Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Anime: 198 Films to Rent
- Samurai Pizza Cats (TV Series) (1990)
- A classic wiseacre cartoon import from the 90s, in which three cyborg cat samurais are employed to thwart the designs of a villainous rat determined…
- Violence Jack (1990)
- Dir. Takuya Wada
Feat. Minako Arakawa, Issei Futamata
- Three–part compilation of post–apocalyptic, subterranean episodes from the creator of the DEVIL MAN series. Banned in Australia,…
- Akira (1989)
- Dir. Katsuhiro Otomo
- Dazzling cyberpunk animated feature adapted from the cult comic books, it's a violent, anarchic, wildly ambitious ride through Neo–Tokyo in…
- Dominion Tank Police (1989)
- Four parts on two cassettes.
- Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
- Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
Feat. Kirsten Dunst, Phil Hartman, Matthew Lawrence…
- A magical animation from the masterful Japanese dir. Miyazaki, which delivers a contemporary fairytale with strong characters, rich visuals and a…
- Legend of the Demon Womb (1989)
- Legend of the Overfiend (Urotsukidoji) (1989)
- A genuine Manga 'video nasty', this has all the trademark elements of sex, violence and the supernatural to enough of an extreme to ensure an…
- Patlabor (1989)
- Dir. Mamoru Oshii
Feat. Shigeru Chiba, William Dufries
- A more action–orientated film based on the Japanese anime TV Series. Set in a futuristic Tokyo where armoured Mobile Police enforce the laws,…
- Venus Wars (1989)
- Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no Haka) (1988)
- Dir. Isao Takahata
- Modest 'classic' of Japanese anime that tells the story of two children caught up in the devastating fire–bombing of Kobe in WW2.
Amid the…