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Dystopian

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Legend of Basara

TV · 1998

In a small village, twins are born: a boy, Tatara, and a girl, Sarasa. The prophet Nagi declares that Tatara is the chosen one who will free…

Legend of Basara

Action · Adventure · Drama

Ai no Kusabi

OVA · 1992

On planet Amoi, a great society has developed, creating a computerized city called Tanagura, ruled by supercomputer Jupiter. The populace is almost entirely male and is based…

Ai no Kusabi

Action · Drama · Romance

VAMPIRE HUNTER D

MOVIE · 1985

10,000 years in the future, the world has become a very different place; monsters roam the land freely, and people, although equiped with high tech weapons and…

VAMPIRE HUNTER D

Action · Fantasy · Horror

Sky Blue

MOVIE

The final version is set in 2142 A.D., a century after humanity’s carelessness resulted in the collapse of Earth’s biosphere. The only survivors are a technological society…

Sky Blue

Action · Drama · Romance

The Big O

TV · 1999

Paradigm City is a place without a past. 40 years ago, something happened that wiped the memories of everyone in it. Unfortunately, the people of Paradigm City…

The Big O

Action · Mecha · Mystery

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

MOVIE · 2000

In a very different Tokyo from the one we know today, the totalitarian government rules with an iron fist. But a group called "the Sect" is staging…

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

Action · Drama · Psychological

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

MOVIE · 1984

A thousand years after a global war, a seaside kingdom known as the Valley Of The Wind remains one of only a few areas still populated. Led…

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Action · Adventure · Drama

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

TV · 2002

In the not so distant future, mankind has advanced to a state where complete body transplants from flesh to machine is possible. This allows for great increases…

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

Action · Mystery · Psychological

Aquarion

TV · 2005

When the Shadow Angels invade after 12,000 years of slumber, humanity is held captive by fear and sheer alien dominance. Eleven years after the Great Catastrophe decimated…

Aquarion

Action · Mecha · Romance

Kino's Journey

TV · 2003

Based on a hit light novel series by Keiichi Sigsawa, the philosophical Kino's Journey employs the time-honored motif of the road trip as a vehicle for self-discovery…

Kino's Journey

Adventure · Drama · Fantasy