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Plot Summary:
Remnants of a vampire clan that wanted to rule the world alone, but got defeated in a war by joined forces of other vampires and humans, kidnap the brother of a vampire war veteran. He looks for them in a secret vampire city.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, entertaining, manga, shounen, scary, fast, serious
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Strike Witches (2008)
Plot Summary:
The story takes place in year 1944 and the world lives in fear of unidentified flying objects called neuroi. A young heroine Named Yoshika miyafuji joins the 501st joint wing, known as the strike witches to fight and defeat the neuroi so that way she can protect the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, ecchi
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Saint Seiya The Lost Canvas (2009)
Plot Summary:
Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas – The Myth of Hades, also known as simply The Lost Canvas, is a manga written and illustrated by Shiori Teshirogi. It is a spin-off based on the manga series Saint Seiya, which was created, written and illustrated by Japanese author Masami Kurumada. The Lost Canvas was published by Akita Shoten in the Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine since August 24, 2006, concluding after 223 chapters on April 6, 2011, with twenty-five tankōbon released. Originally envisioned as a comic book whose purpose was to work simultaneously with Kurumada's Saint Seiya Next Dimension as a multi-angle interpretation of the shared elements of its storyline, which stems from an event mentioned in Kurumada's original Saint Seiya manga; the approach was quickly abandoned, as both works greatly diverged, Kurumada's Next Dimension stayed as the canonical telling of these events, and The Lost Canvas as a separate alternate retelling. The story takes place in the 18th century, and focuses on how an orphan known as Tenma becomes one of Athena's 88 warriors known as Saints and finds himself in a war fighting against his best friend Alone who is revealed to be the reincarnation of Athena's biggest enemy, the God Hades.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, suspenseful, stylized, exciting, serious
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Moon Phase (2004)
Plot Summary:
Paranormal photographer Kouhei stumbles into the arms of Hazuki, a vampire beauty who has waited for years to be freed from a forgotten castle. Unwilling to part with her unwitting hero, the petite vamp follows Kouhei home and starts causing trouble. But domestic disorder is the least of Kouhei’s problems. With dark forces gathering, he’s about to enter a world he can’t begin to comprehend!.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, stylized, semi serious, captivating
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Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu (2016)
Plot Summary:
One day, Koyomi Araragi encounters the horrifying vampire, Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade A.K.A. the "King of Apparitions." He saves the fatally wounded Kiss-shot by offering his blood at the expense of his own life as a human. Now Koyomi has to face the vampire hunters to retrieve Kiss-shot’s limbs which were taken by these hunters.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: anime, light, gothic, stylized, humorous
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Is This a Zombie? (2011)
Plot Summary:
Some guys have no luck; he’s got no pulse. That’s life for poor unfortunate, undead Ayumu. First, he was murdered by a serial killer. Total bummer. Then he was resurrected as a zombie by a cute little Necromancer. That seemed pretty cool until she moved into his house, refused to speak, and forced his rotting carcass to do all the cooking. After that, a magical girl in a pretty pink dress used her matching chainsaw to chop his corpse in half. Luckily, the Necromancer’s powers of resurrection trumped those of the chainsaw chick, so instead of dying (again), Ayumu became the world’s first magical girl zombie. There’s also a voluptuous vampire ninja who thinks zombie boy’s a pervert – and a hideous crayfish demon who wants to devour him. Confused? All you gotta know is this: zombies, frilly dresses, demons, and moe chainsaws. Pink. It’s the new dead.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: ecchi, anime, exciting, humorous, parody, light, captivating, entertaining, absurd, seinen
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Corpse Princess (2008)
Plot Summary:
Corpse Princess is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshiichi Akahito. Premiering in Monthly Shōnen Gangan on April 12, 2005, the series centers around the "Corpse Princess" Makina Hoshimura, an undead girl who is hunting down 108 undead corpses in order to gain entry into heaven with the help of a secret society of anti-corpse Buddhist monks. Feel and Gainax partnered together to adapt the series into a thirteen episode anime series. The first season, Aka, premiered on AT-X on October 2, 2008. A second season, Kuro, aired between January and March 2009. The anime is licensed for North American distribution and release by Funimation Entertainment, which has already started releasing the episodes in subtitled form as Shikabane Hime through various online distribution companies and through its own website. The series made its North American television debut on the FUNimation Channel on November 15, 2010.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 469
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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Zombie-Loan (2007)
Plot Summary:
Based on the manga by PEACH-PIT, serialised in G-Fantasy. When a human is marked to die, a faint gray line that is invisible to most appears around their neck. As time passes, that ring becomes darker and darker, until it is eventually black, and that person dies. Kita Michiru has an unusual gift - she posses "Shinigami eyes," which allow her to see these rings. When Michiru notices that two of the boys in her Class, Akatsuki Chika and Tachibana Shito not only have rings, but that they`re jet black, they reveal to her that the were supposed to die in a tragic accident six months ago. With the help of the Zombie Loan loan office, they were given a second chance at life, should they be able to pay for their debt by doing the work of Shinigami and killing malicious zombies. They petition Michiru to assist them in their efforts, and she finds her everyday life changing dramatically.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 297
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, absurd, shounen
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Ghost Sweeper Mikami (1993)
Plot Summary:
Epic battles against evil.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, stylized, semi serious
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Blood+ (2005)
Plot Summary:
Blood+, pronounced as "Blood Plus", is an anime series produced by Production I.G and Aniplex and directed by Junichi Fujisaku. The series premiered in Japan on Sony's anime satellite channel, Animax, as well as on terrestrial networks such as MBS, TBS, and RKB on October 8, 2005. The final episode aired on September 23, 2006. Blood+ is licensed for international distribution in several regions through Sony Pictures' international arm, Sony Pictures Television International. Blood+ was inspired by the 2000 anime film Blood: The Last Vampire; however, there are only a few allusions and basic elements from the film. Fujisaku has been involved with both works, including acting as the director for Blood+ and writing the novelization of Blood: The Last Vampire.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, manga, gothic, spooky, shounen, scary, stylized, serious, suspenseful
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Dance in the Vampire Bund (2010)
Plot Summary:
Mina Tepeş, the Princess of the ancient covenant and ruler of all vampires, wants her race to stop hiding from the humans. Using her vast wealth, she has paid off Japan's entire national debt and by doing so, gained the right to create a district off Japan's coast that is to become the future haven to vampires worldwide. But when she finally attempts to make public the existence of vampires to the world some politicians, terrorists and rival factions are plotting to assassinate Mina before she has a chance to get Japan's and international recognition for the Vampire Bund. Now she must rely on her strength, cruelty and those closest to her, while trying to make a normal life.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 866
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, bleak, serious, humorous, suspenseful, adult anime, seinen, dark fantasy, ecchi
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Blood Lad (2013)
Plot Summary:
Staz is a vampire from the surreal "Demon World", and Fuyumi, an ordinary girl, accidentally wanders into the Demon World through a portal. Subsequently after meeting each other, Fuyumi is killed by a carnivorous plant and turned into a ghost, causing Staz to take responsibility and pledge to help bring her back to life.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, entertaining, exciting, humorous, surreal, stylized, satirical, manga, offbeat, seinen
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Vampire Princess Miyu (1997)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 418
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, adult anime, exciting, bleak, serious, suspenseful, stylized, gothic, ecchi
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Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (2020)
Plot Summary:
A long time ago, there was a valiant swordsman who came to be known simply as "the hero." There was a demon who has caused people suffering. The hero and his companions arrived to challenge the demon to a battle and by combining their powers, the battle was brought swift conclusion. With no one around to cause trouble, the island became a quiet place where everyone could live together in peace. Several years later, the demon is revived. Our present-day protagonist, Dai, lives on a remote island in the southern seas and dreams of becoming a great hero. When he hears about the demon's revival, Dai and his friends take it upon themselves to stop him and the evil force that revived him. Along the way, Dai discovers the identity of "the hero," the truth behind the evil force who revived the demon, and Dai's own hidden powers that surface in times of peril.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, captivating, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, manga, shounen
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Gugure! Kokkuri-san (2014)
Plot Summary:
A little girl named Kohina ends up summoning a Kokkuri-san, a lower-ranking ghost in Japanese folklore. The Kokkuri-san she calls ends up being a white-haired handsome, young man. Although he had intended to merely haunt her at first, he becomes worried about her terrible eating habit of cup ramen for every meal, so he decides to haunt her in order to protect her.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 280
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, psychological, tense, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative, shounen, super sentai, unusual plot structure
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Ushio and Tora (2015)
Plot Summary:
Ushio thinks that his father's talk of an ancient ancestor impaling a demon on a temple altar stone with the legendary Beast Spear is nuts, but when he finds the monster in his own basement, Ushio has to take another look at the family legend! To save his friends and family from the invading spirits, Ushio is forced to release Tora from his captivity. But will the creature prove to be worse than the curse?.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, humorous, shounen, super sentai, dark fantasy
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Knights of Sidonia (2014)
Plot Summary:
An alien race called Gauna has destroyed Earth. leaving humanity struggling to survive aboard the spaceship Sidonia. Even though it’s been a century since the last encounter with the Gauna, military service is mandatory. For Nagate Tanikaze, whose grandfather secretly hid him in the forgotten bowels of Sidonia, it’s a strange new world as he’s forced to come to the surface. Yet his recruitment comes just in time, for the Gauna have suddenly reappeared.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, serious, tense, captivating, manga, psychological, suspense, super sentai
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Princess Resurrection (2007)
Plot Summary:
Princess Resurrection is a Japanese horror comedy manga by Yasunori Mitsunaga. The manga was serialized monthly in Monthly Shōnen Sirius magazine and published by Kodansha. A 26-episode anime series by Madhouse aired on TBS in 2007. Both the manga and anime are available in North America with the manga licensed by Del Rey Manga and the anime licensed by Sentai Filmworks and available on the Anime Network website. A new OVA series has been made by Tatsunoko Production with the first episode released in December 2010, along with the 13th volume of the manga, the second episode for the 14th volume, and the third episode for the 16th volume. A spin-off manga, Naqua-Den, which stars a side-character from Princess Resurrection as the main character, was released in 2012 currently with two volumes.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, semi serious, exciting, captivating, tense, super sentai
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Vampire Knight (2008)
Plot Summary:
Cross Academy is an elite boarding school with two separate, isolated classes: the Day Class and the Night Class. On the surface, Yuuki Cross and Zero Kiryuu are prefects of the academy, and attempt to keep order between the students as classes rotate in the evenings. As the Night Class is full of utterly gorgeous elites, this can sometimes prove to be a bit difficult. It is completely necessary, however, as those "elites" are actually vampires. Yuuki and Zero act as guardians, protecting the secrets of the Night Class and the safety of their ignorant morning counterparts. As the adopted daughter of the academy's chairman, Yuuki takes her job with a serious and energetic attitude. It also allows her to interact with her secret crush and savior, the president of the Night students' dorm, Kaname Kuran. Zero, on the other hand, has a deep-rooted hatred against vampires, and at times, does not hesitate to kill. Can vampires and humans co-exist, even in the strict setup of the Cross Academy? Only time will tell. Vampire Knight is a shōjo manga series written by Matsuri Hino. The series premiered in the January 2005 issue of LaLa magazine and has officially ended. Chapters are collected and published in collected volumes by Hakusensha, with seventeen volumes currently released in Japan. The manga series is licensed in English by Viz Media, who has released fifteen volumes so far. The English adaptation premiered in the July 2006 issue of Viz's Shojo Beat magazine, with the collected volumes being published on a quarterly basis. Two drama CDs were created for the series, as well as a twenty-six episode anime adaptation. Produced by Studio Deen, the anime series' first season aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between April 8, 2008 and July 1, 2008. The second season, aired on the same station from October 7, 2008 and December 30, 2008. The anime uses many of the same voice actors as were used for the drama CDs. The anime adaptations were licensed for release in North America by Viz Media, the DVD released on July 20, 2010.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, shoujo, exciting, captivating, tense, suspenseful, surreal, serious, offbeat, gothic
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Mob Psycho 100 (2016)
Plot Summary:
Shigeo Kageyama, a.k.a. "Mob," is a boy who has trouble expressing himself, but who happens to be a powerful esper. Mob is determined to live a normal life and keeps his ESP suppressed, but when his emotions surge to a level of 100%, something terrible happens to him! As he's surrounded by false espers, evil spirits, and mysterious organizations, what will Mob think? What choices will he make?.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, exciting, shounen, light, humorous, gothic, manga, adult anime, parody
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Hellsing Ultimate Abridged (2010)
Plot Summary:
A shortened, re-dubbed and much funnier take on "Hellsing Ultimate" (2006). Follow Alucard on his long, enthusiastic walks, and follow Seras, the police girl, as she comes to terms with her vampirism. And nets a sweet-ass cannon in the process.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min
Plot tags: anime, parody, exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, manga
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Beyblade: Metal Fusion (2009)
Plot Summary:
Metal Fight Beyblade is a Japanese manga created by Takafumi Adachi. It is also an anime production based on the original. It is currently being serialized by the monthly CoroCoro Comic.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, semi serious, humorous, captivating, shounen, fast
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Karas: The Prophecy (2005)
Plot Summary:
In a Japanese city haunted by nature spirits and demons, a secret war is raging between the renegade demon Eko and a spectral warrior known as the Karas. Eko has mechanized himself and his followers to defend against the unearthly fury of the Karas; in addition to an armored humanoid form, the Karas can transform into any of various heavily armed and armored vehicles. Eko and his followers prefer to live in the material realm in human form, but to continue doing so they must feed on the fluids of human bodies. Their periodic feasts result in massacres that leave only a single traumatized survivor; these "inexplicable" tragedies are the obsession of a marginalized police inspector whose daughter was the survivor of one such massacre. Opposing Eko are the renegade demon Nue, who also lives in the material world in human form but refuses to drink blood or take a mechanized form, and Otoha, a former human who is summoned by the mysterious Yurine to become the new Karas.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, suspenseful, stylized, exciting, manga
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Kekkaishi (2006)
Plot Summary:
Kekkaishi is a supernatural manga series written and illustrated by Yellow Tanabe. It was serialized in Japan by Shogakukan in the manga magazine Shōnen Sunday from 2003 to 2011, and licensed for an English-language release in North America by Viz Media. It was adapted as a fifty-two episode anime series by Sunrise, which was broadcast between October 2006 and February 2008. The series is about Yoshimori Sumimura and Tokine Yukimura, heirs to rival families of kekkai users, who must defend their school from the spirits drawn to the sacred land upon which it is built. Kekkaishi received the 2007 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 534
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, shounen, manga
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Tactics (2004)
Plot Summary:
Tactics is a Japanese manga series written as a collaboration between Sakura Kinoshita and Kazuko Higashiyama. It was serialized in Comic Blade Masamune. Kinoshita supplied the character "Kantarou," and Higashiyama supplied the character "Haruka." While the manga was previously licensed for released in English in paperback by both ADV Manga and Tokyopop, the manga is now only available in English in digital format on JManga. The animation studio Studio Deen adapted the Tactics manga into a 25-episode anime series, which ran on Japanese television from October 5, 2004 to March 29, 2005. The English dub of the anime was distributed by Manga Entertainment in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, History, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, shounen
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Trinity Blood (2005)
Plot Summary:
Many centuries ago, man's Armageddon gave birth to the vampires' wrath. As man and immortal clash, a reality-shattering threat looms. Hope resides solely in a new breed of hunter operating under the Vatican's authority. The true battle between holiness and evil has begun.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, suspenseful, stylized, manga, suspense, seinen, serious
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Devil May Cry (2007)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of the demon hunter Dante who himself is half demon and half human.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 288 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, stylized, atmospheric, suspenseful, gothic, manga, adult anime, perverse, shounen
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Hellsing (2001)
Plot Summary:
Vampires exist. It is the duty of Hellsing, an organization sponsored by the British government, to hide that frightening fact and protect the blissfully unaware populace. Along with its own personal army, Hellsing also has a few secret weapons. Alucard, an incredibly powerful vampire, has been controlled by Hellsing for years. Although he dislikes being a servant to the Hellsing family, he certainly enjoys his job as Hellsing’s vampire exterminator. Seras is a fledgling vampire and a former police woman. Although reluctant to embrace her new self, she is still a valuable member of the organization. Integra Hellsing, the current leader, is usually fully capable of fulfilling her duty, but lately, vampire activity has been on the rise. Unfortunately, the cause is more alarming than anything she could have imagined.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, gothic, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, dark fantasy, manga, scary, brutal, humorous
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Shaman King (2021)
Plot Summary:
The Shaman King is the one who can contact the king of spirits and reshape the world. Every 500 years, shamans, who can commune between the worlds of the living and dead, compete in the Shaman Fight to become the next Shaman King. Among those aiming for the top is a young shaman named Yoh Asakura.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, suspense, exciting, tense, suspenseful, contemplative, shounen, gothic
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Akame ga Kill! (2014)
Plot Summary:
Young Tatsumi travels to the capital of the Empire in order to earn money for his starving people and encounters a world of unimaginable depravity, dominated by the ruthless Prime Minister who controls the child Emperor. Tatsumi is recruited by Night Raid, a group of assassins dedicated to eliminating corruption by mercilessly killing officials and privileged nobles.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, suspense, serious, tense, captivating, exciting, manga, humorous, seinen, shounen
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Castlevania (2017)
Plot Summary:
A dark medieval fantasy following the last surviving member of the disgraced Belmont clan, trying to save Eastern Europe from extinction at the hand of Vlad Dracula Tepe himself. Inspired by the classic video game series.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: dark fantasy, adult animation, anime, atmospheric, bloody, tense, disturbing, suspense, manga, gothic