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Plot Summary:
When two hit men take out a dangerous mobster, the last thing they expect is for him to have a four-year-old daughter - now an orphan. But when they decide to take custody of the child, their life turns upside down! Between a mission here and a shootout there, the two hired killers will have to find time to prepare nutritious meals, stimulate the child's intellectual growth, and take the little one to daycare!.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, buddy comedy
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Spy-in-training Lily is desperate to score a passing grade. Eager to prove herself, she leaps at the chance to join the mysterious team Lamplight and beat the Impossible Mission. Too bad the task ahead is even more harrowing than she imagined….
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: seinen, anime
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Akiba Maid War (2022)
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Akihabara is the center of the universe for the coolest hobbies and quirkiest amusements. In the spring of 1999, bright-eyed Nagomi Wahira moves there with dreams of joining a maid café. She quickly dons an apron at café Ton Tokoton, AKA the Pig Hut. But adjusting to life in bustling Akihabara isn't as easy as serving tea and delighting customers. Paired with the dour Ranko who never seems to smile, Nagomi must do her best to elevate the Pig Hut over all other maid cafés vying for top ranking. Along the way she'll slice out a place for herself amid the frills and thrills of life at the Pig Hut. Just when Nagomi's dreams are within her grasp, she discovers not everything is as it seems amid the maid cafés of Akihabara.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 515
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, dark comedy, black comedy, adult anime, adult cartoon, 2d animation
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Spy x Family Code: White (2023)
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After receiving an order to be replaced in Operation Strix, Loid decides to help Anya win a cooking competition at Eden Academy by making the principal's favorite meal in order to prevent his replacement. The Forgers decide to travel to the region where the meal originates, but accidentally set off a chain of events which could put the world's peace at risk.
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Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: anime, shounen
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Meganebu! (2013)
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At Himaraya Third Technical School, five bespectacled members of the Glasses club are crazy about eyewear. Their leader, Akira Souma, founded the club to develop the X-ray glasses of his dreams, but their research has been slow in between getting into quirky escapades and fighting off student body president William Satou's attempts to further cut their tight club funding. With unbounded youthful passion, these friends set their minds on making their project a resounding success.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime
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REBORN! (2006)
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Hitman Reborn is the story of Tsunayoshi Sawada, a spineless teenager nicknamed 'No Good Tsuna.' One day a baby hitman shows up & tells Tsuna that he's to become the new boss of a powerful international mafia family. Over time he whips No Good Tsuna into shape to take on the evil Byakuran who wishes to take over the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, shounen, exciting, humorous, semi serious, urban fantasy
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Agent Elvis (2023)
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Elvis Presley trades in his white jumpsuit for a jet pack when he is covertly inducted into a secret government spy program to help battle the dark forces that threaten the country he loves — all while holding down his day job as the King of Rock & Roll.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: adult animation, dark, 2d animation
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Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens (2018)
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Although the city of Fukuoka might look relatively peaceful at first glance, in actuality it houses a thriving mixture of dangerous individuals such as killers, detectives, and professional revenge seekers right beneath its surface. Among their number is Zenji Banba, a laidback and observant detective who is investigating the work of other hitmen companies in the area. However, Banba might not be the only one with a bone to pick with these organizations, as Xianming Ling, a crossdressing male hitman in the employ of one such company begins getting fed up with his lack of jobs and pay. One day, after Ling's current target commits suicide before the hitman could reach him, his company refuses to pay him even half the amount they were originally supposed to for the assassination. Frustrated, Ling requests another mission and is offered the job of taking out Banba, whom his organization believes has been interfering with their business. However, when Banba arrives at his home and finds the hitman inside, Ling surprisingly doesn't even attempt to kill him. Instead, he offers the detective another option: to join him and form a team. With the offer on the table, exactly how will Banba respond, and just what plans does Ling have in store for the underground world of Fukuoka?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 388
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, atmospheric, enigmatic, suspense, stylized, detective
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009-1 (2006)
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In an alternate world, the Cold War has continued to persist for 140 years. As a result, the world was divided into two factions: the West Block, and the East Block. As the Cold War drags on, the tension between the two factions, as well as the amount of nuclear weapons they have, rise. Mylene Hoffman is a female cyborg who is a spy for the West Block. Together with three other agents, Mylene partakes in various missions issued by her superiors.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, enigmatic, mecha, seinen, ecchi, visually appealing
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Great Pretender (2020)
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Supposedly Japan’s greatest swindler, Makoto Edamura gets more than he bargained for when he tries to con Laurent Thierry, a real world-class crook.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, light, intellectual, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Mezzo DSA (2003)
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Mezzo DSA is a 13-episode anime series created by Yasuomi Umetsu and the first not to be licensed by Anime Works, but instead licensed by ADV Films. It is a follow up to the 2001 OVA Mezzo Forte.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, adult anime, realistic
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Moeyo Ken TV (2005)
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Since the era changed from Edo to Meiji, Japan has been changing rapidly with the current government's policy of modernization. Kyoto where Expo was being held. The government issued licenses to monsters that lived with humans. There was a company that arrested unregistered monsters to keep the peace. The name of the company is "Kido Shinsengumi Co. Ltd." Meanwhile, a young guy came back to Kyoto from Shanghai with his monster buddy, Nekomaru. He was Sakamoto Ryunosuke, the son of Sakamoto Ryoma.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, History
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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Lycoris Recoil (2022)
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For these peaceful days――there’s a secret behind it all. A secret organization that prevents crimes: “DA - Direct Attack”. And their group of all-girl agents: “Lycoris”. This peaceful everyday life is all thanks to these young girls. The elite Chisato Nishikigi is the strongest Lycoris agent of all time. Alongside is Takina Inoue, the talented but mysterious Lycoris. They work together at one of its branches–Café LycoReco. Here, the orders this café takes range from coffee and sweets to childcare, shopping, teaching Japanese to foreign students, etc. It's mostly tasks unbefitting of Lycoris. The free-spirited and optimistic pacifist, Chisato. And the cool-headed and efficient Takina. The chaotic everyday lives of this mismatched duo begin!.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, 2d animation
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Ange Vierge (2016)
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The story of the card game follows what happens when "Hairou" portals suddenly open, fusing five different worlds together. As a result, various mysterious "Exceed" powers are awakened in teenaged girls. An academy for these so-called "Progress" girls is built on the isolated Seiran Island in the Pacific.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, ecchi
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City Hunter (1987)
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Ryo Saeba works the streets of Tokyo as the City Hunter. He's a "sweeper" and with his sidekick Kaori Makimura, he keeps the city clean. People hire the City Hunter to solve their dangerous problems, which he does with a Colt Python. When Ryo's not working on a case, he's working on getting the ladies, and Kaori must keep him in check with her trusty 10 kg hammer.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, manga, exciting, captivating, realistic, stylized, semi serious, fast, detective, vintage
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The Way of the Househusband (2021)
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Tatsu, a notorious and feared yakuza leader nicknamed "The Immortal Dragon," withdraws from the criminal syndicate and becomes a housekeeper to help his wife, Miku. The series features a variety of comedic settings, typically showing Tatsu's domestic activities and intimidating inequality with his looks, as well as multiple encounters with his former colleagues and rivals in the Japanese Criminal Syndicate.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 16 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, feel good, satirical, semi serious, seinen
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ēlDLIVE (2017)
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Chuuta Kokonose is an orphan who lives with his aunt. For as long as he can remember, he's had a voice in his head, but other than that he's a normal boy—right until the day when a strange-looking thing follows him home and teleports him to a place filled with more fantastic creatures. It's a space police station, and Rein Brickke, the Chief of Solar System Department, tells him that he's been chosen by the computer as a possible candidate to join the police force. Misuzu Sonokata, a girl from Chuuta's school with an angelic face and ill temper who turns out to be one of Rein Brickke's subordinates, doesn't think him suitable for such a job. Chuuta, who was shocked at first, decides to take the aptitude test after being urged by the voice in his head and to prove Misuzu wrong.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime
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Hunter x Hunter (1999)
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Gon Freecss discovers that the father he had always been told was dead was actually alive the whole time. Ging is a famous Hunter: an individual who has proven themself an elite member of humanity. Gon becomes determined to follow in his father's footsteps, pass the rigorous Hunter Examination.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, manga, shounen
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Shin Ikki Tousen (2022)
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The reincarnation of Himiko, the former queen of Yamatai, has decided to wage war against all magatama wielders of Kanto. In order to recover her lost kingdom, she must gather the true Three Sacred Treasures of Japan. When Himiko's ally, Asaemon Yamada, ruthlessly attacks Nanyou Academy—which possesses the sacred sword Himiko is after—Chuubou Sonken, Hakufu Sonsaku's newfound sister, awakens her dragon but loses consciousness. Determined to save her sibling, Hakufu must recover her magatama at the Jofuku Temple—a legendary place where she will receive training that may cost her her life. As the frontier between the living and the dead starts to vanish in Jofuku, the warriors of the Kanto region will have to unite in order to foil Himiko's mysterious plans.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, satirical, disturbing, seinen, ecchi
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Spy x Family (2022)
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Master spy Twilight is the best at what he does when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions in the name of a better world. But when he receives the ultimate impossible assignment—get married and have a kid—he may finally be in over his head! Not one to depend on others, Twilight has his work cut out for him procuring both a wife and a child for his mission to infiltrate an elite private school. What he doesn't know is that the wife he's chosen is an assassin and the child he's adopted is a telepath!.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, sitcom, shounen, 2d animation
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Ushio and Tora (2015)
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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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Ben-To (2011)
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Every day an epic struggle rages in grocery stores across Japan—the battle for half-priced bento boxes! Once the discount stickers go on, ravenous brawlers start throwing punches in a knockdown, drag-out war over who gets to take home the cheap eats. When a young, broke high school student named Sato joins the Half-Priced Food Lovers Club, he proves to be a rising talent in the world of insane food fights. But does he have what it takes to become the king of clearance cuisine? From the director of Black Cat comes a very different type of hunger games. Welcome to the world of Ben-To, where chopsticks are lethal weapons, the supermarket is a battleground, and there’s nothing more delicious than a deep-fried win.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 453
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ironic, satirical, adult anime
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Ramen Fighter Miki (2006)
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Miki works at her mother's ramen restaurant. She appears normal, but she can become violent when provoked causing issues in their otherwise peaceful lives.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, parody, 2d animation
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You're Under Arrest (1996)
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Tsujimoto Natsumi, a powerful young cop with a penchant for daredevil motorcycle riding, is teamed on her first day of work with another rookie, Kobayakawa Miyuki, a whiz of a mechanic and hell on wheels with a car. While the impulsive Natsumi and the quieter Miyuki don't seem to have anything in common at first, they soon learn that they compliment each other well on the job. In short, they become the perfect team to chase the bad guys down, where ever they appear in Tokyo.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 362
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Medaka Box (2012)
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Kurokami Medaka is an exceptional first year student at Hanokiwa Academy who got elected as president of the student council with a smashing 98% of the votes. Extremely intelligent, strong, and rich; she wants to help anyone in need. To do that, she introduces a suggestion box that allows any student to contact her. Later known as the Medaka Box, it will bring forth incredible challenges to Kurokami and her friends of the student council.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, exciting, captivating, light, entertaining, ecchi, shounen, semi serious, super sentai
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Bungo Stray Dogs (2016)
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Nakajima Atsushi was kicked out of his orphanage, and now he has no place to go and no food. While he is standing by a river, on the brink of starvation, he rescues a man whimsically attempting suicide. That man is Dazai Osamu, and he and his partner Kunikida are members of a very special detective agency. They have supernatural powers and deal with cases that are too dangerous for the police or the military. They're tracking down a tiger that has appeared in the area recently, around the time Atsushi came to the area. The tiger seems to have a connection to Atsushi, and by the time the case is solved, it is clear that Atsushi's future will involve much more of Dazai and the rest of the detectives!.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, emotional, tense, captivating, humorous, mysterious, seinen, detective, crying
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Love of Kill (2022)
Plot Summary:
Two assassins face off at a certain "workplace." The cool bounty hunter Chateau and the mysterious and powerful Ryang-Ha. Chateau and Ryang-Ha become enemies after this fight—at least, they should have, but for some reason Ryang-Ha takes a liking to Chateau and begins following her around. Little by little, Chateau develops a cooperative partnership with Ryang-Ha, which gets her caught up in the struggle against the organizations hunting him down. Furthermore, that battle is related to her past as well. Why did Ryang-Ha approach Chateau? What is Chateau's secret past?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 806
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, 2d animation, josei
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Hanamaru Kindergarten (2010)
Plot Summary:
Anzu, Hiiragi, and Koume are three girls who attend the lively Hanamaru Kindergarten. There they have lots of adventures with their classmates and with Naozomi Tsuchida, their teacher who has just started working fresh out of school.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 150
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, humorous, sweet, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Tiger & Bunny (2011)
Plot Summary:
Tiger & Bunny is a 2011 Japanese anime television series produced by Sunrise under the direction of Keiichi Satou. The screenplay was written by Masafumi Nishida, with original character design by Masakazu Katsura. The series began its broadcast run in Japan on April 3, 2011 on Tokyo MX, followed by rebroadcasts on BS11 and MBS, and ended on September 17, 2011. Viz Media are also simulcasting the series, streaming on Hulu and Anime News Network. It is set in a futuristic city where heroes fight crime whilst promoting real life sponsors, focusing on two superheroes, the old-fashioned "Wild Tiger" and the rookie hero Barnaby Brooks Jr., as they are forced by their employers to work together. A one-shot manga drawn by Masakazu Katsura was published in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine on August 4, 2011 and the production of two films based on the series were announced during a special event on November, 2011. The first film, entitled Gekijō-ban Tiger & Bunny -The Beginning was released on September 22, 2012. The second film, Gekijō-ban Tiger & Bunny -The Rising-, will be released in February 2014.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, captivating, tense, entertaining, mecha, manga, shounen, futuristic
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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (2022)
Plot Summary:
In a dystopia riddled with corruption and cybernetic implants, a talented but reckless street kid strives to become a mercenary outlaw — an edgerunner.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, cyber, futuristic, tragic