Best movies like Rainbow Fireflies
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Plot Summary:
One year ago, Yūta lost his father from a car accident. Now in the 6th grade, Yūta goes to catch a beetle at a dam on a deep mountain. Yūta often went there with his father. There, Yūta meets a strange old man. Due to heavy rain, Yūta slips and falls down a bridge. He becomes unconscious. When Yūta awakes, he sees a child, Saeko, in front of him. Saeko takes Yūta to a village that looks like something that existed 30 years ago. Yūta has the feeling that he went into the past. He also meets Kenzō, who is the same age as Yūta. They promise to go catch a bug the following day. Saeko then takes Yūta to an old house. An old woman there treats Yūta like a cousin. Yūta doesn't know what is going on. At night, the strange old man he met earlier appears and tells Yūta that he will belong to this time period for a month. A precious summer vacation for Yūta begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, thrilling
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Black Rock Shooter (2010)
Plot Summary:
The story of two girls bound in friendship, as well as Black Rock Star's struggle unfolding in another world. But when the two worlds come together... what will happen?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 538
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: anime, seinen, exciting, captivating, colorful, yuri, colourful
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Remake Our Life! (2021)
Plot Summary:
Hashiba Kyouya is a 28-year-old game developer. With his company going bankrupt, and him losing his job, he returns to his hometown. Looking at the success of creators of his age, he finds himself regretting his life decisions as he lay distressed on his bed. As Kyouya wakes up, he discovers that he has traveled ten years back to the time before he entered college. Will he be able to finally make things right?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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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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The Price of Smiles (2019)
Plot Summary:
On a planet far from Earth, there is a kingdom full of smiling faces. Princess Yuuki is 12 years old, and about to enter a sensitive age in a person's life. Everyday, she cries, laughs, and sometimes, her heart throbs with excitement. All the while, she lives merrily in the royal palace. Filling her days with color are her loyal vassals: her tutor Reira, Izana who assists in political affairs, the leader of the chivalry Harold and then, there is her childhood friend and aide Joshua. Stella is 17 years old and a capable, reserved soldier. However, she is always smiling for smiling is essential to living.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, disturbing, 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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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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The Tatami Galaxy (2010)
Plot Summary:
When a college dropout stops for a late night bite at a mysterious ramen stand, he crosses paths with a self-proclaimed deity of matrimony. This bizarre meeting sends the young man hurtling through a horrifying flashback to his not-so-glorious college days when the influence of a cruel new friend turned him from a hopeless romantic into a mischievous “black cupid.”.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 253 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing, psychedelic, surreal, adult animation, mind twisting
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Free!: Take Your Marks (2017)
Plot Summary:
A special sequel anime for Free! to screen in Fall 2017.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 252
Genere: Animation, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Child of Kamiari Month (2021)
Plot Summary:
A year after losing her mother, a young girl learns that she must journey across Japan to the annual gathering of gods in the sacred land of Izumo.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Zipang (2004)
Plot Summary:
Zipang is a twenty-six episode Japanese anime television series directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi and produced by Studio Deen. It aired on the Tokyo Broadcasting System in Japan from late 2004 to early 2005, and was licensed for release in North America by Geneon Entertainment with DVD release starting in September 2006. It was adapted from the manga of the same name by Kaiji Kawaguchi.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, adult animation
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Fireworks (2017)
Plot Summary:
Schoolchildren Norimichi, Yuusuke, and Junichi want to know if fireworks look round or flat from the side. They make a plan to find the answer at a fireworks display, while Nazuna schemes to run away with Norimichi or Yuusuke, whoever wins at the pool.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, feel good, light, touching, captivating
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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020)
Plot Summary:
A youth romantic drama with themes of growing up, the story focuses on college student Tsuneo and dreamer Josee, who lives her life stuck in a wheelchair. Josee—named after the heroine in Françoise Sagan’s Wonderful Clouds—spends most of her days reading and painting until by chance she encounters Tsuneo, and decides it’s time to face the real world.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, sincere
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Over the Sky (2020)
Plot Summary:
Mio is a girl in high school who slacks off. She and her childhood friend Arata and best friend Madoka spend their after-school days in Ikebukuro hanging out. One day, Madoka tells Mio that she loves Arata, and Mio realizes that she loves Arata, too. But she’s scared of their relationship falling apart and lies, saying she’ll help them. Mio deliberately acts coldly to Arata, and they get into a fight. She decides to work things out with Arata, but gets into a car accident on her way to meet him. She wakes up in a mysterious world. It's the Ikebukuro she knows, but something’s different.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 372
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining
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Her Blue Sky (2019)
Plot Summary:
High school student Aoi lives with her elder sister, Akane, after a tragic accident took their parents away 13 years ago. Because Akane has since been taking care of her single-handedly, Aoi wants to move to Tokyo after her graduation to relieve her sister's burden and pursue a musical career, inspired by Akane's ex-boyfriend Shinnosuke "Shinno" Kanamuro. Shinno was part of a band until he left for Tokyo to become a professional bassist after the sisters' parents passed away. One afternoon, while Aoi practices her guitar in a guest house, she gets startled by the 18-year-old version of Shinno from 13 years ago! As if by coincidence, the current 31-year-old Shinno also returns to the town, but he has changed drastically. There are now two Shinno's in existence, but why is the Shinno from the past present? The story revolves around these four individuals as they confront their inner feelings toward each other and make decisions that will affect their lives from here on out.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, exciting, enigmatic, captivating, uplifting, light, surprise ending
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Mirai (2018)
Plot Summary:
The movie follows a 4-year old boy who is struggling to cope with the arrival of a little sister in the family until things turn magical. A mysterious garden in the backyard of the boy's home becomes a gateway allowing the child to travel back in time and encounter his mother as a little girl and his great-grandfather as a young man. These fantasy-filled adventures allow the child to change his perspective and help him become the big brother he was meant to be.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, sincere, entertaining, manga, funny, thought provoking, enigmatic, feel good, humorous
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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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Chronos Ruler (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story centers on "Chronos Rulers," those who fight the time-eating demons that appear when people wish they could turn back time. The Chronos Rulers fight a time-manipulation battle against these demons.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating
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Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia (2019)
Plot Summary:
Following the success in the Camelot Singularity, Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash Kyrielight are assigned to the last Singularity in the Grand Order initiative. In Ancient Babylonia, 2500 BCE, they embark on a mission to secure humanity's survival. Upon arrival, they learn that three gods have threatened Uruk, the Babylonian city ruled by King Gilgamesh. Ritsuka and Mash must work together to fend off the invasion of mysterious beasts in Uruk under Gilgamesh's orders while investigating the true nature of the three gods' actions against humanity; but unknown to Ritsuka, an ancient entity is slowly rising from its slumber.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 935
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, light, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, exciting
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Charlotte (2015)
Plot Summary:
All thanks to the special ability that he developed, Yu was able to cheat his way into a very prestigious high school. With his power, he thought nothing was going to stand in his way until he met a mysterious girl named Nao Tomori and other students with special abilities just like him. It was the beginning to a new life.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, manga, feel good, interactive, live comedy
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Thermae Romae (2012)
Plot Summary:
The story is a comedy about Lucius, an architect of public bath houses in ancient Rome, who time-travels to various modern-day baths in Japan. The author explores the two cultures in the world "that have loved baths the most: the Japanese and the Romans.".
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 12 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Time Travel Girl (2016)
Plot Summary:
Mari Hayase is on a mission to go back in time and meet eight of the most prominent scientists and inventors in history. With the help of her two friends Waka Mizuki and Jun Mizuki she’ll find herself up close and personal with famous figures like Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and so many more! What’s her purpose and mission? Hopefully not getting stuck in the past!.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Mr. Osomatsu the Movie (2019)
Plot Summary:
The sextuplets attend a high school class reunion. There, they see all their former classmates who have become "proper" adults with company jobs. The sextuplets sulk about this and go home and drink until they fall asleep. But when they wake up, a certain scene awaits them.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Crayon Shin-chan: Super-Dimension! The Storm Called My Bride (2010)
Plot Summary:
Shin-chan is approached by his time-traveling future bride-to-be Tamiko, who asks him to help save his adult self from the ruler of Neo Tokio.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 467
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, anime
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Doraemon: Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi (2017)
Plot Summary:
Unable to endure the midsummer heat, Doraemon transports Nobita and his friends to a huge iceberg floating in the South Pacific. While creating an amusement parks with the secret tool "Ice-working Iron" the group finds a mysterious golden ring in the ice. Upon closer examination, they determine that the ring was buried in Antarctica 100,000 years ago - before people could have lived there. Doraemon and friends head to Antarctica looking for the owner of the ring and come across the ruins of a huge city buried in the ice. Using Doraemon's Time Belt, the group travels back 100,000 years ago and meets the young girl Kara who is connected to the mysterious ring. But now the group must fight for survival as Doraemon faces the crisis of the entire Earth freezing.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining, exciting, 2d animation
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Yo-kai Watch the Movie: It's the Secret of Birth, Meow! (2014)
Plot Summary:
When the evil Yo-Kai Kin, Gin and Bronzlow makes the Yo-Kai Watch disappear from time so they can help Dame Dedtime prevent humans and Yo-Kai from being friends, Nate Adams finds help in the Yo-Kai Hovernyan, who takes Nate, Whisper and Jibanyan 60 years to the past, when the Yo-Kai Watch was first invented by Nate's grandfather, Nathaniel Adams, while he was a boy. Together, the 2 boys fight Dame Dedtime and her evil Wicked Yo-Kai minions to save the world from her evil plans.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining
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Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's New Dinosaur (2020)
Plot Summary:
Nobita accidentally found a fossil dinosaur egg mixed with rocks in the dinosaur fossil exhibition site that he had visited before. He returned it to its original state with the "Time blanket". After hatching, the egg hatches a new species of dinosaur that is not named in the Cosmic Encyclopedia and names them Kyu and Myu Although they want to take care of them secretly, there are dinosaurs in the city still discovered by residents; Nobita and his friends were forced to bring them back to the Cretaceous period 66 million years ago the dinosaurs time. Just the time of Dinosaurs Extinction.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, Thailand
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, manga, 2d animation
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Fate Grand Order: The Grand Temple of Time (2021)
Plot Summary:
The Chaldea Organization must deal with the Grand Temple of Solomon, the King of Magic, which has come to destroy the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, disturbing
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Persona 3 the Movie: #1 Spring of Birth (2013)
Plot Summary:
In the spring, male student Makoto Yuki transfers to Gekkoukan High School. However, as he heads to his new dormitory, listening to the music on his headphones, he is stopped. More precisely, time has stopped, and the people who were around him turn into coffins. Makoto learns that this period of time hidden between the minute of midnight is called the Dark Hour, a time when monsters called Shadows appear. Suddenly made the leader of his fellow classmates Yukari and Junpei by his upperclassmen Mitsuru and Akihiko, Makoto must learn empathy, his connection to his comrades, and the meaning of death. With the power of his Evoker aimed at his head, Makoto fights against the Shadows threatening to attack his world from the mysterious tower of Tartarus.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 814
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions (2016)
Plot Summary:
Yugi and Kaiba have a special duel that transcends dimensions.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: anime, light, captivating, stylized, shounen
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Monica's Gang in an Adventure in Time (2007)
Plot Summary:
Our heroes need to take a trip in time, in a Time Machine, in order to recoup the essence of the four elements before the Earth gets frozen. The Gang will face the dangers of the Ancient History with Piteco, will help Papa-Capim to save the Forest, will fight with the Astronaut against the pirates and will even meet themselves as babies in the past!.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 634
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Brazil
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, anime