Top Criminal Organization Anime Recommendations

HUNTER×HUNTER (2011)

Also known as Hunter x Hunter (2011).

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

A new adaption of the manga of the same name by Togashi Yoshihiro.

A Hunter is one who travels the world doing all sorts of dangerous tasks. From capturing criminals to searching deep within uncharted lands for any lost treasures. Gon is a young boy whose father disappeared long ago, being a Hunter. He believes if he could also follow his father's path, he could one day reunite with him.

After becoming 12, Gon leaves his home and takes on the task of entering the Hunter exam, notorious for its low success rate and high probability of death to become an official Hunter. He befriends the revenge-driven Kurapika, the doctor-to-be Leorio and the rebellious ex-assassin Killua in the exam, with their friendship prevailing throughout the many trials and threats they come upon taking on the dangerous career of a Hunter.

Tags: Shounen , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Travel , Ensemble Cast , Martial Arts , Philosophy , Primarily Male Cast , Revenge , Chimera , Anthropomorphism , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Criminal Organization , Crime , Virtual World , Urban Fantasy , Environmental , Assassins , Gore , Anti-Hero , Body Horror , Mafia , Card Battle , Gangs , Shogi , Animals , Video Games , Board Game , Yandere , Amnesia

NARUTO

Also known as Naruto.

Studio: Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

Naruto Uzumaki, a hyperactive and knuckle-headed ninja, lives in Konohagakure, the Hidden Leaf village. Moments prior to his birth, a huge demon known as the Kyuubi, the Nine-tailed Fox, attacked Konohagakure and wreaked havoc. In order to put an end to the Kyuubi's rampage, the leader of the village, the 4th Hokage, sacrificed his life and sealed the monstrous beast inside the newborn Naruto.

Shunned because of the presence of the Kyuubi inside him, Naruto struggles to find his place in the village. He strives to become the Hokage of Konohagakure, and he meets many friends and foes along the way.



Tags: Ninja , Shounen , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Criminal Organization , Orphan , Super Power , Revenge , Martial Arts , Found Family , Primarily Child Cast , Ensemble Cast , Philosophy , Shapeshifting , Kaiju , Slapstick , Bullying , Heterosexual , Anachronism , Unrequited Love , Necromancy , Travel , Battle Royale , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Assassins , Estranged Family , LGBTQ+ Themes , Death Game , Gender Bending , Love Triangle , Achronological Order , Anthropomorphism , Gambling

NARUTO: Shippuuden

Also known as Naruto: Shippuden.

Studio: Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

Naruto: Shippuuden is the continuation of the original animated TV series Naruto. The story revolves around an older and slightly more matured Uzumaki Naruto and his quest to save his friend Uchiha Sasuke from the grips of the snake-like Shinobi, Orochimaru. After 2 and a half years Naruto finally returns to his village of Konoha, and sets about putting his ambitions to work, though it will not be easy, as he has amassed a few (more dangerous) enemies, in the likes of the shinobi organization; Akatsuki.



Tags: Ninja , Shounen , Criminal Organization , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Revenge , Tragedy , Orphan , Coming of Age , Martial Arts , War , Conspiracy , Cultivation , Fugitive , Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , Time Skip , Politics , Necromancy , Gods , Terrorism , Military , Achronological Order , Swordplay , Anti-Hero , Anachronism , Kaiju , Travel , Unrequited Love , Aliens , Shapeshifting , Slapstick , Gender Bending , Estranged Family

Steins;Gate

Also known as Steins;Gate.

Studio: WHITE FOX
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

Self-proclaimed mad scientist Okabe Rintarou lives in a small room in Akihabara, where he invents "future gadgets" with fellow lab members Shiina Mayuri, his air-headed childhood friend, and Hashida Itaru, an otaku hacker. The three pass the time by tinkering with their latest creation, a "Phone Microwave" that can be controlled through text messages.

The lab members soon face a string of mysterious incidents that lead to a game-changing discovery: the Phone Microwave can send emails to the past and thus alter history. Adapted from the critically acclaimed visual novel by 5pb. and Nitroplus, Steins;Gate takes Okabe to the depths of scientific theory and human despair as he faces the dire consequences of changing the past.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Alternate Universe , Time Loop , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Memory Manipulation , Denpa , Male Protagonist , Urban , Dystopian , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Chuunibyou , Dissociative Identities , Cosmic Horror , Tsundere , Otaku Culture , Heterosexual , Femboy , Ensemble Cast , Kuudere , Suicide , Criminal Organization , Amnesia , Seinen , War , Clone , Cosplay , Detective , Espionage , Human Experimentation , Post-Apocalyptic , Gender Bending , Transgender , Maids , Trains , Shrine Maiden , Gore , LGBTQ+ Themes

BANANA FISH

Also known as BANANA FISH.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Thriller

Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands—and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acquaintance...



Tags: Gangs , Mafia , Tragedy , Crime , Conspiracy , Drugs , Male Protagonist , Urban , Criminal Organization , Primarily Male Cast , Revenge , LGBTQ+ Themes , Guns , Rescue , Foreign , Shoujo , Noir , Anti-Hero , Fugitive , Coming of Age , Primarily Adult Cast , Assassins , Boys' Love , Orphan , Classic Literature , Prison , Ensemble Cast , Photography , Motorcycles , Cars , Tanned Skin

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Ougon no Kaze

Also known as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind.

Studio: david production
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

Giorno Giovanna, a young man living in Naples, has the blood of DIO -- the eternal enemy of the Joestar clan -- running in his veins. Giorno becomes a delinquent due to being persecuted since childhood. However, he's led back onto the right path thanks to a gangster who saved him and taught him to believe in others. Bizarrely enough, this gang of people who didn't forget honor, gratitude, and respect made him reform. This is how Giorno came to admire gangsters. In the backstreets of Italy, Giorno causes trouble alongside his gang "Passione," and ends up being targeted...



Tags: Criminal Organization , Super Power , Mafia , Gangs , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Foreign , Ensemble Cast , Shounen , Fugitive , Travel , Crime , Tragedy , Time Manipulation , Dissociative Identities , Urban , Boys' Love , Guns , Gore , Drugs , Body Horror , Time Loop , Detective , Philosophy , Body Swapping , Police , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cosmic Horror , Trains , Ghost , Animals , Disability , Gender Bending , Zombie

Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei

Also known as The Irregular at Magic High School.

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Romance , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Magic is a product of neither legends nor fairy tales, but instead has become a technology of reality since a time unknown to people. Supernatural power became a technology systematized through magic, while magic became a technical skill. A "Supernatural Power User" became a "Magic Technician." Magic Technicians (in short, Magicians) are nurtured through Magic High Schools and Universities.

This is a story about:

Tatsuya, a defective elder brother low achiever.
Miyuki, a perfect, flawless younger sister high achiever.
After both siblings entered a Magic High School,
The stage of daily turbulence was unveiled—.

Tags: Magic , School , Male Protagonist , Military , Terrorism , Incest , Guns , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Female Harem , Kuudere , Politics , Criminal Organization , CGI , Gore , Nudity , Primarily Adult Cast

Gachiakuta

Also known as Gachiakuta.

Studio: bones film
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy

A boy lives in a floating town, where the poor scrape by and the rich live a sumptuous life, simply casting their garbage off the side, into the abyss. When he’s falsely accused of murder, though, his wrongful conviction leads to an unimaginable punishment—exile off the edge, with the rest of the trash. Down on the surface, the cast-off waste of humanity has bred vicious monsters, and to travel the path to vengeance against those who cast him into Hell, a boy will have to become a warrior…



Tags: Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Shounen , Survival , Dystopian , Revenge , Post-Apocalyptic , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Class Struggle , Found Family , Surreal Comedy , Tragedy , Robots , Hip-hop Music , Adoption , Kaiju , CGI , Shapeshifting , Female Harem , Urban , Guns , Body Horror , Memory Manipulation , Criminal Organization ,

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

Magi: The kingdom of magic

Also known as Magi: The Kingdom of Magic.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

After celebrating their victory against Al-Thamen, Aladdin and his friends depart the land of Sindria. With the end of the battle, however, comes the time for each of them to go their separate ways. Hakuryuu and Kougyoku are ordered to go back to their home country, the Kou Empire. Meanwhile Aladdin announces he needs to head for Magnostadt—a mysterious country ruled by magicians—to investigate the mysterious events occurring in this new kingdom and become more proficient in magic. For their part, encouraged by Aladdin's words, Alibaba and Morgiana also set off in pursuit of their own goals: training and going to her homeland, respectively.

Magi: The Kingdom of Magic follows these friends as they all go about their separate adventures, each facing their own challenges. However, a new threat begins to rise as a great war looms over the horizon...



Tags: Magic , Shounen , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Desert , Ensemble Cast , Criminal Organization , Conspiracy , Dystopian , Revenge , Class Struggle , Politics , War , Tragedy , Dungeon , Royal Affairs , Tanned Skin , School , Swordplay , Spearplay , Clone , Reincarnation , Pirates , Nudity , Cult , Anti-Hero , Gambling

Pocket Monsters

Also known as Pokémon.

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

A young boy named Satoshi embarks on a journey to become a "Pokémon Master" with his first Pokémon, Pikachu. Joining him on his travels are Takeshi, a girl-obsessed Rock Pokemon Trainer, and Kasumi, a tomboyish Water Pokémon Trainer who may have a crush on him. Satoshi and Co. end up traveling through various regions, including Kanto, the Orange Islands, and Johto, and then enter the Pokémon League competitions there. Along the way, they run into many confrontations with Musashi, Kojirou, and Nyarth, a trio of Pokémon thieves who are apart of an evil organization called "Team Rocket". But everytime Team Rocket try to do their evil deeds, they fail thanks to Satoshi and his Pokémon.



Tags: Proxy Battle , Travel , Creature Taming , Animals , Kids , Primarily Child Cast , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Criminal Organization , Slapstick , Urban Fantasy , Slavery , Female Protagonist , Rural , Environmental , Dragons , Tsundere , Tanned Skin , Super Robot , Crossdressing , Guns , Kaiju

Kami no Tou: Tower of God 2nd Season

Also known as Tower of God Season 2.

Studio: The Answer Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery

Ja Wangnan can’t seem to pass the 20th Floor. Even after failing time and time again, he refuses to give up. On his journey, he meets a mysterious and powerful character named Viole. Wangnan invites Viole to join his team of Regulars. Their journey continues with new challenges at every turn.



Tags: Time Skip , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Criminal Organization , Battle Royale , Gangs , Anti-Hero , Philosophy , Politics , Space Opera , Super Power , Magic , Artificial Intelligence , Terrorism , Gods , Primarily Adult Cast , Cultivation

Ajin

Also known as AJIN: Demi-Human.

Studio: POLYGON PICTURES
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

Kei Nagai’s body should have died when a truck slams into his body, but instead, he finds himself resurrected with all of his wounds healed. Now revealed to be an Ajin, one of a mysterious new breed of immortal demi-human, he’s been marked with an international bounty, and in the eyes of the world, Kei is a specimen to be taken by any means possible. Now he’s on the run, and his only hope is to discover the terrifying secrets behind his new abilities before he’s forced to use them in battle!



Tags: Anti-Hero , Super Power , Crime , Fugitive , Police , Urban Fantasy , Full CGI , Terrorism , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Criminal Organization , Human Experimentation , Gore , Primarily Male Cast , Body Horror , Dystopian , Primarily Adult Cast , Cosmic Horror , Torture , Motorcycles , Video Games

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: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

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 , Martial Arts , Anti-Hero , Philosophy , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Heterosexual , Memory Manipulation , Conspiracy , Outdoor Activities , Bullying , Seinen , Coming of Age , Revenge , Camping , Athletics , Disability , Delinquents , Amnesia , Wilderness , Tragedy , Love Triangle , Suicide , Female Harem , Time Skip , Achronological Order

SAKAMOTO DAYS Part 2

Also known as SAKAMOTO DAYS Part 2.

Studio: TMS Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy

The second part of SAKAMOTO DAYS.

Note: The series is streaming a week in advance on Netflix Japan starting with episode 2 released alongside episode 1.

Tags: Crime , Assassins , Criminal Organization , Gangs , Urban , Male Protagonist , Guns , Shounen , Found Family , Primarily Adult Cast , Konbini , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Yakuza , Family Life , Gore , Martial Arts , Crossdressing

WIND BREAKER Season 2

Also known as WIND BREAKER Season 2.

Studio: CloverWorks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama

Welcome back to Furin High School, an institution infamous for its population of brawny brutes who solve every conflict with a show of strength. Some of the students even formed a group, Bofurin, which protects the town. Haruka Sakura, a first-year student who moved in from out of town, is only interested in one thing: fighting his way to the top!



Tags: Delinquents , Gangs , Shounen , Found Family , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Tsundere , Criminal Organization , Urban , Crossdressing , School , Femboy , Crime , Bullying , Martial Arts , LGBTQ+ Themes , Rescue , Boys' Love , Bar , Class Struggle , Food , Restaurant , Work , Heterosexual , Twins , CGI , Arranged Marriage , Chibi , Unrequited Love , Rakugo

Jormungand

Also known as Jormungand.

Studio: WHITE FOX
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

A ruthless arms dealer on a quixotic quest for world peace. A child soldier born into chaotic conflict. Their lives will intertwine as they journey together through the seedy underbelly of the world's arms market.



Tags: Guns , Military , Female Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Seinen , Foreign , Assassins , Criminal Organization , Travel , Orphan , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Ensemble Cast , Episodic , Desert , Tanned Skin , Tomboy , Nudity , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , Unrequited Love , Primarily Male Cast

Meitantei Conan

Also known as Detective Conan.

Studio: TMS Entertainment
Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Mystery , Psychological

Kudo Shinichi is a seventeen year-old high school detective whom people call the "Modern Sherlock Holmes." However, one night after a date with his childhood sweetheart, Ran, Shinichi witnessed an illegal trade and, caught off his guard, was knocked unconscious and fed a drug that was supposed to kill him... but he woke up and found himself shrunken to a seven year-old. In order to track down the men who did this to him, Shinichi hid his identity and lived with Ran, whose father happened to be a hopeless detective, and with that came a series of murders and mysteries that he must solve.



Note:
- Includes Keisatsu Gakkou-hen - Wild Police Story in episodes 1029, 1038, 1042, 1061
- Episodes 11, 52, 76, 118, 162, 184, 208, 342, 356, 449, 452, 487, 488, 489, 490, 515, 516, 521, 522, 651, 734, 804, 805, 927, 928, 1187 aired with a runtime of ~50 minutes as opposed to the standard 25 minute long episode.
- Episodes 96, 129, 174, 219, 263, 304, 383, 479 aired with a runtime of ~90 minutes as opposed to the standard 25 minute long episode.
- Episode 345, 425 aired with a runtime of ~115 minutes as opposed to the standard 25 minute long episode.


Tags: Detective , Crime , Espionage , Tragedy , Age Regression , Conspiracy , Police , Male Protagonist , Fugitive , Criminal Organization , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , School , Educational , Tsundere , Love Triangle , Football , Crossover , Martial Arts , Tanned Skin , Ojou-sama , Female Harem , Tomboy , Magic , Karuta , Idol , CGI , Video Games

Koroshi Ai

Also known as Love of Kill.

Studio: Platinum Vision
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 , Amnesia , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Age Gap , Female Protagonist , Guns , Ships , Crime , Adoption , Male Protagonist , Yandere , Police , Gore , Unrequited Love , Criminal Organization , Tragedy , Suicide , Foreign , Shoujo

Ajin 2

Also known as AJIN: Demi-Human 2.

Studio: POLYGON PICTURES
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

Kei’s done running, but his decision to fight comes just as Satou launches a second wave of terror. Angered by the government’s refusal to admit the truth about live experiments conducted on captive Ajin, the Ajin terrorist makes a kill list of key individuals connected to Ajin research. He then vows to assassinate them one by one if his demands aren’t met. Now, Kei must learn to control his IBM and recruit other Ajins to his side if he wishes to stop the immortal madman.



Tags: Terrorism , Full CGI , Seinen , Military , Super Power , Crime , War , Criminal Organization , Detective , Fugitive , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Guns , Anti-Hero , Politics , Police , Urban Fantasy , Prison , Torture , Gore , Body Horror , Martial Arts , Tsundere , Video Games