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Drama

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Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection

MOVIE · 2009

A crisis is approaching Earth with the expansion of a moving black hole, in the year 2220. A plan is devised to move over 300-million people from…

Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection

Action · Adventure · Drama

Karate Master

TV · 1973

Based on Ooyama Masutatsu's early years. After having survived the war as a Kamikaze pilot, Ken goes on a path to become the strongest martial artist in…

Karate Master

Action · Adventure · Drama

Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty

MOVIE

An alternate retelling of the classic Sleeping Beauty fairy tale. The story begins in the same way as the original story but our young heroine instead of…

Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty

Drama · Supernatural

Yume kara, Samenai

OVA · 1987

Student Fuji Takao is inexorably drawn towards his classmate Kawahara Sunao despite class rumors that she has appeared in a porno movie. (Source: AniDB)

Yume kara, Samenai

Drama · Romance · Slice of Life

Blue Literature Series

TV · 2009

The series consists of adaptations of six modern classics of Japanese literature: Osamu Dazai’s No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) & Run Melos! (Hashire Melos!), Natsume Soseki’s Kokoro,…

Blue Literature Series

Drama · Psychological · Romance

Bologee Story

ONA

An award winning surreal stop motion anime from Korea using noodles, about a little Bologee (a so-called convex boy) who was born on the Concave Planet. He…

Bologee Story

Drama · Romance

Black Jack ONA

ONA · 2001

Black Jack, a mysterious young unlicensed doctor with godlike skills, travels the world performing feats of impossible surgery, charging vast fees for his services, and challenging the…

Black Jack ONA

Drama

KNYACKI!

TV SHORT · 1995

Is a clay animation staring a small caterpillar of mint green named "Knyacki" who is easygoing and likes to go at his own pace in life, but…

KNYACKI!

Comedy · Drama · Fantasy

Sengoku Gyoujin Dullahan: Kagen no Keishousha

TV

This story re-imagines Japan's violent Sengoku Era - instead of traditional samurai armor, legendary figures like Date Masamune fight wearing Gishin powered suits. Masamune's armor is called…

Sengoku Gyoujin Dullahan: Kagen no Keishousha

Action · Adventure · Drama

The Book of the Dead

MOVIE · 2005

When a young noblewoman, Iratsume, falls into a trance after copying Buddhist sutras and walks to a remote temple that women are forbidden to enter, she stirs…

The Book of the Dead

Drama · Supernatural