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Plot Summary:
The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers is an American animated Space Western television series created by Robert Mandell and Gaylord Entertainment Company. The series combines sci-fi stories with traditional wild west themes. It is one of the first anime-style shows produced mainly in the USA, although the actual animation was done by the Japanese animation studio Tokyo Movie Shinsha. At the time it aired, The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers was considered a revolutionary children's show.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, anime, exciting, serious, futuristic, stylized, 2d animation
Best tv shows and movies like The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (1986):
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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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Exosquad (1993)
Plot Summary:
Exosquad is an American animated television series created by Universal Cartoon Studios as a response to Japanese anime. The show is set in the beginning of the 22nd century and covers the interplanetary war between humanity and Neosapiens, a fictional race artificially created as workers/slaves for the Terrans. The narrative generally follows Able Squad, an elite Terran unit of mecha pilots, on their missions all over the Solar System, although other storylines are also abundant. The series ran for two complete seasons on USA Network and Fox, from 1993 to 1994, and was cancelled after one third-season episode had been produced.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi, Adventure
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, serious, anime
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Birdman (1967)
Plot Summary:
Birdman and the Galaxy Trio is an animated science fiction television series created by Alex Toth and produced by Hanna-Barbera. It debuted on NBC on September 9, 1967, and ran on Saturday mornings until September 6, 1969. The program consists of two segments: Birdman, depicting the adventures of a winged superhero powered by the sun, and The Galaxy Trio, centering around the exploits of three extraterrestrial superheroes. NBC ran two new segments of Birdman each Saturday, separated by a segment of The Galaxy Trio. The character of Birdman was revived three decades later in the Cartoon Network/Adult Swim TV series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, and several characters from Birdman and the Galaxy Trio appeared in this revival.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious
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Silver Surfer (1998)
Plot Summary:
Silver Surfer, also known as Silver Surfer: The Animated Series, is an animated television series based on the Marvel Comics superhero created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The series aired for one season on the Fox Kids Network in 1998.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, cliffhanger, exciting, serious, stylized, children's program
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UFO Robot Goldorak (1975)
Plot Summary:
Golodorak The Movie.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, grindhouse, exciting, serious, futuristic, stylized
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Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2014)
Plot Summary:
Years after the events of Predacons Rising, Bumblebee is summoned back to Earth to battle several of Cybertron's most wanted Decepticons that escaped from a crashed prison ship and assembles a team of young Autobots that includes Sideswipe (a rebel "bad boy bot"), Strongarm (an Elite Guard cadet), Grimlock (a bombastic Dinobot), and Fixit (a hyperactive Mini-Con with faulty wiring).
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, futuristic, psychotronic, heroic, stylized, intense, semi serious, anime
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Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: The Last Blitz of Zeon (1992)
Plot Summary:
U.C. 0083 - Three years after the end of the catastrophic One Year War, peace on Earth and the colonies is shattered by the presence of the Delaz Fleet, a rogue Zeon military group loyal to the ideals of the late dictator Gihren Zabi. Delaz Fleet's ace pilot Anavel Gato, once hailed as "The Nightmare of Solomon", infiltrates the Federation's Torrington base in Australia and steals the nuclear-armed Gundam GP02A "Physalis" prototype. Rookie pilot Kou Uraki - with the aid of Anaheim Electronics engineer Nina Purpleton and the crew of the carrier Albion - pilots the Gundam GP01 "Zephyranthes" prototype in an attempt to recover the stolen Gundam unit and prevent another war from breaking out.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 425
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized
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Dragonaut: The Resonance (2007)
Plot Summary:
An asteroid is headed for Earth and in order to avoid Earth's impending destruction, the ISDA create the "Dragonaut" after finding a dragon egg under the ocean. This weapon's primary purpose is to destroy the asteroid when the time comes. However, they soon find out that the asteroid is not their only threat, as powerful dragon-like creatures, which are bent on destruction, appear. After witnessing a murder by one of the creatures, Jin Kamishina, a lonely 18-year-old boy who lost his family in a shuttle accident, gets involved in the mysteries of the dragons and becomes the chosen pilot of the Dragonaut. Helping him on his journey is Toa, a mysterious girl who saves him from falling to his death after the creature attacks him.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, mecha, shounen, 2d animation
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Geneshaft (2001)
Plot Summary:
In the 21st century mankind was on the brink of destruction. Through genetic engineering however they eradicated such feelings as love and the desire for power. Since women are naturally less aggressive than men, women to man ratio was set to 9:1. Now people are engineered to have skills that others view as being necessary. There is a giant ring that now orbits the earth, that sits there and relays information back to an alien race that sent it. Now a team of five women will try to eradicate the alien threat.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, stylized, anime, exciting, mecha
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Transformers: Energon (2004)
Plot Summary:
Transformers: Energon, known in Japan as Transformer: Superlink, is the 2004–2005 Transformers toyline, animated series and comic book series, another co-production between Hasbro and Takara and a direct sequel to Transformers: Armada. It is also the first Japanese Transformers show where the Transformers are computer-generated, in a cel-shaded technique similar to the Zoids anime, which was a trend that would continue into the next series, Transformers: Cybertron. In this series, the Transformers' primary gimmicks are the Autobots' ability to combine with partners of the same size, the Decepticons' ability to use powered up forms, and the addition of Energon weapons and stars that can be placed on any Transformer. Mini-Cons, from the previous line, are still present, but all Mini-Con pegs are "dead", and they do not activate a function on the toy.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 881
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, computer animated, bleak
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Glass Fleet (2006)
Plot Summary:
A tyrannical Emperor has his grasp over the galaxy. The rebels outnumbered and outgunned try to locate the mythical Glass Fleet that once served the true ruler. They do find one of the royal descendants, now a space pirate.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, stylized, suspense
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Xenosaga: The Animation (2005)
Plot Summary:
4000 years have passed since humanity abandoned Earth. Forced to fight an alien form of life, Gnosis, mankind developed KOS-MOS - a battle android with amazing capabilities. When a ship carrying android is being attacked, KOS-MOS gets activated and save its creator, Shion Uzuki. But KOS-MOS doesn't want to listed her orders and executes some unknown plan. After their ship destroyed Shion and her companions find themselves thrust into the middle of a battle with Gnosis, U-TIC Organization and their own superiors. Battle with no clear sides.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 300 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, serious, suspenseful, bleak
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Transformers: Cybertron (2005)
Plot Summary:
Transformers: Cybertron, known in Japan originally as Transformers: Galaxy Force, is the 2005-2007 Transformers toy line and animated series, another co-production between Hasbro and Takara. It was aired in Japan as a separate rebooted transformers series, though in America, the English dub was presented as a sequel to the previous series, Transformers: Armada and Transformers: Energon by adding dialogue and reusing a number of screens to link elements of the Armada and Energon series to the show, giving the impression that it is a sequel. In the anime, all of the Transformers are computer-generated, while the humans and backgrounds are rendered in traditional cel animation. It is the last series in the Transformers franchise to be produced in Japan.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, stylized, captivating, anime
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Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles (1999)
Plot Summary:
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles is a CGI animated television series, based on the novel by Robert A. Heinlein and the 1997 film adaptation. The film's director, Paul Verhoeven, served as executive producer. It follows the exploits of the Mobile Infantry squad, "Razak's Roughnecks," during the SICON–Bugs War between a newly united humanity and an extraterrestrial race, known as the "Bugs," also sometimes referred to as Arachnids. The show focuses mainly on the Roughnecks' missions, rather than addressing the larger war. The show was geared towards an adult-oriented science fiction audience without being too violent, mature or controversial for the Saturday morning age group. The series aired for one season on BKN beginning in August 1999 and in syndication in the United States and Canada. It was later picked up by the Sci-Fi Channel in the US and Teletoon in Canada. The entire series is available to be streamed on Netflix and Crackle in the US, along with several Minisodes. Despite its short run, the series developed a cult following. The show combines elements of Verhoeven's film and the original novel, such as the extraterrestrial race known as the Skinnies, powered armor suits and drop pods. The series also adds some original elements, while omitting the political aspects of the original work and film.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Animation, Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 778 min
Plot tags: computer animated, space horror, retro, exciting, humorous, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, futuristic
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Kiddy Grade (2002)
Plot Summary:
Two women carry out missions and fight crime across the galaxy.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 366
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, futuristic, stylized, exciting, serious, suspenseful, mecha, yuri
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The Zeta Project (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Zeta Project is an American science fiction animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It first aired on Kids' WB in January 2001. It is a spin-off series based on the character Zeta from the Batman Beyond episode of the same name. Consequently, it is part of the DC animated universe. The show was created by Robert Goodman and Warner Bros. Animation. The story's main character, Infiltration Unit Zeta, is a humanoid robot designed to carry out covert assassinations on the behalf of the National Security Agency. However, when Zeta discovers that one of his targets is innocent, he experiences a kind of existential crisis about goodness and the value of life; following this epiphany, Zeta finds he can no longer kill. The newly enlightened Zeta refuses to continue on as an infiltration unit and abandons his mission, going rogue. Zeta is pursued by a team of NSA agents, led by the obsessed Agent Bennett, and is aided by a 15-year-old runaway, Rosalie "Ro" Rowan.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, futuristic, fast, 2d animation, nostalgic
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Robotech (1985)
Plot Summary:
In the year 1999, an alien battle fortress crash lands on an island in the South Pacific. Over the next ten years, mankind repairs and refits this fortress, using the advanced "robotechnology" found aboard her to create fighter planes that can transform into giant robots. As soon as the repaired fortress is ready for launch, the aliens to whom she belongs finally discover its location. Thus begins a series of wars that will devastate the planet Earth. This television series was created by Carl Macek from three Japanese television series, Super Dimensional Fortress Macross, Super Dimensional Cavalry Southern Cross and Genesis Climber Mospeada.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, adult animation, adult anime, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, vintage, cyberpunk anime
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Super Dimensional Cavalry: Southern Cross (1984)
Plot Summary:
The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross is a Japanese science fiction mecha anime TV series released in 1984.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, cyberpunk anime
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Space Cruiser Yamato 2 (1978)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious comet traveling to Earth's solar system is not what it seems. Without Captain Avatar, Derek Wildstar leads the Argo (Yamato) against a new enemy.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, captivating, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized
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Galaxy Express 999 (1978)
Plot Summary:
In the distant future, people are able to take on artificial bodies and achieve immortality. A poor orphan, Tetsuro Hoshino, strives to obtain a mechanical body for the triple incentive of eternal life, of revenge (his mother was gunned down by machine men) and to fulfill her dying wish (that he acquire a mechanical body to live forever, and not die like her). He plans to board the Galaxy Express 999, a space train that comes to Earth once a year, and head to the Prometheum, a planet that gives out machine bodies for free. To his surprise, Maetel, a mysterious woman who resembles his mother, selects him as her companion aboard the 999. And thus begins Tetsuro's trip through the stars, where he encounters incredible worlds and makes many friends. But as he travels with Maetel, he witnesses the hardships of mechanical life and wonders, is it worth it? And what secret is the inscrutable Maetel hiding?.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 511
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, vintage, 2d animation
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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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Martian Successor Nadesico (1996)
Plot Summary:
Martian Successor Nadesico, known in Japan as Mobile Battleship Nadesico, is a science fiction comedy anime TV series, and a later manga series created by Kia Asamiya. The manga, published in English by CPM Manga, is significantly different from the anime. In 2005 Anime News Network reported that plans for Nadesico 2 were scrapped, citing an entry on Stellvia director Tatsuo Sato's blog.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 519
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, parody, exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious
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Silverhawks (1986)
Plot Summary:
SilverHawks is an American animated television series developed by Rankin/Bass Productions and distributed by Lorimar-Telepictures in 1986. The animation was provided by Japanese studio Pacific Animation Corporation. In total, 65 episodes were made. It was created as a space-bound equivalent of their previous series, ThunderCats. As was the case with ThunderCats, there was also a SilverHawks comic book series published by then-Marvel Comics imprint Star Comics. Currently, Warner Bros. owns the rights to the series.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Family, Adventure, Animation
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, retro, exciting, serious
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Defenders of the Earth (1986)
Plot Summary:
Defenders of the Earth is an American animated television series produced in 1986, featuring characters from three comic strips distributed by King Features Syndicate—Flash Gordon, The Phantom, and Mandrake the Magician—opposing Ming the Merciless in the year 2015. Supporting characters include their children Rick Gordon, Jedda Walker, Kshin, Mandrake's assistant Lothar, and Lothar's son L.J. The show lasted for 65 episodes; there was also a short-lived comic book series published by Star Comics, created by Gerry Conway, Ross Andru and John Romita, Sr.. The closing credits credit Rob Walsh and Tony Pastor for the main title music, and Stan Lee for the lyrics. The series was later shown in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel as part of Sci Fi Cartoon Quest.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, epic, saga, anime, serious, stylized, 2d animation
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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (2015)
Plot Summary:
Peter Quill is Star-Lord, the brash adventurer who, to save the universe from its greatest threats, joins forces with a quartet of disparate misfits — fan-favorite Rocket Raccoon, a tree-like humanoid named Groot, the enigmatic, expert fighter Gamora and the rough edged warrior Drax the Destroyer.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, humorous, semi serious, manga, saga, anime, stylized, futuristic
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Green Lantern: The Animated Series (2011)
Plot Summary:
Green Lantern: The Animated Series is an American computer-animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Green Lantern. The series is currently airing on Cartoon Network, as part of their "DC Nation" television block. A one hour sneak peek aired on November 11, 2011 it ran from November 11, 2011 to March 16, 2013, with a new episode airing every week. A special screening of the first episode was shown at New York Comic Con 2011 on October 15, 2011. This is the first Green Lantern television series and the first CGI DC/WB series. The series was cancelled after one season due to poor toy sales from the live-action movie, and because Cartoon Network wanted to emphasize new shows in its "DC Nation" block.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, semi serious, epic, anime, saga, fast, children's program, computer animated, futuristic
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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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Battle of the Planets (1978)
Plot Summary:
Battle of the Planets cast five young people as G-Force, consisting of Mark, Jason, Princess, Keyop, and Tiny. G-Force protects Earth from planet Spectra and other attacks from beyond space. The most prominent field commander of the Spectra forces was a villainous, masked individual known as Zoltar, who received his orders directly from the "Luminous One". Battle of the Planets is an American adaptation of the Japanese anime series Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, adult animation, stylized, semi serious, vintage
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Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2010)
Plot Summary:
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien is an American animated television series – the third entry in Cartoon Network's Ben 10 franchise created by team Man of Action, and produced by Cartoon Network Studios. It was slated to premiere after the series finale of Ben 10: Alien Force on March 26, 2010, but actually premiered on April 23, 2010, in the US and in the UK; and Latin America on October 10, 2010, coincidentally the date was 10/10/10, and at 10 a.m. In Canada, the series started airing on September 12, 2010, on Teletoon. The series finale finished on March 31, 2012 with the two-part episode, The Ultimate Enemy, being in memory of Dwayne McDuffie who had died during the production of this series.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, futuristic, cult classic, fast, anime