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Plot Summary:
A glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with a collection of stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: adult animation, anthology, atmospheric, erotic, futuristic, sexual, sexy, anime, grindhouse, stylized
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Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time (2003)
Plot Summary:
Kim and Ron start out a new school year, only to find out that Ron's family is moving to Norway. This puts a strain on their partnership, just as Dr. Drakken, Monkey Fist, and Duff Killigan team up to find and use an ancient time travel device to rule the world. Attacking Kim in the past, present, and future, can these villians succeed? Or will an unforeseen force be more destructive?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, 2d animation
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Rock & Rule (1983)
Plot Summary:
A malevolent rock star kidnaps a female singer to force her to participate in the summoning of a demon and her band must help her stop him.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: adult animation, semi serious, anime, humorous, futuristic, stylized, dark, slasher, psychotronic, dark comedy
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Planet Hulk (2010)
Plot Summary:
When the Hulk becomes too dangerous for the Earth, the Illuminati trick Hulk into a shuttle and launch him into space to a planet where the Hulk can live in peace. Unfortunately, the Hulk's struggle to escape makes a malfunction in the shuttle causing Hulk to land on the planet Sakaar where he is sold into slavery and trained as a gladiator.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: stylized, exciting, semi serious, anime, suspense, mecha, adult animation, suspenseful, parody, light
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Yellow Submarine (1968)
Plot Summary:
The Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, draining it of all its color and music, firing anti-music missiles, bonking people with green apples, and turning the inhabitants to stone by way of the pointed finger of a giant blue glove. As the only survivor, the Lord Admiral escapes in the yellow submarine and goes to Liverpool to enlist the help of the Beatles.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, colorful, humorous, absurd, cult classic, light, adult animation, stylized, mind bending, aesthetic
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Loonatics Unleashed (2005)
Plot Summary:
Loonatics Unleashed is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation that ran on the Kids' WB for two seasons from 2005 to 2007 in the United States, Teletoon in Canada, Kids Central in Singapore, Cartoon Network's Boomerang in Australia, Cartoon Network in the UK, Southeast Asia and Latin America, and XHGC in Mexico. It is still broadcasting on Clan TVE. The series was loosely based on the Looney Tunes cartoon characters, with the series described by Warner Bros. as an "action-comedy." Loonatics Unleashed is meant to be a mixture of the Looney Tunes shorts' irreverent style of humor and a modern action animated series, with the characters designed in an anime inspired style.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, offbeat, futuristic, fast
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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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Time Masters (1982)
Plot Summary:
On planet Perdide, an attack of giant hornets leaves Piel – a young boy – alone in a wrecked car with his dying father. A mayday message reaches their friend Jaffar, an adventurer travelling through space. On board Jaffar’s shuttle are the renegade Prince Matton, his fiancée, and Silbad who knows the planet Perdide well. Thus begins an incredible race across space to save Piel… René Laloux, the director of Fantastic Planet [La Planète sauvage], created Les Maîtres du temps, his penultimate animated feature film, in 1982. A huge hit in France at the time of its release, it combines Laloux’s famous imagination with that of animation designer Jean Giraud (aka Moebius). Les Maîtres du temps is a finely animated metaphysical rescue mission, previously seen in English-speaking countries as a dubbed version entitled Time Masters.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Switzerland, West Germany, UK, Hungary
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: stylized, adult animation, surreal, psychedelic, anime, atmospheric, captivating, retro, mind bending, dark
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Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)
Plot Summary:
A sci-fi anime House-musical movie collaboration between Daft Punk--and their music--and designer Leiji Matsumoto. During the recording of their DISCOVERY album and using the themes of sci-fi celebrity, decadence and space travel, Daft Punk--with help from Cedric Hervet--wrote the story and inspired seasoned Japanese animators to symbiotically create this stunning space musical.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: anime, atmospheric, lyrical, exciting, semi serious, cult classic, stylized, psychedelic, adult animation, silent
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Fantastic Planet (1973)
Plot Summary:
Fantastic Planet tells the story of “Oms”, human-like creatures, kept as domesticated pets by an alien race of blue giants called “Draags”. The story takes place on the Draags’ planet Ygam, where we follow our narrator, an Om called Terr, from infancy to adulthood. He manages to escape enslavement from a Draag learning device used to educate the savage Oms — and begins to organise an Om revolt.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Czechoslovakia
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychedelic, adult animation, atmospheric, art house, cult classic, stylized, anime, visual, mind bending
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Harlock: Space Pirate (2013)
Plot Summary:
Space Pirate Captain Harlock and his fearless crew face off against the space invaders who seek to conquer the planet Earth.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: anime, computer animated, futuristic, exciting, epic, atmospheric, enigmatic, visually appealing, tense, 3d animation
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The Secret of NIMH (1982)
Plot Summary:
A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab rats, the brave mother struggles to transplant her home to firmer ground.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, touching, atmospheric, feel good, witty, dark, visual, visually stunning, adult animation, stylized
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Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie - Pyramid of Light (2004)
Plot Summary:
After the conclusion of the Battle City Tournament, deep below the sands of Egypt, an ancient evil has awakened. Anubis, who was defeated centuries ago by Yugi’s mysterious alter ego – the ancient Pharaoh – has returned for revenge. Wielding the power of the Eighth Millennium Item, Anubis is determined to destroy Yugi and take over the world.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, intense, humorous, stylized, semi serious, shounen, light, unusual plot structure, melancholic, surreal
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Gandahar (1987)
Plot Summary:
René Laloux, created Gandahar, his final animated feature film. Based on Jean-Pierre Andrevon’s novel Les Hommes-machines contre Gandahar (The Machine-Men versus Gandahar) This fascinating adult animation combines Laloux’s famous imagination with that of animation designer Philippe Caza. “My quest began with a riddle. ‘In a thousand years, Gandahar was destroyed, and and all its people massacred. A thousand years ago, Gandahar will be saved, and what can’t be avoided will be.” -Sylvain. This film is set on the planet Gandahar where peace reigns and poverty is unknown. The utopian lifestyle is upset by reports of people at the outlying frontiers being turned to stone. Sent to investigate, Prince Sylvain (John Shea) crashes and is rescued by the Deformed, hideous genetic experiments gone wrong and left to fend for themselves. With their help, Sylvain discovers that the Metamorphosis, a gigantic brain also created in an experiment, is trying to destroy Gandahar.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: adult animation, psychedelic, atmospheric, futuristic, stylized, cult classic, experimental, psychological, claymation, avant garde
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Wizards (1977)
Plot Summary:
An ambiguous battle between good and evil wages in a post-apocalyptic earth populated by netherworld creatures who have re-emerged after the nuclear winter. Two wizard twin brothers - the evil Blackwolf and the good Avatar - battle for supremacy. The war turns in Blackwolf's favor when he discovers the methods of warfare used by the ill-fated humans of the past.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, adult animation, anime, surreal, stylized, grindhouse, cult classic, dark, apocalyptic, mind bending
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Fire and Ice (1983)
Plot Summary:
In this animated tale, a tiny village is destroyed by a surging glacier, which serves as the deadly domain for the evil Ice Lord, Nekron. The only survivor is a young warrior, Larn, who vows to avenge this act of destruction. The evil continues, however, as Nekron's palace of ice heads straight towards Fire Keep, the great fortress ruled by the good King Jarol. When Jarol's beautiful daughter, Teegra, is abducted by Nekron's sub-human ape-like creatures, Larn begins a daring search for her. What results is a tense battle between good and evil, surrounded by the mystical elements of the ancient past.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: adult animation, dark fantasy, epic, stylized, cult classic, adult cartoon, dark, serious, anime, surreal
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The Spine of Night (2021)
Plot Summary:
In this ultra-violent, fantasy epic, ancient dark magic falls into sinister hands and unleashes ages of suffering onto mankind. A group of heroes from different eras and cultures must band together in order to defeat it at all costs.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: adult animation, suspense, exciting, tense, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, stylized, epic fantasy, weird
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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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Heavy Metal 2000 (2000)
Plot Summary:
Upon discovery of a shard of what could be the Loc-Nar, a miner named Tyler becomes possessed with an insatiable hunger for power and a thirst for immortality. On his way to the planet of youth, Tyler wipes out most of a space colony and kidnaps a beautiful young woman. His only mistake is that he doesn't kill her sister, Julie, who then sets out on a mission of rescue and revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: adult animation, sexy, erotic, futuristic, semi serious, exciting, cult classic, offbeat, grindhouse, twisted
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The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009)
Plot Summary:
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto is an animated comedy that also combines elements of a horror and thriller film. It is based upon the comic book series created by Rob Zombie that follows the character of El Superbeasto and his sexy sidekick sister, Suzi-X, voiced by Sheri Moon, as they confront an evil villain by the name of Dr. Satan.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: adult animation, humorous, semi serious, exciting, captivating, horror musical, sexy, touching, suspenseful, offbeat
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Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (2007)
Plot Summary:
An action epic that explores the origins of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force (better known as Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad,) who somehow become pitted in a battle over an immortal piece of exercise equipment.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, adult animation, stylized, talky, exciting, not serious, cult classic, offbeat, witty, non-linear
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Spicy City (1997)
Plot Summary:
Spicy City is an animated television series which was created by Ralph Bakshi for HBO. The series lasted for one season which consisted of six episodes.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 753
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: adult animation, adult cartoon, anthology, anime, cyber, neo noir, bizarre
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Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
Plot Summary:
The second of two theatrically released follow-ups to the Neon Genesis Evangelion series. Comprising of two alternate episodes which were first intended to take the place of episodes 25 and 26, this finale answers many of the questions surrounding the series, while also opening up some new possibilities.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, mecha, ambiguous ending, surreal, cult classic, adult animation, existential, mindfuck, atmospheric
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Memories (1995)
Plot Summary:
In this anime trilogy, a salvage ship crew happens upon a haunted vessel in Magnetic Rose; a cold tablet turns a lab worker into a biological weapon in Stink Bomb; and an urban populace carries on an endless war with an unseen foe in Cannon Fodder. Three years in the making, the thought-provoking anthology features eye-popping action and directorial work by a trio of genre geniuses: Kôji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura and Katsuhiro Ôtomo. "Memories" is made up of three separate science-fiction stories. In the first, "Magnetic Rose," four space travelers are drawn into an abandoned spaceship that contains a world created by one woman's memories. In "Stink Bomb," a young lab assistant accidentally transforms himself into a human biological weapon set on a direct course for Tôkyô. The final episode, "Cannon Fodder," depicts a day in the life of a city whose entire purpose is the firing of cannons at an unseen enemy.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Animation, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: surreal, anime, anthology, futuristic, exciting, enigmatic, cult classic, mind twisting, atmospheric, stylized
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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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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
Plot Summary:
Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her mentor, Dr. Sid, Aki must save the Earth from its darkest hate and unleash the spirits within.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 84000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: computer animated, anime, adult animation, exciting, atmospheric, suspenseful, manga, apocalyptic, motion capture, 3d animation
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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
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Plot Summary:
After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley Of The Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 179000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: anime, manga, exciting, captivating, apocalyptic, serious, cerebral, visual, philosophical, adult animation
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The Lord of the Rings (1978)
Plot Summary:
The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Spain
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, scenic, epic, serious, exciting, adult animation, cult classic, dark fantasy, mystical, inspirational