2005/Coming of Age/Action Drama Titles

Coming of Age: (Story/Location) A story in which the main character is confronted with issues related to their transition from adolescence (innocence) to adulthood (responsibility). Most typically found in a modern romance story in which the main character has to confront his/her feelings over their (first) love and/or deciding about the path in life (setting goals, attending college, getting a job etc.).

Action Drama: (Genre) Much like "Action" (lots of shooting, explosions, and the like) except it has "Drama" thrown in as well.

Title Rating Synopsis
G

Gunparade Orchestra
Watch Ishida Saryou is assigned to be the new commander of the 4th division in Aomori. This squad is the laziest of the whole army because they are assigned into a remote mountain town far away from civilization and never attacked by the Ginju. Displacing a popular and older Lieutenant Ishida finds herself with a bunch of pampered spoiled crew who hates her. They cause many obstructions such as disobeying orders, sending in falsified reports, and blaming Ishida for all of their problems that result from it.
K

Kamichu!
Buy In a quiet village town, the supernatural and ordinary coexist in a quiet harmony. And then one day, a normal junior high school girl named Hitotsubashi Yurie tells two of her school friends that she has suddenly become a god last night. But she still has problems to get the boy she likes to even remember her name...
L

Loveless (TV)
Buy Twelve-year old Aoyagi Ritsuka lost his only kin when his brother, Aoyagi Seimei, was killed under mysterious circumstances. One day, he meets Wagatsuma Soubi, who claims to know his brother. It turns out that Soubi and Seimei used to be a fighting pair, whereby Soubi was the "Fighting Machine" and Seimei was the "Sacrifice". Now that Seimei is gone, Soubi 'belongs' to Ritsuka who will become his new "Sacrifice". After learning that Seimei was killed by an organization known as the "Seventh Moon", Ritsuka decides to join forces with Soubi and investigate the truth behind his brother's death.
M

Mai-HiME Omake Special
Rent

A collection of omake (extras) special shorts for the Mai-HiME series. The shorts can contain additional information on the series or be comical in nature with plenty of fanservice. The various characters in the series get a featured omake.

S

School Days (ONA)
Rent Itou Makoto, a shy and unconfident teenager, has become very accepting at only stealing glances at a cute girl as they ride the same trolley each morning on their way to their high school - at least until Saionji Sekai, sitting next to him in the classroom, surprises him and chances to get a peek at a photo-snap of the beautiful Katsura Kotonoha on his cell-phone. To Makoto's surprise, Sekai offers to support him in his romance - and due to her commitment the three soon become close friends. Close enough that Makoto braves asking Katsura out on date. And she agrees. Later that day, Makoto finds a quiet moment to express his thanks for all support that Sekai has offered him, and makes clear his intent on finding away to reply her kindness. But he is totally unprepared and very surprised at the reward that Sekai has chosen: Sekai steals a long kiss from his lips, ended only by her breaking away to run for a commuter-tolley. Before Sekai boards the train, she turns and wishes Makoto well on his date.
U

Uta Kata
Buy A very quiet Ichika is attending Kamakura Girl High School with her three friends, Satsuki who had a sturdy mind, Keiko who was a gentle girl, and Michiru who has something mysterious about her. On the last day of the first term, on her way home with her friends, Ichika realizes that she has lost her cellphone with its special treasured charm, so she hurries back to school. She finds her cellphone but it appears to be on the other side of a large, ancient mirror. A cute, friendly young girl appears in the mirror, offering to return the item in exchange for a simple promise: Ichika has to do the summer homework for this girl who came into this world for "sightseeing". And so begins the summer friendship between Ichika and Manatsu and the story of their magical adventures, for the 12 stones in Ichika's charm have turned into magical stones to summon elemental djinns.
W

Windy Tales
One sunny afternoon day, as the spacey Nao is doing what she enjoys doing most, taking photographs of clouds on the roof of their middle school, she encounters a cat, a FLYING CAT! In chasing after the cat, she manages to fall of the roof and is saved by a strange gust of strong wind, which slowed her fall and saved her from injury. She comes to learn that one of her teachers is a ‘ wind handler’, and it was he who taught the cat to control the winds so as to be able to fly through the air. During the summer break, Nao, her best friend Miki and a cute fellow student, Jun, all head out to their teachers little village in countryside to learn more about the secrets of controlling the wind. They arrive at a time when the mysterious Wind Festival is about to begin.
うた∽かた (Japanese) Buy See Uta Kata
かみちゅ! (Japanese) Buy See Kamichu!
ガンパレード・オーケストラ Watch See Gunparade Orchestra
ラブレス (Japanese) Buy See Loveless (TV)
開発日誌 Rent See School Days (ONA)
Genre
Action(3) Comedy(2) Drama(4) Horror(1)
Romance(3) Suspense(1)
Setting
Fantasy(5) Modern(5) Sci-Fi(1)
Demographic
All Ages(3) Seinen(1) Shounen(1)
Style
Acquired Taste(1) Kawaii(1) Moe(1) Surreal(1)
Keywords
Adventure(3) Bishounen(1) Dark(1) Dating Sim Spinoff(1)
Deities(1) Fan Service(2) Fighting(1) Friendship(1)
High School(3) Magic(2) Mahou Shoujo(2) Mecha(1)
Middle School(2) Sequel(1) Shounen Ai(1) Slice of Life(3)
Soul Mates(1) Supernatural(1) Yaoi(1) Yuri(1)
Type
ONA(1) OVA(1) Short(2) TV(4)
Release Year
2006(1) 2004(2)

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