Titles that are dismal or gloomy in nature qualify for the dark category.
Titles that deal in might and magic will fall into this category. Inuyasha and Tenkuu no Escaflowne are a couple of titles which fall into this genre.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| A | ||
| A Traveller's Diary | Rent | See Aru Tabibito no Nikki |
 Aru Tabibito no Nikki |
Rent | This anime by Kunio Kato shows the surreal journey of a stranger, traveling on a Dali-like pig with giant legs and leading us in to an unconscious mixture of nightmare and dream. |
| B | ||
| Basara | Buy | See Legend of Basara |
 Boukyaku no Senritsu |
Buy |
Over a hundred years have passed since humanity lost the war to a strange race of beasts that they call Monsters. The remaining survivors live in constant terror, fear and denial, as they are forced to offer their children in tribute to appease and feed the needs of their inhuman Monster conquerors. But not all of humanity has surrendered completely. A small group called the warriors of Melos still fight on, inspired only by a vision of a young lady known as the 'Melody of Oblivion', remembering an almost forgotten legend that if she is found and freed, then the monsters can be defeated. |
| C | ||
 Chrno Crusade |
Buy |
In the year of the lord 1928 AD, in a city of Brooklyn very different from our own, the prosperity of the decade has also summoned an evil that can not be fought with normal weapons. The Magdalan Order has evolved to specialize in exorcisms of poltergeists and demonic apparitions, through whatever means required, including, (but not limited to) the use of holy water and fully automatic weapons firing blessed silver rounds. The young Christian warrior-priestess, Rosette Christopher and her assistant, the daemon Chrno are ready to take on any evil opponent, no matter what kind of damage and destruction they cause, their efforts are all in the name of the holy order. |
| Chrono Crusade | Buy | See Chrno Crusade |
 Claymore |
Rent | Set in a mideval time, the Yoma (demons) have been feeding upon the humans. They have become so skilled that when they feed upon a person completely, they can assume the form, mannerisms, and memories of the people they kill. This allows them to blend into society where they cannot be found. Whenever these Yoma appear the Claymore follow. This is a group of young girls dressed in armor and sporting large 'Claymore' swords. Their job is to hunt down and kill all of these Yoma. Half Human and Half Yoma, these 'girls' only live to kill demons. Possessing super speed, strength, and healing abilities, they hunt down Yoma for any village that can pay the price. |
| D | ||
| Das wandelnde Schloss | Buy | See Hauru no Uguko Shiro |
 Death Note |
Buy |
Light Yagami (Or Raito) is an ace student who`s bored out of his mind. One day he finds the Death Note - a notebook held by a shinigami (or Death God). With the Death Note in hand, Light decides to create a perfect world - A world without crime or criminals. However when criminals start dropping dead one by one, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. |
| F | ||
| FMA | Buy | See Hagane no Renkinjutsushi |
| Full Metal Alchemist | Buy | See Hagane no Renkinjutsushi |
| Fullmetal Alchemist | Buy | See Hagane no Renkinjutsushi |
| H | ||
 Hagane no Renkinjutsushi |
Buy |
Edward and Alphonse Elric are brothers who were born with an extraordinary gift for the magical science known as alchemy. Their father, also very gifted in the craft of alchemy, disappeared leaving their ordinary mother to raise them in the country. But when their mother passed away, the boys vowed to learn the arts of alchemy to the fullest. The goal -- to bring their mother back to life, one of two things Alchemist are forbidden from doing. They attempt to bring back their mother with devistating consequences. Edward loses an arm and a leg and Alphonse loses his body, his soul sealed into a suit of armor by Edward at the last moment. For all of this, the thing they created wasn't even human and didn't live long. |
 Hauru no Uguko Shiro |
Buy | Early 20th century technology meets magic in a Western (probably French) country where Sophie, a young woman, is living and running a hatter shop. One of these magic users, the "Witch of the Wasteland", puts a hex on Sophie, making her instantly age by 70 years and unable to tell anyone about the reason. On her search for help Sophie ends up living in the moving castle of the infamous wizard Howl, together with his apprentice boy Marker, fire demon Calucipher, and the living scarecrow Turnip Head. And with time she is getting more and more dragged into a conflict of powerful wizards and a dreadful war. Will Sophie be able to break her curse, and what about the other inhabitants of this castle? |
 Highlander: The Search for Vengeance |
Rent |
Colin MacLeod, the immortal Scottish Highlander, travels with the wise-cracking ghost Amergan in search of the immortal despot Marcus Octavius, who killed his lover on the Celtic plains centuries earlier. Time has past and the once great city of New York is now submerged under water, with only one dominant fortress towering over the sea - the fortress of Marcus Octavius. MacLeod is torn between saving the survivors of New York and hunting down his nemesis. |
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