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Plot Summary:
In 2030 AD, after being abandoned by his creator, a young boy robot is rescued by an Android Advocate, Dr Elefun, who adopts him as his own and guides him in the use of his special powers to aid and protect mankind and robot-kind.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 987
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime
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Urusei Yatsura: Inaba the Dreammaker (1987)
Plot Summary:
It is summertime, and Shinobu laments not having a boyfriend. She then happens upon a young man weak from hunger, and wearing a rabbit costume. She gives him a carrot, he expresses his gratitude by hitting on her... and she hits back. The young man leaves behind a key to another dimension where everybody's possible futures exist. Lum and Ataru join Shinobu to find the bunny boy, and happy futures for themselves.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 57 min
Plot tags: anime, shounen
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Gigantor (1964)
Plot Summary:
Gigantor is an American adaptation of the anime version of Tetsujin 28-go, a manga by Mitsuteru Yokoyama released in 1956. It debuted on U.S. television in 1964. As with Speed Racer, the characters' original names were altered and the original series' violence was toned down for American viewers. The series "was resurrected, in color, as The New Adventures of Gigantor, by the Sci Fi Channel in 1993.".
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime
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Mon Colle Knights (2001)
Plot Summary:
Mon Colle Knights, known as Six Gates Far Away Mon Colle Knight in Japan, is an anime and manga series. The original concept was made by Hitoshi Yasuda and Group SNE. The series is based on the Monster Collection trading card game. The Japanese version aired on TV Tokyo, consisting out of 51 episodes and with one movie made for the series. The Saban-produced Mon Colle Knights aired on Fox Kids in North America from July 2001 to September 2002, consisting out of 45 episodes. In 2006 it aired on Jetix on Sundays at 10:00 PM. The manga, written by Satoru Akahori and Katsumi Hasegawa and drawn by Hideaki Nishikawa, is published in English in Singapore by Chuang Yi.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime
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Net Ghost PiPoPa (2008)
Plot Summary:
Net Ghost PiPoPa is a Japanese anime series by Studio Hibari. It premiered on TV Tokyo on April 6, 2008. A manga version is also serialized in Kerokero Ace. It is also released in America in subbed form from December 2008 on Crunchyroll as Web Ghost PiPoPa. A spin-off game entitled Net Ghost PiPoPa: PiPoPa×DS@Big Adventure!!! was also released for the Nintendo DS. Pipopa is an onomatopoeia of computer beeps.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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Daisy Town (1971)
Plot Summary:
When the members of a caravan of pioneers find a daisy growing in the middle of the desert they decide to stop there and to build their town on this very spot. Houses soon spring up like mushrooms, immediately followed by a bank, a saloon, a prison, etc: Daisy Town is born. Unfortunately a city does not go without its bad boys and the peaceful place is soon turned into a lawless place. To restore law and order, a lawman is needed. Lucky Luke, the cowboy who shoots faster than his shadow, will be this man: all the villains had better watch out!.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Western
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: funny, anime
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Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1992)
Plot Summary:
An adolescent with the ability to control a looming war-golem becomes entangled in the Experts of Justice's fight against the infamous group Big Fire.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 481
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, futuristic
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FLCL Alternative (2018)
Plot Summary:
FLCL Alternative is a sequel to FLCL and FLCL Progressive.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 594
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: anime
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Daigunder (2002)
Plot Summary:
Akira Akebono, a young boy who is competing in a robot tournament where many of the robots are capable of transforming into animal forms. Akira wants to win the ultimate prize, the Titan Belt, with the help of his group of robots, all of which are capable of forming into the robot Daigunder. Daigunder is the creation of Akira's father, Professor Hajime Akebono. Together with a girl named Haruka, they compete under the name of Team Akira. However, Team Akira faces opposition from not only their competition, but a robot named Ginzan who is under the control of the evil Professor Maelstrom. Created by Aeon and Takara and animated by Animation Studio Brain's Base, the series aired in TV Tokyo from April 2002 to December 2002.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha
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Mega Man: Fully Charged (2018)
Plot Summary:
Aki Light may seem like a regular, robot schoolboy, but when the villainous Sgt. Night and his team of Robot Masters emerge with ill-intentions, Aki transforms into Mega Man and dedicates himself to protecting Silicon City.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: 3d animation, computer animated
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Final Fantasy (1994)
Plot Summary:
Welcome to Planet R, a place where four crystals representing the elements keep the world in balance. But the crystals of Earth, Fire and Water have been stolen by the evil Deathgyunos. Linaly, a descendant of an ancient protector of the crystals, and Pritz, a headstrong young man, must protect the Crystal of Air to prevent the world from being plunged into Chaos. With the Tycoon military and air pirates after them as well, will they be able to succeed? The story takes place on the same world as Final Fantasy V, named Planet R, set two hundred years in the future, where three of the four crystals have been stolen. The original heroes in Final Fantasy V are now legends of the past, and a new evil, Deathgyunos, has risen on the Black Moon and must be dealt with.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anime
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Gatchaman '94 (1994)
Plot Summary:
Gatchaman is a three-part original video animation (OVA) based on the popular 1970s anime Gatchaman. It was released in Japan and the United States during the mid-1990s. This version of Gatchaman is set in the year 2066 where the evil leader of the nation of Hontwall is threatening to take over the planet. Scientists from the International Science Organization are disappearing and only five teenage heroes, the Science Ninja team, can stop the disaster. The OVAs were licensed by Urban Vision through Harmony Gold USA and were released on VHS and DVD. At Anime Boston 2013, Sentai Filmworks had announced that they have rescued the OVA series along with the original 1970's series for a DVD re-release in October. The series was made available for streaming through Crunchyroll. The series was originally dubbed by Harmony Gold and Urban Vision, however, Sentai Filmworks confirmed that the OVAs will be redubbed for their upcoming DVD and Blu-ray re-release to match the uncut TV series dub.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: anime
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1990)
Plot Summary:
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a half-hour American animated television series based on the successful toyline from Hasbro and the comic book series from Marvel Comics. The series was produced by DIC Entertainment and ran from 1989 to 1992. The series debuted in 1989, with a five-part mini-series titled Operation: Dragonfire. The regular series began in 1990, lasting for two seasons and 44 episodes. The series continued the original G.I. Joe animated series produced by Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions that ran in syndication from 1985 to 1986.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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Dynomutt Dog Wonder (1976)
Plot Summary:
Dynomutt, Dog Wonder is an American animated television series produced for Saturday mornings by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The show centers around a Batman-esque super hero, the Blue Falcon, and his assistant, bumbling yet generally effective robot dog Dynomutt, who can produce a seemingly infinite number of mechanical devices from his body. As with many other animated super-heroes of the era, no origins for the characters are ever provided. Dynomutt was originally broadcast as a half-hour segment of The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour and its later expanded forms Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics and Scooby's All-Stars; it would later be rerun and syndicated on its own from 1978 on. The cast of The Scooby-Doo Show appeared as a recurring characters on Dynomutt, assisting the Daring Duo in cracking their crimes. Originally distributed by Hanna-Barbera's then-parent company Taft Broadcasting, Warner Bros. Television currently holds the television distribution to the series. Between January 2 and March 9, 2008, repeats of Dynomutt, Dog Wonder were shown on Boomerang. On June 4, 2009, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder returned to Boomerang and airs Thursdays through Sundays at 10am Eastern.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 837
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, parody, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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The New Adventures of Superman (1966)
Plot Summary:
The New Adventures of Superman is a series of six-minute animated Superman adventures produced by Filmation that were broadcast on CBS between 1966 and 1970. The 68 segments appeared as part of three different programs during that time, packaged with similar shorts featuring The Adventures of Superboy and other DC Comics superheroes.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 967
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, anime
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Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century (1999)
Plot Summary:
Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century is an animated television series, in which Sherlock Holmes is brought back to life in the 22nd century. The series is a co–production by DiC and Scottish Television and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Special Class Animated Program.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 529
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, futuristic, detective, nostalgic
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Dragon Ball GT (1996)
Plot Summary:
Ten years have passed since Goku left his friends and family to hone his skills. But Goku soon finds himself helpless against the mystical power of the Dragon Balls and an accidental wish made by the devious Emperor Pilaf. His desire; that Goku once again become a child! Not daunted by this small setback, Goku, together with Trunks, and his own granddaughter Pan, blast off into the outer reaches of space in search of the mysterious Blackstar Dragon Balls. But these Dragon Balls have a fatal secret: if not collected within one year Earth will be destroyed.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, manga, shounen
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Zenki the Demon Prince (1995)
Plot Summary:
Zenki is a Japanese manga series written by Kikuhide Tani and illustrated by Yoshihiro Kuroiwa. It was serealized in the Shueisha publication, Monthly Shōnen Jump from 1992 to 1996. Zenki was adapted into a fifty-one episode anime television series in 1995 by Studio Deen and also spawned five video games. Enoki Films handles the English language version of the anime.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, corny
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Astroboy (1963)
Plot Summary:
This show is about a robot boy who fights crime and other robots not mega man.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, adult anime, vintage
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Fantastic Four (1978)
Plot Summary:
Fantastic Four is the second animated series based on Marvel's comic book series Fantastic Four. It aired on NBC from September 9 to December 16, 1978.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 969
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: retro, saga, anime
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Fantastic Four (1967)
Plot Summary:
Fantastic Four is an animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and the first animated series based on Marvel's comic book series Fantastic Four. The program, featuring character designs by Alex Toth, aired on ABC from 1967 to 1970. It lasted for 20 episodes, with repeat episodes airing on ABC until the network cancelled the program. It was also rerun as part of the continuing series Hanna-Barbera's World of Super Adventure. Through a series of transactions, Disney currently holds the rights to the majority of Marvel's 1960s-1990s animated output. However, the 1967-1968 Fantastic Four was produced by Hanna-Barbera, whose library is now owned by Time Warner, making the series one of only a handful of Marvel-related TV projects not owned by Disney. Time Warner is also the owner of Marvel's biggest competitor, DC Comics, as well as the owner of New Line Cinema, which produced a movie trilogy based on another Marvel superhero, Blade.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: epic, saga
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Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (2003)
Plot Summary:
In the 31st Century, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo is an incredible and outlandish renegade who fights against the Margarita Empire and his leader, Tsuru Tsuruiina IV, accompanied of the girl Beauty, the crazy Don Patch and other friends so crazies like him. With his magical afro blonde hair and his buddies, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo will fights against the Hair Hunters to save the world and to free it from the evil emperor's power and his plot to turn bald to all mankind.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 976
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, semi serious, psychedelic, manga, offbeat, parody, shounen, neo screwball comedy
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The Incredible Hulk (1982)
Plot Summary:
The Incredible Hulk is an animated television series based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. The series ran for 13 episodes on NBC in 1982, part of a combined hour with Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. Unlike the previous live-action The Incredible Hulk television series from Universal in the 1970s, this series was based upon the Hulk comic-books and was able to portray the more fantastical elements of the comics as sticking to his true name and origin as well as featuring the return of the original characters in his life all of which the live-action series refused to show. It featured stories faithful to the source material from Marvel, In addition, new recurring characters were created for the series including the Hispanic family of father Rio and his youthful daughter Rita.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: saga, anime, exciting, offbeat, serious, stylized
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Heathcliff & the Catillac Cats (1984)
Plot Summary:
Heathcliff is an animated television series that debuted on September 5, 1984. It was the second series based on the Heathcliff comic strip and was produced by DIC Entertainment. It ran in syndication until 1988 with a total of 86 episodes. The first show based on the comic strip was Heathcliff and Dingbat, which debuted in 1980 and was produced by Ruby-Spears. Mel Blanc provided the voice of Heathcliff in both series.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, France, Canada, Japan
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, not serious
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Astro Boy (2003)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2000, Dr. Boyton creates a super-robot in his deceased son's image. He calls the robot Astro Boy. Astro Boy can swim oceans, leap over mountains, even fly into space on his own power. However, Astro Boy can't replace his son. Dr. Boyton becomes dissatisfied with the boy robot and disowns him. Astro Boy is befriended by Dr. Packadermus J. Elefun of the Institute of Science, who guides him through his adventures. Endowed with super strength, rocket-powered flight, a selfless heart and a kind demeanor, Astro Boy fights a never-ending crusade against the forces of evil!.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 580
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, semi serious, futuristic, exciting
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Wild C.A.T.S: Covert Action Teams (1994)
Plot Summary:
WildC.A.T.s is a half-hour animated television series based on the comics series of the same name. WildC.A.T.s is about the universal war between two prehistoric alien races. One of the races is the heroic Kherubim while the other is the evil Daemonites.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 735
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: adult animation, anime, 2d animation
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The All-New Super Friends Hour (1977)
Plot Summary:
The All-New Super Friends Hour is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes which ran from September 10, 1977, to September 2, 1978, on ABC. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera and is based on the Justice League and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: epic, anime
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Big Hero 6: The Series (2017)
Plot Summary:
Picking up immediately following the events in the feature film, these are the continuing adventures and friendship of 14-year-old tech genius Hiro and his compassionate, cutting-edge robot Baymax. As the new prodigy at San Fransokyo Institute of Technology, Hiro now faces daunting academic challenges and the social trials of being the little man on campus. Off campus, the stakes are raised for the high-tech heroes as they must protect their city from an array of scientifically enhanced villains.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, sincere, humorous, entertaining, 2d animation
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Battle of the Planets (1978)
Plot Summary:
Battle of the Planets cast five young people as G-Force, consisting of Mark, Jason, Princess, Keyop, and Tiny. G-Force protects Earth from planet Spectra and other attacks from beyond space. The most prominent field commander of the Spectra forces was a villainous, masked individual known as Zoltar, who received his orders directly from the "Luminous One". Battle of the Planets is an American adaptation of the Japanese anime series Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, adult animation, stylized, semi serious, vintage
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Justice League Action (2016)
Plot Summary:
Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman will lead the DC Super Heroes against their most infamous foes.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, anime, epic, 2d animation
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Iron Man (1994)
Plot Summary:
Iron Man, also known as Iron Man: The Animated Series, is an American animated television series based on Marvel Comics' superhero Iron Man. The series aired from 1994 to 1996 in syndication as part of The Marvel Action Hour, which packaged Iron Man with another animated series based on Marvel properties, the Fantastic Four, with one half-hour episode from each series airing back-to-back. The show was backed by a toy line that featured many armor variants. This series of Iron Man was among the few television series to be re-recorded in THX. This may have been usual at the time for a motion picture, but it is rare for a television series. Off the heels of the release of the live-action Iron Man film in 2008, reruns began airing on the Jetix block on Toon Disney. Additionally, all 26 episodes are currently available for streaming through LoveFilm.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: saga, anime, exciting, serious, suspenseful