Steampunk Titles

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Steampunk: STEAMPUNK - (Genre) Considered a subgenre of fantasy and speculative fiction (SCIFI), STEAMPUNK generally refers to stories which are based on English Victorian era technology in which steam was the primary power source or use Victorian era values as a reference point, and will often have a futuristic spin as part of the story. The novels of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne's are cited as classic examples of this high-tech innovation in a low-tech world genre. The term itself is originates as a retro-counterspin to the popular CYBERPUNK genre. See ↗Steampunk for more info.

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Castle in the Sky Buy See Tenku no Shiro Laputa

Cluster Edge
Watch A bright young student named Agate Fluorite transfers to the elite and prestigious high school called Cluster E.A. Enroute to the school, he becomes entangled with the military’s attempt to shoot down a private airplane and risks being branded a traitor by the government. But behind Agate’s simple smiles and amazing mechanical abilities, he is hiding secret that will soon set the country a blaze with change.
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Die Macht des Zaubersteins Buy See Fushigi no Umi no Nadia
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Fushigi no Umi no Nadia
Buy Nadia is based loosely on the works of Jules Verne, or rather more accurately takes place in a Vern-esque world. It is the world of the acrobat Nadia, her pet lion cub King, and the young genius inventer Jean. When Jean rescues Nadia during a flying-machine contest at the world's fair, the two embark on a fast-paced adventure together.
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Kaiketsu Jouki Tanteidan Rent See Steam Detectives
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Laputa: Castle in the Sky Buy See Tenku no Shiro Laputa

Last Exile
Rent

On a lost barren world, during a time of war when nations settle their disputes with giant ironclad battleships of the air and the soldier's honor, the spirit of knight-hood still mandates a bloody Napoleonic mile-high musket battle as a prelude to the devastating barrage of the automated main guns, the spirit of adventure is still alive.

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Nadia - Il mistero della pietra azzurra Buy See Fushigi no Umi no Nadia
Nadia the Secret of Blue Water Buy See Fushigi no Umi no Nadia
Nadia, le secret de l`eau bleue Buy See Fushigi no Umi no Nadia
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R.O.D OVA Buy See Read or Die (OVA)
R.O.D. Buy See Read or Die (OVA)
R.O.D. The TV Buy See Read or Die - TV

Read or Die (OVA)
Buy

The series opens with an attack upon the White House by a mysterious man of awesome powers. It turns out, though, that what he was really looking for was the Library of Congress! Meanwhile, Tokyo substitute teacher Yomiko Readman is a young woman who cannot stop reading books. She goes into bookstores that have her face on the wall ('Our #1 Customer') While in some exclusive bookstore (Members Only) she finds an original copy of an extremely rare book entitled Immortal Beloved. While reading it a strange man riding a giant grasshopper shows up and steals it! Yomiko gets very angry and spontaneously generates a giant string of paper which she hurls at the mantis, locking it to the ground! Confused, another man walks up to her and says, 'Oh it's you, Agent Paper'.


Read or Die - TV
Buy

Drawing on the success of the first ROD, the story continues. Yomiko "The Paper" Readman has gone missing for some four years now, but her best friend from school Nenene (Say that 3 times fast) still believes she's alive. An accomplished author, Nenene and her 3 bodyguards, who have special paper abilities of their own, go between Japan and Hong Kong looking for Yomiko. On occasion the bodyguards earn side money from accepting contracts to recover uncommon items and research exceptional situations, which always seems to involve people with special powers and abilities.

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