What?! You are not interested in the romance genre? High five! Same here. For that, I’ve watched and made a great list for you guys too! Here are the 21 best anime with no romance or without a romantic story. Grab a pack of popcorn and start watching these.
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badass anime without romance
21. 91 Days
| Plot |
Character Writing |
Animation | Total |
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14/10 |
5/10 |
6/10 |
25/50 |
Here’s the first anime with no love story involved. The tragic story of a small boy Angelo Lagusa takes a big turn when his big brother and parents get mercilessly killed by a mafia group. In the town of Lawless, his life almost ends when he is left with nothing else but his identity.
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He decides to leave the identity and name to start his life as Avilio Bruno. Many years later, finally when he finds a chance to return to his birthplace, he encounters the son of his enemy, Nero. He uses his acquired talents and makes friends with him. Now the question is will he be able to do justice with his parents’ and brother’s brutal murder?
20. Assemble Insert
| Plot |
Character Writing |
Animation | Total |
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13/10 |
7/10 |
6/10 |
26/50 |
When your city is in danger, you have to go beyond your limits and passion. Like how a teacher can become a manager, or a singer can become your saviour. Tokyo City is under attack by a dangerous criminal group who is not letting anyone live under peace. They have a huge army and are terrifying the whole of Tokyo.
Local police are not working there and are also afraid of Demon Seed. Well, someone should at least be there to save the people. Instead of policemen, a thirteen–year–old singer with supernatural strength and abilities stood up to protect the city. Will he be able to fight against the whole army?
19. Akira
| Plot |
Character Writing |
Animation | Total |
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15/10 |
6/10 |
5/10 |
26/50 |
A perfect anime film for adventure and science fiction lovers; Aaaand there’s no romance in this anime. If you are interested only in action and adventure, you must watch it because it only has these, and no love story exists in the plot. Several years back, the psychic powers of a mad boy destroyed Tokyo City which resulted in World War 3. To prevent any more danger, the government takes him into custody.
The city restores and tries to continue a normal life till 2019. Many gangs are there fighting with the current government. Among them, there’s a gang of motorbike riders. One of their members gets in an accident and after it, starts to develop his own mysterious psychic characteristics. Hence, the government is now in need to capture Tetsuo to save the city.
18. Spriggan
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Character Writing |
Animation | Total |
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16/10 |
6/10 |
5/10 |
27/50 |
An anime full of adventure with a thrilling story without any romantic couple. A secret organization known as ARCAM found something very exciting in the mountains of Turkey. Guess what it could be? It was Noah’s Ark! Now the U.S. Machine Corps want to take over the arc to show their power to the world. It is known as a rogue organization of pentagon that is obsessed with showing their supremacy to the world.
No one can muster the courage to stop them except special ARCAM operatives. These are known as Spriggan. Two Spriggans, a Japanese man and a Frenchman, team up to fight against them. But it is not going to be easy because the head of the U.S Machine Corps is a genetically enhanced boy whose powers are deadly poisonous. They must do something to stop before he uses the Ark for his own evil purpose.
17. Perfect Blue
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Character Writing |
Animation | Total |
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17/10 |
5/10 |
5/10 |
27/50 |
How many times in your life sucked up at making some decisions? AND finally, when you reach some result, it devastatingly destroys you. Unfortunately, something happened to our little Mima Kirigoe. She was previously a member of a top J-pop group who had a huge fan base. CHAM!, a J-pop idol group did nothing but entertain their fans with their best effort until Mima decided to leave them and work in her acting career. But things weren’t going according to her plans.
One after one, bad things start to come in her life. Her role in the crime drama series became exhausting for her and her manager. A die-hard fan who couldn’t believe her leaving the CHAM! started to stalk her. He keeps a view on her every move through a website, and above all, CHAM! starts to perform better and grow well after her. These disturbing movements make her unable to differentiate between reality and fantasy.
16. Paranoia Agent
| Plot |
Character Writing |
Animation | Total |
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17/10 |
5/10 |
6/10 |
28/50 |
Musashino City is under attack of a terrorist who is brutally victimizing the citizens. Shounen Bat is attacking people with his golden bat. Travelling on his roller blade and beating people is not a hard task for him. But it is impossible for others to suspect or recognize him. He is uncatchable. Tsukiko Sagi is his first victim and now is suspected of arranging victims for him. The whole town’s life is in danger due to his continued and relentless assault.
How do they find him and stop him? All people can just terrifyingly think about it. Two detectives make a team to reveal his identity. While detectives Keiichi Ikari and Mitsuhiro Maniwa are trying to find any suspects related to him, he is not stopping his attacks. More and more people are becoming victims and all citizens are paranoid. Will these detectives save the town from misery?
15. Riding Bean
| Plot |
Character Writing |
Animation | Total |
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15/10 |
7/10 |
6/10 |
28/50 |
Ever tried to do a thing just for money and ended up creating more trouble for you? Just the difference is here, the problem is not small or easily solvable. Bean Bandit and Rally Vincet are running their small courier and transport company on their own custom sports car named Road Buster.
Doing easy tasks and getting hefty prices was always a good deal until someone framed them into a kidnapping scenario. They asked them to escort Chellesa, a kidnapped girl, to her house. But what if they turned out to be kidnappers? Or they are tricked into being kidnappers?
14. Roujin Z
| Plot |
Character Writing |
Animation | Total |
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13/10 |
8/10 |
7/10 |
28/50 |
Roujin Z is a mix of comedy, drama and science fiction. Ache A tries to invent a new gadget to take care of the old ones. An innovation that will give the young generation a break from taking care of old people. It looked like an innovative and exceptional plan and many people approved it too. But when the machine Z-001 got tested making an old man a subject, several questions arose on its working and ethics.
Haruko is the girl who first asks questions on the reliability of working of the machine. But unfortunately, everyone in the hospital is against her, objecting to the apparatus. It’s not just the hospital circumstances, but also the odds are against her, until she finds an interesting thing about the machine. However, what they don’t know, it uses a biochip and it has a mind of its own.
13. Joker Game
| Plot |
Character Writing |
Animation | Total |
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17/10 |
6/10 |
6/10 |
29/50 |
When war is here it is better to keep an eye on activities of rival countries. World War 2 is about to start and Japan has established an organization—D agency, its purpose is to have information about powerful countries. They spy on others, and teach their men to survive in the worst situation, as well as how to manipulate to get information of their favorite kind.
12. Sonic the Hedgehog
| Plot |
Character Writing |
Animation | Total |
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16/10 |
7/10 |
6/10 |
29/50 |
Who doesn’t know about this anime? Well, it is another must watch anime with only two episodes and no love story involved. An evil scientist called Dr. Eggman has kidnapped the president and his daughter and asks for a ransom. Well to save them from his arms, Sonic must travel to Eggmanland. He has the task to stop Black Eggman and deactivate the city’s generator. Inside, he knows it is for nothing better. Dr. Blackman is trying to activate hyper metal sonic. Hyper metal sonic is a robotic counterpart of sonic who has been preparing to destroy sonic.
11. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
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Character Writing |
Animation | Total |
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17/10 |
7/10 |
7/10 |
31/50 |
Fullmetal Alchemist is a must watch anime for all, whether you are an anime lover or not. Edward carried out an experiment with his brother. They intended to resurrect their dead mother. But unfortunately, it turned out to be very unsuccessful. His brother, Alphonse, lost his body and Edward lost his two limbs while trying to save Alphonse. With his special skills, he saved Alphonse’s soul by turning it into an armor suit.
A year later, when he was called alchemist of the country, he started to look for a special stone. The stone that will free them from any boundaries. The basic law of Alchemy is “equal exchange”, which means in order to gain something, something of equal value must be lost. The stone will give the power to escape from this condition but what will happen if both brothers get stuck by darker hindrances?
10. Haikyuu!!
| Plot |
Character Writing |
Animation | Total |
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16/10 |
8/10 |
7/10 |
31/50 |
Have you ever tried to ditch a gathering because of a specific person, decided to go to another and suddenly you’re like “Woah” because the same person showed up there? Well, it sucks, but what sucks more is what happened with Shoyo Hinata. His story starts when he revives the volleyball team in his school after getting inspired by a match. But the team played its only first and last match when they badly lost to Tobio Kageyama who is called as king of the court.
That’s when Shoyo decides to defeat Tobio at any cost. After middle school, he joined Karasuno High School’s volleyball team. Guess what his reaction will be when he finds out his enemy is his teammate. Plus, because of his short height, Shoyo needs to work hard to be recognized in his team. Despite all the hatred they have for each other, Tobio and Shoyo need to work together as a team.
9. Cowboy Bebop
| Plot |
Character Writing |
Animation | Total |
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16/10 |
9/10 |
7/10 |
32/50 |
The story of the Cowboy Bebop revolves about life in 2071. When earth became inhabitable, and humans lived on any other place except earth. There is a police force, the Inter Solar system police that tries to keep peace in the galaxy. The gang of two bounty hunter boys referred as “Cowboys” help them in this. Spike Spiegel and Jet black, two people with totally opposite personalities live like homies and make their living by claiming bounties and getting huge amounts or rewards for this.
But the story isn’t about them only, it becomes super interesting when they meet new members along their way to their missions. The sorrows and laughter that they share together will give you overwhelming feelings. Cowboy Bebop is a must watch if you are into the comedy and sci-fi genre.
8. Goblin Slayer
| Plot |
Character Writing |
Animation | Total |
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17/10 |
7/10 |
8/10 |
32/50 |
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the title? The one who slays goblins? Well yes, you hit it right. Goblins should be slayed. They are lowly monsters who do nothing but reproduce. Goblins kidnap women from villages and use them to reproduce.
The story becomes super interesting when a fifteen-year-old joins a band of rookies that investigate Goblins. But to their dismay they get terribly defeated by them and it’s the time when the Priestess accepts her defeat. But wait, it doesn’t end here. Her savior—Goblin Slayer appears out of nowhere. His goal is to eradicate every goblin from the surface of their world, and he lets her accompany him on his mission.
7. One Punch Man
| Plot |
Character Writing |
Animation | Total |
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16/10 |
8/10 |
9/10 |
33/50 |
Well here comes the weirdly interesting story about the weird hobby of a weird man. It is Saitama who has a hobby of becoming a hero and he works like hell for it. The funny thing is, he loses all his hair in the process of being a hero. But his three years of training were worth it. Now he is able to destroy anyone with just one punch.
Eventually, he became bored because no one could fight fairly with him, he always wins with just one punch. But when a cyborg named Genos witnessed his power, he wanted to be his apprentice. He advises that two of them become a part of “Hero Association” and get positively famous by their powers. Now, Saitama has a mission, to find someone worthy of fighting. He joins the journey that will give him the thrill he felt before.
6. Death Note
| Plot |
Character Writing |
Animation | Total |
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18/10 |
8/10 |
7/10 |
33/50 |
Death Note is an anime of mystery genre. The story starts when a Shikigami tries to do something interesting in the world. He leaves the Death Note. It is a notebook with an easy procedure. Just write the name of the person and Boom!!! He is dead. A 15-year-old student, Light Yagami, found this book and believed in its authenticity after his first experiment. Now, he has a goal to eradicate all the bad people from the face of the earth with the help of this notebook. Watch the anime to witness one of the best suspense thriller anime.
5. Overlord
| Plot |
Character Writing |
Animation | Total |
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18/10 |
8/10 |
8/10 |
34/50 |
How will you feel if you get stuck in the game you play? Not sure? Watch Overlord to see how he dealt with it. The final hour of a virtual reality game arrived when the servers of the game began to shut down, and a young enthusiastic player, Momonga, got stuck in the game for the rest of his life. Accepting his fate in the new world, he starts building his own empire in it. He orders his loyal servants to help him and try to find other people that are stuck in this game just like him.
4. Psycho Pass
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Character Writing |
Animation | Total |
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18/10 |
8/10 |
9/10 |
35/50 |
Japan’s justice system progressed a lot especially when they started to use gadgets to determine the threat level of an individual. Their Sibyl System uses an objective means to find out whether a person intends to do harm or not. The Justice system predicts the Psycho-Pass of a person and orders a lethal punishment if they show any signs of danger.
All was going well until Akane Tsunemori finds out the Sibyl System’s judgements are not as reliable as they think. She started questioning the justice system. She’s on a mission to find justice but how will she do it if the system isn’t reliable?
3. Black Lagoon
| Plot |
Character Writing |
Animation | Total |
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19/10 |
8/10 |
8/10 |
35/50 |
Roanapur is a city in Thailand which is infamous for its activities. A corrupt city where nothing is safe, not even a holy place. Local Crime Syndicates perform activities there. On the other hand, Rokurou Okajima is a boring but rich businessman living his monotonous life. But his life takes an unexpected turn when he goes to Roanapur for his business trip.
His business trip fails when a group captures him and tries to use him for their own purposes. Disheartened by the betrayal of his employers, he decides to join a Mercenary Group. Now, he has to keep his ethics and morals intact while he slowly transforms from a businessman to a mercenary.
2. Hunter x Hunter
| Plot |
Character Writing |
Animation | Total |
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19/10 |
9/10 |
8/10 |
36/50 |
Hunter x Hunter describes itself well from the name. It is a world where hunters perform all the thrilling and dangerous tasks. We have our little 10 years old Gon Freecss who has a goal, and that is to become the best hunter. He wants to reconcile with his father who was a hunter too but left him. In his journey, he makes friends and signs up for the most difficult exam which has a very low success rate in order to get his Hunter License.
1. Bungou Stray Dogs
| Plot |
Character Writing |
Animation | Total |
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20/10 |
9/10 |
8/10 |
37/50 |
Another anime based on supernatural abilities of the characters and has no romance involved. The story is of Atsushi Nakajima. He lives in an orphanage. Based on the many strange events that occurred in the orphanage he was expelled out of it. Sitting on the river bank, he saves a man from drowning and that’s when he realises the tiger is him.
He has the supernatural ability to transform himself into white tiger. And the drowning man is not ordinary. He is Dazai, another man with supernatural abilities. Atsushi teams up with Dazai and other supernatural power holders. They are on a mission to solve mysteries no ordinary force can.
Which Anime Without Romance Is your Favorite?
I just briefly described to you some of the anime I really loved. Who wouldn’t want to watch such an amazing story with science fiction, humor, adventure, fantasy, action and drama? And the plus point is that it has no love story involved. Watch these anime and give your review about my suggestion!
