Subgenre Sampler
Science Fiction > Anime: 106 Films to Buy & Rent
Children Who Chase Lost Voices (Journey to Agartha) (2011)
- Dir. Makoto Shinkai
- This eye–watering love letter to the godfather of anime, Hayao Miyazaki, not only replicates, but in many ways surpasses Studio Ghibli's…
Halo Legends (2010)
- Spun–off from the popular X–Box video game franchise, this eight episode series explores the mythology and back–story of the HALO…
Loups=Garous (2010)
- Dir. Junichi Fujisaku
- Confined to her home by a deadly virus, a shy 14–year–old girl ventures into the outside world when one of her online friends goes…
Eden of the East (TV Series) (2009)
- Dir. Kenji Kamiyama
- A sprawling, suspenseful anime series in the wake of popular narrative arc serials (i.e. LOST, FLASH FORWARD), this centres on an amnesiac man who…
Fullmetal Alchemist (TV Series) (2009)
- Two brothers scour a war–torn land for the Philosopher's Stone, a fabled relic which grants the ability to perform Alchemy in impossible ways.
King of Thorn (2009)
- Dir. Kazuyoshi Katayama
- An impressively realised anime set in a world beset by a "Medusa" virus which turns its victims into stone. Both visually and conceptually complex,…
Redline (2009)
- Dir. Takeshi Koike
- This turbo–charged anime spectacle centred on a death–defying racing tournament is an out–and–out thrill ride, with breakneck…
Summer Wars (2009)
- Dir. Mamoru Hosoda
- Stupendously entertaining hybrid of eccentric family comedy and technological dazzle, centred on the woes of a whiz kid who inadvertently sabotages…
To (2001 Nights) (2009)
- Two standalone stories from Yukinobu Hoshino’s manga "2001 Nights" are vividly rendered in this 3D–animation concerning fantastical but…
Batman: Gotham Knight (2008)
- Dir. Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Feat. Kevin Conroy, David McCallum, Parminder Nagra
- From the producers of BATMAN BEGINS and the highly anticipated 'The Dark Knight' comes this stylish anime collection of six sequences tracing…