Classic/Action/Drama Titles

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Classic: (Style) Older anime titles, from the 80's back. As a rule of thumb, a title should at least be 10-years old.

Action: (Genre) Lots of shooting, explosions, and the like. Contains subcategories of more specific types such as "Gun-Action", "Martial Arts", and "Swordplay"; see also: "Fighting".

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

Baburugamu Kuraishisu
Rent

Chronicles the battles of the Knight Sabers, a female band of mercenaries who take jobs that inevitably lead to their fighting "boomers", androids designed with military purposes in mind. Can these girls manage their careers and thier lives as Knight Sabers? Will Geneon stop making bad business decisions?

Bubblegum Crisis Rent See Baburugamu Kuraishisu
Bubblegum Crisis Mega-Tokyo 2032 Rent See Baburugamu Kuraishisu
G
Galaxy Express 999 (TV) See Ginga Tetsudo 999
Ghost in the Shell Rent See Koukaku Kidoutai
Ging: The Falling Star Buy See Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin

Ginga Tetsudo 999

In a distant future, a human boy named Tetsuro wants to have his body replaced with a robotic one. But this is only possible on the robotic Immortal Planet which can only be reached on the intergalactic railway. While on board the Galaxy Express 999, he meets Maetel, a beatiful and mysterious blond haired girl, who stays with him on the long travel through space. Every episode starts with the two heroes arriving in a new planet space station destination.


Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin
Buy Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin is a tale about a little puppy dog who was born in the wilderness. He is silver striped and is destined to become the defender of people from the perilous cave bears. Gin decides to help the people at his home town at any cost, even though he might have to leave precious friends to pursue his cause.
Gunbuster Buy See Top wo Nerae!
Gunbuster: Aim For The Top! Buy See Top wo Nerae!
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.

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".
N
Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind Buy See Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa
O
Oritsu Uchuugun - Honneamise no Tsubasa Rent See Oritsu Uchuugun - Oneamise no Tsubasa

Oritsu Uchuugun - Oneamise no Tsubasa
Rent What would happen if an alternate Japan was the first country to send a man into space?
Genre
Comedy(2) Cyberpunk(2)
Setting
Sci-Fi(6)
Demographic
Style
Weird(1)
Keywords
Adventure(2) Animals(1) Dark(3) Epic(2)
Fighting(1) Gun-action(1) Mecha(2) Police(1)
Violent(1)
Type
Movie(2) OVA(2) TV(1)
Release Year
1995(1) 1989(1) 1988(1) 1987(2) 1986(1) 1984(1) 1981(1) 1980(1)
1979(1)
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