Manga like BURN-UP: EXCESS & W

Koukaku Kidoutai

Also known as The Ghost in the Shell.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Psychological , Sci-Fi

Deep into the twenty-first century, the line between man and machine has been inexorably blurred as humans rely on the enhancement of mechanical implants and robots are upgraded with human tissue. In this rapidly converging landscape, cyborg superagent Major Motoko Kusanagi is charged to track down the craftiest and most dangerous terrorists and cybercriminals, including "ghost hackers" who are capable of exploiting the human/machine interface and reprogramming humans to become puppets to carry out the hackers' criminal ends. When Major Kusanagi tracks the cybertrail of one such master hacker, the Puppeteer, her quest leads her into a world beyond information and technology where the very nature of consciousness and the human soul are turned upside down.



Tags: Cyberpunk , Artificial Intelligence , Politics , Cyborg , Robots , Philosophy , Dystopian , Urban , Police , Seinen , Crime , Guns , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Nudity , Bisexual , Gore , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Heterosexual

Koukaku Kidoutai 1.5: HUMAN-ERROR PROCESSOR

Also known as The Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Psychological , Sci-Fi

Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor presents the "lost" Ghost in the Shell stories, created by Shirow Masamune after completing work on the original Ghost in the Shell manga and prior to his tour-de-force, Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface, but never collected until now. Focusing on Section 9 agents in their daily battle against technocrime, Human-Error Processor has all the mind-twisting cybermadness you've come to expect from Ghost in the Shell but set in a more police-procedural context with action and suspense galore.



Tags: Police , Seinen , Urban , Crime , Dystopian , Robots , Artificial Intelligence , Cyberpunk , Politics , Guns , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Gore

Koukaku Kidoutai 2: MANMACHINE INTERFACE

Also known as The Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Psychological , Sci-Fi

Taking place a few years after the first Ghost in the Shell manga. The series follows the mysterious Motoko Aramaki as she runs an investigation into an incident at an organ factory and its consequences. She's on the run to clean up the mess and save herself in the process. Meanwhile the former members of Section 9 investigate Motoko to find out who she really is.



Tags: Seinen , Artificial Intelligence , Urban , Crime , Cyberpunk , Cyborg , Primarily Adult Cast , Ships , Philosophy , Guns

Armitage III

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sci-Fi

An alternate Armitage story that ran in Shounen Captain magazine. Heavily utilizes both action and fanservice to explore Ross and Armitage's investigation into illegal android manufacturing on Mars.

Tags: Police

Ai: Hikari to Mizu no Daphne

Also known as Daphne in the Brilliant Blue.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi

Dahpne in the Brilliant Blue take place in a near future in which the remaining population lives in underwater cities, with waterways as streets. Years ago, while conducting underwater experiments, all contact with the surface was cut off. With the remaining human population now living underwater, The Deep Sea 9 Cities Association represent the last hope of mankind. Ai Mayuzumi is the daughter of the head of the research lab, and is an expert water jet bike driver. When the terrorist group Error, attacks the city, Ai becomes involved with the counter-terrorist group Stelnas, comprised of an all-female team, and led by a girl named Kei, and asks to join them. The group initially resists her efforts to join, but a surprising "gift" that Ai possesses, along with the way she handles herself during a kidnapping attempt, eventually sways the opinion of the members of Stelnas.



The manga serves as a prequel to the anime.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Police , Terrorism , Swimming , Seinen

Gunsmith Cats

Also known as Gunsmith Cats.

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

Meet Rally and Mini-May, two of the most fun-loving, well-armed, bounty-hunting women in Chicago! Whether they're chasing bail jumpers or fending off the Mob, you can bet on a healthy supply of guns, bombs, car chases, and more guns!

Rally is assigned to track down a bail-jumping informant whose testimony could severely damage the Mob. Unfortunately, the Mob is onto him, and the meanest, toughest bad-girl hitwoman in the Windy City is all too willing to "ventilate" our heroines to get to the stool pigeon!



Tags: Crime , Female Protagonist , Guns , Mafia , Gangs , Cars , Police , Seinen , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Drugs , Memory Manipulation , Nudity , Foreign , Detective , Age Gap , Bisexual , Amnesia , Tragedy

GUNSMITH CATS BURST

Also known as GUNSMITH CATS BURST.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action

Rally Vincent and Minnie-May Hopkins are two regular American girls. Regular American girls who own a gun shop, and might have dabbled in prostitution, and who happen to be crack shots and explosives experts, too.

Those might be odd skills for a couple of American girls, but these two happen to be Chicago's top bounty hunters. Rally can shoot the trigger off a gun from a good distance, and May generally wreaks havoc with explosions and cuteness. And together, with some very useful friends and associates, they make up the Gunsmith Cats.

"Burst" finds our ladies back at work, back in action, and... back in trouble.



Tags: Guns , Female Protagonist , Cars , Police , Drugs , Detective , Foreign , Seinen , Mafia , Primarily Adult Cast , Crime , Criminal Organization , Unrequited Love , Yuri , Nudity , Amnesia

Angel Cop

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi

To combat rising attacks by communist terrorists, Japan has created a special security force authorized to use lethal force. Angel, the newest member of the force, fights to take down the terrorist group, Red May. Accidentally uncovering ties between Red May and the government, she and the rest of the Special Security Force are targeted for execution by 3 "hunters", enhanced psychics, working for the government. Together with her cybernetically enhanced partner, Raiden, it is up to Angel to stop them.

Tags: Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , Police , Super Power , Female Protagonist , Urban , Gore , Heterosexual , Terrorism , Motorcycles , Cyborg , Monster Girl , Time Skip , Body Horror , Cyberpunk

Najica Dengeki Sakusen

Also known as Najica Blitz Tactics.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Ecchi , Sci-Fi

With 17% of the earth's surface submerged in water, Najica lives a double life, as both a skilled perfumer and an operative for the secret intelligence organization CRI. Her undercover partner Lila is a Humaritt, an incredibly lifelike android with abilities beyond those of normal humans. While Lila may have the skills she still lacks the knowledge of how to act correctly and normally within the real world. Najica and Lila go on dangerous and action-packed missions for CRI and slowly begin to discover the secrets of what Humaritts are and what they were built for...



Tags: Seinen , Espionage , Female Protagonist , Guns