Subgenre Sampler
Science Fiction > Anime: 116 Films to Buy & Rent
- 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:…
- Samurai 7 (TV Series) (2005)
- Dir. Toshifumi Takizawa
- Daring anime update of Kurosawa's SEVEN SAMURAI, set in a post–apocalyptic world where partly–bionic former samurai roam the wilderness…
- Transformers Cybertron (TV Series) (2005)
- The Transformers revival continues with this latest addition to the popular animated series.
- Appleseed - The Movie (Appurushîdo) (2004)
- Dir. Shinji Aramaki
- Muscular and violent anime set in a post–WW3 landscape, where a gung–ho woman warrior is captured and transported to a seemingly benign…
- Dead Leaves (2004)
- Dir. Hiroyuki Imaishi
- Jittery and brutal anime from the makers of KAI DOH MARU, in which a pair of young amnesiac miscreants (Pandy and Retro) half–destroy a city…
- Elfen Lied (2004)
- Dir. Mamoru Kanbe
- Anime TV series adapting the earlier part of a manga of the same name by Lynn Okamoto that was considered edgy in its time due to being pretty dark…
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2004)
- Dir. Tetsuya Nomura, Takeshi Nozue
- The second major feature film to emerge from the PlayStation game franchise (after FINAL FANTASY – THE SPIRITS WITHIN), this again encases some…
- Gankutsuou (TV Series) (Count of Monte Cristo, The) (2004)
- Born into an aristocratic family in Paris, Albert sets out on a journey with his best friend, Franz, to escape his privileged yet dull life. They…
- Gantz (TV Series) (2004)
- Dir. Ichirô Itano
- A kinetic and ultraviolent adaptation of Hiroya Oku's legendary 'manga' comics, beginning with the resurrection of several unconnected indivduals by…
- Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
- Dir. Mamoru Oshii
- Visually emphatic, conceptually flummoxing sequel to Mamoru Oshii's cyberpunk touchstone GHOST IN THE SHELL.
Cybernetic detective Batou returns to…