DarksideBlues(Japanese:ダークサイド・ブルース,Hepburn:DākusaidoBurūsu)isamangaseriesbyHideyukiKikuchi.ThestoryhasbeenadaptedintoananimefilmdirectedbyYoshimichiFurukawa.ThefilmwasoriginallylicensedbyCentralParkMediaandthenlaterlicensedbyADVFilms.　　ThestoryinvolvesthetownofKabuki-cho,homeofaresistancefactioncalledMessiah.Inthefuturisticsetting,Kabuki-choisoneofthelastplacesoffreedombecausethePersonaCenturyCorporationhastakencontrolofthemajorityoftheEarth.Kabuki-choishenceknownas"TheDarkSideofTokyo".Furthermore,amysteriousstrangercalledDarksideappearstoprotectthecitizensofKabuki-cho.