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Gungrave
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Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom
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Ignoring the obvious criminal underworld and assassin lead links between the two, there's a parallel of sorts between Brandon & Harry and Reiji & Claudia's relationships. Where as both Brandon and Reiji do the dirty work required to push their 'bosses' further up the ladder, Harry and Claudia fight their battles in the criminal political arena; trying to get ahead of their rivals.
There are VERY few anime in existence that deal with assassins killing too many people to count and their involvement with criminal organizations. So, though the directions the two go in differ, if you liked one then it's definitely worth checking out the
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Recommended by AironicallyHuman
The top of the mafia theme, with very skilled fighters and gunfight action.
Both revolve around mafia-type organizations where the male lead is a highly skilled assassin
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Recommended by shinigamidono
Gungrave and Phantom are both tragic and character-driven dramas. They are both set in America, with the main characters of each series becoming assassins and being sucked into a powerful crime organization and a world of violence . Both of these anime use a very realistic and gritty color palette and set a serious and oppressive tone right from the very beginning, with little room for humor. Gungrave and Phantom are also similar in that they are both very stylized and are significantly influenced by Western sources, such as film noir and crime dramas.
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Recommended by Cheesyhoboe
In both series, there is serious themes that includes mafias, assassinations, and betrayals.
The main male protagonist from both series are also highly skilled in their profession and what they do. Throughout the series though, the protagonist experiences pain, delusions, along with other twists.
Both series also deals with the theme of gaining power for dominance in their respective worlds. The routes that the main protagonists follows are what they decide by themselves.
Both series features action, drama, and contains a thriller like feeling.
Both involve huge crime/mafia syndicates that control most of the underworld. Both have underhanded characters trying to climb up the latter and accumulate power in their respective syndicates and will betray allies if necessary. The main character of both these shows are hit-man/ assassin. Both shows have type a dramatic feel to it and the animes deploy a similar art style.
Betrayal is also a big theme of both shows.
On a negative note both these shows have a annoying, young girl that stick around for about 6 episodes or so. But don't worry they both play a minor part in the overall stories of the
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Recommended by OBENsoccer11
These have a very similar atmosphere, both deal with crime and being an assassin and emphasize the effect death has on others. Not thoughtless shoot em' up action series, they are both very dark and focus a lot of the series on character development and the consequences of certain actions. Both are very consistent, there is a reason for everything that happens and when something bad happens it's irreversible, you won't see any spontaneous lucky breaks like are all too common in anime nowadays.
-Both are about mafia organization
-Both contain a load of crime
-Both animes contain betrayel (due to the organization cleaning their mess.)
Enjoy~
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Recommended by DXXTHWXSH_
Both are about mafia groups.
Both deal with an organization.
Both deal with betrayal and romance.
Both have their badass moments.
Both have guns and really cool fights.
Both have a main character that doesn't talk much.
They share a very similar character design, coloring and atmosphere.
Gungrave and Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom are both serious and gritty anime focusing on the underworld of crime. Both anime have a similar art style and feeling. Both are also 1 season and 26 episodes long and tell a complete story.
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Recommended by SebCyrSC2000