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Plot Summary:
In the 24th Century, space adventurer Cobra, charismatic vagabond with mysterious past and a powerful "psychogun" for a hand, fights diabolical crime syndicate known as the Galactic Guild with the help of his android friend Lady Armaroid.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 853
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, adult cartoon
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Macross 7 (1994)
Plot Summary:
Macross 7 is an anime television series. It is a sequel to the show The Super Dimension Fortress Macross that takes place many years after the events of the first series following a cast of mostly new characters. The show ran from October 16, 1994 to September 24, 1995 at 11:00 AM, and 49 episodes were aired. Although it has been distributed in the other parts of the world, at present has not been licensed in North America. Macross 7 is best known for its music, and since the show began airing over a dozen albums have been released by the fictional band Fire Bomber that stars in the show. Macross 7 exists in the official Studio Nue chronology and canon, with story concept by Shoji Kawamori, who also handled mechanical designs along with Kazutaka Miyatake. A theatrical episode, Macross 7: Ginga ga Ore wo Yondeiru!, was released in 1995. Several OVAs were also released, including Macross 7: Encore and later, Macross Dynamite 7.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 391
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, cyberpunk anime
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Gigantor (1964)
Plot Summary:
Gigantor is an American adaptation of the anime version of Tetsujin 28-go, a manga by Mitsuteru Yokoyama released in 1956. It debuted on U.S. television in 1964. As with Speed Racer, the characters' original names were altered and the original series' violence was toned down for American viewers. The series "was resurrected, in color, as The New Adventures of Gigantor, by the Sci Fi Channel in 1993.".
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime
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Odin (1985)
Plot Summary:
Odin centers around the novice crew of the laser sailing space schooner Starlight as they embark on an historic interstellar test flight. They are intercepted by what seems to be a wrecked spaceship only to find that it contains a lone survivor; a young woman named Sara Cyanbaker. Unknown to the crew at this time, a mechanized space fleet approaches Earth and a scout vessel from that fleet was responsible for the destruction of Sara's ship.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: anime, experimental, claymation, adult animation, 2d animation
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Stratos 4 (2003)
Plot Summary:
Earth has developed a defense system against meteorites that are on a collision course with it. Mikaze a troubled girl that is a trainee pilot for a Meteor Sweeper team that dreams of becoming a prestigious Comet Blaster pilot.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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Avenger (2003)
Plot Summary:
Avenger is an anime series, produced by Bandai Visual, Bee Train and Xebec, and directed by Koichi Mashimo. It is set on post-apocalyptic colonized Mars. The series premiered across Japan between 1 October 2003 and 24 December 2003 on the TV Tokyo network. It was later licensed for North American distribution by Bandai's distributive unit across the region, Bandai Entertainment.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, serious, suspense, mecha, seinen, shounen
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Dimension W (2016)
Plot Summary:
Humanity has found a way to achieve infinite energy by using coils to draw it from the fourth plane: dimension "W". With the production of coils having been monopolized by the New Tesla energy company, freelance collectors are hired to find and remove any illegal, unofficial coils. This is the story of collector Kyōma, who also happens to have a huge hatred towards coils. During one of his missions he stumbles upon a female android that perceives herself as being human, leading the two to enter an unlikely partnership.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 959
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, suspense, serious, seinen, detective
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Sol Bianca: The Legacy (1999)
Plot Summary:
Thousands of years into the future, mankind has colonized other planets across the galaxy and completely forgotten about Earth. On one part of the galaxy, the female space pirates and their colossal starship Sol Bianca get a surprise when a young girl named Mayo stows away on board the ship. The crew then embarks on a journey to Earth to find the whereabouts of Mayo's parents and discover the secrets of the lost planet.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 200 min
Plot tags: anime, futuristic
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Crusher Joe (1983)
Plot Summary:
Enter the tale of the Crusher Council, a group of rugged individuals known for assignments ranging from transportation to terraforming and everything in between. In the early days of space exploration the Crushers took on the job of destroying asteroids and defining space lanes. Because of their work, they were nicknamed "Crushers" which eventually became their business moniker. Despite the rough and ready nature of the Crushers' work, they subscribe to a few steadfast rules. Unethical and illegal assignments are taboo, and any Crusher accepting one is barred from the Union. Of course, this presents problems for shady clients who try to trick the Crushers into accepting misleading assignments. They know that once the Union accepts a case the Crushers are honor-bound to follow it through. Among the various worlds, the Crusher Council has a stunning reputation, and among the Crushers, the most elite team is the one led by Crusher Dan and his successor, Crusher Joe.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Action, Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: anime, vintage
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ēlDLIVE (2017)
Plot Summary:
Chuuta Kokonose is an orphan who lives with his aunt. For as long as he can remember, he's had a voice in his head, but other than that he's a normal boy—right until the day when a strange-looking thing follows him home and teleports him to a place filled with more fantastic creatures. It's a space police station, and Rein Brickke, the Chief of Solar System Department, tells him that he's been chosen by the computer as a possible candidate to join the police force. Misuzu Sonokata, a girl from Chuuta's school with an angelic face and ill temper who turns out to be one of Rein Brickke's subordinates, doesn't think him suitable for such a job. Chuuta, who was shocked at first, decides to take the aptitude test after being urged by the voice in his head and to prove Misuzu wrong.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime
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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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I Dream of Mimi (1997)
Plot Summary:
I Dream of Mimi is a Japanese hentai series by Kaoru Shintani. It was produced in 1997 by Pink Pineapple studios, with some work farmed out to OLM. It was released in North America by The Right Stuf International under the name I Dream of Mimi. It is based on the 1993 manga "ぶっとび!!CPU" by Kaoru Shintani, published by Hakusensha in Young Animal and as 3 tankoban under the Jets Comics banner.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, ecchi, hentai
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Rocket Girls (2007)
Plot Summary:
Adventurous Yukari Morita embarks on a quest to find her birth father Hiroshi, an astronaut who abandoned her mother on his wedding night. She tracks him down in the Solomon Islands, at the SSA (Solomon Space Agency). She meets the base director, Nasuda Isao, who is in a predicament: the SSA is in danger of closing down due to continuous failures at launching full-size spacecraft into orbit. The only alternative for the base is to utilize a small spacecraft, but the problem is that it's much too small for adults to ride. Isao offers Yukari a deal: he will help her find Hiroshi, and in return she must take a job at the base. Yukari starts out with the simple job of pressing buttons... but soon Isao talks her and her friends, her stepsister Matsuri and the shy geek Akane Miura, into becoming Japan's youngest ever astronauts!.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, super sentai
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Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs (1987)
Plot Summary:
Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs is an animated television space western, similar to the series The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers and BraveStarr. The series premiered in the United States in 1987 and had a run of 52 episodes. The show was based on Star Musketeer Bismarck, a Japanese anime series created by Studio Pierrot that achieved moderate success in Japan. The English language rights to the series was purchased by World Events Productions, the same company behind the English-language version of Voltron, in 1986. WEP reorganized and rewrote the series, incorporating the original episodes and creating 6 new ones, before releasing it under the name Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, retro, detective, vintage
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Harlock Saga (1999)
Plot Summary:
Legend tells of the Rheingold, an all-powerful metal used by the gods of Valhalla during the forging of the universe. Legend says that he who wields the Rheingold wields ultimate power over all things; yea, even over the gods themselves. The Nibelheim, former servants of Valhalla who were cast down aeons ago for daring to defy the gods, are once again fomenting a rebellion. Their leader Alberich is on a ruthless quest for the Rheingold and will let nothing stand in the way of his desire to utterly crush Wotan and the gods of Valhalla. Fearing the implications of his actions, his sister Meeme, currently in the service of the space pirate Captain Harlock, warns her friend about Alberich's plans. Together with fellow space pirate Emeraldas, his best friend Tochiro Oyama, and Maetel the eternal traveler, Captain Harlock sets out to thwart Alberich's designs and save the universe ... not for the gods, but for all the living beings it contains.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime
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Space Pirate Captain Harlock (1978)
Plot Summary:
Space Pirate Captain Harlock is a manga series written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto, serialized Akita Shoten's Play Comic from 1977 to 1979. The series was adapted into an animated television series in 1978 directed by Rintaro and produced by Toei Animation. A computer-animated film adaptation of the same name premiered in 2013. The series follows the titular Captain, an outcast turned space pirate after he rebelled against Earth's Government and humanity's general apathy.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, 2d animation
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Cosmo Warrior Zero (2001)
Plot Summary:
Cosmo Warrior Zero is a science fiction OVA series.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, futuristic
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Stellvia of the Universe (2003)
Plot Summary:
2167 AD is shown to be devastated by a powerful electromagnetic shockwave. This is caused by a nearby star, Hydrus Beta, 20 light-years away, going supernova. The series itself is set 189 years later, in the year 2356 AD. Civilization has been rebuilt with humanity having united together to face the coming of the second shockwave of the supernova. The second shockwave, unlike the first, is to contain a great deal of matter composed of the remnants of the star itself.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, futuristic, sincere, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2012)
Plot Summary:
The year is 2199. The human race has been crushed in their war with the Gamilos, driven into underground cities by the invader's assault. Scientists estimate they have only a year left. The young officers Susumu Kodai and Daisuke Shima receive a mysterious capsule from a ship that made an emergency landing on Mars and return with it to Earth. It contains humanity's last hope: the planet Iscandar on the other side of the Magellan Galaxy has the technology to defeat the Gamilos and restore the planet. The space battleship Yamato is entrusted with this task, but they have only one year before humanity ends.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, atmospheric, serious, captivating, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful
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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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Arcadia of My Youth (1982)
Plot Summary:
After a drawn-out, viciously-fought war, the earth has been conquered by the alien Illumidus Empire. Harlock, a captain in earth's fleet, crashes his ship to prevent the Illumidus from using it, and flat-out refuses to join them. With the help of his allies, Tochiro and the space pirate Emereldas, and his lover Miya, he wages a private and bitter war against the Illumidus.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 988
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, futuristic, stylized, semi serious, adult animation, 2d animation
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Bubblegum Crash (1991)
Plot Summary:
Sequel to Bubblegum Crisis. The original Knight Sabers have mostly moved on with their lives, until a paramilitary group commits a number of daring thefts, as a cover for their real objective - a new AI program that promises to revolutionize Boomer design.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 521
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, cyberpunk anime
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Heroic Age (2007)
Plot Summary:
When the Golden Race invited other races to join them in the stars, three sentient races answered their call. The Goldens called them the Bronze, Silver and Heroic Tribes. Just before the Gold Tribe left to travel to another Universe, a fourth race appeared, traveling to the stars on their own accomplishments. The Golds named the human race the Iron Tribe. During the passing of time, humanity suffers at the hands of the more dominant races and is now facing extinction. Following a prophecy left by the Gold Tribe, Princess Deianeira sets out to search for the powerful being who might be able to save humankind. She meets a wild haired boy on an abandoned planet—a fateful encounter that will not only change the fortunes of Humanity, but also the fate of the universe.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 570
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, futuristic, tense, captivating, mecha, epic, serious, fast
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Outlaw Star (1998)
Plot Summary:
Outlaw Star follows the outlaw Gene Starwind and his eleven year-old business associate, Jim Hawking. Together they run a small jack-of-all-trades business on the backwater planet Sentinel III. After the two take a job as bodyguards for a mysterious outlaw, they find themselves the owners of the XGP15A-II, a highly advanced prototype spacecraft, and the caretakers of a bio-android named Melfina, The series follows the exploits of the slowly growing ragtag crew.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, seinen, exciting, captivating, futuristic, stylized, semi serious, fast, ambiguous ending, black comedy
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ID-0 (2017)
Plot Summary:
I-Machines are the general term for robots that operate in extreme environments. While Alliance Academy student Maya Mikuri is in the middle of operating an I-Machine, she gets involved in an incident with pirates, and ends up serving as a crew member on an excavation company's spaceship.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 355
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, captivating, entertaining, futuristic, disturbing, scenic
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Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Plot Summary:
In 2071, roughly fifty years after an accident with a hyperspace gateway made the Earth almost uninhabitable, humanity has colonized most of the rocky planets and moons of the Solar System. Amid a rising crime rate, the Inter Solar System Police (ISSP) set up a legalized contract system, in which registered bounty hunters (also referred to as "Cowboys") chase criminals and bring them in alive in return for a reward.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 134000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, Canada
Duration: 650 min
Plot tags: anime, futuristic, exciting, atmospheric, neo noir, serious, stylized, manga, tragicomedy, ambiguous ending
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Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Outside Legend - The Endless Odyssey (2002)
Plot Summary:
On an archaelogical mission to the end of the known universe, Professor Daiba unwitting unleashes an ancient horror from its confines. Five years later the malevolent alien force sets in motion a plan which reunites the various crewmembers of the Arcadia to sail the stars once more as well as bring Tadashi Daiba to meet Harlock for the first time.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 318
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 390 min
Plot tags: anime
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Space Battleship Yamato (1974)
Plot Summary:
When vile aliens known as the Gamilons wreak nuclear havoc on Earth, a group of survivors refit the Japanese battleship Yamato for intergalactic travel and set off on a mission to retrieve a neutralizer that will eradicate the radiation from Earth's atmosphere.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 680
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, captivating, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, vintage
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Star Blazers (1979)
Plot Summary:
Star Blazers is an American animated television series adaptation of the Japanese anime series, Space Battleship Yamato I, II, and III. Star Blazers was first broadcast in the United States in 1979. Significantly, it was the first popular English-translated anime that had an overarching plot and storyline that required the episodes to be shown in order. It dealt with somewhat more mature themes than other productions aimed at the same target audience at the time. As a result, it paved the way for future arc-based, plot-driven anime translations.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, captivating, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, vintage
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Space Dandy (2014)
Plot Summary:
Space Dandy is a dandy in space! This dreamy adventurer with a to-die-for pompadour travels across the galaxy in search of aliens no one has ever laid eyes on. Each new species he discovers earns him a hefty reward, but this dandy has to be quick on his feet because it’s first come – first served! Accompanied by his sidekicks, a rundown robot named QT and Meow the cat-looking space alien, Dandy bravely explores unknown worlds inhabited by a variety aliens. Join the best dressed alien hunter in all of space and time as he embarks on an adventure that ends at the edge of the universe!.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, not serious, humorous, adult animation, captivating, entertaining, psychedelic, adult anime, parody, seinen