2004/Action Drama/Violent/Spiritual 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.

Violent: (Objectionable Content) Titles that include as an important part of their content excessive displays of cruelty, blood and gore. Any of the classical 'slasher' films would qualify for this keyword. The series Black Lagoon would be a good example; as many of its chapters involve killer lolis, chainsaw mercenaries and flying body parts.

Spiritual: (Story/Location) Spirituality, in a narrow sense, concerns itself with matters of the spirit, a concept closely tied to religious belief and faith, a transcendent reality, or one or more deities. The ↗Shinto religion was once the state religion of Japan and still holds a deep and special meaning within the Japanese culture. Traditionally considered to be an animism or shamanist religion, it places great value on nature worship and is a common theme of anime. Many series have characters possessing special powers or insights which are attributed to their being a Miko Shrine Maiden or a Shinto priest. For more information, see ↗WikiPedia entry for Spirituality.

Title Rating Synopsis
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Bleach
Buy

Kurosaki Ichigo is not your ordinary 15 year old, because he has always had the ability to see and interact with those spirits and ghosts that remained behind and are hidden to ordinary people. And one fateful day, a female Shinigami (soul reaper) named Kuchiki Rukia appears before him as she is hunting for an evil spirit. During the confrontation with the daemon, both Ichigo and Rukia are seriously injured, and Rukia has to transfer her powers to Ichigo to assist him in defeating the evil Hollow. But in doing so, she loses all of her power and she now expects Ichigo to continue in her task of fighting and defeating those fallen spirits whom she calls Hollows, who exist only to devour other innocent souls.

G

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Buy A sequel to the famous Puppet Master movie of 1995, Batou and Togusa now investigate the strange rebellious murders of sex robots against their masters. During their investigation, they encounter dangerous hackers, crazy Yakuza, and even bits of the Major materialized from the net. Batou is a living doll. His whole body, even his arms and legs are entirely man-made. What only remains are traces of his brain and memories of a woman named, Motoko. When the boundary between humans and machines has infinitely blurred, Humans have forgotten that they are humans. This is a promiscuous story of a lonesome "ghost" of a man, who nevertheless seeks to retain humanity.
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Innocence Buy See Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
イノセンス GHOST IN THE SHELL(仮題) (Japanese) Buy See Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
ブリーチ (Japanese) Buy See Bleach
Genre
Action(2) Action Comedy(1) Cyberpunk(1) Drama(2)
Mystery(1) Suspense(1)
Setting
Fantasy(1) Sci-Fi(1)
Demographic
Style
Artistic(1) Creepy(1) Surreal(1)
Keywords
Computers(1) Dark(2) Epic(1) Fan Service(1)
Fighting(1) Gun-action(1) High School(1) Magic(1)
Occult(1) Police(1) Sequel(1) Shinigami(1)
Supernatural(1) Swordplay(1)
Type
Movie(1) OVA(1) TV(1)
Release Year
2005(1)

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