Swordplay/2002/Action Titles

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Swordplay: (Story/Location) A subcategory of "Action". This is about the art or skill of wielding a sword, esp. in fencing. Entries in this category should contain the use of swords to a large extent in scenes.

Action: (Genre) Lots of shooting, explosions, and the like. Contains subcategories of more specific types such as "Gun-Action", "Martial Arts", and "Swordplay"; see also: "Fighting".

Title Rating Synopsis
G

G-on Riders
Rent In a near future time when alien attacks have become a common event, a secret (Japanese) organization called the GRA (GRAND RIFUREKUTO AMUDO, Grand Reflect Armor) has developed a very effective defense. Using a technology developed by Dr Sanada Mio, which she calls the 'G-On', certain young students wearing glasses (hence the "G" in the title) are able to harness their strong feelings and manifest those abilities and weapons that prove effective against the alien attacking units. The GRA has sponsored an elite high school to help identify and develop the students who have this ability in the hopes that they can defend not only Japan, but also the earth from the alien invaders.
G-on らいだーす (Japanese) Rent See G-on Riders
J
Juuni Kokuki Buy See Twelve Kingdoms
K
King of Bandits Jing Buy See Ou Dorobou Jing
Kyo Buy See Samurai Deeper Kyo
O
Odorobou Jing Buy See Ou Dorobou Jing

Ou Dorobou Jing
Buy The legend of the Bandit King is that he could steal the stars from the midnight sky and that no one could stop him. Jing, a wandering adventurer along with his womanizing bird of a companion Kir, set their sights on stealing only the rarest of treasures as they travel through an odd world of humans, humanoid animals and magical creatures. While the King of Bandits adventures in theft always manage to succeed, they somehow usually end up helping others around him, and often with an unintended consequence of an even greater theft - that of stealing a young girl's heart.
R
Record of 12 Kingdoms Buy See Twelve Kingdoms
S

Samurai Deeper Kyo
Buy It is 1604, four years after the ↗Battle of Sekigahara, perhaps Japan's greatest civil war. The people try to recover from its aftermath and enjoy the newly attained peace. Amid such times Yuya Shiina, a roughneck girl who earns money by capturing outlaws, mistakes a roaming and peace-loving medicine seller Mibu Kyoshiro for the legendary wanted man "Onime-no-Kyo." But she soon realizes that she is wrong when she sees that Kyoshiro is just a weakling. Nevertheless, she ends up capturing Kyoshiro anyway - he is wanted for running off without paying for a meal. As they travel together Kyoshiro tries to help Yuya catch another wanted criminal. In the process Kyoshiro is cornered. Then he mumbles, "Here he comes," and the color of his eyes turn a deep red. He pulls out his sword which he had never touched before and suddenly, Onime-no-Kyo, the legendary assassin said to have killed one thousand men with this sword, is standing there. Kyoshiro and Kyo: Two spirits in one body. Yuya is looking for a "man with a wound on his back" who killed her older brother. The two head to Edo together. One after another, samurai come after Onime-no-Kyo. Why do Kyoshiro and Kyo share the same body? Historical figures, such as Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga, emerge in the story and the mystery of the two souls is gradually resolved.
SDK Buy See Samurai Deeper Kyo
T

Twelve Kingdoms
Buy This is about a Japanese girl named Nakajima Yoko who is taken away to another world by a mysterious man, but is separated from him and is soon confronted by the natives. She experiences a large number of tribulations and this story is about what she does and how she grows as a person because of what she goes though. This anime has action, adventure, great music, and wonderfully illustrated moral lessons. Many modern issues are also addressed, including race, politics, etc.
十二国記 Buy See Twelve Kingdoms
Genre
Action Comedy(1) Comedy(1) Drama(2) Parody(1)
Romance(1) Suspense(1)
Setting
Fantasy(3) Historical(1) Modern(1) Sci-Fi(1)
Demographic
Style
Acquired Taste(1) Kawaii(1) Silly-funny(1) Weird(1)
Keywords
Adventure(1) Artificial Girls(1) Bishounen(1) Ecchi(1)
Epic(1) Erotic Comedy(1) Fan Service(1) Fighting(2)
Friendship(1) Harem(1) Magic(2) Mecha(1)
Pantsu(1) Samurai(1) Supernatural(1) War(1)
Type
TV(3)
Release Year
2003(1)

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