Fantasy: (Setting) Titles that deal in might and magic will fall into this category.
Surreal: (Style) Anime that have the "intense irrational reality of a dream" qualify for this category.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| A | ||
| A Traveller's Diary | Rent | See Aru Tabibito no Nikki |
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Adolescence Mokushiroku |
Rent | Utena arrives at Ohtori Academy possessing a very mysterious past. She is presumed to be a boy by many and seems to have a past relationship with Touga. After seeing that he wears a ring she questions of it. Getting a mysterious answer leads her to Anthy Himemiya,the Rose Bride. She unknowingly becomes involved in the Student Council's duels for the Rose Bride. Yet, she seems intrigued about Anthy and her past. |
| Adolescence of Utena | Rent | See Adolescence Mokushiroku |
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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. |
| C | ||
| Chiyoko Millenial Actress | Buy | See Sennen Joyu |
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Cossette no Shouzou |
Rent | "Who loves me so much that he would forsake his own dear life... could it be you?" |
| F | ||
| Fille Révolutionnaire Utena | Buy | See Shoujo Kakumei Utena |
| H | ||
| House of Blocks | See La Maison en Petits Cubes | |
| L | ||
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La Maison en Petits Cubes |
An old man lives in a town that has become submerged in water. As the water rises, he's forced to build additional levels onto his home with bricks (cubes) in order to stay above water. One day, the old man accidentally drops his favourite pipe into the lower levels of his home, and decides to rent scuba diving equipment in order to go searching for his pipe. As he descends through his sunken home, the old man recalls memories of the past in each room. |
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| Le Portrait de Petite Cossette | Rent | See Cossette no Shouzou |
| M | ||
| Millennium Actress | Buy | See Sennen Joyu |
| P | ||
| Petite Cossette | Rent | See Cossette no Shouzou |
| R | ||
| Revolutionary Girl Utena | Buy | See Shoujo Kakumei Utena |
| Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie | Rent | See Adolescence Mokushiroku |
| S | ||
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Sennen Joyu |
Buy | Fujiwara Chiyoko was once a major movie star who dominated the Japanese cinema world. Thirty years ago, she abruptly disappeared from the screen and from public view. One of her greatest admirers, Tachibana Genya, a documentary filmmaker, has traveled to the isolated mountain lodge where she makes her home to interview her. He presents her with an old key that once meant everything to her, and as if that key had opened a door to her memories Chiyoko starts telling the story of her life, interweaving moments from her past and future and passing through the boundary between reality and the movies that had made up so much of her life, guiding the audience through a millennium of Japanese history. |
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