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Plot Summary:
This film is the first on a 3-part theatrical film remake of the first 2 seasons of the parent anime.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 637
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, tense, captivating, compilation film
Best tv shows and movies like Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion I - Initiation (2017):
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Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution (2017)
Plot Summary:
The movies will tell the story of the phenomenon known as "The First Summer of Love" that took place ten years before the first Eureka Seven anime, but was never depicted in full. The movies will then follow the main storyline of the first TV anime and contain new dialogues and scenes, revised footage, as well as a new ending not present in the original series.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, tense, feel good, captivating
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Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 4 - From the Memories of Hatred (2015)
Plot Summary:
While W-0 is away, Leila and the remaining crew at base find themselves surrounded by Britannian Knightmares. Piloting the Vercingetorix, Shin Hyuuga leads the enemy charge, having usurped the position of Grand Master in the Knights of St. Michael. With her core members unavailable, it's up to Leila to protect her comrades, but this may be much tougher than she realizes: a spy lurking among them is finally ready to reveal himself. Left with no choice but to surrender, Leila arranges a meeting with Shin in order to ensure the safety of her squad. But as negotiations begin to fall apart, Akito and an unexpected ally return in the nick of time to turn things around.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 636
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, disturbing
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Macross Frontier: The False Songstress (2009)
Plot Summary:
Half retelling of the original Frontier series, half new story. Conspiracies arise within the Frontier government when Sheryl Nome arrives to the colonial fleet for her concert and is soon marked as a spy for Galaxy while childhood friends, Alto Saotome and Ranka Lee both try to achieve their dreams as the battle between Frontier and the Vajra draws closer.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 290
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, exciting, offbeat, bleak, serious, suspenseful, cyberpunk anime
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Knights of Sidonia: The Movie (2015)
Plot Summary:
The year is 3394. The solar system has been long destroyed by a strange alien race called Gauna. Now humans are barely maintaining population in their seed ships - the ones they also used to escape a thousand years ago. After several years of drifting though space, Sidonia, a seed ship with a population of over 500,000 people, is once again threatened by Gauna. Follow Tanikaze Nagate, a mysterious young man from the deep corners of the ship, and his friends as they try to strike back against these gigantic creatures and at the same time learn what they really are for the sake of humanity's survival. -MAL.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, tense, captivating, cyberpunk anime
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Argevollen (2014)
Plot Summary:
The story takes place in a world where two countries, Arandas and Ingelmia, have been warring against each other for a very long time. Tokimune, a young man belonging to Independent Unit 8 of Arandas, saves a girl named Jamie when she is attacked by enemy forces. In order to survive, he pilots the new mech Argevollen and fights. The new mech Argevollen is defined by its U-Link system wherein the Argevollen molds to its pilot's mind and cannot be piloted by anyone else. This customization allows the pilot to envision what the mech will do in his mind to use it, rather than physically move and steer it.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, tense, captivating, super sentai
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Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO (2004)
Plot Summary:
The year is Universal Century 0079. Oliver May is a technical officer in the Zeon 603rd Technical Evaluation Unit , in charge of testing new military technology. Stationed in the Jotunheim, a civilian transport ship that was converted into military use, Oliver must head into battle and experience the One Year War, only this time from the perspective of a weapon tester who struggles to make an impact on an evolving war during changing times.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, disturbing
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009 Re: Cyborg (2012)
Plot Summary:
009 Re:Cyborg follows a group of nine cyborgs, each of them created by a shadowy organization for use as weapons against humanity. The group turns on their creators to protect the population instead, using the powers given them to fight their creators.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 581
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: anime, futuristic, exciting, captivating, entertaining
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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion II - Transgression (2018)
Plot Summary:
Second of three films compiling the "Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch" TV anime.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 513
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, compilation film, mecha
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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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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion III - Glorification (2018)
Plot Summary:
This is the third and final part of a 3-part theatrical film remake of the first 2 seasons of the parent anime.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 538
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, captivating, compilation film
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Broken Blade: Edge of the Line of Death (2011)
Plot Summary:
Fifth Break Blade Movie. Girge is questioned by Narvi over his surprise attack against Borcuse forces and has him detained so he does not repeat his antics again. Later Loggin, Rygart and Nile learns about True's death but Nile is unsure whether to tell the true to Narvi. While Rygart and Baldr talk about Girge's past and Cleo learns more about Zess's academy days with Sigyn, the Athenian Invasion army have finally regroup and despite losing many Golems, Nike's ego badly bruised by Girge and the death of one of his officers, Borcuse is overjoyed at finding two worthy opponents to fight, particular Rygart and Girge. Rygart, after finding out that Borcuse is heading to his hometown where his little brother Regatz lives, disobeys Narvi's order to head home and search for his brother. However, when he arrives, the villagers have been killed by Borcuse's men. Borcuse is glad to see Rygart is here and has duel with him while his men are ordered to watched.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 250
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, tense, captivating, futuristic
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Cencoroll Connect (2019)
Plot Summary:
Student Yuki has never seen one of the giant monsters she always hears about on the news and that threaten her city. But when she meets the lethargic Tetsu one day, things change suddenly. Because Tetsu moves around the houses with a creature called Cencoroll, which he can control with mind control and which can transform into a wide variety of objects. But not only Yuki is fascinated by Cencoroll: the boy Shu tries to take Cencoroll from Tetsu with the help of his own telepathy monster, whereupon the four engage in a bitter fight, in which Yuki also intervenes and the entire city is converted into a battle arena.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining
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Buddy Complex (2014)
Plot Summary:
When a giant robot suddenly attacks the city, a high-school student named Aoba is saved by a classmate who's piloting her own mecha. After accepting an offer to join the alliance she's is a part of, Aoba is thrust into the middle of high-flying robot warfare in this new series from the studio that brought you Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, and Escaflowne!.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Infini-T Force (2017)
Plot Summary:
Emi is a seventeen-year-old girl living in Shibuya. Her father is always away with work and she's grown listless. Suddenly, a twist of fate involving a certain magical item changes everything. A mysterious pencil, of all things, is linked to the appearance of heroes from another world! Could this be the start to the excitement she's so desperately craving, or is there something more?.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining
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Scarlet Nexus (2021)
Plot Summary:
Saved by the Other Suppression Force as a child, psychokinetic Yuito enlists in this elite team formed to fight Earth’s enemy. Meanwhile, prodigy Kasane was scouted for her abilities. Kasane’s dreams tell her strange things, dragging the two into an unavoidable fate.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing, dark fantasy
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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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Eternal Quon 6: Eternal Quon (2011)
Plot Summary:
The story follows a boy named Quon and others who suddenly wake up with supernatural powers.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, disturbing
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BBK/BRNK (2016)
Plot Summary:
It’s been ten years since Azuma Kazuki has been in Japan, and upon his arrival he is taken prisoner by a group of armed men. Azuma is saved by his childhood friend, Kogane Asabuki, thanks to a living weapon she wields on her right hand, known as a Bubuki. Learning about these weapons, Azuma becomes a Bubuki wielder himself and sets out on a journey.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, tense, captivating
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Eternal Quon 3: The Complicity of Dreams (2011)
Plot Summary:
The story follows a boy named Quon and others who suddenly wake up with supernatural powers.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining
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My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious group called Humarize strongly believes in the Quirk Singularity Doomsday theory which states that when quirks get mixed further in with future generations, that power will bring forth the end of humanity. In order to save everyone, the Pro-Heroes around the world ask UA Academy heroes-in-training to assist them and form a world-classic selected hero team. It is up to the heroes to save the world and the future of heroes in what is the most dangerous crisis to take place yet in My Hero Academia.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, manga, shounen
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Mazinger Edition Z: The Impact! (2009)
Plot Summary:
Shin Mazinger Shogeki! Z Hen, alternatively romanized Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z Hen and romanized/translated in the Soul of Chogokin toys line as Shin Mazinger Impact Z!, is a new Mazinger anime series, directed by Yasuhiro Imagawa which premiered in Japan on April 4, 2009. According to the production staff, it has no relation to the 1970s show and should not be described as a Mazinger Z remake. The series is a "retelling" of the basic story of Mazinger Z, featuring most of the same characters, mechanical beasts, and some general plots of the original series, plus some additional material. It keeps the original plot line of Mazinger Z, but makes references to other Go Nagai works, such as Z Mazinger, Violence Jack, Mao Dante and others. Elements from other related Mazinger works appear in the series, such as the story of Kedora and the appearance of Energer Z, the original concept before Mazinger Z. Along with the TV series, a new manga, Shin Mazinger Zero started on April 18, 2009 in the magazine Champion Red. The pair responsible for the shōnen manga Akumetsu, Yoshiaki Tabata and Yuki Yogo, write and illustrate the Shin Mazinger Zero manga. In 2010 a game based on the series was released for the PC.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2018)
Plot Summary:
All Might and Deku accept an invitation to go abroad to a floating and mobile manmade city, called 'I Island', where they research quirks as well as hero supplemental items at the special 'I Expo' convention that is currently being held on the island. During that time, suddenly, despite an iron wall of security surrounding the island, the system is breached by a villain, and the only ones able to stop him are the students of Class 1-A.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, exciting, suspense, humorous, manga, adult animation, shounen
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Mazinger Z: Infinity (2017)
Plot Summary:
When the evil Dr. Hell attacks the Earth, the mighty giant mecha Mazinger Z is formed to stop him.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: mecha, anime, exciting, tense, captivating, entertaining, futuristic, visually appealing
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Full Metal Panic! Movie 1: Boy Meets Girl (2017)
Plot Summary:
Shikidouji, the illustrator of Shoji Gatoh's Full Metal Panic! light novel series, revealed that production has been green-lit on a "director's cut" version of the first Full Metal Panic!! television anime series from 2002. The director's cut will consist of three films. The announcement does not state if the film trilogy will add new footage. (Source: ANN).
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, cyberpunk anime
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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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Kuromukuro (2016)
Plot Summary:
During the construction of the Kurobe Dam, an ancient artifact was discovered, and so the United Nations Kurobe Research Institute was established. Intellectuals from all over the world gathered to study the object, and the children of those researchers attend Mt. Tate International Senior High School, including the institute head's daughter, Yukina Shirahane. In the summer of 2016, a lone samurai once again awakens.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: mecha, anime, exciting, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, futuristic, manga
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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2006)
Plot Summary:
Japan has been invaded and conquered by the Britannian Empire. Japan is now known as Area 11 and its citizens known as Elevens. The Britannian Empire takes away Japan's autonomous power and imposes its rule through the use of Knightmares. The Empire's rule has never faltered, but cracks have begun to show.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, suspenseful, rough, stylized, manga, mecha, futuristic, serious, humorous, epic
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Smallville Legends: Justice & Doom (2007)
Plot Summary:
Smallville Legends: Justice & Doom is an animated on-screen comic book that aired during the last six episodes of Season Six and was also an included feature in the Season 6 DVD and Blu-ray sets. It further explores the adventures of Green Arrow's Justice League team. In these, the Green Arrow, Cyborg, Aquaman, Impulse, and Watchtower all work together to take out the rest of Lex Luthor's Level 33.1 facilities. The volumes take place after the events of Justice and tie into several episode story lines, specifically Combat, Prototype, and Phantom.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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Zatch Bell! Attack of Mechavulcan (2005)
Plot Summary:
As Kiyomaro races to catch the bus to seaside camp, little does he know that Dr. M2, a demonic magic scientist from the future, has sent out a robot to kidnap him. He's trapped in limbo with the mad magic scientist who wants to be his partner and an army of Vulcan robot lookalikes. Dr. M2 sends a robot to pretend to befriend Gash, keeping him away from Kiyomaro until M2 can abscond with the teen genius to the future. In the end, it comes down to saving the world with a little help from their friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Tiger & Bunny: The Beginning (2012)
Plot Summary:
Set on an alternative Earth, Superheroes are celebrities and a high rating TV show rates their achievements, awarding them points until an annual King of Heroes is crowned. Old-school hero Wild Tiger is assigned a new partner with very different views on the heroes role in society but soon a vigilante criminal presents them with a serious problem.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, compilation film