Read or Die [TV]
Abandoned
Three girls named Anita, Michelle and Maggie are hired to protect Japanese author Nenene Sumiregawa during her stay in Hong Kong. In an incident where the "Paper Sisters" save Nenene from a disgruntled author, Nenene discovers that the sisters have the capability to control paper at their own will - an ability once used by her long-lost friend Yomiko "The Paper" Readman.
1075 users added this.
Hokuto no Ken (1986) [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
10.
Following a cataclysmic nuclear war, the world teeters on the brink of complete destruction. Civilization is polarized into a degenerate society where opposing packs of marauding scavengers prey on helpless, <br/>homeless nomads.
353 users added this.
Mononoke Hime [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
10.
While fighting to save his village from the attack of a demon-god Ashitaka comes in contact with it and is inflicted with a deadly curse. In his search for a cure he is forced to leave his village forever and journey to the forest inhabited by animal gods.
1184 users added this.
Bastard!! [OVA]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
10.
A lone warlock, freed from years of imprisonment, stands against an army of destruction bent on world conquest and the resurrection of an ancient evil. Dark Schneider is the Bastard!
684 users added this.
Claymore [TV]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
10.
Hot chicks with swords! What more do you need?
4626 users added this.
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
10.
Based on the novel, "D - Demon Deathchase", by Hideyuki Kikuchi. 2000.
732 users added this.
Inuyasha [TV]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
10.
Kagome Higurashi, a normal 15-year-old girl, falls down a dry well--and finds herself in the feudal past, 50 years after her ancestress Kikyo imprisoned the half-human/half-demon Inu-Yasha. As the reincarnation of Kikyo, Kagome possesses a magic jewel that greatly increases the power of demons.
15534 users added this.
Shin Kyuuseishu Densetsu Hokuto no Ken Raou-den Jun`ai no Shou [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
10.
<i>A beautiful animation concerning the Souther saga of the acclaimed Hokuto no Ken series, with some twists..
86 users added this.
Ninja Scroll [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
10.
A ninja-for-hire is forced into fighting an old nemesis who is bent on overthrowing the Japanese government. His nemesis is also the leader of a group of demons each with superhuman powers.
1438 users added this.
Spirited Away [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
10.
Chihiro and her family are on their way to their new house in the suburbs when her father decides to take a shortcut along a lonely-looking dirt road. After getting out of the car and walking along a path for a while, they discover an open-air restaurant filled with food but with no workers or customers present.
17298 users added this.
Tekkon Kinkreet (2006) [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
10.
* Based on <i>Taiyo Matsumoto</i>'s manga series <i>Tekkon Kinkurito</i>.<br/><br/>Black and White are two orphans who roam the streets of Treasure Town, beating down any thug or yakuza who gets in their way.
244 users added this.
Sword of the Stranger [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
10.
The film follows a swordsman with no name and a golden-haired assassin as circumstances draw them towards a mysterious young boy.
Hunted by the Ming from China, young Kotaro and his dog meet a nameless samurai ("Nanashi") who is haunted by memories of his past which have led him to avoid drawing his sword ever again.
388 users added this.
Berserk [TV]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
10.
Gatts, an incredibly powerful warrior, is a lone swordsman in a medieval-type fantasy world. He loses in a battle with a mysterious swordsman named Griffith, who holds a pendant called the Eye of God.
6758 users added this.
Princess Mononoke [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
10.
While fighting to save his village from the attack of a demon-god Ashitaka comes in contact with it and is inflicted with a deadly curse. In his search for a cure he is forced to leave his village forever and journey to the forest inhabited by animal gods.
10124 users added this.
Rurouni Kenshin [Manga]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
10.
From Viz:
140 years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who, felling men with his bloodstained blade, gained the name Hitokiri , man slayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji .
2970 users added this.
Final Fantasy: Unlimited [TV]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
10.
The gateway to another world appears suddenly one day and with its coming awakens two mysterious beasts of astonishing power. When the monsters appear to destroy each other, they vanish - leaving behind only the inexplicable pillar of darkness and the unanswered questions of the natural world.
722 users added this.
Gundam Wing Endless Waltz [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
9.
AC 196. Peace has spread through the Earth Sphere and the colonies are at peace.
2692 users added this.
Fullmetal Alchemist The Movie Conqueror of Shamballa [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
9.
The brothers Elric will consider the answers that are left once the Philosopher's Stone has guided their saga to and end. True sacrifice, the deep love of family, the cruel truths of life and death.
4678 users added this.
Basilisk [TV]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
9.
The year is 1614 AD. Two warring ninja clans, each supporting a son of Hidetada Tokugawa as the next shogun, send ten representatives each to fight to the death for the possession of a scroll.
1341 users added this.
Karas [OVA]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
9.
Tokyo: a city populated by both humans and ghostly beings. They exist in both dimensions, seen and unseen: spirits, apparitions, demons.
595 users added this.
X [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
9.
At the millennial edge, the concluding battle for humanity's future is staged. Kamui Shirou's destiny has been decided as he returns to Tokyo to face his ultimate challenge.
635 users added this.
Guyver The Bioboosted Armor [TV]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
9.
A world controlled by a sinister brotherhood who hide their fangs behind masks of humanity, known as the Chronos Corporation. While investigating a mysterious explosion near his school, Sho Fukamachi happens upon the Chronos Corporation's Greatest weapon: a techno organic suit of bio armor known as "the Guyver.
611 users added this.
Metropolis [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
9.
Metropolis (??
874 users added this.
Ragnarok the Animation [TV]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
9.
Many young adventurers journey across the changing Rune Midgard Kingdom. Yuufa (Job: Acolyte), who has said her goodbyes to her brother Orki's grave, and Roan (Job: Swordsman), a childhood friend, encounter many people on their fight against the shadows that loom over the kingdom.
309 users added this.
Hellsing Ultimate [OVA]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
9.
Hellsing, a secret organization within the British government, has long been battling supernatural threats to keep people safe from creatures of the night. They have a secret weapon in the form of an incredibly powerful vampire Alucard.
8831 users added this.
Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal [OVA]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
9.
When a wandering master swordsman encounters bandits raiding a slave wagon he easily dispatches the, although only managing to save the life of one young boy. He tells the boy to run to a nearby village and be taken care of, and is surprised to find that the young boy had dug graves for all the deceased days later.
1176 users added this.
Afro Samurai [TV]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
9.
This violent saga takes place in a world mixing modern technology with traditional Japanese culture. Afro Samurai seeks nothing more than revenge on the maniacal murderer who beheaded his father in front of his eyes as a child.
7420 users added this.
Howl's Moving Castle [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
9.
The curse of an evil witch turns a plain young hat-maker, Sophie, into an old woman. Sophie runs away to confront the witch and become young again when she rescues a trapped animated scarecrow.
14441 users added this.
Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
9.
In Karakura Town, there has been a sudden outbreak of unidentifiable spirits called "blanks" (vacant souls) while in the skies of Soul Society, the real world has been reflected. A mysterious female shinigami called Senna has appeared before Ichigo along with a man named Ganryu, leading a group called the "Dark Ones".
2533 users added this.
Hellsing [TV]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
9.
Alucard is not just any immortal, but probably one of the oldest and strongest beings known to exist. This vampire, however, is duty bound to the Hellsing family, who acts as the dogs of England's queen, protecting the country from the most dangerous parts of the underground, namely other vampires.
9557 users added this.
Dragon Ball [TV]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
9.
Bulma is a girl in search of the mystical dragonballs that when brought together grant any wish. In her search she bumps into the owner of one of these balls, a strange boy named Goku.
8917 users added this.
InuYasha: The Final Act [TV]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
9.
Sequel to InuYasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale..
7723 users added this.
Dragon Ball Z [TV]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
9.
Goku is back with his new son, Gohan, but just when things are getting settled down, the adventures continue. Whether he is facing enemies such as Frieza, Cell, or Buu, Goku is proven to be an elite of his own and discovers his race, Saiyan and is able to reach Super Saiyan 3 form.
18837 users added this.
Yu Yu Hakusho [TV]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
9.
YuYu Hakusho follows Yusuke Urameshi, a street-brawling delinquent who, in an uncharacteristic act of altruism, is hit by a car and killed in an attempt to save a young boy by pushing him out of the way. His ghost is greeted by Botan, a woman who introduces herself as the pilot of the River Styx, who ferries souls to the Underworld where they may be judged for the afterlife.
8778 users added this.
Samurai X [TV]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
9.
Himura Kenshin is a wanderer with a dark past and sunny disposition. Kenshin never was a lord's samurai, but instead the fiercest assassin of the Meiji restoration.
2753 users added this.
Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku no Tobira [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
9.
* The mismatched crew of the <i>Bebop</i> are back, and this time they're on the silver screen. The movie takes place between (in the time period of) the <a href="http://anidb.
1079 users added this.
Samurai Champloo [TV]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
8.
After accidentally killing a government official’s son in a fight, Mugen and Jin are seized, and are sentenced for execution. Fuu successfully saves the two warriors, and hires them to accompany her during her search for a samurai “who smells of sunflowers” which may lead to her father.
15084 users added this.
Ged Senki: Tales from Earthsea [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
8.
Goro Miyazaki's debut feature as director, Tales From Earthsea is an epic adventure, adapted from the much-loved series of novels by Ursula K. Le Guin.
321 users added this.
Ponyo [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
8.
This heart-warming story by famed and beloved director Miyazaki centers around Ponyo, a tiny fish-girl who dreams of being human. Reminiscent of classic story "The Little Mermaid", she is washed ashore and rescued by a young boy, Sosuke, but despite their friendship she simply has to return to the oceans.
6628 users added this.
Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
8.
The world is beginning to get back on it's feet and rebuild after the destruction that lied in Sephiroth's wake. Not all is going well, however, as a new disease known as Geostigma threatens the world.
6658 users added this.
GetBackers [TV]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
8.
Forgot your WMD? Lost your cat?
1239 users added this.
Gun x Sword [TV]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
8.
On the planet of Endless Illusion, a lone man adorned in a tuxedo roams the wild and lawless frontier..
758 users added this.
Escaflowne The Movie [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
8.
Hitomi Kanzaki is tired of life. Depressed and despondent, she wishes that she could just fade away, to make the pain of living stop hurting.
1471 users added this.
Samurai 7 [TV]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
8.
The story is set on the far future, where human enhancement is possible through integrating machines to one’s living cells. After a long period of war, the winning mechanized samurai proceed to banditry, and continuously terrorize the small villages in the countryside.
2258 users added this.
Dragon Ball GT [TV]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
8.
After enduring trials that would have crushed any other soul, Goku is now faced with the most important journey of his life. The Black Star Dragon Balls have been scattered to the ends of creation!
8613 users added this.
Vampire Hunter D [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
8.
Set in 12090 AD. While making her rounds, the whip-wielding seventeen-year-old Doris Lang, daughter of a deceased werewolf hunter, is attacked by Count Magnus Lee, the long-vanished vampire lord said to be over 10,000 years old.
680 users added this.
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
8.
This movie is based on the video game, Street Fighter II. 1994.
326 users added this.
Ghost in the Shell [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
8.
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.
5303 users added this.
Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation [OVA]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
8.
Based on the Street Fighter Alpha video game. Group TAC.
223 users added this.
Blood: The Last Vampire [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
7.
At the Yokota Base in Japan, a nervous American military is on the brink of the Vietnam War. But a greater threat exists within the walls of the heavily-guarded compound: Vampires.
944 users added this.
Speed Racer [TV]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
7.
Originally titled "Mach Go Go Go", the series was soon brought over to the United States and subbed into English as "Speed Racer". It follows the adventures of a race car driver named Speed Racer, his girlfriend/spotter Trixie, his pit mechanic Sparky, his dad Pop, his mom Mom, his younger brother Spritle, and his pet monkey Chim-Chim.
346 users added this.
Gantz [TV]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
7.
* Based on the manga by <a href="http://anidb.net/cr1282">Oku Hiroya</a>.
2211 users added this.
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
7.
A planet is overrun by a mysterious group of creatures that infect and destroy all life on Earth. Only the determination of a single woman to find a cure will prevent the world from slowly being eaten away.
3205 users added this.
Appleseed [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
7.
Earth's last city, Olympus, rose from the ashes of a global war on the backs of Bioroids, artificial clones who make up half the city's population. Under the strict guidance of a supercomputer, humanity's last survivors enjoy an idyllic peace, but only on the surface.
1277 users added this.
Demon City Shinjuku [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
7.
Kyoya's father was a great warrior, but he died at the hands of the diabolical psychic, Rah. Now, Rah has opened the gates to the demon realm, and unleashed an army of monsters to conquer the Earth.
241 users added this.
Patlabor The Movie [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
7.
Set in alternate 1999 in Tokyo where advanced robotic vehicles called Labors are heavily relied on to reshape the city, a maverik team of the Metropolitan Police force tries to uncover and thwart a devilish computer crime aimed at the heart of the Labor industry. As a powerful typhoon approaches the city and the schemes of a mad genius start to take full effect, time is running out for the team of Special Vehicles Section 2 to act on the offensive, or risk citywide devastation by eight thousand Labors gone berzerk!
330 users added this.
Appleseed Ex Machina [Movie]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
6.
Deunan Knute returns in this sequel to the 2004 film, Appleseed. 2007.
331 users added this.
Tales of Symphonia: The Animation [OVA]
Dirty_Hands gave it a
5.
Based on the same-name Game Cube and Play Station game, "Tales of Symphonia".
Two worlds exist, both unaware of the existance of the other.
281 users added this.
Trigun [TV]
In Progress
Known for its Space Western theme, Trigun is about a man named "Vash the Stampede" and the two Bernardelli Insurance Society employees who follow him around in order to minimize the damages inevitably caused by his appearance. Most of the damage attributed to Vash is actually caused by bounty hunters in pursuit of the "60,000,000,000$$" (sixty billion "double dollars") bounty on Vash's head for the destruction of the city of July.
10454 users added this.
Casshern Sins [TV]
In Progress
Casshern Sins tells the story of a world where robots subjugated humanity after becoming self-aware. Their leader, Braiking Boss, ruled over the world with an iron fist.
778 users added this.
Witchblade [TV]
In Progress
After a short-lived attempt to escape, Masane Amaha’s daughter is taken away from her by the government’s child welfare agency.
She later discovers that she possesses a powerful weapon called Witchblade, after her bracelet activated when a monster tried to attack her.
2253 users added this.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, commonly referred to as FMAB is the second adaptation of the hit manga series Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa. In 2003, shortly after the manga began its run, the first adaptation titled Fullmetal Alchemist was made.
27221 users added this.
Le Chevalier D'eon [TV]
Planned
During the time when Louis XV still ruled France, a certain woman was found dead in the coffin floating through the Seine river. D'Eon, the woman's brother, determines to seach for the killer of his sister, Lia.
434 users added this.
Cowboy Bebop [TV]
Postponed
See You Space Cowboy is the titular theme of this space odyssey action show, Cowboy Bebop. Earning bounty rewards is one of the few profitable jobs outside of crime in the solar system - and Spike and Jet are just doing their work as they get mixed up with even more interesting people.
16461 users added this.
Saiyuki [TV]
Postponed
Many years ago, humans and demons lived in harmony. But that unity ended when demons began attacking humans and plotted a mission to unleash Gyumao - an evil demon imprisoned for thousands of years.
903 users added this.
Fullmetal Alchemist [TV]
Postponed
Edward Elric makes a fatal mistake that drags his brother and his own body into an abyss, and they must seek the philosopher's stone to return their bodies to normal. They learn more and more about alchemy along the way during their adventures.
12019 users added this.
Blood+ [TV]
Postponed
In a strange time there is a war that never stops - inn world where flesh-eating monsters are roaming the streets, only one organization has the means to save the world from the Chiropterans and total destruction: Red Shield. These Chiropterans can change their form and disguise as human beings, but they are not.
4154 users added this.
The Big O [TV]
Postponed
Set in a post-apocalyptic city called Paradigm City, where all of its inhabitants appear to have lost all their memories after a tragedy known as “The Event”. The city is governed by the Paradigm Corporation, and class inequity is evident.
3276 users added this.