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Plot Summary:
Kimura finally has his championship match. It takes place at the annual champion carnival. But now he must face the intense champion, Mashiba for the Junior Lightweight championship.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Plot Summary:
Pepe Benengeli is a second-class cyclist, only there to support the star member of the team. This summer he is participating in the Tour of Spain, which passes through the streets of his hometown of Andalusia. In a coincidence, his brother and ex-girlfriend are getting married on the same day as the climax of the race. Pepe, who left his hometown after suffering a breakdown, is determined to achieve something special on this day.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 427
Genere: Animation, Action, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, seinen
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Initial D Battle Stage 2 (2007)
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Initial D Battle Stage 2 summarizes the major street races from the Initial D: Fourth Stage. Two races that were previously seen only in the manga were animated specially for this OVA. The first race is Takahashi Keisuke vs. Smiley Sakai, and the other is Keisuke vs. Kawai Atsuro.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining
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Yowamushi Pedal Re:ROAD (2015)
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A compilation film, recapping the second season, Yowamushi Pedal: Grande Road.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Animation, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min
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Kuroko's Basketball - Movie: Winter Cup - Shadow and Light (2016)
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First of three compilation films of Kuroko no Basket.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 532
Genere: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, shounen
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Kuroko no Basket Movie 3: Winter Cup Soushuuhen - Tobira no Mukou (2016)
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The third of three Kuroko no Basket compilation films.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 487
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining
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Ring Ni Kakero (2003)
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining
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The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup (2022)
Plot Summary:
The story follows the unfolding of the U-17 World Cup, which takes place at the KCC Arena, in Melbourne, Australia. A total of 32 countries are participating in this long-awaited competition, and only 16 of them will manage to qualify for the final stages….
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Fighting Spirit: Champion Road (2003)
Plot Summary:
Makunouchi Ippo is the new Featherweight champion of Japan and is now ready for his first title defense. His opponent, the former Jr. Featherweight champion and a medical student, Sanada Kazuki. In addition to this feud, Sanada is being coached by Kamogawa's former rival, Hama Dankichi. What makes things worse is that Sanada works at the same hospital where Kumi is a nurse at and everybody at the hospital wants Sanada to win. Not only does Ippo have to defend his title, he has to reclaim his love.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining, shounen
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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
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Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Toki (2008)
Plot Summary:
Fourth part of the new Fist of the North Star movie pentalogy presenting the story from Toki's perspective, leading up to Toki's imprisonment in Cassandra and eventually his duel with Raoh.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Animation, Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, captivating, stylized, splatter
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Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Kenshiro (2008)
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The film's story is a prequel to the Fist of the North Star depicting the one year interval between Kenshiro's defeat at the hands of Shin and their later battle. Unlike the others in the series this film has a completely original storyline in which Kenshiro, near death after his battle with Shin and having used his remaining energy to kill a pack of wolves, was captured by slavers. Due to his strength, Kenshiro could escape whenever he wanted, but chose to stay and protect the other slaves.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 456
Genere: Animation, Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, stylized, splatter
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Fighting Spirit: New Challenger (2009)
Plot Summary:
Ippo continues to defend his title and training to reach his goal, Ichiro Miyata. While Takamura goes for the world, and faces the world champion, Brian Hawk. In what is to become his toughest fight so far.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Fist of the North Star: Legend of Raoh - Chapter of Death in Love (2006)
Plot Summary:
A film adaptation of the Holy Emperor story arc, which primarily depicted the conflict between Kenshiro and Souther. New characters Reina, one of Raoh's army officers who falls in love with him, and her brother Soga, Raoh's advisor, play an important part with much of the plot involving Raoh's relationship with Reina as he conquers the land; most of this portion is new content exclusive to this film. The other side of the story is the retelling of Ken's attempt to save and protect the villagers from Souther's army with the help of Shū. There is also a small subplot of Bart returning to his home.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 752
Genere: Animation, Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, splatter
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Air Master (2003)
Plot Summary:
"Maki Aikawa is tall, with a nice model-like figure, but is also quiet and looks like an ordinary high school girl. However, her unique life style includes being a street fighter within the dark alleyways and back streets of Tokyo. To date, she remains undefeated against both men and women. And with a unique arsenal of aerial techniques allowing her to knock out opponents at will, people began to call her the Air Master. One day, she encountered a scene where several girls (also known as a ko-gal group) who attended Tomato High School were being picked on by a boy. Seeing this, Maki came to their assistance and ended up fighting him and knocking him out. The gallery of people, who held witness to this, started yelling that she was the Air Master. Another street fighter of high spirit who refers to himself as Lucha Master, was also at the scene and immediately challenged her. And with that, a high-level street fight began spontaneously!".
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, captivating
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Fist of the North Star: Legend of Raoh - Chapter of Fierce Fighting (2007)
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A film adaptation of the Last Nanto General story arc from the manga, depicting the final battle between Kenshiro and Raoh that led to Kenshiro becoming the successor of Hokuto Shinken. Some events from the manga / anime have been excluded from the story (such as Raoh's fight with Juza) whereas others have been altered or expanded. New content featuring the final battle from Raoh's perspective have been added. This film serves as the follow-up to the first film in the series, which introduced Raoh and Reina's relationship, this time bringing it to a conclusion.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 528
Genere: Animation, Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
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Street Fighter Alpha: Generations (2005)
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When Ryu returns to pay homage to his deceased mentor, Gouken, he is tormented by disturbing memories of his master's killer (Gouki). In a quest to become a true martial arts master, he sets out to hone his street fighting skills and deliver himself from the haunting legacy of the dark hadou.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Sibling's Bond (2019)
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Tanjiro finds his family slaughtered and the lone survivor, his sister Nezuko Kamado, turned into a Demon. To his surprise, however, Nezuko still shows signs of human emotion and thought. Thus begins Tanjiro's journey to seek out the Demon who killed their family and turn his sister human again. A recap film of Kimetsu no Yaiba, covering episodes 1-5 with extra footage.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
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Legendary fighter Ryu begins his journey around the world, Cammy's quest to discover her past takes a number of turns, and Chun-Li's investigation into Shadaloo takes her from the Hong Kong underworld to the jungles of Brazil.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 60
Genere: Animation
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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In the era when samurai controlled Japan... The Masked Demons annihilated all but one member of the Shinsengumi, who had worked to maintain the peace and public order in Kyoto. Seven criminals are chosen as substitutes for the deceased Shinsengumi members, and they are led by Ichibanboshi, whose parents were also killed by the Masked Demons. He becomes a substitute for Commander Isami Kondo and goes after the Masked Demons with the other substitutes to avenge his parents' deaths. Former criminals rise up to restore peace and order as their crazy story begins! Now is the time to shine the brightest!.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 453
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Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
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Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 48
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Country: Japan
Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 267
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IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 24000
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Mazinger Edition Z: The Impact! (2009)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 263
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Country: Japan
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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
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Country: Japan
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Kengan Ashura (2019)
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Since the Edo periods of Japan, gladiator arenas exist in certain areas. In these arenas, wealthy business owners and merchants hire gladiators to fight in unarmed combat where winner takes all. Toki Taouma, nicknamed "Ashura," joins these arenas and devastates his opponents. His spectacular ability to crush his enemies catches the attention of the big business owners, including the Nogi Group chairman, Nogi Hideki.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Action, Sport
Country: USA, Japan
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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:
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