Anime like Raise wa Tanin ga Ii

Koroshi Ai

Also known as Love of Kill.

Studio: Platinum Vision , KADOKAWA , Crunchyroll , Kadokawa Media House , Toy's Factory , A3 , Bit Grooove Promotion
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Psychological , Romance

Two assassins face off. The cool bounty hunter Chateau and the mysterious and powerful Ryang-ha. Chateau and Ryang-ha become enemies after this fight—at least, they should have, but for some reason Ryang-ha takes a liking to Chateau and begins following her around.

Little by little, Chateau develops a cooperative partnership with Ryang-ha, which gets her caught up in the struggle against the organizations hunting him down. Furthermore, that battle is related to her past as well. Two mismatched assassins weave together a twisted "Assassin X Assassin" thriller. The strange gears of fate begin to move.



Note: The first episode had an early premiere at AnimeNYC 2021.

Tags: Assassins , Heterosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Josei , Amnesia , Adoption , Guns , Ships , Crime , Female Protagonist , Yandere , Male Protagonist , Police , Age Gap , Gore , Foreign , Suicide

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

Kaichou wa Maid-sama!

Also known as Maid-Sama!.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Hakusensha , Half H.P Studio , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Being the first female student council president isn't easy, especially when your school just transitioned from an all boys high school to a co-ed one. Aptly nicknamed "Demon President" by the boys for her strict disciplinary style, Misaki Ayuzawa is not afraid to use her mastery of Aikido techniques to cast judgment onto the hordes of misbehaving boys and defend the girls at Seika High School.

Yet even the perfect Ayuzawa has an embarrassing secret—she works part-time as a maid at a maid café to help her struggling family pay the bills. She has managed to keep her job hidden from her fellow students and maintained her flawless image as a stellar student until one day, Takumi Usui, the most popular boy in school, walks into the maid café. He could destroy her reputation with her secret... or he could twist the student council president around his little finger and use her secret as an opportunity to get closer to her.



Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , School , Maids , Work , Tsundere , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Episodic , School Club , Femboy , Otaku Culture , Love Triangle , Restaurant , Chibi , Kuudere , Crossdressing

Kumichou Musume to Sewagakari

Also known as The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting.

Studio: feel. , Gaina , bilibili , Micro Magazine Sha , Docomo Anime Store , Pony Canyon , Bushiroad Move , TOKYO MX , Micro House
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Kirishima Tooru was accustomed to solving all problems through violence and was called “the Demon of Sakuragi.” One day, the boss of the Sakuragi family suddenly summons Kirishima and appoints him caretaker of his only daughter, Yaeka! A heartwarming comedy about a yakuza crime family’s right-hand man and the boss’ only daughter. The two of them are about to begin their new daily lives together!



Tags: Family Life , Yakuza , Josei , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Found Family , Parenthood , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Anti-Hero , Guns , Iyashikei , Food , Delinquents , Tragedy , Suicide , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Male Cast , Episodic

The Fable

Also known as The Fable.

Studio: Tezuka Productions , Kodansha , Nippon Television Network , VAP
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Romance , Thriller

When you're the infamous prodigy hitman known only as “Fable,” many things come easy. Being a normal person, however, isn't one of them. In fact, being told that he can't kill anyone for a while may just be the hardest job Fable’s ever taken...



Tags: Yakuza , Seinen , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Assassins , Urban , Guns , Surreal Comedy , Crime , Anti-Hero , Martial Arts , Heterosexual , Found Family , Revenge , Acrobatics , Bar , Disability , Nudity , Outdoor Activities

Ojou to Banken-kun

Also known as A Girl & Her Guard Dog.

Studio: Pony Canyon , project No.9 , Kodansha , Crunchyroll , Yomiuri TV , BS Asahi , CHOCOLATE , Bit Grooove Promotion
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Isaku just wants to live a normal life. But as the granddaughter of a yakuza boss, that’s a pretty tall order. For years, it’s been difficult for Isaku to make friends and find love. So, she decides to enroll in a high school far from her hometown in hopes of a fresh start. But her plans take an unexpected turn when a worried member of the yakuza, Keiya, enrolls in the same school to protect her.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Age Gap , School , Yakuza , Heterosexual , Shoujo , Crime , Criminal Organization , Guns

Paradise Kiss

Studio: MADHOUSE , Aniplex , Fuji TV , Dentsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Hayasaka Yukari is a typical high-school student who listens to her parents and attends school every day. As she starts to question her way of life, she encounters a group of fashion design students who have a clothing label known as "Paradise Kiss." The group needs to find a model to showcase their designs in an up-coming fashion show and decides to pick Yukari. Initially reluctant to be associated with this seemingly eccentric group, she eventually realizes they are really nice people. Furthermore, their passion and enthusiasm to follow their ideals make Yukari realize she has not been enjoying her life and thus motivates her to pursue her own dreams. The story follows Yukari as she gets involved in the group and eventually falls in love with the leader, George.



Tags: Fashion , Coming of Age , Makeup , Josei , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , School Club , LGBTQ+ Themes , Crossdressing , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Transgender , School , Bisexual , Boys' Love , Gender Bending

Arcana Famiglia: La storia della Arcana Famiglia

Also known as La Storia Della Arcana Famiglia.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Frontier Works , Movic , Sentai Filmworks , Warner Bros. Japan , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Supernatural

The Arcana Famiglia is a powerful organization that keeps the peace on the trading island of Regalo. The most unique trait of this prestigious "family" is their mastery of the Arcana - mystical powers derived from tarot cards. The current leader of the Arcana Famiglia, Mondo, wishes to choose a successor through a tournament called the Arcana Duello, and as an added incentive, the winner will take the hand of Mondo's daughter, Felicita. However, two young men among the family - impetuous Liberta and serious-minded Nova - are more interested in protecting Felicita's freedom than letting her be someone's trophy wife. Together, Liberta, Nova, and Felicita get to know each other better ... but with Felicita's ability to read minds, she may discover more than she bargained for in Liberta's violent past and Nova's troubled family history. Can the trio remain friends, or will the growing tension between them be too much to bear?



Tags: Male Harem , Ojou-sama , Artificial Intelligence , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Male Cast , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Mafia , Swordplay , Magic

Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom

Also known as Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom.

Studio: Bee Train , Genco , Funimation , Bushiroad , Nitroplus , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , OVERLAP , Lantis , TV Tokyo , Rakuonsha , TV Tokyo Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Thriller

A young man wakes up in a strange room with no memory of who he is or how he got there. His past is lost—and his future belongs to Inferno, a violent crime syndicate. They give him a new name—Zwei—and team him with their top assassin, the enigmatic Ein. She’ll teach Zwei all he needs to know about his new life as an Inferno operative, starting with lesson number one: kill or be killed.



Tags: Amnesia , Anti-Hero , Assassins , Noir , Mafia , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Crime , Guns , Memory Manipulation , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Time Skip , Yakuza , Nudity

GREAT PRETENDER

Also known as Great Pretender.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , Fuji TV , Production I.G , Toho , BS Fuji , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Thriller

Self-styled “Japan's greatest swindler” Makoto Edamura is mainly targeting elder people and occasional foreign travelers. But when he tries to scam an apparently clueless French tourist in Tokyo, he can't possibly imagine that what looked like just another ordinary job is going to take him all the way to Los Angeles, tied upside-down on the famous Hollywood sign… And he is yet to find out what fate awaits him!



Tags: Crime , Anti-Hero , Foreign , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Urban , Work , Mafia , Language Barrier , Triads , Filmmaking , Drawing , Drugs , Gangs , Acting , Heterosexual , Aviation , Tragedy , Bisexual , Slavery , Tomboy , Detective , Nudity , LGBTQ+ Themes , War , Mahjong , Baseball , Tanned Skin , Guns , Terrorism , Football , Boys' Love