Anime like The Fable

Gokushufudou

Also known as The Way of the Househusband.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Netflix
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

He was the fiercest member of the yakuza, a man who left countless underworld legends in his wake. They called him “the Immortal Dragon.” But one day he walked away from it all to travel another path—the path of the househusband! The curtain rises on this cozy yakuza comedy!



Tags: Male Protagonist , Episodic , Yakuza , Slapstick , Family Life , Primarily Adult Cast , Parody , Gangs , Seinen , Urban , Flash , Food , Heterosexual , Educational , Mafia , Crime , Guns

Under Ninja

Also known as UNDER NINJA.

Studio: Tezuka Productions , TBS , NetEase Games , Kodansha , Crunchyroll , Pony Canyon , BS11 , MAGNET
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy

Ninjas still exist in Japan today. They number around 200,000. The ninja organization NIN (National Intelligence of NINJA) is not controlled by the civilian government, with its elite members performing assassinations and sabotage in secret. There is an organization that opposes NIN: UN (Under Ninja). Ninja versus ninja: What lies waiting at the end of this shadowy feud?



Tags: Ninja , Surreal Comedy , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Espionage , School , Urban , Seinen , Meta , Achronological Order , Gore , Tragedy , Time Skip , Ensemble Cast , CGI , Military , Kuudere

GTO

Also known as GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Discotek , Aniplex
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

Onizuka is a reformed biker gang leader who has his sights set on an honorable new ambition: to become the world's greatest teacher... for the purpose of meeting sexy high school girls. Okay, so he's mostly reformed.

However, strict administrators and a class of ruthless delinquents stand between Onizuka and his goal and they will use any means, however illegal or low, to drive the new teacher away. Perfect, because Onizuka's methods won't be found in any teaching manual; he cares about the difference between legal and illegal activities about as much as he cares for the age difference between himself and a high school girl.

So get ready for math that doesn't add up, language you'd be slapped for using, and biology that would make a grown man blush... unless of course, you're the Great Teacher Onizuka.

Note: Episode 1 has an airtime of 48 minutes.

Tags: Teacher , School , Work , Delinquents , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Kuudere , Educational , Satire , Bullying , Suicide , Gangs , Age Gap , Crime , Acting , Conspiracy , Fugitive , Heterosexual , Shounen , Episodic , Revenge , Nudity , Guns , Parody , Agriculture , Real Robot , Crossdressing , Police , Martial Arts , Astronomy

My Home Hero

Also known as My Home Hero.

Studio: Kodansha , Tezuka Productions , Nippon Columbia , Crunchyroll , Dentsu , 81 Produce , BS Nittele , KLOCKWORX , AQUA ARIS , DR Movie
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Thriller

After killing his daughter’s abusive yakuza boyfriend to save her, ordinary salaryman Tetsuo Tosu becomes embroiled in the dark criminal underworld. The wish for a simple life he and his wife Kasen had for their daughter has been reduced to a wish for survival. Though middle-aged and weak, he’ll put his life on the line using only his wits in order to protect his family.



Tags: Crime , Yakuza , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Mafia , Urban , Fugitive , Gangs , Family Life , Torture , CGI , Criminal Organization , Anti-Hero , Denpa , Marriage

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

SAKAMOTO DAYS

Also known as SAKAMOTO DAYS.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , TMS Entertainment , Shueisha , TV Tokyo
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy

When Sakamoto meets Aoi, the convenience store clerk, it’s love at first sight — and just like that, he retires.

Sakamoto gets married, has a daughter, opens a mom-and-pop store in a quiet town, and completely transforms … into a plus-size man. To ensure a peaceful life with his beloved family, the legendary ex–hit man bands together with comrades to face off against the looming threat of assassins.



Note: The series is streaming a week in advance on Netflix Japan starting with episode 2 released alongside episode 1.

Tags: Urban , Assassins , Found Family , Crime , Gore , Konbini , Primarily Adult Cast , Family Life , Gangs , Male Protagonist , Guns , Super Power , Shounen , Yakuza , Espionage , Triads

Raise wa Tanin ga Ii

Also known as Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii.

Studio: Studio DEEN , SKY Perfect Pictures , Kodansha , Crunchyroll , Pony Canyon , arma bianca , TOKYO MX , BS11
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Somei Renji is Somei Yoshino’s grandfather and leader of the “Somei Group”, the Kansai region’s biggest yakuza group. When he arranges for her to be married to Miyama Kirishima, Yoshino has to move to “Miyama Clan” estate, the Kanto region’s biggest yakuza group. Kirishima warmly welcomes Yoshino and is such a pleasant, personable, and nice young man that nobody would suspect that he comes from a yakuza family. This puts Yoshino at ease even though she was initially feeling insecure in this unfamiliar place.

But then, a certain event leads to Yoshino witnessing the real Kirishima.



Tags: Heterosexual , Criminal Organization , Yakuza , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Urban , Ojou-sama , Crime , School , Delinquents , Arranged Marriage , Yandere , Gore , Male Protagonist , Revenge , Nudity , Trains

Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu

Also known as Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , ADV Films , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Romance

It's back-to-school mayhem with Kaname Chidori and her war-freak classmate Sousuke Sagara as they encounter more misadventures in and out of Jindai High School. But when Kaname gets into some serious trouble, Sousuke takes the guise of Bonta-kun - the gun-wielding, butt-kicking mascot. And while he struggles to continue living as a normal teenager, Sousuke also has to deal with protecting his superior officer Teletha Testarossa, who has decided to take a vacation from Mithril and spend a couple of weeks as his and Kaname's classmate.



Tags: Slapstick , School , Tsundere , Surreal Comedy , Parody , Guns , Military , Delinquents , Crime , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist

Back Street Girls: Gokudols

Also known as Back Street Girls -GOKUDOLS-.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Toei Video , Kodansha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Music

A group of 3 yakuza failed their boss for the last time. After messing up an important job, the boss gave them 2 choices: Honorably committing suicide, or go to Thailand to get a sex reassignment surgery in order to become "female" idols. After a gruesome year long training to become idols, they successfully debut, with overwhelming popularity, much to their dismay. This is where their tragedy truly begins.

Tags: Idol , Primarily Adult Cast , Gender Bending , Yakuza , Urban , Body Horror , Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Male Cast , Otaku Culture , Transgender , Seinen , Primarily Female Cast , Crossdressing

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