Swordplay/Fantasy/Surreal 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.

Fantasy: (Setting) Titles that deal in might and magic will fall into this category.

Surreal: (Style) Anime that have the "intense irrational reality of a dream" qualify for this category.

Title Rating Synopsis
C
Comedy Buy See Kigeki
Crow Buy See Karas
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Karas
Buy At a future time in the city of Shijuku, a series of strange murders befuddle the police. The victims were attacked in a public place and their bodies were drained of their fluids and are badly desiccated. But just out of sight of everyone, a strange battle goes on. The previous Karas has gone renegade and begins to take revenge on those he used to protect. A new Karas, the guardian of the town, has been chosen and the battle between them has begun.

Kigeki
Buy During Ireland’s struggle for independence from England, a five-year old girl goes to the mysterious Demon’s Castle, hoping to recruit the services of the Black Swordsman, a mysterious young man skilled in the use of the sword. She wants the swordsman to protect her village from a small army of English soldiers who will attack her village in a few days. However, the Black Swordsman will only accept a particular genre of books as payment for his services.

Kurozuka
Watch A story of obsessive love and constant pursuit told over a 1000 year period. Escaping from a brother who had just ascended the throne, Yoshitsune, along with his servant, comes across a house in the middle of a desolate mountain. Oddly enough, only a young woman lives there, who seems to possess a very dark and ominous past.
S

sola (TV)
Rent Sola's story revolves around Yorito Morimiya, the main protagonist, who is a young boy attending high school. He loves taking pictures of the sky at any time of day and any time of the year. One day, Yorito decides to take a picture of the sunrise overlooking the bay, but is deterred when he meets a strange girl trying to force a vending machine that stole her money to give her what she tried to buy — a can of tomato juice. Yorito helps her with forcing the machine while attempting to strike up conversation with her, despite it being four in the morning. Yorito tells her why he is here, but by the time he has forced the can out of the machine, the girl has mysteriously vanished.
そら (Japanese) Rent See sola (TV)
喜劇 (Japanese) Buy See Kigeki
鴉 -KARAS- Buy See Karas
黒塚 (Japanese) Watch See Kurozuka
Genre
Action(3) Drama(4) Horror(1) Mystery(1)
Romance(2) Tragedy(1)
Setting
Historical(1) Modern(1) Sci-Fi(1)
Demographic
Seinen(1)
Style
Acquired Taste(1) Creepy(1) Weird(1)
Keywords
Dark(3) Depression(1) Epic(1) Fighting(2)
Magic(1) Mecha(1) Ninja(1) Samurai(1)
Soul Mates(1) Supernatural(3) Underworld(1) Vampires(2)
Violent(3)
Type
OVA(2) Short(1) TV(2)
Release Year
2008(1) 2007(1) 2005(1) 2002(1)

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