What anime is most like Gungrave?

Welcome to the NHK (NHK ni Youkoso!) (8.22) tops the list as the closest match to Gungrave on the Anime Codex rubric. Shared strengths in characters and emotional themes — same Seinen demographic.

How are "anime like Gungrave" picks chosen?

Each show is scored on six criteria. We rank every other title by how close its six-criterion profile is to Gungrave, preferring the same demographic — so the matches share what actually made Gungrave good, not just surface tags.

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Anime like Gungrave

These 12 shows score most like Gungrave (Seinen) across all six Codex criteria — not just same-genre guesses, but the closest matches on the actual rubric. Ranked by how near their criterion profile sits to Gungrave.

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Welcome to the NHK (NHK ni Youkoso!)

Shared strengths in characters and emotional themes — same Seinen demographic.

8.22

Welcome to the NHK (NHK ni Youkoso!)

2006Top: Character 9.0

Shared strengths in characters and emotional themes — same Seinen demographic.

7.93

Parasyte: The Maxim

2014Top: Character 8.3

Shared strengths in characters and storytelling — same Seinen demographic, same studio.

8.37

Maison Ikkoku

1986Top: Character 9.0

Shared strengths in characters and storytelling — same Seinen demographic.

7.77

Master Keaton

1998Top: World 8.2

Shared strengths in characters and emotional themes — same Seinen demographic, same studio.

7.55

Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl

1989Top: Character 8.2

Shared strengths in characters and storytelling — same Seinen demographic, same studio.

8.45

March Comes In Like a Lion

2016Top: Character 9.0

Shared strengths in characters and emotional themes — same Seinen demographic.

7.59

Sentenced to Be a Hero

2026Top: World 8.0

Shared strengths in characters and emotional themes — same Seinen demographic.

7.38

I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class

2026Top: Character 7.8

Shared strengths in characters and emotional themes — same Seinen demographic.

8.08

Cross Game

2009Top: Character 9.0

Shared strengths in characters and storytelling.

8.26

Heavenly Delusion (Tengoku Daimakyou)

2023Top: World 8.7

Shared strengths in storytelling and characters — same Seinen demographic.

7.68

Nippon Sangoku

2026Top: World 8.2

Shared strengths in storytelling and emotional themes — same Seinen demographic.

7.75

Black Lagoon

2006Top: World 8.5

Shared strengths in characters and storytelling — same Seinen demographic, same studio.

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What anime is most like Gungrave?: Welcome to the NHK (NHK ni Youkoso!) (8.22) tops the list as the closest match to Gungrave on the Anime Codex rubric. Shared strengths in characters and emotional themes — same Seinen demographic.
How are "anime like Gungrave" picks chosen?: Each show is scored on six criteria. We rank every other title by how close its six-criterion profile is to Gungrave, preferring the same demographic — so the matches share what actually made Gungrave good, not just surface tags.