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Plot Summary:
Unaired 14th episode of Day Break Illusion, broadcast on Nico Nico and included in the 4th Blu-ray and DVD volumes. It shows Akari and Fuyuna's lives prior to the main series as well as how Luna got started as a magical girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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Wish Upon the Pleiades (2011)
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Subaru is a young girl who discovers that her best friend Aoi is part of magical group trying to recover alien engine fragments so that a little being from the Pleiades star system can return to his home. Subaru considers joining them as she was selected by the Pleiadian, president of this after school club, as the possible new member.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 6 min
Plot tags: anime
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Lalabel (1980)
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Lalabel, also known as Lalabel, The Magical Girl or Magical Girl Lalabel, is a magical girl anime by Toei Animation. A 15 minutes long "movie" special called Magical Girl Lalabel: the Sea Calls for a Summer Vacation was also created, it aired in Japan in July 1980.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Animation, Family, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, mahou shoujo
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Telepathy Shojo Ran (2008)
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Telepathy Shōjo Ran Jiken Note is a novel series by Atsuko Asano. A manga adaptation by Toshitsugu Iida is serialized in the shōnen manga magazine Shōnen Sirius. A twenty-six-episode anime adaptation aired in Japan between June 21 and December 20, 2008. It is being produced by TMS Entertainment and was broadcast by NHK.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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The Nutcracker and The Magic Flute (2022)
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It is New Year’s Eve, and Marie is in for a very unpleasant surprise: her mother is forced to marry against her will to the revolting money lender Mr. Ratter. As a token of proposition, he gives Marie a doll named Nutcracker. A miracle occurs and Marie becomes the same size as her childhood toys, who all come to life. Nutcracker turns out to be Prince George, who has been put under a spell. Marie, George and toy friends travel to the Land of Flowers with a mission to save the world from falling under the control of the rat people.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime
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Save Me! Lollipop (2006)
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Nina, thinking it was a lolly, swallows an object called "Crystal Pearl". But the candy turns out to be a test for the magicians. To retrieve the crystal, a special medicine has to be made so now Zero and Ichii, the magicians, have to protect her from others while waiting for the medicine to be completed.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, shoujo
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Over Drive (2007)
Plot Summary:
Mikoto Shinozaki is a high school student lacking in social awareness. In addition, due to his untidy appearance and low self-esteem, he is an easy target for bullies. Regardless, any misfortune that falls upon Mikoto is partly his own fault—at least, that is what Yuki Fukuzawa, the most popular girl in class, believes. With this assumption, Yuki invites Mikoto to join the school's bicycle club, in hopes he can improve himself and gain new friends. Motivated by feelings he has for Yuki, Mikoto has no reason to decline her offer—except for the fact that he does not know how to ride a bicycle. Despite his lack of even the fundamentals, Mikoto cannot get over the image of himself on a bicycle. Eventually, he succumbs to his curiosity and sneaks into the school grounds at night to practice. This begins Mikoto's journey as he pedals his way through the vast world of cycling, where the scenery of his life changes in ways he never thought possible.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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Kakyuusei 2: Hitomi no Naka no Shoujo-tachi (2004)
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Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime
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Hakone-chan (2015)
Plot Summary:
Hakone, the spirit of the hot springs, has descended into the hot spring town. However, she had been sleeping for a long time, and she looked like a little girl! Toya, a high school student who happened to be there, will cooperate to regain her original power. A slapstick hot spring comedy created by the residents of the hot spring town and Hakone ! Finally decided to animate! !!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 4 min
Plot tags: anime
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Magical Travelers (2006)
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Tsukishima Yui and 5 other girls were summoned into the Edo period by a mysterious stones and each one of them had a power to protect people from evil and yui's power were ''words'' her hope-giving kind words.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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Red Hood Chacha (1994)
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Cha Cha is a cute little girl who is training to be a good magician. She was raised by her teacher Seravi, who is considered the world's greatest magician. Cha Cha almost always gets strange or disastrous results whenever she uses her magic, so she practices a lot. Cha Cha then embarks on a quest with her friends to find out about her real identity and her real family.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, fairy tale
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GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class (2009)
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GA is a class that specializes in the arts at Ayanoi High School. Kisaragi, Nodamiki, Kyoju, Tomokane and Namiko are five students who learn about art.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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Wakaba Girl (2015)
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Wakaba Kohashi, a sheltered rich girl, dreams of becoming a fashionable and trendy gyaru because she admires their outgoing and carefree nature. With this goal in mind, Wakaba begins the school year hoping to make her high school debut as a gyaru. On the first day of class, she meets the pure Moeko Tokita, the serious Nao Mashiba, and the eccentric Mao Kurokawa, and the four of them quickly become friends as they learn about and imitate each other's lifestyles. Wakaba*Girl follows the adventures of these four friends while they experience events like school festivals, waterpark trips, and gym class tests. Along the way, Wakaba discovers what it is like to live as a regular student while Nao, Moeka, and Mao catch a glimpse into the life of a rich family. With never a dull moment in their lives, the four girls make sure to live each day to the fullest.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 8 min
Plot tags: anime, super sentai
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Strike Witches: 501st JOINT FIGHTER WING Take Off! (2019)
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Strike Witches, the 501st Joint Fighter Wing girls, are back from battle and ready to relax as best they can! War with the deadly Neuroi won’t last forever, but one thing is certain, the war on laundry is eternal. Join these aerial combat cuties in a down-to-earth series highlighting the team’s hijinks between missions.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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Yume Tsukai (2006)
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When people dream, they express their utmost desires and emotions within the confines of their mind; but when their strong emotions cross the border into reality, the dream can turn into an uncontrollable nightmare. Touko and Rinko are sisters known as "yume tsukai" (dream users), and their job is to take care of these nightmares. Using toys as weapons, the girls must both destroy the nightmare and return the dream to its rightful owner before the nightmare does any sort of serious damage.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Animation, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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Green Legend Ran (1992)
Plot Summary:
The mysterious Rodo fell to earth ages ago, stealing away the air, water and life from the planet. It's up to Ran, a daring young man, and Aira, a silver-haired girl with a mysterious connection to the Rodo, to save the planet.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: anime
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Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky (2014)
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In order to survive the eventual arrival of the "Dusk End," people of the western reaches of the "Land of Dusk" devoted their efforts to rediscover and recreate lost alchemic technologies. Those technologies were then gathered in the alchemy city known as "Central," where research was conducted on how to halt the advance of the twilight. Having learned the newest alchemic techniques in Central, young alchemist Logy requested a transfer to an understaffed town of Colseit on the frontier to make use of his abilities. There he meets Escha, an apprentice girl assigned to the Development Department. Together, the two make a promise to use their alchemic techniques to bring success to the Development Department.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, super sentai
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Rowdy Sumo Wrestler Matsutaro!! (2014)
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Matsutarō Sakaguchi is a giant roughneck man with strength far beyond ordinary people. He never uttered words like "work hard," "strive," and "dream" like the typical shōnen manga protagonist, and he is stronger than anyone and peerless in sumo wrestling. His greatest weakness, however, is his own carefree personality.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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Sengoku Collection (2012)
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Sengoku Collection revolves around many samurai who are accidentally removed from a parallel universe inhabited by well-known historic characters. Unlike the historical war period known to us, all inhabitants in this unique world look like high school girls. Coming from the medieval era and finding themselves totally amazed by everything they encounter in modern day Tokyo, the girls become best friends through their adventures.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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Fairy Musketeers (2006)
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Long, long ago, there existed a world of magic and science. But having both powers was making people conceited and lazy. So God split the world in to the world of science, Erde (German for Earth), and the world of magic, Phandavale. One day in Phandavale, a terrible witch named Cendrillon revives. Cendrillon plots to rule both worlds, and searches for the "key of Erde" and the "key of Phandavale" which holds tremendous power. A young boy from Erde by the name of Sōta meets a mysterious girl from Phandavale, Akazukin (Red Riding Hood), and her talking wolf companion, Val. Sōta learns that he is the key of Erde. Now it is up to Akazukin, Val, and the other Musketeers, Shirayukihime (Snow White) and Ibara (Sleeping Beauty) to protect Sōta from Cendrillon and her Nightmarians who wish to obtain the power he mysteriously possesses.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, fairy tale, mahou shoujo
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Raven of the Inner Palace (2022)
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What is the true identity of the solitary Raven Consort? The Raven Consort is a special consort living deep in the inner palace who, despite her title, does not perform nighttime duties for the emperor. Some who have seen her say she has the appearance of an old woman, while others describe her as a young girl. The Raven Consort's name is Shouxue. She has the ability to use mysterious arts and will accept any favor asked of her, whether it is to find something lost or to curse someone to death. The current emperor, Gaojun, visits her one night to ask a favor. Their meeting exposes a secret that will turn history on its head.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime
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3x3 Eyes: Legend of the Divine Demon (1995)
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Yakumo has trained and searched for 4 years, following Pai's mysterious dissapearance. However, when he finally finds her, not all is well as her memory seems to be gone. They attempt to return her memory by going to the Holy Land, birthplace of the immortal race of Sanjiyans.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 341
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: anime
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Beast Tamer (2022)
Plot Summary:
Rein is a Beast Tamer who fights alongside heroes to bring down the Demon King. But one day his comrades declare him useless and kick him out of the party, after which he decides to start a carefree life as an adventurer. During the test he must pass to become an adventurer, he runs into a girl named Kanade who is being attacked by a monster. Rein risks his life to make sure she can escape, but then she brings down the monster in one hit. It turns out that Kanade is from the inordinately powerful tribe of cat people, one of the strongest species! She becomes attracted to his combination of talent and gentle nature and asks: "Would you try to tame me?" Rein forms a contract with the strongest cat-eared girl and starts his new life as an adventurer. The heroes who kicked him out of the party, as well as other stronger species, take notice of his power.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 840
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime
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Tesagure! Bukatsumono (2013)
Plot Summary:
The CG anime centers around the extracurricular activities of students.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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Ane Log (2014)
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When Konoe Moyako and her little brother, Akira, were young, he said he wanted to marry her. Naturally, Moyako decided that her little brother was a complete pervert who was obsessed with her. Now that they're both teenagers, Moyako is convinced she needs to "rehabilitate" him. However, it seems that the "perversion" is entirely in her imagination, and she can't seem to help turning completely innocent situations into creepy ones in her mind!.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime
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Bibliophile Princess (2022)
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When book-loving Lady Elianna spots Prince Christopher—her betrothed in name only—consorting with another noble lady, she realizes the recent rumors must be true. The prince has someone he truly loves, which means the annulment of their engagement is both inevitable and fast-approaching. What she doesn't realize is that this is merely a surface ripple—one of many where the truth runs deep, in a conspiracy surpassing her imagination!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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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:
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Wandaba Style (2003)
Plot Summary:
Destiny takes an unpredicatable turn when Mix Juice, the unknown girl group, teams up with Dr. Susomo Tsukumo, a genius scientist, to become the first band on the moon.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Kaina of the Great Snow Sea (2023)
Plot Summary:
In another world, an ever-growing Sea of Snow has engulfed the planet surface. The people struggle to survive living around the routes of a massive Orbital Tree, whose branches spread into the Celestial Membrane high above the ground. Change comes to this dying world after Kaina, a boy from the Celestial Membrane, encounters a girl from the surface called Ririha.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime
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Maho Girls Precure! (2016)
Plot Summary:
One day, Mirai was in the park when a witch named Liko (Riko) falls off her broom and they met each other there. Then, a villain appeared which summons a monster, Yokubal. Together, with Mofurun- Mirai's talking teddy bear and the Diamond Linkle Stones in hold, both girls became the Legendary Precure known as Cure Miracle and Cure Magical, who would stop the villains/ monsters, Yokubal and tries to collect the remaining Linkle Stones which the enemies are trying to get hold of, mainly the emerald stone that contains great power. Later on, there will be a new Precure, Cure Felice who will joined the team and the three will strive together to save the Magic School and Earth.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime
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Disgaea (2006)
Plot Summary:
Laharl, the demon prince of the Netherworld and son of the late Lord Krichevskoy, is awakened by Flonne, the sugary-sweet angel-in-training sent to assassinate the overlord. Etna, the Prinnies, and Flonne, join the selfish, disgruntled, and perpetually hungry Laharl as he treks the deepest, darkest realms to become king of the cursed land.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime