Dark/2008/Action Drama Titles

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

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

Title Rating Synopsis
B

Blassreiter
In the near-future in a unnamed town in Germany, there have been incidences of dead bodies transforming into strange creatures and coming back to life to wreck havoc and kill innocent civilians. These mutant monsters have an ability to merge with cars and vehicles that makes them both very fast and dangerous. A secret SWAT team named XAT is specially equipped with armored cars and combat motorcycles to deal with these monsters. Then suddenly normal people begin transforming into monsters. With all these monsters and heavily armed soldiers running around, you know that a battle royal is brewing.
boku no katsu seni kanojo no... A tradgic Love Story w/ a VERY odd twist!
C

Chaos;Head
Based on a Japanese visual novel developed by 5bp and Nitroplus, Chaos;Head is a delusional murder mystery story, with strong elements of gore, psychology and science fiction. The game uses a feature called a "delusional trigger", which allows the player adjust the ‘realness’ or ‘surrealness’ of the perspective of the main character, which affects the storyline.
G
Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji See Kaiji
Gekijouban Kara no Kyoukai Rent See Kara no Kyoukai
Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor See Kaiji
H

H2O: Footprints in the Sand
Rent A boy, Hirose Takuma, was traumatized by the death of his mother during his childhood. To rehabilitate, he transfers to the school in his mother's hometown, where he meets three girls:
J
Jigoku Shoujo 3 See Jigoku Shoujo: Mitsuganae

Jigoku Shoujo: Mitsuganae
The third season of Jigoku Shoujo.
K

Kaiji
Itou Kaiji is a bum who steals car emblems and slashes tires on what seems to be a regular basis. This routine changes one day when he is paid a visit by a man in a trench-coat. Once the two get talking, it seems that the visitor (Calling himself Endou) is a debt collector. The reason for his visit is an unpaid loan which kaiji had previously co-signed for a work-mate (Furuhata Takeshi). The original loan was 30000 yen and once Takeshi had disappeared, the loan then fell on Kaiji.

Kara no Kyoukai
Rent Based on a novel by Nasu Kinoko, writer for TYPE-MOON. Kara no Kyoukai plays in a parallel universe to that of Tsukihime. Considered the precursor/inspiratio­n for the story of Tsukihime.
M
My life without her... See boku no katsu seni kanojo no...
R
Rakkyo (Alternate Title) Rent See Kara no Kyoukai
T
The Garden of Sinners Rent See Kara no Kyoukai
U
Ultimate Survivor Kaiji See Kaiji
Genre
Action(4) Drama(5) Horror(2) Parody(1)
Romance(2) Suspense(1) Tragedy(3)
Setting
Fantasy(1) Modern(3) Sci-Fi(3)
Demographic
Kid at heart(1)
Style
Weird(1)
Keywords
Coming of Age(2) Competition(1) Depression(2) Fighting(2)
Friendship(1) Gun-action(1) High School(1) Live Action(1)
Magic(1) Mecha(1) Occult(1) Psychics(1)
Slice of Life(2) Soul Mates(1) Supernatural(2) Underworld(2)
Vampires(1) Video-game inspired(2) Violent(3)
Type
Movie(2) ONA(1) TV(5)
Release Year
2007(2)
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