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Plot Summary:
A hilarious mockumentary featuring an animated tale of an average person who slowly becomes an otaku (obsessive fanatic) and eventually becomes the "Otaking"! Between story segments, live action interviews with fictional die-hard otakus take place.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 635
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: anime, mockumentary, parody, mecha
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Amazing Nurse Nanako (1999)
Plot Summary:
A corpulent ditsy teenage maid works for a short-tempered doctor in a hospital. She always gets into trouble and he always has to rescue her.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, ecchi
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Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (1986)
Plot Summary:
The year is Universal Century 0088. Directly after the end of the Gryps War, Haman Karn and her army of Zeon remnants on the asteroid Axis begin their quest of reviving the lost empire of the Zabi's, and proclaim themselves as the Neo-Zeon. With the Earth Federation as hapless as ever, only the Anti-Earth Union Group (AEUG) is able oppose the plans of Neo-Zeon. In need of all the help it can get after being decimated in the previous war and losing many of its key members, the AEUG ship Argama enlists the aid of a young junk collector from the Side 1 colony of Shangri-La named Judau Ashta to pilot its newest mobile suit, the ZZ Gundam.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 693
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha
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End of Summer (1994)
Plot Summary:
End Of Summer tells the story of one young man's relationship with five women in a frank and sensual manner seldom explored in even the most daring of live action films. Although the hero, Wataru, wants only to score with Mai, the girl of his dreams, he must first deal with four other young women scattered in his path like land mines. There is infatuated and juvenile Miho, tomboyish athlete Misa, naive Kurumi, and the caustic Satomi, who works in the restaurant where Wataru hangs out and whose personal life become hopelessly intertwined with Wataru's.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 29 min
Plot tags: anime, sex comedy, hentai
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Saint☆Young Men (2012)
Plot Summary:
Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha, the founders of Christianity and Buddhism, are living together as roommates in a Tokyo apartment while taking a vacation on Earth. The comedy often involves jokes about Christianity, Buddhism, and all things related, as well as the main characters' attempts to hide their identities and understand modern society in Japan. This is a 2 episode OVA preceding the movie of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: anime, parody, seinen
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Sound of the Sky (2010)
Plot Summary:
On the outskirts of the country of Helvetia rests the tranquil town of Seize. Upon its cobbled streets, citizens go about their daily lives, undisturbed by the increasingly tense military relations between Helvetia and the neighboring Roman Empire. It is under these circumstances that the 1121st platoon of the Helvetian army, stationed at the Clocktower Fortress in Seize, receives a new recruit in the young and spirited Kanata Sorami. Having joined the military to fulfill her dream of learning to play the bugle, she excitedly accepts the tutelage of the Sergeant Major, Rio Kazumiya, who happens to be a skilled trumpeter. Working alongside them are the aloof mechanic, Noël Kannagi, the feisty gunner, Kureha Suminoya, and the compassionate Captain Felicia Heideman; together, they experience the beauty of life in Seize and the lasting joy of a community that has persevered in spite of the crumbling world around them.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Bakuon!! (2016)
Plot Summary:
The story revolves around high school girls who discover the appeal of motorcycles. Sakura Hane is a high school student who looks a little bit like an airhead. On the way to her all-female high school one day, she is worn-out climbing a hilly road with a bicycle, but she sees a girl named Onsa Amano who is riding a motorcycle. Sakura immediately becomes interested in motorcycles, and she and Onsa join the motorcycle club at the school. Then, Sakura sets out to get her license.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, super sentai
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Flip Flappers (2016)
Plot Summary:
How does the world look in your eyes? Papika and Cocona, the heroines of the story, hold the keys to open the door. When the two girls meet, their adventures in a different time and different overlapping dimension called "Pure Illusion" begin. Many things in Pure Illusion will stand in the girls' way on their search for the mysterious crystal called the "Shard of Mimi," an item that is said to grant any wish. However, when the girls find themselves in danger, the Shard of Mimi shines, and they are able to transform.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 399
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, parody, yuri, super sentai
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Cosplay Complex (2002)
Plot Summary:
Cosplay Complex is a comedy anime original video animation that is centered around the after school cosplay club at East Oizumi Academy. The girls in the club practice so that they may one day be able to compete in cosplay competitions.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, ecchi, yuri
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Kotaro Lives Alone (2022)
Plot Summary:
A lonely little boy moves into a ramshackle apartment building all on his own and makes friends with the broke manga artist who lives next door.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 27 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, feel good
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Tona-gura! (2006)
Plot Summary:
Centers around four childhood friends and the romantic relationship between two of them.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Da Capo (2003)
Plot Summary:
Junichi Asakura lives with his adoptive sister Nemu in the crescent-shaped island of Hatsune Jima, a place where cherry blossoms bloom throughout the year. In this island, people have mysterious powers and attributes. For example, Junichi has the power to see other people's dreams, and he was also taught by his grandmother to magically create sweets. One day, Junichi's cousin and childhood friend, Sakura Yoshino came back from America all of a sudden. To Junichi's surprise, she looks exactly the same as the girl that moved away six years ago, and hasn't aged one bit. And she came back to remind Junichi of their childhood promise... It is a bittersweet tale of magic, love, hidden desires, and unattainable dreams.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 598 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, ecchi
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Grand Blue (2018)
Plot Summary:
Iori Kitahara looks forward to his new life on the Izu Peninsula as he prepares to start his college life there, staying in a room above his uncle's diving shop "Grand Blue". However, he is quickly shocked as he meets the local Diving Club, a group full of buff men who spend more time drinking, partying, and stripping naked than actually diving. Despite his attempts to distance himself from the group, Lori gets quickly swept up in their antics, while his cousins try to show him the wonders of diving into the ocean.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, entertaining, humorous, semi serious, seinen, exciting
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Magical Pokaan (2006)
Plot Summary:
The energetic werewolf Liru, the joyful witch-in-training Uma, the motherly android Aiko, and the seductive vampire Pachira—are princesses from the netherworld who have traveled to the human world in search of a new home.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, parody, ecchi
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Parallel Dual! Trouble Adventure (1999)
Plot Summary:
Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure is a fourteen episode series created in 1999 by Masaki Kajishima and produced by AIC, both well known for the Tenchi Muyo! franchise. It is licensed in the US by Pioneer LDC, later known as Geneon. In addition to the original run, an OVA special was added to conclude the series as a de facto "14th episode".
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha
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Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1992)
Plot Summary:
An adolescent with the ability to control a looming war-golem becomes entangled in the Experts of Justice's fight against the infamous group Big Fire.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 481
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, futuristic
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In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki (2022)
Plot Summary:
The isolationist Akane Clan, composed of an all-girls body mainly consisting of young kunoichi in training, has a code to which they all must adhere: "As men are dangerous beings, interacting with them is forbidden." Kunoichi Tsubaki, the leader of the Dog Squad, is an excellent trainee with a promising future, but she has started to experience a strange feeling in her heart... whenever the subject of boys is brought up.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, shounen
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Moyashimon (2007)
Plot Summary:
Follow the life of Tadayasu Sawaki as he enrolls in an Agricultural University and learn about bacteria and viruses that he alone can see with the naked eye.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime
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Skip and Loafer (2023)
Plot Summary:
This country girl is ready for the big city! Well, at least she thought she was. Mitsumi's dream is to attend a prestigious school and make the world a better place. But when she finally gets to Tokyo, it turns out she isn't exactly prepared for city life. Luckily, she runs into Shima, a sweet and handsome classmate who becomes her first friend! Can she make it in Tokyo with Shima by her side?.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, seinen
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Robot Girls Z (2014)
Plot Summary:
The story revolves around a new team of "Toei robot girls" named "Team Z" that is made up of three girls based on Toei's Mazinger Z franchise: Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger, and UFO Robot Grendizer. Usually they perform in activities around Nerima ward in Tokyo to raise the awareness of the promising future energy source "Photon Power" (koushiryoku). However, there are times when "Mechanical Beast" team of girls emerge from the "Subterranean Empire" and attempt to steal the energy. Thus "Team Z" has to battle them to prevent this, though sometimes they just go and beat up the "bad girls" to relieve stress.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: mecha, anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, parody
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Parallel World Pharmacy (2022)
Plot Summary:
A young pharmacologist and researcher in Japan died from overworking, and was reincarnated in a Medieval Parallel Europe. He was reincarnated as a 10-year-old apprentice to a famous Royal Court pharmacist, had attained an inhuman skills of ability to see through disease, material creation, and material destruction. In a society in which dubious medical practice are rampant, price gouging thru the monopoly of the pharmacist guild, and good medicine aren't available to the commoners. He was recognized by the Emperor at that time and opened a Pharmacy at the corner of the town. He will wipe out the fraud that has swept the world, and deliver to the commoners a truly effective medicine that was developed using present day pharmacology. Thus the boy pharmacist will cheat by using his previous knowledge to create innovative medicines while helping the people of the parallel world, a story about living his new life to the fullest this time.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 888
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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Knights of Ramune (1997)
Plot Summary:
Knights of Ramune is an anime OVA that follows the adventures of Cacao and Parfait, holy virgins, in their search and rescue mission of the 4th Warrior Ramunes, given to them by the apparent head of their religious order, Master Follower. They are joined in these adventures by Lemon, a twelve-year-old girl, and PQ, a hand-sized blob with a face that is an expert on spiritual topics. The OAV is known as VS Knight Lamune and 40 Fresh in Japan, and is a sequel to VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fire, an anime television series; it was released in the U.S. by Software Sculptors and Central Park Media. It features generous amounts of nudity, fanservice, and sexual themes, making this OVA significantly different from the original TV series. Many of the characters are named after various drinks, especially alcoholic ones.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, ecchi
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The Eminence in Shadow (2022)
Plot Summary:
Shadowbrokers are those who go unnoticed, posing as unremarkable people, when in truth, they control everything from behind the scenes. Sid wants to be someone just like that more than anything, and something as insignificant as boring reality isn’t going to get in his way! He trains in secret every single night, preparing for his eventual rise to power—only to denied his destiny by a run-of-the-mill (yet deadly) traffic accident. But when he wakes up in a another world and suddenly finds himself at the head of an actual secret organization doing battle with evil in the shadows, he’ll finally get a chance to act out all of his delusional fantasies!.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, parody, dark fantasy, ecchi, 2d animation
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The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya (2009)
Plot Summary:
A parody series featuring the entire cast of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya in a smaller form factor. Among the changes are: Yuki plays eroge, Haruhi is even more obnoxiuous and loud, Mikuru is even more emotional and Koizumi harbors a deep love for Kyon. Kyon, on the other hand, is generally the same as ever.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 446
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 3 min
Plot tags: anime, parody, absurd
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Amanchu! (2016)
Plot Summary:
The hyperactive teenage scuba diver, Hikari Kohinata, lives in a small town near the sea. On her first day of high school she meets the shy transfer student, Futaba Oki, who is struggling to find a place after moving away from Tokyo. Hikari takes the lead, dragging Futaba into her hijinx, and the two soon become close friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, shounen
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Anne Happy♪ (2016)
Plot Summary:
The story centers around class 1-7 of Tennomifune Academy, where all the students with "bad karma" or misfortune seem to have been gathered. Hibari, a student in this class, meets the unlucky Hanako and the perennially unhealthy Botan on her first day of school, and together they try to find a way to turn their school life into a happy one.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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Akebi's Sailor Uniform (2022)
Plot Summary:
Robai Private Academy is a well-known girls’ junior high school in the countryside. Komichi Akebi is a girl who, for a certain reason, has dreamed of wearing a Robai Academy sailor uniform. Her dream comes true, and her heart races as the day of the school entrance ceremony arrives. With her heart set on her new sailor uniform, Komichi embarks on the junior high school life of her dreams. Komichi dashes headlong through days full of “firsts”—classmates, school lunches, club activities, and more—in this sparkling diary of girlhood. “I hope I can make a lot of friends.”.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 596
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Magical Sempai (2019)
Plot Summary:
Our MC finds out that his school requires him to join a club and during his reluctant search he stumbles upon Tejina-senpai attempting magic tricks in her clubroom. Tejina-senpai has massive stage fright however and so now that she has an audience her attempts are simply comedic.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 674
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: anime, ecchi, light, feel good, humorous, sweet, hentai
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Sket Dance (2011)
Plot Summary:
Sket Dance is a manga series written and illustrated by Kenta Shinohara and serialized, beginning in July 2007, in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump. Sket Dance won the 55th annual Shogakukan Manga Award in 2009 for best shōnen manga. An anime adaptation, produced by Tatsunoko, premiered on April 7, 2011 on TV Tokyo.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, shounen
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Abnormal Physiology Seminar (2011)
Plot Summary:
Nanako Matsutaka is a normal university student, who happens to enroll in the Abnormal Physiology Seminar. She tries to keep her mental state sound, but other abnormal classmates start to influence her personality.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 12 min
Plot tags: anime, ecchi, seinen
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RPG Real Estate (2022)
Plot Summary:
The story begins 15 years after the demon king was defeated and the world has become peaceful. Kotone, who graduated from school and became a magician, inquired the kingdom-affiliated RPG Real Estate in order to find a new home. In reality, RPG Real Estate was Kotone's place of employment, and together with Fa, a demi-human, the priest Rufuria, and the soldier Rakira, they help support the searches of new homes for the customers with various circumstances.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 97
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious