Tragedy: (Genre) Animes of this type have tragic events as an important part of the story, and usually will show how the characters are dealing with the consequences of that tragedy (more or less successfully). This doesn't necessarily mean the story cannot have a happy ending as the tragedy might occur during the first episodes of even before story begins; as such this category information need not be a spoiler (unless the tragedy were to be a surprise for the audience in a mystery-style show).
Surreal: (Style) Anime that have the "intense irrational reality of a dream" 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 |
|---|---|---|
| A | ||
 Alien Nine |
Rent | For the new year in elementary school #9 the responsibilities are assigned, like class representatives, homeroom duties, feeding the class animals - and membership in the anti alien squad who put an alien symbiont on their head like a hat and then catch those aliens that are occasionally landing on earth before they can do any damage. Energetic Toomine Kasumi and serious Kawamura Kumi volunteered for this task while timid Ootani Yuri was elected for this squad by her class, much against her will. And facing these monsters, defending her classmates and even feeding the symbiont with her body (who gives her protection in return) takes a heavy toll on this girl. |
| C | ||
 Clannad (Movie) |
Watch | Clannad is set in a high-school located in some Japanese town. Okazaki Tomoya is a third-year student who is just coasting in school and haunted by nightmares since his mother died in a car accident when he was little. After losing his sports scholarship at high school (due to getting severely hurt in a fight with his father), he just goes to school to get away from him. |
| E | ||
| End of Eva | Rent | See Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion |
| End of Evangelion | Rent | See Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion |
| Eva | Rent | See Shin Seiki Evangelion |
| Evangelion | Rent | See Shin Seiki Evangelion |
| Evangelion, The End of | Rent | See Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion |
| K | ||
 Kanon (2006) |
Buy | One snowy winter's day... I sit on a bench near the station, waiting to meet my cousin Nayuki Minase; it`s been seven years since I last saw her.This place is far from the town where I was born and lived until yesterday. This is where Nayuki lives with her mother, who has offered to take me in, now that I am forced to move so suddenly. And this is the town in which my faintest, cloudiest childhood memories are set... |
| Kanon Remake | Buy | See Kanon (2006) |
| N | ||
| Neon Genesis Evangelion | Rent | See Shin Seiki Evangelion |
 Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion |
Rent | An alternative ending to the TV series, replacing the episodes 25 and 26 by a movie which now answers many of the questions left open in the series: Now that the last angel has been defeated, what will happen next as NERV has lost its purpose but still has control over two EVAs powerful enough to destroy the world as we know it? Will SEELE allow Ikari Gendou to stay in control? And what was all this story all about? |
| NGE | Rent | See Shin Seiki Evangelion |
| S | ||
 Shin Seiki Evangelion |
Rent |
A secret organization, NERV, builds giant mechs called Evas that can only be piloted by 14 year olds. These EVAs are used to fight against alien beings called "angels" that come to earth and cause destruction. Shinji Ikari, the son of the CEO of NERV, is picked up to become the "3rd children" (no typo!) and pilot one of these awesome mechs. However, being the pilot takes an emotional toll on him.... |
 sola (TV) |
Rent |
Sola's story revolves around Yorito Morimiya, the main protagonist, who is a young boy attending high school. He loves taking pictures of the sky at any time of day and any time of the year. One day, Yorito decides to take a picture of the sunrise overlooking the bay, but is deterred when he meets a strange girl trying to force a vending machine that stole her money to give her what she tried to buy — a can of tomato juice. Yorito helps her with forcing the machine while attempting to strike up conversation with her, despite it being four in the morning. Yorito tells her why he is here, but by the time he has forced the can out of the machine, the girl has mysteriously vanished. |
| そら (Japanese) | Rent | See sola (TV) |
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