Swordplay/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. See also the Kendo Girl Scrapbook of this site.

Surreal: (Style) Anime that have the "intense irrational reality of a dream" qualify for this category. The synonyms (or like-words) for surreal are unreal and dreamlike.

Title Rating Synopsis
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.hack Rent See .hack//SIGN

.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.
C
Comedy Buy See Kigeki
Crow Buy See Karas
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Hack Sign Rent See .hack//SIGN
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Kanon (2006)
Buy One snowy winter's day... I sit on a bench near the station, waiting to meet my cousin Nayuki Minase; it`s been seven years since I last saw her.This place is far from the town where I was born and lived until yesterday. This is where Nayuki lives with her mother, who has offered to take me in, now that I am forced to move so suddenly. And this is the town in which my faintest, cloudiest childhood memories are set...
Kanon Remake Buy See Kanon (2006)
Kanon: The Complete Series Buy See Kanon (2006)

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.
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sola
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
カノン Buy See Kanon (2006)
喜劇 (Japanese) Buy See Kigeki
Genre
Action(3) Adventure(1) Drama(6) Horror(1)
Mystery(2) Romance(3) Romantic Comedy(1) Tragedy(2)
Setting
Fantasy(3) Historical(1) Modern(4) Sci-Fi(1)
Demographic
Seinen(4)
Style
Acquired Taste(2) Creepy(1) Dark(3) Weird(1)
Characters and Their Abilities
Ninja(1) Samurai(1) Vampires(2)
Story Elements and Location
Depression(2) Epic(1) Fighting(2) High School(1)
Magic(1) Mecha(1) Music(1) Soul Mates(1)
Supernatural(3) Underworld(1)
Keywords
Computers(1) Dating Sim Spinoff(1) Reboot(1)
Objectionable
Violent(3)
Type
OVA(2) Short(1) TV(4)
Release Year
2008(1) 2007(1) 2006(1) 2005(1) 2002(2)
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