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Plot Summary:
Hayato's home city is under attack from a gigantic robot. His parents are lying dead in the rubble and the only remaining friend is his dog. His only thought now is revenge against the owner of the Phantom Ship (from where the robot said he was sent). He ends up in the house of Kuroshio, the leader of the fight against the Phantom Ship and the most important person in the city. By complete accident, Hayato finds his way to an underground passageway where he realises that the true nature of events does not mesh with what Kuroshio has told him. His life is now in great danger, and only he can stop the plans of the evildoers.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 737
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: anime, surreal
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Town Musicians of Bremen (1989)
Plot Summary:
Based on the Brothers Grimm folktale, four aging farm animals, a donkey, a dog, a cat and a rooster, leave their farms to become musicians in Bremen and enjoy life. However, they find a den of thieves and decide to outsmart them.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: retro, anime, folk tale
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Hamtaro: Adventures in Ham-Ham Land (2001)
Plot Summary:
Hamtaro is a kind Ham-Ham with a big heart. He lives happily with his owner Laura and his other Ham-Ham friends until... One day, while Hamtaro and the other Ham-Hams are out tunnel-digging, they accidentally stumble upon the entrance to a legendary place called Ham-Ham Land. Ham-Ham Land is a wondrous place where only hamsters live. Legend has it that somewhere in Ham-Ham Land, there is a magical sunflower seed that gives hamsters the power to talk with humans... So, with great excitement, Hamtaro sets out on a big adventure in search of the magical sunflower seed that will give him the power to share his thoughts with Laura. The great little adventure of Hamtaro in Ham-Ham land is about to begin! Will Hamtaro find the amazing magical sunflower seed of his dreams?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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Capricorn (1991)
Plot Summary:
In the blink of an eye, high school student Taku Shimamura finds himself transported to the bizarre world of Slaffleaze, where intelligent creatures govern and the ruling class, led by the villainous Zolba, is plotting the invasion of the world they know as Capricorn, the Earth. Joining together with the oppressed Slaffleaze peasants, Taku must find a way to stop Zolba's dark forces before the way to the unsuspecting Earth is opened. In order to do so, he must first gain the love and trust of the last of the Yappie, the ancestral guardians of Slaffeaze. This is a task that will take more than a little courage and daring, for the last Yappie is not just a cute young female, she`s also a dragon.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: anime
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Plot Summary:
Doraemon, Nobita and his friends go to find Utopia, a perfect land in the sky where everyone lives with happiness, using an airship having a time warp function.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 933
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: anime
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The Underdog (2018)
Plot Summary:
After his owner abandons him, a stray dog named Moongchi sets off on an adventure with his fellow strays.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: anime, computer animated
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Hidden Dragon (2023)
Plot Summary:
In a magical undersea world where dragons rule and humans are feared, a naive young dragon forms an uneasy alliance with the sea's greatest enemy - a human girl.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, China
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: 3d animation, anime
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Re: Cutie Honey (2004)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious organization known as Panther Claw make their presence known by terrorizing Tokyo and giving the cops a run for their money. Police are further baffled by the appearance of a lone cosplaying vigilante who thwarts all of Panther Claw's evil schemes before disappearing. That cosplayer is Honey Kisaragi, the result of the late Professor Kisaragi's prize experiment. A master of disguise, Honey can instantly alter her physical appearance and outfits. But with a push of the heart-shaped button on her choker, she transforms herself into Cutie Honey, the scantily clad, sword-wielding warrior of love and justice.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 350
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anime, adult animation, ecchi
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Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 2: The Deep Sea Princess (2007)
Plot Summary:
Another Kiruru appears in the South Pacific, but it was defeated by two unknown entities that look like Keronians, with subtle differences. Meanwhile, Keroro and the gang goes for a trip sponsored by Momoka to a private island. There, an alien named Meru, who claims himself as the prince of the deep sea, captures them, and aims to make Natsumi his princess, and that they had captured Keroro, who pleads to them to assist the Keroro Platoon, only to be kicked out.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: anime, fairy tale
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Coral Reef Legend: Elfie of the Blue Sea (1986)
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In the future, the oceans have risen to flood all the continents due to humanity's negligence of the environment. Only a few bits of land have been spared, and one of those is the city-island where Elfie lives with her grandfather. One day, due to an underwater incident, she discovers that she can breathe underwater. Her grandfather reveals that in truth she is one of the mythical sea-people. Using the city folk's xenophobia, local politicians spark a war with this hidden people to distract people from their current resource problems, and Elfie is caught in the middle of it.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: anime, vintage
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Catnapped! The Movie (1995)
Plot Summary:
The story involves a boy and his younger sister whose dog Papadoll is missing. They find out that he has been abducted by anthropomorphic cats to be brought to a world called Banapal Witt, which is built on top of a giant sleeping cat. There the sun turns poor Papadoll into a bizarre giant monster. He becomes the weapon and beloved pet of a spoiled Princess who turns everything she touches into balloons. She plans to use Papadoll and a giant inflatable mouse to control the sleeping cat and thus Banapal Witt itself.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: anime
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Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (1990)
Plot Summary:
The Saiyajin named Turlus has come to Earth in order to plant a tree that will both destroy the planet and give him infinite strength. Son Goku and the Z Warriors cannot let this happen and duke it out with the invaders for the sake of the planet.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, slapstick, colorful, colourful
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Dragon Ball Z: Broly – Second Coming (1994)
Plot Summary:
The film opens with a Saiyan Space pod flying through space and crash-landing on Earth out of which a wounded Saiyan crawls out: Broly, the Legendary Super Saiyan. The wounded Broly shouts out in frustation and turns into normal form. The place soon freezes, trapping him in it and he falls into a coma.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, rough, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (1996)
Plot Summary:
A retelling of Dragon Ball's origin with a different take on the meeting of Goku, Bulma, and Kame-Sen'nin. It also retells the Red Ribbon Army story; but this time they find Goku rather than Goku finding them.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, shounen, crying
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Mazinkaiser (2001)
Plot Summary:
In one of their epic battles, the Mazinger Team suffers a crushing defeat at the hands of Dr. Hell and his minions after Mazinger Z is stolen and its pilot, the legendary Kouji Kabuto, is rendered missing in action. Just when Dr. Hell's second-in-command Baron Ashura uses Mazinger Z against our heroes, Kouji makes a surprise return in Mazinkaiser—an all-new Mazinger with heavier armor and deadlier attacks.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 210 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing, mecha
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Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (1990)
Plot Summary:
The evil Dr. Kochin uses the dragon balls to resurrect his mentor, Dr. Wheelo, in an effort to take over the world. Dr. Wheelo, his body having been destroyed by the avalanche that killed him fifty years before, desires the body of the strongest fighter in the world as his new vessel. Believing Roshi to be the world's strongest warrior, Dr. Kochin abducts Bulma and forces Roshi to surrender himself to save her. When Goku hears of their abduction, he goes to their rescue.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, slapstick, colorful, colourful
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Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure (1988)
Plot Summary:
Master Roshi has succeeded at the one mission he valued most: to train Goku and Krillin to become ultimate fighters. So, he arranges for them to test their mettle at a competition hosted by Emperor Chiaotzu. Not everyone's playing by the rules, however, as a member of the ruler's household schemes to use the Dragonballs to extort money and power from the royal. The wrinkle? The show's heroes are willing to put themselves on the line to stop him.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: anime
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Plot Summary:
When Nobita feels like diving in his hometown, Doraemon uses a Underwater Pump Simulator to pump all the water out of Tokyo, causing the entire city to go underwater. That night, Doraemon and Nobita use a Diving Mask Simulator to dive underwater. Later on, lots of fish, and a shark attack Doraemon and Nobita. So, Doraemon puts a stop on the Underwater Pump Simulator, but there is a girl named Sophia, lying down on the bushes in his neighborhood.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 599
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: anime, light, feel good, entertaining, semi serious, fairy tale, 2d animation
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Galaxy Express 999 (1979)
Plot Summary:
In the future, one can achieve immortality by obtaining a mechanized body. Orphaned, young Tetsuro hitches a ride on the space train Galaxy Express 999 in the hope of obtaining a cyborg body to avenge his mother's death. Along the way, he meets Matael, who is the spitting image of his dead mother.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: anime, cyber, adult animation, touching, bleak, serious, emotional, futuristic, contemplative, stylized
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Isekai Quartet the Movie: Another World (2022)
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, futuristic, parody
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Sea Level (2011)
Plot Summary:
Pup, a bamboo shark, discovers egg sacs while playing around the ocean with his friends. When he sees human poachers stealing the eggs from his reef, Pup makes it his mission to save his family. As he leaves the sea and enters the beautiful, yet dangerous, world of humans he'll prove he isn't too small to save his family. Written by Elizabeth Obermeier, Marketing Manager.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Malaysia, Qatar
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, not serious, feel good, anime, computer animated
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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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Dead Leaves (2004)
Plot Summary:
Pandy and Retro awaken naked on Earth with no recollection of their past. They embark on a crime spree in search of food and clothing, but are captured by authorities and sent to the infamous lunar penitentiary named Dead Leaves.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: anime, psychedelic, surreal, disturbing, cult classic, stylized, atmospheric, adult anime, claymation, manga
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Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy (1997)
Plot Summary:
Son Goku Jr. is the grand-grandson of the legendary warrior Son Goku, unlike his predecessor he's not a brave fighter. He's constantly picked on by school bullies, his grandmother Pan sees this and she's worried, but even tough Goku is not a strong and powerful saiyan, he has a kind heart, and Pan loves him. When Pan gets sick Goku Jr. realizes he must do something if he doesn't want to lose Pan. Then he will remember about the legends of the Dragon Spheres. It was told they granted a wish to the bearer, Goku needs a magical wish more than ever.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, feel good, humorous, serious, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, slapstick