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Plot Summary:
Prequel film of UN-GO telling the encounter of Shinjuurou and Inga.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Animation, Short, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, futuristic, suspenseful, anime
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Woodpecker Detective's Office (2020)
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It is the end of the Meiji Era. The genius poet Ishikawa Takuboku, who’s struggling financially, starts a detective business out of his lodging in response to a certain murder case. He calls it the Woodpecker Detective’s Office. “The ghosts of the Twelve-Story Tower in Asakusa,” “the man-eating figure who wanders the streets on snowy nights”… Takuboku involves himself in one bizarre case after another with his hometown acquaintance, Kindaichi Kyosuke, as his assistant. Other literary men such as Nomura Kodo, Yoshii Isamu, Hagiwara Sakutaro, and Wakayama Bokusui are also dragged into Takuboku’s exploits as he races all around Tokyo at the height of Westernization!.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Animation, History, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, psychological, intellectual, captivating, suspenseful, detective, odd
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Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie (2019)
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With its armies sweeping across the continent, the Empire seems unstoppable. After securing victory over the remnants of the Republic's army, the Empire's ultimate victory is finally within reach. However, dark clouds are gathering in the East. The communist-led Russy Federation is mustering troops on its western border, preparing to enter the war. Supported by a detachment of Allied volunteer magicians—among whom is Mary Sioux, the daughter of a soldier killed by Tanya—the Federation is determined to spread the communist creed and bring the Empire to its knees. Meanwhile, Tanya and her battalion return to the imperial capital from the southern front. Upon their arrival, they are tasked with investigating troop movements on the border with the Federation. Any escalation of violence at this point may lead to new conflicts, plunging the world into a global war. Will the Empire eventually emerge victorious from its struggle, or will it crumble in the face radically different ideologies?.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: anime, suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric, futuristic, stylized
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Invited to a wealthy client's mansion, time-traveling witch Yuko and her companions arrive to find a group of collectors assembled to participate in a mysterious auction. And the mystery only deepens when the collectors go missing one by one. As more guests disappear and strange occurrences abound, Yuko and her friends realize they must solve the mystery before they vanish as well.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, psychological, adult animation
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Madoka Kaname, an ordinary middle-schooler, along with her best friend Sayaka Miki, are offered the chance to have any wish they want granted by the mysterious Kyubey, and become magical girls and fight witches. However, fellow magical girl Homura Akemi seems intent on stopping Madoka from becoming a magical girl at any cost. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings is a retelling of the first half of the TV anime series.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min
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Leon, who has succeeded the name of Golden Knight "GARO," devotes himself to train a young Makai Knight for the next generation, together with Prince Alfonso of the Valiante Kingdom. Then, they receive an order to exterminate the most beautiful Horror in the world which resides in a neighboring country "Vazelia." At the same time, a young Makai Knight for the next generation is kidnapped by an unknown person. Leon desperately follows them, only to find that he is surrounded by his enemies at a dead end. Then, a Makai Knight Dario who was supposed to be missing for some time suddenly appears and rescues him. Under his guidance, Leon is led to the town where he meets up a totally unexpected person.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: anime, atmospheric, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, adult animation, dark fantasy
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The morning after his high school graduation ceremony, Araragi goes to the bathroom to wash his face but is struck by the sensation that his reflection is watching him. Touching the mirror, Araragi’s hand passes straight through and he is sucked into a mysterious world.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, light, atmospheric, feel good, humorous, captivating, stylized, colorful, fairy tale
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The Garden of Sinners: Overlooking View (2007)
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When an odd string of suicides begins to occur at a local high rise building, most of the townsfolk treat it as an unfortunate series of events. One girl, however, senses something more sinister at work - especially when a close friend of hers falls mysteriously ill.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 49 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, manga, psychological, exciting, neo noir, detective, dark drama
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Based on the horror game Ao Oni by noprops. Five members of the cultural anthropology club at an old western-style school are trying to come up with ideas for their presentation at the school's culture festival, when they find a collection of folk tales gathered by a student in their club 40 years ago. They realize that the mysterious Bellflower Oni that appears in the folk tales may be the basis for the popular free game Ao Oni, and decide to make that their theme. They manage to make contact with the author of the Ao Oni game, but he dies mysteriously soon afterward. The club members become suspicious at the author's death and began to investigate on their own, but encounter a secret they never should have touched: a secret underground prison in the school. For some reason all the fire doors at the school are locked, and they are trapped in the school. The sound of the strange footsteps they hear soon turn to their screams...A new tragedy of the Ao Oni is about to begin.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Animation, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 185
Genere: Animation, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, psychological, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, semi serious
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 638
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
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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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Loups=Garous (2010)
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Virtual reality. Murder. Werewolves. And teen girls! In a future where nothing is as it seems, can old legends come true? In the near future, humans will communicate almost exclusively through monitors, making real interaction a rarefied and weak occurrence for those living in a near totalitarian society. In this new world of communication, children are only allowed to interact personally on school grounds. So when a serial killer starts slaughtering junior high children the communication routes go under further surveillance. And despite all the safeguards put in place to avoid physical interaction, the killer's latest victim turns out to have been in contact with three young girls: Tsuzki Mio, a certified prodigy; Matsuno Hatsuki, a quiet but opinionated classmate; and Kouno Ayumi, her best friend. And as the girls get caught up in trying to quell curiosity under such terrorist scrutiny, Hatsuki learns that there is much more than meets the eye of their monitored communications.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 218
Genere: Animation, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: anime, atmospheric, stylized, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, contemplative
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Animation, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 946
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, entertaining
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Once upon a time, in a far, faraway place, there were two lands. The world was divided into an inner land and an outer land. People feared the outer land, inhabited by eerie beings, the carriers of curse. One day, on the border to the inner land inhabited by humans, one such being finds a girl on heaps of abandoned dead bodies. The girl says her name is Shiva and shows affection to the "being" who found her, calling him "Teacher." This is a story of two people—one human, one inhuman—who linger in the hazy twilight that separates night from day.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 544
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: anime, dark fantasy, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 376
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 147
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Country: Japan
Duration:
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In Karakura Town, unidentifiable spirits begin appearing en mases. While attempting to deal with these strange souls, Ichigo Kurosaki and Rukia Kuchiki meet Senna, a mysterious shinigami who wipes out most of them. Senna refuses to answer any questions, so Ichigo is forced to follow her while Rukia tries to find out what's going on.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Theatrical-release adaptation of the visual novel "Fate/stay night", following the third and final route. (Part 2 of a trilogy.).
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
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When a series of animal bodies that rot away after a single night begin appearing in a remote mountain village, Inugami, a detective from Tokyo who specializes in the occult, is called to investigate. While working the case, he befriends a strange boy who works in the field every day instead of going to school. Shunned by his peers and nicknamed “Dorotabō” after a yokai that lives in the mud, he helps Inugami uncover the truth behind the killings — but supernatural forces are at work, and while Dorotabō is just a nickname, it might not be the only thing about the boy that isn’t human.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
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Un-Go is set in a war-torn Tokyo, in a near-future Japan. In response to Japan sending their military abroad as peacekeeping forces, terrorists launched multiple attacks on Japan, killing many people and destroying much of its cityscapes. Some time after the war receded to a period of uneasy peace, the Japanese Parliament passed the "Information Privacy and Protection Act", which gives the Japanese government control over the Internet. Detective Shinjuurou Yuuki and his strange partner Inga make a living in solving crimes and exposing human souls, all influenced in some way by the dystopian backdrop.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 325
Genere: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
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Yagami Light is an ace student with great prospects, who's bored out of his mind. One day he finds the "Death Note": a notebook from the realm of the Death Gods, with the power to kill people in any way he desires. With the Death Note in hand, Light decides to create his perfect world, without crime or criminals. However, when criminals start dropping dead one by one, the authorites send the legendary detective L to track down the killer, and a battle of wits, deception and logic ensues...this was aired on Japanese tv shortly after the death note anime was completed, this special basically re-cuts the first 26 episodes of the series into a two hour movie with some new scenes and dialogue added and the story is seen from ryuk's viewpoint.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, bleak, suspenseful, touching, art house, psychological thriller
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Munich, Germany, 1923. Two years have passed since Edward Elric was dragged from his own world to ours, leaving behind his country, his friends and his younger brother, Alphonse. Stripped of his alchemical powers, he has been all this time researching rocketry together with Alphonse Heiderich, a young man who resembles his own brother, hoping to one day find a way back home. His efforts so far had proven fruitless, but after lending a hand to a troubled gipsy girl, Edward is thrown in a series of events that can wreak havoc in both worlds. Meanwhile, at his own world, Alphonse Elric ventures deeper into the mysteries of alchemy in search for a way to reunite with his older brother.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: anime, suspense, stylized, atmospheric, suspenseful, talky, intense, exciting, manga, cult classic
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Inspector Kei Mikhail Ignatov finds himself involved with an organization named Bifrost with the possibility of freeing his wife if he betrays Unit One. Koichi Azusawa coordinates an assault on the Public Safety Bureau tower using his hacker Obata, locking down the building and kidnapping Inspector Arata Shindo. Azusawa demands that governor Karina Komiya resign from her position.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 904
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: anime, seinen, atmospheric, rough, futuristic, suspenseful, detective, manga
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Strait Jacket (2007)
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It is the world where magic and science coexist. Rayotte Steinberg, a lone wolf "tactical sorcerist", fights against monsters. They used to be human beings, but they had overused forbidden power, "magic", to turn into monsters. What he wears is "mold", the straight jacket that keeps him being a human. What he holds on his hand is "staff", a magical wand that explodes everything. If he casts magic, he moves one step to be a monster. If he doesn't, he will be killed. Among the harsh battles, he will face a sin he had committed in the past.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 390
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, atmospheric, captivating, tense, suspense, manga, scary, rough, serious