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Plot Summary:
In a land filled with magic and mystery, two rival kingdoms are readying for war: Isa, the beautiful water-laden city, and Paro, the industrialized wasteland. Windaria follows the tale of two sets of lovers: Marin and Izu, a young pair of farmers who are devoted to one another, and Ahanas and Jill, princess and prince of the rival kingdoms. With war approaching, these star-crossed lovers will experience the true depth of tragedy as they struggle to survive.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 594
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, tragic ending
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Super Mario Brothers: Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach (1986)
Plot Summary:
The Mario Bros. get sucked into their Famicom game, and must now rescue Princess Peach from King Bowser Koopa.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 520
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime, surprise ending, 2d animation, cult film
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Princess Principal Crown Handler: Chapter 2 (2021)
Plot Summary:
The second out of six movie sequels to the TV series.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: anime
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To Every You I've Loved Before (2022)
Plot Summary:
While struggling to make friends after his parents’ divorce, Koyomi Takasaki meets Kazune Takigawa, but apparently, they already have. Kazune reveals that she’s from World Line 85, an alternate universe in which she and Koyomi are lovers. But in a reality where moving between dimensions is natural, could Koyomi be the one from another world?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 562
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: anime
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Armageddon: The Great Battle with Genma (1983)
Plot Summary:
From the depths of space he is coming... Ancient beyond understanding, his power is immeasurable. He has destroyed half the universe and is on his way here. He is… Genma. Only two people are aware of the imminent catastrophe: Princess Luna, a modern day prophetess and Vega, a cybernetic crusader from a world long since ravaged by Genma. Determined to spare the Earth from a similar fate, Luna and Vega must try to mobilize the most potent psychics in the world. Together, this army of fledging psychic warriors must succeed where billions have tried... and failed. But will they be able to gather their champions in time? Genma’s agents are already on Earth to ensure that their master meets with no opposition!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 435
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: anime
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Queen Millennia (1982)
Plot Summary:
In the year 1999, astronomer Professor Amamori has discovered a tenth planet within the solar system. Unfortunately, he also discovers that it is set to collide with the Earth on 9 September 1999, at 9:09:09 AM. Professor Amamori makes preparations to save the planet, aided in his campaign by his nephew Hajime and his secretary Yukino Yayoi. Unknown to anyone, Yayoi harbours deep secrets: LaMetal crosses paths with Earth (and wreaks chaos) every millennium, it is home to an advanced civilization who enslave any human survivors of the cataclysm, and she herself is the Millennial Queen, a special citizen of La Metal who comes to Earth every 1000 years to prepare for the this passing. However, she also hopes to save Earth, for though she is from LaMetal, she cannot stand aside and let her home world destroy the planet and its natives that she has come to love. And so she begins a desperate struggle of her own.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: anime
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The Five Star Stories (1989)
Plot Summary:
"The Five Star Stories" is a well created Japanese anime film.Among the 5 star systems known as the Joker Systems, there are many kingdoms. There are knights within the kingdoms and these knights who control giant robots, Mortar Heads, are called Headliners. Bound to the knights are fatimas. Human in appearance and mind, the fatimas (mostly female) possess expanded physical capabilities and make it possible for a Headliner to control a Mortar Head. Fatimas cannot reproduce. All this is overseen by Emperor Amaterasu and his Mirage Knights.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 375
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: anime
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Space Battleship Yamato - Final Chapter (1983)
Plot Summary:
The Galman Empire is destroyed but the planet Galmania is not, by a chance collision of galaxies. The Bolar Federation worlds including Planet Bolar are destroyed. The Yamato, back under the command of Captain Okita, encounters the planet Denguil too late to save its humanoid civilization from being flooded by the water planet Aquarius. The surviving Denguil, a warrior race who believe only the strong should survive, plan to use Aquarius to flood Earth and destroy humanity, in order to create a new home for their race.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 152 min
Plot tags: anime
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The Heroic Legend of Arislan (1993)
Plot Summary:
Betrayed from within and overwhelmed by dark sorcery, the valiant armies of Pars are overrun by the warrior-fanatics of Lusitania. Escaping the destruction of his homeland, the heroic Prince Arslan begins to assemble a group of five, extraordinary allies—a priestess, an exiled warrior, a mischievous minstrel, an insightful artist and his attendant—to aid him in his fight against the Lusitanian invaders. Together, they must build an army and defeat 300,000 trained soldiers—including the mysterious Lord Silver Mask who has also laid claim to the throne of Pars.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, fantasy anime
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Sea Prince and the Fire Child (1981)
Plot Summary:
Years after the war between the Children of Water and the Children of Fire, Oceanus, a god of the sea, presents Prince Sirius with the eye of Algarock, thereby putting him in charge of those that dwell under the waves. But when Sirius encounters a beautiful Fire Child named Malta (the daughter of the Queen of Fire), he is lost in love and defies the law that states that Children of Water and Children of Fire must forever remain separate to prevent war from breaking out once more. Sirius and Malta struggle to be together while running into obstacles and suffering great losses along the way. But in the end, are the echoes of history too loud to overcome, or can the two lovers be united and bring peace to the land?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 575
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: anime, fairy tale, adult animation, aesthetic, epic, corny
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Violet Evergarden (2018)
Plot Summary:
The war is over, and Violet Evergarden needs a job. Scarred and emotionless, she takes a job as a letter writer to understand herself and her past.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, touching, captivating, serious, melancholic, reflective, stylized, manga, harsh
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Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond (2018)
Plot Summary:
The movie of Natsume's Book of Friends series. Natsume has been busy, navigating between humans and Yokai when he coincidentally reunites with an old classmate, Yuki. It brings back painful memories of a certain Yokai. Meanwhile, Natsume also became acquainted with Yorie Tsumura, a woman in the memories of a Yokai whose name he had returned. Yorie knew much about Reiko, but now lived a peaceful life with her only son, Mukuo. Being with this family was comforting for Natsume, but apparently a mysterious Yokai has been lurking in their town. On the way back from investigating, a "Yokai seed" that had latched itself to Nyanko Sensei drops into the Fujiwaras' garden and grows overnight into a fruit tree. When Nyanko Sensei eats a fruit that is somehow shaped like himself, he suddenly splits into three!.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 605
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: anime, shoujo, touching, captivating, sincere, romantic, melancholic, surreal, iyashikei
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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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The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes (2022)
Plot Summary:
Tono Kaoru heard a rumor: The laws of space and time mean nothing to the Urashima Tunnel. If you find it, walk through and you'll find your heart's desire on the other side...in exchange for years of your own life. On the night Kaoru just so happens to find himself standing in front of a tunnel that looks suspiciously like the one the rumor describes, he finds himself thinking of Karen, the sister he lost in an accident five years ago. To Kaoru's surprise, he's been followed by the new transfer student Anzu Hanaki, who promises to help him experiment with the mysterious tunnel--but what does she want from Kaoru in exchange? And what will he have left to give, after the tunnel's done with him?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: anime, seinen
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Princess Principal: Crown Handler (2021)
Plot Summary:
The first chapter of six-part film sequels for Princess Principal series.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, thrilling, manga
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Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods (1988)
Plot Summary:
In Siberia, Hyōga saves a man that is being attacked. Injured, the man manages only to say something about Asgard. Some days later, Saori, Seiya, Shiryū and Shun are wondering about Hyōga and decide to go to Asgard to investigate. At Valhalla, the Lord of Asgard, Dolbar, says he has not heard of any Hyōga and neither has his right hand, Loki. However, at all times Seiya and the others can feel an evil cosmo emanating from Loki and the other Odin Saints called God Warriors. Shiryū, in particular, notices a familiar cosmo coming from Midgard, a mysterious, masked God Warrior. Dolbar makes it clear that he is trying to take control of both Asgard and the Sanctuary, imprisoning Athena in a strange dimension within the giant statue of Odin. Midgard reveals himself as Hyōga and tries to kill Shiryū to prove himself to Dolbar. Thus, it is the task of the Bronze Saints to defeat Dolbar, Loki and the rest of the God Warriors, to save Athena and Hyōga.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: anime, shounen, manga
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Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth (1988)
Plot Summary:
Athena receives the visit of Phoebus Abel, her older brother and God of the Corona. He informs her that he has come to destroy humanity as punishment for their corruption, just as it was done in ancient times. He dismisses Seiya and the Bronze Saints, as she will now be guarded by Abel's three Corona Saints, Atlas of Carina, Jaow of Lynx and Berenike of Coma Berenices, and the five resurrected Gold Saints who died in the Sanctuary battle: Saga of Gemini, Deathmask of Cancer, Shura of Capricorn, Camus of Aquarius and Aphrodite of Pisces. When Athena rebels against Abel's plan, he attacks her, sending her soul to Elysion, the final resting place from which there is no return. The Bronze Saints immediately rush to the Sanctuary to save her and ultimately overcome Abel.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: anime, shounen, manga
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Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle (1989)
Plot Summary:
The plot involves the coming of Lucifer to the Sanctuary, where his underlings systematically dispose of the surviving Gold Saints. Athena goes to Lucifer to ask for peace, placing herself in peril. The Bronze Saints must then come to her rescue, destroying Lucifer's Fallen Angels (Seima Tenshi in Japanese) in the process.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: anime, shounen, manga
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Sailor Moon R the Movie: The Promise of the Rose (1993)
Plot Summary:
While enjoying the flower gardens, Sailor Moon (Usagi) and friends encounter an old childhood friend of Mamoru's: an alien! He's come back to give Mamoru a special flower, but doesn't like Usagi and the rest of the planet's inhabitants. Sailor Moon must defend the earth from the evil Kisenian Flower he's brought back... before the evil vines and blossoms overrun the planet!.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: anime, mahou shoujo, exciting, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious, epic
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Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris (1987)
Plot Summary:
When Seiya, Hyōga and Shun visit Saori (Athena) at the orphanage, they meet an employee called Eri. An orphan herself, Eri takes a liking to Hyōga and one night they sit outside watching the stars. They see a shooting star and Hyōga asks Eri to make a wish. After Hyōga leaves, however, Eri becomes powerfully attracted to the shooting star and wanders alone into the woods, where she finds a golden apple. She is then possessed by Eris, the Goddess of Discord, and kidnaps Athena, planning to use the golden apple to suck her energy out, fully reincarnate and take over the world. Eris leaves a message for the Bronze Saints, who set out for the goddess's temple which appears on the mountains. There, the heroes fight the five Ghost Saints: Maya of Sagitta, Orpheus of Lyra, Christ of the Southern Cross, Jan of Scutum (called by the Japanese name Tateza) and Jäger of Orion.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: anime, shounen, manga
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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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Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation II: Lovers (2005)
Plot Summary:
Universal Century 0087, as the civil war between the AEUG and the Titans continues, Kamille meets a mysterious girl named Four. But his encounter with Four, one of the Titans' "cyber-Newtypes," fills his heart with anguish. The grief-stricken Kamille fights his way back to space to find the new mobile suit Z Gundam waiting for him. Meanwhile Paptimus Scirocco, the man from Jupiter, has added his strength to that of the Titans. And a third power is finally making its move, in the form of the Zeon remnants of Axis... With enhanced animation and a theme song by GACKT, the tragic romance of Kamille and Four unfolds in this second part of the Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam feature trilogy.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, mecha, rough, serious
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Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space (1982)
Plot Summary:
Amuro Ray and the rest of the White Base crew, now denominated the 13th Autonomous Corps, return to outer space to support the rest of the Earth Federation forces for the decisive battle against the Duchy of Zeon's forces.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, cyberpunk anime
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Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988)
Plot Summary:
In UC 0093 the Federation has recovered from its defeat and has created a new anti-colonial special forces unit to deal with rebel forces: Londo Bell. Elsewhere in space Char Aznable re-appears out of self imposed hiding with a declaration that he now commands his own Neo-Zeon movementand intends to force the emigration of Earth's inhabitants to space by bringing about an apocalypse.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, futuristic, epic, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow (1981)
Plot Summary:
After managing to survive attacks by Zeon's Char Aznable and Garma Zabi, the crew of Federation warship White Base and its mobile suits must battle Zeon forces through Asia, Europe, and the Atlantic Ocean if they are to reach Earth Federation's headquarters alive. During that process many of its crewmembers must overcome their fears, losses, immaturities, and insecurities in order to survive.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, bleak, serious, futuristic, stylized, cyberpunk anime
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Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation I: Heir to the Stars (2004)
Plot Summary:
Universal Century 0087. The Titans, a bellicose faction among the Earth Federation Forces, grows powerful and tyrannical, even using poison gas to suppress a civil unrest. Dissident soldiers from the same military stand against them, forming a resistance group called the AEUG. Kamille Bidan, a civilian student, gets entangled in this conflict when he impulsively steals the Gundam Mark II and joins the AEUG, running away from his home space colony. Then he begins to fight along with Char Aznable, a former Zeon ace pilot who has infiltrated the Earth Sphere for reasons of his own. This is the first part of the feature trilogy derived from the anime series Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, and features enhanced animation and theme songs by GACKT.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, rough, futuristic, suspenseful, mecha, serious, stylized
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Wings of Honneamise (1987)
Plot Summary:
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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Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy (1997)
Plot Summary:
Son Goku Jr. is the grand-grandson of the legendary warrior Son Goku, unlike his predecessor he's not a brave fighter. He's constantly picked on by school bullies, his grandmother Pan sees this and she's worried, but even tough Goku is not a strong and powerful saiyan, he has a kind heart, and Pan loves him. When Pan gets sick Goku Jr. realizes he must do something if he doesn't want to lose Pan. Then he will remember about the legends of the Dragon Spheres. It was told they granted a wish to the bearer, Goku needs a magical wish more than ever.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, feel good, humorous, serious, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, slapstick
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Angel's Egg (1985)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: anime, gothic, avant garde, dark fantasy, surreal, adult animation, psychedelic, experimental, disturbing, fairy tale