Anime like Otokogi

Emblem TAKE 2

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

Shinjuku, 1979. A member of the Kaeda Yakuza gang, Akutsu Shouji, has lost in a brawl with a university cheering squad, and begs for forgiveness through bitter tears. Since then, nothing has gone well in Shouji's life, until 10 years later in 1989, his friend was ordered to kill him, and as he ran away he killed himself, ending his miserable life.

But when Shouji opened his eyes, he was in Shinjuku in 1979, at the fight with the university students that caused things to go wrong. Now with ten more years of memories and experience, Shouji repels the university students with spirit and wisdom. Now he swears to wear a gold emblem around town, and begins his life anew.



Tags: Urban , Yakuza , Delinquents , Seinen , Crime , Primarily Adult Cast , Time Manipulation , Guns , Heterosexual , Gore , Gambling

Salaryman Kintarou

Also known as SALARYMAN KINTARO.

Studio: TBS , JCF , Cosmos , Echo
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama

After former motorcycle gang leader Yajima Kintaro saves the life of the Yamato Construction Company's CEO, he is offered a job working for the company. However, when it becomes apparent that a corrupt faction of the company is trying to gain full control, Kintaro's moral and physical strengths become more useful than the CEO ever imagined. As he works his way up the career ladder Kintaro is forced to deal with many problems, from confrontations with Yakuza bosses to preventing the collapse of a tunnel. But can an uneducated and rowdy person really make it as a salaryman?

Tags: Work , Seinen , Office , Primarily Adult Cast , Gangs , Yakuza , Motorcycles , Nudity , Urban , Estranged Family

Sanctuary

Also known as Sanctuary.

Studio: Viz Media , Pastel , Toho , VAP
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Thriller

Two Japanese survivors of the Khmer Rouge massacres in Cambodia vow to find a sanctuary, even if they have to build it themselves. Returning to Japan, they take seemingly opposite paths: one becomes a politician, the other a gangster.

As Asami and Hojo work through the linked worlds of politics and crime in modern Japan, they don't hesitate to do anything necessary to secure their own positions and stay true to their vow. Loyal to no one else, they find their friendship increasingly tested as they rise in their chosen fields.



Tags: Politics , Yakuza , Noir , Police , Nudity , Seinen , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Triads , Male Protagonist , Crime , Economics , Tennis

Honki!

Also known as Maji.

Studio: Nippon Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Based on the first two volumes of Tachihara Ayumi's 50-part 1986 manga, serialized in Shounen Champion. A young man who seems to be running lots of errands for his employer (or a Yakuza gang associated with his employer?). Odd errands, too. Meanwhile there's a sweet girl he's been dying to meet.

Tags: Seinen , Yakuza