Perfectly executed heists tend to have a significant effect on viewers. These anime feature well-crafted heist stories for fans of the genre.
Highlights
- Anime series that portray heists offer an interesting blend of action, strategic planning, and comedic moments that fans love.
- Shows like Lupin III and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners immerse viewers in a world of masterful plans, clever tactics, and intriguing characters.
- Heist anime such as Magic Kaito 1412 and Baccano! surprise with unexpected twists, betrayals, and grand schemes that add unpredictability to the story.
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With the emergence of shows such as Cyberpunk: Edge Runners and Great Pretenders, anime series that portray heists have become more popular. These anime series contain a blend of action, intense strategic planning, and, at times, comedic moments that fans love.
While anime series that portray heists may not be as widespread as the isekai or romance genre, they serve as an interesting watch. From the archaic heist anime Lupin III to the award-winning Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, which mixes cyberpunks, politics, and heists, these anime series portray a world that immerses fans. As masterful plans and clever tactics take center stage, the characters showcase an intriguing blend of intelligence and action.
7 Jing: King of Bandits
The Bandit King Jing is well known for his many incredible heists. As a legendary thief, Jing’s name has been spread worldwide; however, few know what he really looks like. Due to his young look and age, many underestimate the young boy when they see him. However, Jing’s thieving skills remain unparalleled. He takes on heists on a whim and manages to turn around unexpected events with his ability to think on his feet.
With Kir the albatross, his best friend, Jing plans heists to steal whatever catches his eye. Jing’s many heists take place in a plethora of places. From a desert with living lava to a maximum-security prison, few things can stop Jing, the King of Bandits.
6 Magic Kaito 1412
In Magic Kaito 1412, smart and arrogant 17-year-old Kaito Kuroba discovers the true cause of his father’s death eight years after the man passed away. Initially unknown to Kaito, his father was the legendary Phantom Thief Kaito Kid. He was an internationally known thief who achieved worldwide fame for his many heists. Rather than through an accident, as he was told, Kaito’s father was murdered by a crime organization.
The organization was in search of Pandora, a gem that was said to shed a tear every 10,000 years. The tear was said to grant immortality if consumed. To have revenge and keep the organization away from the gem, Kaito led many heists, his target being large, shiny gems that might be Pandora.
5 Baccano!
Heist anime often rely on well-choreographed action scenes, and Baccano! is no exception. The series starts off in the 1930s and portrays how characters are set off into a frenzy after an immortal elixir is made. Alchemists war over the elixir, while mafias orchestrate wars.
Although the events seem unrelated after the thieves, Isaac Dian and Miria Harvent, participate in the passing around of the elixir, the seemingly unrelated events connect into a grand scheme, with the various participants having different goals. With twists, betrayals, and unexpected alliances, unpredictability is added as heists take place in a manner no one can foresee.
4 Black Lagoon
The Black Lagoon anime series centers on the Lagoon Company, a team of pirate mercenaries that smuggle goods around the seas of Southeast Asia. The newest addition to the pirate mercenary group is Rock, an ex-salaryman who was abducted by the crew and abandoned by his company. Frustrated, Rock joins the crew to be their ‘professional’ face.
The members of the Lagoon Company are involved in heist after heist. Their primary base of operations is in the harbor city of Roanapur. There, they get involved with crime syndicates, the Russian Bratva, thieves, assassins, and many other dangerous individuals. As a series that portrays one heist after another, the plot and action scenes make the heists all the more fun to watch.
3 Great Pretender
The Great Pretender anime series portrays the life of Japan’s self-proclaimed best con man, Edamura Makoto. At first, Edamura starts being a con man to pay his bills and survive. However, after trying and failing to con the much higher con man, Laurent Thierry, Edamura joins Laurent’s crew, and more advanced cons and heists begin.
As Laurent and Edamura join hands, they take part in heist after heist. However, Laurent makes it a rule to only target the rich and corrupt, whose presence has a negative impact on society. Moreover, a part of the money he gets from his heist is donated to the needy. With comedy and crime packed together in the Great Pretender anime series, the series portrays heist after heist that even Edamura finds unbelievable.
2 Lupin III
The grandson of the infamous Arsène Lupin, Arsène Lupin III, is making a name for himself in the criminal world. Infamously known for his world-class heists, Lupin sends calling cards to the owners of the valuable objects he wants to steal. Joined by his right-hand man and best friend, Daisuke Jigen, Lupin organizes various heists worldwide as he seeks to conquer valuable parts of the world.
Lupin’s masterful heists attract the attention of the persistent Inspector Zenigata, who chases Lupin all around the world as he makes it his life mission to capture the infamous thief. Portraying tales of mystery, comedy, and adventure, Lupin III has made a name for itself with its incredible heists.
1 Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
The award-winning anime of 2023 Cyberpunk: Edgerunners portrays heist after heist. Interweaving the various heists to form a deeper plot is what sets the series apart from other heist shows.
The series portrays David Martinez, a young man who, after losing his mother, becomes a cyberpunk edge runner, a high-tech black market mercenary who makes a living by accepting shady jobs. The series takes place in Night City, a metropolis that suffers from corruption, gang wars, and cybernetic crime. With the addition of cybernetically enhanced humans and abilities, heists take on a whole other level than being simply well-planned robberies.
Fuente: successacademy.edu.vn
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