Magic/Modern/Action Titles

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Magic: (Story/Location) Titles which don't fall into the "Fantasy" category but still feature magic.

Modern: (Setting) These are titles which have a modern feel to them; the story takes place in the present day (of the creation of this anime), give or take a few years.

Action: (Genre) Lots of shooting, explosions, and the like. Contains subcategories of more specific types such as "Gun-Action", "Martial Arts", and "Swordplay"; see also: "Fighting".

Title Rating Synopsis
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Aquarian Age
Rent The amateur rock band T. L. Signal (featuring slob guitar player Shingo, know-it-all keyboarder Junichi, and quiet harmonica player/singer/songwr­iter Kyouta facing his upcoming school exams), is suddenly given a chance to make studio recordings and given radio air time, raising their popularity index for the girls significantly. Difficult times for Kyouta's girlfriend and college student Yoriko, and things get worse when she learns there's her own fate she has to follow... for the Age of Aquarius is dawning, and each of those five groups who used to live in the shadows until now will soon claim domination over mankind. Which doesn't stop several of the main characters to pursue their showbiz careers...
Aquarian Age - Sign for Evolution Rent See Aquarian Age
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Fate Stay Night Buy See Fate/stay night

Fate/stay night
Buy The Holy Grail War Begins! .... Ten years ago there was a secret war fought by master mages with their servants in order to obtain the Holy Grail and the result was devastating to everyone. Today, the Holy Grail War is beginning again with new masters. One such master, Shirou, must now come to grips with the reality of the secret world of war mages and their summoned servants when he unknowingly summons his own servant, Saber; the one said to the most powerful servant of them all. Perhaps, Shirou will be the one to prevent the destruction that had marked the last war.
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Inukami the Movie
Watch In 2007, the Punishment of Sexual Perversions Law came into effect. The city is surrounded by strange troops wearing protective suits and they begin to arrest anyone who looks like a pervert. No wonder that Inugami Master Keita and Inukami Youko are wanted for Class A perversions! What will happen to Keita, Youko, Kaoru’s Inukami, and the other lovely perverts? And what about Karina?
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Kenpuchou Buy See Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchou: Tou
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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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Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Rent See Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha
Rent Takamachi Nanoha is a 3rd grader elementary school girl, who lives with her parents and her older sister and brother (last seen in Triangle Heart). One day after school, she hears a voice in mind, which leads her to rescue a small animal (a ferret?) in the forest. The animal is actually an archeologist-mage from another world, named Yuuno-kun, who is attempting to recover 21 dangerous Jewels Seeds that are scattered across the Earth. Yuuno had been fighting a loosing and desperate battle with a magic beast that emerged from an activated Jewel Seed, and he asks for Nanoha's help (and magic) in assisting him to defeat the beast and in recovering the other Seeds. So, with Yuuno-kun's help, and by activating the magic in the jewel's raging heart, Naoha can transform into a magic girl, complete with a magic-power-staff, to save her city from the dangers of the Jewel Seeds.
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")
Majin tv Buy See Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchou: Tou
My HiME Buy See Mai-HiME
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Tokyo Majin 1 Buy See Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchou: Tou

Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchou: Tou
Buy With the disruption of the "Dragon Veins," the flow of "ki" through the earth, Aoi, Tatsuma, Kyouichi, Komaki, and Yuuya are granted powers to fight the demons that also arise as a result of it. But even as they struggle between fighting to save lives and discovering just what is going on, the enemy grows ever closer to finding the final component to destroy the world.
Genre
Comedy(3) Drama(1) Horror(1) Romance(4)
Suspense(2)
Setting
Fantasy(6) Sci-Fi(2)
Demographic
All Ages(1) Children(1) Shounen(3)
Style
Acquired Taste(1) Creepy(1) Kawaii(2) Surreal(1)
Weird(1)
Keywords
Adventure(1) Animals(1) Bishounen(1) Coming of Age(1)
Competition(1) Dark(3) Dating Sim Spinoff(1) Depression(1)
Ecchi(1) Elementary School(1) Epic(1) Fan Service(3)
Fighting(6) Harem(2) High School(3) Mahou Shoujo(2)
Martial Arts(2) Mecha(1) Middle School(1) Music(1)
Pervert(1) Police(1) Psychics(1) Sequel(1)
Shoujo Ai(1) Shounen Ai(1) Soul Mates(1) Spinoff(1)
Spiritual(1) Supernatural(3) Video-game inspired(1) Violent(1)
Vulgar(1) Yaoi(1) Yuri(1)
Type
Movie(1) OVA(1) TV(6)
Release Year
2007(2) 2006(1) 2005(2) 2004(2) 2002(2) 1997(1) 1996(1)
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