Title | Rating | Synopsis |
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A | ||
Area 88 (OVA) |
Rent | Area 88 is a secret airbase in the fictional Middle East kingdom of Asram, which is torn by civil war. It houses a unique unit, a squadron of mercenary jet pilots, which is routinely assigned the most dangerous missions. Among the best of these pilots is Shin Kazama, who wound up at Area 88 as a result of being betrayed by a friend. This fellow got Shin drunk, tricked him into enlisting as a mercenary pilot, then skedaddled back to Tokyo to seduce Shin's girlfriend. Shin now has few options open to him: get killed in action, serve out his three year enlistment, or perhaps earn $1.5 million through destroying enemy equipment to buy out his "contract" and end his tour of duty early. He attempts this course, but is tormented by thoughts of the countless men he must kill in order to succeed. There is one last option--he could attempt to desert... |
Armitage III: Dual-Matrix | Rent | See Armitage: Dual Matrix |
Armitage: Dual Matrix |
Rent |
Naomi Armitage, her husband Ross, and their daughter Yoko are spending a nice, quite life in a nice part of Mars with new names. Unfortunately, troops have raided a Third Type facility slaughtering not only the Armitage robots, but killing the human staff as well. Now Naomi must cast off her duties as wife and mother and resume her role as unofficial detective. With political debate heating up over the issue of robots being given the same rights as humans, things have never been more dangerous for Naomi nor her family. |
G | ||
Ghost in the Shell | Rent | See Koukaku Kidoutai |
K | ||
Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa |
Buy |
Set far in a fantastical future, a girl comes upon the task of uniting warring peoples and rescuing what little is left of nature. Written, designed, and directed by Miyazaki, Nausicaa is one of the most classic anime films out of the internationally reknowned Studio Ghibli. |
Koukaku Kidoutai |
Rent |
In the future, a department of cybernetically enhanced cops race to find the true identity of the mysterious 'Ghost hacker' ("Ghost" in this 'era of AI' being the name of what we might rather call "soul" today) known only as the "Puppet Master". |
N | ||
Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind | Buy | See Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa |
R | ||
Rahxephon |
Buy | In the year 2015 Tokyo is covered by an inpenetrable barrier created by the Mu, mankind's enemy. 17 years old Kamina Ayato, high-schooler and hobby-painter, lives in Tokyo with his mother Maya. After a surprising air battle two "guys from the government" ask the boy to follow them, when a mysterious woman appears and knocks them out. But why do these guys have thick, blue blood? "I'll tell you if you join me", this woman offers to Ayato, who decides to run away into a subway. |
RahXephon TV | Buy | See Rahxephon |
W | ||
Wolverine |
Watch |
Logan, aka "Wolverine," is in New York with his girlfriend Mariko when they are attack and Mariko is kidnapped. One year later, Logan's Japanese cop buddy, Asano, comes to New York with news of Mariko and is attacked. After being saved by Logan, the two go to Japan where Logan learns that Mariko's father, Shigen, is the head of a crime syndicate and has betrothed Mariko to Hideki, the leader of the crime, island nation of Madripoor. After being heavily drugged, Logan loses a fight with Shigen and is left for dead. He is rescued by Yukio, who also has a vendetta against Shigen. Together, they must overcome Hideki's men, Red Omega, and more as they battle their way off Japan and to Madripoor to rescue Mariko. |
ウルヴァリン | Watch | See Wolverine |
ラーゼフォン (Japanese) | Buy | See Rahxephon |
攻殻機動隊 | Rent | See Koukaku Kidoutai |
風の谷のナウシカ (Japanese) | Buy | See Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa |