Subgenre Sampler
Science Fiction > Anime: 116 Films to Buy & Rent
- Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie (2015)
- Dir. Kazuya Nomura
- The groundbreaking cybernetic anime finds new life in this topical re–boot, as Japanese special ops uncover a web of government corruption…
- Harlock: Space Pirate (2013)
- Dir. Shinji Aramaki
Feat. Shun Oguri, Yu Aoi
- An epic 3D–animated space opera based on the adventures of iconic anime character Captain Harlock, a space revolutionary determined to help…
- Children Who Chase Lost Voices (Journey to Agartha) (2011)
- Dir. Makoto Shinkai
- This eye–watering love letter to the godfather of anime, Hayao Miyazaki, not only replicates, but in many ways surpasses Studio Ghibli's…
- Halo Legends (2010)
- Spun–off from the popular X–Box video game franchise, this eight episode series explores the mythology and back–story of the HALO…
- Loups=Garous (2010)
- Dir. Junichi Fujisaku
- Confined to her home by a deadly virus, a shy 14–year–old girl ventures into the outside world when one of her online friends goes…
- Eden of the East (TV Series) (2009)
- Dir. Kenji Kamiyama
- A sprawling, suspenseful anime series in the wake of popular narrative arc serials (i.e. LOST, FLASH FORWARD), this centres on an amnesiac man who…
- Fullmetal Alchemist (TV Series) (2009)
- Two brothers scour a war–torn land for the Philosopher's Stone, a fabled relic which grants the ability to perform Alchemy in impossible ways.
- King of Thorn (2009)
- Dir. Kazuyoshi Katayama
- An impressively realised anime set in a world beset by a "Medusa" virus which turns its victims into stone. Both visually and conceptually complex,…
- Redline (2009)
- Dir. Takeshi Koike
- This turbo–charged anime spectacle centred on a death–defying racing tournament is an out–and–out thrill ride, with breakneck…
- Sengoku Basara (TV Series) (Samurai Kings) (2009)
- In the bloody Warring States Period, of feudal Japan, many generals fought in an endless struggle for power, but one man proved to be too big of a…