Dark Anime Search

Willen · Post by **Willen** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:04 am

HeavyMetal wrote:Cossette go by another name? I could not find it on Anime News Network.

ANN has it listed under "(Le) Portrait de Petit Cossette (OAV)" and "Cossette no Shouzou (OAV)". Since "le" (and/or "la") is "the" in French, you skip it when listing by alphabet. So it is categorized under "P". The odd thing is that the title that is on the top of the page is "Petite Cossette (OAV)", but there is no listing under that particular variation of the title.

Anyways, I'm not sure these will fit your bill, but I'll throw in Lunar Legend Tsukihime and Vampire Princess Miyu (OAV). There is also a hard to find VPM TV series out there that I've never personally seen.

anime_flower · Post by **anime_flower** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 8:03 am

I've got the Vampire Princess Miyu Tv series and the OVAs and I think it's pretty dark. The storyline of the whole Tv series is a bit slow though, kinda remind me of Lain when I watched it (but that was a long time ago so apologies if my memories are wrong). The Vampire Princess Miyu OVAs are more darker than the TV series. They both don't have as excessive fighting scenes as Yu Yu Hakusho but do give them both a try.

cholinms · Post by **cholinms** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 11:45 am

Tsukuyomi Moon Phase may seem like a light hearted anime from the opening but it does have it's dark moments! You should give it a try.

HeavyMetal · Post by **HeavyMetal** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 2:54 pm

Miyu seems good. I figured it for being really depressing, but I don't know.

How about Bleach?

Shinigami are cool. Grim Reaper concept, but there a lot of them rather than one reaper. Kinda like detectives for the dead really.

I've heard great things, but never any specifics. The AMVs look good, but I've seen some AMVs that would really mislead people about some series.

OmniStrata · Post by **OmniStrata** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 12:34 pm

Scrapped Princess...

b00yah

Toecutter · Post by **Toecutter** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:17 pm

Night Head Genesis is pretty good.

Evangelion Unit 01 · Post by **Evangelion Unit 01** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:27 pm

BERSERK

inuhikarifan · Post by **inuhikarifan** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 7:47 pm

Somebody recommended Scrapped Princess. I disagree. Good plot, magic, great characters... not dark or heavy at all.

Other people suggested and I'm backing them up:
- X (I hate CLAMP, but this series is decent, and the movie is one of my favorites)
- Le Portrait de whatever whatever, Cossette. sure. very dark and mystical, not much action though.
- Vampire Princess Miyu TV.

I personally enjoyed Yami no Matsuei, but it doesn't get cool until ep 5 or something... and you'd have to put up with some badly done comedy and fluff.

I also suggest Requiem from the Darkness if you like them really gory and mature. Action, lots of mysticism, and as dark as you can go. The plot doesn't really carry over from ep to ep though, it's the type of anime where every ep is a new-ish story... the first ep will tell you if it's for you or not.

That's all I can think of for now... I'm sure there's more...

Chocobuddha · Post by **Chocobuddha** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 9:14 pm

Evangelion Unit 01 wrote:BERSERK

Nobody mentioned Berserk because you're required to watch it before you're allowed to have an a-m-v.org account. Duh.

But no, really, I don't know why we all forgot to suggest that one...

dragon bait · Post by **dragon bait** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 9:21 pm

mabe trinity blood?