2008/Dark/Drama Titles

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Dark: (Style) Titles that are dismal or gloomy in nature qualify for this category.

Drama: (Genre) Titles that show a state, situation, or series of events involving interesting or intense conflict of forces. See also: "Action Drama".

Title Rating Synopsis
B
boku no katsu seni kanojo no... A tradgic Love Story w/ a VERY odd twist!
C

Chaos;Head
Based on a Japanese visual novel developed by 5bp and Nitroplus, Chaos;Head is a delusional murder mystery story, with strong elements of gore, psychology and science fiction. The game uses a feature called a "delusional trigger", which allows the player adjust the ‘realness’ or ‘surrealness’ of the perspective of the main character, which affects the storyline.
Code Geass 2 Buy See Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch Season 2

Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch Season 2
Buy It’s been one year since the failure of the Black Rebellion and the supposed death of Zero. Britannia has assigned Area 11 a “correctional education” status, where Elevens are made an example of by brute force, to try to prevent any future uprisings and suppress rebellious thoughts. Unsuspecting high school student Lelouch, oblivious to his rebellious past as Zero, stumbles upon a scheme on his life and the life of a mysterious woman known as C.C., who reveals to him his forgotten purpose and his “true” self. Destroying his assailants and declaring himself Zero once again, Lelouch sets out to finish what he started. (copied from anime6.org)
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 Buy See Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch Season 2
G
Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji See Kaiji
Gekijouban Kara no Kyoukai Rent See Kara no Kyoukai
Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor See Kaiji
H

H2O: Footprints in the Sand
Rent A boy, Hirose Takuma, was traumatized by the death of his mother during his childhood. To rehabilitate, he transfers to the school in his mother's hometown, where he meets three girls:
K

Kaiji
Itou Kaiji is a bum who steals car emblems and slashes tires on what seems to be a regular basis. This routine changes one day when he is paid a visit by a man in a trench-coat. Once the two get talking, it seems that the visitor (Calling himself Endou) is a debt collector. The reason for his visit is an unpaid loan which kaiji had previously co-signed for a work-mate (Furuhata Takeshi). The original loan was 30000 yen and once Takeshi had disappeared, the loan then fell on Kaiji.

Kara no Kyoukai
Rent Based on a novel by Nasu Kinoko, writer for TYPE-MOON. Kara no Kyoukai plays in a parallel universe to that of Tsukihime. Considered the precursor/inspiratio­n for the story of Tsukihime.
M
My life without her... See boku no katsu seni kanojo no...
R
Rakkyo (Alternate Title) Rent See Kara no Kyoukai
T
The Garden of Sinners Rent See Kara no Kyoukai
U
Ultimate Survivor Kaiji See Kaiji
Genre
Action(3) Horror(1) Mystery(1) Parody(1)
Romance(2) Suspense(1) Tragedy(3)
Setting
Modern(4) Sci-Fi(2)
Demographic
Kid at heart(1)
Style
Acquired Taste(1) Creepy(1) Surreal(1) Weird(2)
Keywords
Coming of Age(2) Competition(1) Depression(2) Epic(1)
Fan Service(1) Fighting(1) Friendship(1) High School(3)
Live Action(1) Magic(1) Mecha(1) Occult(1)
Otaku Theme(1) Psychics(2) Sequel(1) Slice of Life(3)
Soul Mates(1) Spiritual(1) Supernatural(3) Underworld(1)
Video-game inspired(2) Violent(2) War(1)
Type
Movie(1) ONA(1) TV(5)
Release Year
2007(2)
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