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Studio: Pastel
Status: Finished

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

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Gungrave

Also known as Gungrave.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi

After a tragic scene with the murder of his friends, Brandon Heat follows his only friend Harry McDowel into Millennion, the largest mafia syndicate. While Harry McDowel is striving for power, Brandon is only staying in Millennion to see the girl he loves whose custody was gained by the leader of Millennion, Big Daddy. But as the years pass and Brandon proves loyal to Millennion, Brandon learns the true purpose and passion of Millennion, and that's when true conflict arises.

Tags: Mafia , Crime , Gangs , Tragedy , Guns , Revenge , Super Power , Zombie , Afterlife , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Body Horror , Gore , Time Skip , Cyborg , Age Gap

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Crying Freeman

Studio: Toei Animation , SEGA , Toei Video , Victor Entertainment , Pioneer LDC
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

Yo Hinomura was an ordinary Japanese potter when a run-in with a Chinese mafia changed his life forever. Now an assassin for the 108 Dragons, Yo is the perfect killing machine. As a sign for remorse over his victims, he sheds tears after eliminating his targets. Because of this, he is infamously known by the Dragons and every crime syndicate in the world as "Crying Freeman."

Tags: Gangs , Assassins , Triads , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Seinen , Nudity , Female Protagonist

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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

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