Best espionage anime
126 anime about espionage, ranked by community score. Tags come from AniList voters; the percentage on each title page says how strongly the tag applies.
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3.9My Hero Academia Season 4
TV · 2019 · 25 ep
My Hero Academia Season 4Boku no Hero Academia 4th SeasonTV · 2019 · 25 ep3.9The villain world teeters on the brink of war now that All For One is out of the picture. Shigaraki of the League of Villains squares off with Overhaul of the yakuza, vying for total control of the shadows. Meanwhile, Deku gets tangled in…
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3.9Darker than Black
TV · 2007 · 25 ep
Darker than BlackDarker than Black: Kuro no KeiyakushaTV · 2007 · 25 ep3.9In Tokyo, an impenetrable field known as "Hell's Gate" appeared ten years ago. At the same time, psychics who wield paranormal powers at the cost of their conscience also emerged. Hei is one of the most powerful of these psychic agents…
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3.9Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Movie · 2000 · 1 ep
Jin-Roh: The Wolf BrigadeJin-RouMovie · 2000 · 1 ep3.9In a very different Tokyo from the one we know today, the totalitarian government rules with an iron fist. But a group called "the Sect" is staging demonstrations and challenging the government's martial law. Constable Fuse of the Capital…
3.9Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
TV · 2005 · 13 ep
Full Metal Panic! The Second RaidTV · 2005 · 13 ep3.9This series is set about two months after the events ocurred in the Tuatha de Danaan at the end of the original series. Mithril becomes aware of a secret organization that has technology able to counter the ECS (Electronic Cloaking System)…
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3.9Attack on Titan ~Chronicle~
Movie · 2020 · 1 ep
Attack on Titan ~Chronicle~Shingeki no Kyojin: ChronicleMovie · 2020 · 1 ep3.9Movie compiling the first 3 seasons of Shingeki no Kyojin .
3.9Princess Principal: ~Crown Handler~ 2
Movie · 2021 · 1 ep
Princess Principal: ~Crown Handler~ 2Princess Principal: Crown Handler 2Movie · 2021 · 1 ep3.9After an attempt on King Richard’s life, assassins target Princess Mary, the next in line to the throne. Team White Pigeon must protect her while locating deadly Cavorite bombs — a tough feat when Ange is Princess Mary’s sister in…
3.9Princess Principal: Crown Handler 3
Movie · 2023 · 1 ep
Princess Principal: Crown Handler 3Movie · 2023 · 1 ep3.9While the funeral of the assassinated Prince Edward, who was the first in line to succeed the throne, is being held, the nobles of the Kingdom of Albion discuss topics such as whether the second-in-line Princess Mary or the third-in-line…
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3.8SAKAMOTO DAYS
TV · 2025 · 11 ep
SAKAMOTO DAYSSakamoto DaysTV · 2025 · 11 ep3.8When Sakamoto meets Aoi, the convenience store clerk, it’s love at first sight — and just like that, he retires. Sakamoto gets married, has a daughter, opens a mom-and-pop store in a quiet town, and completely transforms … into a plus-size…
3.891 Days
TV · 2016 · 12 ep
91 DaysTV · 2016 · 12 ep3.8The "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…
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3.8My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission
Movie · 2021 · 1 ep
My Hero Academia: World Heroes' MissionBoku no Hero Academia the Movie 3: World Heroes' MissionMovie · 2021 · 1 ep3.8When a sinister organization threatens to wipe out all superhuman powers, the fate of the world is on the line. With two hours until the collapse of civilization, Deku, Bakugo, and Todoroki manage to work as a team, but there’s still one…
3.8Mission: Yozakura Family Season 2
TV · 2026 · 12 ep
Mission: Yozakura Family Season 2Yozakura-san Chi no Daisakusen 2nd SeasonTV · 2026 · 12 ep3.8Taiyou Asano has settled into his career, having married into the Yozakura spy family. While he still struggles to control the powers granted to him by his wife, Mutsumi Yozakura, Taiyou works hard to complete missions alongside his new…
3.8PSYCHO-PASS: Providence
Movie · 2023 · 1 ep
PSYCHO-PASS: ProvidencePsycho-Pass Movie 2: ProvidenceMovie · 2023 · 1 ep3.8January 2118. Chief Inspector of the Criminal Investigation Department, Akane Tsunemori, receives a report of an incident on a foreign vessel – the body of Professor Milicia Stronskaya has been discovered. Behind the incident is a group…
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3.8Princess Principal
TV · 2017 · 12 ep
Princess PrincipalTV · 2017 · 12 ep3.8The "spy action" series follows five girls in 19th century London, a city within the Albion Kingdom divided into east and west by a large wall. The girls serve as undercover spies enrolled as students at the prestigious Queen's Mayfair…
3.8The Labyrinth of Grisaia
Special · 2015 · 1 ep
The Labyrinth of GrisaiaGrisaia no Meikyuu: Caprice no Mayu 0Special · 2015 · 1 ep3.8The Grisaia no Meikyuu visual novel is a collection of sequels for all of the game's heroines, and also includes a prequel story for the hero and dozens of short stories. The first episode will be a 60 minute special that will air at the…
3.8Princess Principal: ~Crown Handler~ 1
Movie · 2021 · 1 ep
Princess Principal: ~Crown Handler~ 1Princess Principal: Crown Handler 1Movie · 2021 · 1 ep3.8The story is set in London at the end of the 19th century. A new task has been assigned to Team White Pigeon, a group of spies from the Commonwealth. It is a delivery of a used bookstore owner to the Commonwealth. Ange, Dorothy and Chise…
3.8Fresh Precure!
TV · 2009 · 50 ep
Fresh Precure!TV · 2009 · 50 ep3.8Love Momozono is a 14-year-old student at Yotsuba Junior Highschool that tends to care more for others than for herself. One day she visits a show of the famous dance unit "Trinity" and decides to become a dancer, too. On the same event…
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3.8Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback
Movie · 2025 · 1 ep
Detective Conan: One-Eyed FlashbackMeitantei Conan Movie 28: Sekigan no FlashbackMovie · 2025 · 1 ep3.8When a researcher is attacked in the Yatsugatake Mountains, Nagano PD’s Kansuke Yamato and Yui Uehara investigate, but Kansuke’s old eye injury flares up — hinting at a dark connection. Meanwhile, Kogoro’s ex-colleague is murdered after…
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3.7Mission: Yozakura Family
TV · 2024 · 27 ep
Mission: Yozakura FamilyYozakura-san Chi no DaisakusenTV · 2024 · 27 ep3.7Taiyou Asano is a super shy high school student and the only person he can talk to is his childhood friend, Mutsumi Yozakura. It turns out that Mutsumi is the daughter of the ultimate spy family! Even worse, Mutsumi is being harassed by…
3.7K: Missing Kings
Movie · 2014 · 1 ep
K: Missing KingsMovie · 2014 · 1 ep3.7Ever since the School Island Incident, in which the four Kings were involved, the Silver Clansman, Kuroh Yatogami and Neko were on their search for their master Shiro. Unable to find any leads to Shiro, the two were in a gloomy mood until…
3.7Ascendance of a Bookworm Side Story
OVA · 2020 · 1 ep
Ascendance of a Bookworm Side StoryHonzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen OVAOVA · 2020 · 1 ep3.7Side Story One: Eustachius's Incognito Operation Downtown The head priest wants more information on Myne, and so he sends two of his aides, Eckhart and Justus, to investigate her. Side Story Two: Visiting Missus Corinna Effa and Tuuli find…
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3.7Victoria of Many Faces
TV · 2026 · 9 ep
Victoria of Many FacesTefuda ga Oome no VictoriaTV · 2026 · 9 ep3.7Betrayed by her own organization, Chloe flees her life as a spy and starts over under the new identity of Victoria in the Kingdom of Ashberry. Victoria wants a simple civilian life, but the locals have other plans, becoming enmeshed with…
3.7Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea
Movie · 2013 · 1 ep
Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant SeaMeitantei Conan Movie 17: Zekkai no Private EyeMovie · 2013 · 1 ep3.7The movie is set on a state-of-the art Aegis vessel with the full cooperation of Japan's real-life Ministry of Defense and Maritime Self-Defense Force. The corpse of a Self-Defense Force member has been found — minus the left arm…
3.6The Big O II
TV · 2003 · 13 ep
The Big O IITV · 2003 · 13 ep3.6Continuation of The Big O. Notes: - Originally planned as a 26-episode series, low viewership in Japan reduced production to the first 13. - Positive international reception resulted in a second season consisting of the remaining 13…
3.6How Dare You!?
ONA · 2024 · 24 ep
How Dare You!?Cheng He TitongONA · 2024 · 24 ep3.6Because of her long commute from home to work, Wang Cuihua spends her time reading web novels. She reads so many of them that after two years, she is able to guess where the plot is going to lead just by reading the first lines. One day…
3.6GANGSTA.
TV · 2015 · 12 ep
GANGSTA.Gangsta.TV · 2015 · 12 ep3.6In the city of Ergastulum, a shady ville filled with made men and petty thieves, whores on the make and cops on the take, there are some deeds too dirty for even its jaded inhabitants to touch. Enter the "Handymen," Nic and Worick, who…
3.6The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitor Arc
TV · 2020 · 13 ep
The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitor ArcMahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Raihousha-henTV · 2020 · 13 ep3.6Miyuki Shiba’s classmate Kitayama Shizuku is on her way to study abroad. For magicians, this is normally impossible, since allowing the genes of someone who can use magic outside their home country’s borders is tantamount to giving up…
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3.6Go! Go! Loser Ranger!
TV · 2024 · 12 ep
Go! Go! Loser Ranger!Sentai DaishikkakuTV · 2024 · 12 ep3.6When the Monster Army invaded Earth thirteen years ago, the Divine Dragon Rangers rose up to stop them! With the war raging on, these great heroes are mankind’s last hope! ...or are they? In truth, the invaders were subjugated within a…
3.6Unlimited Psychic Squad
TV · 2013 · 12 ep
Unlimited Psychic SquadZettai Karen Children: The Unlimited - Hyoubu KyousukeTV · 2013 · 12 ep3.6You don’t have to be psychic to know that Hyoubu Kyousuke is trouble waiting to happen, but having psychic powers of your own may be your only chance if you want to stand against him. One of the most powerful espers on the planet, Hyoubu's…
3.6R.O.D - READ OR DIE
OVA · 2001 · 3 ep
R.O.D - READ OR DIER.O.D: Read or DieOVA · 2001 · 3 ep3.6Yomiko Readman is a lovable, near-sighted bibliomaniac working as a substitute teacher at a Japanese high school. Her real identity, however, is that of a secret agent for the British Library Special Operations Division. Her codename: "The…
3.6Aggretsuko: Season 4
ONA · 2021 · 10 ep
Aggretsuko: Season 4Aggressive Retsuko (ONA) 4th SeasonONA · 2021 · 10 ep3.6The fourth season of Aggressive Retsuko .
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3.6After War Gundam X
TV · 1996 · 39 ep
After War Gundam XKidou Shinseiki Gundam XTV · 1996 · 39 ep3.6When one space colony declared its independence from the Earth Federation, the devastating 7th Space War, an all-out war between Earth and space, resulted. The Federation responded to the Space Revolutionary Army with mobile suits, called…
3.6Princess Principal: Crown Handler 4
Movie · 2025 · 1 ep
Princess Principal: Crown Handler 4Movie · 2025 · 1 ep3.6The fourth out of six movie sequels to the Princess Principal TV series.
3.5Blue Exorcist -Shimane Illuminati Saga-
TV · 2024 · 12 ep
Blue Exorcist -Shimane Illuminati Saga-Ao no Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati-henTV · 2024 · 12 ep3.5At True Cross Academy, Rin Okumura unknowingly comes across the first signs that something is amiss; ordinary people have been gaining the ability to perceive the invisible creatures that roam the human realm, Assiah. While Rin sees this…
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3.5Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
TV · 1995 · 49 ep
Mobile Suit Gundam WingShin Kidou Senki Gundam WingTV · 1995 · 49 ep3.5Mankind has moved into space. Thousands of people live on giant orbiting space colonies called "Sides." However, the Earth Government, which rules the colonies, is unjust and cruel. A group of revolutionaries build five robotic weapons…
3.5Lupin the Third: Island of Assassins
Special · 1997 · 1 ep
Lupin the Third: Island of AssassinsLupin III: Walther P38Special · 1997 · 1 ep3.5Lupin is framed for the murder of Inspector Zenigata by a mysterious assailant holding a silver-colored Walther P38 pistol Lupin himself once owned. Tracking the true killer leads Lupin to the island of the bloodthirsty Tarantula assassins…
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3.5Talentless Nana
TV · 2020 · 13 ep
Talentless NanaMunou na NanaTV · 2020 · 13 ep3.5It is the year 20XX. Earth has been assaulted by monsters known as 'the Enemy of Humanity'. In order to deal with this threat, special schools comprised of teenagers with extraordinary abilities were formed. These people, who came to be…