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Espen

47 year old Male
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Fushigi Yuugi OVA
This OAV (original animation video) adventure brings back all the characters from the sprawling broadcast series--even ones who were killed. When Miaka, Tomahome (who now lives in the real world), Keisuke, and Tetsuya go visit the grave of Takikio, the one-time priestess of Genbu, Tomahome mysteriously vanishes back into Universe of the Four Gods.
217 users added this.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
In the future, life between the digital and physical world has been blurred. The boundary of technology and humanity has been stretched beyond imagination with lives being led in both the electronic and physical worlds.
3678 users added this.
Tonari no Totoro
Tonari no Totoro [Movie] Espen gave it a 10.
Totoro is a forest spirit that little Mei, and later her older sister Satsuki, encounter in a giant camphor tree near their new home in the countryside. Although their father, a university professor, is with them when they move, their mother is in the hospital, recovering from some unnamed illness.
3670 users added this.
12 Kingdoms
12 Kingdoms [TV] Espen gave it a 10.
One day, a man named Keiki showed up suddenly and recognized Yoko as his master. From that moment on, her life began to change dramatically.
530 users added this.
Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell [Movie] Espen gave it a 10.
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.
5315 users added this.
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor
Common wisdom is that being a soldier is a rather nasty busines with a great deal of blood and killing, and that's still true after mankind had discovered a way to cross interstellar distances. Within the military, the ways of war have been refined and practiced to a point where very little can be considered new.
251 users added this.
Akira
Akira [Movie] Espen gave it a 9.
Directed by Ootomo Katsuhiro of Memories and Steamboy. In the year 2019, thirty-one years after World War III, the authority of Neo-Tokyo is waging a constant battle against Underground rebels.
4302 users added this.
Tenchi Muyo!
Tenchi Muyo! [OVA] Espen gave it a 9.
According to legend, a demon is imprisoned inside the Masaki Shrine in Kurashiki, Japan. When Tenchi Masaki, a student at the local high school and grandson to the shrine master, accidentaly breaks the "seal", he discovers that it is not just a legend!
2146 users added this.
Planetes
Planetes [TV] Espen gave it a 9.
In 2075, space travel is no longer just a dream, but an everyday reality for mankind. Advancements in science and technology have led to the colonization of the moon, the commercialization of outer space, and the formation of large space corporations.
355 users added this.
Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies [Movie] Espen gave it a 9.
On the final days of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his four-year-old sister Setsuko are orphaned after their mother is killed during an air-raid by American forces in Kobe, Japan. After having a falling-out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter.
2288 users added this.
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Neon Genesis Evangelion [TV] Espen gave it a 9.
In 2015 huge, tremendously powerful alien war machines return to Tokyo. The only hope for Mankind's survival lies in the Evangelion, a humanoid fighting machine developed by NERV, a special United Nations agency.
8910 users added this.
Record of Lodoss War [OVA]
Record of Lodoss War [OVA] [TV] Espen gave it a 9.
Created from the aftermath of the last great battle of the gods, Lodoss and its kingdoms have been plagued by war for thousands of years. As a quiet peace and unity finally become foreseeable over the land, an unknown evil begins to stir.
256 users added this.
Berserk
Berserk [TV] Espen gave it a 9.
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.
6780 users added this.
Serial Experiments Lain
Serial Experiments Lain [TV] Espen gave it a 9.
Lain Iwakura appears to be an ordinary girl, with almost no experience with computers or technology. Yet the sudden suicide of a schoolmate, and a number of strange occurrences, conspire to pull Lain into the world of the Wired, where she gradually learns that nothing is what it seems to be.
1562 users added this.
Witch Hunter Robin
Witch Hunter Robin [TV] Espen gave it a 9.
Witches are individuals with special powers like ESP, telekinesis, mind control, etc. (not the typical hogwart and newt potions).
690 users added this.
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
In the aftermath of the great earthquake, one ruthless corporation stands ready to take over the devastated city of Tokyo with an army of synthetic monsters. Only a single band of female mercenaries opposes the monolithic power of Genom, but in this case four women is all it takes!
587 users added this.
Kite
Kite [OVA] Espen gave it a 8.
Sawa is a school girl, an orphan, and an assassin. She is being controlled by a corrupt cop who gives her targets to kill, detailing to her the crimes these men have committed in order to justify their death.
663 users added this.
Revolutionary Girl Utena The Movie
With a mystical sword, Utena duels her classmates to protect her strange friend Anthy, who is the key to a magical power that everyone wants and could make Utena's deam - to become a prince - come true. But their deepening friendship hides a terrible secret, and Utena must face the truth about herself and those she loves.
427 users added this.
Ninja Scroll
Ninja Scroll [Movie] Espen gave it a 8.
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.
1440 users added this.
El-Hazard: The Magnificent World
Ani.me's official listing has the El-Hazard: The Magnificent World storyline, reviews, and El-Hazard: The Magnificent World pictures that you need. Get to know everything about this Original Video Animation show.
128 users added this.
Vexille: 2077 Nihon Sakoku
10 years has passed since Japan had decided to leave the United Nations to go into isolation. They have completely blocked the islands with an ultra magnetic field which prevents anyone to see what is going inside, nor for people to travel in/out of the country.
167 users added this.
Armitage III
Armitage III [OVA] Espen gave it a 8.
Ross Syllabus is a Chicago cop who lost his partner in a battle with a cyborg. He's just been transferred to Mars as an expert on robots, but before he's even left the spaceport he spots a group of suspicious people who turn out to be a madman with cyborg bodyguards.
215 users added this.
Shinseiki Evangelion Gekijouban: The End of Evangelion
The end of the Neon Genesis Evangelion left many questions as to the fate of NERV, the Children, the Angels, and many other plot factors unanswered, unexplained, or otherwise hanging. To answer a legion of now befuddled Evangelion fans, Gainax remade the ending into a two-part movie known as Death and Rebirth which was to supersede episodes 25 and 26 of the television series, which then led to this movie, Death and Rebirth itself being recreated into part one of The End of Evangelion.
2398 users added this.
Appleseed Ex Machina
Appleseed Ex Machina [Movie] Espen gave it a 8.
Deunan Knute returns in this sequel to the 2004 film, Appleseed. 2007.
331 users added this.
Shinseiki Evangelion Gekijouban: Shi to Shinsei
Originally a collection of clips from the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series, Death was created as a precursor to the re-worked ending of the series. Rebirth was intended as that reworked ending but after production overruns became only the first half of the first episode of The End of Evangelion, with some minor differences.
739 users added this.
Gunslinger Girl
Gunslinger Girl [TV] Espen gave it a 8.
"Henrietta" was an innocent little girl when her entire family was massacred and she was left for dead. She was rescued by a privately-owned social welfare organization and given cybernetic components over her battered body.
991 users added this.
Bubblegum Crisis
Bubblegum Crisis [OVA] Espen gave it a 8.
Set in 2032-2033, the original cyberpunk anime classic focuses on a team of four women known as the Knight Sabers, who take it upon themselves to protect Mega Tokyo from rogue boomers (robots), thereby making themselves targets of the sinister Genom Corporation, the boomers' manufacturer. 1987-1991.
391 users added this.
Martian Successor Nadesico
Martian Successor Nadesico [TV] Espen gave it a 8.
The Earth, the Moon, and our Martian Colonies are under alien attack and our space fleets are powerless to stop the invasion. Disgusted by the incompentence of the Terran military, the independent arms manufacturer Nergal builds its own space battle cruiser and launches a new offensive in a desperate attempt to save the Earth.
481 users added this.
Mezzo Forte
Mezzo Forte [OVA] Espen gave it a 8.
For Mikura, danger is routine and killing is as easy as breathing. Sleek and sexy, she was born with a gun in each hand and a grin on her face.
385 users added this.
Chobits
Chobits [TV] Espen gave it a 8.
In an alternate version of the present day, we have computers known as Persocoms that can be designed to look like toy figures, animals, and even people. Our story focuses on one such Persocom named Chi and her new owner, Hideki Motosuwa, who is too broke to buy one and yet is lucky enough to have found Chi in the trash.
8289 users added this.
Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children
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.
6666 users added this.
Spirited Away
Spirited Away [Movie] Espen gave it a 8.
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.
17374 users added this.
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Revolutionary Girl Utena [TV] Espen gave it a 8.
After being fascinated by a prince she met during her childhood, young Utena decides to be one herself. The prince left him a strange rose crest, promising that someday they would meet again.
972 users added this.
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
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.
3209 users added this.
Cowboy Bebop - Knockin' on Heaven's Door
As the Cowboy Bebop crew travels the stars, they learn of the largest bounty yet, a huge 300 million oolongs. Apparently, someone is wielding a hugely powerful chemical weapon, and of course the authorities are at a loss to stop it.
5752 users added this.
Magic Knight Rayearth 2
Magic Knight Rayearth 2 [TV] Espen gave it a 8.
Filled with regret at having killed the very person they were sent to rescue, Hikaru, Umi and Fuu return to Tokyo. Dark forces still brew with the broken land of Cephiro and the foreign leaders of Autozam, Fahren and Chizeta, seek the crown of the pillar so they may seize its limitless power.
443 users added this.
Cowboy Bebop
Cowboy Bebop [TV] Espen gave it a 8.
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.
16523 users added this.
Princess Mononoke
Princess Mononoke [Movie] Espen gave it a 8.
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.
10154 users added this.
Magic Knight Rayearth
Magic Knight Rayearth [TV] Espen gave it a 8.
Magic Knight Rayearth: The Power of Three will set you free Synopsis Magic Knight Rayearth is one of the most famous animes created by CLAMP. It was directed by Toshihiro Hirano and went on air for the first time on October 17, 1994.
1058 users added this.
Le Chevalier D'eon
Le Chevalier D'eon [TV] Espen gave it a 8.
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.
Ah! My Goddess
Ah! My Goddess [TV] Espen gave it a 7.
The story follows a college sophomore named Keiichi Morisato, who accidentally dials the Goddess Help Hotline, an agency that grants the wishes of humans. The goddess Belldandy appears before him, and says that she has been sent to fulfill a single wish.
3772 users added this.
Iria Zeiram The Animation
Iria Zeiram The Animation [OVA] Espen gave it a 7.
Iria and her brother Gren, a pair of young bounty hunters, were dispatched on a standard rescue mission, but what they found was more terrifying than anything they could have imagined. A bizarre alien was secretly being imported for clandestine uses, and now it is loose to wreak havoc on the unknowing populace.
215 users added this.
Macross Plus
Macross Plus [OVA] Espen gave it a 7.
2040 A.D.
545 users added this.
Claymore
Claymore [TV] Espen gave it a 7.
Hot chicks with swords! What more do you need?
4636 users added this.
Appleseed Movie
Appleseed Movie [Movie] Espen gave it a 7.
A.D.
193 users added this.
Armitage III the Movie: Poly-Matrix
2179: Mars has been colonized by Earth, populated by humans and 'Second Types' robots - robots designed to perform the menial tasks humans won't do. Then there are the 'Third Types' - illegal humanoid robots designed by a nationalist force to look and behave exactly like humans - living undetected among the Martian population as citizens, until one man, Rene' Danclaude, declares war on the 'Thirds,' starting a massacre in a vow to destroy them all.
236 users added this.
Armitage III: Dual Matrix
The Bad Girl Returns! Naomi Armitage and Ross Sylibus have changed their names and live with their daughter Yoko as a happy and normal family on Mars - until a robot riot breaks out at an anti-matter plant on Earth.
237 users added this.
Excel Saga
Excel Saga [TV] Espen gave it a 7.
Hyperactive Excel does anything and everything to try to please her lord, Ilpalazzo, who wants to take over the planet. Excel's misadventures takes her and her partner, the ever-dying Hyatt, all over the world, meeting several strange people as they go.
1399 users added this.
Martian Successor Nadesico The Motion Picture Prince of Darkness
Two years have passed since the Great War. Akito and Yurika have vanished.
197 users added this.
RahXephon
RahXephon [TV] Espen gave it a 7.
The city of Tokyo has been overthrown, taken over by Invaders who have devastated the rest of the planet. For 15 years, the remnants of the human race have fought a losing battle against the Mu and their Dolem, knowing that the key to victory lies within the domed walls of Tokyo Jupiter, where time flows in a different path and none of the mind-wiped citizens even know that the city has been conquered.
687 users added this.
Mezzo Danger Service Agency
Her name is Mikura, and she's all about service with a smile. So what if that service is cracking skulls and the smile happens to be on the other end of a loaded gun?
296 users added this.
Wolf's Rain
Wolf's Rain [TV] Espen gave it a 7.
In a slowly decaying world, a small ray of hope takes form as an old legend. According to the tale, when the world’s end finally arrives, the gates of Paradise will open, and there everyone can live peacefully.
3388 users added this.
Appleseed
Appleseed [Movie] Espen 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.
Ergo Proxy
Ergo Proxy [TV] Espen gave it a 7.
Thousands of years ago, an ecological catastrophe destroyed almost all life forms on Earth. One of the surviving cities – perhaps the only one – is the domed city of Romdo.
1895 users added this.
Angel Sanctuary
Angel Sanctuary [OVA] Espen gave it a 7.
A beautiful angel wages war against God - and loses the war. Reborn as a human boy, Setsuna struggles with horrific visions and supernatural powers.
563 users added this.
Furi Kuri
Furi Kuri [OVA] Espen gave it a 6.
Ani.me's official listing has the Furi Kuri storyline, reviews, and Furi Kuri pictures that you need. Get to know everything about this Original Video Animation show.
421 users added this.
Key the Metal Idol
Key the Metal Idol [TV] Espen gave it a 6.
Will you be one of Key's 30,000 friends? Key is a robot who has been living with normal people all her life.
85 users added this.
RahXephon The Motion Picture
Return to the world of RahXephon, where human and Mu fight for dominace over a shattered Earth and giant statues are the ultimate weapons. Where music forms the fabric of the universe and the link between two hearts is the thread upon which the fate of humanity hangs.
150 users added this.
Final Fantasy: Unlimited
Final Fantasy: Unlimited [TV] Espen gave it a 6.
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.
Those Who Hunt Elves
Those Who Hunt Elves [TV] Espen gave it a 6.
No one knows exactly how stongman Junpei, Hollywood actress Airi, teenage Ritsuko, and their T-74 tank landed in a world of elves, but it's up to Celcia, the elves' elder, to cast the spell to send them back to their own world. Unfortunatly, the spell runs amok and splits into five fragments that now appear as tattoos upon the bodies of five elves, five young female elves that is, somewhere in the land.
406 users added this.
Bubblegum Crash
Bubblegum Crash [OVA] Espen gave it a 6.
Taking place in 2034, this is a sequel series to Bubblegum Crisis, following the Knight Sabers' continuing battles against rogue Boomers and the evil Genom Corporation. 1991.
142 users added this.
Tenchi Universe
Tenchi Universe [TV] Espen gave it a 6.
Galaxy Police offiver Mihoshi's patrol ship is in hot pursuit of space pirate Ryoko, who is aboard her ship Ryo-Ohki. The two starships fight a space battle, and both are badly damaged.
1637 users added this.
Those Who Hunt Elves II
Those Who Hunt Elves II [TV] Espen gave it a 6.
"Those Who Hunt Elves" returns with a whole new set of adventures featuring Junpei, the karate kicking dunderhead, Ritsuko, the gun toting schoolgirl, Mihke, the cat-possessed battle tank, and Airi, the gifted actress. This motley crew share but a single thought.
286 users added this.
Metropolis
Metropolis [Movie] Espen gave it a 6.
Metropolis (??
875 users added this.
Demon City Shinjuku
Demon City Shinjuku [Movie] Espen gave it a 5.
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.
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Ani.me's official listing has the Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence storyline, reviews, and Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence pictures that you need. Get to know everything about this Movie show.
2351 users added this.
Fushigi Yuugi (TV Series)
Fushigi Yuugi (TV Series) [TV] Espen gave it a 4.
Middle school student Miaka Y?ki is under a lot of pressure to pass the entrance exam for the competitive Jonan Academy.
530 users added this.
Ranma 1/2
Ranma 1/2 [TV] Planned
Saotome Ranma, a teenage martial artist, and his father Genma travel to the 'cursed training ground' of Jusenkyo in China. There, despite the warnings of the Chinese guard, they fall into the cursed springs.
2232 users added this.