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Subgenre Sampler
Mind Game (2004)- Dir. Masaaki Yuasa
Feat. Koji Imada, Sayaka Maeda, Takashi Fujii - Inventive Japanese animation based on the manga of the same by Robin Nishi, depicting the psychedelic self–discovery of a socially inept…
Naruto - The Movie(s) (2004-2014)- Dir. Tensai Okamura
- The NARUTO series concerns its titular hero and his companions protecting the world from bands of rogue ninjas and other dangers in wait. In…
Otogi Zoshi (2004)- Dir. Mizuho Nishikubo
- A historical fiction series from the I.G. Anime production house (makers of NINJA SCROLL and KAI DOH MARU) that achieves a good balance of action,…
Paranoia Agent (TV Series) (Mousou dairinin) (2004)
- Dir. Satoshi Kon
- Beautifully animated and conceptually ambitious 'anime' TV series from the dir. of PERFECT BLUE, set in a present–day metropolis of social…
Place Promised in Our Early Days, The (2004)- Dir. Makoto Shinkai
- Evocative and measured anime, which bases its sci–fi storyline around a future Japan divided by civil war into two islands separated by…
Steamboy (2004)- Dir. Katsuhiro Otomo
- A rapturous adventure set in quasi–futuristic Victorian England, where a young lad is given a "steamball" to take care of and becomes slowly…
Transformers Energon (TV Series) (2004)- Dir. Jun Kawagoe, Yutaka Sato
- Fairly creditable sequel to the original animation series (following on from Transformers: Armada), with the Autobots and Decepticons living in peace…
Cromartie High School (TV Series) (Sakigake!! Kuromati Kôkô) (2003)
- Dir. Hiroaki Sakurai
- The zany and hilarious episodes in the life of a teenage boy who ends up at a rough public school, peopled by an array of thugs, robots, a gorilla…
Interstella 5555 (The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem) (2003)- Dir. Kazuhisa Takenôchi
- Quirky and well–crafted animated feature, which extends a series of music–videos by the French electronica group Daft Punk, which…
Kino's Journey (TV Series) (Kino No Tabe) (2003)- Dir. Ryutaro Nakamura
- Unusual and yet quietly rewarding Japanese anime about a young girl, Kino, who travels the world on her sentient motorcycle, Hermes, seeking wisdom,…
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