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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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The Life of Guskou Budori (2012)
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Remake of The Life of Guskou Budori (1994). The fairy tale follows a young man named Guskou in the Tohoku forests of northeastern Japan in the 1920s. After an onslaught of droughts and natural disasters, Guskou is forced to leave his home and search for a better life elsewhere. Guskou joins a group of scientists at the Ihatov Volcano Department, which deals with the same natural disasters that drove Guskou from his home.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 304
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, fairy tale, super sentai
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Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer (1984)
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As the perpetually lecherous Ataru and his friends prepare for a carnival at Tomobiki High School, they gradually realize the days are literally repeating themselves. Any effort to break the pattern dumps them back where they started. They later discover their town has been reduced to a circle of land a few miles across, poised on the back of a gigantic sea turtle--a reference to "Urushima Taro," a Japanese Rip Van Winkle story.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: anime, surreal, manga, offbeat, humorous, futuristic, stylized, semi serious, folk tale, slapstick comedy
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The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today (2023)
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When Saku took in a stray black cat, she never expected that he would become the equivalent of a housekeeping life partner. But Yukichi, a giant cat who towers over Saku, is not your ordinary feline. He takes great pride in his culinary skills, and a good sale at the supermarket always gets his whiskers twitching. Saku may not have her act together yet, but at least she has Yukichi!.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 379
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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Capricorn (1991)
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In the blink of an eye, high school student Taku Shimamura finds himself transported to the bizarre world of Slaffleaze, where intelligent creatures govern and the ruling class, led by the villainous Zolba, is plotting the invasion of the world they know as Capricorn, the Earth. Joining together with the oppressed Slaffleaze peasants, Taku must find a way to stop Zolba's dark forces before the way to the unsuspecting Earth is opened. In order to do so, he must first gain the love and trust of the last of the Yappie, the ancestral guardians of Slaffeaze. This is a task that will take more than a little courage and daring, for the last Yappie is not just a cute young female, she`s also a dragon.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: anime
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Nova Seed (2016)
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Beneath the decay of a dying world lives the Mad Doctor Mindskull. Using the planet's power of creation he has created the ultimate Weapon. Can mankind find a way to stop this Evil before time runs out? The only answer lies within the Nova Seed.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, Canada
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: adult animation, epic, independent film, atmospheric, captivating, anime, indie film, 2d animation, canadian science fiction
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Puss 'N Boots Travels Around the World (1976)
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Brave cat Pero once had a bet with treacherous multimillionarie Grumon that he can travel around the world in 80 days. The stake is high, in case of success Grumon will give all of his fortune to Pero, but in case of failure Pero becomes slave of Grumon for the rest of his life. Pero departs together with his faithful friends behemoth Kato and brave Small Mouse. Grumon tries everything to prevent their arrival to the finish.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: anime, independent film
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Macross Frontier: The False Songstress (2009)
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Half retelling of the original Frontier series, half new story. Conspiracies arise within the Frontier government when Sheryl Nome arrives to the colonial fleet for her concert and is soon marked as a spy for Galaxy while childhood friends, Alto Saotome and Ranka Lee both try to achieve their dreams as the battle between Frontier and the Vajra draws closer.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 290
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, exciting, offbeat, bleak, serious, suspenseful, cyberpunk anime
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One Piece: Episode of Chopper Plus - Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Sakura (2008)
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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: The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle (2006)
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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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The Dragon Dentist (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story takes place in Dragon Country. Nonoko is a newly appointed dentist and her mission is to protect the dragon, the guardian of the country, from tooth-cavity bacteria. One day, amid increasingly fierce battles with the neighboring country, Nonoko finds on the dragon's tooth an unconscious boy soldier from the enemy country. His name is Bell, and he has been resurrected from inside the tooth by the dragon—a supernatural phenomenon that legend says occurs before a major disaster. As Nonoko and Bell go through a series of fierce battles, they eventually learn to accept their fate.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, surreal, semi serious, super sentai
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Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985)
Plot Summary:
Giovanni currently lives a dreary life of near non-stop work. At school, his peers ridicule him incessantly, and his employer at work is distant and cold. As his isolation from society becomes unbearable, he suddenly finds himself on a train heading far away from his miserable home. Accompanied by Campanella, an acquaintance from school, Giovanni embarks on a journey that will define the rest of his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: anime, psychedelic, surreal
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Mr. Osomatsu the Movie (2019)
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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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Doraemon: Nobita and the Space Heroes (2015)
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One day Doraemon, Nobita, Shizuka, Gian and Suneo were shooting a film as space heroes. When they were shooting the film in the open lot a boy called Aron comes and alerts them of aliens attacking his planet. They agree to help him by turning into real superheroes, but it isn't as easy as it looks.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 815
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, light, captivating, entertaining, futuristic, 2d animation
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Animal Crossing: The Movie (2006)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of a young self-reliant girl called Ai, who one day, moves into the Animal Village. While working at Tom Nook's shop "Nook's Cranny" she begins living her life away from her family. To begin with, she doesn't know left from right, but under the guidance of Mayor Tortimer, the angry but correct Mr. Resetti, and the wandering musician K.K. Slider among others, she is eventually accepted as a member of the village. One night as she walked along the beach, she finds a message in the bottle. It sets her off on a quest of planting pine trees around the village to fulfill a miracle on the eve of the Winter Festival.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 955
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, 2d animation
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Catcher: Cat City 2 (2007)
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The story of CC2 centers around an investigative journalist named Stanley Mouse, who wants to find out about the legend of an ancient "cat tribe" lost in Africa. He finds them and much more, once again threatening the continued existence of mouse civilization. Special Agent Grabowsky will act to save the day, however. The events are supposed to take place at least 10, possibly 20 years after the first episode, as one of the already leaked cells shows the titular Cat-Catcher mecha rusting away in a shelter.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hungary
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: adult cartoon, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, anime, adult animation
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Mutant Aliens is a wildly humorous yet poignant story about an astronaut, his daughter, and 5 violent, yet sympathetic, alien creatures who seek revenge against a space industry baron.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: adult animation, semi serious, humorous, stylized, surreal, funny, light, captivating, entertaining, psychedelic
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Isekai Quartet the Movie: Another World (2022)
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, futuristic, parody
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Doraemon the Movie: The New Records of Nobita's Spaceblazer (2009)
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While Nobita is sleeping, he suddenly feels the floor is trembling, like there would be an earthquake in his room. A little rabbit from an alternate universe named Chamii opens the door between the dimensions using a hammer and gets inside Nobita's room through the floor. Nobita wakes up and Doraemon hears somebody steal food from the fridge in the kitchen. It is Chamii, who gets caught by Doraemon and Nobita. She shows them the passageway through Nobita's floor into the spaceship. After they enter the spaceship, they see Koya Koya Planet. They meet a boy named Roppuru.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 532
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, funny, light, captivating, entertaining, futuristic, anime, 2d animation
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Another Egg and Chicken Movie (2009)
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Toto, now a chicken, tries to live as such, while Willy and Bibi deal some problems between them. A sorcerer egg desert needs a chicken heart to cast a spell. He sends his armies of eggs vulture, ostrich and scorpion to kidnap Toto. His friends embark on a journey through the desert to rescue the chicken, where they live countless adventures.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 623
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, anime
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Puss in Boots (1969)
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His goal is to help the weak and defenseless, but his saving a mouse makes him the most wanted in all the land. On the run from incessant, dim-witted mice, Perro befriends a young miller's boy, Pierre; together, they decide to seek fame and fortune. When they cross paths with the lovely Princess Rosa, Perro determines to get Pierre hitched to Her Royal Highness.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 987
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: anime, fairy tale
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Wings of Honneamise (1987)
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On a future Earth, war between the Kingdom of Honneamise and its rival, The Republic, is inevitable. As evolving technology creates new ways to wage war, a small group seeks to propel mankind into space in their world’s first spaceflight program. For astronaut candidate Shirotsugh Lhadatt, it’s a personal odyssey as he grows from an aimless young man into a leader willing to put everything on the line in order to move the human race forward and away from the brink of Armageddon.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: anime, stylized, manga, exciting, serious, psychological, tense, inspirational, atmospheric, thought provoking
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Robot Carnival (1987)
Plot Summary:
An anthology of various tales told in various styles with robots being the one common element among them.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, anthology, stylized, atmospheric, surreal, exciting, mecha, manga, cyber, adult anime
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Bodacious Space Pirates: Abyss of Hyperspace (2014)
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Marika Katou, a third year student at Hakuho Girls' Academy, is a legitimate space pirate with a Letter of Marque. Between her studies, leading her school's space yacht club, working part time at Cafe Lamp, and being the captain of the space pirate ship Bentenmaru, Marika's days are very busy. One day, Marika gets a job to rob a high-class passenger ship, and she discovers that on the passenger list is Kanata Mugen, a boy who owns a "galaxy pass". Thus, an adventure featuring a hyperspace race between pirates and one young boy begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, entertaining, futuristic, anime, super sentai
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Mars (2010)
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A new space race is born between NASA and the ESA when Charlie Brownsville, Hank Morrison, and Dr. Casey Cook compete against an artificially intelligent robot to find out what's up there on the red planet. 'Mars' follows these three astronauts on the first manned mission to our galactic neighbor. On the way they experience life threatening accidents, self doubts, obnoxious reporters, and the boredom of extended space travel.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 422
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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Five children save the life of a dog-like alien while at a self-run summer camp. He attempts to reward them by taking them to an alien colony on the Moon. Events take a turn for the worse when his report on that attack that injured him causes passage from the Moon to the Earth to be banned, and children are stranded in space. The children need to find a way back home before camp ends and their parents discover that they are missing. They also have to avoid the poachers that injured their alien friend, and now seem to be stalking them all.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, semi serious, sincere, captivating, light, futuristic, exciting, urban fantasy
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The story concerns a homeless boy named Ricky, or Ted in the Japanese version. After seeing a movie about Gulliver he meets Professor Gulliver himself in a forest. Gulliver is now an elderly, space-traveling scientist. With Dr. Gulliver's assistant Sylvester the crow (named Crow in the Japanese edition), and Ricky's companions, a talking dog and a toy soldier, they travel the Milky Way to the Planet of Blue Hope, which has been taken over by the Queen of Purple Planet and her evil group of robots. Armed with water-pistols and water balloons, which melt the villains, Ricky and Gulliver restore Blue Hope to its doll-like owners.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, futuristic, semi serious, fast, psychotronic
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A Tree of Palme (2002)
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A Tree of Palme is an interpretation of the Pinocchio tale. It concerns a small puppet, Palme, who was tasked by his creator to look over his ailing wife, Xian. After her passing, Palme is visited by a mysterious woman who he mistakenly believes to be Xian. Shaken out of his sadness, Palme accepts her request to deliver something special to a far-off place known as Tama. This sets Palme off on a journey to discover his own emotions, and what it truly means to be human.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 530
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, surreal, captivating, suspenseful, weird
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Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: surreal, adult animation, anthology, dark comedy, suspenseful, experimental, gloomy, fairy tale, funny, suspense
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Space Dandy (2014)
Plot Summary:
Space Dandy is a dandy in space! This dreamy adventurer with a to-die-for pompadour travels across the galaxy in search of aliens no one has ever laid eyes on. Each new species he discovers earns him a hefty reward, but this dandy has to be quick on his feet because it’s first come – first served! Accompanied by his sidekicks, a rundown robot named QT and Meow the cat-looking space alien, Dandy bravely explores unknown worlds inhabited by a variety aliens. Join the best dressed alien hunter in all of space and time as he embarks on an adventure that ends at the edge of the universe!.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, not serious, humorous, adult animation, captivating, entertaining, psychedelic, adult anime, parody, seinen
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Patema Inverted (2013)
Plot Summary:
In an underground world where tunnels extend everywhere, even though they live in dark and confined spaces, people wear protective clothes and lead quiet and enjoyable lives. Patema, a princess in her underground village, loves to explore the tunnels. Her favorite place is a "danger zone" that her village prohibits people from entering. Even though she's scolded, Patema's curiosity can't be held back. No one ever explained what the supposed danger was. On her usual trip to the "danger zone," Patema faces unexpected events. When hidden secrets come to light, the story begins to unfold.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, semi serious, manga, colorful, mind bending, psychedelic, surreal, mind twisting, stylized