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Plot Summary:
In the world of Daikuuriku, everyone is born female, and chooses which sex they wish to become at age 17. In this world, the peaceful theocracy of Simulacrum is guarded by magical flying machines called "Simoun", which can only be piloted by young girls who haven't chosen a sex yet. The Simoun can activate a magical power known as "Ri Maajon" that can destroy large numbers of enemies at once. When the industrialized nation of Argentum decides that it needs to invade Simulacrum to acquire the secret of the Simoun, war breaks out, drawing the Simoun "Sibyllae" (priestesses who fly the Simoun) into a lopsided battle. Because the war is raging, the Sibyllae are granted an exemption from choosing a permanent sex for as long as they're willing to keep flying. Aaeru, a determined young Sibylla with a mysterious past, and Neviril, the leader of Chor Tempest, Simulacrum's most elite Simoun squadron, must lead their fellow priestesses through conflict both within their ranks and in the sky.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, yuri, suspense, captivating, mecha, shoujo, exciting, unusual plot structure, contemplative
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Blue Drop (2007)
Plot Summary:
All the blue drop stories revolve around a war between humanity and the Arume, an alien race consisting soley of women. Both manga series are set after the war while the anime is set before. The two manga series feature some degree of sexual content; the second manga being considerably more.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, sincere, captivating
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My-Otome (2005)
Plot Summary:
My-Otome is an anime series created by Sunrise. Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, it is a spinoff of My-HiME anime series and as such My-Otome takes place in a new setting with new main characters. The series originally premiered on TV Tokyo from October 6, 2005 to March 30, 2006. An OVA sequel to the series, My-Otome Zwei, has been made and released in Japan, and a prequel, My-Otome 0~S.ifr~, has been completed. The series was licensed for North American distribution by Bandai Entertainment. Zwei leaves the story open for future sequels, and Sifr for future prequels. At Otakon 2013, Funimation Entertainment had announced that they have rescued all of the My-Hime Project anime and will be re-released in 2014. A new series was announced in June 2008, however no further information has been released. The initial announcement did not indicate whether this series would take place in the world of My-HiME or My-Otome, nor whether is would be a sequel or prequel to either series. Incomplete information indicates that this new series may in fact be Sora Kake Girl, which shares most of Otome's staff, rather than a new Otome series.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, yuri, surprise ending
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Superb Song of the Valkyries: Symphogear (2012)
Plot Summary:
During a concert by idol group ZweiWing, an alien force known as the Noise attack the stage. Group members Tsubasa Kazanari and Kanade Amou suppress the attack using their Symphogear armor, but despite their best efforts, innocent bystander Hibiki Tachibana is fatally injured. Distraught and much to Tsubasa's dismay, Kanade sacrifices herself in the process to save Hibiki. Two years later, Hibiki lives on. Tsubasa now fights alone. With the threat of the Noise increasing, Hibiki finds herself encountering the Noise once again but this time she is granted a chance to become attuned with the same Symphogear that Kanade wielded.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Animation, Action, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, futuristic
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Seven Senses of the Re'Union (2018)
Plot Summary:
In the popular MMORPG world 'Union' there existed a legendary party named Subaru. This party, made up of a group of childhood friends and elementary schoolers, exceeded the limits of the game with their various senses. However, due to an incident which resulted in a death, 'Union' ended its service and the group of childhood friends went separate ways. Six years later, highschooler Haruto logged into the new 'Reunion' and reunited with a single girl. Asahi—one of old 'Subaru' party members, and his childhood friend who should have died six years ago. Is she a digital ghost, or...?.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, suspense, disturbing, super sentai
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Princess Principal (2017)
Plot Summary:
The stage is set during the 19th century London, in its capital where a wall divides the east and west of the Kingdom of Albion. Five high school girls, who enrolled in the prestigious Queens May Fair School, are involved in spy activities that involve disguise, infiltration, car chase, and more. These girls take advantage of their special abilities and fly around the shadow world.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 521
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, yaoi, yuri, super sentai
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Yamibo: Darkness, the Hat & the Travelers of the Books (2003)
Plot Summary:
Hatsuki is a high-school student living with Hatsumi, and the two are so close they are like sisters. On Hatsumi's 16th birthday, she is suddenly surrounded by a green light and disappears right in front of Hatsuki! Hatsuki manages to follow Hatsumi with the help of a yellow parakeet named Ken, and ends up in a place called "The Great Library," full of different worlds stored in books. But Hatsumi isn't there, and so the search begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, yuri, tense, captivating, disturbing, adult anime
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Destiny of the Shrine Maiden (2004)
Plot Summary:
The highborn Himemiya Chikane is cool and aloof, the perfect young lady of good breeding. Kurusegawa Himeko is devoted to her, and secretly her friend. Their lives are undisturbed in their school, until an ancient evil suddenly rears its head. To combat it, Chikane and Himeko must take on the roles of shrine maidens of the Moon and Sun.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, yaoi, romantic, captivating, yuri, mecha, adult anime, shounen
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Sweet Blue Flowers (2009)
Plot Summary:
Fumi Manjoume enters Kamakura's accelerated high school - Matsuoka All-Girls High School. While waiting at the Kamakura station on the day of her entrance ceremony, she runs into an old childhood friend whom she had not seen in 10 years: Akira Okudaira. As their friendship is rekindled and they start falling back into the rhythm of friends again, it starts a delicate love story.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 354
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, yuri, captivating, emotional, sentimental, touching, adult anime
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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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Cutie Honey (1973)
Plot Summary:
One day, Honey Kisaragi's a trendy, class-cutting Catholic schoolgirl. The next, her father's been murdered by demonic divas from a dastardly organization called Panther Claw. When his dying message reveals that she's an android, Honey uses the transformative power of the Atmospheric Element Solidifier - the very thing Panther Claw wanted to steal - to seek revenge against the shadowy clan.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, ecchi, shounen, yuri
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Mobile Suit Gundam AGE (2011)
Plot Summary:
Mobile Suit Gundam AGE is a 2011 Japanese science fiction anime television series and the twelfth incarnation of Sunrise's long-running Gundam franchise. The series was first announced in the July issue of Shogakukan's CoroCoro Comic, and has gaming company Level-5's President Akihiro Hino in charge of the story. This installment of the Gundam meta-series is set on a futuristic Earth plagued by an interplanetary war that spans a whole century. Its story revolves around three protagonists from the same family, each piloting his own version of the eponymous mecha, fighting to defend Earth and its space colonies from an enemy race far more advanced in terms of technology. The series was officially unveiled by Bandai on June 13, 2011, during a special event at the 2011 Tokyo Toy Show. Gundam AGE premiered on the MBS and TBS broadcasting stations in Japan on October 9, 2011 and 49 episodes were broadcast, with the last episode on September 23, 2012. A compilation OVA titled Mobile Suit Gundam AGE: Memory of Eden will be released on July 26, 2013, focusing on the second protagonist of the series, Asemu Asuno.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, captivating, entertaining
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SABIKUI BISCO (2022)
Plot Summary:
One rogue explores and tries to survive in the barren wasteland of a far-future Japan!.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 947
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, disturbing, shounen, 2d animation
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Katana Maidens: Toji no Miko (2018)
Plot Summary:
There's an evil creature called Aratama that attacks people, and a group of Miko has been exorcising those creatures using swords since olden times. Those who wear uniforms and swords are called Toji, who are officially called Tokubetsu Saishi Kitoutai (Special Ritual Maneuver Team) in the police association. They are officially approved to wield the swords by the government officials. The government has established five training schools consisting of junior and senior high levels for the female students to attend. They spend their student life normally, and use special skills with the swords when they're doing missions to protect people. In the spring, these five schools are to take part in a competition. Among the girls who train for the competition, there's a girl who's a bit more passionate than any other girls. Where would the girl with the sword aim?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 97
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, entertaining
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Knights of Sidonia: The Movie (2015)
Plot Summary:
The year is 3394. The solar system has been long destroyed by a strange alien race called Gauna. Now humans are barely maintaining population in their seed ships - the ones they also used to escape a thousand years ago. After several years of drifting though space, Sidonia, a seed ship with a population of over 500,000 people, is once again threatened by Gauna. Follow Tanikaze Nagate, a mysterious young man from the deep corners of the ship, and his friends as they try to strike back against these gigantic creatures and at the same time learn what they really are for the sake of humanity's survival. -MAL.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, tense, captivating, cyberpunk anime
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Astra Lost in Space (2019)
Plot Summary:
The year is 2061, when space travel is now possible and commercially viable, and the students of Caird High School embark on their Planet Camp. But soon after Group B5 arrived at their planetary camp site, a mysterious and unforeseen sentient light sphere warps its 9 members into outer space, stranding them 5012 light years away from their home planet. With the discovery of an old, unmanned spaceship nearby, the students must stay strong, manage their limited resources and remain united in the darkness of space, so that all of them can survive their long and likely perilous trek back home aboard the Astra.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, psychological, captivating, disturbing, futuristic, tense, adult anime, shounen
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Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO (2004)
Plot Summary:
The year is Universal Century 0079. Oliver May is a technical officer in the Zeon 603rd Technical Evaluation Unit , in charge of testing new military technology. Stationed in the Jotunheim, a civilian transport ship that was converted into military use, Oliver must head into battle and experience the One Year War, only this time from the perspective of a weapon tester who struggles to make an impact on an evolving war during changing times.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, disturbing
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Last Exile (2003)
Plot Summary:
A richly romantic action-adventure fantasy, set in a world where retro-futuristic vehicles permeate the skies. Against this lavish background are the lives of young and heroic van ship sky porters - Claus and Lavie - who are forced to take on the mission to deliver a mysterious girl, Alvis, to the battle ship Silvana. Before they know it, they become entangled in an aerial adventure between two countries gripped in an eternal war of magnificent air battleships.
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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Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter (2002)
Plot Summary:
After the 12 Gold Saints sacrifice their lives to destroy the Wailing Wall, the Bronze Saints enter the deepest realm of the Underworld, Elysion, where they face off against Hades's two most powerful servants, The Twin Gods, Hypnos and Thanatos, before they can reach Hades for the final battle.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, disturbing, shounen
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Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold (2015)
Plot Summary:
Transcending eternity, the 12 Gold Saints return to protect love and peace on Earth! They gave their lives to destroy the Wailing Wall to break the way for Seiya and the Saints in their battle against Hades in the Underworld! Though presumed to have perished, Aiolia and the other Gold Saints return to the beautiful earthly world of radiating luminescence! Why have these lost souls been brought back to life? Shrouded in this deep mystery, Aiolia becomes embroiled in a duel. When he burns his Cosmo to its limit…the Cloth of Leo transforms! In 2015, the Golden Cosmo is finally revived!.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, tense, disturbing
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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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Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka (2019)
Plot Summary:
Due to the invasion of Disas—enigmatic creatures of soil from the land of the dead—mankind, who was on the verge of crisis, was saved by the efforts of magical girls who had obtained a mysterious magical power... Three years later, new incidents suddenly occur, tearing apart the normalcy of the girls who had each returned to their normal lives. The saviours of humanity, those magical girls called "The Magical Five" now live each day fighting for their lives, even as they are trifled with by fate.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, disturbing, seinen
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Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, So I'll Max Out My Defense (2020)
Plot Summary:
Honjou Kaede is invited by her friend Shiramine Risa to play a virtual reality MMO game with her. While Kaede doesn't dislike games, what she really, truly dislikes is being in pain. She creates a character named Maple, and decides to put all her points in VIT to minimize pain. As a result, she moves slowly, can't use magic, and even a rabbit can get the best of her. But as it turns out, she acquires a skill known as "Absolute Defense" as a result of her pumping points into VIT, as well as a "Counter Skill" that works against special moves. Now, with her ability to nullify all damage, she goes on adventures.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, light, feel good, funny, humorous, entertaining
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Cross Ange: Rondo of Angel and Dragon (2014)
Plot Summary:
Humanity has advanced to great heights since it obtained the information technology known as "Mana." With that nearly magical power, problems like war, food shortages, and pollution have been eliminated. This age of peace and freedom, the Empress Angelese of the Misurugi Empire is a privileged girl with no disabilities. She learns, however, that she is a "Norma," a kind of human who cannot use Mana and are outcasts of society. Having lost everything, she is sent to an isolated island. There she meets other Normas who ride in humanoid weapons called Para-mails, protecting the world from dragons invaders from another dimension.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Animation, Action, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, mecha, tense, captivating, disturbing, super sentai, ecchi
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The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace (2021)
Plot Summary:
It has been 800 years since the incredibly fast and powerful gods of battle known as the Idaten had sealed away the demons after an intense battle. Now, that battle is just considered a myth or a fairytale. While the current generation of Idaten who have never even had to fight are enjoying their peaceful lives, someone awakened the demons once again! Armed forces, ingenuity, politics, and intrigue. If you've got it, use everything you can! This three-way battle royale with no rules and no limits is about to begin!!.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 571
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, ecchi
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Gundam Reconguista in G (2014)
Plot Summary:
The Universal Century, a history marked by space colonization and space warfare, has passed. Humanity's prosperity, which ushered in a new era known as Regild Century (R.C.), was believed to endure alongside the global peace. Beruri Zenamu a pilot in training of the of the Capitol Guard is somehow chosen by the G-Serufu - a highly maneuverable Mobile Suit of unknown origin - to lead to uncover hidden truths that will shake the peace of the Regild Century era.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 650 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, futuristic, disturbing, mecha
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Space Cobra (2008)
Plot Summary:
Cobra, a famous charismatic space pirate with "psychogun" for a hand, decides to renounce his ways, and become an ordinary person with a new identity. His memories do come back and he becomes a space adventurer fighting villains.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, tense, suspense, futuristic, super sentai, mecha
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I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level (2021)
Plot Summary:
After dying of overwork in the real world, I’m reincarnated as an immortal witch, and I spend 300 years enjoying a relaxing life. At some point, though, I end up at level 99! All those years spent killing slimes to make the money to pay the bills gave me a ton of experience points. Rumors of the level 99 witch spread, and soon I’m up to my ears in curious adventurers, duelist dragons, and even a monster girl calling me her mom! I’ve never been on an adventure, but I’m the strongest in the world… What’s going to happen to my relaxing life?!.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, entertaining, captivating, slapstick comedy, slapstick, 2d animation
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Shy (2023)
Plot Summary:
Earth was on the brink of a third World War when super-powered individuals came forth from each country around the globe, ending the conflict and ushering in a new era of relative peace. Among those heroes, Japan is represented by a timid young girl known as “Shy.” She may spend more time worrying about her own shortcomings than she does battling villains, but she'll show the world that despite it all she still has the heart of a hero!.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: shounen, anime
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Drifters (2016)
Plot Summary:
Shimazu Toyohisa is a real-life samurai who fought in the pivotal Battle of Sekigahara. In his dying moments, Shimazu is transported to a world of magic with other famous warriors throughout history. These warriors are forced to fight each other in an endless battle.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, humorous
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Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (2004)
Plot Summary:
Nanoha Takamachi decides to help a young mage named Yūno recover a set of twenty-one artifacts named the "Jewel Seeds".
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 325 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, yuri