Black Lagoon

Series Similar to Black Lagoon

If you enjoyed Black Lagoon, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Baccano!

   2007 · Action, Adventure, Anime, Crime · ended93% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Adventure profile, hidden gem.

   During the early 1930s in Chicago, the transcontinental train, Flying Pussyfoot, is starting its legendary journey that will leave a trail of blood all over the country. At the same time in New York, the ambitious scientist Szilard and his unwilling aide Ennis are looking for missing bottles of the immortality elixir. In addition, a war between the mafia groups is getting worse. On board the Advena Avis, in 1711, alchemists are about to learn the price of immortality.Based on the award-winning light novels of the same name, Baccano! follows several events that initially seem unrelated, both in time and place, but are part of a much bigger story—one of alchemy, survival and immortality. Merging these events together are the kindhearted would-be thieves, Isaac and Miria, connecting various people, all of them with their own hidden ambitions and agendas, and creating lifelong bonds and consequences for everyone involved.

2. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

   2012 · Action, Adventure, Anime · returning92% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Adventure profile, also on Tokyo MX.

   In 1880s England, noble George Joestar takes in his new adopted son: young Dio Brando, whose father "saved" George's life 12 years ago. But instead of moving peacefully into his new home, Dio, who grew up in poverty, wants to destroy the Joestar family and gain their status for himself. What starts off as a simple feud with George's son Jonathan soon develops into a conflict that lasts well over 100 years and sends all generations of Joestars into battle against vampires, aztec deities, Nazis and shrewd serial killers.

3. Trigun

   1998 · Action, Adventure, Anime, Crime · ended90% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Adventure profile.

   Vash the Stampede is the most infamous outlaw on the planet Gunsmoke and with a 60 billion double dollar price on his head the most sought after!

4. Hunter x Hunter

   2011 · Action, Adventure, Anime, Fantasy · ended90% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Adventure profile, highly rated (8.5).

   Remake of the 1999 TV series of Hunter x Hunter based on the manga 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 Kurapica, 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.

5. Vinland Saga

   2019 · Action, Adventure, Anime · returning89% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Adventure profile.

   For a thousand years, the Vikings have made quite a name and reputation for themselves as the strongest families with a thirst for violence. Thorfinn, the son of one of the Vikings' greatest warriors, spends his boyhood in a battlefield enhancing his skills in his adventure to redeem his most-desired revenge after his father was murdered.

6. Golden Kamuy

   2018 · Action, Adventure, Anime · returning89% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Adventure profile, also on Tokyo MX.

   In Hokkaido, the far northern lands of Japan, Sugimoto survived the Russo-Japanese war of the Meiji era. Nicknamed "Sugimoto the Immortal" during the war, he now seeks the riches promised by the gold rush in hopes of saving the widowed wife of his now deceased comrade from the war. During his hunt of gold, he finds hints of a hidden stash of gold by corrupt criminals. Partnering with an Ainu girl that saves his life from the harsh climates of the north, they venture into a survival adventure to race against the criminals that seek the hidden stash.

7. Naruto: Shippūden

   2007 · Action, Adventure, Anime, Fantasy · ended89% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Adventure profile, highly rated (8.2).

   Naruto: Shippuden 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.

8. Sword Oratoria: Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Gaiden

   2017 · Action, Adventure, Anime, Fantasy · ended89% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Adventure profile, also on Tokyo MX.

   Sword princess Aiz Wallenstein. Today, once again, the strongest female swordsman heads to the giant labyrinth known as the "Dungeon" along with her allies. On the 50th floor where mysteries and threats such as a decayed dragon's corpse that crumbles to ash and an irregularity that creeps ever closer to the party loom, Aiz calls for the wind and heads deeper into the darkness of the Dungeon. Eventually, she finds herself meeting a boy for the first time. In the Labyrinth City of Orario, the contrasting stories of the boy and the girl intersect.

9. K

   2012 · Action, Adventure, Anime · ended89% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Adventure profile, also on Tokyo MX.

   Set in a world where history has taken a slightly different course from the one we're familiar with, K follows the story of a young boy whose life is caught in a psychic war between seven kings.Ashinaka High School is known for its unique setting: the entire campus is built on an island. Yashiro Isana, aka Shiro, is having lunch with a cat on one of the school rooftops. After his lunch break, Shiro goes on an errand for his classmate Kukuri to prepare for their upcoming school festival, only to be chased by some intimidating-looking men.

10. Fullmetal Alchemist

    2003 · Action, Adventure, Anime · ended89% match

    Recommended for similar Action / Adventure profile.

    Edward Elric, a young, brilliant alchemist, has lost much in his twelve-year life: when he and his brother Alphonse try to resurrect their dead mother through the forbidden act of human transmutation, Edward loses his family as well as two of his limbs. With his supreme alchemy skills, Edward binds Alphonse's soul to a large suit of armor.A year later, Edward, now promoted to the fullmetal alchemist of the state, embarks on a journey with his younger brother to obtain the Philosopher's Stone. The fabled mythical object is rumored to be capable of amplifying an alchemist's abilities by leaps and bounds, thus allowing them to override the fundamental law of alchemy: to gain something, an alchemist must sacrifice something of equal value. Edward hopes to draw into the military's resources to find the fabled stone with his power and restore his and Alphonse's bodies to normal. However, the Elric brothers soon discover that there is more to the legendary stone than meets the eye, as they are led to the epicenter of a far darker battle than they could have ever imagined.(Source: MyAnimeList)