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Cannon Busters blends cowboy themes with sci-fi elements, creating a familiar yet refreshing story. Gun X Sword puts a mecha twist on classic Western films, blending genres for a unique experience. Desert Punk offers a lighthearted take on a post-apocalyptic Wild West, combining action with comedy.

As the anime medium is both created by and typically for Japanese audiences, it stands to reason that most titles will have few if any overlaps with Western or cowboy movies, which have their own common sets of tropes and themes. Nonetheless, given the medium's wide range of influences and inherent diversity, people might be wondering what the best anime for fans of Western movies are.

While no anime title may ever replicate the atmosphere of a classic Western movie entirely, there are quite a few series out there that evoke similar feelings, whether due to their Old West setting or gunslinging action. Yet,...

In recent years, there have been a number of amazing anime reboots and continuations. Among these is Trigun Stampede, one of the most recent series to receive a fresh coat of paint. This hot new reboot brings a refreshingly modern spin to an old classic while still retaining much of what made the original Trigun series so beloved, and fans can't seem to get enough.

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Now that the series' first season is over, many are on the lookout for the next great series to dive into. Luckily for die-hard Trigun fans, there are plenty of titles out there with a similar aesthetic, theme, and storyline that can keep them entertained while they patiently wait for Stampede's next installment.

Outlaw Star

Outlaw Star is one of the many gunslinging, action-packed series of the '90s and one of the many space Westerns to...

Anime as a sub-genre of nearly every other genre is pretty crazy in and of itself. The fact that there exists an anime somewhere covering just about every genre and subject that you can imagine is the product of a culture perhaps far more understanding and open to experimentation.

In the west we have very specific subjects for our animated films and very specific celebrity voices included in the attempt to include everyone and not offend anyone. In Japan….not so much.

The Anime market has changed a lot since the boom of the early 90s when Manga video was releasing all manner of craziness on to video and ramping up the language and the violence to generate love and word of mouth with teenage boys everywhere. At some point around 1997 however the well ran dry and all the back catalogue of crazy Japanese films from the late 80s and...