Coming of Age/Sci-Fi Titles

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Coming of Age: (Story/Location) A story in which the main character is confronted with issues related to their transition from adolescence (innocence) to adulthood (responsibility). Most typically found in a modern romance story in which the main character has to confront his/her feelings over their (first) love and/or deciding about the path in life (setting goals, attending college, getting a job etc.).

Sci-Fi: (Setting) Self-explanatory. Anime of this category should contain Science-Fiction elements.

Title Rating Synopsis
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AIR GEAR
Rent Microtechnology has created self-powered roller blades that allow a rider to rip along at blistering speeds, roar up walls and fly to incredible heights. And now AIR TECK (A-T) has become the new rage with all of the gangs. Ikki got the dickens kicked out of him by a roller-blade gang and the four sisters that he is staying with are not going to allow him to forget it. Of the four sisters, it falls upon fourteen-year-old Ringo to be responsible for looking after their trouble-some ‘adopted’ little brother whom they have nicknamed ‘baby-face’. When Ikki finds out that the girls are part of an A-T gang called the ‘sleeping forest’, he borrows one of their skates and rides off into the night vowing to learn to ride . A chance encounter introduces him to a cute roller-blade girl. Ikki follows her to a Stormrider (AT gang) gathering and learns that she is called Simca. Simca really seems to take a fancy for him (or perhaps she really enjoys teasing him), but when his sisters (most specifically Ringo) find out, they are not happy with Ikki’s new friend.
AirGear Rent See AIR GEAR

Alien Nine
Rent For the new year in elementary school #9 the responsibilities are assigned, like class representatives, homeroom duties, feeding the class animals - and membership in the anti alien squad who put an alien symbiont on their head like a hat and then catch those aliens that are occasionally landing on earth before they can do any damage. Energetic Toomine Kasumi and serious Kawamura Kumi volunteered for this task while timid Ootani Yuri was elected for this squad by her class, much against her will. And facing these monsters, defending her classmates and even feeding the symbiont with her body (who gives her protection in return) takes a heavy toll on this girl.
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Brave Police J-Decker See Yuusha Keisatsu J-Decker
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Eureka 7 Buy See Eureka Seven

Eureka 7
Renton Thurston is a 14-year-old boy who lived with his mechanic grandfather in a backwater town. Every day he dreamed of being with the mercenary "Light Finding Operation (LFO)" aircraft pilot group "Gekkostate" and riding "Trapar" particle waves-- a sport called "reffing"-- with their charismatic leader Holland, especially when faced with his father's acclaimed past or his grandfather's desire to protect him. When a young girl named Eureka riding the original LFO, the "Nirvash typeZERO", asks his grandfather for a tune-up, she inadvertently brings the attention of the military to the garage; as a result, the garage is destroyed and Renton is forced to deliver a new type of interface-- the "Amita Drive"-- to the Nirvash. After a heated fight in which the Nirvash destroys the military LFOs by unleashing an immense amount of power, Renton is invited into Gekkostate. However, he quickly realizes that behind the facade of a traveling group of mercenaries is a very bitter reality.

Eureka Seven
Buy A 14 year-old boy named Renton lives with his mechanic grandfather and struggles with the boredom of a quiet town in which nothing ever happens. At least until a giant LFO mech named Nirvash, in need of repair, crashes into their house. The pilot, a young girl name Eureka is part of Gekko-State renegade group, who have been branded as being criminals by the military. They are a group of surfers who specialize in using mecha's to ride the strange ‘trappa’ waves that on special boards that allow them to surf and soar the heavens. Eureka invites Renton to join their group, telling him that he has a special bond with her LFO, a mecha unit named the Nirvash.
Eureka Seven See Eureka 7
Eureka Seven: Psalms of Planets Buy See Eureka Seven
Eureka Seven: Psalms of Planets See Eureka 7
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Future Boy Conan Buy See Mirai Shounen Konan
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Gunparade Orchestra
Watch Ishida Saryou is assigned to be the new commander of the 4th division in Aomori. This squad is the laziest of the whole army because they are assigned into a remote mountain town far away from civilization and never attacked by the Ginju. Displacing a popular and older Lieutenant Ishida finds herself with a bunch of pampered spoiled crew who hates her. They cause many obstructions such as disobeying orders, sending in falsified reports, and blaming Ishida for all of their problems that result from it.
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J-Decker See Yuusha Keisatsu J-Decker
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Mirai Shounen Konan
Buy In a world devastated by a war which has destroyed all of the continents and twisted the magnetic axis of the planet, a few people still manage to survive. Living alone on an isolated island, the boy Conan and his grandfather live a simple happy life, until a young girl, Lana, is washed up on their beach. She is being chased by soldiers of Industria, who hope to use her to coerce her grandfather into reawakening the solar powers that drove the madness of the previous war. Conan resolves to chase after Lana, save her from Industria and help her return to her home, a village on the tranquil island of High Harbor.
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Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven Buy See Eureka Seven
Genre
Action(7) Comedy(5) Drama(4) Romance(4)
Tragedy(1)
Setting
Modern(1)
Demographic
All Ages(2) Kid at heart(1)
Style
Surreal(1) Weird(1)
Keywords
Adventure(6) College(1) Competition(1) Computers(1)
Depression(1) Ecchi(1) Elementary School(1) Epic(1)
Fan Service(1) Fighting(1) Fragmentary(2) Friendship(2)
High School(1) Mecha(5) Middle School(1) Pantsu(1)
Police(1) Psychics(1) School Comedy(1) Sequel(1)
Sports(1) Violent(1)
Type
OVA(1) TV(7)
Release Year
2006(4) 2005(3) 2003(1) 2001(1) 1995(1) 1994(1) 1978(1)
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