Anime Like Taiman Blues: Shimizu Naoto-hen(2026)

15 anime like Taiman Blues: Shimizu Naoto-hen, ranked by the community. These aren't random picks — they're the shows people watch next when they want more delinquents.

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Great Teacher Onizuka

Great Teacher Onizuka

8.68TV43 eps1999Studio Pierrot

Twenty-two-year-old Eikichi Onizuka—ex-biker gang leader, conqueror of Shonan, and virgin—has a dream: to become the greatest high school teacher in all of Japan. This isn't because of a passion for teaching, but because he wants a loving teenage wife when he's old and gray....

ComedyDelinquentsSchoolWorkplace
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Kyou kara Ore wa!!

Kyou kara Ore wa!!

8.08OVA10 epsStudio Pierrot

Two transfer students, Mitsuhashi Takashi and Itou Shinji, tired of their boring normal life and unpopularity decide to take their arrival at a new school as an opportunity to reinvent their image, and become delinquents! Itou's justice clashing with Mitsuhashi's mischievous...

ActionComedyDelinquentsSchool
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Cromartie High School

Cromartie High School

7.89TV26 eps2003Production I.G

Takashi Kamiyama is your typical mild-mannered high school student—polite, aloof, and pacifistic, with a slightly above-average IQ. But would your average high school student really enroll himself at the infamous Cromartie High School, known as a breeding ground for the toughest...

ComedyDelinquentsGag HumorParody
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Beelzebub

Beelzebub

7.84TV60 eps2011Pierrot Plus

Ishiyama High is a school populated entirely by delinquents, where nonstop violence and lawlessness are the norm. However, there is one universally acknowledged rule—don't cross first year student Tatsumi Oga, Ishiyama's most vicious fighter. One day, Oga is by a riverbed when...

ActionComedySupernaturalChildcare
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Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku Arc

Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku Arc

7.81TV13 eps2023LIDENFILMS

After succeeding in their winter conflict against Taiju Shiba and his Black Dragons, the Tokyo Manji Gang absorbs their group's remaining members. Due to his heroic courage and indomitable spirit, Takemichi Hanagaki should have accomplished his goal of defeating the tragic fate...

ActionDramaDelinquentsTime Travel
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Bomber Bikers of Shonan

Bomber Bikers of Shonan

7.73OVA12 epsToei Animation

In Japan, the country that inspired the slogan "Born to be Mild," the blood of young men still runs hot. In the old days they'd go off into the country and hack each other up with swords, but these days, what with school, that isn't very practical. So some of them do something...

ActionComedyDelinquentsShounen
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Charge!! Men's Private School

Charge!! Men's Private School

7.45TV34 eps1988Toei Animation

Otokojuku: a private school for juvenile delinquents that were previously expelled from normal schools. At this school, Japanese chivalry is taught through feudal and military fundamentals. Similar to an action film, the classes are overwhelmed by violence. Only those who...

ActionComedyDelinquentsMartial Arts
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Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daishou

Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daishou

6.86TV156 eps1969Tokyo TV Douga

TV anime adaptation of Motomiya Hiroshi's manga "Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daishou" about young gang leader and all the trouble and fights his gang gets into, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump. (Source: AniDB)

ActionDramaDelinquentsShounen
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Hareluya II Boy

Hareluya II Boy

6.85TV25 eps1997Triangle Staff

Hareluya Hibino has one ambition in life: to conquer the entire world! Despite his tough exterior, he's not a bad person, and when push comes to shove, he'll do his best to help those in need. Together with aspiring painter Kiyoshiro, Hareluya will take on whatever curveballs...

ActionComedyFantasyDelinquents
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Crows

Crows

6.82OVA2 epsKnack Productions

Bouya Harumichi is a new transfer student to Suzuran all-boys high school, a place where only the worst delinquents assemble. Due to its large amount of delinquents who are hated by the general people for their inauspiciousness, similarly to crows, it is also known as "Crows...

ActionDelinquentsSchoolShounen
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Rokudenashi Blues 1993

Rokudenashi Blues 1993

6.55Movie1 epsToei Animation

Sequel to the Rokudenashi Blues movie.

ComedyDramaSportsCombat Sports
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Great Teacher Onizuka Recaps

Great Teacher Onizuka Recaps

6.52TV Special2 epsStudio Pierrot

Recaps of the Great Teacher Onizuka aired on Fuji TV.

ComedyDelinquentsSchoolWorkplace
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Rokudo's Bad Girls

Rokudo's Bad Girls

6.41TV12 eps2023Satelight

Tousuke Rokudou is a first-year attending Aomori High, a school full of delinquents. He is often bullied by his classmates due to his incompatibility with their behavior, the only exceptions being his two good friends who are also social outcasts. Frustrated at the way they are...

ComedyRomanceDelinquentsHarem
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Taiman Blues: Ladies-hen - Mayumi

Taiman Blues: Ladies-hen - Mayumi

6.30OVA2 eps

Mayumi runs away from home from to escape her predatory stepfather only to be abducted by members of a delinquent motorcycle gang. She's taken under the wing by Noriko, who invites her to move into her apartment, finds her a job in a service station and introduces her to the...

DelinquentsShounen
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Yokohama Meibutsu: Otoko Katayama-gumi!

Yokohama Meibutsu: Otoko Katayama-gumi!

6.22OVA2 epsJ.C.Staff

The city of Yokohama has become a lawless district for biker gangs. One particular gang, the "Crazy Babies", have a 17 year old leader called Hiromi Katayama that is famous throughout the entire Kanagawa alliance as being a strong fighter with a devout sense of morality....

ActionDelinquentsSchoolShounen

Frequently Asked Questions

What anime is similar to Taiman Blues: Shimizu Naoto-hen?

Fans who liked Taiman Blues: Shimizu Naoto-hen tend to recommend Great Teacher Onizuka, Kyou kara Ore wa!!, Cromartie High School the most. If you're into Delinquents and Shounen, any of these are a solid pick.

Is Taiman Blues: Shimizu Naoto-hen worth watching?

Taiman Blues: Shimizu Naoto-hen has a 6.44 on MAL from 1,147 ratings. Scores are mixed, but plenty of fans swear by it. Worth trying if the premise sounds interesting.

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