Classic/Action/Movie/Fan+Service Titles

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Classic: (Style) Older anime titles, from the 80's back. As a rule of thumb, a title should at least be 10-years old.

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".

Movie: (Type) Self-explanatory. This should only apply to movies released in the theater.

Title Rating Synopsis
A

Akira
Rent In yet another post-apocalyptic future, a young biker becomes the subject of a bizarre project known only as "Akira," apparently designed to bestow unstoppable pychic powers on youths, intended to be exploited as living weapons. Directed and created by OTOMO Katsuhiro.
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Dirty Pair: Project Eden Rent See Dirty Pair: The Movie

Dirty Pair: The Movie
Rent

Yuri and Kei bust thieves attempting to sell stolen Vizorium, a rare metal that is used in warp cores. In the process, one thief gets away and an orbiting station ringed around the planet is destroyed. Undaunted, the pair move to find out the cause of a dispute between the cities of Edia (the miners of Vizorium) and Uldas (creators of the mining technologies). It seems that monsters have begun to attack facilities and no one knows for sure who's behind the attacks.

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End of Eva Rent See Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
End of Evangelion Rent See Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Evangelion, The End of Rent See Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
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Ghost in the Shell Rent See Koukaku Kidoutai

Ghost in the Shell 2.0
A rerelease of the classic 1995 movie Koukaku Kidoutai, digitally remastered and computer-enhanced, the R1 license-holder, Manga Entertainment will be releasing the 2.0-version of this film on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in November 2009.
K

Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa
Buy Set far in a fantastical future, a girl comes upon the task of uniting warring peoples and rescuing what little is left of nature. Written, designed, and directed by Miyazaki, Nausicaa is one of the most classic anime films out of the internationally reknowned Studio Ghibli.

Koukaku Kidoutai
Rent In the future, a department of cybernetically enhanced cops race to find the true identity of the mysterious 'Ghost hacker' ("Ghost" in this 'era of AI' being the name of what we might rather call "soul" today) known only as the "Puppet Master".
Koukaku Kidoutai 2.0 See Ghost in the Shell 2.0
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Lupin III: Dark Order of Assassination Avoid See Rupan Sansei: Rupan Ansatsu Shirei
Lupin III: Orders to Assassinate Lupin Avoid See Rupan Sansei: Rupan Ansatsu Shirei
Lupin III: Voyage to Danger Avoid See Rupan Sansei: Rupan Ansatsu Shirei
Lupin the 3rd: Voyage to Danger Avoid See Rupan Sansei: Rupan Ansatsu Shirei
Genre
Comedy(2) Cyberpunk(4) Drama(3) Parody(1)
Tragedy(1)
Setting
Sci-Fi(6)
Demographic
Shounen(1)
Style
Acquired Taste(1) Surreal(1)
Keywords
Adventure(2) Dark(5) Depression(1) Fan Service(2)
Gun-action(2) High School(1) Mecha(2) Police(1)
Sequel(2) Spiritual(1) Supernatural(1) Violent(2)
Type
Release Year
2009(1) 1997(1) 1995(1) 1988(1) 1986(1) 1984(1)
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