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Plot Summary:
hack//Roots is a 26-episode anime series, animated by studio Bee Train, that sets as a prologue for the .hack//G.U. video games. It is the first .hack TV series broadcast in HDTV. It is set seven years after the events of the first two anime series and games. .hack//Roots revolves around an MMORPG game called The World R:2, also known as The World Revision:2 and serves a sequel to the original version of "The World". Its original Japanese television run aired from April 5, 2006 through September 27, 2006.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 331
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, serious, captivating, cyber, futuristic
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Young Ruuji Familon finds a Liger-type Zoid during a salvage mission. Initially, the village is attacked by Bio-Raptor Bio-Zoids, and later a Bio-Megaraptor. After the village generator is destroyed in combat, Ruuji takes the Murasame Liger Zoid and leaves the village alongside Ra-Kan and Rei Mii to find a generator mechanic or the village will be destroyed. Through his journey Ruuji learns he must fight against Digald.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, apocalyptic, exciting, light, serious, captivating, stylized, mecha
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Read or Die (2001)
Plot Summary:
A young female agent with a powerful psionic power over paper must stop a plot for world destruction.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 33 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, suspenseful, stylized, captivating, manga
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Last Exile (2003)
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, serious, captivating, manga, futuristic
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Infinite Dendrogram (2020)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2043, Infinite Dendrogram, the world's first successful full-dive VRMMO was released. In addition to its ability to perfectly simulate the five senses, along with its many other amazing features, the game promised to offer players a world full of infinite possibilities. Nearly two years later, soon-to-be college freshman, Reiji Mukudori, is finally able to buy a copy of the game and start playing. With some help from his experienced older brother, Shuu, and his partner Embryo, Reiji embarks on an adventure into the world of Infinite Dendrogram.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 488
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: captivating, anime, entertaining, stylized, light
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, grindhouse, exciting, serious, futuristic, stylized
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Noein (2005)
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, bleak, serious, suspenseful, stylized, captivating, futuristic
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Geneshaft (2001)
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, stylized, anime, exciting, mecha
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Glass Fleet (2006)
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A tyrannical Emperor has his grasp over the galaxy. The rebels outnumbered and outgunned try to locate the mythical Glass Fleet that once served the true ruler. They do find one of the royal descendants, now a space pirate.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, stylized, suspense
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Xenosaga: The Animation (2005)
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4000 years have passed since humanity abandoned Earth. Forced to fight an alien form of life, Gnosis, mankind developed KOS-MOS - a battle android with amazing capabilities. When a ship carrying android is being attacked, KOS-MOS gets activated and save its creator, Shion Uzuki. But KOS-MOS doesn't want to listed her orders and executes some unknown plan. After their ship destroyed Shion and her companions find themselves thrust into the middle of a battle with Gnosis, U-TIC Organization and their own superiors. Battle with no clear sides.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 300 min
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Transformers: Cybertron (2005)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, stylized, captivating, anime
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.hack//SIGN (2002)
Plot Summary:
hack follows several young players as they navigate the vast, mysterious MMORPG known as “The World” – a place, it turns out, that is sometimes impossible to leave.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 892
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 29 min
Plot tags: anime, cyber, exciting, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, fast, mecha
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Plot Summary:
Two women carry out missions and fight crime across the galaxy.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 366
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, mecha, futuristic, captivating, tense, entertaining, serious
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, semi serious, captivating, futuristic
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Heroic Age (2007)
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 570
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Stargate Infinity (2002)
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IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 758
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating
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New Getter Robo (2004)
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, suspenseful, stylized, exciting, mecha
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A Tree of Palme (2002)
Plot Summary:
A Tree of Palme is an interpretation of the Pinocchio tale. It concerns a small puppet, Palme, who was tasked by his creator to look over his ailing wife, Xian. After her passing, Palme is visited by a mysterious woman who he mistakenly believes to be Xian. Shaken out of his sadness, Palme accepts her request to deliver something special to a far-off place known as Tama. This sets Palme off on a journey to discover his own emotions, and what it truly means to be human.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 530
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, surreal, captivating, suspenseful, weird
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Scrapped Princess (2003)
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Pacifica Casull is the most feared and hated person by the followers of the God Mauser. Known as the Scrapped Princess, she is the poison that will destroy the world. To avoid being killed by the zealots of Mauser, Pacifica and her adoptive brother and sister leave the village of Manhurin. Her brother, Shannon, is an expert with the sword while Racquel is proficient with magic. At every step of the way, however, someone is constantly trying to kill Pacifica, hoping to somehow avert the catastrophe that is supposed to befall the world on her 16th birthday.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 779
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, captivating, mecha
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s-CRY-ed (2001)
Plot Summary:
The aftermath of a mysterious environmental catastrophe has left the land in complete desolation! While mankind has been able to rebuild the city, the catastrophe has caused some humans to undergo genetic mutations granting them special powers and abilities. These genetically enhanced humans are known as Alters. Kazuma has spent his entire life in the wastelands relying on his special powers to survive, but when a secret organization called ‘Holy’ threatens to take away his freedom, he will be left with a choice to join or die. His fight to seek the truth behind the ‘Holy’ will rage and consume humanity and Alter alike!.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 629 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, manga
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Plot Summary:
The story takes place in the year 2034, two years after the events in Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG. Female cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi has left Public Security Section 9, an elite counter-terrorist and anti-crime unit specializing in cyber-warfare, which has expanded to a team of 20 field operatives with Togusa acting as the field lead.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: anime, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, futuristic, stylized, cyber, deep, inspirational, complex
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Virus Buster Serge (1997)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
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Plot Summary:
Beauty is only skin deep, but when you can’t see beneath the skin, how can you know what you’re really dealing with? In a world where perfect androids called Boomers have infiltrated every aspect of society, it’s the job of Branch to maintain peace between the people and the plastic. Unfortunately, not all boomers are created perfect, and when boomers go bad, people die. The thin blue line that separates man from machine is about to meet its most horrifying test in Parasite Dolls.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 685
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
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TRON: Uprising (2012)
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IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, heroic, stylized, serious, suspenseful, anime, cyber, futuristic, surreal, psychotronic
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Wolf's Rain (2003)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 701 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, exciting, atmospheric, manga, apocalyptic, enigmatic, futuristic, psychological, deep
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Appleseed XIII (2011)
Plot Summary:
Appleseed XIII is a 2011 Japanese CGI anime adaptation of Masamune Shirow's science fiction manga series Appleseed. Composed of 13 episodes, the series retold the exploits of ES.W.A.T. member Deunan and her cyborg partner Briareos. The series was produced by Jinni's Animation Studios in association with Production I.G and under the direction of Takayuki Hamana with Junichi Fujisaku as script supervisor. All 13 episodes were compiled into two feature-length films. The first feature film titled Appleseed XIII: Tartaros was announced by Shochiku and released on June 13, 2011. The second film, Appleseed XIII: Ouranos was released on October 24, 2011. A North American release of the TV series will be out in June 2013.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, tense, captivating, cyber, serious, stylized, computer animated