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Plot Summary:
All the blue drop stories revolve around a war between humanity and the Arume, an alien race consisting soley of women. Both manga series are set after the war while the anime is set before. The two manga series feature some degree of sexual content; the second manga being considerably more.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, sincere, captivating
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Jyu-Oh-Sei (2006)
Plot Summary:
Jyu-Oh-Sei is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsumi Itsuki. An 11-episode anime adaptation was animated by Bones and premiered April 13, 2006 in Japan as part of Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block. On May 2, 2009, the series made its North American television debut on the FUNimation Channel.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 490
Genere: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, bleak
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Planetes (2003)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2075, mankind has reached a point where journeying between Earth, the moon and the space stations is part of daily life. However, the progression of technology in space has also resulted in the problem of the space debris, which can cause excessive and even catastrophic damage to spacecrafts and equipment.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, captivating, futuristic, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, adult animation
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Karneval (2013)
Plot Summary:
Nai searches for someone important to him, with only an abandoned bracelet as a clue. Gareki steals and pick-pockets to get by from day to day. The two meet in a strange mansion where they are set-up, and soon become wanted criminals by military security operatives. When Nai and Gareki find themselves desperate in a hopeless predicament, they encounter none other than the country's most powerful defense organization - "Circus"!!.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 390
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, captivating, stylized
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Mobile Suit Gundam AGE (2011)
Plot Summary:
Mobile Suit Gundam AGE is a 2011 Japanese science fiction anime television series and the twelfth incarnation of Sunrise's long-running Gundam franchise. The series was first announced in the July issue of Shogakukan's CoroCoro Comic, and has gaming company Level-5's President Akihiro Hino in charge of the story. This installment of the Gundam meta-series is set on a futuristic Earth plagued by an interplanetary war that spans a whole century. Its story revolves around three protagonists from the same family, each piloting his own version of the eponymous mecha, fighting to defend Earth and its space colonies from an enemy race far more advanced in terms of technology. The series was officially unveiled by Bandai on June 13, 2011, during a special event at the 2011 Tokyo Toy Show. Gundam AGE premiered on the MBS and TBS broadcasting stations in Japan on October 9, 2011 and 49 episodes were broadcast, with the last episode on September 23, 2012. A compilation OVA titled Mobile Suit Gundam AGE: Memory of Eden will be released on July 26, 2013, focusing on the second protagonist of the series, Asemu Asuno.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, captivating, entertaining
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Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan (2018)
Plot Summary:
Straightforward and innocent Hisone Amakasu is a Self-Defense Force rookie stationed at the Air Self-Defense Force's Gifu Base. She was struggling with the fact that she sometimes hurts people unintentionally by her innocent words and decided to join the Air Self-Defense Force, hoping to maintain a certain distance from people. This decision led her to a fateful encounter which profoundly changed her life. It was the "OTF" dragon hidden in the base and it chose Hisone as his pilot. When it soared into the sky with Hisone, her fate as a dragon pilot was decided. It is said that dragons have a key to the future of the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 591
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, mecha
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Tokyo 24th Ward (2022)
Plot Summary:
The Far Eastern Special Administrative Region, also known as the 24th Ward, is a man-made island. Shuta, Ran, and Koki were born and raised on the island. Their family backgrounds, preferences, and personalities are completely different, but they always stuck together. However, one incident changed their relationship forever. A year afterward, the three friends are reunited by chance at a memorial service held for the incident. All three of their phones suddenly ring simultaneously. Their friend, who is supposed to be dead, is calling and demands that they make a decision about the future.
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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Figure 17 (2001)
Plot Summary:
Figure 17 Tsubasa & Hikaru is an original anime series created by Genco and OLM, Inc. and directed by Naohito Takahashi. The series featured character designs by Yuriko Chiba and music by Toshihiko Takamizawa. The series is unusual due to it having an hour time slot per episode rather than the standard half hour time slot.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 780 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Jewelpet (2009)
Plot Summary:
A junior high school student named Rinko becomes partners with a rabbit Jewelpet named Ruby. Together they try to find the Jewel Charms that dropped from Jewel Land into the world of the humans. Along with their friends, Rinko and Ruby help others solve their problems while using the magic of Jewelpets.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Animation, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining
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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006)
Plot Summary:
On his first day of high school, Kyon meets an eccentric girl named Haruhi Suzumiya, who announces to the class that she is interested only in meeting aliens, time travelers, and espers. Discontent with the selection of afterschool clubs presented before her, she starts a new club called the SOS Brigade and enlists Kyon, a quiet bookworm named Yuki Nagato, a shy but beautiful junior named Mikuru Asahina, and a grinning and loyal transfer named Itsuki Koizumi. Each of them except Kyon is secretly part of one of the groups Haruhi desired to meet, and they all must keep close watch on her. If she ever grows dissatisfied with reality, she may unintentionally destroy the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, semi serious, humorous, captivating, feel good, entertaining, seinen, offbeat
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Astra Lost in Space (2019)
Plot Summary:
The year is 2061, when space travel is now possible and commercially viable, and the students of Caird High School embark on their Planet Camp. But soon after Group B5 arrived at their planetary camp site, a mysterious and unforeseen sentient light sphere warps its 9 members into outer space, stranding them 5012 light years away from their home planet. With the discovery of an old, unmanned spaceship nearby, the students must stay strong, manage their limited resources and remain united in the darkness of space, so that all of them can survive their long and likely perilous trek back home aboard the Astra.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, psychological, captivating, disturbing, futuristic, tense, adult anime, shounen
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[C] The Money of Soul and Possibility Control (2011)
Plot Summary:
Kimimaro works two jobs to make ends meet. He could go from pauper to prince in a parallel world called the Financial District—if he’ll invest his future as collateral in a dangerous game. Winning gets you more wealth, but losing could erase you from existence. When the destructive forces at play compel Kimimaro to confront the most powerful player, can he save the real world from total collapse?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 520
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, captivating, stylized, psychological, suspense
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Canaan (2009)
Plot Summary:
Two years ago, Shibuya was ravaged by a biological terrorist attack using the deadly Ua virus. Maria Osawa was saved when her father inoculated her against the virus, but is left with partial amnesia from the shock. She works as a cameraman when she reunites with a girl named Canaan in Shanghai, China. A gifted assassin with synesthesia, she is under orders from an unknown organization for a yet unspecified mission.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, humorous, serious, yaoi, yuri, suspenseful
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Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse (2012)
Plot Summary:
In the year 1973, alien species known as BETA (Beings of Extra Terrestrial origin which is Adversary of human race) came to invade earth. During the next 30 years, they have conquered most of the Eurasian continent, effectively decreasing the world population by billions. In response to their unique behavior, a new type of mobile mechanical humanoid weapon was developed, known as Tactical Surface Fighter (TSF). In the year 2001, elite pilots from around the world start to gather at a UN base in Alaska named Yukon to participate in the Prominence Project. This project is a joint effort between Russia and America on research and development of next generation of TSF. The job of the pilots is to test the prototypes, which occasionally involves pitting them one against another.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 195
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, captivating, tense, mecha, futuristic, ecchi, super sentai
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Planet With (2018)
Plot Summary:
Sōya Kuroi has dreams of people with superpowers fighting a massive dragon in the sky, but his real life is almost as weird. He's had amnesia for about two weeks and been taken in by a maid and an anthropomorphic cat. When a UFO in the shape of a stuffed bear approaches Sorimasaka City and other metros around the world, he's startled to see seven rainbow-sparkling heroes zoom out to confront it – just like in his dream. Even weirder, the maid wants him to leave his shelter to confront these heroes and take the source of their power.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, mecha
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Majestic Prince (2013)
Plot Summary:
In the latter half of 21st century, humans leave the Earth and begin to live in space. In order to adapt to the environment in space and deal with the hostile aliens in Jupiter, genetically engineered children called "Princes" are artificially raised and trained to be pilots of armed robots "AHSMB (Advanced High Standard Multipurpose Battle Device). This is a bonus epilogue episode for Majestic Prince.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, emotional, futuristic, tense, bleak, serious, suspenseful, mecha, stylized
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Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz (1997)
Plot Summary:
The year is AC 196. A year has past since the Gundam pilots fought for peace between the colonies and Earth. Now a new threat has arisen and threatens to take over the Earth. The result: Relena is kidnapped by Trieze's daughter and the Gundam pilots must fight for peace...one last time. The Endless Waltz has begun.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, offbeat, bleak, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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Black Bullet (2014)
Plot Summary:
Virus Gastrea menyebar seperti api, membuat setiap wadah yang terinfeksi bermutasi dengan cepat, mendapatkan kekuatan baru dan kemampuan dengan setiap tahap perkembangan, bahkan saat mereka terus menyerang, membunuh dan menginfeksi beberapa host baru.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, rough, serious, exciting, bleak, suspenseful, scary, tense, captivating, manga
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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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The Skull Man (2007)
Plot Summary:
Otomo City: where freedom and justice have atrophied to the bone; where conspiracy rules the day and death stalks the night... Death in the form of the Skull Man, a literal Grim Reaper whose skeletal grin presages grisly mayhem and murder, even to the monstrous mutants that haunt the city's underworlds! To investigate a bizarre slaying, journalist Minagami Hayato and photographer Kiriko Mamiya must stalk this ultimate predator, through a festering cadaver of a city where the corruption flows in rivers as deep and foul as the sins of the reigning elite, and unearth a secret so shocking that an entire city has been turned into a tomb to contain! In a nightmarish necropolis where nothing is as it seems, vengeance comes in the form of a living Death's-Head!.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Animation, Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, scary, rough, serious
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Blood-C (2011)
Plot Summary:
Blood-C focuses on Saya Kisaragi, an outwardly normal girl who serves as the shrine maiden to a country town; in reality, she is a skilled swordswoman charged by her father to defeat Elder Bairns, monsters who feed on human blood. As her battles grow more desperate and more people she cares for fall victim to the Elder Bairns, Saya begins finding faults in her reality, and eventually uncovers a disturbing truth about herself, the town and her surviving friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, atmospheric, exciting, tense, captivating, manga, serious, suspenseful, stylized, surprise ending
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Blast of Tempest (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Kusaribe family is a family of sorcerers under the protection of the ‘Tree of Origins.’ Their princess, Hakaze Kusaribe, was the greatest sorceress of their family. But Samon Kusaribe, a member of their family seeking to resurrect the ‘Tree of World's End,’ a tree that opposes the ‘Tree of Origins’ and controls the power of destruction, stuffs her into a barrel, and banishes her to a deserted island.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, semi serious, manga, shounen, dark fantasy, atmospheric, stylized, urban fantasy
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Beyond the Boundary (2013)
Plot Summary:
The dark fantasy follows a high school sophomore named Akihito Kanbara. Although the boy appears human, he is half Youmu and invulnerable to wounds because he can heal quickly. One day, Akihito meets freshman Mirai Kuriyama when it seems she is about to jump from the school rooftop. Mirai is isolated because of her ability to manipulate blood, which is considered heresy among members of the spirit world. Disturbing events begin to unfold after Akihito saves Mirai.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, tense, captivating, manga, scary, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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Zoids: New Century (2001)
Plot Summary:
Zoids: Chaotic Century, simply titled Zoids in Japan, is the first of four anime series based on the Zoids range of mecha model kits produced by TOMY. It is loosely adapted from the manga series Kiiju Shinseiki Zoido, which was created by Michiro Ueyama and published in CoroCoro Comics. The series was animated by XEBEC, and aired from 1999-09-04 to 2000-12-23 on TBS Network. Although the first series to be produced for the franchise in Japan, Chaotic Century was the second series to be dubbed and aired in Western nations, following Zoids: New Century.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Animation, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, stylized, serious, exciting, light, captivating, mecha, shounen, saga, epic fantasy
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Glass Fleet (2006)
Plot Summary:
A tyrannical Emperor has his grasp over the galaxy. The rebels outnumbered and outgunned try to locate the mythical Glass Fleet that once served the true ruler. They do find one of the royal descendants, now a space pirate.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, stylized, suspense
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Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 (1998)
Plot Summary:
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 is a Japanese anime series produced by Anime International Company and funded by ADV Films. A retelling of the 1987 original video animation Bubblegum Crisis, the series premiered on TV Tokyo on October 8, 1998 where it ran for 26 episodes until its conclusion on March 31, 1999. Toshiba EMI released the episodes on both VHS and Laserdisc across 13 volumes, each containing two episodes. The first volume was released on January 21, 1999; the final volume was released July 26, 2000. The series was later released on DVD, however the Japanese versions were simply the American DVD releases encoded to play for Region 2. Set in 2039-2040.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 892
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 29 min
Plot tags: anime, cyber, exciting, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, fast, mecha
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Kiddy Grade (2002)
Plot Summary:
Two women carry out missions and fight crime across the galaxy.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 366
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, futuristic, stylized, exciting, serious, suspenseful, mecha, yuri
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Super Dimensional Cavalry: Southern Cross (1984)
Plot Summary:
The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross is a Japanese science fiction mecha anime TV series released in 1984.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, cyberpunk anime
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UQ Holder! (2017)
Plot Summary:
In the decade since the world became aware of the existence of magic, the world has undergone massive upheaval. However, a boy named Tōta lives in seclusion in a rural town far removed from these changes. His ordinary life is highlighted by his magic-using female teacher and his supportive friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, sincere, humorous, captivating, shounen, super sentai
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s-CRY-ed (2001)
Plot Summary:
The aftermath of a mysterious environmental catastrophe has left the land in complete desolation! While mankind has been able to rebuild the city, the catastrophe has caused some humans to undergo genetic mutations granting them special powers and abilities. These genetically enhanced humans are known as Alters. Kazuma has spent his entire life in the wastelands relying on his special powers to survive, but when a secret organization called ‘Holy’ threatens to take away his freedom, he will be left with a choice to join or die. His fight to seek the truth behind the ‘Holy’ will rage and consume humanity and Alter alike!.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 629 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, manga