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Plot Summary:
One day Joey rescues and fixes a broken toy robot and lets it be on his room. In a stormy evening, the toy is hit by a thunder which gave it life and a reason to be, to fight for him in the dangerous ordeals that shall come.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, light, captivating, shounen, mecha, entertaining, 2d animation
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Mazinger Z (1972)
Plot Summary:
Mazinger Z, known briefly as Tranzor Z in the United States, is a Japanese super robot manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai. The first manga version was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1972 to August 1973, and it later continued in Kodansha TV Magazine from October 1973 to September 1974. It was adapted into an anime television series which aired on Fuji TV from December 1972 to September 1974. A second manga series was released alongside the TV show, this one drawn by Gosaku Ota, which started and ended almost at the same time of the TV show. Mazinger Z has spawned several sequels and spinoff series, among them UFO Robot Grendizer and Mazinkaiser. It was a very popular cartoon in Mexico during the 1980s, where it was dubbed into Spanish directly from the Japanese version, keeping the Japanese character names and broadcasting all 92 episodes, unlike the version aired in the U.S.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, shounen
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Sakura Wars: The Animation (2020)
Plot Summary:
In 1930, two years after the events of So Long, My Love, the Great Demon War results in the annihilation of the Imperial, Paris and New York Combat Revues' Flower Divisions. With Earth at peace and the revues' actions becoming public, the World Combat Revue Organization is formed with several international divisions; a biennial international Combat Revue tournament has been organized. Ten years later in 1940, Imperial Japanese Navy captain Kamiyama Seijuurou is assigned as the captain of the new Imperial Combat Revue's Flower Division in Tokyo, which consists of: Amamiya Sakura, a swordswoman and new recruit; Shinonome Hatsuho, a shrine maiden and the most popular actress; Anastasia Palma, a newly-transferred Greek actress; Mochizuki Azami, a ninja prodigy from the Mochizuki clan; and Claris, a Luxembourgian noblewoman. The division once again faces a new demon invasion and participates in the upcoming tournament–while trying to keep their home at the Imperial Theater open.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, mecha, shounen
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Argevollen (2014)
Plot Summary:
The story takes place in a world where two countries, Arandas and Ingelmia, have been warring against each other for a very long time. Tokimune, a young man belonging to Independent Unit 8 of Arandas, saves a girl named Jamie when she is attacked by enemy forces. In order to survive, he pilots the new mech Argevollen and fights. The new mech Argevollen is defined by its U-Link system wherein the Argevollen molds to its pilot's mind and cannot be piloted by anyone else. This customization allows the pilot to envision what the mech will do in his mind to use it, rather than physically move and steer it.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, tense, captivating, super sentai
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009 Re: Cyborg (2012)
Plot Summary:
009 Re:Cyborg follows a group of nine cyborgs, each of them created by a shadowy organization for use as weapons against humanity. The group turns on their creators to protect the population instead, using the powers given them to fight their creators.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 581
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: anime, futuristic, exciting, captivating, entertaining
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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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Zoids Wild (2018)
Plot Summary:
A quest for freedom and legendary treasure begins when a cheerful young adventurer follows his father's footsteps to become the greatest Zoids hunter.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, captivating, entertaining
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Wolverine vs. Sabretooth (2014)
Plot Summary:
It's claw versus claw as Logan faces his age-old foe in the latest Marvel Knights Animation, Wolverine Vs. Sabretooth.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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Planet With (2018)
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Sōya Kuroi has dreams of people with superpowers fighting a massive dragon in the sky, but his real life is almost as weird. He's had amnesia for about two weeks and been taken in by a maid and an anthropomorphic cat. When a UFO in the shape of a stuffed bear approaches Sorimasaka City and other metros around the world, he's startled to see seven rainbow-sparkling heroes zoom out to confront it – just like in his dream. Even weirder, the maid wants him to leave his shelter to confront these heroes and take the source of their power.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, mecha
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Buddy Complex (2014)
Plot Summary:
When a giant robot suddenly attacks the city, a high-school student named Aoba is saved by a classmate who's piloting her own mecha. After accepting an offer to join the alliance she's is a part of, Aoba is thrust into the middle of high-flying robot warfare in this new series from the studio that brought you Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, and Escaflowne!.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Daimidaler the Sound Robot (2014)
Plot Summary:
In order to stop the mysterious "Penguin Empire" from interfering with world peace, secret organization "Prince Beauty Parlor" has developed a giant robot that is powered by a rare special energy source called "Hi-ERo particles." Organization member Kyōko Sonan has located an ordinary high school student, Kōichi Madanbashi, with high amounts of Hi-ERo particles, making him a suitable candidate to pilot of the giant robot. But there is only one way to release his particles: allow Madanbashi to persuade him with lewd behavior.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, mecha, ecchi
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LBX Girls (2021)
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In an unplanned field trip, Riko is transported to an alternate Japan where metal-based life forms known as Mimesis ravage the world. Only girls equipped with LBX armored weaponry can stand up to this scourge. Joined by four other displaced young women, Riko will have to adapt to save humanity. The hope of a planet now rests on these heavy metal soldiers who desire one wish—to return home again!.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: mecha, anime, exciting, tense, captivating, futuristic
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Re:Creators (2017)
Plot Summary:
Humans have created many stories. Joy, sadness, anger, deep emotion. Stories shake our emotions, and fascinate us. However, these are only the thoughts of bystanders. But what if the characters in the story have "intentions"? To them, are we god-like existences for bringing their story into the world? Our world is changed. Mete out punishment upon the realm of the gods. In Re:CREATORS, everyone becomes a Creator.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, futuristic, manga
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Getter Robo Arc (2021)
Plot Summary:
Taking place several years after Getter Robo Go, Earth is now a post-apocalyptic world. Hayato, now an aging scientist, has completed Professor Saotome's masterpiece, Getter Robo Arc. Piloting it are Ryoma's son Takuma, the human-dinosaur Kamui, and the younger brother of Tayel, Baku. Alongside the reformed Dinosaur Empire, they fight the insectoid Andromeda Flow Country attacking from across time and space.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: mecha, anime, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, shounen
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Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk (2013)
Plot Summary:
Following Hulk's murderous rampage through Manhattan, Dr. Bruce Banner was sentenced to execution, bringing an end to The Hulk . Or did it? When reports of a mysterious creature start creeping in from around the world, Nick Fury starts to get suspicious. Not only is Fury worried about Banner's rage turning him into an unstoppable monster, but his existence is the one secret that can bring down Nick Fury! Turning to the only man he can trust, Fury enlists Wolverine to help, and Wolverine is glad to take down Banner by any means necessary!.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 677
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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Dragon Ball Absalon (2012)
Plot Summary:
The series begins twelve years after Goku is seen leaving on Shenron not at the end of Dragon Ball GT, and diverges entirely into its own plot from there, on an alternate timeline from the one which shows Goku Jr. fighting Vegeta Jr. at the World Martial Arts Tournament. In this series, Majuub has reached new levels of power, and has honed the techniques taught to him by Goku. We also see Gotenks finally mature, and Vegeta more powerful than ever.Each character will bring forth their own set of capabilities and purpose, winning fights and being relevant, in order to create an environment that emphasizes teamwork as well as individual worth for each character. In this series, the main set of villains are Saiyans, with abilities highly similar to the Saiyans that we are familiar with. These new Saiyans are more powerful than any threat the Z Fighters have ever faced, but after twelve years of intensive training, our heroes will not be easily defeated.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 576
Genere: Animation, Action
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, shounen
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Infini-T Force (2017)
Plot Summary:
Emi is a seventeen-year-old girl living in Shibuya. Her father is always away with work and she's grown listless. Suddenly, a twist of fate involving a certain magical item changes everything. A mysterious pencil, of all things, is linked to the appearance of heroes from another world! Could this be the start to the excitement she's so desperately craving, or is there something more?.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining
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Scarlet Nexus (2021)
Plot Summary:
Saved by the Other Suppression Force as a child, psychokinetic Yuito enlists in this elite team formed to fight Earth’s enemy. Meanwhile, prodigy Kasane was scouted for her abilities. Kasane’s dreams tell her strange things, dragging the two into an unavoidable fate.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing, dark fantasy
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Zetman (2012)
Plot Summary:
The story starts off with a face-off between two rival heroes, ZET and ALPHAS, and then traces their origins - Jin Kanzaki, a young man with the ability to transform into a superhuman being known as ZET, and Kouga Amagi, a young man with a strong sense of justice who uses technology to fight as ALPHAS. The fates of these two men and those around them intertwine as they fight to protect mankind and destroy monstrous abominations known as Players.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 592
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, disturbing
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BBK/BRNK (2016)
Plot Summary:
It’s been ten years since Azuma Kazuki has been in Japan, and upon his arrival he is taken prisoner by a group of armed men. Azuma is saved by his childhood friend, Kogane Asabuki, thanks to a living weapon she wields on her right hand, known as a Bubuki. Learning about these weapons, Azuma becomes a Bubuki wielder himself and sets out on a journey.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, tense, captivating
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Mazinger Edition Z: The Impact! (2009)
Plot Summary:
Shin Mazinger Shogeki! Z Hen, alternatively romanized Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z Hen and romanized/translated in the Soul of Chogokin toys line as Shin Mazinger Impact Z!, is a new Mazinger anime series, directed by Yasuhiro Imagawa which premiered in Japan on April 4, 2009. According to the production staff, it has no relation to the 1970s show and should not be described as a Mazinger Z remake. The series is a "retelling" of the basic story of Mazinger Z, featuring most of the same characters, mechanical beasts, and some general plots of the original series, plus some additional material. It keeps the original plot line of Mazinger Z, but makes references to other Go Nagai works, such as Z Mazinger, Violence Jack, Mao Dante and others. Elements from other related Mazinger works appear in the series, such as the story of Kedora and the appearance of Energer Z, the original concept before Mazinger Z. Along with the TV series, a new manga, Shin Mazinger Zero started on April 18, 2009 in the magazine Champion Red. The pair responsible for the shōnen manga Akumetsu, Yoshiaki Tabata and Yuki Yogo, write and illustrate the Shin Mazinger Zero manga. In 2010 a game based on the series was released for the PC.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Monster Buster Club (2008)
Plot Summary:
Monster Buster Club is a television series by Marathon Production and Image Entertainment Corporation. The show debuted on June 2, 2008 on Jetix in Europe, June 9, 2008 in the United States and in Asia on May 3, 2008. This show is about three twelve-year-olds, helped by an alien girl named Cathy, who are all charged with saving their town from alien invasions. With her grandfather, they reform a secret organization that was founded centuries ago called the Monster Buster Club, often abbreviated to MBC. The goal of the MBC is to locate alien criminals seeking refuge in Single Town, capture them, and send them to galactic authorities.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 232
Genere: Animation, Action, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Canada, South Korea
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining, futuristic, nostalgic
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Kuromukuro (2016)
Plot Summary:
During the construction of the Kurobe Dam, an ancient artifact was discovered, and so the United Nations Kurobe Research Institute was established. Intellectuals from all over the world gathered to study the object, and the children of those researchers attend Mt. Tate International Senior High School, including the institute head's daughter, Yukina Shirahane. In the summer of 2016, a lone samurai once again awakens.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: mecha, anime, exciting, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, futuristic, manga
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Edens Zero (2021)
Plot Summary:
At Granbell Kingdom, an abandoned amusement park, Shiki has lived his entire life among machines. But one day, Rebecca and her cat companion Happy appear at the park’s front gates. Little do these newcomers know that this is the first human contact Granbell has had in a hundred years! As Shiki stumbles his way into making new friends, his former neighbors stir at an opportunity for a robo-rebellion… And when his old homeland becomes too dangerous, Shiki must join Rebecca and Happy on their spaceship and escape into the boundless cosmos.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, funny, captivating, futuristic, smart, shounen
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Heroes: Legend of Battle Disks (2015)
Plot Summary:
The story is set in the galaxy located near the center of the universe. There are Planet Aernia (a planet for Heroes) and Planet Orbs (a planet for robots), governed by Orbiton, in this same galaxy. Various countries are present in Planet Aernia; they are, Volculm (volcanic country of fire), Zylan (oceanic country of water), Elvan (green-rich country of forest), and Aleum (celestial country of clouds). Antania, is a nucleus of all the present countries. It has an academy that fosters Heroes. Under the reign of the Governor General, Antania upholds a national policy to train Heroes to prevent Planet Aernia to be infringed by the Dark Desire. Heroes are not only the reliable source of battle who have special abilities to freely use the battle discs, but also a symbol of unfailing justice.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan, Italy, USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, mecha, anime
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Marvel's Ultimate Comics (2016)
Plot Summary:
After Spider-Man stops some crooks from robbing a Stark Enterprises facility, Iron Man decides to pay him back with some on the job training. His plan goes awry when D-List villain Batroc the Leaper returns with new powers. Black Panther gets a visit from Everett K. Ross to discuss security for a possible international summit in Wakanda. The visit is unexpectedly interrupted by super-villain, Ghost.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Animation
Country: USA
Duration: 4 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, entertaining
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Marvel Knights: Eternals (2014)
Plot Summary:
You are thousands of years old. You have amazing powers. You have watched civilizations rise and fall. So why does no one remember any of this? Best-selling author, Neil Gaiman (Marvel: 1602) is joined by superstar artist, John Romita. Jr. (Amazing Spider-Man), to bring you the extraordinary tale of The Eternals. Medical student Mark Curry's world is turned upside-down when he meets Ike Harris, a man who believes that he is part of a centuries-old race of super-powered beings put here on Earth by aliens to preserve and safeguard the planet — and even crazier, tried to convince Mark that he is one too.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, anime
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Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers (2014)
Plot Summary:
A group of teenagers join forces with the Avengers, Earth's mightiest heroes, to fight against the tyrannical Loki and his mighty empire.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 331
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, light, captivating, entertaining
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Gen: Lock (2018)
Plot Summary:
Fifty years in the future, an oppressive authoritarian force threatens to conquer the world. A daring team is recruited to pilot a new form of weaponized neuroscience that powers devastating mecha, but they must be willing to sacrifice everything to save the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: adult animation, anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, futuristic, mecha
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Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors (2018)
Plot Summary:
When a threat no one could have expected bears down on the Marvel Universe, this ragtag, untrained band of teens have no choice but to rise together and prove to the world that sometimes the difference between a 'hero' and 'misfit' is just in the name.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, entertaining, anime, tripping, 2d animation
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Justice League Unlimited (2004)
Plot Summary:
Justice League Unlimited is an American animated television series that was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on Cartoon Network. Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Comics universe, and specifically based on the Justice League superhero team, it is a direct sequel to the previous Justice League animated series. JLU debuted on July 31, 2004 on Toonami and ended with the episode aired May 13, 2006. It was also the final series set in the long-running DC animated universe, which started with Batman: The Animated Series in 1992.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, adult animation, exciting, entertaining, 2d animation