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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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Beast Machines: Transformers (1999)
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The Maximals awaken on their home planet of Cybertron and are chased by mindless Vehicons created by Megatron. The Maximals must free the planet from Megatron and restore it to its real way of living.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, cult classic, exciting, serious, computer animated
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G.I. Joe: Renegades (2010)
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G.I. Joe: Renegades is an American animated television series based on the G.I. Joe toy franchise. The series aired on Hub Network from November 26, 2010 to July 23, 2011. The series aired on Teletoon in Canada. The series became available for instant streaming through Netflix on April 5, 2012 and was released on DVD and Blu-ray later that year by Shout! Factory.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, anime, fast, 2d animation
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Silver Surfer (1998)
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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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Iron Man (2010)
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When Tony Stark branches his company into Japan, he is opposed by the nefarious Zodiac organization. It's up to Stark's Iron Man to defeat the Zodiac, and defend Japan.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, suspenseful, saga
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Mega Man (1994)
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Based off of the popular video game, Megaman. In the year 200X, robot scientists Dr. Thomas Light and Dr. Albert Wily were completing their special project, helper robots, which will help humans with everyday work. However, Dr. Wily had secretly reprogrammed the helper robots into fighting machines. Wily intends to use these robots to take over the world. After Dr. Light learned of this, he had decided to reprogram one of his other helper robots. He has chosen Rock (his male helper robot). Dr. Light gave Rock state-of-the-art combat technology, with the ability to copy another robot's weapon, thus Dr. light created Megaman. Now, Megaman has to stop Dr. Wily and his band of robots from taking over the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: cyber, cult classic, exciting, serious, futuristic, fast, anime, 2d animation
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Transformers: Cybertron (2005)
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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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The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (1986)
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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
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Eon Kid (2007)
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Eon Kid is the English title of a South Korean-Spanish CGI animated television series Iron Kid produced by Daewon Media and Design Storm in South Korea, and BRB Internacional in Spain. While the series is known as Iron Kid in South Korea, Spain and other non-English-speaking countries, it is known as Eon Kid in the English-speaking countries due to the legal concerns. It premiered in Korea on KBS2 on April 6, 2006, and on TVE in fall 2006. In the United States, it is distributed by Manga Entertainment and premiered on The CW's Saturday morning Kids WB block September 22, 2007.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 470
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA, Spain, South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, semi serious, captivating, anime, scenic, manga, 3d animation
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Men in Black: The Series (1997)
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Men in Black: The Series, also known as MIB: The Series and Men in Black: The Animated Series, is an American animated television series that originally aired on The WB's Kids' WB programming block from October 11, 1997 to June 30, 2001. The show features characters from 1997's science fiction film Men in Black, which was based on the comic book series The Men in Black by Lowell Cunningham, originally published by Aircel Comics. The series was produced by Adelaide Productions Inc., a unit of Sony Pictures Television, and Amblin Entertainment as a half-hour series originally airing on Saturday mornings, and later moving to weekdays during the final run. It was a more detailed T.V. series of the movie saga.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, tense, suspenseful, captivating, retro, epic, not serious, fast, buddy comedy
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Astro Boy (2003)
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In the year 2000, Dr. Boyton creates a super-robot in his deceased son's image. He calls the robot Astro Boy. Astro Boy can swim oceans, leap over mountains, even fly into space on his own power. However, Astro Boy can't replace his son. Dr. Boyton becomes dissatisfied with the boy robot and disowns him. Astro Boy is befriended by Dr. Packadermus J. Elefun of the Institute of Science, who guides him through his adventures. Endowed with super strength, rocket-powered flight, a selfless heart and a kind demeanor, Astro Boy fights a never-ending crusade against the forces of evil!.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 580
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, semi serious, futuristic, exciting
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My Life as a Teenage Robot (2002)
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My Life as a Teenage Robot is an American animated science fantasy television series, created by Rob Renzetti for Nickelodeon. It was Nickelodeon's first animated science fiction fairy tale. The series follows the adventures of XJ-9, better known as Jenny Wakeman, a robot girl designed to protect Earth, who is excessively addicted to teen-related activities, which are almost always interrupted by Nora Wakeman, her creator and mother. Nickelodeon debuted the first episode on August 1, 2003. After the series was cancelled, later episodes of the series started airing as "never before seen episodes" on Nicktoons Network. The series is distributed outside the United States by the Canadian animation studio, Nelvana Limited. The first season is available on iTunes. All three seasons are available on DVD at Amazon, although it is unknown if Shout! Factory will release them elsewhere.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, funny, light, entertaining, captivating, futuristic, cult classic, exciting
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Iron Man: Extremis (2010)
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An experimental serum called Extremis gets stolen, and Iron Man rockets into action. The ensuing battles test Stark's spirit and Iron Man's power. Based on the graphic novel of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 705
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating
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Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes (2006)
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Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes is an animated television series based on the Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four comic book series and the movie itself. The series is the team's fourth foray into animation, and combines two-dimensional anime-style art and three-dimensional computer animation produced by the France-based animation company MoonScoop, and is also produced by MoonScoop division Taffy Entertainment. All in collaboration with Cartoon Network. In the United States, the show suffered an erratic airing schedule on Cartoon Network, having premiered as part of Toonami on September 2, 2006 but only running for 8 of the season's 26 episodes before being pulled without explanation. It returned to the network starting June 9, 2007, shortly before the release of the film Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, but again, only nine further episodes were aired, leaving nine installments unaired in the USA. The show aired on Boomerang for a brief time before moving to the Nicktoons Network to air the final episodes. Episodes unaired in the US began airing on the Nicktoons Network in the winter of 2009. It is distributed in the USA by 20th Century Fox and 20th Television, and in other countries by Warner Bros. Television Distribution.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, stylized, epic, serious, fast, computer animated, nostalgic
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Iron Man: Armored Adventures (2008)
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Iron Man: Armored Adventures is a 3D CGI cartoon series based on the Marvel Comics superhero Iron Man. It debuted in the USA on the Nicktoons on April 24, 2009, and has already begun airing on Canadian network Teletoon. Iron Man: Armored Adventures aired on Nickelodeon on July 4, 2009 until September 12, 2009. The series is story edited by showrunner Christopher Yost, who also worked on Wolverine and the X-Men, and numerous other Marvel Animation projects. The television show is not related to the 2007 animated film The Invincible Iron Man; It has a different voice cast, but some story elements are similar and the show uses the same musical score as the film in some instances. It is the first Iron Man television series since Iron Man from 1994–1996, and started airing after the success of the live action Iron Man film. The series follows the adventures of teenage child prodigy Tony Stark and his alter ego of Iron Man. As Iron Man, he uses his technological inventions to fight various similarly technologically advanced threats. His friends, James "Rhodey" Rhodes and Pepper Potts help him on his courageous, and dangerous adventures.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA, UK, France, Luxembourg, India
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful, mecha, fast, computer animated
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The Incredible Hulk (1996)
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The Incredible Hulk is an American animated television series starring the Marvel Comics character the Hulk. It ran two seasons, for 21 episodes, on the television network UPN from 1996 to 1997. Lou Ferrigno, who portrayed Universal's version of the Hulk on the 1970s live-action TV series, provided the Hulk's voice for the true version from Marvel. The show often featured cameo appearances by characters from other Marvel cartoons of the period. In the second season, the show's format, after UPN decided that Season 1 was too dark, was changed, and to give "female viewers a chance", the network ordered that She-Hulk be made a regular co-star. As a result, the series was officially renamed The Incredible Hulk and She-Hulk. The second season also featured the Grey Hulk.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, serious, captivating, entertaining, epic, saga, cerebral, gothic
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Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008)
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, humorous, anime, feel good, epic, light, cult classic, absurd, multicultural
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Ultimate Spider-Man (2012)
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While being trained by S.H.I.E.L.D., Spider-Man battles evil with a new team of teen colleagues.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, tense, anime, feel good, humorous, entertaining, epic, saga, manga
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Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. (2013)
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Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. is an American cartoon series based on the superhero character by Marvel Comics. The series aired on August 11, 2013 on Disney XD. The series aired alongside Avengers Assemble and Ultimate Spider-Man as part of Disney XD's "Marvel Universe" television block.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating
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Black Panther is an American cartoon series by Marvel Animation in partnership with BET, based on the popular Marvel Comics superhero of the same name. It was the first animated television series produced by BET since Hey Monie!. Each of the six episodes of the series was 20 minutes in length. The series was broadcast on the Australian children's channel ABC3 in January 2010 and in the United States on BET in November 2011.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, serious, stylized, captivating, saga, adult animation, anime
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Superman: The Animated Series (1996)
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Superman: The Animated Series is an American animated television series based on the DC Comics flagship character, Superman. It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and originally aired on The WB Television Network from September 6, 1996 to February 12, 2000. The series was the first of several spin-offs of the acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series, and was equally praised for its thematic complexity, quality animation, maturity and modernization of its title character. Re-runs of the series currently air on Hub Network.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, epic, saga, anime, serious, art deco, 2d animation
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Marvel's Avengers Assemble (2012)
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The further adventures of the Marvel Universe's mightiest general membership superhero team. With an all-star roster consisting of Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye, Falcon and, occasionally--when she feels like it and only when she feels like it--Black Widow, the Avengers are a team in the truest sense. The Avengers save the world from the biggest threats imaginable--threats no single super hero could withstand.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: exciting, anime, light, entertaining, captivating, manga, cult classic, serious
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Picking up immediately following the events in the feature film, these are the continuing adventures and friendship of 14-year-old tech genius Hiro and his compassionate, cutting-edge robot Baymax. As the new prodigy at San Fransokyo Institute of Technology, Hiro now faces daunting academic challenges and the social trials of being the little man on campus. Off campus, the stakes are raised for the high-tech heroes as they must protect their city from an array of scientifically enhanced villains.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, sincere, humorous, entertaining, 2d animation
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An insecure but courageous and intelligent teen named Peter Parker, a new student of Midtown High, is bitten by a radioactive spider and given powers. He becomes a hero named Spider-Man after the death of his uncle and he must adapt to this new way of life.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, entertaining, funny, cult classic, comic
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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (2015)
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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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Legion of Super Heroes (2006)
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The series centers on a young Superman's adventures in the 31st century, fighting alongside a group of futuristic superheroes known as the Legion of Super-Heroes. The series drew on the rich history of the Legion of Super-Heroes, taking inspiration from stories set during all time periods of the team's nearly 50-year history in comics. Continuity is internally consistent but is not shared with any previous incarnation of the Legion, either animated or in print. The series was cancelled after its second season.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, serious, stylized, captivating, anime, epic, futuristic, suspenseful, fast
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Green Lantern: The Animated Series (2011)
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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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Wolverine and the X-Men (2008)
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Wolverine and the X-Men was an American cartoon series by Marvel Animation. It is the fourth animated adaptation of the X-Men characters, the other three being Pryde of the X-Men, X-Men: The Animated Series, and X-Men: Evolution.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, epic, saga, anime, humorous, 2d animation
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Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2010)
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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
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Avengers: United They Stand (1999)
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The Avengers: United They Stand is an animated series based on the Marvel Comics superhero team The Avengers. It consists of 13 episodes, which originally premiered on October 30, 1999, and was produced by Avi Arad and distributed by 20th Century Fox Television. It was later canceled on February 26, 2000. The series features a team based on the roster for the 1984 The West Coast Avengers, composed of Ant-Man, the Wasp, Wonder Man, Tigra, Hawkeye, the Vision, and Scarlet Witch. All 13 episode are streamed on Marvel.com.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: cliffhanger, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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Iron Man (1994)
Plot Summary:
Iron Man, also known as Iron Man: The Animated Series, is an American animated television series based on Marvel Comics' superhero Iron Man. The series aired from 1994 to 1996 in syndication as part of The Marvel Action Hour, which packaged Iron Man with another animated series based on Marvel properties, the Fantastic Four, with one half-hour episode from each series airing back-to-back. The show was backed by a toy line that featured many armor variants. This series of Iron Man was among the few television series to be re-recorded in THX. This may have been usual at the time for a motion picture, but it is rare for a television series. Off the heels of the release of the live-action Iron Man film in 2008, reruns began airing on the Jetix block on Toon Disney. Additionally, all 26 episodes are currently available for streaming through LoveFilm.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: saga, anime, exciting, serious, suspenseful