Titles that are dismal or gloomy in nature qualify for the dark category.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| L | ||
 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 organisation known as the "Seventh Moon", Ritsuka decides to join forces with Soubi and investigate the truth behind his brother's death. |
| M | ||
| 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") |
 Matantei Loki Ragnarok |
Rent | Mayura is missing a magical talking doll and is drawn to visit a strange detective agency, where she meets Loki and his personal assistant Yamino. The deceptively short and childlike Loki tells Mayura that it is not the outward appearance, but rather the inner skills and abilities of a person that make a great detective. The three start a friendship in adventure as they unravel a series of mysteries, bound in magic and ancient lore, to find the truth behind the strange events that seem drawn to them. |
| My HiME | Buy | See Mai-HiME |
| S | ||
 sola (TV) |
Buy |
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. |
| T | ||
| The Mythical Detective Loki | Rent | See Matantei Loki Ragnarok |
| W | ||
 Witch Hunter Robin |
Rent |
Witches are individuals with special powers like ESP, telekinesis, mind control, etc. Robin, a craft user, arrives from Italy to Japan to work for an organization named STN Japan Division (STN-J) as a replacement for one of STN-J's witch hunters who was recently killed. Unlike other divisions of STN, STN-J tries to capture the witches alive in order to learn why and how they became witches in the first place. Will Amon accept Robin as a partner? What is the extent of Robin's powers? Why is Administrator Zaizen so mistrusting of her? What is the Factory up to? And what is causing witches to appear? |
| そら (Japanese) | Buy | See sola (TV) |
| ラブレス (Japanese) | Buy | See Loveless (TV) |
| 舞-HiME | Buy | See Mai-HiME |
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