Artistic: (Style) Titles which are showily or pretentiously artistic.
Modern: (Setting) These are titles which have a modern feel to them; the story takes place in the present day (of the creation of this anime), give or take a few years.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
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| A | ||
| Aquatic Language | Rent | See Mizu no Kotoba |
| E | ||
 ef - a tale of melodies |
This sequel to ef - a tale of memories was announced by Studio Shaft in late-June scheduled for an October 2008 release. | |
 ef - a tale of memories |
Rent | The story revolves around 2 sisters, Kei and Chihiro Shinou. Kei spends her mornings helping her 'Oni-chan' Hiro Hirono get up in the morning. But Hiro has started to see another girl named Miyako Miyamura who is a bit of a troubled student and Kei feels that she is a bad influence on him. But lately Kei has noticed someone following her around. Chihiro just stays at the train station and reads. One day a boy Renji stops by and starts talking to her. Chihiro likes this boy but she has a problem: About ten years ago she got into an accident and now cannot remember the previous day. Her only link to the past is a hand written diary that one of her previous selves has written. |
| F | ||
| Fille Révolutionnaire Utena | Buy | See Shoujo Kakumei Utena |
| G | ||
| Glass Mask (2005) | See Glass No Kamen (2005) | |
 Glass No Kamen (2005) |
A new adaptation of Suzue Miuchi`s manga Glass No Kamen (Mask Of Glass), in which a young girl aspires to be an actor on the stage. The original story dates back 1976 when Miuchi serialized it in Hakusensha`s Hana to Yume Magazine. Mask Of Glass was made into a TV anime in 1984 and then later into an OAV series in 1998. |
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| H | ||
 Hidamari Sketch x 365 |
Sunshine Sketch centers around a young girl named Yuno who finally is able to get accepted into Yamabuki Art High School, which she has longed for. To attend the school, Yuno moves and starts to live in a small apartment building named the Sunshine Apartments (ひだまり荘, Hidamari-sō) located near the school. Once there, she starts making new friends like her classmate Miyako and the second year students, Hiro and Sae. There is no real plot line to the story but rather the events of the characters' everyday lives are shown as they attend the school together and get to know each other better. (summary from ANIDB) |
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| I | ||
| If You Listen Closely | Buy | See Whisper of the Heart |
| M | ||
 MEMORIES |
Buy |
A collection of shorts by Katsuhiro Otomo. The first, Magnetic Rose, is about a group of space salvagers who respond to a distress call and find a lavish space mansion. The second, Stink Bomb, is about a young man who takes an experimental cold pill, and becomes a living disaster as his body exudes an odious green cloud. The last is "Cannon Fodder," about a boy who lives out his life in a vaguely Orwellian world, fighting a distant, invisible, enemy. |
| Mimi wo Sumaseba | Buy | See Whisper of the Heart |
 Mizu no Kotoba |
Rent |
Several people are spending their evening in a cafe. Two gossipping girls, two debating men, a bookworm and a boy who just broke up with his girlfriend. The cafe's waitress starts a chat with him, persuading him to take a look at certain easel, while other customers begin to notice unusual things. |
| N | ||
| Nodame Cantabile: Paris Chapter | See Nodame Cantabile: Paris-Hen | |
 Nodame Cantabile: Paris-Hen |
Sequel of Nodame Cantabile. The new story arc will take place in Paris. |
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| P | ||
 Paradise Kiss |
Buy |
Yukari Hayasaka is a high school student in her final year undergoing the stress of applying for university exams and the pressures put on her by her mother to succeed as a student. One day, Yukari is brought into the world of fashion modeling by George Koizumi and several of his friends at the Yazawa Gakuen design school. The group known as Paradise Kiss need Yukari’s help to model their clothing designs for their school’s upcoming fashion competition. Yukari agrees to help the group out as she starts to realize her potential in the world of fashion modeling and falls for George as the days count down towards the Yazawa competition. |
| ParaKiss | Buy | See Paradise Kiss |
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