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Spy anime fans can also enjoy some of the best anime villains who are able to create intricate plans to take down the hero with one move or even end entire worlds. Fans who are craving a good spy story can find anything from gothic and noir to visually stunning thrillers and action stories with powerful spies who might not always be the hero of the story.
8 Mireille and Kirika - Noir
Mireille and Kirika are the two female assassins of Noir. This slow but atmospheric anime series has a captivating story, and the two characters are crafted well. The world-building is phenomenal, with fitting music that makes the show more emotional and deep.
Krikika’s and Mireille’s pasts are a mystery even for the girls themselves. Krikika gets suspicious after one of her missions and decides to reach out to Mireille. The two eventually team up under the code name Noir to find the answers to all the mysteries that surround them.
7 Ange Le Carre - Princess Principal
Princess Principal is the best school anime with spies with a fast-paced and engaging story. It’s set in a fictional 20th-century version of Britain called Albion. It’s about five girls who are enrolled in Queen Mayfair school as undercover spies who are supposed to overthrow the Kingdom of Albion.
After Albion monopolized Cavorite, they were able to dominate the whole world thanks to their unique war airships. Princess Principal’s main protagonist is Ange, and she’s not only the most powerful spy in the series, but she’s also secretly the true princess of Albion.
6 Najica and Lila - Najica Blitz Tactics
Najica Blitz Tactics is one of the silliest spy anime series with plenty of fan service. While the show doesn’t shy away from sexy shots, it never gets too much and feels rather like a parody of serious spy stories. It also has great action scenes, fun missions, and good character development that shows more as the two main characters get to know each other.
The story’s protagonist is Najica, who is a perfumer and a skilled secret agent. Lila is her new Humaritt partner who joins her on these missions to give support and to learn everything there is to know about being a pro spy.
5 Mei - Release the Spyce
Release the Spyce is a fun anime series about a group of high school girls who are spies and have to protect the city of Sorasaki against evil crime groups. The girls gain their powers from spices, but they also have great deductive abilities and special skills.
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One of Release the Spyce’s most interesting characters is the always cheerful Mei. While she seems like a cute and harmless little girl, she’s actually one of the most powerful spies in the series who’s not only capable of easily kicking anyone’s ass but can even turn on her pretty scary and sadistic side when she’s forced to.
4 Mylene Hoffman - 009-1
The anime world has some pretty iconic anime androids, but there are some pretty great cyborgs too, and one of them is 009-1’s always cool and sexy secret agent Mylene Hoffman. Her body was enhanced by cybernetics, so she has greater endurance, enhanced strength, and her breasts can shoot actual bullets.
The story is set in a dark and dangerous world where the cold war never ended. Thanks to this over 140 years of continuous war the world got split into two factions, West and East. Mylene has to go on various assignments as a spy with three other agents to help the West end the war once and for all.
3 Hei - Darker Than Black
Darker Than Black is one of the most exciting gothic anime series set in a world where the United States was concurred by a secret organization called the Syndicate. The series has an interesting story, great mysteries, and fantastic characters who each give something special to the show’s storyline.
Darker Than Black’s story mainly revolves around Hei, who is the powerful Contractor of the Syndicate. He goes on assassination missions and commits espionage. Hei might always seem cold and tactical, but he cares about others, especially his family, and does everything in his power to protect them.
2 Yuuki - Joker Game
Joker Game is one of the best historical anime series with spies set in Japan in 1937. The story follows an espionage group called the D-Agency and its leader, Lieutenant Colonel Yuuki. D-Agency is training eight elite spies who are trying to protect Japan from domestic and foreign threats.
Lieutenant Colonel Yuuki is a talented spy himself, and while he’s a very serious person in his private life, he’s able to completely change his personality during missions. It’s a more serious and slower anime spy series, but it has great character development and exciting undercover missions.
1 Loid Forger - Spy X Family
Thanks to the series’ popularity there are more and more fans are looking for anime like Spy X Family. It’s no surprise since, thanks to the series’ unique take on the spy genre, it quickly became a favorite to many viewers. The story’s protagonist is Loid, who takes his job as an agent seriously, so much so that he gets married and even adopts a child as a part of his cover.
Spy X Family is a hilarious slice-of-life spy anime series with heartfelt moments as well as funny and interesting characters. While Loid is the main spy, the mom and daughter are not without their own secrets either.
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