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Plot Summary:
Prequel to 2004 coming-of-age live-action film Hana & Alice. After her parents separate, 14 year-old Tetsuko (who will soon be nick-named Alice) moves with her mother to a new town in what she calls "The Boonies" and must enroll as a transfer student in a new middle school. She immediately finds herself bullied due being assigned the seat of "Judas" who is said to have been murdered over a year before. She is told that if anybody knows his fate it would be Hana, the recluse in the house next door, who has been unable to bring herself to attend class since "Judas" disappeared.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, psychological, touching, adult animation, yuri
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The Rebirth of Buddha (2009)
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17 year-old Sayako Amanokawa aspires to become a journalist, just like Kanemoto, an elite newspaper writer she looks up to. But Kanemoto, shamed from an erroneous report about a corruption scandal, jumps in front of a train and commits suicide. Since that incident, Sayako suddenly becomes able to see spirits and almost loses her life. However, from that near-fatal incident she experiences something extraordinary. The journalist inside her stirred, she embarks to find out about the truth. But the forces that stand in her way turn out to be much formidable than she ever imagined. [from AnimeNewsNetwork].
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: anime, spiritual, psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, esoteric
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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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The Senior Class (2016)
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By agreeing to keep his crush's secret, a college student becomes her friend. But things soon fall apart when she gets swept up in scandalous rumors.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Animation, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: anime, light, atmospheric, captivating, emotional, semi serious, adult animation
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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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Kase-san and Morning Glories (2018)
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Yamada may be shy and rather clumsy, but the flower gardens at her school have always brought her happiness. Suddenly, a different sort of beauty catches her eye—the vivacious track star, Kase-san. Although the two girls don't seem to have much in common, they soon start a romance where each must learn an important lesson in tending their budding relationship. Can the two girls, so different from each other, learn how to make their first love blossom?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 764
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: yuri, anime, sentimental, touching, captivating, emotional, yaoi, adult anime
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Twilight (2019)
Plot Summary:
Hakubo tells the story of two young people who live in rural Fukushima: Sachi Koyama, a girl who excels at playing the violin, and Yuusuke Kijinami, a boy who loves to paint. After an awkward, chance encounter, the two meet and begin to fall in love, but Yuusuke is still living in the shadow of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: anime, sincere, atmospheric, uplifting, touching, emotional, stylized, independent film
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Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sweet Home (2013)
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While sorting through a mess of books in the staff room, Ohana happens upon one of Denroku's log books from long ago. Within it, it recounts a story of Ohana's mom when she was the same age as her.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, sentimental, sincere, touching, melancholic
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After School Dice Club (2019)
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A story about girls playing board games after school! Kyoto in Spring. Aya is a high school girl who's just moved to a new town. Miki is her shy classmate, and her first friend. One day after school Aya and Miki follow the committee president Midori to a speciality board games store. The Dice Club!! Without thinking they try out a German board game together. These girls, who are searching for fun, soon fall into the exciting world of games!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 195
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious
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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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Sound! Euphonium the Movie – Our Promise: A Brand New Day (2019)
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Kumiko is now a second year and one of the senior players of the euphonium section. With new underclassmen joining the concert band, Kumiko will have to learn new things in order to deal with awkward and difficult underclassmen. She and third-year trumpeter Tomoe Kabe have been chosen to lead the new underclassmen members. Among the new members to Kumiko's bass section are euphonist Kanade Hisaishi, whose appearances are deceiving; tuba player Mirei Suzuki, who cannot adapt to her new environment; tuba player Satsuki Suzuki, who wants to get along with Mirei; and double bassist Motomu Tsukinaga, who cannot talk about himself. Between the Sunrise Festival, chair placement auditions, and the competition, a number of problems quickly begin to arise.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 468
Genere: Animation, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, disturbing, yaoi, yuri
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Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life (2019)
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Since the graduation of the senior members of the club, Takezou ends up being the sole member of the "Koto" (traditional Japanese string instrument) club. Now that the new school year has begun, Takezou will have to seek out new members into the club, or the club will become terminated. Out of nowhere, a new member barges into the near-abandoned club room, demanding to join the club. How will Takezou be able to keep his club alive and deal with this rascal of a new member?.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, sentimental, sincere, humorous, touching, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, shounen
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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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Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)
Plot Summary:
Mizore Yoroizuka and Nozomi Kasaki are two close friends who are part of the Kitauji High School music club. Quiet and reserved Yoroizuka plays the oboe while lively and popular Kasaki plays the flute. The group has decided to play Liz and the Blue Bird, a song inspired on a fairy tale about the relationship between a girl and a bird. The musical piece puts both Mizore and Nozomi on the spotlight due to a solo part by Yoroizuka and forces the two girls to reexamine their friendship.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, sincere, sentimental, light, captivating, fairy tale, yuri
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Summer Days with Coo (2007)
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A small, lone Kappa miraculously survives over 200 years into modern day Japan, when he is found by young Koichi. Coo, who is secretly adopted by Koichi's family, searches with his new human friend for unpopulated places in hopes of finding any remaining of his kind.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: captivating, humorous, anime, sincere, manga, adult animation, entertaining, light
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My Life as a Zucchini (2016)
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After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new family of his own.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: touching, psychological, compassionate, adult animation, sincere, romantic, independent film, captivating, funny, offbeat
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Classroom of the Elite (2017)
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Koudo Ikusei Senior High School is a leading prestigious school with state-of-the-art facilities where nearly 100% of students go on to university or find employment. The students there have the freedom to wear any hairstyle and bring any personal effects they desire. Koudo Ikusei is a paradise-like school, but the truth is that only the most superior of students receive favorable treatment. Ayanokouji Kiyotaka is a student of D-class, which is where the school dumps its "inferior" students in order to ridicule them. For a certain reason, Kiyotaka was careless on his entrance examination, and was put in D-class. After meeting Horikita Suzune and Kushida Kikyou, two other students in his class, Kiyotaka’s situation begins to change.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, adult anime, humorous, light
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Clannad: The Motion Picture (2007)
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Clannad is set in a high-school located in some Japanese town. Okazaki Tomoya is a third-year student who doesn't take his studies seriously. Always late for class, he's seen as a delinquent by the rest of his classmates who are busy preparing for their entrance examinations. Needless to say, he hasn't too many close friends either.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, emotional, sincere, humorous, semi serious, serious, shoujo, realistic
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Sound! Euphonium (2015)
Plot Summary:
After swearing off music due to an incident at the middle school regional brass band competition, euphonist Kumiko Oumae enters high school hoping for a fresh start. As fate would have it, she ends up being surrounded by people with an interest in the high school brass band. Kumiko finds the motivation she needs to make music once more with the help of her bandmates, some of whom are new like novice tubist Hazuki Katou; veteran contrabassist Sapphire Kawashima; and band vice president and fellow euphonist Asuka Tanaka. Others are old friends, like Kumiko's childhood friend and hornist-turned-trombonist Shuuichi Tsukamoto, and trumpeter and bandmate from middle school, Reina Kousaka. However, in the band itself, chaos reigns supreme. Despite their intention to qualify for the national band competition, as they currently are, just competing in the local festival will be a challenge—unless the new band advisor Noboru Taki does something about it. From the studio that animated Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, Kyoto Animation's Hibike! Euphonium is a fresh and musical take on the slice-of-life staple that is the high school student's struggle to deal with their past, find romance, and realize their dreams and aspirations. [Written by MAL Rewrite].
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, sincere, humorous, touching, captivating, yuri, crying, tension, suspense
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The Anthem of the Heart (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young girl had her voice magically taken away so that she would never hurt people with it, but her outlook changes when she encounters music and friendship. Will Naruse be able to convey the anthem of her heart?.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: anime, sincere, touching, psychological, sentimental, romantic, epic
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Ocean Waves (1993)
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At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off he narrates the events that brought her into his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: anime, realistic, adult animation, sincere, touching, serious, whimsical
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5 Centimeters Per Second (2007)
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Takaki and Akari are two classmates in elementary school. During their time together they have become close friends. Their relationship is tested when Akari moves to another city because of her parents' jobs. Both of them struggle to keep their friendship alive, as time and distance slowly pulls them apart. When Takaki finds out that he is moving further away, he decides to visit Akari one last time.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: anime, sad, depressing, touching, emotional, scenic, romantic, visual, uplifting, epic
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Flavors of Youth (2018)
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Three different stories of youth set in different cities of China. 1 Shanghai Love. 2 Sunny Breakfast. 3 Small Fashion Show. Directed by Zhenxing Yi, the plot revolves around a young man working in Beijing. He used to live with his grandma in his less developed hometown Hunan. While he is drown in his childhood reminiscence, he receives an unexpected call – Grandma is in critical condition.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: China, Japan
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: anime, anthology, light, manga, psychological, atmospheric, uplifting, sweet, captivating, scenic
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Wandering Son (2011)
Plot Summary:
Yoshino and Shuichi are two friends, both starting at a new school, both starting puberty, and both transgender. This series follows them as they come out and find acceptance.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 342
Genere: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, atmospheric, emotional, psychological, captivating, adult animation, adult anime
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Weathering with You (2019)
Plot Summary:
Hodaka, a high school boy who moves from his isolated island home to the city of Tokyo, who immediately becomes broke! After finally finding work at a shady occult magazine, the sky rains every day until amidst the hustle and bustle of the big city, he meets a young woman called Hina. She lives a cheerful life with her younger brother, but also has a certain power: to stop the rain and clear the sky.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan, China
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, exciting, captivating, feel good, fairy tale, epic, manga, light, visually stunning
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I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018)
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Spring time in April and the last of the cherry blossoms are still in bloom. The usually aloof bookworm with no interest in others comes across a book in a hospital waiting room. Handwritten on the cover are the words: "Living with Dying." He soon discovers that it is a diary kept by his very popular and genuinely cheerful classmate, Sakura Yamauchi, who reveals to him that she is secretly suffering from a pancreatic illness and only has a limited time left. It is at this moment that she gains just one more person to share her secret. Trying to maintain a normal life as much as possible, Sakura is determined to live her life to the fullest until the very last day. As her free spirit and unpredictable actions throw him for a loop, his heart begins to gradually change.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: anime, sincere, disturbing, romantic, atmospheric, thought provoking, captivating, light, epic, manga
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The Garden of Words (2013)
Plot Summary:
Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches ….
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, sweet, atmospheric, melancholic, serious, romantic, colorful, visual, manga
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
Plot Summary:
When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to, quite literally, "leap" backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and eventually, will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, feel good, humorous, manga, surreal, mind bending, mind twisting, psychological, funny
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Your Name. (2016)
Plot Summary:
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 306000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: anime, sweet, touching, melancholic, romantic, captivating, surprise ending, sentimental, scenic, suspense