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Action: Lots of shooting, explosions, and the like. Contains subcategories of more specific types such as Gun-Action, Martial Arts, and Swordplay; see also: Fighting.



Title Rating Synopsis
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A-Ko the Versus
Rent

C-Ko-chan has been kidnapped on her 10th birthday party, but the kidnappers ship suffers from an accident that forces them to crash land on a planet and lose their prize. If so happens that the team of A-Ko and B-Ko are on this planet and naturally C-Ko-chan ends up with them. However, the kidnappers will do what it takes to get back their prize. What do they want with C-Ko-chan?

A-Ko the Vs. Rent See A-Ko the Versus

A.D. Police
Watch

Relentless technological development has resulted in the creation of Boomers, artificially intelligent androids with the potential to free mankind from physical labor. But anything that can be used can also be misused...

A.D. Police Files Watch See A.D. Police

Ancient Book of Ys I
Our hero Adol Christine, compelled by an unknown urge, travels to the faraway land of Estellia, a land being overrun by monsters. There he learns that his coming was foretold by legend, and that he will end the menace to the land. Which unsurprisingly he does. In the process he and his companions search for the six books of Ys, which hold both the answers to the mystery and the key to the problem, battling both little and boss monsters all the way.
C

City Hunter: Bay City Wars
Watch After the U.S. military ousts a sadistic Central-American tyrant, a spirit of merciless vengeance is born. And when the Bay City Hotel unveils its new supercomputer, the deposed ruler and his loyal daughter devise a plan. With the daughter's hacking skills, the very same computer that helps room service deliver breakfast can now deliver a nuclear payload right to Washington's front door. But their nuclear vengeance has one unforseen problem--City Hunter. And now, the only question remaining is whose finger is faster: the girl on the button or the man on the trigger?

Cyber City Oedo 808
Buy In the year 2808, three criminals are offered a choice: Spend the rest of their lives aboard a maximum-security orbital prison, or return to Earth as agents of the Cyber Police. Parole violations will be rare as each criminal is fitted with a booby trapped, high-explosive collar which operates on a 24-hour timer. If ever a check-in is missed, the consequences would be...gruesome. For every criminal caught, the agents recieve a "bounty" that reduces their total sentence, so some day they may walk free again.
D
Devil Hunter Yohko Rent See Mamono Hunter Youko

Dirty Pair Flight 005 Conspiracy (OAV)
Rent

Code named "Lovely Angels" but known as "Dirty Pair" to the rest of the galaxy, Yuri & Kei are assigned to a mysterious case. A space liner flight DCL005 has exploded in space apparently killing all aboard. Yet none of the reported 300 passengers families have filed an insurance claim. In addition to this case, WWWA's main computer has also assigned them a second case involving a missing scientist and his missing family. Why would 3WA's computer link these two cases? What really happened to flight DCL005? And how much destruction will Yuri and Kei cause before making this "case closed?"

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Everyday is Sunday Watch See Mainichi ga Nichiyoubi
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Gude Crest - The Emblem of Gude See Onna Senshi Efe & Jiira Guude no Monshou
K
Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor (1989) Rent See Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor (TV)

Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor (TV)
Rent Labor: A robot specifically designed for construction work. Labors allow dramatic advances in construction--but also in crime. To combat these new labor crimes, the police created a special unit: The Patrol Labor. And thus, the birth of "Patlabor"!
L

Lodoss Tou Senki (OAV)
Buy

A young hero Parn, son of a mighty but then banished knight, tries to discover the force behind the evil that is starting to terrorize first his village, then the whole island of Lodoss. He is joined by a group of companions: a young and friendly monk named Etoh, a thoughtful wizard named Slayn, a (my)s(t)erious dwarf Ghim, a charming female high elf figher-mage named Deedlit - and they meet some thief on the way (Woodchuck). Will they find out who is standing behind the dark forces from Marmo and be able to save the acursed island?

M

Mainichi ga Nichiyoubi
Watch During a heavy downpour, a girl is running away from a boy. She crosses a street, not seeing the oncoming truck. But the boy does, and pushes her away...bloodily injuring his hand. Frightened, she runs away from the scene.Eight years later this girl (whose name is Takeshita Yumi) has grown up to become a rookie police officer. On her first day on duty, the overeager Yumi hears a scream and finds a purse-snatching victim. She sees a heavyset man running away and gives chase, catches him and with her strength and combat skills, flattens him. Not only has she caught the wrong guy but the scar on his hand shows that he's Ichidaiji Tohru, the young man who saved her so many years ago and now is an illusionist by trade. To make it up to him, Yumi goes on a date with him - during which they happen to run into the real purse-snatcher... Watch the promising policewoman and the ingenious illusionist team up against the underworld - she'll arrest your heart as well!
Release Year
1995(1) 1994(1) 1993(1) 1992(4) 1991(5) 1989(3) 1988(1) 1986(1)
Type
OVA(10) TV(2)
Setting
Fantasy(5) Modern(3) Sci-Fi(5)
Keywords
Acquired Taste(1) Action Comedy(1) Adventure(3) Bondage(1)
Classic(1) Comedy(5) Cyberpunk(1) Dark(2)
Drama(2) Ecchi(2) Fan Service(1) Fighting(1)
Horror(1) Magic(1) Mecha(1) Police(2)
Romance(1) Romantic Comedy(1) Sequel(1) Shoujo Ai(1)
Silly-funny(1) Spinoff(2) Sports(1) Swordplay(1)
Violent(1) War(1)
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