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Plot Summary:
The story starts off with a face-off between two rival heroes, ZET and ALPHAS, and then traces their origins - Jin Kanzaki, a young man with the ability to transform into a superhuman being known as ZET, and Kouga Amagi, a young man with a strong sense of justice who uses technology to fight as ALPHAS. The fates of these two men and those around them intertwine as they fight to protect mankind and destroy monstrous abominations known as Players.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 592
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Kemurikusa (2019)
Plot Summary:
A story about three sisters struggling to survive in a desolate world surrounded by decaying buildings and red fog. The story revolves around Rin, a girl with an updo. There's also Ritsu, the big sister who has cat ears and is always calm, and Rina, the innocent, cheerful one dressed in a maid's costume. Just what is it that these sisters are after in this mysterious world?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Ingress: The Animation (2018)
Plot Summary:
After scientists discover a mysterious substance that can influence human minds, two factions wage an all-out battle to control its awesome power.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 612
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, disturbing, mecha
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FLCL Progressive (2018)
Plot Summary:
Many years have passed since Naota and Haruhara Haruko shared their adventure together. Meanwhile, the war between the two entities known as Medical Mechanica and Fraternity rages across the galaxy. Enter Hidomi, a young teenaged girl who believes there is nothing amazing to expect from her average life, until one day when a new teacher named Haruko arrives at her school. Soon enough, Medical Mechanica is attacking her town and Hidomi discovers a secret within her that could save everyone, a secret that only Haruko can unlock. But why did Haruko return to Earth? What happened to her Rickenbacker 4001 she left with Naota? And where did the human-type robot "Canti" go?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 880
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Ange Vierge (2016)
Plot Summary:
The story of the card game follows what happens when "Hairou" portals suddenly open, fusing five different worlds together. As a result, various mysterious "Exceed" powers are awakened in teenaged girls. An academy for these so-called "Progress" girls is built on the isolated Seiran Island in the Pacific.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, ecchi
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Vividred Operation (2013)
Plot Summary:
On an artificial island, Akane Isshiki, an innocent 14-year-old girl, lives a simple but happy life with her level-headed little sister Momo and their genius inventor grandfather. On clear days just over the water, everyone on the island can see the revolutionary invention that solved all the world's energy problems, the Manifestation Engine. Thanks to the Manifestation Engine, the peaceful days that everyone had dreamed of had arrived. But suddenly, a mysterious enemy called the "Alone" appear out of nowhere aiming to attack the Manifestation Engine, jeopardizing their quiet way of life. Equipped with incredibly powerful Palette Suits designed by her grandfather, Akane and her friends must rise up together in this desperate situation. Their friendship is the only hope to save the world.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining
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Sakura Wars: The Animation (2020)
Plot Summary:
In 1930, two years after the events of So Long, My Love, the Great Demon War results in the annihilation of the Imperial, Paris and New York Combat Revues' Flower Divisions. With Earth at peace and the revues' actions becoming public, the World Combat Revue Organization is formed with several international divisions; a biennial international Combat Revue tournament has been organized. Ten years later in 1940, Imperial Japanese Navy captain Kamiyama Seijuurou is assigned as the captain of the new Imperial Combat Revue's Flower Division in Tokyo, which consists of: Amamiya Sakura, a swordswoman and new recruit; Shinonome Hatsuho, a shrine maiden and the most popular actress; Anastasia Palma, a newly-transferred Greek actress; Mochizuki Azami, a ninja prodigy from the Mochizuki clan; and Claris, a Luxembourgian noblewoman. The division once again faces a new demon invasion and participates in the upcoming tournament–while trying to keep their home at the Imperial Theater open.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, mecha, shounen
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Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn (2016)
Plot Summary:
In an age when large-scale natural disasters frequently happen all over the world, when cyborgs and autonomous robots are beginning to appear on the market in technologically advanced nations, and major world powers compete for technology and resources, the divide between rich and poor grows and the future for the poor looks bleak. In this transitional stage, everyone wanders around in a self-indulgent daze and the way out isn't clear... This is the story of how two cybernetically enhanced girls meet.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, disturbing, ecchi, yuri
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Infini-T Force (2017)
Plot Summary:
Emi is a seventeen-year-old girl living in Shibuya. Her father is always away with work and she's grown listless. Suddenly, a twist of fate involving a certain magical item changes everything. A mysterious pencil, of all things, is linked to the appearance of heroes from another world! Could this be the start to the excitement she's so desperately craving, or is there something more?.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining
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World War Blue (2012)
Plot Summary:
A re-imagining of the console wars featuring characters inspired by video games.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining
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Shin Ikki Tousen (2022)
Plot Summary:
The reincarnation of Himiko, the former queen of Yamatai, has decided to wage war against all magatama wielders of Kanto. In order to recover her lost kingdom, she must gather the true Three Sacred Treasures of Japan. When Himiko's ally, Asaemon Yamada, ruthlessly attacks Nanyou Academy—which possesses the sacred sword Himiko is after—Chuubou Sonken, Hakufu Sonsaku's newfound sister, awakens her dragon but loses consciousness. Determined to save her sibling, Hakufu must recover her magatama at the Jofuku Temple—a legendary place where she will receive training that may cost her her life. As the frontier between the living and the dead starts to vanish in Jofuku, the warriors of the Kanto region will have to unite in order to foil Himiko's mysterious plans.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, satirical, disturbing, seinen, ecchi
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Pilot Candidate (2000)
Plot Summary:
The planet Zion is mankind's last hope for survival. But the legions of Victim are intent on destroying humanity! Five humanoid fighting weapons called Ingrids are capable of stopping the onslaught, but only the best pilots are chosen to become Pilot Candidates. The fate of Zion rests with these chosen few.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, futuristic, disturbing
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Digimon Ghost Game (2021)
Plot Summary:
In a relatively near future, an innovative technology has emerged. On social networks, rumors are circulating about strange phenomena whose authenticity is unknown, referred to as "Hologram Ghosts". Hiro Amanokawa is a high school freshman at Hazakura Academy, who by activating a mysterious device left behind by his father called "Digivice", has the effect of making unknown creatures that cannot be seen by ordinary people, the Digimon, visible to his eyes. Since the day he met Gammamon, a mischievous Digimon entrusted to him by his father, Hiro is caught up in various strange phenomena: A man with a sewn mouth steals time from human beings, a mummy man wanders around every night and kidnaps humans... The hologram ghosts are all around us, and take us for target. From now on, here is the story of this other side of the world that nobody is aware of. With their friends, Hiro and Gammamon dive into the mysterious world where these creatures live.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Scarlet Nexus (2021)
Plot Summary:
Saved by the Other Suppression Force as a child, psychokinetic Yuito enlists in this elite team formed to fight Earth’s enemy. Meanwhile, prodigy Kasane was scouted for her abilities. Kasane’s dreams tell her strange things, dragging the two into an unavoidable fate.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing, dark fantasy
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A Dark Rabbit has Seven Lives (2011)
Plot Summary:
Taito has been really sleepy lately, and keeps dreaming of a female vampire who says she has given him her "poison." Sometimes he even thinks he hears her voice when he's awake. But after surviving an accident that should have killed him, Taito's world changes drastically and he realizes that his dreams are more real than he thought.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Twin Star Exorcists (2016)
Plot Summary:
Rokuro is from a family of exorcists, but he'd rather be a singer, a soccer player or anything but an exorcist! He's forced to own up to his own incredible potential when new arrival Benio stirs his competitive spirit. But their rivalry gets a twist when they earn the prestigious title of "Twin Star Exorcists"—two supreme fighters fated to marry and birth the ultimate spiritual warrior!.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 980
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, stylized, shounen, 2d animation
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Cross Ange: Rondo of Angel and Dragon (2014)
Plot Summary:
Humanity has advanced to great heights since it obtained the information technology known as "Mana." With that nearly magical power, problems like war, food shortages, and pollution have been eliminated. This age of peace and freedom, the Empress Angelese of the Misurugi Empire is a privileged girl with no disabilities. She learns, however, that she is a "Norma," a kind of human who cannot use Mana and are outcasts of society. Having lost everything, she is sent to an isolated island. There she meets other Normas who ride in humanoid weapons called Para-mails, protecting the world from dragons invaders from another dimension.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Animation, Action, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, mecha, tense, captivating, disturbing, super sentai, ecchi
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Eternal Quon 6: Eternal Quon (2011)
Plot Summary:
The story follows a boy named Quon and others who suddenly wake up with supernatural powers.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Nobunagun (2014)
Plot Summary:
Shio Ogura is a Japanese high school student, who is visiting Taiwan on a school trip when she is suddenly attacked by monsters. Agents known as "E-Gene Holders" from the government agency DOGOO also arrive, who wield weapons infused with the spirits of historical figures. Shio is revealed to also be an E-Gene Holder when the soul of Oda Nobunaga awakens after she tries to rescue a friend.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Animation, Action
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Taboo Tattoo (2016)
Plot Summary:
Seigi, a martial arts trained middle schooler, often feels driven to protect the weaker people around him. One day, he defends a homeless man against some punks, and the man gives him a strange tattoo on his palm in return. The tattoo is a secret weapon produced in the arms race between America and the Serinistan Kingdom. Seigi finds himself in over his head when a powerful girl, using the same secret weapon, violently pursues him in order to retrieve it. His skill at martial arts may not be enough to keep him alive, but will he be able to learn how to trigger the power of his tattoo in time?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 571
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, tense, disturbing, manga, seinen, light, satirical
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BBK/BRNK (2016)
Plot Summary:
It’s been ten years since Azuma Kazuki has been in Japan, and upon his arrival he is taken prisoner by a group of armed men. Azuma is saved by his childhood friend, Kogane Asabuki, thanks to a living weapon she wields on her right hand, known as a Bubuki. Learning about these weapons, Azuma becomes a Bubuki wielder himself and sets out on a journey.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, tense, captivating
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BlazBlue Alter Memory (2013)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2199, humanity eagerly waits for the dawn of the new century, following the end of a series of devastating magic wars. When the world's most wanted man, Ragna the Bloodedge (also known as the Grim Reaper) make a move to destroy society, a group of ragtag fighters come together to stop him.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Mazinger Edition Z: The Impact! (2009)
Plot Summary:
Shin Mazinger Shogeki! Z Hen, alternatively romanized Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z Hen and romanized/translated in the Soul of Chogokin toys line as Shin Mazinger Impact Z!, is a new Mazinger anime series, directed by Yasuhiro Imagawa which premiered in Japan on April 4, 2009. According to the production staff, it has no relation to the 1970s show and should not be described as a Mazinger Z remake. The series is a "retelling" of the basic story of Mazinger Z, featuring most of the same characters, mechanical beasts, and some general plots of the original series, plus some additional material. It keeps the original plot line of Mazinger Z, but makes references to other Go Nagai works, such as Z Mazinger, Violence Jack, Mao Dante and others. Elements from other related Mazinger works appear in the series, such as the story of Kedora and the appearance of Energer Z, the original concept before Mazinger Z. Along with the TV series, a new manga, Shin Mazinger Zero started on April 18, 2009 in the magazine Champion Red. The pair responsible for the shōnen manga Akumetsu, Yoshiaki Tabata and Yuki Yogo, write and illustrate the Shin Mazinger Zero manga. In 2010 a game based on the series was released for the PC.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Talentless Nana (2020)
Plot Summary:
It is the year 20XX. Earth was assaulted by monsters that would come to be known as "the Enemy of Humanity." In order to deal with this threat, special schools composed of teenagers with extraordinary abilities were formed. These people, who came to be known as "the Talented," had abilities that could defy the rules of reality. Among these people with supernatural powers was an outlier, an individual who was sent to one of these schools despite having no innate special abilities whatsoever. This is the story of our protagonist, who attempts to defeat the Enemies of Humanity through the use of intelligence and manipulation alone.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, suspense, shounen, psychological thriller, mystical
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Tokyo Revengers (2021)
Plot Summary:
Takemichi Hanagaki is a freelancer that’s reached the absolute pits of despair in his life. He finds out that the only girlfriend he ever had, in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, had been killed by the ruthless Tokyo Manji Gang. The day after hearing about her death, he’s standing on the station platform and ends up being pushed over onto the tracks by a herd of people. He closes his eyes thinking he’s about to die, but when he opens his eyes back up, he somehow had gone back in time 12 years. Now that he’s back living the best days of his life, Takemichi decides to get revenge on his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, suspenseful, suspense, shounen, touching, crying
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Yatterman (2008)
Plot Summary:
2008 revival of Yatterman.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, anime
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Farzar (2022)
Plot Summary:
Follow the adventures of Prince Fichael and his crew as they venture out of their domed human city to fight the evil aliens that want to kill and/or eat them.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, adult animation, adult cartoon, 2d animation
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Beet the Vandel Buster (2004)
Plot Summary:
The story takes place in a fantasy world where humans have been suffering from the attacks of the demon-like Vandels. Humans can fight back by becoming a Vandel Buster, a paid monster and Vandel assassin. The protagonist of the story, Beet, is a young boy who becomes a Vandel Buster to be like his heroes, the Zenon Warriors.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, shounen
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Viewtiful Joe (2004)
Plot Summary:
Viewtiful Joe is a Japanese anime series based on the video game series of the same name. The series follows a similar plot of the games, but there are many differences. The series, comprising fifty-one episodes, was shown every Saturday on the Japanese television station TV Tokyo from October 2, 2004 until September 24, 2005. The show was licensed by anime distributor Geneon Entertainment, with its first twenty-six episodes airing in United States on Kids' WB. It was taken off the air when Kids' WB block transferred to The CW. Viewtiful Joe was later licensed for distribution in other parts of the world by MGM Television. The anime debuted in the United Kingdom on Jetix on July 2, 2007. Viewtiful Joe premiered on Cartoon Network Brazil on July 3, 2006 and reruned in country's RedeTV! on HD at November 27, 2006. It aired in Mexico starting on July 4, 2006. On June 23, 2008, the show began airing on Cartoon Network in other parts of Latin America. In 2009, Viewtiful Joe became available on Crunchyroll's streaming service for its users outside Asia.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining
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Hero Return (2020)
Plot Summary:
Zero was mankind’s first real superhero. Under his watch, countless other superheros appeared and followed in his footsteps. However, after 5 years of war, Zero disappeared without a trace.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure
Country: China
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating
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D.Gray-man Hallow (2016)
Plot Summary:
Allen Walker is an exorcist working for the Black Order whose mission is to protect mankind from the evil Millennium Earl and his deadly Akuma. Allen and his comrades must recover lost Innocence while defending against the Earl’s terrifying army. But if they fail, Innocence will be lost forever.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 725
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, disturbing, shounen