Drama: (Genre) Titles that show a state, situation, or series of events involving interesting or intense conflict of forces. See also: "Action Drama".
Classic: (Style) Older anime titles, from the 80's back. As a rule of thumb, a title should at least be 10-years old.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| B | ||
 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. |
| G | ||
| Ghost in the Shell | Rent | See Koukaku Kidoutai |
| Grave of the Fireflies | Buy | See Hotaru no Haka |
| 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. |
| 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". |
| L | ||
| Little Norse Prince Valiant | Rent | See Hols: Prince of the Sun |
| N | ||
| Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind | Buy | See Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa |
| T | ||
| Taiyō no Ōji: Horusu no Daibōken | Rent | See Hols: Prince of the Sun |
| The Little Norse Prince | Rent | See Hols: Prince of the Sun |
| The Sun Prince: Hols' Great Adventure | Rent | See Hols: Prince of the Sun |
| ブラック・ジャック (1996) | Buy | See Black Jack (movie) |
| 太陽の王子 ホルスの大冒険 | Rent | See Hols: Prince of the Sun |
| 攻殻機動隊 | Rent | See Koukaku Kidoutai |
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