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Plot Summary:
As the conflict that began in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: Reflection continues to escalate, Nanoha and her allies soon find out the troubled history between Iris and Yuri, which is related to the tragedy of Eltoria's "Planet Reclamation Committee".
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Animation, Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, yuri, mahou shoujo
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Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: Reflection (2017)
Plot Summary:
The planet Eltria, having suffered severe desertification in the past, has all but been abandoned. Against her older sister's wishes, Kyrie Florian travels to Earth alongside her best friend, the AI Iris, in search of the key to their planet's regeneration. However, the only way to find it lies within the Tome of the Night Sky, leading them into conflict with Nanoha and her friends.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Animation, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, apocalyptic, yuri, mahou shoujo
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Brave Witches (2016)
Plot Summary:
The Neuroi, an enemy of mankind, suddenly appeared mainly in Europe in the 1930s. Only girls with special magical powers called Witches could confront the Neuroi who were difficult to destroy with ordinary weapons. In 1944, the Neuroi nest above the republic of Gallia was eradicated, and safety of western Europe has been ensured. The allied forces earnestly began planning for an oppositional operation towards central and eastern Europe. An order to scramble is given to the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing "Brave Witches" whose base is in Peterburg within the Orussian Empire.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 1st (2010)
Plot Summary:
Takamachi Nanoha is a normal third-grader who feels a little useless and out-of-place with no purpose. Then one day, she saves a ferret, who turns out to be a mage from another planet who came to this planet to search for the jewel seeds. Nanoha agrees to help, but this task gets complicated when another girl arrives to steal them.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, captivating, disturbing, yuri
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Infini-T Force the Movie: Farewell Gatchaman My Friend (2018)
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Gatchaman, Polymar, Tekkaman and Casshern join forces for a new fight. This time, Joe Asakura also returns. Is he a friend or a foe?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Animation, Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, entertaining, futuristic, anime
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The Ancient Magus' Bride: The Boy from the West and the Knight of the Blue Storm (2021)
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Gabriel, an ordinary boy who just moved from London, was bored with his surrounding, until one day he saw a wisp of purple smoke from the window of his house. At that time, he hurriedly chased the smoke, looking for any kind of freedom and fun. Though they should not, the world of boys and wizards soon intersect.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, dark fantasy, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, shounen
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Fate/Grand Order: First Order (2016)
Plot Summary:
The year 2015 CE. The last era in which magecraft still thrived. The Chaldea Security Organization was founded to focus on preserving the continuation of human history. They observe a world which magecraft couldn't observe and science couldn't measure all to prevent the certain extinction of humanity. But one day, the future that Chaldea continued to observe disappears and humanity's extinction in 2017 becomes clear. Rather, it had already happened. The cause seems to be related to Fuyuki, a provincial town in Japan, in the year 2004 CE. There, an "unobservable region" that had not existed before appears. Based on the assumption that Fuyuki is the reason for humanity's extinction, Chaldea issues an order to explore, investigate, and possibly destroy this singularity – a quest for the Holy Grail, the Grand Order.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining
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HeartCatch PreCure the Movie: Fashion Show in the Flower Capital... Really?! (2010)
Plot Summary:
Sakura Kurumi, Erika's mother, is preparing for a fashion show in Paris. The girls of the school's fashion club are going to model there, including some high school students. While in Paris, they meet a mysterious boy named Oliver. However, Baron Salamander of the Desert Apostles appears, and the girls transform into Pretty Cures to defend Paris.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: captivating, anime, entertaining, mahou shoujo
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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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World Witches Take Off! (2021)
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Strike Witches, the 501st Joint Fighter Wing girls, are back from battle and ready to relax as best they can! War with the deadly Neuroi won’t last forever, but one thing is certain, the war on laundry is eternal. Join these aerial combat cuties in a down-to-earth series highlighting the team’s hijinks between missions.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining
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Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya: Licht Nameless Girl (2021)
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The Ainsworth family's goal is to save the world from evil, but their success depends on the great sacrifice Magical Girl Miyu makes for them. Her brother Shirou, however, is not willing to let the family have his sister without a fight. That’s why he doggedly searches for a way to save not only the world but also Miyu.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, disturbing
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Blue Reflection Ray (2021)
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Optimistic Hiori can’t turn away anyone in need. Awkward Ruka can’t make friends, even when she tries. But they have one thing in common: they’re magical girls, Reflectors! Now this pair will use powers to help resolve emotional struggles and protect Fragments of people’s hearts.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, dark fantasy
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Tokyo Underground (2002)
Plot Summary:
Tokyo Underground is a manga series by Akinobu Uraka and published by Enix. It became an anime series, produced by Studio Pierrot and shown on the TV Tokyo Network from April 2 until September 24, 2002. The TV series was released on DVD by Geneon Entertainment in the US and Canada, released as a boxset by Manga Entertainment in the UK and by Tokyo Night Train in Australia. It also aired in Canada on the digital channel G4techTV Canada, starting on July 22, 2007 at 8:30 pm ET/PT.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, disturbing, shounen, exciting
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World War Blue (2012)
Plot Summary:
A re-imagining of the console wars featuring characters inspired by video games.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining
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My Isekai Life: I Gained a Second Character Class and Became the Strongest Sage in the World! (2022)
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Whether at the office or at home, corporate drone Yuji Sano works all the time. So when his home PC flashes a message about him being summoned to another world, Yuji restarts his machine…only to find that he’s inadvertently accepted the summons! Now in a fantasy world far removed from paperwork and computers, Yuji has just one thing on his mind: waking up from what he thinks is a dream and getting back to the mountain of work he left behind! But this other world has other plans for Yuji, who quickly discovers his Monster Tamer character class allows him to befriend slimes! And thanks to their number, those slimes help him absorb so much magical knowledge that he gains a second character class in the blink of an eye! How will Yuji wield his power now that he’s the greatest sage the realm has ever known?! And what about all that paperwork?!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 696
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, shounen
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Magical Warfare (2014)
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Takeshi Nanase is an ordinary high school boy who has a somewhat dark past. One day, he comes across a girl named Mui Aiba, in a uniform he has never seen before, collapsed on the school campus. This encounter changes his destiny completely. She tells Takeshi that she is a magician, and she apologizes, for she turned Takeshi into a magician, too. What Takeshi once knew as one world is actually two — the world where magicians live and the world where humans live.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 319
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, romantic, captivating, entertaining, manga, super sentai
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Queen's Blade Grimoire (2016)
Plot Summary:
The royal court's magician Alicia uses black magic and opens a doorway to another dimension.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, ecchi
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Peach Boy Riverside (2021)
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"This is a tale that took place long ago. There once lived an old man and an old woman. The old man went into the woods to cut down some grass and the old woman went to the river to... (You know the rest.) The ogres had finally been defeated, but apparently, there were more ogres living elsewhere, so Peach Boy crossed the sea... It was an amazing feat to defeat the ogres and a joyous feat that Peach Boy saved many lives. But the one thing that went wrong... Was that they had fun. This is nothing more than a "What if"... What if there was more than one peach that tumbled down the river?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, disturbing
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Fate/Grand Order the Movie: Divine Realm Of The Round Table: Camelot Paladin; Agateram (2021)
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Part two of Fate/Grand Order: Shinsei Entaku Ryouiki Camelot - Wandering; Agateram; an adaptation of the the Sixth Holy Grail War, The Sacred Round Table Realm Camelot Singularity of Fate/Grand Order.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 267
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Prism Ark (2007)
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The Sablum Empire has been attempting to take over the kingdom of Windland for many years, and are now plotting with the mercenaries Sister Hell and Darkness Knight to start a new offensive using powerful magical beings called Angels. Hyaweh, a carefree yet talented swordsman, and Priecia, who just might be the lost princess of Windland, are enrolled at the Knight's Academy in Windland to hone their skill at swords and sorcery. There they meet many friends and allies who can help them protect their homeland from the impending invasion.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Dofus: Book 1 - Julith (2015)
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The strange little guy in the blue hood is well known to Krosmoz. His name is Joris and he's proposing to take you on a fantastic adventure. Our hero is leading a happy life in his magic shop in the city of Bonta. But one day, when he seeks out his idol, a Gobbowl superstar, everything changes for the worst as Julith, the vengeful witch, is back in town!.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 746
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Seven Knights Revolution: The Hero's Successor (2021)
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Long ago, Heroes had saved this world. Many Heroes fought against the powers of Destruction and protected the world. Years in the future… The Heroes had disappeared as the years passed and those possessing their powers called Successors now have the fate of the world in their hands. One of the elite Successors known as the Seven Knights is fighting an army of the Destruction when she saves a boy named Nemo. During the battle, Nemo awakens the powers of a Hero even he didn't know about and displays his powers as a Successor. But his Hero is someone who no one knew and no one ever spoke of.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
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L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties 2 (2020)
Plot Summary:
An upcoming Chinese computer animated motion capture action fantasy adventure film written and directed by Guo Jing Ming, the sequel to the first L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties film.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 314
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, War
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, anime, motion capture, computer animated
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A Certain Magical Index: The Miracle of Endymion (2013)
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On the day Tōma Kamijō and Index see Academy City's space elevator, Endymion in the distance, they meet a Level 0 girl with an amazing singing voice, Arisa Meigo. As the three enjoy their time together after school, magic-user Stiyl Magnus suddenly attacks them. His target: Arisa. Why would a girl from the science side be targeted by someone from the magic side, Tōma wonders. In the chaos of Stiyl's attack, he tells Tōma, Index and Arisa that she might cause a war between the magic side and the science side.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 636
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, manga, seinen, 2d animation
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Looking for Magical Doremi (2020)
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The story follows 27-year-old Tokyo office worker Mire Yoshizuki who just returned to Japan, 22-year-old fourth-year college student Sora Nagase who aspires to be a teacher, and 20-year-old boyish, part-time Hiroshima okonomiyaki shop worker and freelancer Reika Kawatani. What draws together these three women from completely different walks of life is a magic gem. A "New Magical Story" begins when they are mysteriously brought together by chance and embark on a journey.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining
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Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 2nd A's (2012)
Plot Summary:
Six months after the events of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 1st, Fate has returned to Uminari City with Lindy as her legal guardian and is living the life of a normal elementary schoolgirl along with Nanoha and her friends. The reunion between the two new-found friends is cut short, however, when they are assaulted by four ancient magic users who identify themselves as the Wolkenritter. As the motives behind the actions of the Wolkenritter become clear, Nanoha and Fate find themselves in a race against time to stop the reactivation of a highly dangerous artifact known as the Book of Darkness.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, suspense, contemplative, seinen
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Precure All Stars New Stage Movie: Friends of the Future (2012)
Plot Summary:
In the city of Minato Mirai in Yokohama, the news of Fusion's defeat by the Pretty Cures is the hottest topic in town! Girls everywhere, were in love with the Pretty Cures, are dressing up and acting as their favourite Cures. Only Sakagami Ayumi, the new transfer student, is alone by herself. On her way home from school, Ayumi encounters a strange creature. After naming it Fuu-chan, Ayumi and the creature soon become good friends. However, Fuu-chan is actually a piece of Fusion, and holds the power of darkness. In an effort to make Ayumi happy, Fuu-chan swallows up everything that Ayumi dislikes, creating chaos in school and throughout the city! To help bring across Ayumi's true feelings to Fuu-chan, all 28 Pretty Cures were gathered once more. When everyone's power comes together, a miraculous light starts to shine.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: anime, light, captivating, entertaining
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Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (2004)
Plot Summary:
Nanoha Takamachi decides to help a young mage named Yūno recover a set of twenty-one artifacts named the "Jewel Seeds".
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 325 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, yuri
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The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light (2021)
Plot Summary:
With the help of the "Dragon Sin of Wrath" Meliodas and the worst rebels in history, the Seven Deadly Sins, the "Holy War", in which four races, including Humans, Goddesses, Fairies and Giants fought against the Demons, is finally over. At the cost of the "Lion Sin of Pride" Escanor's life, the Demon King was defeated and the world regained peace. After that, each of the Sins take their own path.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, entertaining, perverse
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Kiba (2006)
Plot Summary:
Kiba, a fantasy anime by Madhouse and Aniplex, began broadcasting on TV Tokyo on April 5, 2006. The series is directed by Hiroshi Kōjina with Upper Deck Japan, a trading card game company, as the main sponsor. The anime has been licensed by Upper Deck USA and produced by ADV Films for North American distribution. The series is more violent than other trading-card-game-tie-in animations with many characters being killed. According to an interview with the March 2006 issue of Animage, Hiroshi Kamishina, the show's director, noted that the show "absolutely will not have any plot elements that curry favor to children". The producers of the show has also commented that Kiba will not be the type of show to put "human drama" on the back burner while concentrating on promotional tie-ins. While Upper Deck owns the rights to the series, ADV Films is the distributor and their production studio Amusement Park Media is producing the dub. Kiba aired on Toonami Jetstream from July 14, 2008 to January 21, 2009 and is now showing on The Anime Network's Video on Demand service.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 300
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, shounen