Best noir anime
63 anime about noir, 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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3.6No Longer Human
Movie · 2009 · 1 ep
No Longer HumanNingen Shikkaku: Director's Cut-banMovie · 2009 · 1 ep3.6A theatrical film version of Madhouse's Aoi Bungaku Series anime. The film will re-edit the four episodes based on Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) novel, which have character designs inspired by manga artist and novel…
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…
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3.6Hellsing
TV · 2001 · 13 ep
HellsingTV · 2001 · 13 ep3.6Hellsing follows the antiheroic vampire, Alucard, and a police girl-turned-vampire, Seras Victoria, two vampires employed by the vampire-extermination group of England, the Hellsing Organization. Slowly but surely, through their active…
3.6Golgo 13 (TV)
TV · 2008 · 50 ep
Golgo 13 (TV)TV · 2008 · 50 ep3.6Golgo 13 has been called a Japanese counterpart to James Bond, except with a darker character, a much more hardcore attitude towards sex, and a complete lack of morality. Golgo 13 is described as a mystery man of undetermined origin…
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3.5Heaven's Memo Pad
TV · 2011 · 12 ep
Heaven's Memo PadKamisama no MemochouTV · 2011 · 12 ep3.5Narumi Fujishima isn't your typical high school student. He's never really fit in and has become increasingly more isolated from his fellow classmates. But he's not alone, and when Ayaka, the sole member of the Gardening Club, introduces…
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3.5Boogiepop Phantom
TV · 2000 · 12 ep
Boogiepop PhantomBoogiepop wa WarawanaiTV · 2000 · 12 ep3.5Five years ago, a string of grisly murders shook the city to its core and now the rumors have begun once more. Boogiepop... Everyone knows about Boogiepop: meet her one dark night and you are taken. People tell each other the stories and…
3.5Noir
TV · 2001 · 26 ep
NoirTV · 2001 · 26 ep3.5Mireille Bouquet is a professional assassin, and a very good one at that. But when she follows up an e-mail from a young Japanese girl named Yumura Kirika, inviting her to take "a pilgrimage to the past", her life becomes even more…
3.5Speed Grapher
TV · 2005 · 24 ep
Speed GrapherTV · 2005 · 24 ep3.5Ten years after the Bubble War, the dichotomy between the rich and the poor in the world becomes more prominent and Japan is no exception. The rich seek to satisfy their desires and derive pleasure for themselves, and Tokyo has…
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3.5No Guns Life Season 2
TV · 2020 · 12 ep
No Guns Life Season 2No Guns Life 2nd SeasonTV · 2020 · 12 ep3.5Juuzo Inui’s next mission is to rescue Rosa McMahon, a girl who holds a valuable piece of data the Berühren Corporation is after. Still reeling from Colt’s death, Tetsurou swears to never hesitate again. And somewhere in the city, Pepper…
3.4Witch Hunter ROBIN
TV · 2002 · 26 ep
Witch Hunter ROBINWitch Hunter RobinTV · 2002 · 26 ep3.4Robin Sena is a powerful craft user drafted into the STNJ - a group of specialized hunters that fight deadly beings known as Witches. Though her fire power is great, she’s got a lot to learn about her powers and working with her cool and…
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3.4MFKZ
Movie · 2018 · 1 ep
MFKZMutafukazMovie · 2018 · 1 ep3.4Angelino is just one of thousands of deadbeats living in Dark Meat City. But an otherwise unremarkable scooter accident caused by a beautiful, mysterious stranger is about to transform his life... into a waking nightmare! He starts seeing…
3.4X&Y
ONA · 2023 · 16 ep
X&YAiyou de MishiONA · 2023 · 16 ep3.4When Yan moved back to his hometown, he never expected to be at the center of an eerie mystery. One day, he heads to XY Escape Room where he meets the owner, Xu, and finds himself completely captivated by her. But after this fateful…
3.491 Days: Shoal of Time
Special · 2017 · 1 ep
91 Days: Shoal of Time91 Days: Toki no Asase/Subete no Kinou/Ashita, Mata AshitaSpecial · 2017 · 1 ep3.4The "Day 13" episode will contain three stories. The first story, "Toki no Asase" (Shoals of Time), will center on Nero and Vanno persuading Frate to skip mass with them and see the circus. The second story, "Subete no Kinou" (Yesterday…
3.4Cybersix
TV · 1999 · 13 ep
CybersixTV · 1999 · 13 ep3.4A genetically engineered soldier created by the sinister Von Richter, Cybersix now hides from her creator as she struggles to discover who she really is. By day, she poses as male high school teacher Adrian Seidelman, hiding the feelings…
3.3No Guns Life
TV · 2019 · 12 ep
No Guns LifeTV · 2019 · 12 ep3.3After the war, there are many "Extends" in the city, people whose bodies were modified to make them into dangerous weapons. Inui Juuzou is one of them, and he has no memories of his life and body before his head was transformed into a gun…
3.3Golgo 13: The Professional
Movie · 1983 · 1 ep
Golgo 13: The ProfessionalGolgo 13Movie · 1983 · 1 ep3.3After assassinating the son of business tycoon Leonard Dawson, Golgo 13 finds himself prey to the CIA and the U.S. Army, whom Dawson has personally hired to kill the assassin. As days pass by, Dawson slowly loses his sanity as he continues…
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3.2Cop Craft
TV · 2019 · 12 ep
Cop CraftTV · 2019 · 12 ep3.2The story is set in San Teresa City on the fictional Pacific island of Kariaena. The "buddy police action" series follows the detective Kei Matoba and the alternate-world knight Tirana. 15 years ago, an unknown hyperspace gate opened over…
3.2The Devil Lady
TV · 1998 · 26 ep
The Devil LadyDevilman LadyTV · 1998 · 26 ep3.2Fudo Jun is a beautiful supermodel who is idolized by many. She also has a dark secret that not even she knows about at first, for within her veins run the genes that hold the next step in the evolution of mankind. The same blood as the…
3.1Mobile Police Patlabor: WXIII
Movie · 2002 · 1 ep
Mobile Police Patlabor: WXIIIWXIII Kidou Keisatsu PatlaborMovie · 2002 · 1 ep3.1When the level of Labor accidents begin to escalate around Tokyo Bay, police detectives Kusumi and Hata are assigned to investigate. What they discover leads to a series of government cover-ups, conspiracy concerning a new biological…
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3.0Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace
TV · 2015 · 11 ep
Rampo Kitan: Game of LaplaceRanpo Kitan: Game of LaplaceTV · 2015 · 11 ep3.0Inspired by the works of author Edogawa Ranpo: When several murders at a middle school attract the attention of genius detective, Akechi, a student named Kobayashi volunteers to help with his investigation. (Source: FUNimation)
3.0Wicked City
Movie · 1987 · 1 ep
Wicked CityYoujuu ToshiMovie · 1987 · 1 ep3.0Beyond the boundaries of our ordinary existence lies a dreadful parallel world where demons dwell and humans dare not tread. For centuries, peace has existed between our world and theirs. To preserve that fragile balance and to ensure the…
3.0Sanctuary
OVA · 1996 · 1 ep
SanctuaryOVA · 1996 · 1 ep3.0Two Japanese survivors of the Khmer Rouge massacres in Cambodia vow to find a sanctuary, even if they have to build it themselves. Returning to Japan, they take seemingly opposite paths: one becomes a politician, the other a gangster. As…
2.9Kite Liberator
OVA · 2008 · 1 ep
Kite LiberatorOVA · 2008 · 1 ep2.9In the previous series "Kite", a killer -Sawa- suddenly disappears after she avenges her parents' death, and no one knows where she is. Several years later, a figure dances airily on the dark side of a big city. She is an angel of death…
2.8BEM
TV · 2019 · 12 ep
BEMBemTV · 2019 · 12 ep2.8The Port Town, Libra City. Upper Town is the center of politics, economics, and culture and is where all of the wealth is concentrated. Outside is where crime and corruption runs wild where no one trusts anyone. Between those two areas is…
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2.8Togainu no Chi
TV · 2010 · 12 ep
Togainu no ChiTV · 2010 · 12 ep2.8After being devastated in the third World War (known as The Third Division), Japan was divided in two. Several years after the end of the war, a crime organization called Vischio has taken control of the destroyed city of Toshima (formerly…
2.8Twilight of the Dark Master
OVA · 1998 · 1 ep
Twilight of the Dark MasterShihaisha no TasogareOVA · 1998 · 1 ep2.8From the beginning of time, Earth has been enslaved by the powerful and grotesque Ogres. The dominance these arrogant immortals hold over the helpless victims is challenged only by the noble Guardians. Eons later, in the year 2089, few…
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2.6Psycho Diver: Soul Siren
OVA · 1997 · 1 ep
Psycho Diver: Soul SirenPsycho Diver: Mashou BosatsuOVA · 1997 · 1 ep2.6Yuki Kano has it all: fame, wealth, the world at her feet. There's also something very wrong with her... from time to time, she's totally unable to sing (which, for a pop star, is not good). Enter Bosujima, a "psycho diver" with the…