Anime like Suna no Bara: Yuki no Mokushiroku

Cleopatra D.C.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Toei Video , Agent 21 , Media Blasters
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi

The Cleopatra Corns Group, aka Cleopatra DC, is a powerful financial conglomerate controlling most of the United States economy, almost as powerful as the US government itself. At the top of the organization is the beautiful, smart and brave Ms. Cleo, the Group's young, talented Chairman. This is good--it means she can handle the repair bill when that airplane crashes into her bedroom. With stolen artifacts, corporate kidnappings, and top-secret cyborg projects gone awry, her luck only gets worse from there.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Foreign , Primarily Adult Cast , Criminal Organization , Nudity , Episodic , Guns , Urban

Gunsmith Cats

Also known as Gunsmith Cats.

Studio: OLM , VAP , TBS , Kodansha , AnimEigo
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Thriller

Rally Vincent knows her weapons well, while her partner Minne May Hopkins loves to play with explosives. The pair run a gun-shop illegally and one day Bill Collins of the ATF, blackmails Rally and Minnie May into working for the ATF. Little do they know, that they are getting involved in a mission larger than they could imagine.



Tags: Guns , Police , Urban , Noir , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Crime , Foreign , Primarily Adult Cast , Conspiracy , Primarily Female Cast , Cars , Tomboy , Assassins , Politics , Episodic

Jormungand

Also known as Jormungand.

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , Funimation , WHITE FOX , Jormungand Production Partners
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

A ruthless arms dealer on a quixotic quest for world peace. A child soldier born into chaotic conflict. Their lives will intertwine as they journey together through the seedy underbelly of the world's arms market.



Tags: Guns , Military , Female Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Seinen , Foreign , Assassins , Tomboy , Travel , Orphan , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Criminal Organization , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Episodic , Tanned Skin , LGBTQ+ Themes , Nudity , Unrequited Love , Primarily Male Cast , Desert

Najica Dengeki Sakusen

Also known as Najica Blitz Tactics.

Studio: Studio Fantasia , ADV Films , Media Factory , Amber Film Works
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Sci-Fi

Najica Hiiragi, perfumer and secret agent, is sent out on a number of recovery missions to round up rogue humaritts, androids with combat abilities. Najica is assigned a humaritt partner, Lila, whom Najica is to groom as an agent and receive assistance from along the way. As Najica grows to accept Lila, each new mission they embark on reveals more and more about the capabilities and mysterious origins of the humaritts.



Tags: Episodic , Female Protagonist , Nudity , Espionage , Guns , Kuudere , Twins , Robots

Hidari no O'Clock!!

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Yuu Shinozaki is fed up with living according to the clock, the clock that always turns right. His liberal thinking gets him in bad terms with his parents, teachers and childhood friend Aoi, with only his biker sister Moe to understand him. One day, after an exceptionally upsetting day at school, Yuu jumps on his motorbike and - with some help from Moe's friend Tetsuo - leaves home to have a taste of a different way of life, like making the clock turn left for a change.



Tags: Outdoor Activities , Police , Motorcycles , Rural , Cars , Coming of Age , Shounen

Power Dolls

Studio: OLM , VAP , Artmic , Shueisha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In 2535 A.D., after decades of oppressive policies instituted by the Terran government, the people of the colony world Omni joined together to declare their independence from the tyranny of planet Earth. Lacking an established military or specialized weapons of warfare, the Omni rebellion seemed doomed to failure. However, by adapting the robotic Power Loaders used for unloading spaceships into man-like battle tanks, the Rebel forces instead introduced a whole new era of mechanized combat. Now, the future of the planet Omni rests upon a handful of young female pilots who serve in the special Detachment of Limited Line Service. Their code name: The Power Dolls!



Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Female Cast , War , Female Protagonist , Real Robot , Super Robot , Guns , Orphan

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 , Travel , Noir , Anti-Hero , Philosophy , Guns , Male Protagonist , Cyberpunk , Found Family , Terrorism , Female Protagonist , Martial Arts , Heterosexual , Cyborg , Tomboy , Amnesia , Gambling , Cowboys , Yakuza , Drugs , Police , Nudity , Tanned Skin , Cult , Circus , CGI , Work

BLACK LAGOON

Also known as Black Lagoon.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Funimation , Selecta Visión , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Thriller

Okajima Rokuro is a Japanese businessman in a town full of Japanese businessmen. His normal day consists of social drinking with clients and being kicked around by his bosses. He finally gets a break though, as he's sent by his company to the tropical seas of Eastern China to deliver a disc. But his boat gets hijacked by a band of mercenaries hired to retrieve the disc. Rock (as he is newly dubbed by his captors) catches the interest of the only female merc Revy as she thinks he's worth a ransom, taking him hostage. However, the disc that was stolen has a terrible secret that's unknown to Rock, which causes massive confusion and chaos for both him and his kidnappers.

Tags: Crime , Ensemble Cast , Guns , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Pirates , Anti-Hero , Travel , Gangs , Mafia , Female Protagonist , Assassins , Tomboy , Foreign , Ships , Episodic , Military , Male Protagonist , Noir , Triads , Maids , Gore , Politics , Nudity , Nun

GHOST IN THE SHELL: Koukaku Kidoutai

Also known as Ghost in the Shell.

Studio: Production I.G , Bandai Visual , Kodansha , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Psychological , Sci-Fi

2029: A female cybernetic government agent, Major Motoko Kusanagi, and the Internal Bureau of Investigations are hot on the trail of “The Puppet Master,” a mysterious and threatening computer virus capable of infiltrating human hosts. Together with her fellow agents from Section 9, Kusanagi embarks on a high-tech race against time to capture the omnipresent entity.



Tags: Cyberpunk , Artificial Intelligence , Philosophy , Urban , Robots , Cyborg , Police , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Noir , Primarily Male Cast , Dystopian , Crime , Guns , Espionage , Nudity , Gore , CGI

MONSTER

Also known as Monster.

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , Viz Media , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

Dr. Kenzo Tenma is a renowned Japanese brain surgeon working at a leading hospital in Germany. One night, Dr. Tenma risks his reputation and career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy over that of the town mayor who had been planning to support the hospital financially. A string of mysterious murders begin to occur soon after the operation, and Dr. Tenma emerges as the primary suspect despite no incriminating evidence.

A doctor is taught to believe that all life is equal; however, when another series of murders occur in the surgeon's vicinity, Dr. Tenma's beliefs are shaken as his actions that night are shown to have much broader consequences than he could have imagined. Leaving behind his life as a surgeon he embarks on a journey across the country to unravel the mystery of the boy he saved.

Tags: Crime , Seinen , Detective , Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , Fugitive , Primarily Adult Cast , Noir , Twins , Memory Manipulation , Revenge , Tragedy , Conspiracy , Adoption , Police , Foreign , Politics , Male Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , Medicine , Amnesia , Travel , Urban , Orphan , Historical , Time Skip , Guns , Suicide , Torture , Primarily Male Cast , Episodic , Crossdressing , Gore , Nudity , Rescue , Bullying