Anime like Zankyou no Terror

DEATH NOTE

Also known as Death Note.

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , Viz Media , Nippon Television Network , Konami , Ashi Productions , Shueisha , Selecta Visión
Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Light Yagami is a genius high school student who is about to learn about life through a book of death. When a bored shinigami, a God of Death, named Ryuk drops a black notepad called a Death Note, Light receives power over life and death with the stroke of a pen. Determined to use this dark gift for the best, Light sets out to rid the world of evil… namely, the people he believes to be evil. Should anyone hold such power?

The consequences of Light’s actions will set the world ablaze.



Tags: Crime , Detective , Anti-Hero , Fugitive , Male Protagonist , Police , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Memory Manipulation , Noir , Gods , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Male Cast , Urban , Unrequited Love , Kuudere , Shounen , Amnesia , Espionage , Yandere , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Assassins , Suicide , Acting , Time Skip , Youkai , Achronological Order , Feet

BANANA FISH

Also known as BANANA FISH.

Studio: MAPPA , Aniplex , Dentsu , Shogakukan , Movic , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Thriller

Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands—and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acquaintance...



Tags: Gangs , Mafia , Tragedy , Crime , Conspiracy , Drugs , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Urban , Revenge , Guns , LGBTQ+ Themes , Criminal Organization , Foreign , Shoujo , Noir , Anti-Hero , Fugitive , Primarily Adult Cast , Coming of Age , Rescue , Assassins , Orphan , Classic Literature , Prison , Ensemble Cast , Photography , Tanned Skin , Boys' Love

Higashi no Eden

Also known as Eden of the East.

Studio: Production I.G , Dentsu , Asmik Ace , Sony Music Entertainment , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Sci-Fi , Thriller

On November 22, 2010 ten missiles strike Japan. However, this unprecedented terrorist act, later to be known as "Careless Monday," does not result in any apparent victims, and is soon forgotten by almost everyone. Then, 3 months later... Saki Morimi is a young woman currently in the United States of America on her graduation trip. But just when she is in front of the White House, Washington DC, she gets into trouble, and only the unexpected intervention of one of her fellow countrymen saves her. However, this man, who introduces himself as Akira Takizawa, is a complete mystery. He appears to have lost his memory, is stark naked, except for the gun he holds in one hand, and the mobile phone he's holding in the other. A phone that is charged with 8,200,000,000 yen in digital cash.



Tags: Amnesia , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Terrorism , Death Game , Battle Royale , Memory Manipulation , Male Protagonist , Artificial Intelligence , Conspiracy , Software Development , Crime , Heterosexual , Politics , Hikikomori , College , Love Triangle , Nudity , Police , Foreign

B: The Beginning

Also known as B: The Beginning.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

In a world powered by advanced technology, crime and action unfold in the archipelagic nation of Cremona. Koku, the protagonist. Keith, the legendary investigator of the royal police force RIS. A mysterious criminal organization. A wide variety of characters race through the fortified city as it is beset by the serial killer, Killer B, and a chain of crimes.



Tags: Police , Crime , Revenge , Detective , Primarily Adult Cast , Fugitive , Terrorism , Amnesia , Body Horror , Foreign , Gore , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Bullying

Babylon

Also known as BABYLON.

Studio: Twin Engine , REVOROOT , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

The suspense story centers around Zen Seizaki, a prosecutor with the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Office. While investigating illegal acts by a certain pharmaceutical company, Seizaki stumbles across a conspiracy over an election for an autonomous "new zone" established in western Tokyo.



Tags: Suicide , Urban Fantasy , Philosophy , Police , Urban , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Politics , Crime , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Denpa , Educational , Espionage , Dissociative Identities , Memory Manipulation , Foreign , Primarily Male Cast , Revenge , Gore , Anti-Hero , Adoption

Lazarus

Also known as LAZARUS.

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

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 , Environmental , Drugs , Found Family , Anti-Hero , Parkour , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Philosophy , Cyberpunk , Espionage , Guns , Foreign , Homeless , LGBTQ+ Themes , Assassins , Military , Rescue , Death Game , Prison , Cult , Artificial Intelligence , Circus , Dissociative Identities , Bisexual , Gore , Crossdressing

PSYCHO-PASS

Also known as PSYCHO-PASS.

Studio: Production I.G , Fuji TV , Nitroplus , Sony Music Entertainment , KYORAKU , Toho , Funimation , Dentsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

Justice, and the enforcement of it, has changed. In the 22nd century, Japan enforces the Sibyl System, an objective means of determining the threat level of each citizen by examining their mental state for signs of criminal intent, known as their Psycho-Pass. Inspectors uphold the law by subjugating, often with lethal force, anyone harboring the slightest ill-will; alongside them are Enforcers, jaded Inspectors that have become latent criminals, granted relative freedom in exchange for carrying out the Inspectors' dirty work.

Into this world steps Akane Tsunemori, a young woman with an honest desire to uphold justice. However, as she works alongside veteran Enforcer Shinya Kougami, she soon learns that the Sibyl System's judgments are not as perfect as her fellow Inspectors assume. With everything she has known turned on its head, Akane wrestles with the question of what justice truly is, and whether it can be upheld through the use of a system that may already be corrupt.



Note: In the Summer 2014 season, Psycho-Pass was rebroadcast and re-edited to fit into an hour time-slot, ending up in 11 one-hour episodes. This edit included added scenes at the beginning and middle of the episodes, as well as fixing and improving animation.

Tags: Detective , Police , Dystopian , Cyberpunk , Crime , Philosophy , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Artificial Intelligence , Conspiracy , Revenge , Augmented Reality , Fugitive , Guns , Anti-Hero , Terrorism , Male Protagonist , Gore , Class Struggle , Tragedy , Robots , Body Horror , Nudity , Politics

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 , Twins , Memory Manipulation , Tragedy , Noir , Conspiracy , Revenge , Urban , Adoption , Police , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Orphan , Dissociative Identities , Amnesia , Medicine , Politics , Travel , Historical , Suicide , Time Skip , Guns , Primarily Male Cast , Torture , Episodic , Crossdressing , Gore , Rescue ,

Kiznaiver

Also known as Kiznaiver.

Studio: TRIGGER , Crunchyroll , Aniplex , Sammy , Movic , Ultra Super Pictures , BS11 , Asahi Housou
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi

The fictional Japanese city named Sugomori City is built on reclaimed land. But as the years go by, the city's population is decreasing. One day, Sonozaki tells her classmate Katsuhira: "You have been selected to be a Kiznaiver." The Kizuna System, which allows Katsuhira to share his wounds, connects him to the classmates whose lives and personalities completely differ from his. The Kizuna System is an incomplete system for the implementation of world peace that connects people through wounds. All those who are connected to this system are called Kiznaivers. When one Kiznaiver is wounded, the system divides and transmits the wound among the other Kiznaivers.



Tags: Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Amnesia , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Human Experimentation , Coming of Age , Urban , Rehabilitation , Philosophy , Kuudere , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , School , Tsundere , Bisexual , Seinen , Bullying , LGBTQ+ Themes

91Days

Also known as 91 Days.

Studio: Shuka , Shouchiku
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological

The "classic mafia drama" takes place during the prohibition era. In the Lawless district the law has no power, the mafia rule the streets, and the illegally made liquor flows freely. At one time Avilio lived in this district, but after a mafia dispute ended in the murder of his family, he went into hiding. Later, Avilio receives a letter from a mysterious person that ignites his passion for revenge and leads him to return to Lawless. There, he infiltrates the Vanetti family and gets close to Nero.



Tags: Mafia , Revenge , Crime , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Gangs , Anti-Hero , Noir , Foreign , Guns , Assassins , Criminal Organization , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Historical , Espionage , Blackmail , Fugitive , Politics , Orphan , Bar , Found Family , Tanned Skin , Time Skip , CGI , Cannibalism