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Plot Summary:
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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Yako Katsuragi is an acclaimed high school detective, who, despite her young age, has solved many cases. In fact, there seems to be no case that she can't solve, or any culprit that escapes justice. But within the walls of her detective agency lies the secret to her prolific crime-solving skills: the cases are actually solved by her assistant, Neuro Nougami. However, to call Neuro an ordinary man would be incorrect. In reality, he is a demon, who came to the human world in search of the ultimate mystery, having already solved every mystery in the demon world. With Yako as his proxy, he feasts on the negative energy released by humans when they commit crimes. Thus, he promises to help Yako solve the mystery of her father's death. But to do so, he must avoid drawing too much attention to himself, which is why Yako plays the role of the detective.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, anime, enigmatic, humorous, disturbing
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Animation, Action, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Animation, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, tense, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Animation, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 272
Genere: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
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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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Plot Summary:
A re-telling of the Alabaster Arc from One Piece (TV). Luffy and his crew come to rescue a land in the midst of a civil war, due to a powerful devil fruit user.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, light, feel good, captivating, exciting
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 622
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 447
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Country: Japan
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After slipping in a bath house, Conan appears to have lost his memory. Worse yet, it looks like he will be used in a hit job.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 437
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 572
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Country: Japan
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Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, detective, shounen
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Country: Japan
Duration:
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Fumika and Kanaka are mail carriers- but not the typical kind. For one, Kanaka is a talking staff and for two, Fumika delivers shigofumi: letters from the dead addressed to the living. These letters are a final, true, communication derived from hate, hope, and love. The story unfolds following this pair and their uncommon job as well as Fumika's unique 'situation'.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 189
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Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Country: Japan
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.hack//G.U. Trilogy (2007)
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 209
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Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 544
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 578
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IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 15000
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In the spring when the cherry blossom petals fall, Yū Narukami moves to Yaso Inaba to live with his uncle and cousin due to his family's circumstances. He transfers to Yasogami High School, where his event-filled school life begins. However, when serial murders begin occurring in the peaceful town, Yū is awakened to the power of his heart turned to physical form: A Persona. Within these new mysteries is Marie, a resident of the alternate world, the Velvet Room, who has no memories of her past. Together with his friends, Yū must solve all the riddles set in front of him and save Yaso Inaba from further violence.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 248
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IMDB Votes: 161
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IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Votes: 935
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 814
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The story takes place several years after Lelouch's "Zero Requiem" plan.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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