Swordplay/Modern/Drama 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.

Modern: (Setting) These are titles which have a modern feel to them; the story takes place in the present day (of the creation of this anime), give or take a few years.

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
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.hack Rent See .hack//SIGN

.hack// Intermezzo
Watch Mimiru and Bear meet up at a reopened dungeon known to have given rise to legends in the past. But rather than collect treasures and experience points, Mimiru has come to see a past experience that she had with powerful Longarm character, Mimika.

.hack//SIGN
Rent It's the near future, and there is only one video game, called "The World." In the virtual reality of "The World", all sorts of people play. However, once a character named Tsukasa is unable to log out, and weird events start happening, "The World" starts to seem much more mysterious than anyone ever thought.
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Afro Samurai Resurrection Watch See Afro Samurai: Resurrection

Afro Samurai: Resurrection
Watch Late one night, Afro is suddenly attacked by Jinno. However, he is unable to protect himself, and Jinno drags him nearby to his father's grave, where a woman named Sio awaits. She proceeds to take the Number One headband that he possesses, as well as the remains of his dead father's skull. Before leaving, she tells him to seek and obtain the Number Two headband, if he wants the right to take back his father's remains. With that, Afro must once again embark on a path of violence in order to let his father rest in peace once again. (Source: ANN)

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Kunisaki Yukito is a traveler, ever seeking the 'girl in the sky' from a legend passed down in his family. His journey takes him to a small seaside town, where he meets Misuzu, a girl who seems eager to become his friend. A story spanning a thousand years begins to unfold against the background of their peculiar relationship.

Ashita no Yoichi! Rent See Asu no Yoichi!

Asu no Yoichi!
Rent Having been raised and trained for the past sixteen years as a traditional samurai 'bushi', Yoichi was surprised when his father suddenly announces that there nothing more that he could teach his son, but he arranges for Yoichi to continue training at a dojo owned by one of their relatives. So now Yoichi must leave the tranquility of his remote rural mountain life and move to the city to live with his uncle's family to continue his studies. And if learning how to cope with city life were not hard enough, he finds himself living with 4 beautiful sisters and having to endure a ‘training’ regiment more severe than he could ever image.....
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Blood + Rent See Blood Plus
Blood Night Rent See Blood Plus

Blood Plus
Rent Saya Otonashi lives peacefully with her adoptive family in Okinawa. The man that she proudly calls dad has adopted both her, her younger brother Riku and her troublesome older brother Kai. In the past year the four of them, once strangers, have formed a close loving family, but Saya wonders why she does not have any memories older than a year. Everything changes with the appearance of a monster called a Chiropteran. At school one night, a teacher is murdered before her eyes and Saya is attacked by a murderous creature. A mysterious young man carrying a cello appears and saves her, but he hands her a strange sword and tells her to fight. Why does her dad know so much about these monsters? And who is this cello player named Haji, someone who is now following Saya around - insisting on serving her?
Blood TV Rent See Blood Plus
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Cast Away - Airan Island Rent See Nagasarete Airantou
Crow Buy See Karas
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Drift off to Blue Orchid Island Rent See Nagasarete Airantou
Genre
Action(7) Action Comedy(2) Comedy(5) Horror(1)
Mystery(2) Parody(1) Romance(7) Romantic Comedy(3)
Suspense(2) Tragedy(3)
Setting
Fantasy(3) Historical(1) Sci-Fi(2)
Demographic
Seinen(1) Shounen(1)
Style
Acquired Taste(1) Kawaii(2) Silly-funny(3) Surreal(3)
Weird(1)
Keywords
Adventure(5) Animals(1) Coming of Age(1) Competition(1)
Computers(2) Dark(3) Dating Sim Spinoff(4) Depression(4)
Ecchi(3) Epic(2) Erotic Comedy(1) Fan Service(5)
Fighting(4) Fragmentary(1) Friendship(2) Harem(3)
High School(6) Live Action(1) Magic(2) Martial Arts(4)
Mecha(1) Music(2) Ninja(1) Occult(1)
Pantsu(2) Samurai(3) Sequel(1) Shinigami(1)
Supernatural(3) Vampires(1) Video-game inspired(2) Violent(5)
Vulgar(1) War(2) Yuri(1)
Type
Movie(2) OVA(3) TV(9)
Release Year
2009(2) 2007(1) 2006(3) 2005(2) 2004(1) 2003(2) 2002(4) 2001(1)
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