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Plot Summary:
Mt. Akina's new downhill racing hero Fujiwara Takumi prepares for the final showdown against Red Sun's unbeaten leader and Akagi's fastest driver, Takahashi Ryosuke.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 323
Genere: Animation, Action, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, realistic, stylized, super sentai
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The Prince of Tennis: Two Samurais, The First Game (2005)
Plot Summary:
The regular players from Seigaku participates in an exhibition game aboard a cruise ship. However, they discover that the event is being run by a corrupt millionaire heavily involved in illegal gambling and betting, who demands that they lose the match on purpose. To add to the confusion, one of the players on the rival team introduces himself as Ryoma's brother.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, visually appealing, exciting, realistic
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New Initial D the Movie: Legend 2 - Racer (2015)
Plot Summary:
The planned film trilogy retells the beginning of the story from Shuuichi Shigeno's original car-racing manga. High school student Takumi Fujiwara works as a gas station attendant during the day and a delivery boy for his father's tofu shop during late nights. Little does he know that his precise driving skills and his father's modified Toyota Sprinter AE86 Trueno make him the best amateur road racer on Mt. Akina's highway. Because of this, racing groups from all over the Gunma prefecture issue challenges to Takumi to see if he really has what it takes to be a road legend.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 327
Genere: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, realistic, stylized, super sentai
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Wangan Midnight (2007)
Plot Summary:
After losing a street race to Tatsuya Shima's legendary "Blackbird" Porsche 911 Turbo, high school student Akio Asakura purchases a heavily-modified first-generation Datsun S30 Fairlady Z from a junkyard. The car has a dark history of accidents, leading some to believe it's cursed; hence its nickname "Devil Z." Akio also discovers that the Z's first owner shared his first and last name, and was killed in the car during a race with the Blackbird. Meanwhile, fashion model Reina Akikawa joins the rivalry between Akio and Tatsuya with her modified Nissan Skyline GT-R R32.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Animation, Action, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing
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MF GHOST (2023)
Plot Summary:
Japan adopts self-driving electric automobiles and renders most gas engines obsolete by 202X. The fastest cars find new life in the MFG, a racing circuit held on Japanese motorways. Drivers from around the world race for a shot at the title. Kanata Rivington returns from Britain to Japan for the MFG—and to find his father. Can he win the title and find answers? Buckle up and push it to the limit!.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Animation, Action, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: seinen, anime
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Initial D: Third Stage (2001)
Plot Summary:
With high school graduation right around the corner, Takumi Fujiwara has a lot on his mind and a lot to prepare for. Everything becomes even more complicated when Takumi is offered a spot on Ryosuke Takahashi's elite Kengai Racing Team, which seeks to assemble the greatest racers in the Gunma area for a tour of Japan's mountain passes. Before he can accept however, Takumi feels the need to settle the score with the Lancer Evo driving Emperor team, defend his downhill-racer crown against the son of his father's greatest rival, and finally settle things with his unfaithful girlfriend Natsuki.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Romance, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating
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Nasu: Summer in Andalusia (2003)
Plot Summary:
Pepe Benengeli is a second-class cyclist, only there to support the star member of the team. This summer he is participating in the Tour of Spain, which passes through the streets of his hometown of Andalusia. In a coincidence, his brother and ex-girlfriend are getting married on the same day as the climax of the race. Pepe, who left his hometown after suffering a breakdown, is determined to achieve something special on this day.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 427
Genere: Animation, Action, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, seinen
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Initial D Battle Stage 2 (2007)
Plot Summary:
Initial D Battle Stage 2 summarizes the major street races from the Initial D: Fourth Stage. Two races that were previously seen only in the manga were animated specially for this OVA. The first race is Takahashi Keisuke vs. Smiley Sakai, and the other is Keisuke vs. Kawai Atsuro.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining
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Free! Timeless Medley: The Bond (2017)
Plot Summary:
First part of Free!: Timeless Medley.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining
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High Speed! Free! Starting Summer (2015)
Plot Summary:
A prequel to the 2013 Kyoto Animation series Free! which is an adaptation of light novel High☆Speed!.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 609
Genere: Animation, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: anime, inspirational, captivating, psychological, emotional
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Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution (2017)
Plot Summary:
The movies will tell the story of the phenomenon known as "The First Summer of Love" that took place ten years before the first Eureka Seven anime, but was never depicted in full. The movies will then follow the main storyline of the first TV anime and contain new dialogues and scenes, revised footage, as well as a new ending not present in the original series.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, tense, feel good, captivating
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Ryoma! The Prince of Tennis (2021)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by his tennis champion father, Ryoma is determined to take his game to the next level and train in the US. But in the middle of an intense tennis battle to save his classmate Sakuno from dangerous villains, they somehow find themselves transported back to the past, just as Ryoma’s father is about to undertake his final championship match at the US Open – when he was mysteriously forced to retire.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Animation, Action, Musical, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, shounen
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Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya: The Movie - Oath Under Snow (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young Shirou Emiya and his adoptive father Kiritsugu travel to Fuyuki in order to investigate the Sakatsuki family, who are rumored to be harboring a child with powerful magic abilities.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, captivating, suspense, stylized, super sentai
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Kuroko's Basketball: Last Game (2017)
Plot Summary:
Shortly after the Inter-High of Kagami and Kuroko's second-year, a street basketball team from the USA called Team Jabberwock came to Japan to play a friendly match against a Japanese college-level street basketball team, Team Strky. Despite their best efforts, Strky is brutally crushed by Jabberwock. After the match, the Jabberwock players insult the players from Strky and all of Japanese basketball, claiming Strky's basketball was at the same level as monkeys and telling the players and crowds to quit playing basketball and kill themselves. As a revenge match, Kagetora assembles a dream team of all members of Generation of Miracles plus Kuroko Tetsuya and Kagami Taiga, along with bench players Hyūga Junpei, Takao Kazunari, and Wakamatsu Kōsuke, forming Team Vorpal Swords, with the hopes of reclaiming the pride of Japanese basketball.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, light, uplifting, captivating
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Burning Kabaddi (2021)
Plot Summary:
Yoigoshi Tatsuya was a star soccer player known as "Yoigoshi the Unstoppable," but when he entered high school, he severed all involvement with sports. Now, he has been invited to a certain sports team. In these matches, victory is achieved through teammates working together to catch and defeat the opponents invading their territory... You could call it a sort of running combat sport. And the name of this game is... Kabaddi.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 538
Genere: Animation, Action, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, funny, feel good, entertaining
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Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Yuria (2007)
Plot Summary:
Second part of the new Fist of the North Star movie pentalogy presenting the story from Yuria's perspective, spanning from her childhood, including the day she first met Kenshiro.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 404
Genere: Animation, Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, captivating, touching, splatter
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New Initial D the Movie - Legend 1: Awakening (2014)
Plot Summary:
The first movie in a trilogy, focusing on the battle against the Takahashi brothers. High school student Takumi Fujiwara works as a gas station attendant during the day and a delivery boy for his father's tofu shop during late nights. Little does he know that his precise driving skills and his father's modified Toyota Sprinter AE86 Trueno make him the best amateur road racer on Mt. Akina's highway. Because of this, racing groups from all over the Gunma prefecture issue challenges to Takumi to see if he really has what it takes to be a road legend.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 396
Genere: Animation, Action, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, realistic, stylized, super sentai
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Initial D (1998)
Plot Summary:
Takumi Fujiwara is an average 18-year old high school student with an average job as a gas station attendant, and a not-so-average hand in the family business. To help his father's tofu shop, Takumi has been delivering tofu in his father's 'Eight-Six' Trueno (known as the Toyota Corolla GT-S in the US) to a hotel at the peak of Mt. Akina (the local mountain), every night at 4 a.m. In doing so, Takumi has been unknowingly training to be the greatest mountain-pass drift-racer in all of Japan. After a freak late-night encounter with Keisuke Takahashi, the number two driver of the infamous RedSuns team, Takumi is quickly, and unwillingly plunged into a high-speed world of white-knuckle contests on the most dangerous mountain passes in the Gunma prefecture. Assisted by the local Akina Speedstars team, his slightly obnoxious friend Itsuki, his somewhat shady girlfriend Natsuke and the sage-like words of his chain-smoking, ex-racer father Bunta, he'll need all the help he can get to outwit.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, stylized, exciting, adult animation, semi serious
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Redline (2009)
Plot Summary:
The most dangerous and exciting car race in the universe is held only once every five years. And that's tonight. The competitors are lined up at the starting block. In his vehicle, JP, the most daredevil driver on the circuit, is ready for the green light. Female driver Sonoshee, with whom he is secretly in love, is also on the starting line. She will stop at nothing to get on to that podium. In this race, not only is anything possible, but also anything is allowed. In fact, their adversaries have modified their vehicles to equip them with highly destructive weapons; with such participants, it is hardly surprising that Redline is forbidden by the authorities, who will try anything to halt the proceedings. These speed addicts have to put themselves in mortal danger to achieve their aim: eternal glory for those who finally mount the podium.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, stylized, serious, captivating, tense, psychedelic, epic, manga, crying
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Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Toki (2008)
Plot Summary:
Fourth part of the new Fist of the North Star movie pentalogy presenting the story from Toki's perspective, leading up to Toki's imprisonment in Cassandra and eventually his duel with Raoh.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Animation, Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, captivating, stylized, splatter
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Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Kenshiro (2008)
Plot Summary:
The film's story is a prequel to the Fist of the North Star depicting the one year interval between Kenshiro's defeat at the hands of Shin and their later battle. Unlike the others in the series this film has a completely original storyline in which Kenshiro, near death after his battle with Shin and having used his remaining energy to kill a pack of wolves, was captured by slavers. Due to his strength, Kenshiro could escape whenever he wanted, but chose to stay and protect the other slaves.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 456
Genere: Animation, Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, stylized, splatter
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Fist of the North Star: Legend of Raoh - Chapter of Death in Love (2006)
Plot Summary:
A film adaptation of the Holy Emperor story arc, which primarily depicted the conflict between Kenshiro and Souther. New characters Reina, one of Raoh's army officers who falls in love with him, and her brother Soga, Raoh's advisor, play an important part with much of the plot involving Raoh's relationship with Reina as he conquers the land; most of this portion is new content exclusive to this film. The other side of the story is the retelling of Ken's attempt to save and protect the villagers from Souther's army with the help of Shū. There is also a small subplot of Bart returning to his home.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 752
Genere: Animation, Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, splatter
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Fist of the North Star: Legend of Raoh - Chapter of Fierce Fighting (2007)
Plot Summary:
A film adaptation of the Last Nanto General story arc from the manga, depicting the final battle between Kenshiro and Raoh that led to Kenshiro becoming the successor of Hokuto Shinken. Some events from the manga / anime have been excluded from the story (such as Raoh's fight with Juza) whereas others have been altered or expanded. New content featuring the final battle from Raoh's perspective have been added. This film serves as the follow-up to the first film in the series, which introduced Raoh and Reina's relationship, this time bringing it to a conclusion.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 528
Genere: Animation, Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, serious, captivating, splatter
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Boruto: Naruto the Movie (2015)
Plot Summary:
Boruto is the son of the 7th Hokage Naruto who completely rejects his father. Behind this, he has feelings of wanting to surpass Naruto, who is respected as a hero. He ends up meeting his father's friend Sasuke, and requests to become... his apprentice!? The curtain on the story of the new generation written by Masashi Kishimoto rises!.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: anime, manga, exciting, humorous, captivating
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Hunter x Hunter: The Last Mission (2013)
Plot Summary:
The strongest Hunters that once existed in the Hunters Association were split into "light" and "dark", and each walked down their respective paths. The "dark" side begins moving in order to massacre all Hunters! What actions will Gon take when the many crimes of Netero and the Hunters Association are unveiled...?!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, semi serious, manga, shounen
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Hunter X Hunter: Phantom Rouge (2013)
Plot Summary:
Kurapika became a Hunter to take vengeance on the Class-A crime group Phantom Troupe who massacred his clan for their unique eyes. The eyes of the Kurta clan turn scarlet in times of anger or emotional agitation and are considered the most beautiful treasures in the world. Kurapika continues to pursue the Phantom Troupe but an unknown party has stolen his "scarlet eyes". With the help of Gon, Killua and Leorio, Kurapika' s life was saved. However, the Phantom Troupe shows up before them and blocks their way. The true identity of the one with the No.4 spider tattoo is about to be unveiled.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, tense, light, manga, adult animation, shounen
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Strike Witches the Movie (2012)
Plot Summary:
The year is 1939 - it was then that the Neuroi appeared. Nobody knows where they came from or what their ultimate agenda is, but the fact remains that their attacks drove people out of their towns and cities. In order to take arms against them, humanity develops a new anti-Neuroi weapon called the "Striker Unit." Using the power of magic to fight against the monsters, this new device enhances and amplifies the power of female magic-wielders. To use this device, young witches from all over the world have been brought together to form an elite task force unit called the 501st Joint Fighter Wing, commonly known as the "Strike Witches.".
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anime, light, entertaining, stylized, semi serious
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Naruto the Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (2006)
Plot Summary:
Naruto Uzumaki, Kakashi Hatake, Sakura Haruno, and Rock Lee are assigned to protect the prince of the Land of the Moon, Michiru, during his world trip; other escorts had been hired, but quit due to being treated poorly. The Land of the Moon is a very wealthy nation, so Michiru tends to buy whatever he wants, and has a very materialistic worldview. His Hikaru, also acts in much the same manner.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, manga, cult classic, serious
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Girls und Panzer (2012)
Plot Summary:
In this world, Sensha-do (戦車道), the art of tank-combat, is a traditional Japanese martial art for girls. Miho, a girl who just transferred into the Ōrai Girls' Academy in Ibaraki Prefecture, has been ordered by the academy's student council chairperson to join the school team and compete in the national Sensha-do championships.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, captivating, light, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, sitcom, super sentai
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The Prince of Tennis (2001)
Plot Summary:
Prince of Tennis follows the story of a 12 year old boy Ryoma Echizen who won four consecutive titles in the American Junior Tennis tournaments. He's an amazing tennis player and is considered a prodigy. He moved from America to Japan and attends Seishun Academy Middle School or Seigaku as it is commonly referred to in the anime. The anime follows the matches between Seigaku and other middle schools such as Hyotei and Fudomine, and Seigaku's preparations for the matches.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 901
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, stylized, humorous, semi serious, captivating, exciting, realistic, campy
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Kuroko's Basketball (2012)
Plot Summary:
In the story, Kagami Taiga has just enrolled into Seirin High School when he meets Kuroko Tetsuya of the school's basketball team. Kuroko happens to be the shadowy sixth member of the legendary Generation of Miracles basketball team. Together, Kagami and Kuroko aim to take their team to the inter-high school championship - against Kuroko's former teammates.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, exciting, uplifting, tense, manga, mind blowing, shounen, light