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Gokurakugai

Also known as Gokurakugai.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Supernatural

Gokurakugai, a bright and bustling working class district with a hidden dark side. In this area without order, Tao and Alma work as troubleshooters for hire. Their missions involve helping a young boy find his lost friend, a person who dissapears without a trace, and disfigured animal corpses. All the while, the evil spirits who live in the shadows bring out a different side to these troubleshooters!



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Body Horror , Monster Boy , Demons , Crime , Tragedy , Gangs , Anthropomorphism , Yandere , Suicide , Slavery

Gokurakugai Sanban-doori no Ken

Also known as Gokurakugai: Trouble on Third Avenue.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy

Sister Tao and Al are a pair of "trouble-shooters", independent odd-jobs men working in a red light district for whoever can pay. Then a little girl tries to pick Al's pocket...

Tags: Crime , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Gangs , Mermaid , Urban , Urban Fantasy , Shapeshifting , Animals , Guns , Criminal Organization , Work

BLACK LAGOON

Also known as Black Lagoon.

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

Rokurō Okajima is just an average Japanese salaryman, living an average life. But when he's taken hostage by the crew of the Black Lagoon, Rokurō finds himself thrown headfirst into a deadly world of outlawed heroes, brutal villains, and blazing gunfights. Where he ends up is anyone's guess, but one thing is for certain—he's in for a wild ride!



Tags: Guns , Seinen , Gangs , Military , Crime , Ships , Mafia , Male Protagonist , Triads , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Assassins , Yakuza , Foreign , Pirates , Ensemble Cast , Gore , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Nun

DOGS: BULLETS & CARNAGE

Also known as Dogs: Bullets & Carnage.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama

Badou's in trouble again. He's found some of the "Lost Children," rare genetic experiments left from the past--but so has the mafia. It's up to Heine to bail him out, but the Stray Dog has his own problems now that the enigmatic Giovanni is back on the scene. Meanwhile, Naoto comes to the Underground searching for the killer who wields the same strange black sword as hers. And so their paths begin to converge in the dark and dangerous heart of the city...



Included one-shot:
Volume 2: Dogs: Hardcore Twins

Tags: Guns , Seinen , Assassins , Gangs , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Clone , Dystopian , Gore , Kemonomimi , Nudity

RAINBOW: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Six minors (16-17 years) answering to the nicknames of Joe, Mario, Suppon, Baremoto, Heitai, and Kyabetsu are put into a reformatory for offenses such as aggravated assault, swindling, flight, etc. Their stay in hell begins immediately. Accommodated by a doctor pedophile, they are placed under the watch of a despotic and brutal crew. Cellmates with a certain Sakuragi (called Anchan), the tension rises between the band of buddies and their new "friend." A brawl breaks out, and our six prisoners are done rossés by the mysterious young man, thanks to his boxing talent.

The story will not only follow the lives of these seven characters surviving in their hellish environment, but also their disillusions due to the rejection by the outside world and by their close relations. This is about the extraodinary and invincible friendships between these young men.

Note: Won the 2005 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general category.

Tags: Historical , Rehabilitation , Tragedy , Seinen , Coming of Age , Philosophy , Heterosexual , Boxing , Disability , Revenge , Prison , Autobiographical , Fugitive , Gore , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Drugs , Suicide , Crime , Time Skip

Baccano!

Also known as Baccano!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mystery , Supernatural

New York, 1927.

In a corrupt city where crime rules the streets, Firo Prochainezo is in the Camorra, an Italian criminal syndicate distinct from the mafia. Though a member of the relatively small Martillo family, Firo has big ambitions and is determined to make his mark. But while the Martillos may not be the biggest bad guys on the block, they've got some distinct advantages working in their favor. Does Firo have what it takes to become a made man?

Let the crazy ruckus begin!



Tags: Mafia , Seinen , Crime , Alchemy , Foreign , Poker , Urban Fantasy , Ensemble Cast , Historical , Demons , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast

SAKAMOTO DAYS

Also known as Sakamoto Days.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy

Taro Sakamoto was the ultimate assassin, feared by villains and admired by hitmen. But one day...he fell in love! Retirement, marriage, fatherhood and then... Sakamoto gained weight! The chubby guy who runs the neighborhood store is actually a former legendary hitman! Can he protect his family from danger? Get ready to experience a new kind of action comedy series!



Tags: Assassins , Family Life , Crime , Found Family , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Gangs , Konbini , Guns , Shounen , Espionage , Conspiracy , Gore , Dissociative Identities , Heterosexual , Triads , Mafia , Acting , Slapstick , Urban , Super Power , Survival , Motorcycles , Gambling , Urban Fantasy , Crossdressing , Prison , Tragedy

HELLSING

Also known as HELLSING.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Supernatural

Hellsing, a secret organization of the British government, have long been battling supernatural threats to keep the people safe from creatures of the night. The current leader, Integra Wingates Hellsing controls her own personal army to eliminate the undead beings, but even her highly trained soldiers pale in comparison to her most trusted vampire exterminator, a man by the name of Alucard, who is actually a powerful vampire himself. Along with Integra's mysterious butler and Alucard's new vampire minion, Seras Victoria, The Hellsing Organization must face not only regular ghouls and vampires, but a rivaling secret organization from the Vatican, and Millennium, an enigmatic group of madmen spawned by a certain war over 50 years ago...

A bloody battle between monsters is about to begin, The dead are dancing, and all hell is singing...

Note: The chapter count includes a three-chapter side-story, "Crossfire".

Tags: Vampire , Seinen , Gore , Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , Anti-Hero , Police , Religion , Terrorism , Body Horror , Shapeshifting , Foreign , Butler , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Historical , Urban Fantasy , Cannibalism , War , Nun , Swordplay , Drugs , Super Power , Tragedy , Werewolf , Nekomimi , Heterosexual

Black Cat

Also known as Black Cat.

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

Train Heartnet, also known as "Black Cat," was an infamous assassin for a secret organization called Chronos...until he abandoned that cold-blooded existence to live on his own terms as an easygoing bounty hunter. But is Train's past as far behind him as he thinks?



Tags: Shounen , Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , Super Power , Revenge , Tragedy , Assassins

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 , Triads , Gore