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One Outs

2008, TV, 25 eps, 81%, MADHOUSE

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

The story begins when Hiromichi Kojima, the star batter of the fictional Lycaons in Japan's Pacific League, heads to the southern Japanese island of Okinawa to train and bring himself out of a slump. There, he meets Toua Tokuchi, a 134-kmph (83 miles per hour) pitcher and the…

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    2016, TV, 13 eps, 84%

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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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