Action Drama: (Genre) Much like "Action" (lots of shooting, explosions, and the like) except it has "Drama" thrown in as well.
Sci-fi Western: (Genre) A combination of Science Fiction and American-style Westerns.
Acquired Taste: (Style) These are titles which may take a while to get used to. As such, you should watch several episodes before making up your mind.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| A | ||
 Armored Trooper Votoms 1: Uoodo City |
Rent | For 100 years the star systems of Gilgamesh and Balarant have been locked in a war whose cause was long ago forgotten. Now, an uneasy truce has settled across the Astragius Galaxy. Chirico Cuvie, a special forces Armored Trooper pilot, is suddenly transferred to a unit engaged in a suspicious mission to steal secrets from what appears to be their own military! Chirico is betrayed and left to die in space, but he survives and becomes a renegade, hunted by the army and by criminals alike. Taking refuge in the poluted hell-hole known as Uoodo City, Chirico is driven by a haunting image of a mysterious and beautiful woman, his sole clue to unravelling a conspiracy so complex that he cannot even guess at its depths. |
 Armored Trooper Votoms 2: Kummen Jungle Wars |
Rent | After the fall of Uoodo, renegade Armored Trooper pilot Chirico Cuvie is once again seperated from his new-found friends--and Fyana. Traveling to the war-torn jungles of Kummen, Chirico signs on as a mercenary in a bloody civil war--and discovers the guiding hand of the Secret Society behind the conflict. But fate intervenes once more. Amidst the burning jungle, Chirico is swept up by events that not only reunite him with Fyana, but also bring him face-to-face with his deadliest opponent yet, Ypsilon--a deadly Perfect Soldier with a score to settle! |
 Armored Trooper Votoms 3: Deadworld Sunsa |
Rent | After their escape from the burning jungles of Kummen, Chirico and Fyana find themselves trapped aboard a battleship hurtling towards the battle-scarred world of Sunsa, deep inside the Balarant Nonaggresion Zone, and with Ypsilon, a vengeful Perfect Soldier, close behind. Unable to alter course, Chirico and Fyana discover that whoever--or whatever--is controlling the ship seems to know more about Chirico than he knows about himself. As Fyana's life hangs in the balance, a devastating revelation awaits Chirico in his final battle against Ypsilon. Also, the Balarant are anxious to get their hands on a live perfect soldier... |
 Armored Trooper Votoms 4: God Planet Quent |
Watch | Chirico travels to Quent, once the cradle of the greatest civilization in the history of the known universe, in hopes of learning the truth about himself. Is he a Perfect Soldier, as Rochina insists--or something more? With the Secret Society watching his every move, Chirico moves closer and closer to uncovering the mysteries of the ancient civilization--and the truth about his own past--locked beneath the sands of Quent. But what he finds may shake the Astragius Galaxy to its core... |
| B | ||
| Bebop | Buy | See Cowboy Bebop |
| Big O | Rent | See Bigguou |
 Bigguou |
Rent | Japan does it's version of Batman: The Animated Series with Roger Smith playing the part of Bruce Wayne. Roger lives in a domed city known as Paradigm City. Apparently some 40 years ago, something happened which caused everyone to lose their memories. Sometimes people begin to remember and problems are caused because of this. |
 Blue Gender |
Watch |
It is the year 2031 and an insectoid race known as the Blue have taken over Earth. Yuji Kaido has been awakened from hibernation after being put there some 22 years earlier due to a disease he had. After overcoming his "future shock" at the horrors of Earth, Yuji joins the Sleeper Recovery Team to try to take the planet back. Can Marlene, the female soldier who was charged with bringing him to 2nd Earth, keep Yuji from losing himself in the fight? |
 Boukyaku no Senritsu |
Buy |
Over a hundred years have passed since humanity lost the war to a strange race of beasts that they call Monsters. The remaining survivors live in constant terror, fear and denial, as they are forced to offer their children in tribute to appease and feed the needs of their inhuman Monster conquerors. But not all of humanity has surrendered completely. A small group called the warriors of Melos still fight on, inspired only by a vision of a young lady known as the 'Melody of Oblivion', remembering an almost forgotten legend that if she is found and freed, then the monsters can be defeated. |
| C | ||
 Cowboy Bebop |
Buy | Jet and Spike are a couple of bounty hunters just trying to make ends meet, they both have pasts to run from. Can they, and their ship the Bebop, run fast enough. Just how Vicious will it get. |
| D | ||
| Death and Rebirth | Watch | See Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth |
| Divergence Eve 2 | Rent | See Misaki Chronicle ~ Divergence Eve |
| Divergence Eve: Misaki Chronicles | Rent | See Misaki Chronicle ~ Divergence Eve |
| E | ||
 Earthian |
Watch |
Angels from the planet Eden have been watching Earthians, the inhabitants of Earth, for 5 billion years. Chihaya, an angel with unlucky black hair and wings, is a plus checker who travels to Earth with Kagetsuya, a minus checker. Each team of plus and minus checkers keep track of Earth events and, if the score ever reaches minus 10,000, the Earth will be destroyed. The story follows Chihaya and Kagetsuya and the different people and events they observe on Earth. (summary from ANIDB). |
 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. |
