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Plot Summary:
Historically 72% of all the deaths in London are related to dragons, fantastical beings invisible to the majority of the people. While unknown to most, some people have been standing up to these dragons. Only inhabitants of Reverse London who live in the hidden “reverse” side of London can see the dragons. Even then, only a selected few become qualified enough as witches or wizards to make direct contact with them. The protagonists of the story are witch duo Noel Niihashi and Ninny Spangcole. They are protection agents for Wing Bind (WB), an organization for dragon conservation and management. Their mission is to protect and manage the dragons within London on behalf of the people.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, unusual plot structure, captivating, adult anime, shounen
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Land of the Lustrous (2017)
Plot Summary:
In the mysterious future, crystalline organisms called Gems inhabit a world that has been destroyed by six meteors. Each Gem is assigned a role in order to fight against the Lunarians, a species who attacks them in order to shatter their bodies and use them as decorations. Phosphophyllite, also known as Phos, is a young and fragile Gem who dreams of helping their friends in the war effort. Instead, they are told to compile an encyclopedia because of their delicate condition. After begrudgingly embarking on this task, Phos meets Cinnabar, an intelligent gem who has been relegated to patrolling the isolated island at night because of the corrosive poison their body creates. After seeing how unhappy Cinnabar is, Phos decides to find a role that both of the rejected Gems can enjoy. Can Phos's seemingly mundane assignment lead both Phos and Cinnabar to the fulfillment they desire?.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, manga, captivating, unusual plot structure, futuristic, adult anime, seinen, super sentai
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Trinity Seven: Heaven's Library & Crimson Lord (2019)
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The series focuses on the adventures of Arata Kasuga, a high school student, who is targeted by Lilith, a teacher at a mystical school. Given three choices in an effort to help save the breakdown phenomenon of the world by evil forces and while attempting to solve the mystery of his beloved cousin and childhood friend, Hijiri, who disappeared to a difference space.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 340
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: ecchi, anime, exciting, captivating, shounen, 2d animation
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Elemental Gelade (2005)
Plot Summary:
Elemental Gelade is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mayumi Azuma. The fantasy adventure is a tale of a group of five who are on a journey to Edel Garden, the birthplace of mystical beings called Edel Raids who are described as "living weapons". The manga series has been adapted into an anime TV series produced by XEBEC, two light novels, two video games for the PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance and four drama CDs. The anime ended with 26 episodes, but the manga is still being serialized in the monthly Japanese manga magazine Monthly Comic Blade, published by Mag Garden. Prior to the original broadcast of the anime on TV Tokyo on April 5, 2005, both the manga and anime were licensed by Tokyopop and Geneon Entertainment, respectively for North American distribution. The announcement was made even after ADV announced they acquired licensing rights for both manga and anime a year before.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, captivating, stylized, shounen
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One Piece: Episode of Skypiea (2018)
Plot Summary:
One day, a giant ship falls onto the Straw Hats from the sky. After a narrow escape, and while they are still in shock, a map to the “Sky Island” is carried to them by the wind. While researching for the way there, they meet another pirate and learn that he is a descendant of an infamous Sky Island explorer who was even depicted in a picture book “Noland The Liar” four centuries ago. However, Noland was possibly not a liar after all and might actually have gone to the Sky Island.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, shounen
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One Piece Film Z (2012)
Plot Summary:
Zephyr, now known as Z, rides the seas with only one goal: Destroy all pirates and their dreams at becoming King of Pirates. When Luffy and his crew encounter him at sea, not only are they utterly defeated by the man with an arm made of Seastone, Nami, Robin, and Chopper are turned 10 years younger due to Z's minion Ain. Luffy is so determined to win against him that he does not even notice Z's master plan that could sacrifice thousands of lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, epic, shounen
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The Dragon Dentist (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story takes place in Dragon Country. Nonoko is a newly appointed dentist and her mission is to protect the dragon, the guardian of the country, from tooth-cavity bacteria. One day, amid increasingly fierce battles with the neighboring country, Nonoko finds on the dragon's tooth an unconscious boy soldier from the enemy country. His name is Bell, and he has been resurrected from inside the tooth by the dragon—a supernatural phenomenon that legend says occurs before a major disaster. As Nonoko and Bell go through a series of fierce battles, they eventually learn to accept their fate.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, surreal, semi serious, super sentai
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Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods (1988)
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In Siberia, Hyōga saves a man that is being attacked. Injured, the man manages only to say something about Asgard. Some days later, Saori, Seiya, Shiryū and Shun are wondering about Hyōga and decide to go to Asgard to investigate. At Valhalla, the Lord of Asgard, Dolbar, says he has not heard of any Hyōga and neither has his right hand, Loki. However, at all times Seiya and the others can feel an evil cosmo emanating from Loki and the other Odin Saints called God Warriors. Shiryū, in particular, notices a familiar cosmo coming from Midgard, a mysterious, masked God Warrior. Dolbar makes it clear that he is trying to take control of both Asgard and the Sanctuary, imprisoning Athena in a strange dimension within the giant statue of Odin. Midgard reveals himself as Hyōga and tries to kill Shiryū to prove himself to Dolbar. Thus, it is the task of the Bronze Saints to defeat Dolbar, Loki and the rest of the God Warriors, to save Athena and Hyōga.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: anime, shounen, manga
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Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle (1989)
Plot Summary:
The plot involves the coming of Lucifer to the Sanctuary, where his underlings systematically dispose of the surviving Gold Saints. Athena goes to Lucifer to ask for peace, placing herself in peril. The Bronze Saints must then come to her rescue, destroying Lucifer's Fallen Angels (Seima Tenshi in Japanese) in the process.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: anime, shounen, manga
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K: Missing Kings (2014)
Plot Summary:
The "Academy Island Incident" in which four "kings" cross paths... Since then, Silver Clansmen Kuroh Yatogami and Neko have been searching for their master, Shiro. Without finding any clues to Shiro's whereabouts, the two became disheartened. However, one day, they see HOMRA members Rikio Kamamoto and Anna Kushina being chased by someone.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 946
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, entertaining
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Fate/Grand Order: First Order (2016)
Plot Summary:
The year 2015 CE. The last era in which magecraft still thrived. The Chaldea Security Organization was founded to focus on preserving the continuation of human history. They observe a world which magecraft couldn't observe and science couldn't measure all to prevent the certain extinction of humanity. But one day, the future that Chaldea continued to observe disappears and humanity's extinction in 2017 becomes clear. Rather, it had already happened. The cause seems to be related to Fuyuki, a provincial town in Japan, in the year 2004 CE. There, an "unobservable region" that had not existed before appears. Based on the assumption that Fuyuki is the reason for humanity's extinction, Chaldea issues an order to explore, investigate, and possibly destroy this singularity – a quest for the Holy Grail, the Grand Order.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Asakusa Arc (2021)
Plot Summary:
Tanjiro ventures to Asakusa, Tokyo for his second mission with the Demon Slayer Corps.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating
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The Girl From the Other Side (2022)
Plot Summary:
Once upon a time, in a far, faraway place, there were two lands. The world was divided into an inner land and an outer land. People feared the outer land, inhabited by eerie beings, the carriers of curse. One day, on the border to the inner land inhabited by humans, one such being finds a girl on heaps of abandoned dead bodies. The girl says her name is Shiva and shows affection to the "being" who found her, calling him "Teacher." This is a story of two people—one human, one inhuman—who linger in the hazy twilight that separates night from day.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 544
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: anime, dark fantasy, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Bleach: Fade to Black (2008)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious reiatsu (spiritual particle) explosion occurs in the center of Seireitei in Soul Society, causing it to be destroyed. At the exact same time, a major change overwhelms Kuchiki Rukia, which leaves her losing something important inside. Urahara Kisuke sends Kurosaki Ichigo to Soul Society to investigate the disturbance. Upon reaching Seireitei, Ichigo is attacked by his ally shinigamis.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, captivating, manga, shounen, contemplative
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Hunter x Hunter: The Last Mission (2013)
Plot Summary:
The strongest Hunters that once existed in the Hunters Association were split into "light" and "dark", and each walked down their respective paths. The "dark" side begins moving in order to massacre all Hunters! What actions will Gon take when the many crimes of Netero and the Hunters Association are unveiled...?!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, semi serious, manga, shounen
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Hunter X Hunter: Phantom Rouge (2013)
Plot Summary:
Kurapika became a Hunter to take vengeance on the Class-A crime group Phantom Troupe who massacred his clan for their unique eyes. The eyes of the Kurta clan turn scarlet in times of anger or emotional agitation and are considered the most beautiful treasures in the world. Kurapika continues to pursue the Phantom Troupe but an unknown party has stolen his "scarlet eyes". With the help of Gon, Killua and Leorio, Kurapika' s life was saved. However, the Phantom Troupe shows up before them and blocks their way. The true identity of the one with the No.4 spider tattoo is about to be unveiled.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, tense, light, manga, adult animation, shounen
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba - To the Swordsmith Village (2023)
Plot Summary:
After his family is viciously murdered, a kind-hearted boy named Tanjiro Kamado resolves to become a Demon Slayer in hopes of turning his younger sister Nezuko back into a human. Together with his comrades, Zenitsu and Inosuke, along with one of the top-ranking members of the Demon Slayer Corps, Tengen Uzui, Tanjiro embarks on a mission within the Entertainment District, where they encounter the formidable, high-ranking demons, Daki and Gyutaro.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: anime, shounen
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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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One Piece Film: Red (2022)
Plot Summary:
Uta — the most beloved singer in the world. Her voice, which she sings with while concealing her true identity, has been described as “otherworldly.” She will appear in public for the first time at a live concert. As the venue fills with all kinds of Uta fans — excited pirates, the Navy watching closely, and the Straw Hats led by Luffy who simply came to enjoy her sonorous performance — the voice that the whole world has been waiting for is about to resound.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: anime
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Zenki the Demon Prince (1995)
Plot Summary:
Zenki is a Japanese manga series written by Kikuhide Tani and illustrated by Yoshihiro Kuroiwa. It was serealized in the Shueisha publication, Monthly Shōnen Jump from 1992 to 1996. Zenki was adapted into a fifty-one episode anime television series in 1995 by Studio Deen and also spawned five video games. Enoki Films handles the English language version of the anime.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, corny
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HAKYU HOSHIN ENGI (2018)
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When his clan is wiped out by a beautiful demon, young Taikobo finds himself in charge of the mysterious Houshin Project. Its mission: find all immortals living in the human world and seal them away forever. But who do you trust—and whose side are you really on—when you've been trained to hunt demons by a demon?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, shounen
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Bleach: Memories of Nobody (2006)
Plot Summary:
In Karakura Town, unidentifiable spirits begin appearing en mases. While attempting to deal with these strange souls, Ichigo Kurosaki and Rukia Kuchiki meet Senna, a mysterious shinigami who wipes out most of them. Senna refuses to answer any questions, so Ichigo is forced to follow her while Rukia tries to find out what's going on.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary, serious, manga, shounen, stylized
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Peach Boy Riverside (2021)
Plot Summary:
"This is a tale that took place long ago. There once lived an old man and an old woman. The old man went into the woods to cut down some grass and the old woman went to the river to... (You know the rest.) The ogres had finally been defeated, but apparently, there were more ogres living elsewhere, so Peach Boy crossed the sea... It was an amazing feat to defeat the ogres and a joyous feat that Peach Boy saved many lives. But the one thing that went wrong... Was that they had fun. This is nothing more than a "What if"... What if there was more than one peach that tumbled down the river?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, disturbing
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Campione! (2012)
Plot Summary:
Godo Kusanagi, a high school student that kills a god, claiming its power and title of Campione, to slay other gods.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, ecchi, captivating, adult anime, light, manga, tense, serious, slasher
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Tsuzumi Mansion Arc (2021)
Plot Summary:
Tanjiro ventures to the south-southeast where he encounters a cowardly young man named Zenitsu Agatsuma. He is a fellow survivor from Final Selection and his sparrow asks Tanjiro to help keep him in line.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating
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Fire Force (2019)
Plot Summary:
Year 198 of the Solar Era in Tokyo, special fire brigades are fighting against a phenomenon called spontaneous human combustion where humans beings are turned into living infernos called "Infernals". While the Infernals are first generation cases of spontaneous human combustion, later generations possess the ability to manipulate flames while retaining human form. Shinra Kusakabe, a youth who gained the nickname Devil's Footprints for his ability to ignite his feet at will, joins the Special Fire Force Company 8 which composes of other flames users as they work to extinguish any Infernals they encounter. As a faction that is creating Infernals appears, Shira begins to uncover the truth behind a mysterious fire that caused the death of his family twelve years ago.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, inspirational, manga, shounen, psychological, suspense
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Fate Grand Order: The Grand Temple of Time (2021)
Plot Summary:
The Chaldea Organization must deal with the Grand Temple of Solomon, the King of Magic, which has come to destroy the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, disturbing
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Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: Detonation (2018)
Plot Summary:
As the conflict that began in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: Reflection continues to escalate, Nanoha and her allies soon find out the troubled history between Iris and Yuri, which is related to the tragedy of Eltoria's "Planet Reclamation Committee".
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Animation, Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, yuri, mahou shoujo
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Nezha Reborn (2021)
Plot Summary:
3000 years after the boy-god Nezha conquers the Dragon King then disappears in mythological times, he returns as an ordinary man to find his own path to becoming a true hero.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, xianxia
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Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire (2009)
Plot Summary:
Ninjas with bloodline limits begin disappearing in all the countries and blame points toward the fire nation. By Tsunade's order, Kakashi is sacrificed to prevent an all out war. After inheriting charms left by Kakashi, Naruto fights through friends and foes to prevent his death while changing the minds of those who've inherited the will of fire.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, semi serious, exciting, light, humorous, suspenseful, manga
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Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021)
Plot Summary:
Yuta Okkotsu is a nervous high school student who is suffering from a serious problem—his childhood friend Rika has turned into a curse and won't leave him alone. Since Rika is no ordinary curse, his plight is noticed by Satoru Gojo, a teacher at Jujutsu High, a school where fledgling exorcists learn how to combat curses. Gojo convinces Yuta to enroll, but can he learn enough in time to confront the curse that haunts him?.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, epic, shounen, 2d animation