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Youjuu Toshi

Also known as Wicked City.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Japan Home Video , Discotek , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Ecchi , Horror , Supernatural

Beyond the boundaries of our ordinary existence lies a dreadful parallel world where demons dwell and humans dare not tread. For centuries, peace has existed between our world and theirs. To preserve that fragile balance and to ensure the survival of humankind, a new deal must be brokered, but dark and powerful forces lust to destroy the accord. When a militant group rises from the shadows, two elite agents are mobilized to counter the destructive forces and preserve the balance of our universe.



Tags: Demons , Urban Fantasy , Super Power , Noir , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Body Horror , Guns , Heterosexual , Nudity , Shapeshifting , Male Protagonist , Gore , Female Protagonist , Tentacles

Petshop of Horrors

Also known as Petshop of Horrors.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Trans Arts , TBS , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Count D, a quite interesting pet shop owner from an area called Chinatown, sells rare and hard to come by pets to people longing for something special, but with each sale comes a contract. If the rules of the contract are followed, everything goes fine, but if someone should break the rules of the contract, the pet shop cannot be held responsible for anything unfortunate that might happen. Leon Orcot, a homicide detective, has linked many odd and unexplainable deaths together; they all were customers of Count D's pet shop, and he intends to find out why.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Josei , Foreign , Episodic , Animals , Mythology , Philosophy , Shapeshifting , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Crime , Body Horror , Police , Mermaid , Magic , Anthropomorphism , Nudity , Love Triangle , Urban , Necromancy , Body Swapping

Bio Hunter

Studio: MADHOUSE , Toei Video
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror

Two scientists are attempting to distribute the cure for a demon virus that is affecting people all over Japan, however, things have become complicated. One of them has become infected. So begins his battle with himself, as he attempts to not only control his emerging demon side, but also to save the lives of others by wielding its great strength.


Tags: Demons , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Gore , Nudity , Body Horror , Primarily Male Cast

Boogiepop wa Warawanai: Boogiepop Phantom

Also known as Boogiepop Phantom.

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , d-rights , The Right Stuf International , Triangle Staff
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Five years ago, a string of grisly murders shook the city to its core and now the rumors have begun once more. Boogiepop... Everyone knows about Boogiepop: meet her one dark night and you are taken. People tell each other the stories and laugh: no one believes that she can possibly exist in this day and age. Still, strange things appear to be going on and the darkness is taking on many forms. Something is out there. Are you safe?



Tags: Achronological Order , Urban Fantasy , Denpa , Philosophy , Dissociative Identities , Bullying , Crime , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Suicide , Drugs , Agender , Kuudere

Kurau Phantom Memory

Also known as Kurau Phantom Memory.

Studio: bones , ADV Films , Funimation , Media Factory
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi

In a world of mercenary agents, Kurau is a martial arts master and elite thief—but she has a secret. Her body has been fused with a binary alien life form called the Rynax. Every moment Kurau lives is lived twice, one alien sharing her consciousness, the other still waiting to be born. The truth about Kurau has begun to spread, and now the ultimate agent is the ultimate target.



Tags: Fugitive , Space , Super Power , Philosophy , Aliens , Crime , Foreign , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Coming of Age , Episodic , Shapeshifting , Dissociative Identities , Kuudere , Nudity

Shihaisha no Tasogare: TWILIGHT OF THE DARK MASTER

Also known as Twilight of the Dark Master.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Toei Video , Ashi Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror

From the beginning of time, Earth has been enslaved by the powerful and grotesque Ogres. The dominance these arrogant immortals hold over the helpless victims is challenged only by the noble Guardians.

Eons later, in the year 2089, few Ogres of Guardians remain in Neo-Shinjuku. Humans rule the Earth; yet, deep within the dark underworld of the city, the supreme Ogre is still alive and is preparing, once again, to enslave the Human race.



Tags: Shoujo , Demons , Urban Fantasy , Detective , Nudity , Drugs , Body Horror

Cyber City OEDO 808

Also known as Cyber City Oedo 808.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Central Park Media , Japan Home Video
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi

It is the year 2808. Three convicts are recruited as members of the Cyber Police to keep major criminal activity in Oedo (formerly Tokyo) in check. In return, their life sentences will be reduced by a few years for every mission accomplished. However, to ensure that these convicts are doing their job, the police have secured special collars around their necks. If they attempt to remove their collars or fail to meet the time limit of their mission, the collars will self-destruct.



Tags: Cyberpunk , Crime , Police , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic , Vampire , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Cyborg , Death Game , Guns , Space , Urban Fantasy , Detective , Espionage , Super Power

Darkside Blues

Studio: J.C. Staff
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

The Persona Century Corporation has purchased nearly every parcel of land on earth. Dissension is not tolerated within the corporation's borders and those who oppose Persona are dealt with swiftly. Of those few places not yet under Persona's control is the free town of Kabuki-cho, also known as "The Dark Side of Tokyo". Within the town, under the leadership of a woman named Mai, is a small resistance group called Messiah. Into this world steps a man who takes the sobriquet of Kabuki-cho: Darkside. Sealed up in another dimension eighteen years ago by Persona Century, Darkside now returns to aid Messiah using his unique mystic power of renewal.



Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Shoujo , Dystopian , Cyberpunk , Terrorism , Gore , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Guns , Nudity , Body Horror , Politics , Religion

PERFECT BLUE

Also known as Perfect Blue.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Rex Entertainment , ONIRO , Techno Sound , GKids
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological , Thriller

Rising pop star Mima has quit singing to pursue a career as an actress and model, but her fans aren’t ready to see her go... Encouraged by her managers, Mima takes on a recurring role on a popular TV show, when suddenly her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima’s reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia. As her stalker closes in, in person and online, the threat he poses is more real than even Mima knows, in this iconic psychological thriller that has frequently been hailed as one of the most important animated films of all time.



Note: The film received an early premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival on August 5, 1997.

Tags: Dissociative Identities , Denpa , Female Protagonist , Acting , Idol , Otaku Culture , Primarily Adult Cast , Meta , Work , Philosophy , Tragedy , Gore , Nudity , Filmmaking , Noir