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Plot Summary:
Based on the Terry Pratchett novel. On Discworld, in a small country called Lancre, three witches find themselves dragged into royal politics.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: anime
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Soul Music (1997)
Plot Summary:
The young druid Imp y Celyn comes to Ankh-Morpork to become a famous musician, but a new guitar from a mysterious shop possesses him with a new kind of music - the Music with Rocks In. To make matters worse, Death, saddened by the death of his adopted daughter, has gone away to try and forget, and his granddaughter Susan suddenly has the family duty passed on to her.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 172 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, offbeat, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious, parody, spoof
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Fairy Musketeers (2006)
Plot Summary:
Long, long ago, there existed a world of magic and science. But having both powers was making people conceited and lazy. So God split the world in to the world of science, Erde (German for Earth), and the world of magic, Phandavale. One day in Phandavale, a terrible witch named Cendrillon revives. Cendrillon plots to rule both worlds, and searches for the "key of Erde" and the "key of Phandavale" which holds tremendous power. A young boy from Erde by the name of Sōta meets a mysterious girl from Phandavale, Akazukin (Red Riding Hood), and her talking wolf companion, Val. Sōta learns that he is the key of Erde. Now it is up to Akazukin, Val, and the other Musketeers, Shirayukihime (Snow White) and Ibara (Sleeping Beauty) to protect Sōta from Cendrillon and her Nightmarians who wish to obtain the power he mysteriously possesses.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, fairy tale, mahou shoujo
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A Herbivorous Dragon of 5,000 Years Gets Unfairly Villainized (2022)
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A 5000-year-old vegan dragon was living peacefully when one day a young girl showed up in his cave. She offered herself as a sacrifice in order to gain favor for her village. He played along as the great "Evil Dragon, the Demon Lord's Army Leader" in order to get rid of her. However, his little white lie awoke her hidden powers and his peaceful life suddenly ended.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: China, Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, shounen
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Jungle de Ikou (1997)
Plot Summary:
Natsumi Rokudou, a spunky 10 year old girl from Japan receives a strange statue from her dad who's an archaeologist. Little does Natsumi know that the statue houses Ongo, a terrible monster bent on world conquest. In a dream, a strange old man named Ahem warns Natsumi of Ongo's return, and gives her a necklace and tells her to do a sexually suggestive dance that will protect her from peril. Once Natsumi awakens, she finds Ongo on her bed...who's not too threatening looking. But now whenever danger rears it's ugly head, Natsumi must swallow her modesty, and do the embarrassing dance to transform into Mii, the large breasted flower spirit of New Guinea's past.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: anime
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Truckers (1992)
Plot Summary:
Truckers, the first of Terry Pratchett's novels to be adapted for TV brings to life the story of the Nomes. 15000 years ago the Nomes crashed to Earth in a scout ship from the starship Swan. Generations of them have come and gone with the passing years and the changing countryside. Suddenly faced with extinction, the ten surviving Nomes, guided by their reluctant leader Masklin, must face many exciting adventures during their search for a new home and hiding place in the big, bad world of the humans.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 212
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: claymation, fairy tale
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Going Postal (2010)
Plot Summary:
Moist von Lipwig is a con-man with a particular talent-- he is utterly unremarkable. When his execution is stayed in Terry Pratchett's remarkable Discworld, he must work off his debt to society as the land's head Postman. Things are not always as they seem, and soon Lipwig is delivering mail for his very life!.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 185 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, colorful, atmospheric, captivating, witty, mystical, funny, unusual plot structure, semi serious
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Endro! (2019)
Plot Summary:
Naral Island, a continent with swords and magic in which humans and monsters coexist. The terrible Demon King lives there. In ancient times, the first-generation hero defeated the Demon King. Over the many successive generations since then, the Demon King has been resurrected, and the hero who opposes him has likewise reappeared. Girls attend a school for adventurers in order to defeat the Demon King when he appears again. Though a bit absent-minded, Yusha has the body of a hero. The holy elf Seyla's trouble never ends because she is too serious. The cheerful warrior Fai loves to eat. Mei is a quiet otaku magician. As the four girls aim to be in the hero party, they live relaxed fantasy lives and show no sign of defeating the Demon King no matter how much time passes.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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The Mystic Archives of Dantalian (2011)
Plot Summary:
The Mystic Archives of Dantalian is a Japanese light novel series written by Gakuto Mikumo and illustrated by G-Yuusuke. The series started serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's light novel magazine The Sneaker on February 29, 2008. A manga adaptation by Chako Abeno started serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Shōnen Ace on March 26, 2010. Another manga adaptation by Monaco Sena started serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Comp Ace on March 26, 2010. A 12-episode anime adaptation by GAINAX aired between July and October, 2011.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, gothic, seinen, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, humorous, detective
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Bothersome Witch Doremi (1999)
Plot Summary:
Ojamajo Doremi is the story about a girl by the name of Doremi Harukaze and her friends as they learn magic. Doremi is the main star of the show, for it was her who caused her friends, Aiko and Hazuki to become witch's apprentices as well. Doremi claims to be "the unluckiest bishoujo in the world", so she hopes to one day learn magic, because she thinks it'll make her life easier. She stumbles across the Maho Dou (Magic Hall) one day and calls a woman by the name of Marika (her actual witch name is Majorika) a witch. Because she called out a witch as a witch, she must now train under Majorika's advisory and pass all her witch's exams to meet her goal of becoming a full-fledged witch.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 800
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, shoujo
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Handyman Saitou in Another World (2023)
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Handyman Saito has never been anyone special. All his life, he’s had average grades, ordinary athletic skill, a commonplace job… But his unremarkable path takes a turn when he wakes up in another world. Here, warriors, wizards, and elves accompany him on quests delving deep into dungeons, and Saito realizes for the first time what it’s like to be needed. After all, who other than the handyman could be trusted to open locked treasure chests or repair his allies’ equipment? Beginning with a simple “thank you,” this is the story of an ordinary person’s fulfilling life.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 657
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, seinen, shounen, tsundere, iyashikei, 2d animation
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Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement (2023)
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One day, Mitsuha falls off a cliff and is transported to a medieval Europe–type world! After a near-death encounter with a pack of wolves, she then realizes that she's able to transport between two worlds—this one and her own. Taking advantage of this ability, Mitsuha decides to live in both worlds and calculates that she'll need 80,000 gold coins to be able to retire! Mitsuha now has to come up with different ways to collect her gold coins!.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 335
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, 2d animation
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The Sorcerer Hunters (1995)
Plot Summary:
In Spurna, the Sorcerers are the rulers and tiranize the people. The people have only one hope: The Sorcerers Hunters, a group of people devoted to free Spurna from the evil sorcerers. They're Carrot (a wimp and womanizer - but at least a good person - with the power to absorb magic), Marron (Carrot's younger brother and master of oriental magic), Tira (who seems so timid but turns into a sado queen who uses a whip as weapon. She's in love with Carrot), Chocola (Tira's older sister, also in love with Carrot, and dangerous as her, who uses a strong steel cable as weapon) and Gateau (he makes bodybuilding poses all time and wants to look harsh but he's a good guy). Adventure in a sword-and-sorcery world with a lot of humor.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: anime, fantasy anime
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Zenki the Demon Prince (1995)
Plot Summary:
Zenki is a Japanese manga series written by Kikuhide Tani and illustrated by Yoshihiro Kuroiwa. It was serealized in the Shueisha publication, Monthly Shōnen Jump from 1992 to 1996. Zenki was adapted into a fifty-one episode anime television series in 1995 by Studio Deen and also spawned five video games. Enoki Films handles the English language version of the anime.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, corny
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The Eminence in Shadow (2022)
Plot Summary:
Shadowbrokers are those who go unnoticed, posing as unremarkable people, when in truth, they control everything from behind the scenes. Sid wants to be someone just like that more than anything, and something as insignificant as boring reality isn’t going to get in his way! He trains in secret every single night, preparing for his eventual rise to power—only to denied his destiny by a run-of-the-mill (yet deadly) traffic accident. But when he wakes up in a another world and suddenly finds himself at the head of an actual secret organization doing battle with evil in the shadows, he’ll finally get a chance to act out all of his delusional fantasies!.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, parody, dark fantasy, ecchi, 2d animation
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KONOSUBA – An Explosion on This Wonderful World! (2023)
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This feisty young wizard will stop at nothing to master the spell that saved her life: Explosion! Megumin, the “Greatest Genius of the Crimson Magic Clan,” has chosen to devote her studies to the powerful offensive magic used by her mysterious savior. Then one day, her little sister finds a black kitten in the woods. But this cat isn’t just a new furry friend—she’s the key to awakening a Dark God!.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 805
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: parody, ecchi, anime
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Chillin' in My 30s After Getting Fired From the Demon King's Army (2023)
Plot Summary:
Dariel, a dark soldier in the demon king's army who cannot use magic, has risen to the position of assistant to the Four Generals with his talent and energy, and has been wielding his skill. However, as soon as the Four Generals are replaced, Dariel is fired from the army. Dariel is devastated, but when he arrives in a human village, he finds that his adventuring skills, which are supposed to be useless to demons, have blossomed! "I was... human?" Dariel decides to spend his second life in this village, and the requests start pouring in! Trouble! False charge! Duel! With his natural skills and the adjusting power that he developed in his old place, the former dark soldier solves them all!.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 579
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: ecchi, anime, seinen, 2d animation
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Suppose a Kid From the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town? (2021)
Plot Summary:
Lloyd is a novice adventurer whose dream is to discover “true strength” in the capital he’s always admired, despite growing up with neighbors who always considered him weak. The story starts with him departing from his hometown, which just so happens to be located right next to…one of the most dangerous dungeons in the world?!.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, entertaining, captivating, light, shounen
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So I'm a Spider, So What? (2021)
Plot Summary:
I, the protagonist, was just an ordinary high school girl, but suddenly I was reincarnated as a spider monster in a fantasy world. Not only that, but I awakened in a dungeon filled with vicious monsters. Armed with only my human knowledge and my overwhelming positivity, I'm forced to use spiderwebs and traps to defeat far stronger monsters just to stay alive... So begins the labyrinth survival story of a girl with incredible mental strength living as one of the lowest-ranked beasts!.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime
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Blazing Dragons (1996)
Plot Summary:
Blazing Dragons is the title of a popular British cartoon series, the brainchild of Monty Python's Terry Jones. A coinciding graphic adventure video game was released for the original PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1996 by Crystal Dynamics. The video game features the voice talents of several celebrities. The series' protagonists are anthropomorphic dragons who are beset by evil humans, reversing a common story convention. The series parodies that of the King Arthur Tales as well as the periods of the Middle Ages. From 1996 to 1998, Blazing Dragons was produced by Nelvana in Canada and Ellipse Programme in France. In the series, King Allfire and his Knights of the Square Table fight against the evil Count Geoffrey and his inept minions. It ran for two seasons consisting of 26 episodes in total. The cartoon episodes that ran in the United States, namely Toon Disney, were bowdlerized. Parts of episodes considered too overt such as Sir Blaze's sexuality, and minor swearing, were cut for American release as such matters are deemed taboo to American programing aimed at children.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, fairy tale
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Gabriel DropOut (2017)
Plot Summary:
Gabriel White graduated at the top of the class at angel school and attends a human school on earth in pursuit of knowledge, but then gets engrossed in a web game and decides its too much trouble to go anywhere. (from manga).
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, entertaining, shounen, captivating, light
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The Founder of Diabolism (2018)
Plot Summary:
As the grandmaster who founded the Demonic Sect, Wei Wuxian roamed the world in his wanton ways, hated by millions for the chaos he created. In the end, he was backstabbed by his dearest Shidi (meaning "junior fellow brother") and killed by powerful clans that combined to overpower him. He incarnates into the body of a lunatic who was abandoned by his clan and is later, unwillingly, taken away by a famous cultivator among the clans—Lan Wangji, his former classmate.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, enigmatic, entertaining, captivating, queer cinema
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I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level (2021)
Plot Summary:
After dying of overwork in the real world, I’m reincarnated as an immortal witch, and I spend 300 years enjoying a relaxing life. At some point, though, I end up at level 99! All those years spent killing slimes to make the money to pay the bills gave me a ton of experience points. Rumors of the level 99 witch spread, and soon I’m up to my ears in curious adventurers, duelist dragons, and even a monster girl calling me her mom! I’ve never been on an adventure, but I’m the strongest in the world… What’s going to happen to my relaxing life?!.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, entertaining, captivating, slapstick comedy, slapstick, 2d animation
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Slayers (1995)
Plot Summary:
Slayers follows the exploits of the young sorceress Lina Inverse, whose life revolves around food, treasure, and fighting. After stealing treasure from a group of bandits, Lina is accosted by stragglers during her journey to the next town. She's not in any real danger, but a dim-witted but good-natured swordsman named Gourry Gabriev springs to her rescue anyways. The two team up, and head to Atlas City, fighting foes they encounter on the way. Unbeknownst to Lina and Gourry however, two mysterious figures are hot on their tail, and they are especially interested in the “treasure” Lina and Gourry have stolen. Credits to myanimelist.com for overview.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, fantasy anime, humorous, semi serious
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That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (2018)
Plot Summary:
"Rimuru Tempest" is the new name of a slime in a fantasy world taken by a former 37-year-old human Satou Mikami after he is killed by a passing robber. Broken free from ordinary, stale past life, his fresh adventure in a fantasy world as a slime monster with unique abilities begins.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, tense, humorous, sincere, manga, shounen, 2d animation
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Reincarnated as a Sword (2022)
Plot Summary:
Reincarnated as a sentient weapon with memories of his past life, but not his name, a magical sword saves a young beastgirl from a life of slavery. Fran, the cat-eared girl, becomes his wielder, and wants only to grow stronger, while the sword wants to know why he is here. Together, the strange duo's journey has only just begun!.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 999
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, shounen, 2d animation
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Bastard!! Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy (2022)
Plot Summary:
When evil forces threaten to resurrect Anthrasax, the God of Destruction, the Kingdom of Meta-llicana calls on a volatile dark wizard for help.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, ecchi, dark fantasy
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How Not to Summon a Demon Lord (2018)
Plot Summary:
When it comes to the fantasy MMORPG Cross Reverie, none can match the power of the Demon King Diablo. Possessing the game's rarest artifacts and an unrivaled player level, he overpowers all foolish enough to confront him. But despite his fearsome reputation, Diablo's true identity is Takuma Sakamoto, a shut-in gamer devoid of any social skills. Defeating hopeless challengers day by day, Takuma cares about nothing else but his virtual life—that is, until a summoning spell suddenly transports him to another world where he has Diablo's appearance! In this new world resembling his favorite game, Takuma is greeted by the two girls who summoned him. They perform an Enslavement Ritual in an attempt to subjugate him, but the spell backfires and causes them to become his slaves instead. With the situation now becoming more awkward than ever, Takuma decides to accompany the girls in finding a way to unbind their contract while learning to adapt to his new existence as the menacing Demon King.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, ecchi, feel good, atmospheric, captivating, humorous, entertaining, light, shounen, absurd
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Shaman King (2021)
Plot Summary:
The Shaman King is the one who can contact the king of spirits and reshape the world. Every 500 years, shamans, who can commune between the worlds of the living and dead, compete in the Shaman Fight to become the next Shaman King. Among those aiming for the top is a young shaman named Yoh Asakura.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, suspense, exciting, tense, suspenseful, contemplative, shounen, gothic
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Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999)
Plot Summary:
Courage the Cowardly Dog is an American comedy horror animated television series created by John R. Dilworth for Cartoon Network. Its central plot revolves around a somewhat anthropomorphic pink/purple dog named Courage who lives with his owners, Muriel and Eustace Bagge, an elderly, married farming couple in the "Middle of Nowhere". Courage and his owners are frequently thrown into bizarre misadventures, often involving the paranormal/supernatural and various villains. The show is known for its surreal, often disquieting humor and bizarre plot twists. The series combines elements of comedy horror, science fantasy, and drama. The program originated from a short on Cartoon Network's animation showcase series created by Hanna-Barbera president Fred Seibert, "What a Cartoon!" titled "The Chicken from Outer Space". The segment was nominated for an Academy Award in 1996, and Cartoon Network commissioned a series based on the short. The series, which premiered on November 12, 1999, ran for four seasons, ending on November 22, 2002 with a total of 52 episodes produced. The series was the sixth and final series to be spun off from World Premiere Toons, and it was the eighth series to fall under the Cartoon Cartoons label.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, not serious, semi serious, anime, spooky, adult cartoon, captivating, retro, psychedelic
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The Legend of Vox Machina (2022)
Plot Summary:
They're rowdy, they're ragtag, they're misfits turned mercenaries for hire. Vox Machina is more interested in easy money and cheap ale than actually protecting the realm. But when the kingdom is threatened by evil, this boisterous crew realizes that they are the only ones capable of restoring justice.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: adult animation, anime, epic fantasy, queer cinema, 2d animation