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Plot Summary:
Unable to hear, speak, or wield a sword, Prince Bojji doesn’t seem like a typical heir to the throne—and his kingdom agrees. But his fateful encounter with Kage, a shadow on the ground, gives him his first true friend. The two set off on a grand adventure and, together, form a bond that can overcome any obstacle...even being king.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, disturbing, semi serious, seinen
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Welcome to Irabu's Office (2009)
Plot Summary:
Welcome to Irabu's Office, where you may be greeted by a man in a bear mask, holding a giant needle, who’s ready to cure your ills. Get to know the eccentric Dr. Ichirou Irabu who has a fetish for injections, and a rather strange methodology. Despite his weird approach, Dr. Irabu (who changes his appearance more than Madonna), does succeed in helping each of his patients... eventually.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 268
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, humorous, captivating, disturbing, psychedelic, seinen, surreal
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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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The Price of Smiles (2019)
Plot Summary:
On a planet far from Earth, there is a kingdom full of smiling faces. Princess Yuuki is 12 years old, and about to enter a sensitive age in a person's life. Everyday, she cries, laughs, and sometimes, her heart throbs with excitement. All the while, she lives merrily in the royal palace. Filling her days with color are her loyal vassals: her tutor Reira, Izana who assists in political affairs, the leader of the chivalry Harold and then, there is her childhood friend and aide Joshua. Stella is 17 years old and a capable, reserved soldier. However, she is always smiling for smiling is essential to living.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, disturbing, super sentai
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After School Dice Club (2019)
Plot Summary:
A story about girls playing board games after school! Kyoto in Spring. Aya is a high school girl who's just moved to a new town. Miki is her shy classmate, and her first friend. One day after school Aya and Miki follow the committee president Midori to a speciality board games store. The Dice Club!! Without thinking they try out a German board game together. These girls, who are searching for fun, soon fall into the exciting world of games!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 195
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious
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The Royal Tutor (2017)
Plot Summary:
Heine Wittgenstein is a pint-sized man given a monumental task. He's recently hired by the King of Grannzreich to whip four of his five sons into royalty material as their tutor. At first glance, the princes have all the allure and refinement Heine would expect but underneath their manicured exteriors are four potentially terrible tyrants.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 267
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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The Heroic Legend of Arislan (1993)
Plot Summary:
Betrayed from within and overwhelmed by dark sorcery, the valiant armies of Pars are overrun by the warrior-fanatics of Lusitania. Escaping the destruction of his homeland, the heroic Prince Arslan begins to assemble a group of five, extraordinary allies—a priestess, an exiled warrior, a mischievous minstrel, an insightful artist and his attendant—to aid him in his fight against the Lusitanian invaders. Together, they must build an army and defeat 300,000 trained soldiers—including the mysterious Lord Silver Mask who has also laid claim to the throne of Pars.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, fantasy anime
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Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (2019)
Plot Summary:
A popular manga creator becomes enmeshed in paranormal events while conducting research: Stand User Kishibe Rohan visits Italy, goes bankrupt, and more.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: anime, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, cult classic, shounen
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Ascendance of a Bookworm (2019)
Plot Summary:
Avid bookworm and college student Motosu Urano ends up dying in an unforeseen accident. This came right after the news that she would finally be able to work as a librarian as she had always dreamed of. When she regained consciousness, she was reborn as Myne, the daughter of a poor soldier. She was in the town of Ehrenfest, which had a harsh class system. But as long as she had books, she didn't really need anything else. However, books were scarce and belonged only to the nobles. But that doesn't stop her, so she makes a decision... "If there aren't any books, I'll just create some.".
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, unusual plot structure, exciting, light
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Persona 4 The Golden Animation (2014)
Plot Summary:
In the spring when the cherry blossom petals fall, Yū Narukami moves to Yaso Inaba to live with his uncle and cousin due to his family's circumstances. He transfers to Yasogami High School, where his event-filled school life begins. However, when serial murders begin occurring in the peaceful town, Yū is awakened to the power of his heart turned to physical form: A Persona. Within these new mysteries is Marie, a resident of the alternate world, the Velvet Room, who has no memories of her past. Together with his friends, Yū must solve all the riddles set in front of him and save Yaso Inaba from further violence.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, tsundere
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Tokyo Ravens (2013)
Plot Summary:
Tsuchimikado Harutora was born into a prestigious Onmyoji family, but he can't see "spirit energy". Therefore, he's been enjoying a peaceful daily life with his friends at an Onmyo branch school. One day, his childhood friend Tsuchimikado Natsume, heir to the head family, suddenly appears. Will this cause his destiny spring into motion!?.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, exciting, manga, humorous, disturbing, semi serious
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Handyman Saitou in Another World (2023)
Plot Summary:
Handyman Saito has never been anyone special. All his life, he’s had average grades, ordinary athletic skill, a commonplace job… But his unremarkable path takes a turn when he wakes up in another world. Here, warriors, wizards, and elves accompany him on quests delving deep into dungeons, and Saito realizes for the first time what it’s like to be needed. After all, who other than the handyman could be trusted to open locked treasure chests or repair his allies’ equipment? Beginning with a simple “thank you,” this is the story of an ordinary person’s fulfilling life.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 657
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, seinen, shounen, tsundere, iyashikei, 2d animation
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Maria the Virgin Witch (2015)
Plot Summary:
Takes place during the Hundred Years War in France. Maria, a powerful young witch who cannot tolerate war, uses her powers to intervene and keep the factions at bay. Assisted by her succubus and incubus familiars, they are mostly successful until the Archangel Michael takes notice and decides to put a stop to her interference. He tells Maria that her powers will be stripped away if she loses her virginity, and also forbids her from using magic publicly. To ensure this, he posts the angel Ezekiel to watch over her.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, History, Romance, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, disturbing, seinen
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Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun (2019)
Plot Summary:
Fourteen-year-old Suzuki Iruma has just been abandoned and sold to a demon by his irresponsible parents! Surprisingly, the next thing he knows he's living with the demon who has adopted him as his new grandson, and has been transferred into a school in the demon world where his new "demon" grandfather works as the principal. Thus begins the cowardly Iruma-kun's extraordinary school life among the otherworldly as he faces his true self, takes on challenges, and rises to become someone great.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, sweet, satanic, captivating, funny, gothic, shounen
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Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up (2011)
Plot Summary:
Tokyo in the 1970s. Evil spirits are threatening the human world and the only ones who can stop them are a group known as the Spirit Patrol. Sent from the underworld the team consists of the hot-headed Enma, the stuck-up Yukiko, the half-water sprite Kapael and Chapeau-jii — the old man spirit in the form of a hat, who guides the group. This may not bode well... though.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 268
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, ecchi
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Peach Boy Riverside (2021)
Plot Summary:
"This is a tale that took place long ago. There once lived an old man and an old woman. The old man went into the woods to cut down some grass and the old woman went to the river to... (You know the rest.) The ogres had finally been defeated, but apparently, there were more ogres living elsewhere, so Peach Boy crossed the sea... It was an amazing feat to defeat the ogres and a joyous feat that Peach Boy saved many lives. But the one thing that went wrong... Was that they had fun. This is nothing more than a "What if"... What if there was more than one peach that tumbled down the river?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, disturbing
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Ragna Crimson (2023)
Plot Summary:
Ragna teams up with the enigmatic Crimson to stand against the dragons menacing the world. Although Crimson’s motivations are mysterious, his goal and Ragna’s perfectly align, and together they’ll vanquish the dragons once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 419
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: dark fantasy, anime, shounen, 2d animation
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Battery (2016)
Plot Summary:
Meet Harada Takumi – not even in junior high and he’s the best pitcher in the region, although he’s frustrated and ready to give up, because he can’t find a catcher who is good enough to keep up with how he pitches in this backwater town his family has just moved to. Then along comes a kid named Nagakura Gou….
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Animation, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Faraway Paladin (2021)
Plot Summary:
In a city of the dead, long since ruined and far from human civilization, lives a single human child. His name is Will, and he's being raised by three undead: the hearty skeletal warrior, Blood; the graceful mummified priestess, Mary; and the crotchety spectral sorcerer, Gus. The three pour love into the boy, and teach him all they know. But one day, Will starts to wonder: "Who am I?" Will must unravel the mysteries of this faraway dead man's land, and unearth the secret pasts of the undead. He must learn the love and mercy of the good gods, and the bigotry and madness of the bad. And when he knows it all, the boy will take his first step on the path to becoming a Paladin.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Pretty Cure Splash Star (2006)
Plot Summary:
The third series in Izumi Todo's Pretty Cure franchise, following a new story different from the previous two series.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious
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Tales of Zestiria the X (2016)
Plot Summary:
Legends speak of the Shepherd, a savior who will bring peace to the seraphim and human worlds. Sorey has spent his life studying ancient books and exploring ruins to learn more about this legendary savior. When he and his seraphim companion Mikleo encounter a mysterious girl in the ruins, the stories of the Shepherd become Sorey's reality.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 947
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating
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Interviews with Monster Girls (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story takes place in an age where "Ajin" (demi-human), more casually known as "Demi," have slowly started to become accepted into human society. Tetsuo Takahashi is a biology teacher who ends up teaching three such Demi, hoping to understand more about them while also managing to catch their attention.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, seinen, captivating, sincere, feel good, humorous, psychological, tense, iyashikei
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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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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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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
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Healin' Good♡Precure (2020)
Plot Summary:
The Healing Garden, a secret world that has provided treatment to heal the Earth, is under attack by the Byougenzu, who plan to infect Earth with an illness, putting it in great danger! To solve this crisis, the three medical trainees of Earth, known as the Healing Animals, along with Latte, who holds a special power as the Princess of the Healing Garden, escape in search of their partners! Three ordinary girls come across the group by chance, and together, they transform into Pretty Cure and take on the Byougenzu!.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Go! Princess PreCure (2015)
Plot Summary:
Go! Princess PreCure is set in a boarding junior high school, named Noble Gakuen (Noble Academy). The protagonist Haruka Haruno is a 13-year-old first year student. Her big dream is to be a princess someday, because she has admired a princess in the picture book she has kept since her childhood. One day she transforms into Cure Flora with "Dress Up Key" which Prince Kanata of Hope Kingdom gave her as a good luck charm when she was little. Then she also finds other PreCure girls in her school, 14-year-old Minami Kaidou as Cure Mermaid and 13-year-old Kirara Amanogawa as Cure Twinkle. As the Princess PreCure team, with two fairies Pafu and Aroma, they decide to fight against dark witch Disupia (or Despair) who hates all the dreams in the world and wants to turn them to despair.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Don't Hurt Me, My Healer! (2022)
Plot Summary:
The misadventures of a knight and a healer begin in this new fantasy comedy series!.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, seinen
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Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer (2022)
Plot Summary:
Everything about college student Amamiya Yuuhi is average: grades, looks and his blasé outlook on life. So what happens when he awakens one day to a talking lizard, who informs him that there is a gigantic hammer in outer space, poised to split the Earth into pieces, and requests his allegiance in the fight against the forces of evil? Pretend it never happened! Unfortunately for Yuuhi, a little bit of coercion in the form of a super-powered princess prevents him from returning to his mediocre life-as-usual. In the adventure of his lifetime, Yuuhi will join forces with the unpredictable princess and seek out a motley crew of companions to fight back against an evil mage and his horrifyingly powerful homunculus before the Biscuit Hammer destroys the planet!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, psychological, seinen
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Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] (2014)
Plot Summary:
The Holy Grail War is a battle royale among seven magi who serve as Masters. Masters, through the use of the command seals they are given when they enter the war, command Heroic Spirits known as Servants to fight for them in battle. In the Fifth Holy Grail War, Rin Tohsaka is among the magi entering the competition. With her Servant, Archer, she hopes to obtain the ultimate prize—the Holy Grail, a magical artifact capable of granting its wielder any wish. One of Rin's classmates, Shirou Emiya, accidentally enters the competition and ends up commanding a Servant of his own known as Saber. As they find themselves facing mutual enemies, Rin and Shirou decide to form a temporary alliance as they challenge their opponents in the Holy Grail War.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting, tense, suspense, stylized, semi serious, epic
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The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 1 (2022)
Plot Summary:
Tristan, the son of Meliodas and Elizabeth, inherits the power of the Goddess Clan and can heal people’s wounds and injuries, but he often ends up hurting others due to his inability to control his Demon Clan power. To protect his family, Tristan heads to Edinburgh Castle and meets a host of new friends along the way.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 747
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: anime