Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Anime: 177 Films to Rent on DVD
- Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, The (TV Series) (2006)
- A warped, unpredictable anime series centred on the titular Haruhi Suzumiya: an eccentric high school girl whose unconscious ability to alter reality…
- Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006)
- Dir. Keiichi Sugiyama
- Thoughtful, cautionary tale of biological engineering gone awry. Like Miyazaki, this concerns itself with environmental matters through a…
- Paprika (2006)
- Dir. Satoshi Kon
- Mind–altering extravaganza of stolen dream technology from the anime trailblazer behind PERFECT BLUE, forged from the dir’s pet themes of…
- Tales From Earthsea (Gedo senki) (2006)
- Dir. Goro Miyazaki
- The animated feature debut from Goro Miyazaki, son of Hayao, based on Ursula K Le Guin's popular 'Earthsea' novels, this is a commendable addition to…
- Tekkonkinkreet (2006)
- Dir. Michael Arias
- Notable Western–directed anime about two street kids defending their turf across a sprawling, fantastical cityscape.
Involving yakuza muscle…
- Black Cat (TV Series) (Shonen Jump) (2005)
- Sven is your run–of–the–mill sweeper (a.k.a. bounty hunter): down on his luck, haunted by the perpetual grumbling of his stomach…
- Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex: The Laughing Man (2005)
- Dir. Kenji Kamiyama
- A compartment–sized crash course in the STAND ALONE COMPLEX universe, this two hour feature skillfully edits down the seven volume TV series…
- Gisaku (2005)
- Dir. Baltasar Pedrosa
- Spanish–anime hybrid concerns an alliance of samurai warriors pitted against a demonic ‘Master of Darkness’ hell–bent on destroying…
- Karas - The Prophecy / The Revelation (2005)
- Dir. Kei'ichi Sato
- Large–scale, CG rendered anime concerns the battle for Tokyo between two guardian angels who weld various powers of the occult. Two volumes:…
- Mushi-Shi (TV Series) (2005)
- Dir. Hiroshi Nagahama
- Artful, existential anime of spiritual transcendence, concerning an intangible life force dubbed ‘Mushi’, and the gifted master who seeks out…