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Plot Summary:
Gauche is a diligent but mediocre cellist who plays for a small town orchestra and the local cinema in the early 20th century. He struggles during rehearsals and is often berated by his conductor during preparations for an upcoming performance of Beethoven's Sixth Symphony (the Pastoral Symphony).Over the course of four nights, Gauche is visited at his mill house home by talking animals as he is practicing.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime
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Aberne og det hemmelige våben (1995)
Plot Summary:
Alexander slår sin svoger ihjel da han ved at Alexander og Lucy har en affære. Lucy tilhører ellers Weismüller. Weismüller og Attila-familierne ligger i krig med hinanden. En dag mødes de to unge aber Hektor og Elvira. De bliver betaget af hinanden samtidig med at de frygter hinanden. Alexander gør hvad han kan for at der ikke skal blive fred mellem de to familier. Kærligheden mellem Hektor og Elvira vinder dog til sidst.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Animation
Country: Denmark
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: anime
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The Nutcracker and The Magic Flute (2022)
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It is New Year’s Eve, and Marie is in for a very unpleasant surprise: her mother is forced to marry against her will to the revolting money lender Mr. Ratter. As a token of proposition, he gives Marie a doll named Nutcracker. A miracle occurs and Marie becomes the same size as her childhood toys, who all come to life. Nutcracker turns out to be Prince George, who has been put under a spell. Marie, George and toy friends travel to the Land of Flowers with a mission to save the world from falling under the control of the rat people.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime
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The Testament of Sister New Devil: Departures (2018)
Plot Summary:
The first movie based on the TV Series The Testament of Sister New Devil, takes place right after the season 2 final.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime
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RE:cycle of the PENGUINDRUM Part 2: I Love You (2022)
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What would you do to save someone you love? All brothers Shoma and Kanba know is that, after collapsing in an aquarium and apparently dying, their terminally ill sister Himari was somehow revived by a Penguin hat that she had wished for. Now they're on an impossible mission, because the price of keeping Himari alive is to find a mysterious object called the Penguindrum, and they'll do anything to save their sister. Anything. As they travel separate paths in their search, they'll have to unravel complex riddles, make alliances with strangers they know they shouldn't trust, and question the very fabrics of time and destiny.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: anime
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Yume Tsukai (2006)
Plot Summary:
When people dream, they express their utmost desires and emotions within the confines of their mind; but when their strong emotions cross the border into reality, the dream can turn into an uncontrollable nightmare. Touko and Rinko are sisters known as "yume tsukai" (dream users), and their job is to take care of these nightmares. Using toys as weapons, the girls must both destroy the nightmare and return the dream to its rightful owner before the nightmare does any sort of serious damage.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Animation, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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For Whom the Alchemist Exists: The Movie (2019)
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Set in the continent of Babel, where the Tower of Babel looms large over seven nations. After the invention of alchemy led to its use as a tool of war that brought humanity to the brink of extinction, the seven nations struck an uneasy peace that led to a prohibition on alchemy for hundreds of years since. In the Continental Year 911, the nation of Lustrice broke the pact by assembling an army bolstered by alchemy, with ambitions of conquest over the continent. Led by Envylia, the six nations allied and struck down the rogue nation, casting alchemy once again to darkness. But 20 years after the war, alchemy once again begins to cause chaos in the land.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, mecha
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Sound! Euphonium: The Movie - Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band (2016)
Plot Summary:
Recap of Season 1. After swearing off music due to an incident at the middle school regional brass band competition, euphonist Kumiko Oumae enters high school hoping for a fresh start. As fate would have it, she ends up being surrounded by people with an interest in the high school brass band. Kumiko finds the motivation she needs to make music once more with the help of her bandmates, some of whom are new like novice tubist Hazuki Katou; veteran contrabassist Sapphire Kawashima; and band vice president and fellow euphonist Asuka Tanaka. Others are old friends, like Kumiko's childhood friend and hornist-turned-trombonist Shuuichi Tsukamoto, and trumpeter and bandmate from middle school, Reina Kousaka. However, in the band itself, chaos reigns supreme. Despite their intention to qualify for the national band competition, as they currently are, just competing in the local festival will be a challenge—unless the new band advisor Noboru Taki does something about it.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: anime, compilation film
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Laidbackers (2019)
Plot Summary:
In order to take over her grandmother's Dagashi store, art student Kumi Honamanuma moved to Kyoto. She met Harami Mino, K Kusanagi, Mai Haisaka, and a dog who lives in the store, which supposed to be empty. Kumi ended up living with these girls, who claim that they are heroes reincarnated to contemporary period to chase after the demon king. Harami and others seem to live in a peaceful life with no missions to to do anymore, Ran, who was demon king in the past and appears to be an elementary school girl from failing to reincarnate, one day. The story begins with Ran requesting to collect demon king's fragments.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime
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Slayers Return (1996)
Plot Summary:
Outrageous enemies such as secret organizations aiming to dominate the world and mysterious strongest fighting forces attack Lina and Naga one after another for legendary "treasure" lying in a village in which Elves used to live. In addition, an immortal monster not affected by attacking magic appears and drive Lina and Naga into a terrible pinch. What they should do?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 492
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: anime
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DEEMO Memorial Keys (2021)
Plot Summary:
Deemo is a lonely individual who lives in solitude, playing the piano in a castle. One day, a girl who has lost her memory falls from the sky. Wanting to help her recover her memories and return to her world, Deemo discovers that a tree kept atop the piano will grow whenever the piano is played.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, mystic
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Puss 'N Boots Travels Around the World (1976)
Plot Summary:
Brave cat Pero once had a bet with treacherous multimillionarie Grumon that he can travel around the world in 80 days. The stake is high, in case of success Grumon will give all of his fortune to Pero, but in case of failure Pero becomes slave of Grumon for the rest of his life. Pero departs together with his faithful friends behemoth Kato and brave Small Mouse. Grumon tries everything to prevent their arrival to the finish.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: anime, independent film
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Fate/Grand Order the Movie: Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot Wandering; Agateram (2020)
Plot Summary:
The wandering knight, Bedivere, reaches the end of his journey. It is A.D. 1273 in Jerusalem. The Holy Land has been transformed into a massive desert and its people have been forced out of their homes as three major powers wage war with each other in this wasteland. The Knights of the Round Table come together to protect the Holy City and their Lion King. With the whole of his kingdom summoned into a strange land, Ozymandias, the Sun King, quietly plots against the tyranny of this bizarre realm. The mountain people, protectors of those who were stripped of their land, await their chance at rebellion. In order to fulfill his mission, Bedivere heads for the Holy City where the Lion King rules. There he meets humanity’s final Master, Ritsuka Fujimaru, who has come to Jerusalem, accompanied by his Demi-Servant, Mash Kyrielight, in their quest to restore human history.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 358
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime
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Catnapped! The Movie (1995)
Plot Summary:
The story involves a boy and his younger sister whose dog Papadoll is missing. They find out that he has been abducted by anthropomorphic cats to be brought to a world called Banapal Witt, which is built on top of a giant sleeping cat. There the sun turns poor Papadoll into a bizarre giant monster. He becomes the weapon and beloved pet of a spoiled Princess who turns everything she touches into balloons. She plans to use Papadoll and a giant inflatable mouse to control the sleeping cat and thus Banapal Witt itself.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: anime
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Taro the Dragon Boy (1979)
Plot Summary:
Patterned after Japanese art and silk screens, Taro, The Dragon Boy is an animated feature about Japanese mythology and cultures, focusing on Taro, a young boy who has to make a voyage to a distant lake to save his mother, who has been turned into a dragon.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 896
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: anime, vintage
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Aikatsu! The Movie (2014)
Plot Summary:
The story of the anime revolves around Ichigo, who was just a normal middle school student until she suddenly got involved in the world of idols. The film will center on Aikatsu!'s greatest "Super Live" concert yet, the Dai Star Miya Ichigo Matsuri. Ichigo prepares for the concert with press conferences, last-minute lessons, and more.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, shoujo
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Sound! Euphonium the Movie – Our Promise: A Brand New Day (2019)
Plot Summary:
Kumiko is now a second year and one of the senior players of the euphonium section. With new underclassmen joining the concert band, Kumiko will have to learn new things in order to deal with awkward and difficult underclassmen. She and third-year trumpeter Tomoe Kabe have been chosen to lead the new underclassmen members. Among the new members to Kumiko's bass section are euphonist Kanade Hisaishi, whose appearances are deceiving; tuba player Mirei Suzuki, who cannot adapt to her new environment; tuba player Satsuki Suzuki, who wants to get along with Mirei; and double bassist Motomu Tsukinaga, who cannot talk about himself. Between the Sunrise Festival, chair placement auditions, and the competition, a number of problems quickly begin to arise.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 468
Genere: Animation, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, disturbing, yaoi, yuri
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Redwall: The Movie (2000)
Plot Summary:
Redwall is a compelling tale of fantasy, courage and adventure; the fable of a daunting quest to recover a legendary lost weapon and the classic strugle between good and evil. The delightful world of Redwall - a place of peace and beauty, companionship and courage - has captured the dedication of millions of readers worldwide. See the story brought to life!.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 279
Genere: Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, semi serious
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Jewelpet (2009)
Plot Summary:
A junior high school student named Rinko becomes partners with a rabbit Jewelpet named Ruby. Together they try to find the Jewel Charms that dropped from Jewel Land into the world of the humans. Along with their friends, Rinko and Ruby help others solve their problems while using the magic of Jewelpets.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Animation, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining
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Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)
Plot Summary:
Mizore Yoroizuka and Nozomi Kasaki are two close friends who are part of the Kitauji High School music club. Quiet and reserved Yoroizuka plays the oboe while lively and popular Kasaki plays the flute. The group has decided to play Liz and the Blue Bird, a song inspired on a fairy tale about the relationship between a girl and a bird. The musical piece puts both Mizore and Nozomi on the spotlight due to a solo part by Yoroizuka and forces the two girls to reexamine their friendship.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, sincere, sentimental, light, captivating, fairy tale, yuri
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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)
Plot Summary:
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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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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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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Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985)
Plot Summary:
Giovanni currently lives a dreary life of near non-stop work. At school, his peers ridicule him incessantly, and his employer at work is distant and cold. As his isolation from society becomes unbearable, he suddenly finds himself on a train heading far away from his miserable home. Accompanied by Campanella, an acquaintance from school, Giovanni embarks on a journey that will define the rest of his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: anime, psychedelic, surreal
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Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space (2002)
Plot Summary:
Tamala is a cat living on Planet Cat Earth in the Feline Galaxy. In attempt to leave the Feline Galaxy, which is practically owned by a mega corporation called Catty & Co., she crashes on the violence-ridden Planet Q where she meets Michelangelo. Together they have fun, while Tamala seaches for her connections to Catty & Co. and her mysterious homeworld Orion.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 561
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, surreal
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The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer (2003)
Plot Summary:
For the past 40 years, Jan Svankmajer (Faust, Conspirators of Pleasure) has been hailed as one of cinema's most consistently surprising, wildly imaginative, and remarkable surrealists of our time. Utilizing a delirious combination of puppets, humans, stop-motion animation, and live action, Svankmajer's films conjure up a dreamlike universe that is at once dark, macabre, witty, and perversely visceral. KimStim (and Kino) is proud to to offer this collection of remarkable short works from an artist that has mesmerized audiences the world over and has inspired filmmakers from the Brothers Quay to Tim Burton and Terry Gilliam.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 209
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: avant garde, experimental, psychological, surreal, disturbing, claymation, adult animation, anthology, odd, weird
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Megami Paradise (1995)
Plot Summary:
To preserve the peaceful times of Paradise, the Astrostar must be cleansed by the Mamamega. This person is defended by her shrine maidens. Lilith has been selected to be a shrine maiden, and is given the task to select the other two. This goes awry when the young girl Rurubell wants to become one and others work from the shadows to sabotage both the cleansing and the coronation ceremony.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime, ecchi
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Puss in Boots (1969)
Plot Summary:
His goal is to help the weak and defenseless, but his saving a mouse makes him the most wanted in all the land. On the run from incessant, dim-witted mice, Perro befriends a young miller's boy, Pierre; together, they decide to seek fame and fortune. When they cross paths with the lovely Princess Rosa, Perro determines to get Pierre hitched to Her Royal Highness.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 987
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: anime, fairy tale