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Plot Summary:
A diverse, dedicated, rough-and-tumble squad of soldiers spearheads the Allied invasion of Italy during World War II.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: adult animation, rough, realistic, intense, factual, perverse
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Peter Panzerfaust (2013)
Plot Summary:
Peter is an American freedom fighter in Nazi-occupied Europe at the outset of World War II. He partners with the Lost Boys, a ragtag group of orphans, to combat the Nazi threat, led by SS Captain Haken (aka Captain Hook).
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: stylized, semi serious, tense, captivating, anime, gloomy
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Izetta: The Last Witch (2016)
Plot Summary:
In 1939 C.E., the imperialist nation of Germania invaded a neighboring country. All at once, that war spread throughout Europe, and the era was dragged into a spiral of a great war. Then, in 1940, Germania's attack turned towards the Principality of Elystadt, a small Alpine country abundant with beautiful water and greenery.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 381
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, War
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, yaoi, yuri
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Rambo (1986)
Plot Summary:
Rambo: The Force of Freedom is an animated series based on the character of John Rambo from David Morrell's book First Blood and the subsequent films First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part II. This series was adapted for television by story editor/head writer Michael Chain and the series even spawned a toy line. The cartoon ran for 65 episodes, and was produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises. The series debuted on April 14, 1986 as a five-part miniseries, and was renewed in September as a daily cartoon. Rambo was cancelled in December of the same year.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 820
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult classic
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Rewrite (2016)
Plot Summary:
Green City Kazamatsuri is a city built on the ideal of a harmonious relationship between civilization and environment.. However, the peaceful Kazamatsuri will soon be faced with its annual commotion, the Harvest Festa at the turn of the year. It's an event that is much like a massive school festival, and Tennoji Kotaro decides to head out to research topics for his articles. It's an easy decision for him, because the town is filled with rumors about unidentified creature sightings and various other occult occurrences. At the same time, strange things start happening to Kotaro himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: anime, atmospheric, bad ending, suspenseful, intense
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1983)
Plot Summary:
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a half-hour American animated television series based on the successful toyline from Hasbro and the comic book series from Marvel Comics. The cartoon had its beginnings with two five-part mini-series in 1983 and 1984, then became a regular series that ran in syndication from 1985 to 1986. Ron Friedman created the G.I. Joe animated series for television, and wrote all four miniseries. The fourth mini-series was intended to be a feature film, but as noted subsequently was released as a television mini-series instead because of production difficulties.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 300 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, fast
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Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Advent of the Red Comet (2019)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of how Char Aznable, the Red Comet, came to be. Zeon Zum Deikun suddenly dies, in the middle of declaring the Autonomous Republic of Munzo’s independence, and the republic falls into turmoil. His children, Casval and Artesia, escape to Earth while the House of Zabi rises to power. Living in secret, the siblings must find their place in a world preparing for war.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: mecha, tense, captivating, futuristic, disturbing, anime
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First Squad: The Moment of Truth (2009)
Plot Summary:
Set during the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front. Its main cast are a group of Soviet teenagers with extraordinary abilities; the teenagers have been drafted to form a special unit to fight the invading German army. They are opposed by a Schutzstaffel officer who is attempting to raise from the dead a supernatural army of crusaders from the 12th-century Order of the Sacred Cross.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, History, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Russia, Japan, Canada
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: anime, bleak, stylized, exciting, serious, suspenseful, manga
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Pumpkin Scissors (2006)
Plot Summary:
Pumpkin Scissors is a manga created and authored by Ryotaro Iwanaga. Originally serialized in Magazine GREAT in 2002 it was later moved to Monthly Shonen Magazine in October 2006. The manga has been licensed by Del Rey. An anime adaptation of Pumpkin Scissors has been released, produced by Gonzo and AIC, which began airing on October 2, 2006 across several Japanese television stations and ended with the 24th episode on March 19, 2007. The series was originally licensed to the North American market by ADV Films for $780,000. In 2008 it became one of over thirty titles transferred from ADV Films to FUNimation, the main distributor of anime in the English speaking world.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, tense, humorous, entertaining, serious, realistic
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Zipang (2004)
Plot Summary:
Zipang is a twenty-six episode Japanese anime television series directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi and produced by Studio Deen. It aired on the Tokyo Broadcasting System in Japan from late 2004 to early 2005, and was licensed for release in North America by Geneon Entertainment with DVD release starting in September 2006. It was adapted from the manga of the same name by Kaiji Kawaguchi.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, adult animation
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Saga of Tanya the Evil (2017)
Plot Summary:
On the front lines of the war, there is a little girl. Blond hair, blue eyes, and porcelain white skin, she commands her squad with lisping voice. Her name is Tanya Degurechaff. But in reality, she is one of Japan's most elite salarymen, reborn as a little girl after angering a mysterious being who calls himself God. This little girl, who prioritizes efficiency and her own career over anything else, will become the most dangerous being amongst the sorcerers of the imperial army.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, thought provoking, tense, adult anime, suspenseful, bleak, humorous
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Sengoku BASARA: Samurai Kings (2009)
Plot Summary:
During the Sengoku period, there are many factions constantly at war. One of these is led by a one-eyed man named Date Masamune and another by the imposing Takeda Shingen. The latter has a fiercely loyal subordinate named Sanada Yukimura who goes head to head against Date Masamune multiple times, but the battles between them tend to get interrupted. One such battle occurs when both men try to go after another leader named Imagawa, and they’re forced to break off their heated duel when Imagawa attempts to flee the scene with his body doubles. Yukimura and Masamune go after separate Imagawas, but all of the doubles are killed by a third party, and when their paths cross again, they are in front of the menacing Oda Nobunaga and his army. It was Nobunaga’s subordinates that killed those body doubles, and Nobunaga himself proceeds to kill the real Imagawa with a shotgun blast to the head.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 535
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, tense, captivating, bleak
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86 (2021)
Plot Summary:
Called “Juggernaut,” these are the unmanned combat drones developed by the Republic of San Magnolia in answer to the attacks by the autonomous unmanned drones of the neighboring Empire of Giad, the “Legion”. But they’re only unmanned in name. In reality, they are piloted by the Eighty-sixers—those considered to be less than human and treated as mere tools. Determined to achieve his own mysterious ends, Shin, the captain of Spearhead Squadron, which is comprised of Eighty-sixers, continues to fight a hopeless war on a battlefield where only death awaits him.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: futuristic, anime, exciting, tense, captivating
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Saint Seiya: Saintia Sho (2018)
Plot Summary:
The whole Sanctuary was misled into danger due to the civil war instigated by the Gemini Gold Saint, Saga. Our story begins right after the end of those events... This is a story of the girls protecting Athena. These are the records of love and fierce fights they meet while opposing destiny on their way to maturity.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, seinen, exciting, captivating, tense, entertaining
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Sakura Wars (2000)
Plot Summary:
At the beginning of 1900's, Sakura Shinguji received the mission of defending imperial capital Tokyo and came from Sendai to Tokyo. But, the post which she was assigned was the floral unit of the popular opera group at that time. She tries to become familiar with her new companions while she is perplexed as to what the relationship is between the fight and the opera group. But.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, stylized, semi serious, captivating, futuristic, offbeat, super sentai
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Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (1996)
Plot Summary:
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team is an original video animation anime series in the Gundam franchise. Released from January 25, 1996, to April 25, 1999, the 12-episode series details the exploits of an Earth Federation ground unit during the One Year War - specifically a month after the beginning of original 1979 Gundam series and into the final weeks of the war. The 08th MS Team is the first Gundam series to show the war from the viewpoint of the average soldier.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, rough, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized
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GATE (2015)
Plot Summary:
In August of 20XX, a portal to a parallel world, known as the "Gate," suddenly appeared in Ginza, Tokyo. Monsters and troops poured out of the portal, turning the shopping district into a bloody inferno. The Japan Ground-Self Defence Force immediately took action and pushed the fantasy creatures back to the "Gate." To facilitate negotiations and prepare for future fights, the JGSDF dispatched the Third Reconnaissance Team to the "Special Region" at the other side of the Gate. Youji Itami, a JSDF officer as well as a 33-year-old otaku, was appointed as the leader of the Team. Amid attacks from enemy troops the team visited a variety of places and learnt a lot about the local culture and geography. Thanks to their efforts in humanitarian relief, although with some difficulties they were gradually able to reach out to the locals. They even had a cute elf, a sorceress and a demig.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, enigmatic, captivating, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing, manga
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Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
Plot Summary:
A satirical alternative history of World War II where the Nazis seize London and England must band together to prevent a full on invasion.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi, War
Country: UK, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, surreal, not serious, parody, realistic, adult animation, epic, witty
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Halo: The Fall of Reach (2015)
Plot Summary:
Relive the origin of the legendary Master Chief and the Spartan program in this three-part animated adaptation of one of Halo's most beloved stories. Kidnapped as children and conscripted into a brutal military training and augmentation program, the Spartans were designed to be the ultimate weapon against chaos and insurgency - but when a dangerous alien alliance known as the Covenant declares war on humanity, the Spartans might be our only hope.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, anime, tense, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, 3d animation
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Gundam 0080: A War in the Pocket (1989)
Plot Summary:
In the final days of the One Year War, a Zeon special forces group infiltrates a colony to gather information on a new Gundam unit. Alfred Izuruha, a 10-year-old student, befriends Zeon rookie pilot Bernie Wiseman during a brief mobile suit combat. Meanwhile, Al meets up with Christina MacKenzie, his former neighbor and babysitter. Little does he know that not only is Christina a member of the Earth Federation, she's the test pilot of the new Gundam NT-4 prototype.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, mecha, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized
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Saint Seiya (1986)
Plot Summary:
Ages ago, the goddess Athena was served by fighters called Saints who channeled the power of the Cosmos within them. Now a youth named Seiya has trained to become a Saint himself by earning the mystical Cloth of Pegasus. He is joined by other Saints with Cloths of their own to fight for Athena.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, exciting, tense, stylized, manga, adult cartoon, vintage
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Mobile Suit Gundam Seed (2002)
Plot Summary:
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED is an anime series developed by Sunrise and directed by Mitsuo Fukuda. As with other series from the Gundam franchise, Gundam SEED takes place in a parallel timeline, in this case the Cosmic Era, the first to do so. In this era, mankind has developed into two subspecies: Naturals, who reside on Earth and Coordinators, genetically-enhanced humans capable of withstanding the rigors of space who inhabit orbital colonies. The story revolves around a young Coordinator Kira Yamato who becomes involved in the war between the two races after a neutral space colony is invaded by the Coordinators. The television series was broadcast in Japan between 2002 and 2003, on the Tokyo Broadcasting System and Mainichi Broadcasting System networks. The series spawned three compilations films and was adapted into a manga as well as various light novels. A sequel series, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny followed in 2004. Various types of merchandising have also been released, including models, CD soundtracks and video games. Gundam SEED was licensed by Bandai Entertainment for broadcast in North America, and began airing in the United States and Canada in 2004 and 2005 respectively. The films and the sequel were also licensed by Bandai. The manga and light novels as well as the spin off series, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray, were also licensed. A number of video games were also released in North America.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, serious, suspenseful, stylized, apocalyptic, fable
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Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny (2004)
Plot Summary:
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny is an anime television series, acting as a sequel of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED by Sunrise. It retains most of the staff from Gundam SEED, including Director Mitsuo Fukuda. Set two years after the original Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, the plot follows the new character Shinn Asuka, a soldier from ZAFT, composed of humans born genetically enhanced labelled as Coordinators. As ZAFT is about to enter into another war against the regular human race, the Naturals, the series focuses on Shinn's as well as various returning characters' involvement in the war. The series spanned 50 episodes, aired in Japan from October 9, 2004 to October 1, 2005 on the Japan News Network television stations Tokyo Broadcasting System and Mainichi Broadcasting System. In December 2005, Sunrise aired a special episode that remade the events from the series' last episode. A series of four films compilating the series has also been released in Japan. Gundam SEED was adapted into various manga adaptations and light novels published by Kodansha and Kadokawa Shoten. Bandai Entertainment licensed the series for North America release, and has published it in DVD volumes. Some episodes also aired in Canada, while the compilations films were also released in DVDs. The first manga was licensed and published by Del Rey Manga. Various types of merchandising have also been released, including CD soundtracks and video games.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, stylized, exciting, serious, suspenseful, mecha
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Macross Zero (2002)
Plot Summary:
Taking place one year before the events of the original Macross series, Macross Zero chronicles the final days of the war between the U.N. Spacy and anti-U.N. factions. After being shot down by the anti-U.N.'s newest fighter plane, ace pilot Shin Kudo finds himself on the remote island of Mayan, where technology is almost non-existent. While Shin stays on the island to heal his wounds, the tranquility of the island is shattered by a battle that involves the UN's newest fighter - the VF-0.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, suspenseful, stylized, exciting, bleak, serious, adult anime, seinen, futuristic
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Jormungand (2012)
Plot Summary:
Jonah is a child soldier and the newest bodyguard for Koko, an international arms dealer with an entourage of hired guns. The cold-blooded kid hates Koko’s line of work, but following her into the darkest corners of the black market might be the only way he can find those responsible for his family’s slaughter. Besides, his employer isn’t like most merchants of death. She uses guile and cutthroat tactics to keep her clients armed to the teeth—all while cultivating her own warped plan for the future of world peace. With the CIA desperate for her capture, assassins eager to collect her head, and the potential for every contract to end in ultra-violence, Koko and her comrades in arms bring the boom to every corner of the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, seinen, manga
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Alderamin on the Sky (2016)
Plot Summary:
At war with the adjacent Kioka Republic, the Katjvarna Empire. In that region, due to certain circumstances, there was a certain youth unwillingly preparing to take the High Grade Military Officer Exam. His name, Ikta. Disliker of war, lazy, admirer of women. No one predicted that that kind of Ikta would later on become a soldier referred to even as a great commander... He who survived a world embroiled in war with his superior genius, Ikta. Illustrating his dynamic, dramatic life, a splendid fantasy military history, the curtain is raised at last!.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Combat! (1962)
Plot Summary:
Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: retro, serious, realistic, vintage
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Blood of Zeus (2020)
Plot Summary:
In a brewing war between the gods of Olympus and the titans, Heron, a commoner living on the outskirts of ancient Greece, becomes mankind's best hope of surviving an evil demon army, when he discovers the secrets of his past.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, adult animation, manga, perverse, dark fantasy, bleak, serious, entertaining, suspenseful, disturbing
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Vinland Saga (2019)
Plot Summary:
For a thousand years, the Vikings have made quite a name and reputation for themselves as the strongest families with a thirst for violence. Thorfinn, the son of one of the Vikings' greatest warriors, spends his boyhood in a battlefield enhancing his skills in his adventure to redeem his most-desired revenge after his father was murdered.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, atmospheric, realistic, captivating, serious, exciting, rough, epic, manga, seinen
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Fortress (2012)
Plot Summary:
When the commander of the crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber is killed in action in a raid over Sicily in 1943, his replacement, a young, naive pilot struggles to be accepted by the plane's already tight-knit Irish American crew.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, tense
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The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
Plot Summary:
In March of 1945, as the War in Europe is coming to a close, fighting erupts between German and American troops at the last remaining bridgehead across the Rhine.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: realistic, harsh, intense, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, spectacular, bleak