Action/2000/Acquired Taste Titles

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Action: (Genre) Lots of shooting, explosions, and the like. Contains subcategories of more specific types such as "Gun-Action", "Martial Arts", and "Swordplay"; see also: "Fighting".

Acquired Taste: (Style) These are titles which may take a while to get used to. As such, you should watch several episodes before making up your mind.

Title Rating Synopsis
A

Ayashi no Ceres
Rent Twin brother and sister Aki and Aya Mikage are about to celebrate their 16th birthdays. Earlier on, Aya had visited a psychic and was told the fated day when the moon and stars of 16 would meet is coming, and that all hell and doom would break loose. Mysteriously their grandfather invites them over for a "birthday party" and gives them a gift which brings out new powers. Now suddenly the entire Mikage family wants Aya killed since "she will bring them nothing but harm." Aki is no longer allowed to see Aya. Along with that, an ancient legend of a Tennyo (girl from the heavens) is said to have come down to Earth and bathed in a river. A nearby fisherman spotted her and stole her hagoromo (feathered robe) that was hanging on a tree nearby. Without it she could not return to her home in the heavens, and was forced to marry the man and have his children.
B
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.
C
Ceres, Celestial Legend Rent See Ayashi no Ceres
D
Descendents of Darkness Rent See Yami No Matsuei
O
Ominous Ceres Rent See Ayashi no Ceres
T
The Big O Rent See Bigguou
Y

Yami No Matsuei
Rent "Shinigami", a detective of sorts that investigates strange deaths, or lack there of, in the human world. These Shinigami live in an exact mirror image world of Japan (called Meifu) where they each watch over a specific area. (Although each country has its own division and shinigami.)Very often, they arrive in the human world with the sole intention of taking a soul to Meifu. Each area is covered by 2 Shinigami's (18 in total), mainly because Shinigami's decisions have been known to wavor and thus each Shinigami is to, unofficially, watch each other.
妖しのセレス Rent See Ayashi no Ceres
闇の末裔 Rent See Yami No Matsuei
Genre
Drama(3) Mystery(1) Romance(1)
Setting
Fantasy(1) Historical(1) Modern(1) Sci-Fi(1)
Demographic
Shoujo(1)
Style
Creepy(1)
Keywords
Boys Love(1) Dark(1) Deities(1) Mecha(1)
Shounen Ai(1) Vampires(1) Violent(1)
Type
TV(3)
Release Year
2003(1) 2002(1) 1999(1)

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