Anime like TRIGUN STAMPEDE

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

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Also known as Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.

Studio: TRIGGER , CD PROJEKT RED , Netflix
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Sci-Fi

An original anime series set in in the universe of Cyberpunk 2077.

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners tells a standalone, 10-episode story about a street kid trying to survive in a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future. Having everything to lose, he chooses to stay alive by becoming an edgerunner—a mercenary outlaw also known as a cyberpunk.



Note: The first episode received a pre-screening at Anime Expo on July 2, 2022. The first 3 dubbed episodes were streamed on Twitch as part of a co-stream promotion on September 12, a day before the show’s premiere.

Tags: Cyberpunk , Tragedy , Crime , Dystopian , Cyborg , Male Protagonist , Gangs , Urban , Class Struggle , Body Horror , Orphan , Guns , Gore , Revenge , Primarily Adult Cast , Anti-Hero , Heterosexual , Drugs , Terrorism , Nudity , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Artificial Intelligence , Time Skip , Robots , Time Manipulation , Software Development , Space , Age Gap , Cars , Tomboy , Bar

Sabikui Bisco

Also known as Sabikui Bisco.

Studio: OZ , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , KADOKAWA , flying DOG , Yomiuri TV , Frontier Works , BS11 , KLOCKWORX , Bit grooove promotion , NAZ
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Japan’s post-apocalyptic wasteland replete with dust can only be saved by one thing—fungus. Bisco Akaboshi, a wanted criminal and skilled archer, searches for a legendary mushroom, known as Sabikui, said to devour any and all rust. Joining him on this epic saga to save the country is a giant crab and a young doctor. Can this unlikely trio find the fabled fungi and save the land?



Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Pandemic , Male Protagonist , Medicine , Archery , Fugitive , Outdoor Activities , Travel , Desert , Drugs , Terrorism , Tragedy , Anti-Hero , Kaiju , Boys' Love , Environmental , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cyberpunk , Bisexual , Heterosexual , Animals , Guns , Ensemble Cast , Tanned Skin , Tomboy , Motorcycles , Card Battle , Unrequited Love

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023)

Also known as Rurouni Kenshin (2023).

Studio: LIDENFILMS , Aniplex , Shueisha , Fuji TV , Dentsu , Animax Broadcast Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Romance

Re-adaptation of the main manga series.

One hundred and forty years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who, felling men with his bloodstained blade, gained the name Hitokiri, manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Then he vanished, and with the flow of years, became legend.



Tags: Swordplay , Historical , Samurai , Male Protagonist , Martial Arts , Shounen , Found Family , Assassins , Age Gap , Heterosexual , Rural , Travel , Drugs

TRIGUN: Badlands Rumble

Also known as Trigun: Badlands Rumble.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Funimation , flying DOG , Sunny Side Up
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sci-Fi

In town surrounded by quicksand, an outlaw from Vash the Stampede's past has resurfaced after twenty years. His name is Gasback - and he's looking to cause a little trouble. It seems Gasback has a serious beef with the town's mayor, who's paying dozens of bounty hunters to protect his turf.

One of those hired guns is a beautiful woman with a vendetta against Gasback. Will she get a shot at revenge? Maybe, if she can get through Gasback's bodyguard, Wolfwood. And what's Vash got to do with this mess? Nothing much - except for the fact that he personally set off the entire chain of events two decades ago!



Tags: Revenge , Fugitive , Crime , Desert , Male Protagonist , Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , CGI , Dystopian , Shounen , Heterosexual

Hagane no Renkinjutsushi

Also known as Fullmetal Alchemist.

Studio: bones , Aniplex , Square Enix , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

The rules of alchemy state that to gain something, one must lose something of equal value. Alchemy is the process of taking apart and reconstructing an object into a different entity, with the rules of alchemy to govern this procedure. However, there exists an object that can bring any alchemist above these rules, the object known as the Philosopher's Stone. The young Edward Elric is a particularly talented alchemist who through an accident years back lost his younger brother Alphonse and one of his legs. Sacrificing one of his arms as well, he used alchemy to bind his brother's soul to a suit of armor. This lead to the beginning of their journey to restore their bodies, in search for the legendary Philosopher's Stone.

Note: Episodes 11, 12 and 37 were adapted from the light novel "Fullmetal Alchemist: The Land of Sand."

Tags: Alchemy , Philosophy , Magic , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Military , Conspiracy , Coming of Age , Shounen , Travel , War , Alternate Universe , Body Horror , Steampunk , Disability , Chimera , Isekai , Foreign , Cyborg , Slapstick , Chibi , Anti-Hero , Religion , Lost Civilization , Trains , Guns , Human Experimentation

Gachiakuta

Also known as Gachiakuta.

Studio: bones , Avex Pictures , bones film , Kodansha , DMM.com , CBC TV , Dentsu , Com2uS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy

A boy lives in a floating town, where the poor scrape by and the rich live a sumptuous life, simply casting their garbage off the side, into the abyss. When he’s falsely accused of murder, though, his wrongful conviction leads to an unimaginable punishment—exile off the edge, with the rest of the trash. Down on the surface, the cast-off waste of humanity has bred vicious monsters, and to travel the path to vengeance against those who cast him into Hell, a boy will have to become a warrior…



Tags: Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Shounen , Survival , Dystopian , Revenge , Post-Apocalyptic , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Class Struggle , Found Family , Surreal Comedy , Tragedy , Robots , Hip-hop Music , Adoption , Kaiju , CGI , Shapeshifting , Female Harem , Urban , Guns , Body Horror , Memory Manipulation , Criminal Organization ,

MOONRISE

Also known as Moonrise.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , Netflix
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi

In a not-too-distant future, humanity has established a loosely organized world government with everything managed by an international AI network called Sapientia. People live peaceful lives by loyally obeying its rational decisions. However, Sapientia’s lunar development project, which sends criminals and pollutants to the Moon to maintain Earth’s peace, creates disparity and poverty on the Moon, sparking a catalyst for war. Jacob "Jack" Shadow gets caught up in this conflict after losing his family to a terrorist bombing by the Moon's rebel army. Vowing revenge, Jack joins the Earth army as a scout on the Moon, only to discover an unexpected leader among the resistance forces.



Tags: Space , Dystopian , Urban Fantasy , Robots , Artificial Intelligence , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , CGI , War , Orphan , Military , Guns , Time Skip , Love Triangle , Cyberpunk

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

Houseki no Kuni

Also known as Land of the Lustrous.

Studio: Orange , Sentai Filmworks , Kodansha , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Movic , AT-X , Toho , Q-Tec
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological

In the mysterious future, crystalline organisms called Gems inhabit a world that has been destroyed by six meteors. Each Gem is assigned a role in order to fight against the Lunarians, a species who attacks them in order to shatter their bodies and use them as decorations.

Phosphophyllite, also known as Phos, is a young and fragile Gem who dreams of helping their friends in the war effort. Instead, they are told to compile an encyclopedia because of their delicate condition. After begrudgingly embarking on this task, Phos meets Cinnabar, an intelligent gem who has been relegated to patrolling the isolated island at night because of the corrosive poison their body creates. After seeing how unhappy Cinnabar is, Phos decides to find a role that both of the rejected Gems can enjoy. Houseki no Kuni follows Phos' efforts to be useful and protect their fellow Gems.

Tags: Coming of Age , CGI , Full CGI , Philosophy , Anthropomorphism , Agender , Tragedy , Post-Apocalyptic , Seinen , Memory Manipulation , Primarily Female Cast , Body Horror , Survival , Amnesia , Coastal , Conspiracy , Time Skip , Swordplay , War , Shapeshifting , Tsundere , Snowscape , Mixed Media , Language Barrier , Astronomy , Twins , Work , Slapstick