Darkside Blues

A murky, brooding cyberpunk mood piece that drifts more than it drives, rewarding patience with strange imagery and a heavy sense of dread.

Directed by

Yoriyasu Kogawa

Genres

Animation, Horror, Mystery

Starring

Akio Otsuka, Hideyuki Hori, Koichi Yamadera

Overview

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.

How it feels

Dark, bleak, eerie and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Power, corruption, rebellion, isolation

Content

Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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