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DAICON IV Opening Animation

Movie · 1983 · Action, Adventure, Mecha

Synopsis: A "bunny girl" crosses paths with iconic characters from comic books, live-action films, literature and animation. (Source: IMDB)

★ 6.1

Clover

Music · Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Suu is a Four Leaf Clover. Her power is unrivaled, yet all she has known her whole life is loneliness. One day, a man named Kazuhiko appears and accompanies Suu for her first and last journey, to the place where she can find happiness.

★ 6.4

Here is Greenwood

Koko wa Green Wood

OVA · 1991 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

Synopsis: Hasukawa Kazuya is in a terrible bind. His brother's new wife is also the woman that Kazuya secretly loves. Determined to avoid them both, Kazuya leaves home to live in the student dorm called Greenwood. There, he hopes to find peace of mind. Unfortunately for Kazuya, stability a…

★ 6.8

Case Closed: Conan and Heiji and the Vanished Boy

Meitantei Conan: Conan to Heiji to Kieta Shounen

OVA · Adventure, Mystery

Synopsis: Conan and Ran are visiting Heiji and Kazuha in Osaka when the four come across a trio of kids while touring the city. These children, who look eerily similar to the Detective Boys but with different personalities, are looking for their friend who has gone missing—and the two youn…

★ 6.4

Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time – A Tale of the Eight Guardians

Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Hachiyou Shou

TV · 2004 · Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: Akane Motomiya and her friends Tenma and Shimon are pulled by a demon into another world, where Akane becomes the Priestess of the Dragon God. The people of this world tell her that she is the only one who can stop the demons from taking over; meanwhile, the demons want to use he…

★ 6.8

Top wo Nerae! & Top wo Nerae 2! Gattai Movie!!

Movie · 2006 · Action, Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: This double feature comprises of Gunbuster and Die Buster (aka Gunbuster 2) condensed into a single theatrical release told in two parts with a musical intermission in between. The first part, Gunbuster the Movie, condenses the six episodes of the original OVA into a 95-minute mo…

★ 6.3

Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team - Miller's Report

Kidou Senshi Gundam: Dai 08 MS Shotai - Miller's Report

Movie · 1998 · Drama, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Shortly after being rescued off the Himalayas, Federation Ensign Shiro Amada is accused of espionage due to his encounter with Zeon's top-secret mobile armor. Intelligence officer Alice Miller is assigned to investigate on Shiro's whereabouts during his disappearance. Her documen…

★ 7.7

Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama

Ramayana: Rama Ouji Densetsu

Movie · 1992 · Adventure

Synopsis: Rama, the eldest prince of the Kingdom of Ayodhya, is beloved by all and the natural successor to his father's throne. However, when one of his father's wives conspires to get her son on the throne instead, Rama ends up being banished into the woods for 14 years. Accompanied by h…

★ 6.2

Armitage III: Dual Matrix

Armitage III: DUAL-MATRIX

Movie · 2002 · Action, Adventure, Mecha

Synopsis: A few years after they first met, Naomi Armitage and Ross Syllabus have started a family. Despite their normal lives, they must keep their identities a secret because many people believe that Robots do not deserve equal status with humans. Ross has an opportunity to abolish these…

★ 7.0

Spring and Chaos

Ihatov Gensou: Kenji no Haru

Special · 1996 · Drama, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life

Synopsis: A unique biographical sketch of the life of the great modern Japanese poet Kenji Miyazawa, Spring and Chaos is a highly stylized and intense film that draws on Miyazawa's writing techniques to tell his life story. Miyazawa often used animals as the main characters in his stories …

★ 6.4

Daphne in the Brilliant Blue

Hikari to Mizu no Daphne

TV · 2004 · Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Synopsis: In the future, water has covered much of the Earth due to the effects of global warming. The orphaned Maia Mizuki, 15, just graduated from middle school and has already applied for employment in the elite paramilitary Ocean Agency, part of the futuristic world government. Only th…

★ 6.4

Gad Guard

TV · 2003 · Adventure, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Several hundred years in the future, the resources of the Earth runs out, and the progression of the human race has stagnated. The world is now divided into "Units." A boy named Hajiki Sanada lives with his mother and sister in Unit 74, in a place called "Night Town," in which al…

★ 7.0

Shin Captain Tsubasa

OVA · 1989 · Action, Sports

Synopsis: Shin Captain Tsubasa takes place at the International Jr. Youth tournament (U-16) in Paris, France. After defeating the Argentina Jr. Youth, Italy Jr. Youth and France Jr. Youth teams, Japan Jr. Youth reaches the final against the powerful West Germany Jr. Youth team. The giant g…

★ 6.4

CLAMP School Detectives

CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan

TV · 1997 · Action, Comedy, Mystery

Synopsis: The CLAMP school, with its integrated curriculum from kindergarten to post-graduate studies, was founded by the largest of Japanese business empires, the House of Imonoyama. Funded entirely out of its own deep pockets, it was hoped that the school would be a haven for young men a…

★ 6.6

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation III - Love Is the Pulse of the Stars

Kidou Senshi Z Gundam: A New Translation III - Hoshi no Kodou wa Ai

Movie · 2006 · Drama, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Final of three remastered Zeta Gundam compilation movies. (Source: AniDB)

★ 7.2

Lupin the 3rd Episode 0: The First Contact

Lupin III: EPISODE:0 "First Contact"

Special · 2002 · Adventure, Comedy, Mystery

Synopsis: Jigen tells the story of the gang's first meeting. Jigen, still a member of the Mafia, is hired to protect an ancient artifact - one that Lupin and Fujiko are both trying to steal. Meanwhile, Inspector Zenigata, then of the Japanese police force, has come to the U.S. on Fujiko's …

★ 7.9

Ojamajo Doremi Na-i-sho

OVA · 2004 · Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: Na-i-sho is a 13 episode OAV series detailing the summer between the ~motto~ and the Dokkaan season. It is a bit more mature than the TV seasons, and looks to develop each of the five witches romantically. Hana is back to a baby, and the mahou shop is a bakery. (Source: ANN)

★ 5.5

Darkside Blues

Movie · 1994 · Horror, Mystery, Psychological

Synopsis: The Persona Century Corporation has purchased nearly every parcel of land on earth. Dissension is not tolerated within the corporation's borders and those who oppose Persona are dealt with swiftly. Of those few places not yet under Persona's control is the free town of Kabuki-cho…

★ 6.0

Labyrinth of Flames

Honoo no Labyrinth

OVA · 2000 · Action, Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: Meet Galan, a Russian spastic geek who'd do anything to be a real, live samurai. But that's just an impossible dream... or is it? When his friend Natsu, who is a successor of Japanese emigrants family, gives him the gift of an ancient sword, strange events unfold, and even strang…

★ 6.4

Afro Samurai Pilot

Special · 2003 · Action

Synopsis: Original pilot for the "Afro Samurai" TV Show, directed and animated by Takeshi Koike.

★ 5.3

Itsudatte My Santa!

OVA · 2005 · Comedy, Ecchi, Fantasy

Synopsis: Mai, a Santa in training, appears in front of an unlucky boy named Santa on Christmas Eve, promising him that she will make him happy for one night.

★ 6.0

Hyper Combat Unit Dangaioh

Haja Taisei Dangaiou

OVA · 1987 · Action, Adventure, Mecha

Synopsis: Four psychic teenagers—Mia Alice, Roll Kran, Lamba Nom and Pai Thunder—are brainwashed by the scientist Dr. Tarsan as pilots of his greatest experiment—the giant robot Dangaioh. But as their memories slowly return, these pilots use their abilities and Dangaioh to combat the tyran…

★ 6.6

Yugo the Negotiator

Yuugo: Negotiator

TV · 2004 · Action, Drama, Mystery

Synopsis: "Negotiation means, you turn words into weapons" This is the realization of the popular comic Yu-go that was published in Kondasha Afternoon Magazine over a period of 10 years. Beppu Yuugo is the world's most successfull negotiator. His only weapons are "words." Yuugo doesn't kil…

★ 6.3

Rayearth OVA

OVA · 1997 · Action, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: The Earth lies darkened and deserted. Despite the best efforts of the film's heroine, Hikaru, the evil-filled castle of Cephiro has taken over the world and stands in the center of a lifeless Tokyo. Before the ice-witch Alcyone can take her revenge on Hikaru, she is rescued by La…