Best yakuza anime
98 anime about yakuza, 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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3.8Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider
TV · 2025 · 24 ep
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen RiderToujima Tanzaburou wa Kamen Rider ni NaritaiTV · 2025 · 24 ep3.8Tanzaburo Tojima has dreamt of becoming a Kamen Rider his whole life. But now that he’s 40 years old, he’s starting to think his dream may never come true…until he’s swept up in a series of crimes inspired by the infamous “Shocker”! From…
3.8My Bride is a Mermaid OVA
OVA · 2008 · 2 ep
My Bride is a Mermaid OVASeto no Hanayome OVAOVA · 2008 · 2 ep3.8The OVAs are new stand alone shorts with characters from the series and introduces two new ones. It is now the third year of school, San and Luna's dads are still being over protective. All the while Nagasumi has his hands full trying to…
3.8Let's Go Karaoke!
TV · 2025 · 5 ep
Let's Go Karaoke!Karaoke Iko!TV · 2025 · 5 ep3.8The president of the chorus club, Satomi Oka, is approached by a yakuza named Kyoji Narita. Kyoji’s yakuza group holds a customary karaoke competition, and whoever earns the title of worst singer must get a tattoo. Since he was asked to be…
3.7Arakawa Under the Bridge
TV · 2010 · 13 ep
Arakawa Under the BridgeTV · 2010 · 13 ep3.7Ko Ichinomiya's family motto is "Never be indebted to anyone," but after losing his pants and falling into the Arakawa River, he quickly finds himself in debt to his savior, the cutely insane Nino (who happens to live under the bridge). To…
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3.7Akiba Maid War
TV · 2022 · 12 ep
Akiba Maid WarAkiba Meido SensouTV · 2022 · 12 ep3.7Akihabara is the center of the universe for the coolest hobbies and quirkiest amusements. In the spring of 1999, bright-eyed Nagomi Wahira moves there with dreams of joining a maid café. She quickly dons an apron at café Ton Tokoton, AKA…
3.7The Way of the Househusband Part 2
ONA · 2021 · 5 ep
The Way of the Househusband Part 2Gokushufudou Part 2ONA · 2021 · 5 ep3.7Once a terrifying yakuza, "Immortal Dragon" Tatsu now continues to conquer the challenges of mundane life. While his beloved wife Miku works, Tatsu equips his trusted apron, takes care of their finances, hunts down the biggest store sales…
3.7Lupin the 3rd
TV · 1971 · 23 ep
Lupin the 3rdLupin IIITV · 1971 · 23 ep3.7Hard-boiled, cocky, classy and silly. These words only begin to describe the amazing master thief Lupin the Third. With the help of some quick gunplay by his partner Jigen, Lupin takes on the world in elaborate heists, classic car chases…
3.6Nisekoi
TV · 2014 · 20 ep
NisekoiTV · 2014 · 20 ep3.6As a child, Raku Ichijo made a secret promise with his childhood sweetheart, keeping a pendant as a memento while his love took the key. He dreams of one day meeting his past love, but years later, reality smashes his hopes when Chitoge…
3.6My Bride is a Mermaid
TV · 2007 · 26 ep
My Bride is a MermaidSeto no HanayomeTV · 2007 · 26 ep3.6Michishio Nagasumi's life couldn't be any more normal. In an odd twist of events, during his summer vacation he ends up almost drowning in the sea. Luckily, the cute mermaid Seto San appears to save him. However, San is from a yakuza…
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3.6Bokurano
TV · 2007 · 24 ep
BokuranoBokura noTV · 2007 · 24 ep3.6During a summer camp, 15 children, 8 males and 7 females, find a grotto by the sea. Deep within they discover working computers and some electronic equipment, and later the owner, a man called Kokopelli. Kokopelli claimed to be a…
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3.6The Gokusen
TV · 2004 · 13 ep
The GokusenGokusenTV · 2004 · 13 ep3.6Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi enters Shirokin High School to become a math teacher. She's assigned as the homeroom teacher for class 2-4, populated by a gang of delinquents. At first, the class tries everything to rattle her cage, but to no…
3.6The Last Blossom
Movie · 2025 · 1 ep
The Last BlossomHousenkaMovie · 2025 · 1 ep3.6"What a pathetic life it’s been." An elderly inmate serving a life sentence awaits a lonely death in his solitary cell—until a voice calls out to him. It belongs to a balsam flower, Housenka, that speaks like a human. Through their…
3.5Nisekoi:
TV · 2015 · 12 ep
Nisekoi:TV · 2015 · 12 ep3.5The relationship antics continue as Chitoge starts to realize that she is actually in love with Raku. Kosaki's younger sister Haru, who wants to protect her sister from the supposedly-depraved Raku, gets added to the mix. Other highlights…
3.5The Way of the Househusband
ONA · 2021 · 5 ep
The Way of the HousehusbandGokushufudouONA · 2021 · 5 ep3.5He was the fiercest member of the yakuza, a man who left countless underworld legends in his wake. They called him “the Immortal Dragon.” But one day he walked away from it all to travel another path—the path of the househusband! The…
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3.5Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii
TV · 2024 · 12 ep
Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga IiRaise wa Tanin ga IiTV · 2024 · 12 ep3.5Somei Renji is Somei Yoshino’s grandfather and leader of the “Somei Group”, the Kansai region’s biggest yakuza group. When he arranges for her to be married to Miyama Kirishima, Yoshino has to move to “Miyama Clan” estate, the Kanto…
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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…
3.5GetBackers
TV · 2002 · 49 ep
GetBackersTV · 2002 · 49 ep3.5Ban Mido and Ginji Amano run a freelance business of recovering anything lost or stolen from a client—and they claim a 100% success rate. They call themselves the GetBackers, and they're a super powered duo whose job lands them in…
3.5Golden Kamuy OVA
OVA · 2018 · 1 ep
Golden Kamuy OVAGolden Kamuy: Barato no Youjinbou/Kaiki! Nazo no Kyodai ToriOVA · 2018 · 1 ep3.5Bundled with the 15th volume of the Golden Kamuy manga. "Barato no Yuujinbou" (The Bodyguard of Barato) depicts the battle in Barato. Hijikata and Nagakura sides with the Hidoro clan and get information about the tattoed convicts in the…
3.5A3! Season Autumn & Winter
TV · 2020 · 12 ep
A3! Season Autumn & WinterTV · 2020 · 12 ep3.5Mankai Company is a far cry from its glory days as an all-male theater. With only one member left and debt collectors at the door, it’s no wonder Izumi Tachibana finds herself in over her head when she boldly confronts the Yakuza’s loan…
3.5Sakigake!! Otokojuku
TV · 1988 · 34 ep
Sakigake!! OtokojukuTV · 1988 · 34 ep3.5Otokojuku - a private school for juvenile delinquents that were previously expelled from normal schools. At this school, Japanese chivalry is taught through feudal and military fundamentals. Similar to an action film, the classes are…
3.5Toriko
TV · 2011 · 147 ep
TorikoTV · 2011 · 147 ep3.5In the world where the taste and texture of food are very important there is Toriko, a hunter of precious foods regularly hired by restaurants and the rich. A man with inhuman skills to capture the ferocious, evasive and rare animals to…
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3.5Mai-Mai Miracle
Movie · 2009 · 1 ep
Mai-Mai MiracleMai Mai Shinko to Sennen no MahouMovie · 2009 · 1 ep3.5The story is set in 1955 in Kokuga, Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. One thousand years ago it was the site of the ancient capital, Suo no Kuni, and traces of the Heian Period (year 794-1185) are passed down to us in the form of ruins and…
3.5Stop!! Hibari-kun!
TV · 1983 · 35 ep
Stop!! Hibari-kun!TV · 1983 · 35 ep3.5Kousaku, a teenage boy, moves in to the home of his mother's friend after she dies. This friend happens to be a Yakuza boss with four beautiful daughters. Kousaku is surprised to discover that the most beautiful daughter, Hibari, is…
3.5Rich Girl Caretaker: I'm Secretly the Caregiver of the Most Popular Girl in This Rich Kid School
TV · 2026 · 12 ep
Rich Girl Caretaker: I'm Secretly the Caregiver of the Most Popular Girl in This Rich Kid SchoolSaijo no Osewa: Takane no Hana Darake na Meimonkou de, Gakuin Ichi no Ojou-sama (Seikatsu Nouryoku Kaimu) o Kagenagara Osewa Suru Koto ni NarimashitaTV · 2026 · 12 ep3.5Hinako Konohana is the perfect young lady—graceful, elegant, and flawless… or so everyone thinks. Behind closed doors, she’s a total disaster who can’t handle basic chores! When ordinary student Itsuki Tomonari becomes her caretaker, he’s…
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3.5GREAT PRETENDER razbliuto
ONA · 2024 · 1 ep
GREAT PRETENDER razbliutoGreat Pretender: RazbliutoONA · 2024 · 1 ep3.5Presumed dead, master con artist and recovering amnesiac Dorothy is discovered by Shanghai Longu-bang, a mob who wants payback for her conning them. With no memories and nowhere to go, she must rely on a local crime underboss to elude…
3.5Tokimeki Tonight
TV · 1982 · 34 ep
Tokimeki TonightTV · 1982 · 34 ep3.5The main character, Ranze, is a junior high girl with troubles: her father is a vampire and her mother is a werewolf. Ranze has yet to manifest her supernatural powers, and her parents are beginning to get worried she might be normal. So…
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3.4My Home Hero
TV · 2023 · 12 ep
My Home HeroTV · 2023 · 12 ep3.4After killing his daughter’s abusive yakuza boyfriend to save her, ordinary salaryman Tetsuo Tosu becomes embroiled in the dark criminal underworld. The wish for a simple life he and his wife Kasen had for their daughter has been reduced…
3.4Police in a Pod
TV · 2022 · 13 ep
Police in a PodHakozume: Kouban Joshi no GyakushuuTV · 2022 · 13 ep3.4Officer Mai Kawai has had enough! She’s sick of being a police officer—but just when she’s about to hand in her resignation, the arrival of a brilliant (and beautiful) ace detective named Seiko Fuji changes her mind. Will Fuji reignite…
3.4A3! Season Spring & Summer
TV · 2020 · 12 ep
A3! Season Spring & SummerTV · 2020 · 12 ep3.4Mankai Company is a far cry from its glory days as an all-male theater. With only one member left and debt collectors at the door, it’s no wonder Izumi Tachibana finds herself in over her head when she boldly confronts the yakuza’s loan…
3.4Karas
OVA · 2005 · 6 ep
KarasOVA · 2005 · 6 ep3.4The world of the humans and the world of the demons (yōkai) have overlapped one another, leaving humans to walk the streets of life as they normally would, while demons walk, hidden from the naked eye, down the very same streets. A…
3.4Kyouran Kazoku Nikki
TV · 2008 · 26 ep
Kyouran Kazoku NikkiTV · 2008 · 26 ep3.4Midarezaki Ouka is used to having strange things happen to him -after all, he is the head of the Great Japanese Empire Paranormal Phenomena Bureau of Measures. But when he catches a small cat girl in the shopping district stealing apples…
3.4Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League
Movie · 2025 · 1 ep
Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza LeagueNinja Batman tai Yakuza LeagueMovie · 2025 · 1 ep3.4In this sequel to Batman Ninja , the Batman family has returned to the present to discover that Japan has disappeared, and a giant island - Hinomoto - is now in the sky over Gotham City. At the top sit the Yakuza, a group of superpowered…
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3.4SALARYMAN KINTARO
TV · 2001 · 20 ep
SALARYMAN KINTAROSalaryman KintarouTV · 2001 · 20 ep3.4After former motorcycle gang leader Yajima Kintaro saves the life of the Yamato Construction Company's CEO, he is offered a job working for the company. However, when it becomes apparent that a corrupt faction of the company is trying to…
3.4Heaven's Lost Property
TV · 2009 · 13 ep
Heaven's Lost PropertySora no OtoshimonoTV · 2009 · 13 ep3.4Sakurai Tomoki has been having the same strange dream since he was a child and would wake up in tears. Sugata, an upperclassman at his school, believes the dream to be of the new continent. Later that night, while waiting under the cherry…
3.4Back Street Girls -GOKUDOLS-
TV · 2018 · 10 ep
Back Street Girls -GOKUDOLS-Back Street Girls: GokudollsTV · 2018 · 10 ep3.4A group of 3 yakuza failed their boss for the last time. After messing up an important job, the boss gave them 2 choices: Honorably committing suicide, or go to Thailand to get a sex reassignment surgery in order to become "female" idols…
3.4Cuticle Detective Inaba
TV · 2013 · 12 ep
Cuticle Detective InabaCuticle Tantei InabaTV · 2013 · 12 ep3.4In a world where half-human, half-animal chimeras live and work alongside normal people, there are sure to be a few bad apples in the bunch. Unfortunately, half-human criminals means non-human clues that often leave the police stumped…