Historical: (Setting) Self-explanatory. This should be a title rooted in historical events.
War: (Story/Location) Titles of this category should cover the events of a war as significant element of the storyline (even if the actual conflict doesn't get that much airtime). The opponents should be nations at least (alien races, star systems, parallel universes etc. are fine as well); conflicts between smaller organizations would rather be categorized as "Fighting".
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| J | ||
| Juuni Kokuki | Buy | See Twelve Kingdoms |
| M | ||
 Mononoke Hime |
Rent |
A young man, cursed with death for saving his village, leaves home to find where the curse originated from. Doing so takes him into the middle of a conflict between man and nature, an unmoving rock between two unstoppable forces. But can he save those he loves and respects while removing his curse? Will he be forced to side against his friends? |
| P | ||
| Princess Mononoke | Rent | See Mononoke Hime |
| R | ||
| Record of 12 Kingdoms | Buy | See Twelve Kingdoms |
| T | ||
 The Cockpit: Kamikaze Stories |
Rent |
The Cockpit is a series of 3 OVAs focusing on three separate stories of the tragedy of war. The first, Slipstream, follows a Luftwaffe pilot who must choose between his duty to his country: to guard a bomber loaded with Germany's final hope of victory, the world's first atomic bomb, or his duty to the world: to let it fall in flames to enemy Spitfires and be a footnote in history. Of course, things are complicated by the plane's other cargo, the woman he loves. The second story, Sonic Boom Squadron follows the pilot of an Ohka bomb, the purest kamikaze desperation weapon of the Pacific war. He once dreamt of flying a rocket into space, but instead he is to fly a rocket into an American ship for the glory of Japan. If only they would have let him live another 30 years. The third story, Knight of the Iron Dragon, is set on the Philippine island of Leyte, where a rusted old motorcycle tells the story of two Japanese soldiers who returned to a captured airfield to fulfill a promise, a promise that neither could ever keep. |
 Twelve Kingdoms |
Buy | This is about a Japanese girl named Nakajima Yoko who is taken away to another world by a mysterious man, but is separated from him and is soon confronted by the natives. She experiences a large number of tribulations and this story is about what she does and how she grows as a person because of what she goes though. This anime has action, adventure, great music, and wonderfully illustrated moral lessons. Many modern issues are also addressed, including race, politics, etc. |
| もののけ姫 | Rent | See Mononoke Hime |
| ザ・コクピット (Japanese) | Rent | See The Cockpit: Kamikaze Stories |
| 十二国記 | Buy | See Twelve Kingdoms |
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