Anime that feels like Phantom Blood?

Haptism93 said:
I'd say Phantom Blood is pretty unique. That's probably the reason there's no recommendation yet

Haptism93 said:
especially since you're very specific with what you want.

Haptism93 said:
The closest I could think of is the Cain Series/God Child, but unfortunately, there's only a manga of it. Additionally, it's not very humorous.

Haptism93 said:
Regarding anime, Pandora Hearts may be close to some of the aspects you're looking for, but that's also not covering everything you want.

NickRedMachine said:
In many ways it's based off of Hokuto no Ken, but they're still hardly comparable in terms of setting and atmosphere.

However, it fits some of your other requirements. Gentleman hero, rivalry with some other characters through the story, a power similar to 'Hamon', lots of violence and gore, and it certainly doesn't take itself too seriously. Some of it feels very aged, especially the first arc or 2, but I'd recommend giving it a shot if it sounds good.

I see you have seen a special of it, so I don't know what your feelings on it are though.

GreenSoap said:
I know people don't count it as anime or whatever, but the Netflix Castlevania series is the best suggestion I can come up with.

It has everything you listed.

ninja666 said:


If I had a dollar for each time I've heard someone say JoJo is unique and there's nothing like it, I'd be filthy rich right now. Seriously, what is it exactly that makes JoJo (especially the first two parts) so one-of-a-kind compared to other shonen anime, that supposedly makes it so hard for anyone to find titles similar to it?



And I'd have double the amount of money if I got a dollar for every time I've heard that one as well. No matter how loose criteria I give, there always has to be someone telling me I'm way too specific. At this point, I have a feeling basically everything beyond "recommend me some good anime with romance" is being way too specific to most anime communities.

Well, anyway...



I can kinda see where you were coming from with that, but it seems completely different from JoJo tonally. I'm gonna add it to my list regardless, though, cause it sounds interesting. I might give it a read once I'm in the mood for manga again.



Well, reading the reviews it sounds kinda close, but at the same time I don't know if it's something I'd want to watch, especially since you said it doesn't really cover my criteria. I'll see if anything else shows up and then consider it based on that.



I think the rating I gave to those specials should reflect how I felt about them. Also, aside from those specials, I don't believe HnK has any sort of a good anime adaptation (and no, the Toei one isn't even close to being good) so even if I wanted to give it a shot, all I have is the manga.

Thanks for replying. If anyone has other recs, feel free to chime in. I'd really appreciate that.

Haptism93 said:
Sorry if I offended you with anything I said, I just wanted to help because I felt bad that there were no responses after that long.

Haptism93 said:
Also, I didn't say that you are TOO specific. I said that you're very specific, so it's more difficult to recommend anything. No need to be rude about it, really... I saw that thread a while ago and put it under watch because I'm interested in that theme as well. Since there was nothing that fits your criteria to 100% as of now, I wanted to help at least a bit with something with a similar direction. Had I known to get a response like that, I probably wouldn't have said anything at all, sorry if it felt like I wasted your time.

ninja666 said:


You didn't. I really shouldn't have gone off on you like that. It's just that I got annoyed of the same repeating pattern that occurs every time I try searching for anything similar to any Part of JoJo - I get no recommendations, just a bunch of people telling me how unique JoJo is and how there never existed an anime like it, and most likely never will, almost as if Araki was some sort of creative genius, and created something something so out of ordinary, nobody ever came up with something even remotely similar, forcing me to look for myself, as it seemed JoJo fans are too infatuated with their favourite series to notice it's not unique at all. It was just frustrating to see that kind of reply yet again, especially since it's happened to me more than a couple of times already.



You didn't waste my time either Your recommendations were more of a miss than a hit, but at least you tried.. You gave me a cool-sounding manga to read at some other time, so it's definitely something.

ninja666 said:
Any ideas, anyone?

magaiverix said:


Only Gungrave in my mind.

ninja666 said:
This is an old thread, but I'm still looking, so maybe right now somebody can come up with something.