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Plot Summary:
The high school freshman Yūshi Inaba has to look for new place to live after his high school dormitory burnt down. Having no parents and wanting to live independently from his uncle, he eventually finds a cheap apartment for 25,000 yen called Kotobuki-sō, only to find out that the place has human and supernatural creatures such as ghosts, yōkai, and mononoke living together. There, Yūshi's new daily life begins.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Animation, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, urban fantasy
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It is the end of the Meiji Era. The genius poet Ishikawa Takuboku, who’s struggling financially, starts a detective business out of his lodging in response to a certain murder case. He calls it the Woodpecker Detective’s Office. “The ghosts of the Twelve-Story Tower in Asakusa,” “the man-eating figure who wanders the streets on snowy nights”… Takuboku involves himself in one bizarre case after another with his hometown acquaintance, Kindaichi Kyosuke, as his assistant. Other literary men such as Nomura Kodo, Yoshii Isamu, Hagiwara Sakutaro, and Wakayama Bokusui are also dragged into Takuboku’s exploits as he races all around Tokyo at the height of Westernization!.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Animation, History, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, psychological, intellectual, captivating, suspenseful, detective, odd
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 20
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Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 150
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Duration:
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A dominatrix must solve a ghost mystery.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime
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IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 13
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 711
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, romantic comedy
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 47
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 364
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IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 39
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Duration: 3 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 323
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 142
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Country: USA, Japan
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 447
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 73
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Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 317
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 84
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Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 71
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 194
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 72
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 120
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 615
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IMDB Votes: 350
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IMDB Votes: 15000
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