Films like Lupin the 3rd: Goemon's Blood Spray.

Lupin the 3rd: Goemon's Blood Spray (2017) reads as Neutral, breathless, extreme animation / action, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu (2016) poster
1. Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

The Man with the Iron Fists (2012) poster
2. The Man with the Iron Fists2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Redline (2009) (2009) poster
3. Redline2009

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

Bunraku (2010) poster
4. Bunraku2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ready Player One (2018) poster
5. Ready Player One2018

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple (2018) poster
6. Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

As the Gods Will (2014) poster
7. As the Gods Will2014

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

City Under Siege (2010) poster
8. City Under Siege2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

Inuyashiki (2018) poster
9. Inuyashiki2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

The Warrior's Way (2010) poster
10. The Warrior's Way2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

Turbo Kid (2015) poster
11. Turbo Kid2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a running vein of humour.

Tag (2015) poster
12. Tag2015

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Lupin the 3rd: Goemon's Blood Spray’s neighbours — where are yours?

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