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Plot Summary:
It is the year 20XX. Earth was assaulted by monsters that would come to be known as "the Enemy of Humanity." In order to deal with this threat, special schools composed of teenagers with extraordinary abilities were formed. These people, who came to be known as "the Talented," had abilities that could defy the rules of reality. Among these people with supernatural powers was an outlier, an individual who was sent to one of these schools despite having no innate special abilities whatsoever. This is the story of our protagonist, who attempts to defeat the Enemies of Humanity through the use of intelligence and manipulation alone.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, suspense, shounen, psychological thriller, mystical
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Gleipnir (2020)
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Shuichi Kagaya is an ordinary high school kid in a boring little town. But when a beautiful classmate is caught in a warehouse fire, he discovers a mysterious power: he can transform into a furry dog with an oversized revolver and a zipper down his back. He saves the girl’s life, sharing his secret with her. But she’s searching for the sister who killed her family, and she doesn’t care how degrading it gets: she will use Shuichi to accomplish her mission….
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, ecchi, seinen, light, captivating, psychological thriller
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High-Rise Invasion (2021)
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High-school girl Yuri suddenly finds herself on the rooftop of a high-rise building. She's trapped in a bizarre world surrounded by skyscrapers, where a masked man cracked open a man's head with an axe before her eyes. Finding a way to survive this bizarre world, find her beloved brother, and escape becomes her top priority, but she is beset by danger not just from the mysterious Masks, which possess both inhuman strength and cruelty, but other survivors turned cruel or desparate by the insanity of the high-rise world.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, mysterious, ecchi, captivating, suspense, disturbing, shounen, psychological thriller, tense, futuristic
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Sword Gai: The Animation (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young man becomes host to a legendary infernal sword and, with the fate of humanity now in his arm, wields its demonic power against his enemies.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, bleak, suspenseful, captivating, manga, enigmatic
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Onmyou Taisenki (2004)
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All his life, Riku Tachibana has been raised by his grandfather. For some reason, the old man has always been fond of strange hand gestures, and they've rubbed off on Riku, who performs them almost subconsciously, to his classmates' great amusement. One day, however, it suddenly becomes clear to Riku what his grandfather has been surreptitiously teaching him. And the teachings could mean the difference between life and death for Riku.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, shounen, manga
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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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World War Blue (2012)
Plot Summary:
A re-imagining of the console wars featuring characters inspired by video games.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining
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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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Digimon Ghost Game (2021)
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In a relatively near future, an innovative technology has emerged. On social networks, rumors are circulating about strange phenomena whose authenticity is unknown, referred to as "Hologram Ghosts". Hiro Amanokawa is a high school freshman at Hazakura Academy, who by activating a mysterious device left behind by his father called "Digivice", has the effect of making unknown creatures that cannot be seen by ordinary people, the Digimon, visible to his eyes. Since the day he met Gammamon, a mischievous Digimon entrusted to him by his father, Hiro is caught up in various strange phenomena: A man with a sewn mouth steals time from human beings, a mummy man wanders around every night and kidnaps humans... The hologram ghosts are all around us, and take us for target. From now on, here is the story of this other side of the world that nobody is aware of. With their friends, Hiro and Gammamon dive into the mysterious world where these creatures live.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Mars Red (2021)
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It’s 1923, and the mysterious blood source Ascra has unleashed a horde of vampires across Japan. In response, the government spawns Code Zero. With S-rank vampire Defrott and the rookie Kurusu, this kill squad is made for one reason: to hunt the undead!.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, History
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, enigmatic, captivating, shounen
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The Case Study of Vanitas (2021)
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In 19th-century Paris, young vampire Noé finds the Book of Vanitas in human hands. Calling himself Vanitas, this doctor wields its power and tempts Noé with a plan to “cure” all vampires. Allying with him may be dangerous, but does he have a choice?.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, disturbing, tense
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C³ Cube x Cursed x Curious (2011)
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A high school student named Yachi Haruaki receives a mysterious, super-heavy black cube from his father overseas. That night, Haruaki wakes up to a suspicious noise in the kitchen, and he discovers a fully naked female thief of rice crackers. The girl, Fear, is the first of several surprises that Haruaki receives.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, ecchi
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Scarlet Nexus (2021)
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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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A Dark Rabbit has Seven Lives (2011)
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Taito has been really sleepy lately, and keeps dreaming of a female vampire who says she has given him her "poison." Sometimes he even thinks he hears her voice when he's awake. But after surviving an accident that should have killed him, Taito's world changes drastically and he realizes that his dreams are more real than he thought.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Fantasia Sango – Realm of Legends (2021)
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When the Three Kingdoms are ravaged by demons and monsters, four heroes with little in common must unite to fight the realm’s most vicious enemies. Together the heroes unveil an insidious conspiracy while sharing the joys and sorrows of battling a mysterious organization intent on tearing them and the kingdoms apart.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Animation, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing
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To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts (2019)
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The democratic nation of Patria was created on the continent of Patria. Because of economical disputes, the country split north and south, creating the Northern Union of Patria and the Southern Confederation of Patria and they waged a long civil war. With their numbers dwindling, the North decides to use forbidden technology in order to defeat the South. This technology turns humans into monster-like soldiers, giving them almost godlike powers. And with those powers, the long war came to an end and peace was restored.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 440
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, shounen
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Twin Star Exorcists (2016)
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Rokuro is from a family of exorcists, but he'd rather be a singer, a soccer player or anything but an exorcist! He's forced to own up to his own incredible potential when new arrival Benio stirs his competitive spirit. But their rivalry gets a twist when they earn the prestigious title of "Twin Star Exorcists"—two supreme fighters fated to marry and birth the ultimate spiritual warrior!.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 980
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, stylized, shounen, 2d animation
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Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpucho (2007)
Plot Summary:
Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchō Tō is a Japanese anime series, which premiered in Japan on the anime satellite TV network Animax. A large part of Tokyo Majin Gakuen, it is loosely based on a series of Japan-only video games, and is directed by Shinji Ishihara. The first season first aired on January 19, 2007 and ended on April 20, 2007; all the episodes in the series were called the 'Dark Law Chapters'. A second season, titled Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchō Tō: Dai Ni Maku started airing on July 27, 2007; its first five episodes are called the 'Martial Fist Chapters', its next five episodes are called the 'Stars of Fate Chapters', and its last two episodes are called the 'Extra'. On June 26, 2007, ADV announced that they had acquired the license to this series. ADV distributed the series under the title of Tokyo Majin, dropping "Gakuen Kenpuchō Tō" from the title. In 2008, the anime became one of over 30 ADV titles whose licenses were transferred to Funimation.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, seinen
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Zetman (2012)
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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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Taboo Tattoo (2016)
Plot Summary:
Seigi, a martial arts trained middle schooler, often feels driven to protect the weaker people around him. One day, he defends a homeless man against some punks, and the man gives him a strange tattoo on his palm in return. The tattoo is a secret weapon produced in the arms race between America and the Serinistan Kingdom. Seigi finds himself in over his head when a powerful girl, using the same secret weapon, violently pursues him in order to retrieve it. His skill at martial arts may not be enough to keep him alive, but will he be able to learn how to trigger the power of his tattoo in time?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 571
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, tense, disturbing, manga, seinen, light, satirical
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Warlords of Sigrdrifa (2020)
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When the Pillars suddenly appear on Earth, threatening all life, it's only the act of the god Odin that offers humanity salvation. Providing a means of fighting back, he gives Earth the Valkyries, young female pilots with supernatural powers and spirit fighter planes. These skilled troublemakers, all young, risk their lives in a long-running war—but the final battle is fast approaching!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, War
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating
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When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace (2014)
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A group of five boys and girls suddenly acquire supernatural powers. Ready to fight in galactic battles to defend human cause… they are struck by the realization that there are no wars, no conspiracies, no evils empires, no nothing in their high school life. They instead decide to idly have fun by wasting their powers away.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 559
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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BlazBlue Alter Memory (2013)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2199, humanity eagerly waits for the dawn of the new century, following the end of a series of devastating magic wars. When the world's most wanted man, Ragna the Bloodedge (also known as the Grim Reaper) make a move to destroy society, a group of ragtag fighters come together to stop him.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Yozakura Quartet: Hana no Uta (2013)
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Hundreds of years ago, the borders between the worlds of humans and youkai temporarily overlapped, resulting in many residents of both crossing over to the other side. In the years since this event, the city of Sakurashin has become a central hub for all inter-dimensional affairs—a result of both the sacred Seven Pillars around the city serving as a beacon for the youkai, and the efforts of the Hiizumi Life Counseling Office in keeping the townsfolk happy. This office is composed of Hime Yarizakura, the young mayor of the city; satori Ao Nanami, who can read people's minds; half-youkai Kotoha Isone, who can summon anything by speaking a word; oni siblings, Kyousuke and Touka Kishi; and the office director Akina Hiizumi, who inherited his family's ability to force youkai back to their world.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, shounen
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Seven Knights Revolution: The Hero's Successor (2021)
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Long ago, Heroes had saved this world. Many Heroes fought against the powers of Destruction and protected the world. Years in the future… The Heroes had disappeared as the years passed and those possessing their powers called Successors now have the fate of the world in their hands. One of the elite Successors known as the Seven Knights is fighting an army of the Destruction when she saves a boy named Nemo. During the battle, Nemo awakens the powers of a Hero even he didn't know about and displays his powers as a Successor. But his Hero is someone who no one knew and no one ever spoke of.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, futuristic
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Battle Game in 5 Seconds (2021)
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It was just a usual morning. Akira Shiroyanagi, a high schooler who loves games and Konpeito (Japanese sweets), has suddenly been dragged into a battlefield by a mysterious girl who calls herself Mion. The participants are told that they are "erased from the family register, involved in an experiment, and gained certain powers." Akira is determined to win the game with his newfound powers and destroy the organization. Armed with a power no one expects and his "brain" skills, the new period of intelligence battle begins!.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 742
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, psychological, shounen
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Beet the Vandel Buster (2004)
Plot Summary:
The story takes place in a fantasy world where humans have been suffering from the attacks of the demon-like Vandels. Humans can fight back by becoming a Vandel Buster, a paid monster and Vandel assassin. The protagonist of the story, Beet, is a young boy who becomes a Vandel Buster to be like his heroes, the Zenon Warriors.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, shounen
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Tokyo Ghoul: Root A (2015)
Plot Summary:
Tokyo Ghoul: Root A.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, manga, scary, exciting, bloody, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, visually appealing, humorous
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Seraph of the End (2015)
Plot Summary:
In 2012, the world allegedly comes to an end at the hands of a human-made virus, ravaging the global populace and leaving only children untouched. It is at this time that vampires emerge from the recesses of the earth, likely followed by age-old horrors of the dark thought only to be myth. The vampires sweep the earth and claim it in a single violent stroke, subjugating the remnants of humanity and leading them beneath the surface to safety. This "protection" comes at the price of donating blood to their captors. At the age of twelve, Yūichirō and his friend and fellow orphan Mikaela plotted to escape along with the children in Hyakuya Orphanage. However, this resulted in their deaths and Mikaela sacrifices himself in order for Yūichirō to escape and be saved by members of the Moon Demon Company, an extermination unit of the Japanese Imperial Demon Army. Four years later, Yūichirō dedicates his life to destroy vampires and seek revenge against them for murdering his "family".
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, exciting, dark fantasy, disturbing, apocalyptic, bleak, shounen, manga
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D.Gray-man Hallow (2016)
Plot Summary:
Allen Walker is an exorcist working for the Black Order whose mission is to protect mankind from the evil Millennium Earl and his deadly Akuma. Allen and his comrades must recover lost Innocence while defending against the Earl’s terrifying army. But if they fail, Innocence will be lost forever.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 725
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, disturbing, shounen
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The World Ends With You: The Animation (2021)
Plot Summary:
Neku awakens in the middle of Shibuya's bustling Scramble Crossing with no memory of how he got there. Little does he know, he's been transported to an alternate plane of existence known as the Underground. Now an unwilling participant in the mysterious "Reapers' Game," Neku must partner up with a girl named Shiki in order to survive.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, contemplative, shounen