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Sanctuary

Also known as Sanctuary.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Thriller

Two young men vow to transform the destiny of Japan, by any means. As children, they survived the horrors of the Cambodian killing fields together. Now, can they topple the leaders of both the Japanese Parliament and the yakuza crime syndicate?

Although cold and calculating when need be, Hojo and Asami exemplify the traits their colleagues lack: loyalty to friends, compassion for the downtrodden...and an irresistible way with women.

Deputy Police Chief Ishihara sets out to expose their ingenious machinations, but instead falls helplessly in love with Hojo...

Tags: Yakuza , Politics , Seinen , Crime , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Noir , Nudity , Police , Tragedy , Gore , Triads

Gin to Kin

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Sports

Morita Tetsuo's life changes when he meets Hirai Ginji, who works in the unknown and mysterious 'back world' of society full of villains.

Tags: Economics , Anti-Hero , Politics , Crime , Yakuza , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Gambling , Revenge , Primarily Adult Cast , Poker , Primarily Male Cast , Philosophy , Mahjong

ZIG

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

A mysterious Japanese man, known only as "Zig," travels to the world's conflict areas and undertakes various jobs. When the story begins, he's working as a security guard at a bank that's suddenly taken over by terrorists.

Tags: Seinen

Golden Kamuy

Also known as Golden Kamuy.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama

In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto scratches out a meager existence during the postwar gold rush in the wilderness of Hokkaido. When he stumbles across a map to a fortune in hidden Ainu gold, he sets off on a treacherous quest to find it. But Sugimoto is not the only interested party, and everyone who knows about the gold will kill to possess it! Faced with the harsh conditions of the northern wilderness, ruthless criminals and rogue Japanese soldiers, Sugimoto will need all his skills and luck—and the help of an Ainu girl named Asirpa—to survive.



Note: Won the 9th Manga Taisho Award in 2016 and the 22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2018. Nominated for the 20th and 21st Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2016.

Tags: Historical , Conspiracy , Military , Outdoor Activities , Seinen , Politics , Educational , Ensemble Cast , Surreal Comedy , Food , Travel , Found Family , Primarily Male Cast , Gore , Primarily Adult Cast , Survival , Guns , LGBTQ+ Themes , Revenge , Language Barrier , Anti-Hero , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Slapstick , Snowscape , Male Harem , Crime , Trains , Animals , Prison , Indigenous Cultures , Male Protagonist , Nudity , Disability , Swordplay , Suicide , Archery , Tanned Skin , Transgender , Twins , Zoophilia , Cannibalism , Heterosexual , Yakuza , Crossdressing , Wilderness , Dissociative Identities , Time Skip , Gender Bending