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Plot Summary:
Doraemon is an anime TV series created by Fujiko F. Fujio and based on the manga series of the same name. This anime is the much more successful successor of the 1973 anime.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, offbeat, semi serious, manga, crying, black comedy, dark comedy, 2d animation
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Popotan (2003)
Plot Summary:
Beautiful sisters Ai, Mai, Mii, their android maid Mea and slippery pet ferret Unagi make an amazing journey together through time and space without ever leaving their beloved mansion behind! Following the clues of the strange dandelion-like "Popotan," the girls are theoretically seeking the person who has the answers to their most personal questions, but they seem to have more than enough time to take side trips, meet new friends, visit hot springs and occasionally operate the X-mas shop they keep in the house along the way! Yet, the girls' ultimate destiny holds more than a few surprises of its own, and not every moment is filled with hilarity, as moving through time means having to leave friends behind as well.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, stylized, sentimental, serious, melancholic, unusual plot structure, entertaining, sexy, yuri, ecchi
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Future Boy Conan (1978)
Plot Summary:
Post nuclear future. Earth has been almost completely submerged by oceans. Indastria, an hyper-technological isle, is the new world capital. Conan is the only survived boy in the attempt of a bunch of astronauts to escape the earth when nuke bombs were falling. Based on The Incredible Tide by Alexander Key.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, apocalyptic, uplifting, manga, touching, feel good, serious, vintage, whimsical
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Urusei Yatsura (1981)
Plot Summary:
The series begins when aliens from the planet Oniboshi invade Earth. They agree to leave only if Earth's champion can defeat the Oni champion in a game of tag within a ten-day time limit. Earth's champion, randomly selected by the aliens, is Ataru Moroboshi, a Japanese teenager with highly overactive hormones. The alien competitor turns out to be the curvaceous Lum, so Ataru relishes the idea of having to catch this beauty. However, his attitude changes when he discovers that Lum can fly. When things start looking desperate for the Earth, Ataru's girlfriend, Shinobu offers to tie the knot if he succeeds, and on the last day, when he finally catches Lum, he declares his intentions to be married. Lum misunderstands this as a proposal and eagerly agrees, since she has become smitten with Ataru. He tries to disengage himself, but Lum is adamantly faithful and demonstrates a willingness to use her natural ability to generate electric shocks to keep her "husband" in line. Later in the.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, slapstick, atmospheric, offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious, sitcom, slapstick comedy
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Chobits (2002)
Plot Summary:
Tokyo is abuzz with persocoms – humanoid computers that are virtually perfect. The socially and technologically inept Hideki is dying to get his hands on one. When he finds Chi abandoned in the trash, she’s cuter than any current model he’s ever seen before. But when he gets her home and turns her on, she has no data and only a single learning program installed. While Hideki puts his whole heart into teaching Chi the ins and outs of humanity, a mystery unfolds as a dark secret within her awakens.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, touching, sexual, humorous, semi serious, captivating, seinen, romantic comedy, offbeat, futuristic
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Maburaho (2003)
Plot Summary:
High school student Kazuki Shikimori comes from a line of powerful magicians with extraordinary DNA and he attends the most prestigious school for wizards in all of Japan. It would seem that life is good for Kazuki. Unfortunately, that couldn’t be further from the truth. He’s not the most smooth when it comes to the ladies, his grades are poor, his athletic skill is next to none, and to top it all off, he can only use his magic eight times before he turns into dust! However, three magical hotties have learned of his genetic secret and are all after him! Suddenly he has become the most “popular” kid in class. Are all these girls out to romance him, or are they only after his DNA?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, semi serious, captivating, ecchi
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Kobato. (2009)
Plot Summary:
Kobato is a girl who came to earth to fulfill her wish, which is to go to a certain place. To fulfill that wish, she has to find a bottle and fill it with scarred hearts. Together with her "teacher", which is a stuffed animal, she search for the scarred hearts. However she may not fall in love with any person whom she cures the heart of.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, sentimental, humorous, stylized, semi serious, offbeat, shoujo, seinen
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Gabriel DropOut (2017)
Plot Summary:
Gabriel White graduated at the top of the class at angel school and attends a human school on earth in pursuit of knowledge, but then gets engrossed in a web game and decides its too much trouble to go anywhere. (from manga).
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, entertaining, shounen, captivating, light
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Negima! (2005)
Plot Summary:
Vampires, robots, sorcery… And that’s all before Gym Class! Welcome to Mahora Academy, an all-girls school where the impossible and the enchanting are a part of the curriculum. It’s the start of the new school year and emotions run rampant as the girls of Class 2-A meet the newest staff addition – Negi Springfield. A ten-year-old Welsh born prodigy, Negi has more problems than he has students. As a wizard-in-training, this academic appointment is the final requirement in his quest to become a Magister Magorum. But if he messes things up and the girls find out, existence as an exotic ermine will be his fate! It’s mishaps and mayhem even without the magic, but the undaunted Negi won’t give up. Between his quiet determination and compassionate nature, and the talents, quirks and abilities of each of the girls, Class 2-A finds their way into and out of every predicament, redefining school spirit along the way. Friendship, adventure and life lessons are all on the agenda, and the students have just as much to teach their young professor as they have to learn. When you’re the only boy in an all girl’s school, magic’s the easy part!.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, manga, shounen, super sentai
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Fruits Basket (2001)
Plot Summary:
Tohru Honda is 16 year old orphaned girl who gets invited to live in the house of her classmate, the handsome boy Sohma Yuki, and his cousins, 16 year old Kyo and 27 year old Shigure. However, these young men and parts of the rest of their family (both close and distant) hold a curse; if they are hugged by the opposite gender, they transform into animals of the Chinese Zodiac. Everyday is an adventure for sweet Tohru, as she gets to know everyone in the large family better (especially Yuki and Kyo), in both common and bizarre situations. But, the Sohma Family curse is certainly no laughing matter... it also holds horrible cruelty and heartbreak.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, shoujo, touching, feel good, semi serious, humorous, cute, adult cartoon, romantic comedy
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Hidamari Sketch (2007)
Plot Summary:
For years, Yuno has dreamed of attending Yamabuki Arts High School, but now that she's been accepted, it means the scary prospect of moving away from her home and family for the first time! Fortunately, Yuno quickly learns that if her new neighbors at the eclectic Hidamari (Sunshine) Apartments aren't technically family, at least the majority share the bond of being fellow art students. From second year students like Hiro and Sae, who try to behave like helpful older sisters (mostly successfully) to her hyperactive new neighbor, classmate and best friend Miyako (who has the scariest apartment ever) Yuno begins to build the support network she'll need for dealing with strange characters like her oddly masculine landlady, her cosplay obsessed home room teacher, her tooth-chattering principal and all of the other odd denizens who inhabit her chosen world of art.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, yuri, realistic, super sentai
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Super GALS! (2001)
Plot Summary:
Sporting designer clothes, make-up, and nails, Ran Kotobuki is the very picture of a trendy, young Shibuya girl, but don't let that fool you. This girl comes from a family of cops, and she’s ready to lay you out flat if you even think about causing trouble in her town! At least, she will... when she’s not distracted with karaoke, shopping, and dodging her homework. Join Ran and her friends as they defend the streets of Shibuya and attempt to shop their way into the history books as the most famous Gals ever!.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, semi serious, light, entertaining, realistic
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Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Dinosaur (2006)
Plot Summary:
After bringing a fossilized egg back to life with the Time Cloth, Nobita finds himself the owner of a baby dinosaur. Everything is fine until it grows up. Nobita and friends use Doraemon's time machine to return it back to its own time.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, futuristic, semi serious, anime, 2d animation
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Doraemon: New Nobita's Great Demon – Peko and the Exploration Party of Five (2014)
Plot Summary:
The film starts with Gian seeing some like spirit and it asks him to accomplish a task. The story starts when a stray dogs are searching some foods in the can. Then a dirty white dog comes out of nowhere. Just then, the dog creates a close stare to the stray dogs and forces to run away. But the dog is disappointed that he doesn't know what to do after searching the garbage, under the pouring rain. After that, Suneo starts saying about the discoverable places on Earth and him and Gian are totally disappointed about that. That then, they are asking favor to Nobita to take them to an undiscovered place to be seen by their naked eyes. Nobita refuses but tells he will try his best. He comes to upstairs to explain Doraemon what the problem is now.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, entertaining, futuristic, semi serious, anime, 2d animation
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Doraemon: Nobita's New Great Adventure Into the Underworld - The Seven Magic Users (2007)
Plot Summary:
Nobita has changed the real world to a world of magic using the "Moshimo Box" in admiration of magic. One day, Nobita meets Chaplain Mangetsu, a magic researcher, and his daughter Miyoko. Nobita learns from them that the Great Satan of the Devildom Star is scheming to invade the Earth. The Chaplain tries to find a way out using ancient books, however, the Devildom Star rapidly approaches the Earth by the minute, causing earthquakes and abnormal weather conditions. Nobita, along with his friends, Doraemon, Shizuka, Suneo, Gaian and Dorami, together with Miyoko, storm into the Devildom Star, just like the "Legendary Seven Heroes" in an ancient book in order to confront the Great Satan and peace returns to the world of magic.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: anime, light, humorous, sweet, futuristic, semi serious, 2d animation
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Stand by Me Doraemon (2014)
Plot Summary:
In the suburbs of Tokyo some time ago, there lived a clumsy boy about 10 years old. There appeared in front of him named Sewashi, Nobita's descendant of four generations later from the 22nd century, and Doraemon, a 22nd century cat-type caretaker robot who helps people with its secret gadgets. Sewashi claims that his family is suffering from the debts Nobita made even to his generation, so in order to change this disastrous future, he brought along Doraemon as Nobita's caretaker to bring happiness to his future, although Doraemon is not happy about this. And so Sewashi installed an accomplishment program into Doraemon forcing him to take care of Nobita. Unless he makes Nobita happy, Doraemon can no longer go back to the 22nd century. This is how the life of Doraemon and Nobita begins. Will Doraemon succeed this mission and return to the 22nd century?.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, semi serious, 3d animation, cult classic, computer animated, offbeat, crying, independent film
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Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration (2019)
Plot Summary:
Nobita no Getsumen Tansaki is an original story centered around the Isetsu Club Member Badge gadget featured in volume 23 of the original Doraemon manga.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea, Japan, France, India
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, futuristic, semi serious, 2d animation
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Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles - Animal Adventure (2012)
Plot Summary:
Nobita and Doraemon use time tree Mochi and catches a big bird Moa, which has been extinct for 500 years ago. To protect extinct the animal, Nobita and Doramon go to Beremon Island which is protected by a golden beetle named Herakles. They meet a girl from the Rokkoro tribe and a boy who looks exactly like Nobita on Beremon Island.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 552
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, futuristic, semi serious, 2d animation
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Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King (2010)
Plot Summary:
When Nobita feels like diving in his hometown, Doraemon uses a Underwater Pump Simulator to pump all the water out of Tokyo, causing the entire city to go underwater. That night, Doraemon and Nobita use a Diving Mask Simulator to dive underwater. Later on, lots of fish, and a shark attack Doraemon and Nobita. So, Doraemon puts a stop on the Underwater Pump Simulator, but there is a girl named Sophia, lying down on the bushes in his neighborhood.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 599
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: anime, light, feel good, entertaining, semi serious, fairy tale, 2d animation
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Doraemon (2005)
Plot Summary:
Robotic cat Doraemon is sent back in time from the 22nd century to protect 10-year-old Noby, a lazy and uncoordinated boy who is destined to have a tragic future. Doraemon can create secret gadgets from a pocket on his stomach, but they usually cause more bad than good because of Noby's propensity to misuse them.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, light, humorous, educational, visually appealing, 2d animation
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Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (2016)
Plot Summary:
This film is a remake of the 1989 Doraemon Movie 10: Nobita no Nippon Tanjou. Nobita and the gang run away from home, traveling back in time to 70,000 years ago before Japan was even born. After a while, they return to the present. However, when they bump into a young caveman, Kukuru, who they have accidentally transported forward to their current era, they realize they must take him back to the primitive age. On top of that, they will have to save Kukuru's tribe, called the Hikari tribe, which was attacked and abducted by the Giganzonbie and Kurayami tribe.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 930
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, futuristic, semi serious, 2d animation
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Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum (2013)
Plot Summary:
While Doraemon is asleep, a famous thief comes and steals his cat-bell. Without his cat-bell, Doraemon starts to act more and more like a normal cat. In order to stop this, Nobita, Shizuka, Suneo, and Gian have to go and search for his bell, so they go to a factory where all of Doraemon's gadgets are made.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, light, feel good, entertaining, futuristic, semi serious, 2d animation
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Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves (2001)
Plot Summary:
After watching a televised showing about supposedly humanoid birds spotted in Africa, Nobita dreams of being able to fly with wings. He builds wooden wings after Doraemon refuses to help him, though he repeatedly fails to fly using them. While helping Shizuka to reclaim her pet canary, they witness a portal opens in the sky and a humanoid bird riding an airplane coming out. He introduces himself as Gusuke, a humanoid bird who lives in "Birdopia". Doraemon, Nobita, and Shizuka help Gusuke fix his airplane, where Nobita becomes fast friends with him. As Gusuke departs to his home, Gian and Suneo catch him and grab his plane. The other three follow them through the porta.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 512
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, futuristic, semi serious, 2d animation
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Doraemon: Nobita and the Wind Wizard (2003)
Plot Summary:
One day, Nobita runs into a creature-like ball of wind, which came from a faraway land, but blew into their neighbourhood following the recent typhoon that went through the area. Nobita names it Fuuko. Eventually, he, Doraemon and their friends take it to a vast countryside through the Anywhere Door. There, they learn about the Wind and Storm Villages, and Fuuko’s real identity. Soon, Nobita and his friends have to protect Fuuko from the Storm Village and a now-possessed Nobuo, who is being controlled by the spirit of the Storm Village’s former leader.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 790
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: anime, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, futuristic, sad, 2d animation
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Doraemon: Nobita and the Robot Kingdom (2002)
Plot Summary:
Doraemon and friends travels into another world via the time machine; where humans and robots are living together. However they soon find out that the Empress of Robot Kingdom was trying to capture robots there and turn them emotionless. As the situation goes tense, our heroes sets out to stop the Empress and her plan.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 472
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: anime, light, feel good, humorous, futuristic, semi serious, 2d animation
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Doraemon the Movie: The New Records of Nobita's Spaceblazer (2009)
Plot Summary:
While Nobita is sleeping, he suddenly feels the floor is trembling, like there would be an earthquake in his room. A little rabbit from an alternate universe named Chamii opens the door between the dimensions using a hammer and gets inside Nobita's room through the floor. Nobita wakes up and Doraemon hears somebody steal food from the fridge in the kitchen. It is Chamii, who gets caught by Doraemon and Nobita. She shows them the passageway through Nobita's floor into the spaceship. After they enter the spaceship, they see Koya Koya Planet. They meet a boy named Roppuru.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 532
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, funny, light, captivating, entertaining, futuristic, anime, 2d animation
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One Piece (1999)
Plot Summary:
Years ago, the fearsome pirate king Gol D. Roger was executed, leaving a huge pile of treasure and the famous "One Piece" behind. Whoever claims the "One Piece" will be named the new pirate king. Monkey D. Luffy, a boy who consumed one of the "Devil's Fruits", has it in his head that he'll follow in the footsteps of his idol, the pirate Shanks, and find the One Piece. It helps, of course, that his body has the properties of rubber and he's surrounded by a bevy of skilled fighters and thieves to help him along the way. Monkey D. Luffy brings a bunch of his crew followed by, Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Tony-Tony Chopper, Nico Robin, Franky, and Brook. They will do anything to get the One Piece and become King of the Pirates!.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 212000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, shounen, manga, humorous, feel good, semi serious, inspirational, brutal, mind twisting, fantasy anime
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
Plot Summary:
When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to, quite literally, "leap" backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and eventually, will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, feel good, humorous, manga, surreal, mind bending, mind twisting, psychological, funny
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ERASED (2016)
Plot Summary:
Satoru Fujinuma is a struggling manga artist who has the ability to turn back time and prevent deaths. When his mother is killed he turns back time to solve the mystery, but ends up back in elementary school, just before the disappearance of his classmate Kayo.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Animation, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 264 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, tense, captivating, psychological thriller, sentimental, manga, uplifting, philosophical, thought provoking
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Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey (2004)
Plot Summary:
An elderly dog goes to a time machine, which he plans to use to drive to the future so he can meet with "someone" who gives him a kendama. However, the machine goes haywire and the dog is regressed back to his infant state, eventually found by a researcher cat.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 560
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: anime, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, futuristic, semi serious, 2d animation