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Plot Summary:
Kimball Kinnison, a young man from the agricultural planet Mquie and his Valerian companinon, Buscirk find a dying man with a legendary crystal lens embedded in his hand. As the man was dying, he mysteriously passed on the Lens to Kim. With more companions to come by, Kim must find out the purpose of the Lens before the Boskone dynasty does.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 722
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: anime, psychedelic, campy, cult film
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Armageddon: The Great Battle with Genma (1983)
Plot Summary:
From the depths of space he is coming... Ancient beyond understanding, his power is immeasurable. He has destroyed half the universe and is on his way here. He is… Genma. Only two people are aware of the imminent catastrophe: Princess Luna, a modern day prophetess and Vega, a cybernetic crusader from a world long since ravaged by Genma. Determined to spare the Earth from a similar fate, Luna and Vega must try to mobilize the most potent psychics in the world. Together, this army of fledging psychic warriors must succeed where billions have tried... and failed. But will they be able to gather their champions in time? Genma’s agents are already on Earth to ensure that their master meets with no opposition!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 435
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: anime
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Space Travelers: The Animation (2000)
Plot Summary:
New Cosmic Century 038, humanity is suddenly attacked by an unknown alien civilization known as the Orbital Ring System. Soon, the entire Earth Civilization Sphere has been cut off from the space colonies, and is under the control of the ORS.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime
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Queen Millennia (1982)
Plot Summary:
In the year 1999, astronomer Professor Amamori has discovered a tenth planet within the solar system. Unfortunately, he also discovers that it is set to collide with the Earth on 9 September 1999, at 9:09:09 AM. Professor Amamori makes preparations to save the planet, aided in his campaign by his nephew Hajime and his secretary Yukino Yayoi. Unknown to anyone, Yayoi harbours deep secrets: LaMetal crosses paths with Earth (and wreaks chaos) every millennium, it is home to an advanced civilization who enslave any human survivors of the cataclysm, and she herself is the Millennial Queen, a special citizen of La Metal who comes to Earth every 1000 years to prepare for the this passing. However, she also hopes to save Earth, for though she is from LaMetal, she cannot stand aside and let her home world destroy the planet and its natives that she has come to love. And so she begins a desperate struggle of her own.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: anime
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Robotech II: The Sentinels (1988)
Plot Summary:
Robotech II: The Sentinels was an attempt to continue the original 1985 Robotech television series. The project was cancelled in 1986. The aborted Sentinels series would have followed the ongoing adventures of Rick Hunter and Lisa Hayes and the rest of the Robotech Expeditionary Force (REF) during the events of The Robotech Masters and The New Generation series.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 543
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: anime, cyberpunk anime
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Space Armageddon (1996)
Plot Summary:
The year is 2157. An alien organization with ultra-high technology, 'Eed', invades the Earth. As the Earth fa ces extinction, Elka, a descendant of the lost continent Atlantis, looks with the help of a super power computer Delta 8 988, for the last hero who may be able to save the world. It turns out to be Oh Haesung who lives in the 20th century. Marie, a special agent sent from Elka, comes to the year 1 996 with the important mission of fetching Haesung. However, Eed also finds out about Haesung and sends an assassin.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: anime, psychedelic, korean anime
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Odin (1985)
Plot Summary:
Odin centers around the novice crew of the laser sailing space schooner Starlight as they embark on an historic interstellar test flight. They are intercepted by what seems to be a wrecked spaceship only to find that it contains a lone survivor; a young woman named Sara Cyanbaker. Unknown to the crew at this time, a mechanized space fleet approaches Earth and a scout vessel from that fleet was responsible for the destruction of Sara's ship.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: anime, experimental, claymation, adult animation, 2d animation
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Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: The Plot to Destroy the Saiyans (1993)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Raichii is the only Tsufurujin (the race eradicated by the Saiyajin many years ago) thought to have survived. He now is going to take revenge on the only surviving Saiyajin still alive, Goku and Vegeta. He uses machines that emit destron, a gas that will destroy all life on Earth. Now the the Z warriors only have 72 hours to find and destroy Dr. Raichii. by ANN.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: anime
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Adieu Galaxy Express 999 (1981)
Plot Summary:
Two years after the events of Galaxy Express 999, Earth has become a battlefield, and Tetsuro is summoned to board the Three-Nine once more. In this, the shattering, full-length theatrical conclusion to Leiji Matsumoto's epic story, all questions will be answered and all mysteries will be revealed as Tetsuro embarks on a journey which will reveal a secret so awful, even Maetel herself can hardly bear to speak of it.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 585
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: anime
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Toward the Terra (1980)
Plot Summary:
A young boy learns he is part of a powerful race of psionic humans who must fight the normal humans determined to keep them from Earth.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: anime, manga
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Robotech: Code Name (1985)
Plot Summary:
Codename: Robotech is an animated pilot that preceded the original 1985 Robotech television series. It is set within the events of the First Robotech War.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, cyberpunk anime
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Lily C.A.T. (1987)
Plot Summary:
A captain and his crew travel across the universe in a ship that can travel for 20 years while the crew will age only 1 year. Soon the crew realizes that a criminal is onboard who is hoping to escape civilization. The crew must find who the criminal is, and find the source of a deadly virus that is destroying them one by one.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, cult film
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Be Forever Yamato (1980)
Plot Summary:
The Black Nebula Empire attacks Earth and threatens to blow up the planet with a bomb they placed on Earth if counter attacked. Earths hopes rest on the Yamato crew as they go to the Black Nebula Planet and try to find a way to difuse the bomb before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: anime
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They Were Eleven (1986)
Plot Summary:
A group of students from the Cosmo Academy are about to take their final exam: surviving for over fifty days in a derelict ship. But when they arrive, they discover that instead of ten students, there are eleven. One of them doesn't belong there.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 632
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, shoujo
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Crusher Joe (1983)
Plot Summary:
Enter the tale of the Crusher Council, a group of rugged individuals known for assignments ranging from transportation to terraforming and everything in between. In the early days of space exploration the Crushers took on the job of destroying asteroids and defining space lanes. Because of their work, they were nicknamed "Crushers" which eventually became their business moniker. Despite the rough and ready nature of the Crushers' work, they subscribe to a few steadfast rules. Unethical and illegal assignments are taboo, and any Crusher accepting one is barred from the Union. Of course, this presents problems for shady clients who try to trick the Crushers into accepting misleading assignments. They know that once the Union accepts a case the Crushers are honor-bound to follow it through. Among the various worlds, the Crusher Council has a stunning reputation, and among the Crushers, the most elite team is the one led by Crusher Dan and his successor, Crusher Joe.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Action, Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: anime, vintage
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Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection (2009)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2220 A.D., the Earth Federation launches a plan to evacuate Earth when discovering that a travelling black hole capable of destroying anything in its path is on course towards the solar system. As the people on Earth prepare to relocate to planet Amare, whose ruler offers refuge, the tyrants known as the "S.U.S. Empire" attack the first Earth evacuation fleet. After learning that his wife Capt. Yuki Mori-Kodai disappeared in the battle and that legendary space battleship Yamato has been fully rebuilt, Susumu Kodai accepts command of the ship as he intends to not only help humanity once again, but also find Yuki in the hope of helping his relationship with his daughter Miyuki, who puts the blame on him for her mother's disappearance. But in order to fullfil the mission, the Yamato must go through battles against the SUS Empire, who intend to spoil humanity's hopes of finding a new place to live in and turn Earth into energy for their own selfish needs.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, futuristic
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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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Star Blazers 2199: A Voyage to Remember (2014)
Plot Summary:
Compilation film of "Space Battleship Yamato 2199" TV series. The year is 2199. The human race has been crushed in their war with the Gamilos, driven into underground cities by the invader's assault. Scientists estimate they have only a year left. The young officers Susumu Kodai and Daisuke Shima receive a mysterious capsule from a ship that made an emergency landing on Mars and return with it to Earth. It contains humanity's last hope: the planet Iscandar on the other side of the Magellan Galaxy has the technology to defeat the Gamilos and restore the planet. The space battleship Yamato is entrusted with this task, but they have only one year before humanity ends.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, futuristic, anime
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Space Cobra (1982)
Plot Summary:
In the 24th Century, space adventurer Cobra, charismatic vagabond with mysterious past and a powerful "psychogun" for a hand, fights diabolical crime syndicate known as the Galactic Guild with the help of his android friend Lady Armaroid.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 853
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, adult cartoon
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The Phoenix: Space Chapter (1987)
Plot Summary:
This is the third part of "The Phoenix" series of the Kadokawa Haruki Office Co., Ltd. version. It is an animation version of the original story by Tezuka Osamu that depicts the cruelty of love through the fate of spacemen destined to drift through the universe after losing their mother ship.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: anime
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Urusei Yatsura 6: Forever My Darling (1991)
Plot Summary:
Lupika, an alien princess, is in love with a tofu seller. To make him love her too (at least, announce his love. He obviously fears the social taboo of a tofu vendor marrying a princess), she needs to get a love potion, which is in a certain temple. Legend has it that the only person that can obtain this love potion is the most lecherous man in the universe. That man turns out to be Ataru Moroboshi. Lupika kidnaps Ataru to make him get the potion, and Lum and her friends go out to search for Ataru.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: anime
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Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (1990)
Plot Summary:
The evil Dr. Kochin uses the dragon balls to resurrect his mentor, Dr. Wheelo, in an effort to take over the world. Dr. Wheelo, his body having been destroyed by the avalanche that killed him fifty years before, desires the body of the strongest fighter in the world as his new vessel. Believing Roshi to be the world's strongest warrior, Dr. Kochin abducts Bulma and forces Roshi to surrender himself to save her. When Goku hears of their abduction, he goes to their rescue.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, slapstick, colorful, colourful
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Arcadia of My Youth (1982)
Plot Summary:
After a drawn-out, viciously-fought war, the earth has been conquered by the alien Illumidus Empire. Harlock, a captain in earth's fleet, crashes his ship to prevent the Illumidus from using it, and flat-out refuses to join them. With the help of his allies, Tochiro and the space pirate Emereldas, and his lover Miya, he wages a private and bitter war against the Illumidus.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 988
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, futuristic, stylized, semi serious, adult animation, 2d animation
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Orbital (2009)
Plot Summary:
The first segment called "Elliptical Orbit" is about a ship called the Flying Dutchman returning to Earth after an extended absence with a cargo of "protons" to be used for energy. A terrorist group with military combat suits boards the station they dock with intending to use the proton cargo as a massive bomb. The second segment, "Symbiotic Planet", is a story of two secret lovers from opposing sides of a conflict trying to build a life together.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 277
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, stylized, tense, manga
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Bodacious Space Pirates: Abyss of Hyperspace (2014)
Plot Summary:
Marika Katou, a third year student at Hakuho Girls' Academy, is a legitimate space pirate with a Letter of Marque. Between her studies, leading her school's space yacht club, working part time at Cafe Lamp, and being the captain of the space pirate ship Bentenmaru, Marika's days are very busy. One day, Marika gets a job to rob a high-class passenger ship, and she discovers that on the passenger list is Kanata Mugen, a boy who owns a "galaxy pass". Thus, an adventure featuring a hyperspace race between pirates and one young boy begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, entertaining, futuristic, anime, super sentai
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Captain Future (1978)
Plot Summary:
Curtis Newton, aka Captain Future, is an orphan. His parents died in their artificial satellite while he was an infant. His father was a scientist, who has abandoned earth for the satellite to dedicate his life for science along with his aging friend the genius Dr Simon Wright. Wright senses his death, and decides to implant his brain in a mechanical container. They both manufactured a superior robot and an android. Captain future dedicated his life to fight evil along with his three men, the brain, android, and robot.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, France, West Germany
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, retro
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Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)
Plot Summary:
A sci-fi anime House-musical movie collaboration between Daft Punk--and their music--and designer Leiji Matsumoto. During the recording of their DISCOVERY album and using the themes of sci-fi celebrity, decadence and space travel, Daft Punk--with help from Cedric Hervet--wrote the story and inspired seasoned Japanese animators to symbiotically create this stunning space musical.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: anime, atmospheric, lyrical, exciting, semi serious, cult classic, stylized, psychedelic, adult animation, silent
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Harlock: Space Pirate (2013)
Plot Summary:
Space Pirate Captain Harlock and his fearless crew face off against the space invaders who seek to conquer the planet Earth.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: anime, computer animated, futuristic, exciting, epic, atmospheric, enigmatic, visually appealing, tense, 3d animation
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Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Outside Legend - The Endless Odyssey (2002)
Plot Summary:
On an archaelogical mission to the end of the known universe, Professor Daiba unwitting unleashes an ancient horror from its confines. Five years later the malevolent alien force sets in motion a plan which reunites the various crewmembers of the Arcadia to sail the stars once more as well as bring Tadashi Daiba to meet Harlock for the first time.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 318
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 390 min
Plot tags: anime
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Memories (1995)
Plot Summary:
In this anime trilogy, a salvage ship crew happens upon a haunted vessel in Magnetic Rose; a cold tablet turns a lab worker into a biological weapon in Stink Bomb; and an urban populace carries on an endless war with an unseen foe in Cannon Fodder. Three years in the making, the thought-provoking anthology features eye-popping action and directorial work by a trio of genre geniuses: Kôji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura and Katsuhiro Ôtomo. "Memories" is made up of three separate science-fiction stories. In the first, "Magnetic Rose," four space travelers are drawn into an abandoned spaceship that contains a world created by one woman's memories. In "Stink Bomb," a young lab assistant accidentally transforms himself into a human biological weapon set on a direct course for Tôkyô. The final episode, "Cannon Fodder," depicts a day in the life of a city whose entire purpose is the firing of cannons at an unseen enemy.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Animation, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: surreal, anime, anthology, futuristic, exciting, enigmatic, cult classic, mind twisting, atmospheric, stylized
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Space Dandy (2014)
Plot Summary:
Space Dandy is a dandy in space! This dreamy adventurer with a to-die-for pompadour travels across the galaxy in search of aliens no one has ever laid eyes on. Each new species he discovers earns him a hefty reward, but this dandy has to be quick on his feet because it’s first come – first served! Accompanied by his sidekicks, a rundown robot named QT and Meow the cat-looking space alien, Dandy bravely explores unknown worlds inhabited by a variety aliens. Join the best dressed alien hunter in all of space and time as he embarks on an adventure that ends at the edge of the universe!.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, not serious, humorous, adult animation, captivating, entertaining, psychedelic, adult anime, parody, seinen