 If you liked
Battle Royale
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 ...then you might like
Basilisk: Kouga Ninpouchou
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It surprised me when I learned that the novel Basilisk adapted, 'The Kouga Ninja Scrolls', came out in 1959--many decades before Battle Royale. The idea of forcing people to kill each other until there is only one/a few left is a simple one, but the way human nature is depicted with the violence, rape and whatnot that follows in this two is very striking. Survival series without morality bullshit is the way I would describe them.
Basilisk is a ninja warfare period piece. Battle Royale is set in a modern day, alternate history Japan and involves high school kids killing each other. But the insanity
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Both are about a group of people placed in a circumstance where they have to eliminate one another. Both titles also focus heavily on each individual characters and the development that occurs between each other. Both also contain similar art style and extreme violence and sex scenes (Battle royale being the more gruesome and sexually charged than the other)