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BLACK LAGOON

Also known as Black Lagoon.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Funimation , Selecta Visión , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Thriller

Okajima Rokuro is a Japanese businessman in a town full of Japanese businessmen. His normal day consists of social drinking with clients and being kicked around by his bosses. He finally gets a break though, as he's sent by his company to the tropical seas of Eastern China to deliver a disc. But his boat gets hijacked by a band of mercenaries hired to retrieve the disc. Rock (as he is newly dubbed by his captors) catches the interest of the only female merc Revy as she thinks he's worth a ransom, taking him hostage. However, the disc that was stolen has a terrible secret that's unknown to Rock, which causes massive confusion and chaos for both him and his kidnappers.

Tags: Crime , Guns , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Pirates , Anti-Hero , Gangs , Travel , Ensemble Cast , Mafia , Assassins , Tomboy , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Ships , Military , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Triads , Noir , Maids , Gore , Politics , Nudity , Nun

JIN-ROH

Also known as Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade.

Studio: Production I.G , Bandai Entertainment , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Romance , Thriller

In a very different Tokyo from the one we know today, the totalitarian government rules with an iron fist. But a group called "the Sect" is staging demonstrations and challenging the government's martial law. Constable Fuse of the Capital Police's Special Unit is on a mission to stop a Sect demonstration when he encounters a girl in the sewers under Tokyo.

When he fails to shoot as ordered, he is put on trial, questioned, and "re-conditioned" as a soldier. But the dead girl haunts him, both in his dreams and in the face of her sister, whom Fuse has befriended. But Fuse has made himself a target for some very powerful men... And as the world comes crashing down around him, Fuse is continually challenged to decide what is real and what is right.



Note: The film received an early premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival on August 6, 1999.

Tags: Conspiracy , Tragedy , Police , Philosophy , Espionage , Terrorism , Military , Dystopian , Noir , Politics , Seinen , Fugitive , Fairy Tale , Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Gore , Nudity , Body Horror

PSYCHO-PASS Movie

Also known as PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie.

Studio: Production I.G , Nitroplus , Fuji TV , Dentsu , Toho , Sony Music Entertainment , KYORAKU , Fujipacific Music , SANZIGEN , Glovision , Sony PCL
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

Year 2116 – Confident with the success of the Sybil System, the Japanese government begins exporting the technology to other countries. However, when foreign terrorists begin slipping through the System's security and attacking from within, Inspector Akane Tsunemori is sent overseas to investigate. When her hunt for justice forces her into a standoff with an old ally, will she be able to pull the trigger?



Tags: Police , Cyberpunk , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban Fantasy , Detective , Dystopian , Military , War , Crime , Conspiracy , Language Barrier , Foreign , Tanks , Philosophy , Gore , CGI , Fugitive

Black Jack

Also known as Black Jack.

Studio: Animax , Tezuka Productions , Central Park Media
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

In the medical profession, there is a name spoken in hushed tones, of an unlicensed genius physician who can save lives—for a price. His name is Black Jack, and he is a dashing, moody figure, caped in black, a Harlock of medicine, a man who lives by no rules other than his own—and the Hippocratic Oath. A man who would defy the will of God himself in the name of preserving life.



Tags: Medicine , Episodic , Work , War , Foreign , Environmental , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Drugs , Seinen , Rescue , Nudity , Dissociative Identities

Black Jack Movie

Also known as Black Jack: The Movie.

Studio: Tezuka Productions , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Thriller

Jo Carol Brane attempts to hire Dr. Black Jack on a breed of superhumans that have the strength, intellectual, athletic, and artistic skills with great excel in different fields, only to later find out that they start deteriorating after some period of time and causing an untimely death. Jo needs Dr. Black Jack's help on finding a cure.



Tags: Medicine , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Drugs , Work