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Kruszer
Joined: 19 Nov 2004
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Location: Minnesota, USA
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Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 2:34 am
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Quote: | Excellent show. Based on Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo, and uses some pretty cool film noire type visual effects that I dug. |
Good to know someone else enjoyed it, sometimes I think I'm the only person who's seen it let alone has a copy of the show on DVD.
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Galap
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Joined: 07 Apr 2012
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Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 3:43 am
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Try Heat Guy J. Among other things, it could be described as a futuristic cop and mafia show. The way that the underworld influences the way the city of Judoh operates and the way the police force deals with it is a big part of that show, and I think it's done very well. It's a fascinating take on what future organized crime would be like, and how future police will handle it.
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anijunk
Joined: 30 May 2008
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Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 3:10 pm
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Among the ones already mentioned, perhaps some oldies like
Burn Up!. It is an over the top police series with humour, containing of some OAVs end a TV show from the 1990s en early 2000s.
Dirty Pair, a sci-fi investigating duo. Also over the top and homor, TV series, OAVs and a movie.
And does genre search not give any results?
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SpacemanHardy
Joined: 03 Jan 2012
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Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 3:36 pm
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How do you feel about bounty hunters and secret agents? If you like those too, then I definitely recommend you try out Gunsmith Cats, Read or Die, and L/R: Licensed by Royalty.
Gunsmith Cats and ROD are my #1 and #2 favorite anime OVAs of all time. And L/R is a secret agent series filled with James Bond and Beatles references.
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danilo07
Joined: 25 Dec 2011
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Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 4:07 pm
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I find it weird how the entire fandom seems to have completely forgotten Tokyo Tribe 2. Especially since it seems like a show that westerners would really love.The show itself is pretty good,it plays out like an old fashioned yakuza movie and it has atypical art style.
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nobahn
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Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2016 8:11 pm
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So it's now 2016. My question: Did 2015 present any good anime of the cop/mafia show sub-genre? (Please, no unannotated listing; thank you.)
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yuna49
Joined: 27 Aug 2008
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Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2016 2:51 am
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Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru pairs a high-school boy with a young woman who is aficionado of bones. It seems the two of them cannot go out on a walk together without tripping over some skeletal remains that leads them on a crime-hunting spree. I found the cases themselves pretty mundane, enjoying the story more as a character study than a mystery thriller. I did find the romantic subtext a bit off-putting, though Shoutarou is a reasonably mature 16 year-old while Sakurako herself is pretty immature for a woman in her early to mid twenties. As is common in shows about amateur detectives, the police are largely portrayed as a bunch of incompetent boobs. You also have to suspend disbelief when it comes to the cops' willingness to let Sakurako muck around crime scenes.
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