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Akagi

Touhai Densetsu Akagi: Yami ni Maiorita Tensai

2005, TV, 26 eps, 78%, MADHOUSE

Recommended by 195 Kaiji fans on AniList. The same kind of story: high-stakes mind-game thrillers.

While mahjong is a game that is often played with family and friends, it is also a game that is played in the darkest corners of society. Nangou is a compulsive gambler who has accumulated a debt of over three million yen. In a last-ditch attempt to clear his record, he decides…

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  1. Cover of Gambler Densetsu Tetsuya
    Gambler Densetsu Tetsuya

    2000, TV, 20 eps, 74%

    Recommended by 25 Kaiji fans on AniList. Both have Gambling, Survival.

  2. Cover of One Outs
    One Outs

    2008, TV, 25 eps, 81%

    Recommended by 173 Kaiji fans on AniList. Both have Gambling, Philosophy.

  3. Cover of Mahjong Hishou-den Naki no Ryuu
    Mahjong Hishou-den Naki no Ryuu

    1988, OVA, 3 eps, 57%

    Recommended by 4 Kaiji fans on AniList. Both have Gambling, Yakuza.

  4. Cover of LIAR GAME
    LIAR GAME

    2026, TV, 26 eps, 66%

    Recommended by 48 Kaiji fans on AniList. Both have Gambling.

  5. Cover of Tomodachi Game
    Tomodachi Game

    2022, ONA, 12 eps, 76%

    Recommended by 90 Kaiji fans on AniList. The same kind of story: high-stakes mind-game thrillers.

  6. Cover of Moriarty the Patriot
    Moriarty the Patriot

    2020, TV, 11 eps, 80%

    Both have Class Struggle, Crime.

  7. Cover of Rainbow
    Rainbow

    2010, TV, 26 eps, 82%

    Recommended by 73 Kaiji fans on AniList. The same kind of story: high-stakes mind-game thrillers.

  8. Cover of Death Parade
    Death Parade

    2015, TV, 12 eps, 80%

    Recommended by 18 Kaiji fans on AniList. Both have Death Game, Philosophy.

  9. Cover of Great Pretender
    Great Pretender

    2020, ONA, 23 eps, 81%

    Both have Crime, Work, Urban.

  10. Cover of Classroom of the Elite
    Classroom of the Elite

    2017, TV, 12 eps, 76%

    Both have Survival, Philosophy.

  11. Cover of SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table
    SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table

    2026, TV, 11 eps, 71%

    Recommended by 33 Kaiji fans on AniList. The same kind of story: high-stakes mind-game thrillers.

  12. Cover of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
    Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

    2006, TV, 25 eps, 85%

    Both have Class Struggle, Philosophy.

  13. Cover of Monster
    Monster

    2004, TV, 74 eps, 88%

    Both have Crime, Philosophy, Urban.

  14. Cover of HIGH CARD
    HIGH CARD

    2023, TV, 12 eps, 71%

    Both have Card Battle.

  15. Cover of Death Note
    Death Note

    2006, TV, 37 eps, 84%

    Recommended by 103 Kaiji fans on AniList. Both have Crime, Philosophy, Urban.

  16. Cover of Welcome to the N-H-K
    Welcome to the N-H-K

    2006, TV, 24 eps, 82%

    Recommended by 23 Kaiji fans on AniList. Both have Philosophy.

  17. Cover of March comes in like a lion
    March comes in like a lion

    2016, TV, 22 eps, 83%

    Both have Philosophy, Urban.

  18. Cover of Kakegurui
    Kakegurui

    2017, TV, 12 eps, 70%

    Recommended by 26 Kaiji fans on AniList. Both have Gambling.

  19. Cover of Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
    Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju

    2016, TV, 13 eps, 84%

    Rakugo, Acting, Historical

  20. Cover of FX Fighter Kurumi-chan
    FX Fighter Kurumi-chan

    2026, TV, 12 eps, ongoing, 69%

    Recommended by 13 Kaiji fans on AniList. Both have Gambling, Work.

  21. Cover of The Tatami Galaxy
    The Tatami Galaxy

    2010, TV, 11 eps, 85%

    Both have Philosophy.

  22. Cover of BLUE LOCK
    BLUE LOCK

    2022, TV, 24 eps, 79%

    Recommended by 6 Kaiji fans on AniList.

  23. Cover of Steins;Gate
    Steins;Gate

    2011, TV, 24 eps, 89%

    Both have Urban.

Manga for fans of Kaiji

LIAR GAME2005, Manga, 201 ch, 78% Tomodachi Game2013, Manga, 130 ch, 82% One Outs1998, Manga, 176 ch, 83% Death Note2003, Manga, 108 ch, 84% The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa!2003, Manga, 90 ch, 83% Alice in Borderland2010, Manga, 87 ch, 82% Gambling Emperor Legend Zero2007, Manga, 70 ch, 77% Gin to Kin1992, Manga, 108 ch, 78%

About Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor

2007, TV, 26 eps, 82%, MADHOUSE

Itou Kaiji is a bum who steals car emblems and slashes tires on what seems to be a regular basis. This routine changes one day when he is paid a visit by a man in a trench-coat. Once the two get talking, it seems that the visitor (Calling himself Endou) is a debt collector. The reason for his visit is an unpaid loan which Kaiji had previously co-signed for a work-mate (Furuhata Takeshi). The original loan was 300,000 yen and once Takeshi had disappeared, the loan then fell on Kaiji.

Kaiji is then told of a way to clear the interest compounded debt (which stood at 3,850,000 yen), which involved getting on a boat with others in his position. Once on the boat the debtors would then have to gamble with loaned money, which would end with a few winning, and others getting into deeper debt and having to work to pay off their debts. After some coercion Kaiji accepts a position on the boat, in order to clear his debt and make a bit of money as well...

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