Modern/Action Drama/2008 Titles

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

Title Rating Synopsis
A
A Penguin`s Troubles See Penguin no Mondai

Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka
Watch One day, Junichi Nagase the 'Geno Killer' saves a girl from getting accosted by 2 thugs. Walking away from her, he curses himself for acting 'too cool'. The next day his classroom gets a new transfer student, Yuuhi Katagiri. She turns out to be the girl that he saved. She walks up to him and asks him out. After having many fantasies about her, the next day when she talks to him he bends over and gives her a kiss on the mouth. She screams about stealing her first kiss and proceeds to beat him black and blue. Later that evening he gets a visit from Yuuhi and it turns out that she is to live in his house as his fiancee.
Akasaka (nickname) Watch See Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka

Amatsuki
Watch Ordinary high school student, Tokidoki Rikugō, has to take supplementary History classes, to boost his failing grade, at a state-of-the-art museum. This museum allows the visitor to use high-tech virtual reality to reconstruct a realistic Edo of the Bakumatsu period. However, once the simulation begins, Tokidoki is attacked by a strange creature. After something happens to his left eye, he realizes that he is not wearing the VR goggles - it is no longer a simulation; he's trapped in the virtual world and has no way of getting back.

Antique Bakery
Watch Tachibana, grandson of a rich businessman and newbie in the world of managing; Ono Yuusuke, famous pastry chef and even more infamous "devilish homosexual"; Kanda Eiji, a retired young boxer with a thing for pastries; Kobayakawa Chikage, servant friend of Tachibana and current romantic interest of Ono, who is clumsy yet serious and stoic to a fault (most of the time). Together, these four men maintain a small yet elegant cafe known as "Antique", where they and all their customers can come together to cherish one of the few but truly important things in life: cake. (summary from ANN-Manga)
B
boku no katsu seni kanojo no... A tradgic Love Story w/ a VERY odd twist!
Boondocks See The Boondocks

Bus Gamer
In order to get money, three young men - Saito Kazuo, Mishiba Toki and Nakajo Nobuto - agree to take part in the "bus game" which is played between corporations. They have never seen each other before, but now they are the team and must win - not only for the money, but to survive as the game becomes more and more dangerous. Despite the peril, none of them intends to quit as they all have different & secret reasons for needing the money.
C
Chii's Sweet Home See Chi`s Sweet Home

Chi`s Sweet Home
A little kitten named Chi becomes separated from his mother and family, and starts a strange adventure in a world filled with big people and scary things.

Chocolate Underground
The quick rise to power of the Good For You party has allowed them to pass a law that forbids the consumption of chocolate - appropriately called the Chocolate Prohibition Law. In their protective extreme, they expanded the prohibition to include all manner of sweet things, including sugar, because they are deemed harmful to one’s health. Two boys, Huntley and Smudger, stand up to fight against the law. With help from Louise and other friends, they begin to bootleg chocolate.

Clannad (TV)
Buy Clannad is set in a high-school located in some Japanese town. Okazaki Tomoya is a third-year student who doesn't take his studies seriously. Always late for class, he's seen as a delinquent by the rest of his classmates who are busy preparing for their entrance examinations. Needless to say, he hasn't too many close friends either.

Clannad: After Story
Watch Events in After Story take place starting at the beginning of the final semester of Tomoya's senior year. After declaring his love to Nagisa, they begin to have their relationship. BUT, Nagisa still has a secret from Tomoya and the truth of it will change their lives forever.
Coo ~ Our Guardian See Wagaya no Oinari-sama

Crystal Blaze
Watch The stage is the Middle East in a not too far away future: in Rags Town, a city full of scums. A carefree detective named Shun is living in this city, doing whatever he pleases. But one day he meets a beautiful girl who's lost her memory, and he tries to solve her mystery without knowing that this would change his life and make him face a powerful enemy.
Genre
Action(13) Action Comedy(1) Comedy(27) Drama(15)
Horror(1) Mystery(5) Parody(3) Romance(20)
Romantic Comedy(3) Suspense(1) Tragedy(3)
Setting
Fantasy(5) Historical(1) Sci-Fi(2)
Demographic
All Ages(2) Kid at heart(2) Seinen(1)
Style
Acquired Taste(1) Artistic(3) Kawaii(1) Silly-funny(3)
Weird(5)
Keywords
Adventure(5) Animals(2) Artificial Girls(2) Bishounen(1)
College(1) Coming of Age(4) Competition(2) Dark(3)
Dating Sim Spinoff(4) Deities(1) Depression(3) Ecchi(4)
Erotic Comedy(1) Fan Service(2) Fighting(2) Friendship(4)
Gun-action(7) Harem(5) High School(11) Live Action(4)
Lolicon(1) Magic(2) Martial Arts(2) Music(4)
Occult(1) Otaku Theme(1) Police(2) Sequel(6)
Shounen Ai(1) Slice of Life(8) Soul Mates(2) Spinoff(1)
Spiritual(1) Supernatural(6) Underworld(1) Vampires(1)
Video-game inspired(1) Violent(3) Vulgar(1) Yaoi(3)
Type
Movie(1) ONA(2) OVA(18) Short(1)
TV(41)
Release Year
2007(4) 2006(1) 2005(1)
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