Anime like LUPIN THE IIIRD: Zenigata to Futari no Lupin

REDLINE

Also known as Redline.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Anchor Bay Films
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Romance , Sci-Fi , Sports

Redline is about the biggest and most deadly racing tournament in the universe. Only held once every five years, everyone wants to stake their claim to fame, including JP, a reckless dare-devil driver oblivious to speed limits with his ultra-customized car - all the while, organized crime and militaristic governments want to leverage the race to their own ends. Amongst the other elite rival drivers in the tournament, JP falls for the alluring Sonoshee - but will she prove his undoing, or can a high speed romance survive a mass destruction race?



Tags: Cars , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Space , Cyberpunk , Aliens , Female Protagonist , Cyborg , Crime , Heterosexual , Gambling , Military , Robots , Politics , Anthropomorphism , Nudity , Primarily Male Cast

DARKER THAN BLACK: Kuro no Keiyakusha

Also known as Darker than Black.

Studio: bones , Aniplex , Square Enix , Movic , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Myrica Music , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery , Sci-Fi

In Tokyo, an impenetrable field known as "Hell's Gate" appeared ten years ago. At the same time, psychics who wield paranormal powers at the cost of their conscience also emerged. Hei is one of the most powerful of these psychic agents, and along with his blind associate, Yin, works for one of the many rival agencies vying to unlock the mysteries of Hell's Gate.



Tags: Super Power , Anti-Hero , Crime , Noir , Urban , Assassins , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Terrorism , Urban Fantasy , Police , Espionage , Triads , Episodic , Kuudere , Gore , Male Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Yakuza , Detective , Memory Manipulation , Mafia

Lazarus

Also known as LAZARUS.

Studio: Adult Swim , MAPPA , Sola Entertainment , Aniplex
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

The year is 2052 — an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity prevails across the globe. The reason for this: mankind has been freed from sickness and pain. Nobel Prize winning neuroscientist Dr. Skinner has developed a miracle cure-all drug with no apparent drawbacks called Hapuna. Hapuna soon becomes ubiquitous… and essential. However, soon after Hapuna is officially introduced, Dr. Skinner vanishes.

Three years later, the world has moved on. But Dr. Skinner has returned — this time, as a harbinger of doom. Skinner announces that Hapuna has a short half-life. Everyone who has taken it will die approximately three years later. Death is coming for this sinful world — and coming soon.

As a response to this threat, a special task force of 5 agents is gathered from across the world to save humanity from Skinner’s plan. This group is called “Lazarus.” Can they find Skinner and develop a vaccine before time runs out?



Tags: Ensemble Cast , Crime , Medicine , Urban , Fugitive , Episodic , Drugs , Anti-Hero , Environmental , Rescue , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Parkour , Found Family , Cyberpunk , Guns , Espionage , Foreign , Seinen , Assassins , Military , Homeless , Cult , Prison , Artificial Intelligence , LGBTQ+ Themes , Death Game , Dissociative Identities , Circus , Yuri , Bisexual , Transgender

LUPIN the Third: Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna

Also known as Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Po10tial , Hanabee Entertainment , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Ecchi , Psychological , Thriller

What happened when Lupin III met Fujiko Mine for the first time?

She’s a thief. A killer. A saint and a scandal. She’s whatever you need her to be to get the job done. She takes your breath away to get what she wants. She takes everything else just because she can. It’s all in a night’s work for the woman called Fujiko Mine. She’s the slinky, sultry thread that holds Lupin III’s crew together—and this is the heist that started it all.



Tags: Nudity , Crime , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Detective , Anti-Hero , Noir , Primarily Adult Cast , Fugitive , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Guns , Episodic , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Swordplay , Drugs , Samurai , Politics , Motorcycles , Meta , Crossdressing , Assassins , Age Gap , Yuri

TRAVA: FIST PLANET

Studio: MADHOUSE , Grasshoppa!
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Ace pilot Trava and his personal mechanic buddy Shinkai, on their way to mark an out-of-the-way planet, pick up Mikuru, a girl with no memory. The three are about to discover that the planet is more than it seems.



Tags: Aliens , Space , Robots , Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Amnesia , Cosmic Horror

009-1

Also known as 009-1.

Studio: Aniplex , TBS , Ishimori Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Mylene Hoffman, a beautiful cyborg spy with the codename "009-1" lives in an alternative world where the cold war never ended, continuously on-going for 140 years. The world is split into two factions, the West and the East block. A masquerade of peace between the two is slowly dissipated as the conflict occurs. Through politics, the two factions battle over supremacy over technology to threats of a nuclear attack. Mylene Hoffman, teaming up with three other agents, gets surrounded by deception, chaos and rivalry as she carries out missions assigned by her superiors.

Tags: Espionage , Assassins , Cyberpunk , Episodic , Cyborg , Robots , Female Protagonist , Politics , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Trains , Gore , Nudity

Lupin III: Russia yori Ai wo Komete

Also known as Lupin the 3rd: From Siberia with Love.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Discotek , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy

Ultimate thief Lupin the Third has a new target: the lost gold of the Romanov dynasty! With the help of a mysterious blonde named Judy Scott, Lupin discovers the treasure hidden in Texas, at the Bank of Liberty. His partners Jigen and Fujiko lend a hand in harvesting the gold, but a few snags happen along the way. Not only does the New York Mafia own the gold, but Rasputon - the telepathic descendant of the mad monk Rasputin - wants it for himself! With Rasputon manipulating the world's leaders and even a certain samurai, the stage is set for the battle over the Romanovs' golden legacy!



Tags: Fugitive , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Foreign , 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 , Foreign , Anti-Hero , 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

ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka

Also known as ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept..

Studio: MADHOUSE , BS11 , NAS , Bandai Visual , Square Enix , Sony PCL , Contents Seed , Lantis , Banpresto , Medicos Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Slice of Life

"ACCA" is a giant unified syndicate residing in a kingdom split into 13 autonomous regions. ACCA was formed back when there was threat of a coup d'etat, and it has continued to protect the peace of civilians for almost one hundred years. Jean Otus, the vice-chairman of the inspections department at ACCA headquarters, is one of the most cunning men in the syndicate's history with the nickname "Jean the Cigarette Peddler." Whimsically puffing his cigarettes, he wanders through the 13 districts, checking to see if there is any foul play afoot.



Tags: Royal Affairs , Politics , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Foreign , Travel , Work , Detective , Economics , Ensemble Cast , Police , Revenge , Seinen , Photography , Food , Military , Family Life , Office Lady

Lupin III: GREEN vs RED

Also known as Lupin the 3rd: Green vs Red.

Studio: VAP , TMS Entertainment , Discotek , Studio Jack
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy

If Lupin is stealing something in one place, how can he be shoplifting in another place entirely? One Lupin wears red; the other wears green. In the final standoff, whose side will Jigen, Goemon and Fujiko choose? After all, as the world's number one thief, there can't be two of him!



Tags: Meta , Male Protagonist , Fugitive , Primarily Adult Cast , Anti-Hero , Guns , Samurai