Banana Fish

2018 24 episodes MAPPA / Amazon Prime Video Action Drama Thriller Romance Crime Prime Video

Ash Lynx is 17, beautiful, and one of the most dangerous people in New York — a gang leader who was raised as a crime boss's weapon and escaped into a different kind of survival. When Japanese photo journalist Eiji Okumura arrives to do a story on American street gangs, their connection is immediate, genuine, and almost certainly fatal. Together they investigate a conspiracy connected to the mysterious drug 'Banana Fish' that reaches into the US government. A 1980s manga updated to contemporary animation, Banana Fish is a crime thriller that uses its genre to tell a love story about two people who protect each other in a world designed to destroy both of them.

Where to Watch
TraumaFriendshipLoveFreedomJusticeConspiracySurvivalDevotion
Found FamilyProtective LoveCrime ConspiracyStar CrossedUnlikely FriendshipDanger RomanceTragedy
IntenseEmotionalDarkDevastatingBeautifulSuspenseful
Cast
Yuichi Nakamura as Ash Lynx (voice)Kenji Nojima as Eiji Okumura (voice)

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