Acquired Taste Titles

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Acquired Taste: (Style) These are titles which are a bit off beat, uncommon or perhaps not targeted for the popular mainstream market. As such, these types of titles might take a while to get used to. One should probably watch several episodes before making up your mind.

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Maria-sama ga Miteru ~Haru~
Buy It is now Spring, and a new term is about to start at the Lillian Academy. The relationships between the Roses continues to unfold, in this beautifully expressive tale.
MariMite Buy See Maria-sama ga Miteru
marimite4 Rent See Maria-sama ga Miteru 4th
MariMite: ~Haru~ Buy See Maria-sama ga Miteru ~Haru~

Marmalade Boy
Rent Marmalade Boy begins when Miki Koishikawa's parents decided to go to Hawaii. They fell in love again with another couple by the name of "Matsuura" and decided to exchange partners with them. Miki was informed by her parents that they would be getting a divorce and marry again. She also learned that the couple her parents were intending to exchange partners with had a son named Yuu Matsuura. Now, not only does Miki have to deal with two sets of parents but her sudden feelings for Yuu... (Synopsis is provided courtesy of momoko8@geocities.com.)
Melody of Oblivion Rent See Boukyaku no Senritsu
Memories of Yesterday Rent See Omohide Poro Poro

Michiko to Hatchin
Buy Hatchin is a girl who is brought up by foster parents and yearns to escape and live freely. However, she doubts that it is possible. But one day, a woman named Michiko Marandoro appeared to take her away. Michiko is a sexy and dangerous diva who vows to live freely and broke out of an escape-proof jail. The story is set in a country of radiant sunlight and primary colours, where it is a dangerous lawless zone once you step out to wilderness. Along with Latino music, Michiko lives blithely, and Hatchin lives in the freedom she dreams of... From two women of incompatible personalities, comes an impossible escape full of thriller!
Midnight Sleazy Train Rent See Midnight Sleezy Train

Midnight Sleezy Train
Rent In a town linked to it's rail system, the company who's running the trains is going in the red. The only hope for it's contination: The Midnight Sleezy Train.

Minami-ke
Buy Minami-ke is a manga following three sisters, Haruka, Kana, and Chiaki in their lives at home and school. It`s a funny series that depicts how these characters interact with each other and their classmates. It`s a story about ordinary girls and their ordinary adventures told in an extraordinary manner.

Mind Game
Rent Nishi, an awkward young manga artist in Osaka, has had on longstanding crush on Myon. Thing is, Myon’s got a thing for rugged Ryo. Matters come to a head at her sister Yan’s yakitori restaurant, in the presence of the girl’s dissolute father—who happens to owe a bunch of money to a pair of creepy gangsters, who’ve come to collect. Things get ugly, and Nishi gets killed in a brutal, graphic fashion. End of the story? No way, that’s just the start. Pulling a fast one on God (in all his/her/its infinite manifestations), Nishi hightails it back to Earth, where he replays the crime to his advantage, steals a car and grabs the girls. Under a hail of yakuza gunfire, he bails off a bridge—and into the mouth of a whale. There, he and his two female companions encounter a tenacious and lively old man who has set up camp in the beast’s belly, longing to someday return to human company on dry land. With no immediate exit available, the quartet make do—fishing, fighting, making love, weaving tales of strange happenings on faraway planets and dreaming of life in the real world. Will they ever set foot there again?
MindGame Rent See Mind Game
Minding My Own Business Watch See Shiranpuri

MiniPato
Rent Only available as part of the Ultimate Edition(of Patlabor WXIII), these three theatrical short cartoons bring the real Patlabor stars back one last time, albeit in quite a different manner. Goto, Nagumo, and the rest have become super-deformed CGI puppets, and each of the shorts is a self-referential “instructional video” that gleefully shreds apart the Patlabor mythos. Goto talks at length about just how stupid the concept of a “Revolver Cannon” really is, Shige speculates on ways to sell more “Patlabor” merchandise by making the Ingrams transform, and Nagumo reveals the ludicrous truth behind Special Vehicles' mysterious source of income. MiniPato is one big in-joke, but folks in the know will find it hilarious, and it represents the first time Mamoru Oshii has written comedy since the Patlabor TV series ended over a decade ago.
Genre
Action(39) Action Comedy(8) Adventure(20) Comedy(49)
Comedy Fantasy(2) Drama(69) Horror(7) Mystery(11)
Parody(12) Romance(26) Romantic Comedy(6) Suspense(5)
Tragedy(5)
Setting
Cyberpunk(5) Fantasy(38) Historical(9) Modern(61)
Sci-Fi(46) Western(1)
Demographic
All Ages(11) Children(1) Josei(1) Kid at heart(1)
Seinen(22) Shoujo(13) Shounen(7)
Style
Artistic(13) Classic(3) Creepy(12) Dark(30)
Fragmentary(4) Kawaii(4) Moe(1) Silly-funny(8)
Surreal(39) Weird(36)
Characters and Their Abilities
Angels(1) Animals(2) Artificial Girls(7) Bishounen(2)
Deities(4) Kemonomimi(8) Mahou Shoujo(2) Ninja(3)
Samurai(4) Vampires(3)
Story Elements and Location
Boys Love(3) Coming of Age(6) Competition(2) Depression(7)
Elementary School(5) Epic(3) Family Affairs(6) Fighting(5)
Friendship(7) Harem(3) High School(22) Isekai (Other World)(2)
Magic(8) Martial Arts(4) Mecha(21) Middle School(8)
Music(5) Music Oriented(3) Occult(8) Otaku Theme(2)
Police(1) Psychics(7) School Comedy(3) Shoujo Ai(3)
Shounen Ai(3) Slice of Life(25) Soul Mates(2) Spiritual(13)
Sports(1) Supernatural(14) Swordplay(4) Tenchi Clone(1)
Time Travel(2) Underworld(2) War(3) Yaoi(1)
Yuri(4)
Keywords
Anime-Manga Bundle(1) Anthology(2) Assassin(s)(2) Computers(3)
Dating Sim Spinoff(2) Evang*lion Clone(2) Gun-action(4) Live Action(1)
Maid Theme(1) noitaminA(4) Prequel(1) Reboot(2)
Sequel(9) Spinoff(3)
Potentially Objectionable
Bondage(2) Ecchi(22) Erotic Comedy(3) Fan Service(19)
Hentai(8) Incest(4) Lolicon(4) Pantsu(2)
Pervert(9) Softcore(2) Stalking(2) Violent(18)
Vulgar(4)
Type
Movie(27) ONA(1) OVA(30) Short(4)
TV(83) TV Special(4)
Release Year
2019(2) 2015(1) 2014(2) 2013(3) 2012(2) 2011(2) 2010(1) 2009(7)
2008(8) 2007(8) 2006(11) 2005(9) 2004(16) 2003(14) 2002(14) 2001(10)
2000(11) 1999(7) 1998(7) 1997(6) 1996(3) 1995(3) 1994(2) 1993(4)
1992(1) 1991(3) 1990(2) 1989(3) 1988(1) 1987(3) 1986(1) 1985(2)
1984(3) 1983(5) 1982(1) 1981(1) 1979(1) 1973(2) 1966(1) 1962(2)
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