Titles that are dismal or gloomy in nature qualify for the dark category.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
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| B | ||
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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. |
| G | ||
| Ghost in the Shell | Rent | See Koukaku Kidoutai |
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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence |
Buy | A sequel to the famous Puppet Master movie of 1995, Batou and Togusa now investigate the strange rebellious murders of sex robots against their masters. During their investigation, they encounter dangerous hackers, crazy Yakuza, and even bits of the Major materialized from the net. |
| I | ||
| Innocence | Buy | See Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence |
| J | ||
| Jin Roh | Buy | See Jin-Roh |
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Jin-Roh |
Buy |
In an alternate world, around 1960, Japan suffers serious civil disorder. The Capital Police with their deadly Panzer Cops are the solution but few like them, even among the police. Conspiracies are brewing and at their center is Fuse, the lone wolf. |
| K | ||
![]() Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa |
Buy |
Set far in a fantastical future, a girl comes upon the task of uniting warring peoples and rescuing what little is left of nature. Written, designed, and directed by Miyazaki, Nausicaa is one of the most classic anime films out of the internationally reknowned Studio Ghibli. |
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Koukaku Kidoutai |
Rent | In the future, a department of cybernetically enhanced cops race to find the true identity of the mysterious 'Ghost hacker' ("Ghost" in this 'era of AI' being the name of what we might rather call "soul" today) known only as the "Puppet Master". |
| M | ||
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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. |
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Mononoke Hime |
Rent |
A young man, cursed with death for saving his village, leaves home to find where the curse originated from. Doing so takes him into the middle of a conflict between man and nature, an unmoving rock between two unstoppable forces. But can he save those he loves and respects while removing his curse? Will he be forced to side against his friends? |
| N | ||
| Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind | Buy | See Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa |
| P | ||
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Perfect Blue |
Rent |
Pop singer Mima Kirigoe looks forward to a bright new career when she quits her chart-topping trio to become an actress. When she lands a role in a sexually-charged murder mystery, Mima`s life begins to fall apart. Reality and hallucination merge into a terrifying world where innocense is lost and dreams become nightmares. |
| Princess Mononoke | Rent | See Mononoke Hime |
| S | ||
![]() Silent Mobius The Motion Picture 1 |
Watch | An early predecessor to the 1998's Silent Mobius series, this movie tries to provide background information about the relation between Katsumi Liqueur and her mother Fuyuka, at the cost of breaking the series' (and manga's) story line at many points. See Silent Mobius The Motion Picture 2 for a continuation of this movie. |
![]() Silent Mobius The Motion Picture 2 |
Rent | After the events of the flashback section of Silent Mobius The Motion Picture 1 there's only one thing Katsumi Liqueur has on her mind - to leave this dreadful town as soon as possible, that place where she doesn't know anyone and has no friends. But she soon faces serious obstacles as the "Attacked Mystification Police" insists on recruiting Katsumi for their organisation. |
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