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Plot Summary:
Kaito Kuroba, a normal teenage high school student, stumbles across the secret of his father's death: his father was not only a magician, but the famous phantom thief Kaitou Kid, and was killed by an organization for reasons unknown. Taking up his father's mantle in an attempt to bait the killers, Kaito performs a number of thefts and eventually learns that his father died for interfering in the organization's quest to find the Pandora Gem. Pandora is said to glow in the light of the moon, and beneath the moon and a certain comet, will shed a tear granting immortality to whomever drinks it. Kaito then decides to search for Pandora as Kaitou Kid and destroy it, in order to prevent the organization from obtaining their goals.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 175
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Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
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Duration: 23 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 66
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
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Eight years after the mysterious death of his father, Kaito Kuroba, a slightly mischievous but otherwise ordinary teenager, discovers a shocking secret: the Phantom Thief Kaito Kid—also known as "The Magician Under the Moonlight"—was none other than his own father. The former thief was murdered by a criminal organization seeking a mythical stone called the Pandora Gem, said to shed a tear with the passing of the Valley Comet that comes every ten thousand years. When the tear is consumed, the gem supposedly grants immortality. Vowing to bring those responsible for his father's death to justice, Kaito dons the Phantom Thief's disguise, stealing priceless jewels night after night to find the Pandora Gem before his enemies can use the power for themselves.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 517
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 91
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 52
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 831
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 413
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IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 94
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IMDB Votes: 168
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 203
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IMDB Votes: 447
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IMDB Votes: 437
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IMDB Votes: 572
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IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Votes: 182
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IMDB Votes: 1000
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