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Plot Summary:
Meet Dee Laytner and his half-Japanese partner, Ryo McLane, a pair of detectives from New York. Not only are these two always chasing down criminals, but Dee can't stop himself from trying to chase down Ryo. While on a trip to England, the pair become involved in the local crime scene when Japanese Americans start turning up dead. Will Ryo be in danger?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 290
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime, yaoi, detective, exciting, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, hentai, queer cinema
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Earthian (1989)
Plot Summary:
Chihaya and Kagetsuya, two polar-opposite angels from the planet Eden, travel to Earth to track the positive and negative actions of its inhabitants, Earthians. Once 10,000 minus checks are gathered against Earth, the planet will be destroyed. One of many pairs of angels judging the planet, Chihaya and Kagetsuya quarrel vigorously at first but gradually develop a special relationship with each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, stylized, shoujo, yaoi
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Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Clouds Gather (2020)
Plot Summary:
The sexually masochistic yakuza boss, Yashiro, isn't the type to warm up to others easily. But when Chikara Doumeki, his newly hired bodyguard, catches his interest, he reconsiders his "hands-off" policy with subordinates. As Yashiro's invitations fail, the yakuza boss finds out his bodyguard has a very personal reason for staying at arm's length.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 904
Genere: Animation, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: yaoi, anime, manga, enigmatic, unusual plot structure, controversial, intense, poignant, adult animation, gay cinema
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Sekaiichi Hatsukoi Movie (2014)
Plot Summary:
Yokozawa meets a man (Kirishima) and his life is turned around. Kirishima starts to blackmail and tease Yokozawa, but Kirishima might actually be trying to help him recover from an emotional period of his life in the process.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 502
Genere: Animation, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: yaoi, anime, light, romantic, feel good, humorous
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Yes, No, or Maybe? (2020)
Plot Summary:
Kunieda Kei is a popular, young TV announcer whose public and private personas are so different, they might be called extreme. On the outside, he is the picture of perfection, affectionately nicknamed "The Prince," while on the inside he is constantly cursing at all of the incompetence around him. Of course, no one knows this secret of his. One day, Kei meets animation artist Tsuzuki Ushio for a work assignment. While Kei is in "inside mode," he later runs into Tsuzuki, who doesn't recognize him in his worn-out sweats and a facemask, but as compensation for injuring Tsuzuki's arm, Kei gets roped into helping out with his work.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 592
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: yaoi, melancholic, sentimental, sincere, anime, sexy, touching, humorous, captivating, adult animation
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The Tyrant Falls in Love (2010)
Plot Summary:
Being in love with your straight sempai isn't easy, but being in love with your straight, homophobic, and (to top it off) tyrannical sempai can be hell. And that's something Tetsuhiro Morinaga can relate to... especially now that he's had a taste of the forbidden fruit.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 370
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: yaoi, anime, josei
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Lupin the Third: The Mystery of the Hemingway Papers (1990)
Plot Summary:
A bloody civil war is the setting for Lupin's latest caper; the leader for one of the factions holds documents written by Earnest Hemingway and contain the location of a remarkable treasure. With Goemon and Jigen fighting on opposite sides of the war, Lupin must tackle this challenge alone. As the war rages on, can Lupin secure the treasure and keep Goemon and Jigen from killing each other?!.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious, fast, detective
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Lupin the Third: Return of Pycal (2002)
Plot Summary:
Lupin steals an extraordinary gem from a Mediterranean party, only to be interrupted by Pycal, the trickster "magician" who had apparently died fighting Lupin early in his career. Pycal, now armed with real magical abilities, is determined to take revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Action, Animation, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: captivating, semi serious, humorous, realistic, anime, exciting, fast, detective
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The Poem of the Wind and the Trees (Sanctus) (1987)
Plot Summary:
Based on the manga classic by Keiko Takemiya.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Animation, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime, yaoi, shoujo, rough, touching, bleak, serious, realistic, gloomy
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Gravitation (1999)
Plot Summary:
Gravitation follows goofy, wannabe pop star Shuichi Shindo, on his journey to fame with his best friend Hiroshi Nakano and their band, Bad Luck. Along the way, Shuichi meets famous (male) author, playboy Eiri Yuki, and falls in love. Bad Luck is signed to a major record label, and Shuichi must learn how to deal with stardom, jealousy, interference in his band, meeting his musical icon, and dealing with his first romantic relationship - a same-sex celebrity one, at that.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 965
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, yaoi, shoujo, sentimental, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fast
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Junjou Romantica (2008)
Plot Summary:
Junjou Romantica: Pure Romance, stylized as Junjou Romantica ~Pure Romance~, is a yaoi series by Shungiku Nakamura. It focuses on three storylines; the main couple, which comprises the bulk of the books, and two other male couples that provide ongoing side stories. It has expanded into several cd-dramas, a manga series running in Asuka Ciel, a light novel series titled "Junai Romantica" running in The Ruby magazine and a 24-episode anime series. Shungiku Nakamura has written a spin-off to Junjou Romantica, titled Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi focusing on a shōjo manga editor and his first love, which was also animated by Studio Deen in 2011.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, yaoi, sexy, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, tsundere, erotic, josei
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Sukisho (2005)
Plot Summary:
Hashiba has an accident and has lost all of his memories. When Fujimori comes to his school as his new roommate, He tells Hashiba that he is called Ran. He and Hashiba both have a split personality which they developed in their youth.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, yaoi, humorous, sentimental, captivating, psychological, light, touching, realistic, semi serious
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Lupin the Third: Sweet Lost Night (2008)
Plot Summary:
Lupin scores a "magic lamp" and finds it does hold a genie. However, the stroke of 7PM strikes, and that is the last thing he remembers. Finding himself in Singapore, Lupin must battle his way past the forces of Colonel Garlic and discover the secret behind the lamp. But every time the clock strikes 7PM, his memory is wiped clean! How can Lupin piece together this puzzle, when he can't even remember what he is doing?!.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 209
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, semi serious, exciting, realistic, fast, detective
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City Hunter (1987)
Plot Summary:
Ryo Saeba works the streets of Tokyo as the City Hunter. He's a "sweeper" and with his sidekick Kaori Makimura, he keeps the city clean. People hire the City Hunter to solve their dangerous problems, which he does with a Colt Python. When Ryo's not working on a case, he's working on getting the ladies, and Kaori must keep him in check with her trusty 10 kg hammer.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, manga, exciting, captivating, realistic, stylized, semi serious, fast, detective, vintage
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Lupin the Third: Swallowtail Tattoo (2004)
Plot Summary:
In Bastille, France, the treasure of the Bourbon Dynasty was stacked in a truck and stolen. Thinking it was undoubtedly Lupin's doing, Zenigata and the French police pursue the truck. But, the criminal was actually an unheard-of woman. Then, the true Lupin appears. Lupin successfully steals the truckload of treasure from the woman but is then mysteriously kidnapped. Malchovich is the man who kidnapped Lupin. Fujiko is also caught and kept hostage while trying to steal the worldwide famous jewel "Bull's Eye". In order to rescue Fujiko, Lupin, along with reluctant Jigen and Goemon, tries to steal Bull's Eye from the Grand Bateau, the French museum renowned for having the greatest security in the world. Everything starts from here! Female thief Becky, scoundrel Malchovich, and Lupin... Ambition, human relations... Each secret becomes gradually clear during the scramble for the Bull's Eye. The series' highest spectacle romance unfolds, and France is the stage.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, realistic, fast, detective
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Lupin the Third: Seven Days Rhapsody (2006)
Plot Summary:
After a successful heist at the race track, Lupin has his sights set on a valuable diamond set to be displayed in seven days. His plan is complicated when he saves a young girl named Michelle from a group of thugs. Michelle's father is very rich and connected to the diamond; her father also enlists an old mercenary friend of Jigen to persuade Jigen to work for him. Goemon has also been hired by Fujiko to assist her in her own plans for the diamond. With no one to turn to and double-crosses galore, can Lupin pull things together in a week?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, captivating, semi serious, realistic, fast, detective
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Lupin the Third: Angel Tactics (2005)
Plot Summary:
Stolen from the famous "secret" Air Force base, Area 51, Lupin's most recently stolen treasure holds a secret. Four "Bloody Angels," the toughest women Lupin has ever faced, want the treasure for their own terrorist purposes. Meanwhile Zenigata teams up with a female police officer to hunt Lupin and the terrorists down.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, semi serious, exciting, realistic, fast, detective
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Lupin the Third: Alcatraz Connection (2001)
Plot Summary:
In San Fransico, California; Lupin and his gang attempt to find the where abouts of some Gold Bars in a sunken ship that's off coast of Alcatraz Island. But a so called group called the Society Seven want the gold bars for their own reasons. The Society Seven is made up of 7 dangerous criminals. They also have a deep connection with Alcatraz Island and the assassination of the late President John Fritzgerald Kennedy.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 304
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, anime, epic, realistic, detective
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Lupin III vs. Detective Conan (2009)
Plot Summary:
When a wealthy woman and her son die in a hunting accident, it's up to Conan Edogawa to solve the case. Meanwhile, Lupin the Third is after the Queen Crown, owned by the Vesparand royal family. When these two legendary characters meet, who will win the day?! Followed by «Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan: The Movie» (2013).
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, exciting, detective
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Lupin III: Missed by a Dollar (2000)
Plot Summary:
In New York City, an auction is being held, where numerous valuables are being bidded. One of the items was an ordinary ring which is more valuable than it looks. Lupin tries to bid on it, but was out bid by a dollar. So he steals it instead and makes a getaway. but only to find himself greeted by a group of mercenaries who are working for the person who out bid Lupin. Lupin gave them the ring as he was told, and got away from their firing guns. Lupin decides to gather up his friends to check out who outbid him at the auction. The one who outbid Lupin, is Cynthia, head of "Bank of the World" one of the largest and recently new banks. She has plans of her own on the ring, as it has the secrets of the location of a broach, that's said to give those who hold it, world domination.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 329
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, stylized, exciting, realistic, semi serious, detective
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Lupin the Third: Green vs Red (2008)
Plot Summary:
When a Lupin impersonator is arrested for shoplifting in Tokyo, dozens of other copycats converge on the city to clear the name of Arsene Lupin III. The real Lupin is in town too, both to watch the show and to steal a mysterious item called the Ice Cube. But one of those impostors also has sights on the Cube. Is he good enough to beat the original at his own game?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 303
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, realistic, exciting, stylized, semi serious, psychological, detective
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Lupin III: Voyage to Danger (1993)
Plot Summary:
Inspector Zenigata has been removed from the Lupin case which leaves him despondent, and he ends up drinking with Lupin & Jigen. Lupin decides that he and his gang should work with Zenigata to solve his new case, investigating a group of arms dealers known as Shot Shell. Lupin gathers his partners together (Jigen, Goemon, & Fujiko), and with Zenegata they steal a Russian submarine. They kidnap a scientist named Karen Korinsky to help them operate the sub, and also to protect her from Shot Shell. Meanwhile the ICPO assigns a man named Keith Hayden to the Lupin case, and unlike Zenigata he wants Lupin and his group dead. Where ever Lupin and friends go, Keith follows, as the officer attempts to pick them off one by one.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 603
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, epic, exciting, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, detective
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Lupin the Third: From Russia with Love (1992)
Plot Summary:
Lupin III along with his gang want to steal the lost treasure of the Romanov Royal family, this treasure is an immense quantity of gold hide underground in the United States behind the placement of a corrupt bank. But to have the gold, Lupin and his friends will have to fight for it with the mysterious and powerful monk Rasputin. Also Lupin again will have to elude the inspector Zenigata who will follow Lupin's trail and try to put him in jail.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious, fast, detective
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Lupin the Third: Episode 0: First Contact (2002)
Plot Summary:
A reporter asks Jigen to tell how he met Lupin and the rest of the gang. He tells of when he was hired by a millionaire named Galvez to help guard the Clam of Helmeth, a green cylinder made of unbreakable metal. The cylinder contained instructions on how to forge a metal similar to the one that composed it. The Clam has also gained the attentions of Lupin, a fellow thief named Brad, and Brad's partner, Fujiko. Brad manages to steal the Clam, but is murdered by Galvez' henchman, Shade. Lupin and Fujiko now have possession of it, but no means to open it. Meanwhile, Inspector Zenigata has been dispatched by the Japanese police to hunt down and arrest Fujiko. He is paired with George McFly, an American detective who is his only resource. And on the other side of the world, Goemon is seeking a sword worthy of his skills. The key to opening the Clam of Helmeth is now the focus of everyone's efforts, but who will come across it first?.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, epic, adult anime, realistic, detective
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Lupin the Third Bye Bye, Lady Liberty (1989)
Plot Summary:
In this adventure, Lupin III tries to erase the files about him in the world police network. He finds out about the Ultravirus, a computer virus that controls all others and its location is only known by a little kid. Meanwhile, he steals the Statue of Liberty to look for a diamond the size of a football that is said to be hidden somewhere in it. Apparently, the diamond and the ultravirus are somehow related.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 458
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, detective
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Lupin the Third: The Last Job (2010)
Plot Summary:
Lupin begins his heist of stealing a newly-discovered Japanese cultural treasure being transported in Germany. During his attempt to steal the treasure, however, he witness the always-ambitous Zenigata's supposed "death," a plan hatched by a ninja clan who are also after the treasure. Can Lupin and his friends prevent the ninja clan from obtaining what they seek?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, semi serious, humorous, realistic, exciting, fast, detective
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Dakaichi: I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year (2018)
Plot Summary:
"I'll make it so your body's unable to forget mine." Saijou Takato's 5 year reign as the 'Most Huggable No. 1' has been snatched. Stealing his thunder is the newbie actor with a 3-year debut, Azumaya! Towards the stuffy hostile Takato, Azumaya's sincere sparkling smile starts to become effective. Even as Takato sets his alert level on MAX, Azumaya catches Takato in his shameful drunken state and uses it to blackmail him! In exchange for Azumaya's silence, Azumaya states, "Please let me hold you…?! Embrace me, who was the Most Huggable No.1?" What the heck is he saying! Includes a large quantity of other high suspense erotic stories.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: yaoi, anime, erotic, psychological, humorous, captivating, yuri, tsundere
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Sasaki and Miyano (2022)
Plot Summary:
It all started like a typical old-school boys' love plotline—bad-boy senior meets adorably awkward underclassman, one of them falls in love, and so on and so forth. But although Miyano is a self-proclaimed boys' love expert, he hasn't quite realized…he's in one himself. Which means it's up to Sasaki to make sure their story has a happily ever after…!.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: yaoi, anime, disturbing, semi serious, iyashikei, feel good, meta, psychological, teen comedy
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The Stranger by the Beach (2020)
Plot Summary:
On an island off the coast of Okinawa, two young men meet on a beach: Shun Hashimoto, a gay novelist and Mio Chibana, a somber high school student. Day by day, the two of them grow closer, but then, suddenly, Mio decides to leave the island. They reunite three years later, and Mio says he is ready to be with Shun, but will Shun make the commitment?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: anime, yaoi, romantic, touching, scenic, sentimental, manga, queer cinema, 2d animation
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Lupin the 3rd: Napoleon's Dictionary (1991)
Plot Summary:
While Lupin does enjoy racing for the sport of it, the prize in an antique car grand prix across Europe is Lupin's only goal. The prize is a dictionary that once belonged to Napoleon. More importantly, the dictionary was also once owned by Lupin's family and contains the location of one of his family's most prized possessions. Lupin does not know what the possession is, but it is a matter of family pride. With the usual suspects on his trail, can Lupin outrace everyone to the treasure?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious, fast, detective
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Lupin the Third: Operation: Return the Treasure (2003)
Plot Summary:
After robbing a Moscow casino right under Zenigata's nose, Lupin sets his sights on stealing the Trick Diamond. He and Jigen head to the estate of the recently deceased Mark Williams, another master thief who's had the diamond, as well as other treasures, in his possession for years. However, instead of finding the diamond, Lupin & Jigen find Fujiko, who tells them about Mark's dying wish - Lupin must return all the treasures the old thief stole to their rightful place. If this is done in time, the location of the diamond will be revealed, and Lupin can use it to get the real treasure, hidden in Gaudí's Sagrada Familia. Returning the stolen goods isn't easy though, as Zenigata and the casino boss' ruthless gang are on Lupin and friends' tail.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 318
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, semi serious, exciting, humorous, realistic, fast, detective