Darkside Blues (Japanese: ダークサイド・ブルース, Hepburn: Dākusaido Burūsu) is a manga series by Hideyuki Kikuchi.

[2] The story involves the town of Kabuki-cho, home of a resistance faction called Messiah.

In the futuristic setting, Kabuki-cho is one of the last places of freedom because the Persona Century Corporation has taken control of the majority of the Earth.

[5][6][7] Darkside Blues was adapted into a film by J.C. Staff under the direction of Yoriyasu Kogawa and based on a script by Mayori Sekijima.

[8] Central Park Media licensed it for a North American audience and first released it in VHS on May 6, 1997.