Titles that are dismal or gloomy in nature qualify for the dark category.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| A | ||
| Android Kikaider: The Animation | Buy | See Jinzo Ningen Kikaider |
| Artificial Humanoid Kikaider: The Animation | Buy | See Jinzo Ningen Kikaider |
| C | ||
 Cossette no Shouzou |
Rent | "Who loves me so much that he would forsake his own dear life... could it be you?" |
| E | ||
 Elfen Lied |
Rent | Kouta has moved back to his childhood town to start his first year in college, and his female cousin, Yuka, has set him up to live in a big ten-room vacant house. Later on that night, the two encounter a naked girl with horns wandering on the beach. She appears to be very innocent and very helpless, so Kouta takes it upon himself to take her home to keep her safe, unaware that his guest has just escaped from an experimental lab and that both the police and military are searching for her, with orders to shoot on sight. |
| Elven Song | Rent | See Elfen Lied |
| J | ||
 Jinzo Ningen Kikaider |
Buy | Based on the 70's live-action TV show, Dr. Komyoji is working in his lab when there is a horrible accident. Soon after, Jiro is a human-looking male who awakens with no memory of who or what he is. Meanwhile, Komyoji's daughter Mitsuko attempts to discover what her father was doing and stumbles upon his android project. Jiro is in fact the battle android known as Kikaider who is equipped with a malfunctioning conscience circuit known as Gemini. Is he a mad machine or is he something special? Why does Professor Gil want Jiro dead? |
| K | ||
| Kikaider: The Animation | Buy | See Jinzo Ningen Kikaider |
| L | ||
| Le Portrait de Petite Cossette | Rent | See Cossette no Shouzou |
 Loveless (TV) |
Buy | Twelve-year old Aoyagi Ritsuka lost his only kin when his brother, Aoyagi Seimei, was killed under mysterious circumstances. One day, he meets Wagatsuma Soubi, who claims to know his brother. It turns out that Soubi and Seimei used to be a fighting pair, whereby Soubi was the "Fighting Machine" and Seimei was the "Sacrifice". Now that Seimei is gone, Soubi 'belongs' to Ritsuka who will become his new "Sacrifice". After learning that Seimei was killed by an organisation known as the "Seventh Moon", Ritsuka decides to join forces with Soubi and investigate the truth behind his brother's death. |
| Lunar Legend Tsukihime | Rent | See Shingetsutan Tsukihime |
| P | ||
| Petite Cossette | Rent | See Cossette no Shouzou |
| R | ||
 Rahxephon |
Buy | In the year 2015 Tokyo is covered by an inpenetrable barrier created by the Mu, mankind's enemy. 17 years old Kamina Ayato, high-schooler and hobby-painter, lives in Tokyo with his mother Maya. After a surprising air battle two "guys from the government" ask the boy to follow them, when a mysterious woman appears and knocks them out. But why do these guys have thick, blue blood? "I'll tell you if you join me", this woman offers to Ayato, who decides to run away into a subway. |
| RahXephon TV | Buy | See Rahxephon |
| S | ||
 School Days (TV) |
Rent |
Itou Makoto, a shy and unconfident teenager, has become very accepting at only stealing glances at a cute girl as they ride the same trolley each morning on their way to their high school - at least until Saionji Sekai, sitting next to him in the classroom, surprises him and chances to get a peek at a photo-snap of the beautiful Katsura Kotonoha on his cell-phone. To Makoto's surprise, Sekai offers to support him in his romance - and due to her commitment the three soon become close friends. Close enough that Makoto braves asking Katsura out on date. And she agrees. Later that day, Makoto finds a quiet moment to express his thanks for all support that Sekai has offered him, and makes clear his intent on finding away to reply her kindness. But he is totally unprepared and very surprised at the reward that Sekai has chosen: Sekai steals a long kiss from his lips, ended only by her breaking away to run for a commuter-tolley. Before Sekai boards the train, she turns and wishes Makoto well on his date. |
 Shingetsutan Tsukihime |
Rent | Shiki Tohno has a strange power. Ever since a traffic accident, he has been able to see lines in everything (people or things). If he tries to cut these lines, it kills the item or destroys it. After a few years of living with his aunt, he is recalled back to his parents home. Very mysterious things are going on around his town, people are being killed and found with 2 holes in their necks. On his way home, he sees a beautiful blonde wandering around, he decides, she is next to die. |
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