Titles that deal in might and magic will fall into this category. Inuyasha and Tenkuu no Escaflowne are a couple of titles which fall into this genre.
Acquired Taste: These are titles which may take a while to get used to. As such, you should watch several episodes before making up your mind. FLCL, Di Gi Charat, & Serial Experiments Lain are examples of such titles.
Titles that are dismal or gloomy in nature qualify for the dark category.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| A | ||
| A Traveller's Diary | Rent | See Aru Tabibito no Nikki |
 Aru Tabibito no Nikki |
Rent | This anime by Kunio Kato shows the surreal journey of a stranger, traveling on a Dali-like pig with giant legs and leading us in to an unconscious mixture of nightmare and dream. |
| B | ||
 Boukyaku no Senritsu |
Buy |
Over a hundred years have passed since humanity lost the war to a strange race of beasts that they call Monsters. The remaining survivors live in constant terror, fear and denial, as they are forced to offer their children in tribute to appease and feed the needs of their inhuman Monster conquerors. But not all of humanity has surrendered completely. A small group called the warriors of Melos still fight on, inspired only by a vision of a young lady known as the 'Melody of Oblivion', remembering an almost forgotten legend that if she is found and freed, then the monsters can be defeated. |
| M | ||
| Melody of Oblivion | Buy | See Boukyaku no Senritsu |
| N | ||
| Narutaru | Rent | See Narutaru ~Mukuro naru hoshi Tama taru ko~ |
 Narutaru ~Mukuro naru hoshi Tama taru ko~ |
Rent | While on a summer vacation at her grandparent's island residence, Tamai Shiina discovers a strange creature in the shape of a star. She discovers it is a ryu (a dragon). She names it Hoshimaru and returns home with it. Hoshimaru has many abilities including the power to fly, allowing Shiina-chan to "air surf" from time-to-time. He mimics a backpack so that Shiina can carry him everywhere she goes. |
| S | ||
| Shadow Star | Rent | See Narutaru ~Mukuro naru hoshi Tama taru ko~ |
| Shadowstar Narutaru | Rent | See Narutaru ~Mukuro naru hoshi Tama taru ko~ |
| T | ||
| The Diary of Tortov Roddle | Rent | See Aru Tabibito no Nikki |
| The Melody of Oblivion | Buy | See Boukyaku no Senritsu |
| なるたる ～骸なる星・珠たる子～ | Rent | See Narutaru ~Mukuro naru hoshi Tama taru ko~ |
| 忘却の旋律 (Japanese) | Buy | See Boukyaku no Senritsu |
| 或る旅人の日記 | Rent | See Aru Tabibito no Nikki |
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