Best movies like Magnetic Rose
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Plot Summary:
Koji Morimato’s animated science fiction short story about how the boarder between reality and illusion on a space station become blurry.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, masterpiece
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Best tv shows and movies like Magnetic Rose (1995):
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The Gene of AI (2023)
Plot Summary:
The future is here, and a new species lives among people: humanoids. These robotic beings are highly sentient like man and suffer from unique ailments. Thankfully, Dr. Hikaru Sudo can help. He vows to treat the humanoids even by means that may be considered illegal, causing him to lead a double life. But when strange diseases emerge due to this coexistence, ethical lines become blurred.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, anime, shounen, futuristic
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The Five Star Stories (1989)
Plot Summary:
"The Five Star Stories" is a well created Japanese anime film.Among the 5 star systems known as the Joker Systems, there are many kingdoms. There are knights within the kingdoms and these knights who control giant robots, Mortar Heads, are called Headliners. Bound to the knights are fatimas. Human in appearance and mind, the fatimas (mostly female) possess expanded physical capabilities and make it possible for a Headliner to control a Mortar Head. Fatimas cannot reproduce. All this is overseen by Emperor Amaterasu and his Mirage Knights.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 375
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: anime
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Adieu Galaxy Express 999 (1981)
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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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Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny TV Movie I: The Broken World (2006)
Plot Summary:
The year is Cosmic Era 73. The Bloody Valentine War, fought between the PLANTS space colonies and the nations of the Atlantic Federation, has ended and an uneasy truce has settled upon the Earth sphere. With the signing of the Junius Seven Treaty, the world's soldiers have left the battlefield and the grizzly sights of war behind. Many who fought now seek peace and refuge in the shelter of civilian life. But one boy, Shin Asuka, is finding that incredibly hard. A coordinator who lost his entire family during the Battle of Orb, he now fights with ZAFT in one of their newest machines, the Impulse Gundam. Of course, ZAFT is only developing these machines for defensive applications - or so they claim - but when a group of Federation operatives steal some of these prototype machines, the world is once again plunged towards war.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha
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Your Voice -KIMIKOE- (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story focuses on high school girl Nagisa Yukiai who lives in a seaside town. She has believed her grandmother's story that spirits dwell in words and they are called "kotodama" (word spirit). One day, she strays into a mini FM station that has not been used for years. As an impulse of the moment, she tries to talk like a DJ using the facility. But her voice accidentally broadcasted reaches someone she has never expected.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 240
Genere: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anime
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Aria the Benedizione (2021)
Plot Summary:
Neo-Venezia has reached a long winter. Ai, Azusa and Anya, who were practicing jointly in the cold weather, visit the Undine Museum, led by Akira who seems not her usual self. At the museum, the trio meet its director, Asuka who is Akira's senior known as Himeya's legendary undine. The two of them are the successors to a gondola that has been carefully passed down since the founding of Himeya Company. However, Akira reveals that Aika, who is expected to inherit the gondola, has no intention of doing so. Azusa, who is not convinced, tries to find out why.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime, shounen
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Darkside Blues (1994)
Plot Summary:
The Persona Century Corporation has purchased nearly every parcel of land on earth. Dissension is not tolerated within the corporation's borders and those who oppose Persona are dealt with swiftly. Of those few places not yet under Persona's control is the free town of Kabuki-cho, also known as "The Dark Side of Tokyo". Within the town, under the leadership of a woman named Mai, is a small resistance group called Messiah. Into this world steps a man who takes the sobriquet of Kabuki-cho: Darkside. Sealed up in another dimension eighteen years ago by Persona Century, Darkside now returns to aid Messiah using his unique mystic power of renewal.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 567
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, surreal
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The Island of Giant Insects (2020)
Plot Summary:
After an airplane crash during a school trip, Oribe Mutsumi and her classmates were stranded on a seemingly deserted island. Mutsumi found the other survivors, and used her wilderness knowledge to help them. She expects that they will be rescued in about three days, which doesn't seem so long to endure. However, she didn't account for the fact that the island is populated with gigantic killer insects. Her knowledge of butterflies, wasps, and more may be the only thing that will help any of her classmates survive to be rescued!.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 282
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, exciting, tense, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful
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Animation Runner Kuromi 2 (2004)
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Following Studio Petit's popularity for Time Journey's, the crew is now faced with 3 anime at the same time. Rushing to fill the quotas, the owner of Studio Petit hires Takashimadaira, a veteran producer to help Kuromi. However, all Takashimadaira cares about is making deadlines, severely hurting the quality of the images. Shihonmatsu, who has been helping Kuromi, gets angry at the new producer and leaves, leaving Kuromi with a difficult choice: to choose between the quality or the deadline.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 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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Malice@Doll (2001)
Plot Summary:
Robot prostitute Malice@Doll roams a deserted city unsuccessfully looking for johns after the human race is obliterated in this adult anime tale. With no people left, the android serving class has a meaningless existence. But after a horrific tentacled beast rapes Malice@Doll, she inexplicably turns human. With a renewed purpose in life, she tries to share the gift of humanity with others of her kind.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 257
Genere: Animation, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: anime, hentai, cyberpunk anime
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Twilight of the Cockroaches (1987)
Plot Summary:
A messy bachelor's apartment is a paradise for the huge colony of cockroaches living there: no sprays, no traps, and plenty of food. When the homeowner's girlfriend moves in, however, the party comes to an abrupt end, and the roaches must quickly adapt to a life of struggling for survival. Combines animation with live actors.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Animation, Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: anime, adult animation, allegory
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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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Midori (1992)
Plot Summary:
After losing her parents, young flower selling Midori is put up by a fairground group. She is abused and forced to slavery, until the arrival of an enigmatic magician of short stature, who gives her hope for a better future.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: anime, disturbing, suspense, adult anime, psychological, depressing, controversial, extreme horror, underground film, manga
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Space Battleship Yamato - Final Chapter (1983)
Plot Summary:
The Galman Empire is destroyed but the planet Galmania is not, by a chance collision of galaxies. The Bolar Federation worlds including Planet Bolar are destroyed. The Yamato, back under the command of Captain Okita, encounters the planet Denguil too late to save its humanoid civilization from being flooded by the water planet Aquarius. The surviving Denguil, a warrior race who believe only the strong should survive, plan to use Aquarius to flood Earth and destroy humanity, in order to create a new home for their race.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 152 min
Plot tags: anime
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Majestic Prince: Genetic Awakening (2016)
Plot Summary:
The alien Wulgaru's last assault against humanity was foiled by the heroic actions of the genetically enhanced humans known as the Evolved Children in their advanced AHSMB battle armor, but now a new attack has been launched against Earth under an even deadlier champion, Diorna, created from the fusion of DNA from two Wulgaru Royals. Unfortunately, Izuru Hitachi, the leader of Team Rabbits who defeated the Wulgaru Royal Jiart, is still out of action and recovering, so the task of marshalling the Majestic Princes and stopping Diorna falls upon the unready shoulders of Toshikazu Asagi. Together with the remaining members of Team Rabbits and the recently created Team Fawn, it's up to Asagi to hold the line against the most ruthless adversary yet!.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha
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Neo Tokyo (1987)
Plot Summary:
Three shorts directed by the same names that brought you Metropolis, Ninja Scroll, and Akira. It begins with “Labyrinth Labyrintos”, a story of a maze in a child's mind, directed by Rintaro. Next Yoshiaki Kawajiri gives us “The Running Man”. This is a futuristic formula one race is set on a deadly track. Lastly Katsuhiro Ôtomo describes a struggle to shut down an entirely automated facility in “Construction Cancellation Order“.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: anime, anthology, cyber, experimental, suspense, mecha, claymation, manga, esoteric, adult anime
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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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Orange: Future (2016)
Plot Summary:
Twenty-six-year-old Hiroto Suwa; his wife, Naho; and their old high school classmates—Takako Chino, Azusa Murasaka, and Saku Hagita—visit Mt. Koubou to view the cherry blossoms together. While watching the setting sun, they reminisce about Kakeru Naruse, their friend who died 10 years ago. Mourning for him, they decide to visit Kakeru's old home, where they learn the secret of his death from his grandmother.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 875
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, disturbing, tragic ending, shoujo, tragic
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Time of Eve (2008)
Plot Summary:
The future, probably Japan. Robots have long been put into practical use, and androids have just come into use. Influenced by the Robot Ethics Committee, it's become common sense for people to treat androids like household appliances. Their appearance – indistinguishable from humans except for the ring over each android's head – has led some people to empathize unnecessarily with androids. Known as "android-holics", such people have become a social problem. Rikuo, a high school student, has been taught from childhood that androids are not to be viewed as humans, and has always used them as convenient tools. One day, Rikuo discovers some strange data in the behavior records of his family's household android, Sammy. Rikuo and his friend Masaki trace Sammy's movements, only to discover a mysterious café that features a house rule that "humans and robots are to be treated the same".
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: anime, adult animation, seinen, detective
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Chronopolis (1982)
Plot Summary:
Chronopolis tells the story of a gargantuan city lurking in the sky colonized by powerful immortals who have become jaded with eternal life. Most of their time is spent monotonously constructing bizarre and unusual objects while waiting for the ultimate gift to arrive in their hands.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 551
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Poland
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: experimental, retro, psychedelic, dark, claymation, adult animation, anime, avant garde, phantasmagoric
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Planetarian: Hoshi no Hito (2016)
Plot Summary:
The film adapts and expands the Planetarian visual novel by Key. The story is set in a dystopian future where biological and nuclear warfare has left a once prosperous civilization in complete ruin. The film tells the story of an old man travelling around with a mobile planetarium projector to show people the stars.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, futuristic, disturbing
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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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Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (1997)
Plot Summary:
Originally a collection of clips from the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series, Death was created as a precursor to the re-worked ending of the series. Rebirth was intended as that re-worked ending, but after production overruns Rebirth became only the first half of the first part of The End of Evangelion, with some minor differences.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, stylized, cult classic, mecha, manga, adult anime, serious, futuristic, psychotronic
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Oldman Z (1991)
Plot Summary:
An old man is being treated specially by the Department of Health under the so-called Project Z, a special nursing bed with a 6th generation computer on board. When the pain and loneliness of the old man reaches his ex-private nurse, she decides to rescue him from the government's experiment. Thus begins a wild chase through the busy streets of Tokyo as the 6th generation computer begins to have the personality of the old man's ex-wife and as the government's secret project unfolds.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: anime, manga, cyber, cult classic, mecha, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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Time of Eve (2010)
Plot Summary:
In the not-too-distant future, androids have come into common usage. Rikuo Sakisaka, who has taken robots for granted for his entire life, one day discovers that Sammy, his home android, has been acting independently and coming and going on her own. He finds a strange phrase recorded in her activity log, "Are you enjoying the Time of Eve?". He, along with his friend Masakazu Masaki, traces Sammy's movements and finds an unusual cafe, "The Time of Eve". Nagi, the barista, informs them that the cafe's main rule is to not discriminate between humans and androids. Within the cafe, androids do not display their status rings, and, when patrons depart, the door is automatically locked for two minutes to prevent someone from following them to discover their true nature.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, psychological, sentimental, light, seinen, manga, futuristic, cult film
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Angel's Egg (1985)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: anime, gothic, avant garde, dark fantasy, surreal, adult animation, psychedelic, experimental, disturbing, fairy tale
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Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012)
Plot Summary:
14 years after third impact, Ikari Shinji awakens to a world he does not remember. He hasn't aged. Much of Earth is laid in ruins, Nerv has been dismantled, and people who he once protected have turned against him. Befriending the enigmatic Nagisa Kaworu, Shinji continues the fight against the angels and realizes the fighting is far from over, even when it could be against his former allies. The characters' struggles continue amidst the battles against the angels and each other, spiraling down to what could inevitably be the end of the world. The film was retitled "Evangelion: 3.33" for its DVD/Blu-Ray release.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, futuristic, psychological, atmospheric, bleak, surreal, stylized, exciting, serious
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Metropolis (2001)
Plot Summary:
Duke Red has overseen the construction of a massive Ziggurat to extend his power across the whole planet. Tima, a robot-girl built in the image of his deceased daughter, is at the core of these plans. However, after escaping the Duke's clutches in a laboratory fire, she meets and befriends Kenichi, a boy who's traveled to Metropolis with his detective uncle in search of a scientist wanted for organ trafficking. Will her relationship with Kenichi, and the realization of the truth of her existence, change her destiny?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: anime, futuristic, atmospheric, bleak, cyber, exciting, suspenseful, manga, adult animation, stylized
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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