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Eden of the East: The Complete Series
2009 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsWaking naked outside the White House, Akira Takizawa has no memory -- and his only clues are the gun and cell phone he holds in his hands. It turns out his phone gives him access to billions of yen, and he's connected to a recent terrorist attack.
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Kaze No Stigma
2007 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsKazuma is the black sheep in his family of fire-handling martial arts masters, as he instead becomes a master wind warrior in this anime series. With his strange new powers, Kazuma sets out to take on myriad exotic foes.
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Darker Than Black
2007 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsThe vast drama of this intricate anime series begins when a strange area -- dubbed Hell's Gate by the locals -- suddenly emerges to transform Tokyo. Bitter feuds soon erupt among the Contractors, a class of people with extraordinary abilities.
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D. Gray-man
2006 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsThis richly imagined anime series tells the story of Allen Walker, a youth with a special kind of vision that destines him to be an exorcist. Seeking out other exorcists, Allen joins their ranks and scours the world for the weapon of Innocence.
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Chrome Shelled Regios
2009 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsSet in a post-apocalyptic future where humans have been banished to depressed nomadic communities, this anime series follows a talented but mysterious young fighter named Layfon, who enrolls in a military academy. But it soon becomes clear that Layfon's skills are far more advanced than those of the other students, which he uses to help his schoolmates battle the Contaminoids, an alien race that now rules the planet.
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Eden of the East
2009 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsWaking naked outside the White House, Akira Takizawa has no memory -- and his only clues are the gun and cell phone he holds in his hands. It turns out his phone gives him access to billions of yen, and he's connected to a recent terrorist attack. Akira soon discovers he's a key player in a deadly international game -- and if he doesn't get the rules right, he'll wind up dead in this anime adventure series.
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Black Butler
2008 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsIn Victorian London, 12-year-old business magnate Ciel Phantomhive thwarts dangers to the queen as he's watched over by his demon butler, Sebastian. In exchange for Ciel's soul, Sebastian will help him track down the villains who killed his parents.
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Baka and Test: Season 1: Summon the Beasts
2010 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsAt Fumizuki Academy, students are split into classes according to their talents and given -- or refused -- advantages accordingly. But students in the poorer forms can improve their lot by summoning beastly avatars to defeat the elite upper classes.
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Trigun: The Complete Series
1998 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsTo bounty hunters in this animated adventure series, Vash the Stampede is an outlaw with a massive price on his head. But to Meryl Stryfe and Milly Thompson of the Bernardelli Insurance Society, Vash is a walking disaster who has cost the company a fortune. On a distant, deserted planet that resembles America's Old West, Vash wanders from town to town, with Meryl and Milly in pursuit trying to minimize the destruction.
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My Bride Is a Mermaid
2007 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsNagasumi's in hot water after a cute mermaid, Sun, saves him from drowning: Her dad is prone to executing anyone who learns his family's scaly secret. Luckily, there's a catch: If Nagasumi agrees to marry Sun, he can avoid sleeping with the fishes!
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My Bride Is a Mermaid: Season 1
2007 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsNagasumi's in hot water after a cute mermaid, Sun, saves him from drowning: Her dad is prone to executing anyone who learns his family's scaly secret. Luckily, there's a catch: If Nagasumi agrees to marry Sun, he can avoid sleeping with the fishes!
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Initial D: Fourth Stage
2004 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsThe sweet life continues for Takumi, who's racking up one victory after another as a proud member of the Project D racing team. But lest he get a big head, there's a long line of challengers who are good enough to keep him on his toes.
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Spice and Wolf: Season 2
2009 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsSkillful young trader Craft Lawrence roves from town to town, peddling his goods for a nifty profit, but when wolf-goddess Holo turns up in his cart disguised as a young woman, the quirky duo sets off on a humorous journey to her northern homeland.
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Spice and Wolf
2008 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsSkillful young trader Craft Lawrence roves from town to town, peddling his goods for a nifty profit, but when wolf-goddess Holo turns up in his cart disguised as a young woman, the quirky duo sets off on a humorous journey to her northern homeland.
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Samurai 7
2004 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsAs villages perish under the thumb of the Nobuseri -- a cruel race of warriors who are part men, part machine -- a young priestess named Kirara travels the countryside gathering stray samurais. But while her hope is that these brave souls can rally to save the land, she's not certain they can put their differences aside. Set in a postwar, futuristic world, this animated tale is based on the epic Akira Kurosawa film The Seven Samurai.
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Mushi-Shi
2005 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsThis award-winning anime series brings the viewer into a dreamlike world where ghostly organisms called Mushi hover on the borders of perception. Neither plants nor animals, Mushi are primal life forms that can be seen only by some humans.
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Initial D
1998 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsTravel the narrow roads and treacherous passes of Japan's mountains, where daring racers challenge each another for bragging rights. The saga follows Takumi, who delivers his father's homemade tofu when he's not burning up the pavement.
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Blood+
2005 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsEven while suffering from amnesia, teenager Sayo Otanashi still has the wherewithal to fight the blood-sucking hordes who threaten to overtake Japan. This edgy anime series combines both hand-drawn and computer-generated animation.
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Black Blood Brothers
2006 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsBased on Kouhei Azano's popular manga, this anime follows Jirou, a vampire returning to Japan after years in exile. Accompanied by his younger brother Kotarou, Jirou hopes to enter the Special Zone, a hidden city populated by other vampires.
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Afro Samurai
2007 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsIn a futuristic Japan where conflicts are settled by the sword, Afro Samurai must avenge his father's murder by challenging a powerful warrior named Justice in this anime miniseries. If he can defeat Justice, Afro will become the new No. 1.
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Initial D: Second Stage
1999 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsIn the second stage of this fast-paced anime, tofu delivery boy Takumi is now a seasoned member of the Speed Stars -- and, so far, he's defeated every challenger. But the bitter leader of a rival racing group is eager to teach him a lesson in losing.
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Afro Samurai: Resurrection
2009 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsSamuel L. Jackson returns as the voice of the tortured titular character in this made-for-TV movie sequel to the action-packed "Afro Samurai" series, a groundbreaking hip-hop-infused anime inspired by the work of manga artist Takashi Okazaki. When he learns that the body of his father has been stolen from its grave, Afro and his sidekick, Ninja Ninja (also voiced by Jackson), set out on a bloody trek through futuristic Japan to exact revenge.
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Eden of the East the Movie I: The King of Eden
2009 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsIn this anime thriller based on the popular series, young Saki journeys to New York to find her missing friend Akira Takizawa -- a mysterious man who thwarted a missile attack against Japan -- and save him from the dangerous Seleção.
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Samurai 7
2004 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsAs villages perish under the thumb of the Nobuseri -- a cruel race of warriors who are part men, part machine -- a young priestess named Kirara travels the countryside gathering stray samurais. But while her hope is that these brave souls can rally to save the land, she's not certain they can put their differences aside. Set in a postwar, futuristic world, this animated tale is based on the epic Akira Kurosawa film The Seven Samurai.
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Chobits: The Complete Series
2002 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsIn this anime series, underprivileged prep school student Hideki salvages a discarded old persecom -- a human-computer hybrid that all the rich kids have -- only to discover that his acquisition might be a chobit, a persecom with extraordinary power.
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