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Plot Summary:
In a quicksand surrounded town called Makka, rumors spread of a legendary robber named Gasback is after the town. To protect it, Mayor Kepler has hired bounty hunters. These hunters have been following Gasback from town to town in hopes of getting the bounty. Vash the Stampede is in town, along with Meryl and Milly, along with the female bounty hunter Ameria and Nicholas D. Wolfwood.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, semi serious, suspenseful, manga, epic, adult animation, parody, black comedy
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Lupin the Third: Return of Pycal (2002)
Plot Summary:
Lupin steals an extraordinary gem from a Mediterranean party, only to be interrupted by Pycal, the trickster "magician" who had apparently died fighting Lupin early in his career. Pycal, now armed with real magical abilities, is determined to take revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Action, Animation, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: captivating, semi serious, humorous, realistic, anime, exciting, fast, detective
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Lupin the 3rd: The Elusiveness of the Fog (2007)
Plot Summary:
On the ocean floor, Lupin is once again seeking a treasure hoping to get on Fujiko's good side. As Zenigata chases them on sea and land, people around the gang begin to vanish mysteriously. The fog rolls in and Mamo Kyosuke appears in a burst of light; he claims to be from the future and seeks revenge on Lupin III for what Lupin XIII has done to him. Mamo hurls Lupin, Jigen, Goemon, and Zenigata 500 years into the past; as two warring factions fight over a legendary shrine dedicated to time travel, Lupin must find a way to survive the past to ensure his future.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 228
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, humorous, realistic, semi serious, exciting, fast, detective
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Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (2005)
Plot Summary:
In this sequel to Full Metal Panic! Fumoffu?!, Mithril becomes aware of a secret organization that has technology able to counter the ECS (Electronic Cloaking System) mode. This organization, known as Amalgam, also has "Black Technology", obtained from "Whispered" like Kaname Chidori, and like the other intelligency agencies, they intend to obtain more. However, when Sousuke's mission to protect Chidori is terminated by Mithril, all seems to be in place for Amalgam's plans.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, anime, semi serious, shounen, suspenseful, mecha
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Lupin III: Dead or Alive (1996)
Plot Summary:
Lupin has set his sights on a the national treasure of the country of Zufu, placed for safe-keeping on a mysterious floating island by the country's late king. The island's super-intelligent defense mechanism, however, proves to be too much for Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon to handle by themselves. The key seems to be linked to the princess of Zufu, the only surviving member of the royal family. She is held prisoner by Zufu's current ruler, General Headhunter, who recently acquired rule over the country when he secretly pulled a coup d'etat and executed the country's king and prince. When Lupin's gang kidnaps the princess to get hold of the key, they pull in trouble by way of a deadly Zufu police agent named Olèander and a million-dollar bounty placed on Lupin's head by the psychotic Headhunter. Now, Lupin must find a safe way to the treasure, dodging bounty hunters at every turn.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 671
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: anime, epic, exciting, feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, detective
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Lupin the Third: Angel Tactics (2005)
Plot Summary:
Stolen from the famous "secret" Air Force base, Area 51, Lupin's most recently stolen treasure holds a secret. Four "Bloody Angels," the toughest women Lupin has ever faced, want the treasure for their own terrorist purposes. Meanwhile Zenigata teams up with a female police officer to hunt Lupin and the terrorists down.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, semi serious, exciting, realistic, fast, detective
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Lupin III: The Gold of Babylon (1985)
Plot Summary:
In New York City, several stone tablets have been unearthed that tell a tale about the Gold of Babylon. Two Mafia families are after it as well as Lupin the 3rd himself. An old drunken woman named Rosetta appears to know much about this treasure than meets the eye. While Zenigata has made a group of female partners that will lure Lupin the 3rd into handcuffs, the race is on for the gold of Babel.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 898
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, detective
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Lupin the Third: The Legend of Twilight Gemini (1996)
Plot Summary:
Legend has it that the Twilight diamond is the key to a Moroccan treasure of immeasurable value. So when the international thief Lupin is given the Twilight in an act of faith, it's off to Morocco! But what started out as a simple in and out job turns into chaos the moment Lupin steps off the train! Fighting factions, masked assassins, secret underground sects, a whip-yielding psychopath, corrupt cops, and the always determined Inspector Zenigata... they're all after Lupin. And they won't stop until he's caught or killed. Join Lupin, Jigen, Fujiko, and Goemon in another rousing adventure where nothing is what it seems to be... and the treasure is always just around the corner.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 504
Genere: Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, detective
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Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus (1995)
Plot Summary:
A simple diamond heist leads Lupin into the machinations of a bizarre cult. The cult is based around the prophecies of Nostradamus, and they kidnap Julia, the daughter of Douglas, a wealthy American who is seeking the presidency, along with Lupin's diamond. At stake is the lost book of prophecy Douglas holds in the vault at the top of his skyscraper.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 891
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, detective
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Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy (1987)
Plot Summary:
Goemon's wedding to Murasaki Inabe, daughter of a samurai clan's leader, is interrupted when the Fuma ninjas attack, kidnapping the bride-to-be and demanding her family's ancient treasure as ransom. Lupin, Jigen, Goemon and Fujiko work together once again to try to save Murasaki and get to the treasure before the Fuma can steal it.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 942
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, semi serious, detective
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Lupin the 3rd: The Mystery of Mamo (1978)
Plot Summary:
In Transylvania, Lupin III, the notorious international thief, is hung and no one is more suprised to learn of that than Lupin III himself, who was alive and well and nowhere near that area at that time. The answer to that mystery, begins to surface when Lupin gets a seemingly ordinary pebble from an Egyptian pyramid for his would-be girlfriend, Fujiko, the mercenary thief, who is in the employ of a mysterious figure known only as Mamo. Intrigued by this bizarre request, Lupin decides to get involved and finds himself in an international chase that has a greater scope and danger than he has ever faced.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: anime, adult anime, exciting, humorous, witty, semi serious, adult animation, detective
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Lupin the Third Bye Bye, Lady Liberty (1989)
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In this adventure, Lupin III tries to erase the files about him in the world police network. He finds out about the Ultravirus, a computer virus that controls all others and its location is only known by a little kid. Meanwhile, he steals the Statue of Liberty to look for a diamond the size of a football that is said to be hidden somewhere in it. Apparently, the diamond and the ultravirus are somehow related.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 458
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, detective
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Black Fox (2019)
Plot Summary:
Rikka is a ninja descendant. Her grandfather Hyoe is the last chief of their ninja clan and her father is a cyborg researcher. Both are killed when a weapons' company raids his lab to use his research. Rikka sets out to avenge their deaths.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, unusual plot structure
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Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island (2004)
Plot Summary:
The mysterious island of Houraijima has reappeared after 50 years, and with its reappearance has brought the attack of four gods, the Shitoushin, who have their eyes set on the powers that protect and sustain the island. Now it's up to Inuyasha and his friends, along with Sesshoumaru, to find a way to defeat the powerful Shitoushin.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: anime, serious
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InuYasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002)
Plot Summary:
With their most formidable foe vanquished, Inuyasha and his comrades begin returning to their everyday lives. But their peace is fleeting as another adversary emerges: Kaguya, the self-proclaimed princess from the Moon of Legend, hatches a plot to plunge the world into an eternal night of the full moon. Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango and Shippou must reunite to confront the new menace.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, mystical
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The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two years after the events of the Fourth Great Ninja War, the moon that Hagoromo Otsutsuki created long ago to seal away the Gedo Statue begins to descend towards the world, threatening to become a meteor that would destroy everything on impact. Amidst this crisis, a direct descendant of Kaguya Otsutsuki named Toneri Otsutsuki attempts to kidnap Hinata Hyuga but ends up abducting her younger sister Hanabi. Naruto and his allies now mount a rescue mission before finding themselves embroiled in a final battle to decide the fate of everything.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: anime, suspenseful, stylized, exciting, serious, manga, futuristic
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Naruto the Movie 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel (2005)
Plot Summary:
Naruto, Shikamaru, and Sakura are executing their mission of delivering a lost pet to a certain village. However, right in the midst of things, troops led by the mysterious knight, Temujin, attack them. In the violent battle, the three become separated. Temujin challenges Naruto to a fight and at the end of the fierce battle, both fall together from a high cliff.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, stylized, captivating, entertaining, manga
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time (2010)
Plot Summary:
After falling through a time-slip, Yusei Fudo (who has just had his powerful card stolen by a mysterious stranger) meets with Jaden Yuki and Yugi Muto, who agree to help Yusei defeat the evil Paradox, who is planning to destroy Pegasus before he can invent Duel Monsters.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: anime, suspenseful, exciting, serious, sincere, captivating, melancholic, fast, parody, shounen
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Gintama: The Movie (2010)
Plot Summary:
Odd Jobs Gin has taken on a lot of odd work in the past, and when you're a Jack of All Trades agency based in a feudal Japan that's been conquered and colonized by aliens, the term "Odd Jobs" means REALLY ODD jobs. But when some more than slightly suspicious secrets from the shadows of Gintoki Sakata's somewhat shady former samurai past and a new pair of odd jobs collide, the action is bound to get so wild and demented that only a feature film will do it justice!.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, History, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, epic, offbeat, slapstick, fast
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My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2018)
Plot Summary:
All Might and Deku accept an invitation to go abroad to a floating and mobile manmade city, called 'I Island', where they research quirks as well as hero supplemental items at the special 'I Expo' convention that is currently being held on the island. During that time, suddenly, despite an iron wall of security surrounding the island, the system is breached by a villain, and the only ones able to stop him are the students of Class 1-A.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, exciting, suspense, humorous, manga, adult animation, shounen
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Arcadia of My Youth (1982)
Plot Summary:
After a drawn-out, viciously-fought war, the earth has been conquered by the alien Illumidus Empire. Harlock, a captain in earth's fleet, crashes his ship to prevent the Illumidus from using it, and flat-out refuses to join them. With the help of his allies, Tochiro and the space pirate Emereldas, and his lover Miya, he wages a private and bitter war against the Illumidus.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 988
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, futuristic, stylized, semi serious, adult animation, 2d animation
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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
Plot tags: anime, manga, sexy, fairy tale, exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, psychotronic, shounen
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The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
Plot Summary:
After a successful robbery leaves famed thief Lupin III and his partner Jigen with nothing but a large amount of fake money, the so called "Goat Bills", he decides to track down the counterfeiter responsible - and steal any other treasures he may find in the Castle of Cagliostro, including the 'damsel in distress' he finds imprisoned there.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, manga, humorous, stylized, epic, retro, exciting, futuristic, semi serious, detective
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Trigun (1998)
Plot Summary:
Trigun takes place in the distant future on a deserted planet. Vash the Stampede is a gunfighter with a legend so ruthless he has a $60,000,000,000 bounty on his head. Entire towns evacuate at the rumor of his arrival. But the real Vash the Stampede, the enigmatic and conflicted lead character in Trigun, is more heroic, even though he usually acts like a complete idiot.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, Canada
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, stylized, humorous, manga, apocalyptic, smart, adult anime, semi serious, futuristic
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Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
Plot Summary:
Mars. Days before Halloween 2071. Villains blow up a tanker truck on Highway One, releasing a deadly virus that kills hundreds. Fearing a bigger, even more devastating biochemical attack, an astronomical reward is offered for the arrest and capture of the person behind the destruction. On the space ship "Bebop," Spike Spiegel and his crew of bounty hunters (Jet Black, Faye Valentine, Ed and Ein) are bored and short of cash. But with the news of the reward, everything changes.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: anime, atmospheric, witty, adult anime, adult animation, exciting, surreal, manga, serious, suspenseful
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Space Battleship Yamato (1977)
Plot Summary:
When vile aliens known as the Gamilons wreak nuclear havoc on Earth, a group of survivors refit the Japanese battleship Yamato for intergalactic travel and set off on a mission to retrieve a neutralizer that will eradicate the radiation from Earth's atmosphere.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 412
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, sentimental, serious, emotional, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, adult animation, 2d animation
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InuYasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler (2003)
Plot Summary:
Inuyasha and his brother, Sesshomaru, each inherited a sword from their father after his death. However, their father had a third sword, named Sounga, that he sealed away. Seven hundreds years after his death, Sounga awakens and threatens mankind's very existence. How will the children of the Great Dog Demon stop this unimaginable power?.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious
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Gurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood's End (2008)
Plot Summary:
Simon and Kamina live in an underground city monitored by the village chief. When Simon stumbles upon an artifact and beastmen invade from the surface, Simon and Kamina rebel against them.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, semi serious, captivating, mecha, manga, apocalyptic, fast, compilation film
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Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks (1993)
Plot Summary:
It has been thirteen years since the Androids began their killing rampage and Son Gohan is the only person fighting back. He takes Bulma's son Trunks as a student and even gives his own life to save Trunks's. Now Trunks must figure out a way to change this apocalyptic future.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: anime, suspenseful, inspirational, shounen, exciting, offbeat, humorous, serious, stylized, semi serious