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Plot Summary:
The special takes place during the two year before the Straw Hats reunite on Sabody. Luffy is currently in Rusukaina training to get stronger to take on the New World. However the training is interrupted when Hancock's sisters, Marigold and Sandersonia, are kidnapped by the Byrnndi World, a pirate who was locked away on Level 6 of Impel Down but escaped during Luffy's invasion to save Ace, in order to lure Hancock to him and use her as a hostage against the World Government due to her Shichibukai status. Thus Luffy and Hancock head off to confront him and save Hancock's sisters.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, humorous, captivating, semi serious
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Gintama: The Final (2021)
Plot Summary:
The concluding film to the Gintama anime series, adapting the final chapters of the manga series of the same name written by Hideaki Sorachi. The film covers chapters 699-704 of the original manga, with original material added in.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: anime, parody, tense, humorous, disturbing, semi serious, funny, shounen
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One Piece: Episode of Chopper Plus - Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Sakura (2008)
Plot Summary:
It is the second film to focus on Chopper, as it is a retelling of the Drum Island storyline from the manga. It features Franky, Nico Robin, and the Thousand Sunny, who weren't present in the original version.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, atmospheric, captivating, suspense
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One Piece: Heart of Gold (2016)
Plot Summary:
Television special that served as a prequel to the theatrical film, "One Piece Film: Gold".
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating
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One Piece: The Cursed Holy Sword (2004)
Plot Summary:
The Straw Hat Pirates landed at Asuka Island, home of the most valuable sword in the world: The Seven Star Sword. Which was said to curse anyone who takes it in possession. When they got back to the Going Merry, they discovered that Zoro is missing from his guard duty. Before they could plan out a search party to relocate him. Luffy and friends escape from the port as Marines were on their tail. They found a new place to dock, which is near a village. Whose job is to keep the Seven Star Sword sealed. Soon it was attacked by the Marines, and among them is Zoro. Luffy and the others don't know why he's helping out the Marines. But it all comes to conclusion when Luffy encounters Saga: Zoro's childhood friend from Swordsman training.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, captivating, suspense
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One Piece: The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle (2006)
Plot Summary:
The Straw Hats visits an island, known as Mecha Island, where a fisherman sings an old folk song about a Golden Crown. Searching for that mysterious treasure, they find a hidden entrance into the island. The island's leader, Ratchet, impressed with the find and in search of the Golden Crown himself, invites the crew to join him in his search and the crew along with Ratchet and his henchmen enter the cave. As it turns out, the islands true form, is that of a giant turtle. Ratchet, who had known this all along, uses his mechanical castle to take control of the turtle, in order to use it, to take over the world. Now the Straw Hats have to stop not only Ratchet, but also the helpless turtle, from crashing into a nearby island.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, atmospheric, humorous, captivating
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One Piece: Dead End Adventure (2003)
Plot Summary:
Desperate for cash, the Straw Hat Pirates enter a secret race between pirate crews known as the Dead End Competition. There, they must battle against powerful people, including the bounty hunter who wants to kill Gasparde and a climatic battle with Marine-turned-pirate Captain Gasparde.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: anime, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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One Piece: Stampede (2019)
Plot Summary:
One Piece: Stampede is a stand-alone film that celebrates the anime's 20th Anniversary and takes place outside the canon of the "One Piece" TV series. Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat pirate crew are invited to a massive Pirate Festival that brings many of the most iconic characters from throughout the franchise to participate in competition with the Straw Hats to find Roger's treasure. It also pits the Straw Hats against a new enemy named Bullet, a former member of Roger's crew.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, feel good, humorous, visually appealing, manga
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One Piece: Chopper's Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals (2002)
Plot Summary:
As the Straw Hat Pirates sail through the Grand Line.A line of geysers erupted from under the Going Merry. And the whole crew find themselves flying over the island. Unfortunatly, Chopper fell off the ship and was separated from his friends. Luffy and the others landed on the other side of the island. Chopper meanwhile finds himself being worshiped as the island's new king by the animals. To make matters worse, a trio of human "horn" hunters are on the island. The leader, Count Butler is a violin playing/horn eating human who wants to eat the island's treasure to inherit immense power. Will Luffy & the rest be able to prevent the count from terrorizing the island? And will they be able to convince Momambi that not all pirates are bad?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: anime, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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One Piece: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventure in Alabasta (2007)
Plot Summary:
A re-telling of the Alabaster Arc from One Piece (TV). Luffy and his crew come to rescue a land in the midst of a civil war, due to a powerful devil fruit user.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, light, feel good, captivating, exciting
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One Piece: Adventure of Nebulandia (2015)
Plot Summary:
Kōmei devises a plan where Zoro and Sanji take part in an eating contest, and the two eat a strange "good-for-nothing-only" mushroom that turns them into good-for-nothing men. The two are then locked in a jail cell. When the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates chase after their imprisoned crew, they land on the island of Nebulandia, which features a mysterious fog made from sea water, and it has the same effects as seastone. The Straw Hat Pirates' arrival on Nebulandia is also a part of Kōmei's plan.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 793
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: anime, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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One Piece: Episode of Skypiea (2018)
Plot Summary:
One day, a giant ship falls onto the Straw Hats from the sky. After a narrow escape, and while they are still in shock, a map to the “Sky Island” is carried to them by the wind. While researching for the way there, they meet another pirate and learn that he is a descendant of an infamous Sky Island explorer who was even depicted in a picture book “Noland The Liar” four centuries ago. However, Noland was possibly not a liar after all and might actually have gone to the Sky Island.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, shounen
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One Piece Film Z (2012)
Plot Summary:
Zephyr, now known as Z, rides the seas with only one goal: Destroy all pirates and their dreams at becoming King of Pirates. When Luffy and his crew encounter him at sea, not only are they utterly defeated by the man with an arm made of Seastone, Nami, Robin, and Chopper are turned 10 years younger due to Z's minion Ain. Luffy is so determined to win against him that he does not even notice Z's master plan that could sacrifice thousands of lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, epic, shounen
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One Piece Film: GOLD (2016)
Plot Summary:
The Straw Hat Pirates are taking on Gild Tesoro, one of the richest men in the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, humorous, captivating, semi serious, manga
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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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One Piece Film: Strong World (2009)
Plot Summary:
20 years after his escape from Impel Down, the legendary pirate Shiki, the Golden Lion, reappears causing massive upheaval to the Marines. During his long seclusion, he was able to come up with a scheme to bring the World Government to his knees. On his way to execute the plan, Shiki crosses paths with the Straw Hat Pirates and becomes so impressed with Nami's knowledge of meteorology that he abducts her to forcedly enlist her into his crew. Luffy and the gang end up on a strange land populated with monstrous beasts as they desperately search for Shiki and Nami.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, tense, captivating, epic, offbeat
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One Piece Film: Red (2022)
Plot Summary:
Uta — the most beloved singer in the world. Her voice, which she sings with while concealing her true identity, has been described as “otherworldly.” She will appear in public for the first time at a live concert. As the venue fills with all kinds of Uta fans — excited pirates, the Navy watching closely, and the Straw Hats led by Luffy who simply came to enjoy her sonorous performance — the voice that the whole world has been waiting for is about to resound.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: anime
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Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer (2012)
Plot Summary:
Hokaze Kon is an otherwise normal boy who, one day, receives an inter-dimensional summons to the world of Mirror. He appears just in time to save the life of Princess Ecarlate, whose enemies are trying to prevent her political marriage. Kon, who knows nothing about Mirror nor the way home, attaches himself to Ecarlate's entourage.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 153
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, captivating, tense, semi serious
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Assassination Classroom: 365 Days (2016)
Plot Summary:
A compilation film of the Ansatsu Kyoushitsu TV series, featuring anime-only epilogue scenes not originally in the manga.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 591
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, light, humorous, captivating
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Fairy Tail: Phoenix Priestess (2012)
Plot Summary:
The film revolves around a mysterious girl named Éclair who appears before Fairy Tail, the world's most notorious wizard's guild. She lost all of her memories, except for the imperative that she must deliver two Phoenix Stones somewhere. The stones may spell the collapse of the magical world, and Natsu, Lucy, and the rest of the Fairy Tail guild are caught up in the intrigue.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min
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One Piece: The Movie (2000)
Plot Summary:
There once was a pirate known as the Great Gold Pirate Woonan, who obtained almost one-third of the world's gold. Over the course of a few years, the pirate's existence faded, and a legend grew that he disappeared with his gold to a remote island, an island pirates continue to search for. Aboard the Going Merry, Luffy and his crew, starved and reckless, are robbed of their treasure. In an attempt to get it back, they wreck the getaway ship, guided by a young boy named Tobio, who's a captured part of El Drago's pirate crew. El Drago's love for gold has driven him to look for Woonan's island, and thanks to Woonan's treasure map, he finds it. During this time, Luffy's crew have been split up, and despite their own circumstances, they must find a way to stop El Drago from obtaining Woonan's gold.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, computer animated
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One Piece - Episode of East Blue: Luffy and His Four Friends' Great Adventure (2017)
Plot Summary:
The words that Gold Roger, the King of the Pirates, uttered just before his death excited the masses and the world has entered a Great Pirate Era! There is a group of young pirates who are about to set sail on the Grand Line. Monkey D. Luffy, a rubber man. Roronoa Zoro aka “Pirate Hunter.” Usopp, a sniper. Sanji, a seafaring cook. And “Cat Burglar” Nami. They, the Straw Hats, all place a foot upon a barrel and make their vows before their next journey across the great ocean.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 381
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Plot Summary:
Years ago, the fearsome pirate king Gol D. Roger was executed, leaving a huge pile of treasure and the famous "One Piece" behind. Whoever claims the "One Piece" will be named the new pirate king. Monkey D. Luffy, a boy who consumed one of the "Devil's Fruits", has it in his head that he'll follow in the footsteps of his idol, the pirate Shanks, and find the One Piece. It helps, of course, that his body has the properties of rubber and he's surrounded by a bevy of skilled fighters and thieves to help him along the way. Monkey D. Luffy brings a bunch of his crew followed by, Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Tony-Tony Chopper, Nico Robin, Franky, and Brook. They will do anything to get the One Piece and become King of the Pirates!.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 212000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
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It's been six years since that summer adventure when Taichi Yagami and the rest of the DigiDestined crossed over to the Digital World. And nearly three years have passed since the final battle between Hikari Yagami's group and BelialVamdemon. As the peaceful days passed by, at some point the gate to the Digital World closed. Not even the DigiDestined know what caused this, and time alone continues to pass.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, anime, feel good, captivating
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The film opens with Shaymin as Dialga appears. Then, in the Reverse or Distortion World Giratina senses Dialga's presence, and flies up to the Real World to capture him. Dialga drinks, just as Giratina's portal opens up. Giratina then drags Dialga into the Reverse World. Shaymin is also catapulted into the Reverse World. As Dialga and Giratina fight, Zero observes the battle in his ship. Shaymin absorbs a dark gas and uses "Seed Flare," tearing a hole in the Reverse World and escaping. Dialga fires a laser at Giratina, enveloping her in a time loop and trapping her in the Reverse World. As Dialga escapes, Shaymin falls into a river.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, semi serious, exciting, captivating, sweet
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 850
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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A magic crystal causes double the number of gifts Santa can deliver all over the world and this makes for many happy gezinnetjes. His criminal assistant Basil however has a diabolical plan: he wants to steal the crystal so as to gain control over the minds of the children. The brave boy Yotan act to prevent and concocts a plan.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Finland, Belgium
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 104
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Country: USA
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When the Boogey Man causes Grim to lose his powers, rank, and title in the Underworld Court for misusing his powers, he plots to seek out Horror's Hand and take over the world. It's up to Billy, Mandy, Irwin, and Grim to get to Horror's Hand before the Boogey Man does.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, cult classic