“Darkside returns to lead resistance against Persona Century's global domination in Tokyo's last free zone, Kabuki-cho.”
Darkside Blues
ダークサイド・ブルース
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Synopsis
Darkside returns to lead resistance against Persona Century's global domination in Tokyo's last free zone, Kabuki-cho.
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. (Source: ANN)
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Derived from 10 sampled reviews
What 10 viewers settled on.
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σ 1.64 · some divergence
5.0 pts
Recommenders 8.5 · others 3.5
↓ 3.10
Running avg · May 2010 → Jan 2026
- 9 “True to the manga, Darkside Blues is a little gem for the mid-90s with older looking art but it really goes well with the atmosphere of the story. There's a particular part my friend had pointed...”
- 8 “If you are a fan of 90s anime, then I'd recommend taking a look at Darkside Blues. If you haven't seen many anime from this time period, then this is a fairly good example of the visual styles of...”
- 6 “Intriguing experiment in visual abstraction. The story doesn't have self-awareness thus even its "surrealism" wasn't cohesive neither rewarding, I hate how these projects want to attain everything,...”
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- Format 1 × 83′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 23m all episodes
- Aired Oct 1994 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-1357 catalog
Produced by
- Akita Shoten Producer
Licensed by
- ADV Films Licensor
- Central Park Media Licensor