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Plot Summary:
A live-action remake of the popular series.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 974
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: shounen, detective
Best tv shows and movies like Yu Yu Hakusho (2023):
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American Born Chinese (2023)
Plot Summary:
Average teenager Jin Wang juggles his high school social life with his immigrant home life. When he meets a new foreign student on the first day of the school year, even more worlds collide as Jin is unwittingly entangled in a battle of Chinese mythological gods.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: teen comedy
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Moving (2023)
Plot Summary:
Children who live in hiding with superpowers, along with their parents who live with painful secrets of the past, face enormous dangers together.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: supernatural thriller
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Attack on Titan (2015)
Plot Summary:
100 years ago, titans suddenly appeared on Earth. Soon, human civilization veered on collapse due to the titans. Humans then built a giant wall to defend themselves. Within the giant walls, humans lived in peace, but, 100 years later, the giant wall is broken.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: talky, stylized, manga, apocalyptic, action thriller, suspense, shounen, surprise ending, splatter, ambiguous ending
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ONE PIECE (2023)
Plot Summary:
With his straw hat and ragtag crew, young pirate Monkey D. Luffy goes on an epic voyage for treasure in this live-action adaptation of the popular manga.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 129000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, South Africa, Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime
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The Chosen One (2023)
Plot Summary:
After surviving a freak accident, Jodie, a twelve-year-old boy from Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur, discovers that he has Jesus-like powers: He can turn water into wine, make the crippled walk, and perhaps even raise the dead. How will he deal with his destiny and lead the world through a conflict that’s been thousands of years in the making?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags:
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Ironheart (2024)
Plot Summary:
Genius inventor Riri Williams creates the most advanced suit of armor since Iron Man and becomes Ironheart.
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Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
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Bleach (2018)
Plot Summary:
High school student Ichigo Kurosaki lives an ordinary life,besides being able to see ghosts and the blurry memories of his mother death under strange circumstances when he was a kid. His peaceful world suddenly breaks as he meets Rukia Kuchiki, a God of Death.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, stylized, humorous, entertaining, suspenseful, manga, psychotronic
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Ultraman Ginga (2013)
Plot Summary:
All of the Ultramen and monsters have been turned into figures known as Spark Dolls and became scattered throughout the universe. A young man named Hikaru Raido finds an item called the Ginga Spark which not only allows him to become Ultraman Ginga, but also allows him to Ultraive with the figures to change them to their rightful size and become one with them.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful
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Mashin Sentai Kiramager (2020)
Plot Summary:
A princess from the Land of Jewels comes to Earth with the Kirama Stones to find individuals with strong "shining spirits" known as Kiramental to become the Kiramagers and fight the threat of the Yodon, an imperial army of darkness.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, mecha, humorous, fun
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Uchu Sentai Kyuranger (2017)
Plot Summary:
Earth has been taken over by invaders. With the universe under their thrall, the tears of the people awaken the nine ultimate saviors, chosen by the KyuTama, and they are here for the galaxy's salvation. Nine different people with strong personas. The most powerful warriors arrive here and now!.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA, South Korea
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, mecha
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Ultraman X (2015)
Plot Summary:
A solar flare has awakened Spark Dolls from the depths of the earth and the ocean! Fifteen years later, Daichi Ozora transforms into Ultraman X to battle threats from both aliens and monsters. He is also a member of Xio, a team created to battle the monstrous threats.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, super sentai, anime
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Kamen Rider Den-O (2007)
Plot Summary:
Using the power of the Imagin and the Rider Pass, Ryotaro Nogami is able to travel to different times through the DenLiner. By traveling through time, he transforms into Kamen Rider Den-O, and fights monsters of all sizes, preventing them from altering the past to affect the present and future.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 533
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, humorous, captivating, super sentai, sad, anime
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Yu Yu Hakusho (1992)
Plot Summary:
One day, 14-year-old Yusuke Urameshi suddenly finds himself dead, having died pushing a child out of the way of oncoming traffic. Since he has such a bad personality, even the Spirit World was caught by surprise that he would sacrifice himself. Yusuke soon finds out he wasn't supposed to die and has a chance for resurrection and bringing his body back to life. After being resurrected, Yusuke becomes a Spirit Detective, along with his comrades, and one adventure after another happens, whether it be an investigation or a fighting tournament.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, manga, exciting, adult cartoon, serious, epic, juvenile, shounen
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DC's Stargirl (2020)
Plot Summary:
Courtney Whitmore, a smart, athletic and above all else kind girl, discovers her step-father has a secret: he used to be the sidekick to a superhero. "Borrowing" the long-lost hero’s cosmic staff, she becomes the unlikely inspiration for an entirely new generation of superheroes.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 566 min
Plot tags: semi serious, feel good, light, talky, anime
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Ultraman Decker (2022)
Plot Summary:
Seven years have passed since Ultraman Trigger protected the world from various threats. In the present, Kanata Asumi, who is a positive young man, peacefully lives together with his grandpa. One day, while delivering ordered food, he witnessed a catastrophe: Spheres from the outer space attack Earth and Mars. Motivated by saving the precious lives of the people, he merges with Ultraman Decker and joins GUTS-Select, in order to protect what's important.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Ms. Marvel (2022)
Plot Summary:
A great student, avid gamer, and voracious fan-fic scribe, Kamala Khan has a special affinity for Super Heroes, particularly Captain Marvel. However, she struggles to fit in at home and at school — that is, until she gets super powers like the heroes she’s always looked up to. Life is easier with super powers, right?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 271 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspenseful, suspense, contemplative, teen comedy
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Kamen Rider Wizard (2012)
Plot Summary:
Phantoms appear and attack the human because they create New-Phantoms from hopeless human minds. Haruto Souma uses magic rings to turn into a Kamen Rider Wizard, and fights against Phantoms. Why did he undertake his fate?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 351
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing, dark fantasy, urban fantasy
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Ultraman R/B (2018)
Plot Summary:
The two main characters, Katsumi and Isami Minato, are brothers who live with their younger sister and father who runs a specialty store. One day, they found the R/B Gyro and R/B Crystals, which transforms Katsumi into Ultraman Rosso and Isami into Ultraman Blu.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, disturbing, buddy comedy
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Kamen Rider Zi-O (2018)
Plot Summary:
In the fall of 2018, a time machine appears before a hero born in the year 2000. The hero has always dreamed of becoming a king. A mysterious girl appears from the time machine, telling the hero “I come from the year 2068, a world without hope where the king of demons reigns supreme.” The girl has come from the future in a desperate effort to change her own time. The girl then gives the hero an ominous warning “You will become Kamen Rider Zi-O, King of Time, the demon destined to rule the world.” Can this really be the hero’s fate? This is the story of a Kamen Rider who would be king, who will fight to save the past, present, and future, encountering the various Heisei Kamen Riders throughout space-time.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 366
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing, super sentai
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Ressha Sentai ToQger (2014)
Plot Summary:
The evil empire, Shadow Line appeared to cover the world in darkness. Five childhood friends who have a great Imagination were selected as ToQger to fight the Shadow Line.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, mecha, humorous, fun
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Ultraman Z (2020)
Plot Summary:
The newest Ultra Hero is Ultraman Zett, the disciple of Ultraman Zero, who is now celebrating his tenth anniversary! An admirer of Zero, Zett worked hard to become a member of the “Inter Galactic Defense Force.” With a passion inherited from his teacher Zero, Zett is an Ultraman who always looks forward and forges ahead.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, super sentai, mecha
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Kamen Rider Gaim (2013)
Plot Summary:
Zawame-city is a company town where the Yggdrasil Corporation. In the city, young street-dancers divide up into a few groups. They enjoy dance battle and a sport that fighting between small animals summoned from a different world, but monsters also come after a while. A former street-dancer, Kouta Kazuraba gets a gadget that can him to make a Kamen Rider, wants to protect people against monsters.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 637
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, super sentai, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable - Chapter 1 (2017)
Plot Summary:
Morioh, 1999—a normally quiet and peaceful town has recently become a hotbed of strange activity. Jōtarō Kūjō, now a marine biologist, heads to the mysterious town to meet Jōsuke Higashikata. While the two may seem like strangers at first, Jōsuke is actually the illegitimate child of Jōtarō's grandfather, Joseph Joestar. When they meet, Jōtarō realizes that he may have more in common with Jōsuke than just a blood relation. Along with the mild-mannered Kōichi Hirose and the boisterous Okuyasu Nijimura, the group dedicates themselves to investigating recent disappearances and other suspicious occurrences within Morioh. Aided by the power of Stands, the four men will encounter danger at every street corner, as it is up to them to unravel the town's secrets, before another occurs.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, anime, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, manga, mad
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Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger vs Keisatsu Sentai Patranger (2018)
Plot Summary:
The Lupin Collection, a vast ensemble of dangerous items acquired by the legendary gentleman thief Arsène Lupin, was stolen by an interdimensional crime syndicate known as Gangler. The Gangler receive opposition from two Super Sentai teams: one being the Lupinrangers who aim to steal back the collection to not only live up their namesake's reputation but also wish back those they have lost. The other team are Patrangers, tasked to uphold justice by retrieving the collection and taking down the members of Gangler. Both teams fight not only the Gangler, but each other, in order to collect the pieces of the Lupin Collection.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, mecha
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Kamen Rider Build (2017)
Plot Summary:
Kamen Rider Build: Transformation Lessons ~The Laws Of Transformation Are Set!~ is a web-exclusive series of Kamen Rider Build, which is released on Bandai JP's official YouTube channel, accompanying the airing of the main series' episode.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, contemplative, super sentai
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Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger (2016)
Plot Summary:
The human world is attacked by the space outlaw group “Dethgalien” who have chosen the Earth to be the site of their 100th Blood Game. One human and 4 anthropomorphic animal race “Zyuman” awaken their instincts to become ZYUOHGER and fight to protect all living things.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, mecha, wild
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Shuriken Sentai Ninninger (2015)
Plot Summary:
The evil warload Gengetsu Kibaoni was defeated 444 years ago by the Last Ninja, the head of the Igasaki Family. In 2015, Kibaoni Army start building up the empire again and try to revive him. 5 Ninjas transform into NINNINGER and fight to prevent the revival of Gengetsu Kibaoni.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, mecha
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Ultraman Geed (2017)
Plot Summary:
After escaping from the raid of giant monster Skull Gomora, Riku Asakura and his partner Pega stumbled upon a secret base lied 500 m underground. Given the Geed Riser and Ultra Capsules by operating system Rem, he transforms into Ultraman Geed and becomes a hero that his childhood inspired.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 185
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, super sentai
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Ultraman Orb (2016)
Plot Summary:
Ultraman Orb, a warrior of light, battles monsters and aliens threatening Earth.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, super sentai, anime
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Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger (2013)
Plot Summary:
The Deboth Army who invaded the Earth in the time of the dinosaurs has revived. Wise God Torin selects 5 brave individuals who can defeat their respective Zyudenryu and give the powers to become the “People of the Strong Dragons”, KYORYUGER.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, mecha