Top Blackmail Anime Recommendations

ONE PIECE

Also known as ONE PIECE.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy

Gold Roger was known as the Pirate King, the strongest and most infamous being to have sailed the Grand Line. The capture and death of Roger by the World Government brought a change throughout the world. His last words before his death revealed the location of the greatest treasure in the world, One Piece. It was this revelation that brought about the Grand Age of Pirates, men who dreamed of finding One Piece (which promises an unlimited amount of riches and fame), and quite possibly the most coveted of titles for the person who found it, the title of the Pirate King.

Enter Monkey D. Luffy, a 17-year-old boy that defies your standard definition of a pirate. Rather than the popular persona of a wicked, hardened, toothless pirate who ransacks villages for fun, Luffy’s reason for being a pirate is one of pure wonder; the thought of an exciting adventure and meeting new and intriguing people, along with finding One Piece, are his reasons of becoming a pirate. Following in the footsteps of his childhood hero, Luffy and his crew travel across the Grand Line, experiencing crazy adventures, unveiling dark mysteries and battling strong enemies, all in order to reach One Piece.

*This includes the following special episodes:
- Chopperman to the Rescue! Protect the TV Station by the Shore! (Episode 336)
- The Strongest Tag-Team! Luffy and Toriko's Hard Struggle! (Episode 492)
- Team Formation! Save Chopper (Episode 542)
- History's Strongest Collaboration vs. Glutton of the Sea (Episode 590)
- 20th Anniversary! Special Romance Dawn (Episode 907)

Tags: Pirates , Travel , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Found Family , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Ships , Tragedy , Slapstick , Time Skip , Politics , War , Slavery , Dystopian , Fugitive , Gods , Crime , Lost Civilization , Swordplay , Monster Boy , Henshin , Philosophy , Anthropomorphism , Shapeshifting , Cyborg , Food , Primarily Adult Cast , Anti-Hero , Animals , Skeleton , Medicine , Samurai , Prison , Anachronism , Guns , Robots , Desert , Post-Apocalyptic , Espionage , Indigenous Cultures , Royal Affairs , Dragons , Marriage , Artificial Intelligence , Nudity , Kuudere , Drugs , Asexual , Monster Girl , Fairy , Revenge , Assassins , Battle Royale , Adoption , Demons , Mermaid , Ninja , Time Manipulation , Aromantic , Kabuki , Dinosaurs , Musical Theater , Arranged Marriage , Gender Bending , Clone , Angels , Zombie , Trains , Unrequited Love , Blackmail , Fake Relationship , Boxing

Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e

Also known as Classroom of the Elite.

Studio: Lerche
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Koudo Ikusei Senior High School is a leading school with state-of-the-art facilities. The students there have the freedom to wear any hairstyle and bring any personal effects they desire. Koudo Ikusei is like a utopia, but the truth is that only the most superior students receive favorable treatment.

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji is a student of D-class, which is where the school dumps its "inferior" students in order to ridicule them. For a certain reason, Kiyotaka was careless on his entrance examination, and was put in D-class. After meeting Suzune Horikita and Kikyou Kushida, two other students in his class, Kiyotaka's situation begins to change.



Tags: School , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Survival , Blackmail , Kuudere , Battle Royale , Coming of Age , Philosophy , Tsundere , Nudity , Aromantic , Female Harem , Boarding School , School Club , Yuri , Wilderness , Camping

91Days

Also known as 91 Days.

Studio: Shuka
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological

The "classic mafia drama" takes place during the prohibition era. In the Lawless district the law has no power, the mafia rule the streets, and the illegally made liquor flows freely. At one time Avilio lived in this district, but after a mafia dispute ended in the murder of his family, he went into hiding. Later, Avilio receives a letter from a mysterious person that ignites his passion for revenge and leads him to return to Lawless. There, he infiltrates the Vanetti family and gets close to Nero.



Tags: Mafia , Revenge , Crime , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Gangs , Anti-Hero , Noir , Foreign , Guns , Assassins , Criminal Organization , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Historical , Espionage , Blackmail , Fugitive , Politics , Orphan , Bar , Found Family , Tanned Skin , Time Skip , CGI , Cannibalism

Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru

Also known as Oreshura.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Eita enters high school aiming for the National University School of Medicine. Because of his parents' divorce—and his goal—he shuns anything to do with romance or love. One day, Masuzu, the school beauty with the silver hair who has just returned to the country, enters his life in a most unexpected way. Chiwa, his childhood friend since elementary school, will not let this go without a fight.

Tags: Female Harem , School , School Club , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Tsundere , Chuunibyou , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Heterosexual , Fake Relationship , Kuudere , Meta , Love Triangle , Blackmail

Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e 4th Season 2-nensei-hen Ichi Gakki

Also known as Classroom of the Elite 4th Season: Second Year, First Semester.

Studio: Lerche
Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Psychological

The fourth season of Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e.

As Ayanokouji and his classmates begin their second year at the Advanced Nurturing High School, they’re greeted by a fresh gauntlet of exams and a fresh batch of rather unique first-year students. They’ll have to get to know each other quickly, because the first special exam pairs the first-years with the second-years on a written test—with only the second-years facing expulsion if their team performs poorly! Worse yet? It seems one of the new first-years is also from the White Room. Can Ayanokouji avoid expulsion while sussing out the identity of this hidden foe?



Tags: Boarding School , Survival , Fugitive , Battle Royale , Male Protagonist , Criminal Organization , Blackmail , School , Martial Arts , Coming of Age , Anti-Hero , Memory Manipulation , Bullying , Philosophy , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Tragedy , Conspiracy , Suicide , Seinen , Amnesia , Delinquents , Revenge , Athletics , Disability , Love Triangle , Female Harem , Wilderness , Camping , Time Skip

Jigoku Shoujo

Also known as Hell Girl.

Studio: Studio DEEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Somewhere in the vast sea of the Internet, there's a website that can only be accessed at the stroke of midnight. Known as the Jigoku Tsushin, rumor has it that if you post a grudge there, the Jigoku Shoujo will appear and drag whoever torments you into the inferno. Very little is known about the girl - all we know for sure is that she lives with her equally enigmatic grandmother, that three magical straw dolls accompany and serve her, and that whenever a posting on the Jigoku Tsushin moves her, she becomes the Jigoku Shoujo.


Tags: Revenge , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Bullying , Afterlife , Curses , Ghost , Urban , Oiran , Detective , Gore , Crime , Conspiracy , Cosmic Horror , School , Blackmail , Rural , Torture , Aliens , Circus , Twins , Veterinarian , Kuudere

Danjo no Yuujou wa Seiritsu suru? (Iya, Shinai!!)

Also known as Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive?.

Studio: J.C.STAFF
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Childhood BFFs Himari and Yuu’s vow of friendship hits turbulence when Yuu reunites with his first crush in high school. Himari, who’s never known the fuzzy warmth of a crush, now must confront her feelings. Their shared dreams and peaceful days as a twosome gardening club are tested in this tale of love, flowers, and growing pains!



Tags: Love Triangle , Heterosexual , School , Male Protagonist , Horticulture , Unrequited Love , Work , Female Protagonist , Fashion , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Blackmail , Kuudere , Time Skip , CGI , Chibi , Achronological Order , Boys' Love

Aku no Hana

Also known as Flowers of Evil.

Studio: ZEXCS
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

Kasuga Takao is a boy who loves reading books, particularly Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal. A girl at his school, Saeki Nanako, is his muse and his Venus, and he admires her from a distance. One day, he forgets his copy of Les Fleurs du Mal in the classroom and runs back alone to pick it up. In the classroom, he finds not only his book, but Saeki's gym uniform. On a mad impulse, he steals it.

Now everyone knows "some pervert" stole Saeki's uniform, and Kasuga is dying with shame and guilt. Furthermore, the weird, creepy, and friendless girl of the class, Nakamura, saw him take the uniform. Instead of revealing it was him, she recognizes his kindred deviant spirit and uses her knowledge to take control of his life. Will it be possible for Kasuga to get closer to Saeki, despite Nakamura's meddling and his dark secret? What exactly does Nakamura intend to do with him?



Tags: Denpa , Philosophy , Psychosexual , Coming of Age , Rotoscoping , School , Male Protagonist , Blackmail , Bullying , Heterosexual , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Classic Literature , Outdoor Activities , Nudity , Hikikomori , Crossdressing

Haite Kudasai, Takamine-san

Also known as Please Put Them On, Takamine-san.

Studio: LIDENFILMS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

Takane Takamine is the goddess of her high school. With perfect grades, athletic prowess, and unrivaled beauty, this student council president is the apple of everyone's eye-including Koushi Shirota, a below-average student with no friends or social prospects whatsoever. But he'll soon find out the secret behind Takamine's unbelievable success-her underwear! When she strips, she can undo any of her past actions, and now that Koushi knows, Takamine won't let him off so easy...



Tags: Femdom , Nudity , Heterosexual , Time Manipulation , Slavery , Tsundere , Large Breasts , Bullying , Slapstick , Blackmail , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Shounen , School , Sadism , Masochism , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri

One Outs

Also known as One Outs.

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Psychological , Sports

The story begins when Hiromichi Kojima, the star batter of the fictional Lycaons in Japan's Pacific League, heads to the southern Japanese island of Okinawa to train and bring himself out of a slump. There, he meets Toua Tokuchi, a 134-kmph (83 miles per hour) pitcher and the undisputed king of a gambling form of baseball called "One Out." At Kojima's urging, Tokuchi signs up with the Lycaons under an unusual contract: he gets 5,000,000 yen (about US$46,000) for every out he pitches, but loses 50,000,000 yen (US$460,000) for every point he gives up.



Tags: Baseball , Gambling , Philosophy , Seinen , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Anti-Hero , Male Protagonist , Athletics , Blackmail

Tomodachi no Imouto ga Ore ni dake Uzai

Also known as My Friend's Little Sister Has It In for Me!.

Studio: BLADE
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

For high schooler Akiteru Ooboshi, the whole youthful experience thing—like fun, friendships, and even having a girlfriend—is a complete waste of time. So when his best friend’s sister, Iroha Kohinata, keeps teasing him, Akiteru naturally finds it annoying. She practically lives in his room, she’s always on his bed, she’s just a raging storm of clinginess! Why is she only annoying around him?!



Tags: Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Tsundere , Fake Relationship , Female Harem , Otaku Culture , Software Development , Acting , Work , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Bullying , Blackmail , Age Gap , Guns , War , Hikikomori , Meta

Koujo Denka no Kateikyoushi

Also known as Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter.

Studio: Studio Blanc
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

After Allen failed the court sorcerer exam, he couldn’t return home even if he wanted to. While searching for a job, an unexpected offer comes his way to be the private tutor of the duke’s daughter. Just as he lowers his guard, he faces a girl who can’t use magic at all! But what is preventing her magic from working? Allen’s unconventional lessons gently shine a light on the girl’s future.



Note: Each episode streamed 1 week early on ABEMA and dAnimeStore. The original TV broadcast started on July 6, 2025.

Tags: Magic , Female Harem , Royal Affairs , Boarding School , Cohabitation , School , Male Protagonist , Teacher , Kemonomimi , Age Gap , Blackmail

Hu Li Zhi Sheng

Also known as Voice of Fox.

Studio: Yumeta Company
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music

The ghost singer with the fox mask who can carry a tune and the idol who can't sing at all take on the world of entertainment together! Hu Li hides his face and ghost sings with his amazing voice. Kong Que is good looking, but can't sing to save his life. The two of them will butt heads with each other, and their rivals, as they climb the stairway to stardom.



Tags: Idol , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Blackmail , Crossdressing