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the Rancorous
 Posts: 2248 Location: Hunting the Dragon in Gransys |
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I'm not sure how to search this, so I'll just ask.
Anyone know of good assassin/underground hitman style animes? Noir got me obsessed with assassins and the only other series' I've been able to find on my own along the same lines are Madlax and Gunslinger Girl, both of which are quite good by the way. Even if its not 'realistic' like these mentioned ones, just something that focuses on hired killers. I get a thrill out of the whole living the in shadows, assigned to take people out theme. So what else is there besides the three I've mentioned? |
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darkchibi07
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You might want to check out Phantom the Animation. It's an OVA based on a PC game that might do you some good. Though from what I heard from other people, you should get the OVA that comes with the actual game (thank you Media Blasters for including both
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LydiaDianne
 Posts: 5634 Location: Southern California |
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Try Knight Hunters (Weiss Kreuz). I've enjoyed it. Four guys (yes, they are pretty
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anime#254 There is a sequel - Knight Hunters Eternity it wasn't bad up until the ending. I hated what they did to my favorite of the characters so that sort of ruined my enjoyment of the series. anime#1822 Hope you find something that you like. |
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dormcat
Encyclopedia Editor
 Posts: 9902 Location: New Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC |
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If you are over 18 and okay with hentai then Kite would be a perfect choice for you. It has one of the most sad endings I've seen, and the entire plot was not revealed until near the end. You'd feel "wait a minute! That's (...) from (...)! Aha, so that's why..." Everything was answered in the end. Yasuomi Umetsu's art style is also fantastic (particularly with female lead's eyes; I was almost drawn in by her stares). No wonder it earned an A+ (now who was the reviewer?).
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omar235
 Posts: 1572 Location: Florida, Jacksonvile |
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Well the only one I can think of is Burst Angel, Its about this group of bounty hunter chicks that work for the Japanese syndicate. I thought it was pretty awsome.
anime#3560 |
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Dargonxtc
 Posts: 4463 Location: Nc5xd7+ スターダストの海洋 |
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I read the review, and several descriptions from other sites and some retail descriptions. Is it a hentai because of violence only, because I haven't seen anything about sex? However I did see it called uber-gory, so is it just for that it is adult? |
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saikori
 Posts: 85 Location: Hot Ole' Texas |
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You might like Black Cat. I have only seen a few episodes myself but so far I really like it and it has a Noir feel too it to.
It's from Gonzo and the artwork is gorgeous. It is about a secret assassin's guild known as CHRONOS. The main character is Train and he's known as the 13th killer. Perhaps someone can fill in more info as I have only seen a few of the first episodes but it sounds to be close to what your looking for. |
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Deltakiral
 Posts: 3338 Location: Glendora, CA (Avatar Hei from Darker than BLACK) |
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Yes there are some extremely violent moment in this show. Not only that it is very MATURE, meaning unless your 18 I wouldn't recommend it to you. Hell I saw when I was 20 and still thought that it had some moment that creep me out. As for the Hentai commend, I mean one could say that it has some scenes where there are some very graphic hentai moments. Picture if you will any Hentai, but done with extremely good quality animation. Although this is suppose to be action, could well qualify for Hentai. It defintely earns 18+ and that "ABSOULTELY NOT FOR CHILDREN" sticker. Back to the original question at hand, what about Assassin anime that has similar time frame to that Assassin's Creed which is basically the origin of the assassin. It timeframe in history is center around christianity moving into the holy lands (Like the movie Kingdom of heaven) if anyone know of anything similar to that PM or just post here Till next time, Delta Kiral Last edited by Deltakiral on Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:31 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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herzog
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Nobody here has seen the professional: golgo 13?
Don't bother with the sequel queen bee. Violent and has uber skin scenes. |
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the Rancorous
Posts: 2248 Location: Hunting the Dragon in Gransys |
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ah yes, I actually have that one as well, thanks though
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Key
Moderator
 Posts: 18435 Location: Indianapolis, IN (formerly Mimiho Valley) |
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It's called "hentai" because the Director's Cut and Special Edition versions (which, as I understand it, vary from each other by only a few seconds of footage) have three very explicit sex scenes in them in addition to extremely graphic violence. If you don't want the sex content then you can find a regular edition which cuts it out - although it will definitely feel like something's missing. |
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the Rancorous
Posts: 2248 Location: Hunting the Dragon in Gransys |
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just added the mentioned animes to my "want to see" list and shall check them out. Thanks for the info...
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Dargonxtc
Posts: 4463 Location: Nc5xd7+ スターダストの海洋 |
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I don't mind the sex, I was just confused as to what the word Hentai meant, as I was pretty sure I knew what it meant. I can see now why dormcat called it hentai. Also it is refreshing to hear praise about a good hentai title. You don't hear that too often, that the story is good. Usually if they say its good, it just means the sex scenes are good. I might have to check this one out. |
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Kruszer
 Posts: 7994 Location: Minnesota, USA |
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Well if you liked Noir, Madlax, and Gunslinger Girl you've got to check out the awesomeness that is Black Lagoon. My current favorite at the moment, it's a great action series about a group of modern day pirates who sell themselves out to the highest bidder. Liscensed by Geneon it should come out sometime next year on DVD, or you could pick it up fansubbed now. Great storylines, a good cast, fantastic animation, awesome action, and a cool theme song.
In the girls with guns genre there's also Najica: Blitz Tactics, and Mezzo: DSA. They aren't really up to the quality of the three you mentioned but I found them interesting enough. They're a little heavy on the fanservice though. |
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herzog
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Mezzo the series? It wasn't much about assassins just a girl running around in spandex.
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