1999/Action Drama/Historical Titles

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Action Drama: (Genre) Much like "Action" (lots of shooting, explosions, and the like) except it has "Drama" thrown in as well.

Historical: (Setting) Self-explanatory. This should be a title rooted in historical events.

Title Rating Synopsis
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Big O Rent See Bigguou

Bigguou
Rent Japan does it's version of Batman: The Animated Series with Roger Smith playing the part of Bruce Wayne. Roger lives in a domed city known as Paradigm City. Apparently some 40 years ago, something happened which caused everyone to lose their memories. Sometimes people begin to remember and problems are caused because of this.
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Kaitouranma: The Animation Watch See Samurai: Hunt for the Sword

Koutetsu Tenshi Kurumi
Rent The young Nagato Nakahito succeeds in sneaking past a military barricade and into a house where he finds and awakens a metal doll named Kurumi. Nagato meets and with Kurumi's help manages to rescue Kurumi's creator, Dr Ayaro Kouchi, from capture, but only after Kurumi has to destroy one of the military's monstrous war-robots. And now with the military in hot pursuit, Nagato has to figure out who this beautiful Kurumi is, and why does she insist on calling him her master?
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Rurouni Kenshin OVA 1 Buy See Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuiokuhen

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuiokuhen
Buy This is the story of a man stained with blood and of the woman who could save him from himself. The dark and tragic prequel to Rurouni Kenshin, which tells the tale of the Hitokiri Battousai, before he became the cheerful wanderer of the series. The love of one woman redeemed him, but at a terrible price...
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Sakura Taisen: Gouka Kenran
Buy The second Sakura Taisen OVA is a series of character studies.
Sakura Wars OVA II Buy See Sakura Taisen: Gouka Kenran
Sakura Wars: The Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms Buy See Sakura Taisen: Gouka Kenran
Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal Buy See Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuiokuhen

Samurai: Hunt for the Sword
Watch Shinjuro may be a little young to be the master of a swordsmanship school, but fate didn't give him a choice. Now his position and martial arts skill land him right in the middle of serious trouble when the rogue samurai Mikage faces off against the Tokugawa government. Caught in the middle, Shinjuro and the small group of women who stay at his school must protect the town from harm. However the group won't really be challenged until the Tokugawa house calls in a favor, and the young swordsman is forced to duel Mikage himself!
Steel Angel Kurumi Rent See Koutetsu Tenshi Kurumi
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The Big O Rent See Bigguou
るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚- 追憶編 Buy See Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuiokuhen
快刀乱麻 THE ANIMATION Watch See Samurai: Hunt for the Sword
Genre
Action(2) Action Comedy(1) Drama(2) Mystery(1)
Romance(2) Tragedy(1)
Setting
Sci-Fi(1)
Demographic
Style
Acquired Taste(1) Kawaii(1)
Keywords
Artificial Girls(1) Fan Service(1) Mecha(3) Samurai(2)
Soul Mates(1) Swordplay(1) Violent(1)
Type
OVA(3) TV(2)
Release Year
2003(1) 2002(1) 2000(2)

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