing a glowing pendant. Together they discover both are searching for a legendary floating castle, Laputa, and vow to unravel the mystery of the luminous crystal around Sheeta's neck. Their quest won't be easy, however. There are greedy air pirates, secret government agents and astounding obstacles to keep them from the truth, and from each other.



Tags: Lost Civilization , Environmental , Steampunk , Pirates , Aviation , Fugitive , Female Protagonist , Military , Travel , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Robots , Guns , Primarily Male Cast , Trains , Elderly Protagonist

Layton Kyouju to Eien no Utahime

Also known as Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva.

Studio: OLM , Viz Media , P.A. Works , Level-5
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Mystery , Sci-Fi

Layton receives a letter from the famed opera singer, Jenis Quatlane, inviting them to see her newest performance. She also asks Layton, Luke and Remi for assistance in a mystery, saying her friend Melina died one year ago, but returned later as a seven year old girl saying she had found the secret of eternal life, and she also knew all the secrets that only the true Melina could know. Naturally, the case fascinates Layton and his apprentice, so they head to the Crown Petone opera house, but Remi stays in London, searching for some girls that went missing in there.

The opera was about a lost kingdom, The Kingdom of Immortals; once, there was a beautiful queen that loved music. She was beloved by everyone in the kingdom. But one day, the queen became very ill. The people of the kingdom toiled to find a cure, but medicine couldn’t help. The queen finally passed away, and right after, the cure was completed: A potion for immortality. The people of the kingdom deeply lamented for the death of their queen. In order to the meet reincarnated queen again, they decided to become immortal, using the just-completed immortality nostrum. Abrosia's Kingdom is still somewhere in this world, waiting for its queen to return, and then, she will sing forever.

After the spectacle finishes, a masked man appears, and proposes something to the audience: "Let's play a game"- he says- "The winner, will have eternal life. The losers, will have to die." It's up to Layton and Luke to enter in the game, and discover the secret of Eternal Life.

Takes place between the events of the video games Professor Layton and the Last Specter and Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask.



Tags: Detective , Lost Civilization , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Martial Arts , Steampunk , Robots , Police , Ships , Musical Theater , Battle Royale

Lupin III: Lupin vs Clone

Also known as Lupin III: The Secret of Mamo.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Mystery , Sci-Fi

Lupin, the master thief/spy/Jack of all Trades, has been executed, but he is still alive, and not even Lupin himself knows how that is possible. While trying to figure out, however, he and his gang are thrust into a conspiracy involving clones, Lupin's un-trustworthy rival Fujiko, and a miniature madman's plot to take over the world.




Tags: Foreign , Guns , Clone , Anti-Hero , Fugitive , Police , Crime , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Swordplay , Seinen , Nudity , Samurai , Body Horror

Meitantei Holmes

Also known as Sherlock Hound.

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Studio Gallop , TMS Entertainment , Studio Take Off , Discotek , Tokyo Movie Shinsha , RAI
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Mystery

This story takes place at the end of the 19th century in London. A famous dog detective, Sherlock Hound, was relaxing with his pipe... Dr. Watson is, of course, with Sherlock. The night is very foggy. From the light of a street gas lamp, one can only see for a few yards. From the distance, a coach comes dashing towards Baker Street and stops in front of Hound's flat. Someone violently knocks at the door. "Watson, something's afoot!!" Hound in his well-known deer stalker hat and Inverness cape, leaves his flat in his prototype Benz with Dr. Watson.



Tags: Episodic , Detective , Anthropomorphism , Foreign , Police , Animals , Aviation , Primarily Adult Cast , Historical , Male Protagonist , Kids

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