Best prison anime
55 anime about prison, ranked by community score. Tags come from AniList voters; the percentage on each title page says how strongly the tag applies.
Highest rated
3.4Gallery Fake
TV · 2005 · 37 ep
Gallery FakeTV · 2005 · 37 ep3.4Fujita Reiji is the owner of an art gallery, Gallery Fake. He deals with fake items, and is also familiar with the black market. However, he has a special talent for art, and used to work for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York as a…
3.4Deadman Wonderland
TV · 2011 · 12 ep
Deadman WonderlandTV · 2011 · 12 ep3.4Ganta is the only survivor after a mysterious man in red slaughters a classroom full of teenagers. He's framed for the carnage, sentenced to die, and locked away in the most twisted prison ever built: Deadman Wonderland. And then it gets…
3.4Nanbaka: Idiots with Student Numbers!
Special · 2017 · 1 ep
Nanbaka: Idiots with Student Numbers!Nanbaka: Shusseki Bangou no Tsuita Baka-tachi!Special · 2017 · 1 ep3.4The official website for the Nanbaka television anime announced that the "Nanfes" event in April will screen a previously unreleased anime special.
3.4Princess Arete
Movie · 2001 · 1 ep
Princess AreteArete HimeMovie · 2001 · 1 ep3.4Confined in the castle tower by her father, princess Arete spends her days watching the world outside her window. Sometimes she seeks out to watch the common people at work. The knights of the kingdom compete for the right to marry her and…
3.4Tomorrow's Joe: The Movie
Movie · 1980 · 1 ep
Tomorrow's Joe: The MovieAshita no Joe (Movie)Movie · 1980 · 1 ep3.4A summary movie of the first season for people to get reminded on what happened before the airing of the second season.
Mature
3.3Jyu-Oh-Sei: Planet of the Beast King
TV · 2006 · 11 ep
Jyu-Oh-Sei: Planet of the Beast KingJuu Ou SeiTV · 2006 · 11 ep3.3Thor and his twin brother, Rai, are cast off to a forsaken planet by unknown masked men after witnessing the suspicious death of their parents. Given only a beam knife and a smelly satchel, they wander together in search of civilization on…
Mature
3.3The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2
TV · 2022 · 13 ep
The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari Season 2TV · 2022 · 13 ep3.3With another Wave happening in a week, Naofumi Iwatani and his party have no time to waste. However, when bat familiars raid Lurolona Village and the Wave countdown comes to a halt, the Four Cardinal Heroes reconvene with the queen…
3.2Resident Evil: Death Island
Movie · 2023 · 1 ep
Resident Evil: Death IslandBiohazard: Death IslandMovie · 2023 · 1 ep3.2D.S.O. agent Leon S. Kennedy is on a mission to rescue Dr. Antonio Taylor from kidnappers, when a mysterious woman thwarts his pursuit. Meanwhile, B.S.A.A. agent Chris Redfield is investigating a zombie outbreak in San Francisco, where the…
3.1Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life!
TV · 2021 · 12 ep
Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life!Kyuukyoku Shinka shita Full Dive RPG ga Genjitsu yori mo Kusoge DattaraTV · 2021 · 12 ep3.1Yuuki Hiroshi has just picked up Kiwame Quest, the realest VRMMO ever made. But this RPG is TOO lifelike; he can smell, taste, feel, and when he's hurt in it, his physical body is hurt too. Even worse, his abilities in this adventure suck…
Mature
3.1Baki OVA
OVA · 2016 · 1 ep
Baki OVABaki: Most Evil Death Row Convicts Special AnimeOVA · 2016 · 1 ep3.1Bundled with the limited edition of 14th Baki-Dou manga volume.
3.0The Detective Is Already Dead
TV · 2021 · 12 ep
The Detective Is Already DeadTantei wa Mou, Shindeiru.TV · 2021 · 12 ep3.0Thwarting a hijacking with the beautiful, silver-haired detective, Siesta, transforms Kimihiko’s young life. Their success kicks off years of crime-solving and confronting syndicates around the world—until Siesta dies. Left with questions…
Mature
3.0The Kingdoms of Ruin
TV · 2023 · 12 ep
The Kingdoms of RuinHametsu no OukokuTV · 2023 · 12 ep3.0Witches once blessed the human race with wisdom and peace. But the Redia Empire's "Gear Expansion" brought about a culture of science that far surpassed magic, and witches were viewed as enemies impeding the progress of civilization. Thus…
3.0Suicide Squad ISEKAI
TV · 2024 · 10 ep
Suicide Squad ISEKAIIsekai Suicide SquadTV · 2024 · 10 ep3.0In the crime-ridden city of Gotham, Amanda Waller, the head of A.R.G.U.S., has assembled a group of notorious criminals for a mission: Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Peacemaker, Clayface, and King Shark. These Super-Villains are sent into an…
3.0Clover
Special · 1999 · 1 ep
CloverSpecial · 1999 · 1 ep3.0Suu is a Four Leaf Clover. Her power is unrivaled, yet all she has known her whole life is loneliness. One day, a man named Kazuhiko appears and accompanies Suu for her first and last journey, to the place where she can find happiness.
3.0Arata: The Legend
TV · 2013 · 12 ep
Arata: The LegendArata KangatariTV · 2013 · 12 ep3.0Every 30 years, a new princess is chosen from the Hime family to serve the Hayagami. The time has come again, but over these past years, records state not a single female has been born, save for one, the 15-year-old Arata. The only problem…
2.9Shinobi no Ittoki
TV · 2022 · 12 ep
Shinobi no IttokiTV · 2022 · 12 ep2.9Ittoki Sakuraba was an ordinary student, until his life was turned upside down! He finds out that he is the 19th heir of the famous Iga Ninjas. The Iga must try to defend what is theirs from the Koga, a rivaling clan seeking to end…
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…
2.8Dorei-ku The Animation
TV · 2018 · 12 ep
Dorei-ku The AnimationTV · 2018 · 12 ep2.8What if you could enslave anyone you ever wanted? Well, this comes close. The SCM lets you enslave anyone who is also wearing an SCM, at a price. One must win over the other, at the cost of anything, in order for the other to become their…
2.6MAKE MY DAY
ONA · 2023 · 8 ep
MAKE MY DAYMake My DayONA · 2023 · 8 ep2.6The snowy, ice-covered planet Coldfoot is home to a precious energy-rich ore called “Sig.” On the surface, the planet seems to be a crime-free utopia, but in reality prisoners are used for back-breaking Sig mining. Jim, a young prison…