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Sci-Fi: (Setting) Self-explanatory. Anime of this category should contain Science-Fiction elements.

Cyberpunk: (Genre) A sub-genre of "Sci-Fi" dealing with future urban societies dominated by computer technology.

Dark: (Style) Titles that are dismal or gloomy in nature qualify for this category.

Action Drama: (Genre) Much like "Action" (lots of shooting, explosions, and the like) except it has "Drama" thrown in as well.

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?

Bubblegum Crisis Rent See Baburugamu Kuraishisu
Bubblegum Crisis Mega-Tokyo 2032 Rent See Baburugamu Kuraishisu
G
Ghost in the Shell Rent See Koukaku Kidoutai

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Buy A sequel to the famous Puppet Master movie of 1995, Batou and Togusa now investigate the strange rebellious murders of sex robots against their masters. During their investigation, they encounter dangerous hackers, crazy Yakuza, and even bits of the Major materialized from the net. Batou is a living doll. His whole body, even his arms and legs are entirely man-made. What only remains are traces of his brain and memories of a woman named, Motoko. When the boundary between humans and machines has infinitely blurred, Humans have forgotten that they are humans. This is a promiscuous story of a lonesome "ghost" of a man, who nevertheless seeks to retain humanity.
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Innocence Buy See Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
K

Kiddy Grade
Buy

Lumiere (young purple-haired girl) and Eclair (red-haired older girl) are ES-members (Ecounter of Shadow-Work) of GOTT (Galactic Organization of Tariff and Trade) who do underground works to regulate the economy and safety of the Galaxy. Like all ES members, Eclair and Lumiere have special powers. Lumiere can control any form of computer technology, even from a great distance. Eclair can turn lipstick into a deadly weapon and when she wears it, she becomes super strong and exceptionally fast. They are accompanied by a GOTT auditor named Armblast as they accomplish various missions successfully. However, their past comes back to haunt them and soon Lumiere and Eclair find themselves in the fight of their lives. What is the secret of thier past? What is GOTT doing? Will Eclair and Lumiere be able to live normal lives?


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".
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Lain Rent See Serial Experiments Lain
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SEL Rent See Serial Experiments Lain

Serial Experiments Lain
Rent Lain Iwakura thought she was an ordinary 13-year old junior high school student until the day she received an e-mail from a classmate who committed suicide a week earlier. The e-mail claims that her classmate’s soul had become a part of the wired world. Interested in the contents of the e-mail, Lain gets herself a new Navi (personal computer) so she can research for details regarding the e-mail’s significance. As Lain becomes more involved in the activity of the wired world, she finds herself becoming increasingly well known by online users despite not having been in the wired world for too long.

Silent Mobius
Watch The Attacked Mystification Police Department, a team of seven female fighters, all being super-humanly skilled (technology and magic), all having some background story of their own, united for one goal: To protect post-SilentCrisis Tokyo against those "Lucifer Hawk", creatures from some parallel world, whose lower forms hunt and eat people, while the higher ones can be quite charming on occasion, if this suits their intentions ... you'll learn how these things all started, where the characters came from, why the Lucifer Hawks are here at all - and why it is so important that this Katsumi Liqueur, an office worker from Hawaii, join the AMP ...
イノセンス GHOST IN THE SHELL(仮題) (Japanese) Buy See Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
キディ・グレイド Buy See Kiddy Grade
バブルガムクライシス Rent See Baburugamu Kuraishisu
Genre
Action(4) Mystery(1) Romance(1) Suspense(1)
Setting
Fantasy(1)
Demographic
Style
Acquired Taste(1) Artistic(1) Classic(2) Creepy(1)
Surreal(2) Weird(3)
Keywords
Adventure(1) Bishoujo(1) Bishounen(1) Computers(2)
Epic(1) Fan Service(1) Fragmentary(1) Gun-action(3)
Magic(1) Mecha(2) Police(3) Psychics(1)
Sequel(1) Spiritual(1) Time Travel(1) Violent(2)
War(1)
Type
Movie(2) OVA(2) TV(1)
Release Year
2004(1) 2003(1) 2002(1) 1998(2) 1995(1) 1987(1)
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