Aa! Megami-sama (Oh My Goddess!) |
TV/OVA/Movie |
Be careful what you wish for! Keiichi was granted one wish by a Norse goddess, Belldandy, but called her "bluff" by wishing for a girlfriend exactly like her. The wish was granted, of course, but with some humorous and dramatic side effects.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains brief nudity in one episode
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All Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku |
OVA (6 eps) |
Take a homeless cat rescued from the streets by a young boy, and a father's military robot prototype; when the cat dies in a car accident, mix well to create a loving-but-naive robot companion with a taste for fish.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence
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Azumanga Daioh |
TV |
Girls' school comedy with quite a twist. Runs the gamut from ultra-cute to poignant to freakishly strange, but always hilarious.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains material appropriate for all ages
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Blood: The Last Vampire |
Movie |
Saya, a young sword-wielding vampire slayer, goes undercover in a US military-base high school in Japan; great visuals and action in this all-digital effort, but with a short run-time (48 minutes).
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains graphic violence, language
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Blue Submarine No.6 |
OVA (4 eps) |
Earth is at the mercy of a mad scientist that has sped evolution of the sea's creatures to allow them to attempt to take over the world; a sort of mix of Jules Verne ("20,000 Leagues Under the Sea") with HG Wells ("Island of Dr. Moreau").
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains wartime violence, brief nudity
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Bubblegum Crisis |
TV/OVA |
The "Knight Sabers", a group of vigilante women in robotic armour, fight to save Tokyo from a horde of rogue robots in both classic OVA series (and a sequel OVA series, "Bubblegum Crash") and a new TV rendition.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence, language, brief nudity
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City Hunter |
Multiple TV/OVA/Movie(s) |
Ryu Saeba, a man for hire that will do any job for a pretty woman, regardless of how much trouble this earns from his female partner and her 10-ton mallet. Together thay are the legendary City Hunter.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence, brief nudity
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Cyborg 009 |
Multiple TV(s) |
A classic but unfinished TV series gets a recent remake and completion from the original creator's son -- a young man named Joe wakes up to find his body augmented into a cyborg, with the previous cyborgs running a revolution for freedom against the military that created them.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence, available in 7+ and Uncut/Unrated versions
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Cyber City Oedo 808 |
OVA (3 eps) |
Three orbital-prison inmates are hired by the police to work off their own sentences by capturing new criminals. A superior video series that just didn't get the budget to go further.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence, language
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Dirty Pair |
Multiple TV/OVA/Movie(s) |
Kei and Yuri, two scantily-clad secret agents, work on nabbing various criminals; but they usually leave a lot of destruction behind them. The original "babes with big bazookas" (and I do mean bazookas).
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence, brief nudity
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Dragon Ball |
Multiple TV/Movie(s) |
Counting all incarnations (DB, DBZ, and DBGT), a 400+ episode slugfest of superheroes and supervillains battling it out for galactic supremacy.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence
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eX-Driver |
OVA (5 eps) |
In a future where cars are automated, only the best drivers earn the right to drive on their own. These drivers are also hired to track down and stop the occasional runaway AI cars racing the streets; they are known as 'eX-Drivers'. Now, if only they could get along with each other.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains mild violence
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Final Fantasy |
Multiple OVA/Movie/Game(s) |
A long line of fantasy and science-fiction video games (ranging from the original Famicom/NES through the PlayStation2), and a recent theatrical movie, make for a continuing favorite. Aerith lives!
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence
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Furi Kuri |
TV (6 eps) |
Gainax twists the robot anime yet again. This time, a young boy finds strange things like robots and cat ears growing out of his head after being hit with an alien's electric bass, causing a spacial distortion where his brain used to be. Music by the Pillows.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence, sexual innuendo
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Galaxy Express 999 |
Multiple TV/Movie(s) |
Young Tetsuro finds adventure and mystery aboard the intergalactic train 999 with the help of a beatiful companion, Maetel, that looks suspiciously like his mother.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence
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GunBuster |
OVA (6) |
A young team of robot pilots train and eventually battle in deep space; the series also explores the time effects of relativity as those left behind age quickly during the travels.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence, brief nudity
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Hikaru no Go |
TV |
A high-school boy summons an ancient Go master from his grandfather's board and rises in rank and skill in the school club tournaments.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains material appropriate for all ages
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Irresponsible Captain Tylor |
TV/OVA |
Most military officers believe skill, military discipline, and strength are needed to win a war; they haven't met Captain Tylor.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains wartime violence
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Kare Kano (His and Her Circumstances) |
TV |
Yukino and Arima share something special in high school; neither lives as they've worked so hard to appear: Yukino the perfect student with perfect vision who pulls all-night study sessions with glasses, and Arima the perfect student with a troubled family and past. A romance with that Gainax twist.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains (unknown)
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Kiki's Delivery Service |
Movie |
As a young witch, Kiki must find a town of her own to practice her skill; but she's only learned one -- flying on a broom -- and what can she do if she loses that?
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains material appropriate for all ages
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Kimagure Orange Road |
Multiple TV/OVA/Movie(s) |
The ultimate romantic love triangle; two beatiful girls in love (one blatanly, one secretly) with one boy who can't decide which girl he loves, even with his latent psychic powers.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains brief nudity
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Laputa: Castle in the Sky |
Movie |
Classic sweeping adventure about a young princess and a mine-working lad searching for a legendary flying castle; of course, they're not the only ones looking for it. Only available as an import currently (no announced domestic release).
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence
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Lupin the 3rd |
Multiple TV/OVA/Movie(s) |
Lupin III, a master thief (with a James Bond style) spans a long series of videos, movies, and TV appearances (again, just like Bond); based on French novels, trademark problems surrounding the name may make them listed as "Rupin" or simply "The Wolf".
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence
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Maison Ikkoku |
TV/Movie |
Yusaku can't seem to pass those college entrance exams, and is ready to pack it up and leave Tokyo; that is until he meets his new apartment manager and falls in love immediately. Unfortunately for them both, the rest of the apartment tennants love to make their lives hell.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains romantic hijinks
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Martian Successor Nadesico |
TV/Movie |
A sci-fi drama, a romatic comedy, a spoof of anime fandom, and a giant-robot show, all in one.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains wartime violence
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Mobile Suit Gundam |
Multiple TV/OVA/Movie(s) |
The giant-robots-in-battle series that never ends; 1979-2003 and counting.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains wartime violence, brief nudity
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Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind |
Movie |
A young princess must balance her love of life against an encroaching poisonous forest and the humans who want to destroy it. Forget the now-expired and disowned edit of years ago and stick to the unedited version; import-only at the moment.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence
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Noir |
TV |
Two female assassins team up to find the secrets of their pasts; heavy similaries to a mix between Luc Besson's La Femme Nikita and Leon, the Professional.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence
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Patlabor Mobile Police |
Multiple TV/OVA/Movie(s) |
Noah Izumi and her police cohorts save Tokyo from giant rogue robots with a set of their own giant robots in a realistic cops-and-robots series.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains mild violence
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Project A-Ko |
Multiple OVA/Movie(s) |
One of the most famous high-school heroines in anime, in an action-packed spoof of nearly all genres. Eiko (A-ko) vs. Biiko (B-ko) for the freindship of Shiiko (C-ko).
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence, brief nudity
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Rurouni Kenshin (Samurai X) |
Multiple TV/OVA/Movie(s) |
A wandering ex-assassin, Kenshin Himura, vows never to kill again, but others just won't let the past fade so easily. TV is rated 13+; OVAs and Movie earn 17+ ratings by showing the assassin years.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains (TV) violence, (OVA/Movie) graphic violence
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Sakon the Ventriloquist |
TV (26) |
A shy man, Sakon, and his ventriloquist's doll, Ukon, work together to solve crimes in this animated thriller. Import-only currently.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence
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Shaman King |
TV |
Shamans connect this world to the next; only a few can see the spirit world. Rivals battle it out to become Shaman King.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence
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Sol Bianca |
Multiple OVA(s) |
Female space pirates chase after artifacts from an evacuated Earth in a legendary ship; a classic OVA and a fully-digital retelling (The Legacy) are available.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence, brief nudity in original series
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Space Battleship Yamato (Star Blazers) |
Multiple TV/Movie(s) |
The space-readied body of the famous WWII battleship and her young crew are Earth's last hope for survival; enemies become allies, and vice versa, in adventures across the universe.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains wartime violence
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Space Pirate Captain Harlock |
Multiple TV/OVA/Movie(s) |
Exuding "style" and "coolness" in a pirate cape, sailing the "Sea of Stars" under his own flag, Harlock and his ship, the Arcadia, fight against oppression of all sorts.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains wartime violence
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Super Dimension Fortress Macross |
Multiple TV/OVA/Movie(s) |
The people of Earth fight against an invading alien race with the aid of technology from an alien fortress, Macross, that crashed on Earth years ago.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains wartime violence, brief nudity
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Tenshi no Tamago (Angel's Egg) |
Movie |
A young girl protecting a mysterious egg meets and befriends a boy bearing a cross, but is he really a friend? A surreal movie with only about 5 minutes of dialogue.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains material suitable for all ages, if a bit cerebral.
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Trigun |
TV (26 eps) |
Vash "The Stampede" has been credited with the destruction of many towns, but when a pair of insurance investigators follow him, the various bounty hunters fit his description more than he does.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence
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Urusei Yatsura (Those Obnoxius Aliens) |
Multiple TV/OVA/Movie(s) |
Classic episodic comedy series about an unlucky womanizing high-schooler, his human girlfriend, his bikini-clad alien fiancé, and much jealousy and hijinks.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains mild violence, brief nudity
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Vampire Hunter D |
OVA/Movie |
In the distant future, bounty hunters track down vampires and demons with a mix of old-school and sci-fi weapons; "D" has ties to both sides. The 2001 "Bloodlust" movie is recommended over the original 1985 OVA that simplified the character designs.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains graphic violence, brief nudity
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Vampire Princess Miyu |
TV/OVA |
Miyu, a mysterious young vampire, her silent partner, and a human exorcist battle the forces of the demon world.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence
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Voices of a Distant Star |
Movie |
A short (30 minutes), sad, digital theatrical anime about a pair of high-school friends separated by space and time when one goes off to war in space--where each "voice mail" takes years to travel.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence
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You're Under Arrest |
Multiple TV/OVA/Movie(s) |
Two young traffic officers deal with lawbreakers and office tension in this action (but nearly non-violent) series of cute girls, bumbling men, and the vehicles they all can't do without.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains mild violence
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