Girls with guns and knives

Might be too far off but I remember there is at least 1 girl with a knife or scissors and some other girls getting brutally slaughtered.

https://myanimelist.net/anime/13807/Corpse_Party__Missing_Footage
https://myanimelist.net/anime/15037/Corpse_Party__Tortured_Souls_-_Bougyakusareta_Tamashii_no_Jukyou

@Zarutaku Are they good? Why are all horror anime rated so low? Is it a quality problem or a perception problem?

https://myanimelist.net/anime/8100/Mardock_Scramble__The_First_Compression

Mardock Scramble is the spiritual successor to A Kite, Kite Liberator, and Mezzo Forte. It's good, but it's not exactly what you would expect.

Gunslinger Girl is excellent but the manga is far superior to the animations. The first adaptation by Madhouse ad-libs the story because not much of the manga was published at the time. The second adaptation is essentially canon but only covers a small part of the story and was made with an unfortunately low budget. It is a tragic series but the violence is more on par with Phantom, so perhaps not what you are looking for.

I'll second (third?) Gunslinger Girl, I really enjoyed it. I think Mardock Scramble was pretty good too as others have said, but in all honesty I was pretty drunk when I watched it and I don't remember much about it, lol..

Also check out Gunsmith Cats if you haven't already, it's pretty good.


I know Strike Witches is probably not what you're looking for, but I enjoyed that one too :P

I've just finished watching "Gunslinger Girl," and it exceeded my expectations by far. Initially, I perceived it as potentially dull, akin to LycoReco. That assumption was clearly a mistake on my part. I'm grateful to everyone who recommended it. Is the sequel as remarkable as the original series? I'm genuinely apprehensive about tarnishing that impression...

Kara no Kyoukai - the mc uses knife as a weapon

Noir
These girls leave lots of dead bodies.

Not guns/knives, but how about Jujutsu Kaisen's Nobara and her hammer?

Hellsing Ultimate

@mo_lave Hellsing definitely looks appealing for me, thank you. When it comes to Jujutsu Kaisen, I have a question: isn't it somewhat similar to Demon Slayer, Naruto or Attack on Titan? I absolutely hate these shows for some unclear reason (sorry), and that's why I've never even added JJK to my list. Was I terribly wrong maybe?

Anime Girls vs. Nukes


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Did you watch akame ga kill>

They have both knives and guns

@thorin001 Thank you, I enjoyed it a lot! Even though it's not that violent as I requested, but the atmosphere is magnificent, definitely impressive show, supprassed my expectations by far.

@LoveYourEyes If you liked Noir, you might like Madlax and El Cazador de la Bruja; along with Noir, they make up BeeTrain's Girls-With-Guns trilogy. Not sequels, but spiritual successors.

Also, I second JoeChip's Ga-Rei Zero rec.

Not sure if it counts, but Princess Principal maybe? Most of the cast have guns, no knives, but there is a girl with a sword. No gore, but does have blood with a darker theme in the movies. Mostly political drama and action at it's forefront.