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★ 8.6Spirited Away
Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi
Movie · 2001 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: Stubborn, spoiled, and naïve, 10-year-old Chihiro Ogino is less than pleased when she and her parents discover an abandoned amusement park on the way to their new house. Cautiously venturing inside, she realizes that there is more to this place than meets the eye, as strange thin…
★ 8.5Princess Mononoke
Mononoke-hime
Movie · 1997 · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: When an Emishi village is attacked by a fierce demon boar, the young prince Ashitaka puts his life at stake to defend his tribe. With its dying breath, the beast curses the prince's arm, granting him demonic powers while gradually siphoning his life away. Instructed by the villag…
★ 6.8Elfen Lied
Elfen Lied
TV · 2004 · Action, Drama, Ecchi
Synopsis: The Diclonius, a mutated homosapien that is said to be selected by God and will eventually become the destruction of mankind, possess two horns on their heads and have a "sixth sense" which gives them telekinetic abilities. Due to this dangerous power, they have been captured and…
★ 8.5Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Shin Seiki Evangelion Movie: Air / Magokoro wo, Kimi ni
Movie · 1997 · Action, Drama, Mecha
Synopsis: Shinji Ikari is left emotionally comatose after the death of a dear friend. With his son mentally unable to pilot the humanoid robot Evangelion Unit-01, Gendou Ikari's NERV races against the shadow organization SEELE to see who can enact their ultimate plan first. SEELE desires t…
★ 8.0Serial Experiments Lain
serial experiments lain
TV · 1998 · Drama, Mystery, Psychological
Synopsis: Lain Iwakura, an awkward and introverted fourteen-year-old, is one of the many girls from her school to receive a disturbing email from her classmate Chisa Yomoda—the very same Chisa who recently committed suicide. Lain has neither the desire nor the experience to handle even bas…
★ 7.9Akira
AKIRA
Movie · 1988 · Action, Adventure, Horror
Synopsis: Japan, 1988. An explosion caused by a young boy with psychic powers tears through the city of Tokyo and ignites the fuse that leads to World War III. In order to prevent any further destruction, he is captured and taken into custody, never to be heard from again. Now, in the year…
★ 8.2Welcome to the N-H-K
NHK ni Youkoso!
TV · 2006 · Comedy, Drama, Psychological
Synopsis: Twenty-two-year-old college dropout Tatsuhiro Satou has been a hikikomori for almost four years now. In his isolation, he has come to believe in many obscure conspiracy theories, but there is one in particular which he holds unshakable faith in: the theory that the evil conspirat…
★ 8.1Baccano!
Baccano!
TV · 2007 · Action, Mystery, Supernatural
Synopsis: During the early 1930s in Chicago, the transcontinental train, Flying Pussyfoot, is starting its legendary journey that will leave a trail of blood all over the country. At the same time in New York, the ambitious scientist Szilard and his unwilling aide Ennis are looking for mis…
★ 7.9Ponyo
Gake no Ue no Ponyo
Movie · 2008 · Adventure, Fantasy
Synopsis: A goldfish sneaks away from home and floats off on the back of a jellyfish. After getting stuck in a glass jar, she drifts to the shore where she is freed by Sousuke, a five-year-old boy who lives with his mother Lisa in a house by the sea while his father Koichi works on a fishi…
★ 8.1Kiki's Delivery Service
Majo no Takkyuubin
Movie · 1989 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: Kiki, a 13-year-old witch-in-training, must spend a year living on her own in a distant town in order to become a full-fledged witch. Leaving her family and friends, Kiki undertakes this tradition when she flies out into the open world atop her broomstick with her black cat Jiji.…
★ 8.4GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka
GTO
TV · 1999 · Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Onizuka is a reformed biker gang leader who has his sights set on an honorable new ambition: to become the world's greatest teacher... for the purpose of meeting sexy high school girls. Okay, so he's mostly reformed. However, strict administrators and a class of ruthless delinque…
★ 7.8The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo
Movie · 2006 · Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: Makoto Konno is in her last year of high school, but is having a hard time deciding what to do with her future. In between enduring the pressure of her teachers and killing time with her best friends, Makoto's life suddenly changes when she accidentally discovers that she is capa…
★ 6.7The Familiar of Zero
Zero no Tsukaima
TV · 2006 · Action, Adventure, Comedy
Synopsis: Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière is a self-absorbed mage in a world of wands, cloaks, and royalty. Although she studies at Tristain Academy, a prestigious school for magicians, she has a major problem: Louise is unable to cast magic properly, earning her the nickname of "…
★ 7.8Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Evangelion Shin Movie: Jo
Movie · 2007 · Action, Drama, Mecha
Synopsis: In a post-apocalyptic world, the last remaining human settlement in Japan is the heavily fortified city of Tokyo-3. Fourteen-year-old Shinji Ikari is brought to the headquarters of NERV, an underground organization lead by his estranged father, Gendou. He requests that Shinji bec…
★ 8.0Castle in the Sky
Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa
Movie · 1986 · Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: In a world filled with planes and airships, Sheeta is a young girl who has been kidnapped by government agents who seek her mysterious crystal amulet. While trapped aboard an airship, she finds herself without hope—that is, until the ship is raided by pirates. Taking advantage of…
★ 8.0Natsume's Book of Friends Season 1
Natsume Yuujinchou
TV · 2008 · Drama, Fantasy, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Due to an unusual ability to see strange creatures called youkai, Takashi Natsume has never fit in. Passed around from one foster home to another, he was left isolated and lonely. Over time, he has accepted that no one would ever believe him and has closed himself off to his curr…
★ 4.9School Days (TV)
School Days (TV)
TV · 2007 · Drama, Psychological, Romance
Synopsis: High school student Makoto Itou first notices Kotonoha Katsura at the start of his second semester, freshman year. Immediately, he becomes entranced by her beauty, but his bashfulness doesn't allow him to approach her, even though they ride the same train every day. Instead, he s…
★ 8.1Whisper of the Heart
Mimi wo Sumaseba
Movie · 1995 · Adventure, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: Shizuku Tsukishima is an energetic 14-year-old girl who enjoys reading and writing poetry in her free time. Glancing at the checkout cards of her books one evening, she notices that her library books are frequently checked out by a boy named Seiji Amasawa. Curiosity strikes Shizu…
★ 7.5Fruits Basket
Fruits Basket
TV · 2001 · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: After the accident in which she lost her mother, 16-year-old Tooru moves in with her grandfather, but due to his home being renovated, is unable to continue living with him. Claiming she will find someone to stay with but also fearing the criticism of her family and not wanting t…
★ 8.2Mononoke
Mononoke
TV · 2007 · Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Synopsis: The "Medicine Seller" is a deadly and mysterious master of the occult who travels across feudal Japan in search of malevolent spirits called "mononoke" to slay. When he locates one of these spirits, he cannot simply kill it; he must first learn its Form, its Truth, and its Reason…
★ 8.0When They Cry Kai
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai
TV · 2007 · Horror, Mystery, Psychological
Synopsis: In the small village of Hinamizawa, Rika Furude and her friends live together in relative harmony. Beneath this mask of peace, however, lies a hidden darkness, one that Rika understands all too well. In this eternal summer, she has been witness to unspeakable horrors. Every time …
★ 7.0The Familiar of Zero: Knight of the Twin Moons
Zero no Tsukaima: Futatsuki no Kishi
TV · 2007 · Action, Adventure, Comedy
Synopsis: Revered as heroes for their role in defending Tristain, Louise Françoise and her familiar Saito Hiraga face heavy pressure to continue protecting the Kingdom. With an uneasy peace now established within Albion, the newly crowned Queen Henrietta must deal with a political struggle…
★ 8.2Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku no Tobira
Movie · 2001 · Action, Drama, Mystery
Synopsis: As the Cowboy Bebop crew travels the stars, they learn of the largest bounty yet, a huge 300 million Woolongs. Apparently, someone is wielding a hugely powerful chemical weapon, and of course the authorities are at a loss to stop it. The war to take down the most dangerous crimin…
★ 7.6Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
TV · 2007 · Comedy
Synopsis: Nozomu Itoshiki is a high school teacher so pessimistic that even the smallest of misfortunes can send him into a pit of raging despair; some of these "catastrophes" even lead to suicide attempts. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei is a satirical slice-of-life comedy set in the modern day,…
