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Clannad: After Story (2008)
Plot Summary:
A sequel to the anime based on the Key Clannad franchise. After Story is a path that opens in the original visual novel after all the other paths have been opened. Life continues on for Tomoya. A few months have passed since he confessed his love to Nagisa. Now entering the second semester, he continues to meet a variety of different people, expanding his own world in the process. His various encounters and the start of his new family with Nagisa, Tomoya will finally begin to understand the value of the most precious thing that we have in this world; the value of having a family
Duration: 24 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Plot tags: slice of life, youth, love and romance, terminal illness, dream come true, teenage love, life is a bitch, coming of age, parenthood, mature, tragedy, zen, basketball, first sex, childbirth, high school life, high school, loss of daughter, graduation, unfulfillment, loss of spouse, supportive coworker, teenage life, child birth, romance
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Horrible, an aspiring supervillain with his own video blog, is attempting to join the prestigious Evil League of Evil (led by the legendary "thoroughbred of sin", Bad Horse), but his plans are usually foiled by the egotistical superhero Captain Hammer. Dr. Horrible's life is thrown for a loop when he falls in love with Penny, a beautiful and optimistic advocate for the homeless he meets at the laundromat
Duration: 42 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Short, Comedy, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: mad scientist, unrequited love, villain, unfulfilled love, imaginary, life philosophy, music, creativity, plot twist, love triangle, rivalry, danger, superhero, super villain, superpower, twists and turns, secrets, inventor, bad guy, astronomy, mad doctor, bad guy wins, comic book, accidental death, homeless shelter
The Inbetweeners (2008)
Plot Summary:
Welcome to a world of futile crushes, sibling brawls, getting drunk too quickly and casting constant aspersions about your friends' sexuality
Duration: 25 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 93000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, North Korea, Russia, China
Plot tags: looking for sex, sexual humor, teenage life, clumsiness, high school, youth, friendship between men, friendship, innocence lost, bully, popularity, lifestyle, social problems, socially awkward, group of friends, practical joke, frustration, teenager, teenage boy, party, adolescence vs adulthood, sex, stoner, humour, pop culture
The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008)
Plot Summary:
The Spectacular Spider-Man is an American animated television series based on the superhero character published by Marvel Comics and developed for television by Greg Weisman and Victor Cook. In terms of tone and style, the series is based primarily on the original stories by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, with a similar balance of action, drama, and comedy as well as a high school setting. However, it also tends to utilize material from all eras of the comic's run and other sources such as the film series and the Ultimate Spider-Man comics. The Spectacular Spider-Man premiered on March 8, 2008 during the Kids' WB programming block of The CW, and received critical acclaim. The series aired its second season on Marvel's sister network, Disney XD in the United States and ended its run on November 18, 2009, also receiving positive critical attention. Although a third season was planned, the series was cancelled before production could begin
Duration: 23 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, high school, teenage superhero, double life, save the world, teenage life, fighting crime, good versus evil, secret identity, heroic mission, escapades, time travel, youth, memory loss, undercover, master criminal, best friend, high school life, rivalry, danger, imaginary, experiment gone awry, unfulfilled love, social relations, disorder
Toradora! (2008)
Plot Summary:
It’s Ryuji’s first day as a junior in high school and it seems as if things are looking up. He gets to sit in between his only friend, Yusaku, and, more importantly, the girl he’s secretly crushing on, Minori Kushieda. But just when he thinks the stars are aligned in his favor, he unwittingly crosses the most feared girl in school, Taiga Aisaku, making her onto his arch enemy. To top it off, Taiga has moved in right next door to Ryuji and happens to be Minori’s best friend! Can this school year possibly get any worse?!
Duration: 24 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Plot tags: friendship, school, high school, teenage love, teenage life, love and romance, slice of life, high school life, friends, looking for love, youth, unrequited love, love, schoolgirl, injustice, wooing, grownups, mature, coming of age, young adult, delinquent, best friend, couples, unlikely partners, high school friend
Soul Eater (2008)
Plot Summary:
Set at the "Death Weapon Meister Academy", the series revolves around three teams, each consisting of a weapon meister and weapon that can transform into a humanoid. Trying to make the latter a "death scythe" and thus fit for use by the academy's headmaster Shinigami, the personification of death, they must collect the souls of 99 evil humans and one witch, in that order; otherwise, they will have to start all over again
Duration: 24 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Plot tags: school, master warrior, friendship, good versus evil, supernatural, bonding, super weapon, save the world, evil force, transformation, witch, demon, partner, rivalry, danger, battles, academy, student, magic, beast, psychic, clairvoyant, supernatural horror, haunting, supernatural hunter
Being Human (2008)
Plot Summary:
The central premise of Being Human is that various types of supernatural beings exist alongside human beings, with varying degrees of menace; that three of these supernatural beings are opting to live amongst human beings rather than apart from them; and that these three characters are attempting (as much as is possible) to live ordinary human lives despite the pressures and dangers of their situations. They are constantly threatened with exposure or persecution, with pressure from other supernatural creatures, and with problems caused by their attempts to deal with their own natures
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Plot tags: supernatural, vampire, werewolf, supernatural ability, ghost, roommate, friendship, imaginary, supernatural power, misfit, social misfits, transformation, hospital, house, nurse, twists and turns, relationships, friends, teenager, lesbian, wolf, dracula, halloween, ancient, paranormal
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (2008)
Plot Summary:
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack is an American animated television series created by Thurop Van Orman for Cartoon Network that premiered on June 5, 2008, and ended on August 30, 2010. On April 20, 2012, this series returned to Cartoon Network to show re-runs on the revived block, "Cartoon Planet"
Duration: 11 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, South Korea
Plot tags: pirate, human animal relationship, friendship, mischievous children, youth, disorder, young heroes, island, family relations, parents and children, family life, captain, animal life, imaginary, talking animal, dark humor, deja vu, child hero, surrealism, harbor, magical, heroes, friends, escapades, rivalry
Eli Stone (2008)
Plot Summary:
Eli Stone is an American legal comedy-drama TV series, named for its title character. The series follows Stone, a San Francisco lawyer who begins to have hallucinations, which leads him to two possible conclusions: a potentially fatal brain aneurysm, and the chance that something greater is at work. His visions lead him to accept cases with little monetary gain but a lot of moral goodness
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Plot tags: lawyer, legal, courtroom drama, lawyers and clients, trial, family relations, self discovery, siblings relations, dedicated lawyer, power relations, uptight character, good deed, relationships, consciousness, colleague, law, singer, dream, human spirit, hallucination, prophecy, doctors and patients, drinking problem, belief, engaged
Dead Set (2008)
Plot Summary:
During a fictional series of Big Brother, a zombie outbreak occurs, but the house-mates are unaware of the impending doom outside of the Big Brother House
Duration: 141 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Plot tags: zombie, zombie apocalypse, group of strangers, gory, supernatural, cannibalism, survival, death, dark humor, apocalypse, danger, confined, society, human nature, brutality, adaptation, post apocalypse, infected, chaos, satire, epidemic, fear, virus, violent, social commentary
The Penguins of Madagascar (2008)
Plot Summary:
The Penguins of Madagascar is an American CGI animated television series airing on Nickelodeon. It stars nine characters from the DreamWorks Animation animated film Madagascar: The penguins Skipper, Kowalski, Private, and Rico; the lemurs King Julien, Maurice, and Mort; and Mason and Phil the chimpanzees. Characters new to the series include Marlene the otter and a zookeeper named Alice. It is the first Nicktoon produced with DreamWorks Animation. A pilot episode, "Gone in a Flash", aired as part of "Superstuffed Nicktoons Weekend" on November 29, 2008, and The Penguins of Madagascar became a regular series on March 28, 2009. The series premiere drew 6.1 million viewers, setting a new record as the most-watched premiere. Although the series occasionally alludes to the rest of the franchise, The Penguins of Madagascar does not take place at a precise time within it. McGrath, who is also the co-creator of the film characters, has said that the series takes place "not specifically before or after the movie, I just wanted them all back at the zoo. I think of it as taking place in a parallel universe."
Duration: 11 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Animation, Short, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: animal life, buddies, friendship, bird, friends, escapades, danger, nothing goes right, disorder, plan gone awry, anthropomorphism, uptight character, penguins, teenager, monkey, inventor, talking animal, silly humor, lemur, leader, zoo, anthropomorphic animal, king, farce, fast talker
The Colour of Magic (2008)
Plot Summary:
As Rincewind involuntarily becomes a guide to the naive tourist Twoflower, they find themselves forced to flee the city of Ankh-Morpork to escape a terrible fire, and begin on a journey across the Disc. Unknown to them, their journey & fate is being decided by the Gods playing a board game the whole time
Duration: 191 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Plot tags: imaginary kingdom, magic, heroes, heroic mission, danger, curses spells and rituals, good versus evil, imaginary, book, tourist, alternate dimension, medieval, wizard, escapades, rivalry, barbarian, sword and sorcery, fantasy world, satire, sorcery, university, dragon, death, bar fight, harry potter
The Suite Life on Deck (2008)
Plot Summary:
The series follows twin brothers Zack and Cody Martin and hotel heiress London Tipton in a new setting, the SS Tipton, where they attend classes at "Seven Seas High" and meet Bailey Pickett while Mr. Moseby manages the ship. The ship travels around the world to nations such as Italy, Greece, India, Sweden and the United Kingdom where the characters experience different cultures, adventures, and situations
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Plot tags: twins, cruise ship, ship, family relations, lifestyle, siblings relations, sea voyage, high school life, teenage life, mischievous children, disorder, high school, travel, children, escapades, sea adventure, humour, teenager, teenage girl, childhood, occupation, childhood love, twin brother, ocean, youth
90210 (2008)
Plot Summary:
90210 revolves around several students at the fictional West Beverly Hills High School, including new Beverly Hills residents Annie Wilson and Dixon Wilson. Their father, Harry Wilson, has returned from Kansas to his Beverly Hills childhood home with his family to care for his mother, former television and theater actress Tabitha Wilson, who has a drinking problem and clashes with his wife Debbie Wilson. Annie and Dixon struggle to adjust to their new lives while making friends and yet adhering to their parents' wishes
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: high school, teenager, high school hunk, rich kid, teenage life, family relations, high school student, teen romance, teenage love, friends, parents and children, social relations, siblings relations, youth, teachers and students, love and romance, power relations, young adult, lesbian, love, lgbt, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship, teenage girl, brother sister relationship
The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008)
Plot Summary:
Amy and her friends at Grant High learn to define themselves while they navigate the perilous waters of contemporary adolescence. Between their love triangles, secrets, drama, accusations, gossip, confusion, and scandalous rumors, there's never a dull moment
Duration: 43 min
IMDB Rating: 4.9/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: teenage pregnancy, teenager, high school, teenage life, family relations, cheerleader, parents and children, youth, teenage mother, high school hunk, step siblings, teenage boy, high school life, friendship, dating, suburbs, pregnant teenager, unplanned pregnancy, teenage girl, high school student, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, grownups, transformation