Classic/Drama 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.

Drama: (Genre) Titles that show a state, situation, or series of events involving interesting or intense conflict of forces. See also: "Action Drama".

Title Rating Synopsis
B

Baburugamu Kuraishisu
Rent

Chronicles the battles of the Knight Sabers, a female band of mercenaries who take jobs that inevitably lead to their fighting "boomers", androids designed with military purposes in mind. Can these girls manage their careers and thier lives as Knight Sabers? Will Geneon stop making bad business decisions?


Baby Love OVA
Watch When they first met, Seara loved her older Shuhei. But how does a twelve-year-old boy talk to an eight-year-old girl, a girl who has just told him that she wants to be his wife? He tells her that if she were older and beautiful, then would consider accepting her confession. And now four years later, when Seara’s parents are having to move far away, she has somehow managed to arrange to stay with Shuhei’s family. Does Shuehi remember her, or his promise to her? Despite her efforts, they are still four years apart in age, but Seara has not given up on him and of winning his love.

Black Jack (movie)
Buy Based on the manga of Osamu "God of Comics" Tezuka, this movie follows the exploits of Black Jack, the infamous renegade surgeon who sells his remarkable medical skills to the highest bidder. He gets called upon to do research connected to a disease contracted by Super Humans, a new breed of humanity who have potential both physically and intellectually beyond the normal capabilities of ordinary humans.
Bubblegum Crisis Rent See Baburugamu Kuraishisu
Bubblegum Crisis Mega-Tokyo 2032 Rent See Baburugamu Kuraishisu
G
Galaxy Express 999 (TV) See Ginga Tetsudo 999
Ghost in the Shell Rent See Koukaku Kidoutai
Ging: The Falling Star Buy See Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin

Ginga Tetsudo 999

In a distant future, a human boy named Tetsuro wants to have his body replaced with a robotic one. But this is only possible on the robotic Immortal Planet which can only be reached on the intergalactic railway. While on board the Galaxy Express 999, he meets Maetel, a beatiful and mysterious blond haired girl, who stays with him on the long travel through space. Every episode starts with the two heroes arriving in a new planet space station destination.


Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin
Buy Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin is a tale about a little puppy dog who was born in the wilderness. He is silver striped and is destined to become the defender of people from the perilous cave bears. Gin decides to help the people at his home town at any cost, even though he might have to leave precious friends to pursue his cause.
Grave of the Fireflies Buy See Hotaru no Haka
Gunbuster Buy See Top wo Nerae!
Gunbuster: Aim For The Top! Buy See Top wo Nerae!
H

Hols: Prince of the Sun
Rent One day while on the run from an attack by silver wolves, a young boy named Hols comes across a stone giant named Mogue who fights off the wolves for Hols. The boy pulls out a "thorn" from the giant's shoulder which turns out to be a rusted sword that Mogue calls "The Sword of the Sun." He claims that he will seek out Hols to acknowledge him as "Prince of the Sun" should he reforge the sword.

Hotaru no Haka
Buy A brother and sister try to survive after they are left orphans from the fire-bombing of Kobe in World War II.
Genre
Action(7) Comedy(3) Cyberpunk(2) Mystery(1)
Romance(1) Romantic Comedy(1) Tragedy(1)
Setting
Fantasy(1) Historical(1) Modern(2) Sci-Fi(6)
Demographic
All Ages(1)
Style
Artistic(1) Kawaii(1) Weird(1)
Keywords
Adventure(3) Animals(1) Coming of Age(1) Dark(4)
Epic(2) Fighting(1) Friendship(1) Gun-action(1)
Mecha(2) Police(1) Slice of Life(1) Supernatural(1)
Violent(1) War(1)
Type
Movie(5) OVA(3) TV(1)
Release Year
1997(1) 1996(1) 1995(1) 1989(1) 1988(2) 1987(2) 1986(1) 1984(1)
1981(1) 1980(1) 1979(1)
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