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Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 567
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, surreal
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Project ARMS (2001)
Plot Summary:
ARMS is an manga series that is heavily influenced by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The series is created by Kyoichi Nanatsuki and Ryoji Minagawa. In 1999, the manga received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen. The manga was adapted as an anime series called Project ARMS. It stars a young man named Ryo Takatsuki, who at the beginning of the series believes that he was in an accident causing his right arm to be severed from his body. However, as the story progresses, it is revealed that he was actually a test subject for experiments involving genetics and an "ARMS" nanomachine implant, along with 3 other youths: Kei Karuma, Takeshi Tomoe, and Hayato Shingu. They all meet under strange circumstances and after many battles they set off on a journey to rescue Ryo's girlfriend Katsumi Akagi who is kidnapped by the Egrigori. The Egrigori are the creators of the ARMS technology.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 97
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, psychotronic, shounen
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Hyper Police (1997)
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Hyper Police is the name of a manga and anime series created by Minoru Tachikawa under the pseudonym MEE. It is a comic science fiction, set in a period in the far future, in which humanity is almost extinct and most of the population are monsters. It is mostly set in the offices of a private police company and focuses on the life of Natsuki Sasahara, a young catgirl, and her co-workers: Foxgirl Sakura Bokuseiinmonzeninari, werewolf Batanen Fujioka and his cousin Tomy Fujioka. For many years, the only western language to have official translations of the Hyper Police manga was Spanish. English translations have been completed by US company Tokyopop.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, futuristic, detective, 2d animation
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Silent Möbius (1991)
Plot Summary:
In a futuristic Tokyo, several policewomen fight a monster. One of them, Katsumi Liqueur, remembers where she saw it before... Katsumi Liqueur, an American-born woman of Japanese descent, travels to Tokyo to visit her mother, Fuyuka, who is sick in the hospital. She takes a shortcut through an alley after her taxi gets stuck in traffic, only to encounter a monster and two policewomen fighting it. Later, she meets their chief, Rally Cheyenne, who, it seems, has been expecting her, though Katsumi has never met her before. The policewomen want Katsumi to help them fight the monster, but Katsumi, who does not want to believe in magic, resists.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 251
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: anime, futuristic, mecha, cyber, cyberpunk anime
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Vampire Wars (1990)
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The rural American west is the setting for this OVA, in which a bizarre and brutal attack on a NASA base in Arizona attracts the attention of a French secret service agent, Monsieur Lassar, when a dead CIA agent is found floating on the Seine in Paris. Lassar is convinced that these two events are related, and sets out to prove it. His investigation leads him to film star Lamia Vindaw and a vampire cult that may be far more vicious and dangerous than its eccentric exterior makes it seem.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: anime, manga, scary, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, adult animation
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Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth (1988)
Plot Summary:
Athena receives the visit of Phoebus Abel, her older brother and God of the Corona. He informs her that he has come to destroy humanity as punishment for their corruption, just as it was done in ancient times. He dismisses Seiya and the Bronze Saints, as she will now be guarded by Abel's three Corona Saints, Atlas of Carina, Jaow of Lynx and Berenike of Coma Berenices, and the five resurrected Gold Saints who died in the Sanctuary battle: Saga of Gemini, Deathmask of Cancer, Shura of Capricorn, Camus of Aquarius and Aphrodite of Pisces. When Athena rebels against Abel's plan, he attacks her, sending her soul to Elysion, the final resting place from which there is no return. The Bronze Saints immediately rush to the Sanctuary to save her and ultimately overcome Abel.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: anime, shounen, manga
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Battle Royal High School (1987)
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When the school Karate club's star fighter quits and decides to go pro, he unwittingly fulfills an ancient interdimensional prophecy and becomes demon king of his dimension. Soon his high school becomes a battleground for demon slaying samurai, interplanetary law enforcement, and even his own traitorous demon minions. Well animated fight scenes ensue.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime
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Attack on Titan: The Roar of Awakening (2018)
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Eren Yeager and others of the 104th Training Corps have just begun to become full members of the Survey Corps. As they ready themselves to face the Titans once again, their preparations are interrupted by the invasion of Wall Rose—but all is not as it seems as more mysteries are unraveled. As the Survey Corps races to save the wall, they uncover more about the invading Titans and the dark secrets of their own members.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anime, manga, exciting, tense, captivating, futuristic, dark fantasy
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Sailor Moon R the Movie: The Promise of the Rose (1993)
Plot Summary:
While enjoying the flower gardens, Sailor Moon (Usagi) and friends encounter an old childhood friend of Mamoru's: an alien! He's come back to give Mamoru a special flower, but doesn't like Usagi and the rest of the planet's inhabitants. Sailor Moon must defend the earth from the evil Kisenian Flower he's brought back... before the evil vines and blossoms overrun the planet!.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: anime, mahou shoujo, exciting, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious, epic
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Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris (1987)
Plot Summary:
When Seiya, Hyōga and Shun visit Saori (Athena) at the orphanage, they meet an employee called Eri. An orphan herself, Eri takes a liking to Hyōga and one night they sit outside watching the stars. They see a shooting star and Hyōga asks Eri to make a wish. After Hyōga leaves, however, Eri becomes powerfully attracted to the shooting star and wanders alone into the woods, where she finds a golden apple. She is then possessed by Eris, the Goddess of Discord, and kidnaps Athena, planning to use the golden apple to suck her energy out, fully reincarnate and take over the world. Eris leaves a message for the Bronze Saints, who set out for the goddess's temple which appears on the mountains. There, the heroes fight the five Ghost Saints: Maya of Sagitta, Orpheus of Lyra, Christ of the Southern Cross, Jan of Scutum (called by the Japanese name Tateza) and Jäger of Orion.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: anime, shounen, manga
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Twilight of the Dark Master (1997)
Plot Summary:
Tsunami is an ancient gaurdian fom days long ago when the Mother Spirit created Daemons and Gaurdians to aid a fledgling human race. Tsunami becomes involved with a woman who has just lost her fiance and her arm and now wants to figure out why this has happened.Meanwhile the Daemon leader is still alive and plotting to enslave mankind. Will Tsunami defend earth once again or be corrupted as two other gaurdians have been by the Daemon leader.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 572
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: anime, manga, futuristic, serious, suspenseful
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Silent Möbius 2 (1992)
Plot Summary:
After the death of her mother Katsumi wants nothing more to do with this horrible place known as Tokyo. Forced into staying an infuriated Katsumi returns to AMP HQ where chief Rally Cheyenne pleads with her to stay and join the team. However, her pleading falls on deaf ears as Katsumi exclaims that she wants nothing more to do with them, leaving to find another way home. Meanwhile the Demons taking over Tokyo begin their final move against humanity and the AMP. They realize that the key to opening their demon world lies within Katsumi. Her unwanted abilities mean everything to them and without her their plan would fail. The stage is set once again on the destroyed Tokyo Bay Bridge. Will Katsumi choose her destiny and defend her new found friend or will she fall to the weakness and despair within her?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: anime, futuristic, mecha, cyberpunk anime
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Demon City Shinjuku (1988)
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Kyoya's father was a great warrior, killed at the hands of the diabolical psychic, Rebi Ra, who has now opened a portal to hell in the city of Shinjuku. It falls to Kyoya to finish what his father started and battle his way through demons, while protecting a young woman from harm. The only problem is that he's not exactly your classic hero type, and his powers are still latent.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: anime, manga, adult anime, adult animation, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, ecchi, weird, 2d animation
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Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. Solid State Society 3D (2011)
Plot Summary:
A new 3D version of Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 520
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, suspense, cyber, visually appealing, cyberpunk anime
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Human Lost (2019)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2036 man kind has revolutionized the medical field. Scientist have conquered death via the use of internal nanomachines and the “Shell System,” however, only the richest can afford to partake. Yozo Oba has been troubled by strange dreams and one day joins his friend’s biker gang. They embark to the “The Inside,” where society’s elite live, however, this begins a terrifying journey of discovery that will change Yozo’s life forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 330
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: anime, suspense, bleak, unusual plot structure, futuristic, surreal, adult animation
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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;Surrection (2019)
Plot Summary:
The story takes place several years after Lelouch's "Zero Requiem" plan.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, rough, suspenseful, touching
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Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007)
Plot Summary:
After the Second Impact, Tokyo-3 is being attacked by giant creatures called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind. The child Shinji's objective is to fight the Angels by piloting one of the mysterious Evangelion mecha units. A remake of the first six episodes of GAINAX's famous 1996 anime series. The film was retitled "Evangelion: 1.01" for its DVD release and "Evangelion: 1.11" for release on Blu-Ray (with additional scenes).
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: mecha, anime, atmospheric, stylized, exciting, serious, manga, emotional, bloody, mysterious
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Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - Poltergeist Report (1994)
Plot Summary:
When the Spirit World is flooded due to an unusual rainfall which overflows the River Sanzu (aka the River Styx), Lord Koenma senses an extremely powerful enemy. He entrusts Death God Botan, to deliver to Spirit Detective Yusuke, a mysterious item which must be protected from the invading enemy. However, by the time Botan finds Yusuke, she's too weak to explain the situation. Yusuke and his friends are left in the dark about the new enemy, but not for long. Soon it is a battle for Earth between mere Spirit Detectives and the almighty king of the Netherworld.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 765
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, stylized, semi serious, juvenile, shounen
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Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven (2006)
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The year is 2030. Six months passed since the Laughing Man Incident was solved. About 3 million refugees are living in Japan, invited to fill the labor shortage. However, the emergent presence of the invited-refugees intensified their confrontation with the "Individualists", who called for national isolation, which then led to the increased incidences of terrorist attacks. Under these circumstances, a terrorist group called the Individual Eleven carries out a suicide attack. But there was a greater scheme behind their action. When Section 9 learns this, they attempt to nail down the mastermind of the incident. Meanwhile, Kuze, a surviving member of the Individual Eleven, becomes a charismatic leader of the invited-refugees and intensifies the confrontation against the government. And Motoko starts feeling a strange sense of fate connecting her with Kuze.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, exciting, suspenseful, cyber, tense, captivating, stylized, cyberpunk anime
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Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2029, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster'. Ghost in the Shell 2.0 is a reproduced version of its original 1995 counterpart. Among a numerous enhancements, for the film's 2.0 release, were a number of scenes were overhauled with 3D animation, visual improvements, and soundtrack rerecorded in 6.1 surround sound.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, stylized, philosophical, serious, futuristic, cyber
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Bio Hunter (1995)
Plot Summary:
A strange virus known as the Demon Virus, attacks the human genetic code, transforming people into monsters with demonic powers. One particular monster is terrorizing the streets of Tokyo. ripping open young women to devour their livers. A famed psychic holds the secret to the identity and purpose of this monster. Now it is up to two molecular biologists. self-proclaimed Bio Hunters Komada and Koshigaya, to reach the psychic and his beautiful daughter before its too late! The Demon Virus is out to conquer the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: anime, manga, serious, adult anime, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, demonic
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Wicked City (1987)
Plot Summary:
This animated Japanese film is a dark, adult-oriented thriller. A peace treaty between the Earth and the Black World, a parallel universe of spider-like aliens is coming to an end. Two cops, Taki, a human male, and Maki, a female alien, are assigned to protect a diplomat who will help secure another treaty. A radical group of aliens from the Black World are out to assassinate the diplomat and prevent the treaty; only the bond that forms between the two cops can save the Earth from destruction. Sex is strongly associated with violence in many graphic scenes; although this is intended to play a symbolic role, this theme is used excessively. The story is effective, but the film is definitely not for children or anyone easily offended.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: anime, adult anime, adult animation, manga, scary, suspenseful, stylized, neo noir, disturbing, rough
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Afro Samurai: Resurrection (2009)
Plot Summary:
Afro Samurai avenged his father and found a life of peace. But the legendary master is forced back into the game by a beautiful and deadly woman from his past. The sparks of violence dropped along Afro’s bloody path now burn out of control – and nowhere are the flames of hatred more intense than in the eyes of Sio.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: stylized, anime, serious, suspenseful, exciting, surreal, suspense, bleak, tense, intense
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Vampire Hunter D (1985)
Plot Summary:
In a far-future time ruled by the supernatural, a young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her and thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: gothic, anime, exciting, atmospheric, manga, suspenseful, serious, rough, adult anime, scary
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Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)
Plot Summary:
D has been hired to track down Meier Link, a notoriously powerful vampire who has abducted a woman, Charlotte Elbourne. D's orders are strict - find Charlotte, at any cost. For the first time, D faces serious competition. The Markus Brothers, a family of Vampire Hunters, were hired for the same bounty. D Must intercept Meier and conquer hostile forces on all sides in a deadly race against time.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: gothic, anime, atmospheric, serious, dark fantasy, manga, suspenseful, grindhouse, adult anime, cult classic
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Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009)
Plot Summary:
Under constant attack by monstrous creatures called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind, U.N. Special Agency NERV introduces two new EVA pilots to help defend the city of Tokyo-3: the mysterious Makinami Mari Illustrous and the intense Asuka Langley Shikinami. Meanwhile, Gendo Ikari and SEELE proceed with a secret project that involves both Rei and Shinji. The film was retitled "Evangelion: 2.22" for its DVD/Blu-Ray release.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: mecha, anime, atmospheric, enigmatic, intense, exciting, suspenseful, serious, bloody, stylized
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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
Plot Summary:
Groundbreaking director Mamoru Oshii continues to push the boundaries of art and anime with this universally acclaimed cyber thriller following cyborg detective Batou as he tries to unravel the reasons for a murderous robot revolt in the year 2032. A quest for a killer that becomes a mind bending search for the meaning of life.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: futuristic, anime, philosophical, cyber, atmospheric, enigmatic, surreal, psychological, bleak, serious
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Akira (1988)
Plot Summary:
Childhood friends Tetsuo and Kaneda are pulled into the post-apocalyptic underworld of Neo-Tokyo and forced to fight for their very survival. Kaneda is a bike gang leader, and Tetsuo is a member of a tough motorcycle crew who becomes involved in a covert government project called Akira. But a bloody battle ensues when Kaneda sets out to save his friend.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 200000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: anime, surreal, futuristic, atmospheric, serious, adult animation, manga, cyber, talky, visual
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Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 153000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: anime, futuristic, mind bending, philosophical, surreal, atmospheric, exciting, adult animation, manga, cerebral