Drama: (Genre) Titles that show a state, situation, or series of events involving interesting or intense conflict of forces. See also: "Action Drama".
Movie: (Type) Self-explanatory. This should only apply to movies released in the theater.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| A | ||
| Air The Movie | Watch | See Gekijouban Air |
| B | ||
 Black Jack (movie) |
Buy | Based on the manga of Osamu "God of Comics" Tezuka, this movie follows the exploits of Black Jack, the infamous renegade surgeon who sells his remarkable medical skills to the highest bidder. He gets called upon to do research connected to a disease contracted by Super Humans, a new breed of humanity who have potential both physically and intellectually beyond the normal capabilities of ordinary humans. |
| D | ||
 Death Note (live-action movie #1) |
Rent |
Yagami Light is a brilliant college student who, one day, finds a notebook simply titled "Death Note." Inside of this book is a list of rules and details as for the use of the "Death Note." When he realizes the power he holds, he decides he's going to make over the world. He wants to make it into a better place by killing those who do others harm. He has been nicknamed by the police "Kira." L, a brilliant detective who lives in secrecy, rises from the shadows and puts his life on the line trying to capture Light. Both L and Light believe themselves on the side of Justice, and the two match wits trying to show exactly which of them is "good" and which of them is "evil." |
| G | ||
 Gekijouban Air |
Watch | Kamio Misuzu is a female high school student who's missed many classes, so many that's she's thought of by her classmates as a delinquent. Yet she volunteers to do fieldwork on the local history of the town she lives in, and chooses to do the legend story of a miko named Uraha, a palace guard named Ryuuya, and the princess held captive at that palace named Kannabi no Mikoto (Kanna). At the same time, a drifter named Kunisaki Yukito-san comes to town with his small puppet, with which he can make it magically move. Drawn by fate, Yukito-san ends up assisting Misuzu with her fieldwork and the two fall in love, following a similar patter as Ryuuya and Kanna did many centuries before. |
| I | ||
| If You Listen Closely | Buy | See Whisper of the Heart |
| K | ||
 Kimagure Orange Road: Ano hi ni Kaeritai |
Buy |
It's been 4 years since the start of Kimagure Orange Road. Kyouske and Madoka are getting ready for their College Entrance Exams by taking a Summer cram school. Hikaru is still cheering on her 'darling' by giving him snacks and other types of pick me ups. Which includes a good study kiss. In fact Hikaru may be picked for the next lead in a major play! Madoka on the other hand is withdrawing, and she stops going to cram school. It's time for Kyouske to make a decision on whom to stay with. It's time to bring KOR to an end. |
| Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to that Day | Buy | See Kimagure Orange Road: Ano hi ni Kaeritai |
| Kimagure Orange Road: The Movie | Buy | See Kimagure Orange Road: Ano hi ni Kaeritai |
| Kino no Tabi Movie 1 | Rent | See Kino no Tabi: the Beautiful World - life goes on |
 Kino no Tabi: the Beautiful World - life goes on |
Rent | Having taken the name of a stranger who died protecting her, Kino now lives in the forest with Shishou and trains hard at being an expert shot with a pistol. But she would like to find Kino’s village or family, and tell them of his fate, but with only a name and a distinctive coat that was worn by him, she does not have much to go on. With the assistance of Hermes, her talking motorcycle, they begin a strange adventure traveling to different countries and encountering exotic people, while chasing down leads. |
| Kino's Journey Movie 1 | Rent | See Kino no Tabi: the Beautiful World - life goes on |
| M | ||
 MEMORIES |
Buy |
A collection of shorts by Katsuhiro Otomo. The first, Magnetic Rose, is about a group of space salvagers who respond to a distress call and find a lavish space mansion. The second, Stink Bomb, is about a young man who takes an experimental cold pill, and becomes a living disaster as his body exudes an odious green cloud. The last is "Cannon Fodder," about a boy who lives out his life in a vaguely Orwellian world, fighting a distant, invisible, enemy. |
| Memories of Yesterday | See Omohide Poro Poro | |
| Mimi wo Sumaseba | Buy | See Whisper of the Heart |
| N | ||
 Nasu: Andalusia no Natsu |
The film is based on one episode of Kuroda Io `s famous manga of the same name, and is the tale of the Spanish cyclist Pepe as he competes in the Vuelta - a world famous cycling tour. One of the stops on the tour is Pepe`s hometown, and as fate would have it, he rides in on the very same day that his brother is to get married to Pepe`s former girlfriend, Carmen. Tired of playing second fiddle in their relationship, Pepe starts his own cycling team and finds resolve in riding. |
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