Bus Gamer
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In the underbelly of the corporate world, a secret series of battles takes place called the Bus Game, whose participants are solicited randomly via letters in the mail. During the games, teams of three attempt to take into their possession a disk filled with corporate secrets; the winners are given increasingly high cash rewards, while the losers get nothing - or worse, they lose their lives. Toki, Kazuo and Nobu make up the "no name" team, and their goal is to win one billion yen each. Each has a reason to need the money and a secret, disturbing past; but with high stakes and mysterious employers, they can only hope to leave the game alive.
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Get Backers
Ban Midou and Ginji Amano are the Get Backers. With a 99 percent success rate in returning lost or stolen property to its original owners, they will do anything for the right price. Midou and Ginji often get hired for seemingly ordinary jobs that turn out to be more difficult than they appear; and whether it’s finding a doll for a girl, retrieving a stolen rare violin or getting mixed up with the mob, they have many adventures with plenty of petty squabbles along the way!
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add recGet Backers and Bus Gamer aren't similar at all as far as the plots are concerned; you'll just have to trust me on this one. Both have periods of darkness and lightheartedness, but it's the characters in general that remind me of each other. If you liked the character interactions and overall shounen feel of one, try the other.
Getbackers is a great recommendation for Bus Gamer! It has similar characters and a similar atmosphere. After all, it's not hard to recognize both the eerie atmosphere of GetBackers' mugenjou and the light-hearted atmosphere of GetBackers' Amano Ginji in Bus Gamer.
Furthermore it is exactly those characters like Ginj, Ban and Shido that make a big ressemblence with Bus Gamer's 3 main characters.
As a bonus, GetBackers is a 49 episodes anime which is much more detailed than Bus Gamer, and thus definitely worth the watch!
GANTZ
- TV (26 eps)
- 2004
Much to the annoyance of Kei, he and his childhood friend Katou have died, having been torn apart by a train. But rather than finding themselves at the gates of heaven, the duo materialize in a room full of strangers and a giant black sphere known as GANTZ. As if dying once wasn’t bad enough, the occupants of the room are then forced to embark on dangerous missions to kill strange aliens; missions that very few return from. Now, Kei, Katou, and a well-endowed friend must fight for their freedom with an arsenal of guns, high powered suits, and a very low chance of survival.
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add recBus Gamer and Gantz are quite different as far as tone; Gantz is incredibly violent to a point of excess, while Bus Gamer has more of a lighthearted and inappropriately quirky feel at times. Nevertheless, watching one will instantly make you think of the other as far as the plot point of a "game" that has deadly consequences. I think it's more likely that you'd like Gantz if you liked Bus Gamer, but the other way around might be likely as well.
While GANTZ does have a lot more violence and gore, it cannot be denied that it is a very similar anime. Just like in Bus Gamer, the characters in GANTZ are thrown into 'a game' in which they'll need to use their survival instincts to compete. As i noted though, be aware that GANTZ continues more on that 'deadly game'-perspective and leaves the comedy behind itself.
Saiyuki
Alt titles: Gensou Maden Saiyuki
- TV (50 eps)
- 2001
In the mystical world of Shangri-la, demons and humans live side by side, watched over by a parthenon of ancient Chinese gods. But when normally-civilized demons start to go berserk, the gods require the services of Genjou Sanzo - a Buddhist priest with a magical gun, an evil-banishing scripture and a take-no-prisoners attitude. Aided by the ancient monkey god Son Goku, the half-demon Sha Gojyo and the demon exterminator Cho Hakkai, he sets off on a treacherous journey westward, with armies of demons, dark mages and angry gods all standing in his way...
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Weiss Kreuz
Alt titles: Knight Hunters
- TV (25 eps)
- 1998
Aya, Omi, Ken and Yoji are four seemingly normal high school boys, who make up an elite assassin group known only as Weiss. The hits involve taking out corporate businessmen and corrupt politicians; however, trouble arises during a routine job, when Weiss clashes with a rival gang of assassins, Schwarz. With Schwarz in the way, they will reach the limits of their elite skills while trying to defeat their ultimate target: the Takatori family...
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add recI really wasn't a fan of Weiss Kreuz (the little I saw), and I'm not a huge fan of Bus Gamer either. Regardless, each of these anime has a very, very similar feel and character interactions. The stereotypical bishounen boys will seem like spitting images of each other, and in general the confusing mix of quirkyness and seriousness will seem similar to you.
Mezzo
- TV (13 eps)
- 2004
Set in the not so distant future of troubled Tokyo, no job is too big or too small for the Danger Service Agency, as long as danger is involved. The crew is made up of an unlikely team of misfits: Mikura, a girl with a flair for guns and a love of martial arts, Kurokawa, an old man/ex-detective addicted to noodles, Harada, an engineering nut, and Asami, a schoolgirl. Unfortunately, no matter how small or simple job appears to be, the Dsa team always find themselves biting off more than they can chew...
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add recMezzo and Bus Gamer might look very different and quite honestly... they are. Both in plot, motives and even genre you can consider them different. The big red line through the anime is what makes them so different though, as one is pretty much action only, while the other one tries to develop into a mystery.
Yet if you get past that, the feeling you get is very alike. The actions scenes in Bus Gamer are very comparable to the ones in Mezzo, and both have a somewhat lighthearted atmosphere throughout various scenes.
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