Dark/2005 Titles

Dark: (Style) Titles that are dismal or gloomy in nature qualify for this category.

Title Rating Synopsis
G

Gankutsuou
Rent Based loosely on the book written by Alexandre Dumas titled “Comte de Monte-Cristo” (The Count of Monte Cristo), this story is set in a far future time against an intergalactic backdrop. A young Parisian aristocrat, Albert Mondego and his close circle of friends find their lives disrupted and threatened by the arrival of a mysterious and extravagant Count de Monte-Cristo - who appears to harbor a dark and hidden agenda against their parents.
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Hell Girl Buy See Jigoku Shoujo
J

Jigoku Shoujo
Buy There is a website that can only be accessed at the stroke of midnight. Known as the Jigoku Tsushin, rumor has it that if you post a grudge there, the Jigoku Shoujo will appear and drag whomever torments you into the inferno.
L
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo Rent See Gankutsuou

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.
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Mai HiME Buy See Mai-HiME

Mai-HiME
Buy Tokiha Mai and her frail younger brother Takumi receive a scholarship on the prestigious Fuuka Gakuen. On the ferry to the school, they find a girl floating in the water, holding a huge black sword. After rescuing her, the boat is attacked by another girl with a dog/artillery mecha thing. She warns Mai not to go to the school and to hand over the girl they found. After a big fight (sinking the ferry) Mai, the girl and her sword suddenly appear at Fuuka academy. It might have something to do with the red birth mark both girls seem to have. Is Mai a HiME? (HiME stands for "Highly-advanced Materializing Equipment")
My HiME Buy See Mai-HiME
P

Pale Cocoon
Buy Ura and Riko work in the "excavation" department of historical restoration, trying to find out what happened to the world back in the days when there was a blue sky and lots of green everywhere, to restore historical continuity and to learn from the errors made in the past. Ura's job is to decode and convert binary data, Riko's job is interpretation of the data; but everyday being confronted with a world so much better than the one they're living in now takes a toll on them. And one day, Ura restores a strange video...
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Saikano - OVA Rent See Saishuuheiki Kanojo - Another Love Song

Saishuuheiki Kanojo - Another Love Song
Rent This OVA retells parts of the Saishu Heiki Kanojo TV series from the perspective of Lt. Mizuki (Chise's superior officer and fellow Ultimate Weapon), thus giving the audience more insight into the events behind the scenes.
Saishuuheiki Kanojo OVA Rent See Saishuuheiki Kanojo - Another Love Song

Speed Grapher
Rent In a world very much polarized between the fantastically wealthy and desperately poor, Tokyo has become a city of pleasure, with hidden and secret fantasy clubs ready to indulge any sinful desire. Saiga, a photojournalist with a history of photographing live-action-deaths on distant battlefields, is now chasing after leads in the multiple assassinations of major political leaders. One day, he is asked to cover a secret society called the “Roppongi Club”, and succeeds in sneaking in undetected. Having reached a deep inner chamber of the club, he comes across an initiation ritual, where a goddess descends from above to give the innate a kiss of acceptance. The goddess, a girl named Kagura, gives him the kiss instead, bestowing on him a special ability, and asks that he help her flee from her circumstances. But the Roppongi Club does not intend to permit their goddess to escape, and their members have abilities of their own.
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Tenjho Tenge:The Past Chapter
Rent A condensed version of the flashback scenes that make up most of episodes 10-23 of the TV series of the same name.
Tenjou Tenge:The Movie Rent See Tenjho Tenge:The Past Chapter
Genre
Action(6) Comedy(1) Drama(6) Horror(1)
Romance(3) Suspense(1) Tragedy(3)
Setting
Fantasy(3) Modern(5) Sci-Fi(4)
Demographic
Shounen(2)
Style
Acquired Taste(2) Kawaii(1) Surreal(1) Weird(1)
Keywords
Bishounen(1) Coming of Age(1) Competition(1) Computers(1)
Depression(2) Ecchi(1) Fan Service(2) Fighting(4)
Gun-action(1) High School(4) Magic(2) Martial Arts(1)
Mecha(2) Middle School(2) Occult(2) Sequel(1)
Shoujo Ai(1) Shounen Ai(1) Soul Mates(1) Supernatural(3)
Vampires(1) Violent(2) War(1) Yaoi(1)
Yuri(1)
Type
Movie(1) OVA(2) Short(1) TV(6)
Release Year
2004(2)
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