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Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Action, Drama, FantasyIn a dark and distant future, when the undead have arisen from apocalyptic ashes, an original story unfolds. Ten thousand years in the future, vampires rule the night. They once ruled outright but their numbers are in decline. Vampire hunters now threaten the vampires with extinction.- #192 of 219 onThe Best English Dubbed Anime of All Time
- #37 of 68 onThe Best Madhouse Anime, Ranked
- #6 of 33 onThe Best Vampire Manga of All Time
- In this animated film, the future is bleak for the world's remaining humans, who inhabit a vast wasteland and spend the majority of their time trying to outrun vicious vampires and other demonic beings. A supernaturally skilled swordsman known simply as D (Kaneto Shiozawa), who is part vampire himself, is hired by mortals to track down the villainous Count Magnus Lee (Seizô Katô), who recently attacked a local girl. When D rides into Lee's lair on his mechanical steed, a bloodbath ensues.More Vampire Hunter D
- #125 of 246 onThe Best Fantasy Anime of All Time
- #169 of 219 onThe Best English Dubbed Anime of All Time
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- 3Action, Thriller, HorrorIn this anime film, Jubei, a highly skilled ninja, is coerced into slaying his own clan of warriors. After begrudgingly killing his fellow swordsmen, he becomes a roving hired assassin. During his travels, he must face off against an organization of demonic ninjas known as the Devils of Kimon, who are plotting to take power of Japan's government. The Devils will stop at nothing, and have the power to annihilate entire villages. Now, only Jubei and a shogun spy named Dakuan can stop them.More Ninja Scroll
- #131 of 234 onThe Best Action Anime Of All Time
- #22 of 68 onThe Best Madhouse Anime, Ranked
- #3 of 18 onThe Best Foreign Movies Streaming on Hulu
- In this Japanese animation, cyborg federal agent Maj. Motoko Kusanagi (Mimi Woods) trails "The Puppet Master" (Abe Lasser), who illegally hacks into the computerized minds of cyborg-human hybrids. Her pursuit of a man who can modify the identity of strangers leaves Motoko pondering her own makeup and what life might be like if she had more human traits. With her partner (Richard George), she corners the hacker, but her curiosity about her identity sends the case in an unforeseen direction.More Ghost in the Shell
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- #218 of 447 onThe 400+ Best Animated Kids Movies
- #7 of 122 onThe Best Old School Anime From 1999 And Before
- In this acclaimed Japanese animation, Jet Black, Faye Valentine and the others aboard an interstellar craft called the Bebop have their eyes on a lucrative reward. However, if they expect to collect it, they will have to haul in the man responsible for unleashing poison on Mars. Although it seems that their biggest challenge involves catching up with the infamous Vincent Volaju, here in the 2070s the skies are even more troublesome than members of the Bebop team realize.
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- #9 of 15 on15 Mars Movies That Prove The Red Planet Is Even More Dangerous Than It Looks
- 6Action, Sci-Fi, SupernaturalIn 1988 the Japanese government drops an atomic bomb on Tokyo after ESP experiments on children go awry. In 2019, 31 years after the nuking of the city, Kaneda, a bike gang leader, tries to save his friend Tetsuo from a secret government project. He battles anti-government activists, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists and a powerful military leader until Tetsuo's supernatural powers suddenly manifest. A final battle is fought in Tokyo Olympiad exposing the experiment's secrets.More Akira
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- #322 of 399 onThe Best Movies Of The 1980s, Ranked
- #64 of 165 onThe 150+ Best Futuristic Dystopian Movies
- Perfect Blue is a 1997 Japanese animated psychological thriller-horror film directed by Satoshi Kon and written by Sadayuki Murai, based on the novel of the same name by Yoshikazu Takeuchi. The film follows Mima Kirigoe, who becomes a victim after she decides to leave a Japanese pop idol group.More Perfect Blue
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- #136 of 167 onThe 160+ Scariest Psychological Thrillers
- Fist of the North Star is a 1986 Japanese animated film adaptation of the manga series of the same name. It was produced by Toei Animation, the same studio who worked on the TV series that was airing at the time, with the same cast and crew working on both projects. The film adapts the storyline of the manga from the beginning of the series up until Kenshiro's first match with his rival and elder brother Raoh, with many liberties taken with the order of events and how the story unfolds. However, the film retains the more violent content of the original manga, which the television series lacked.
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Wicked City
Wicked City is a 1987 Japanese OVA horror neo-noir film directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, based on Hideyuki Kikuchi's novel of the same name. The story takes place towards the end of the 20th century and explores the idea that the human world secretly coexists with the demon world with a secret police force known as the Black Guard protecting the boundary.More Wicked City- #54 of 69 onThe Top Horror Anime Of All Time, Ranked
- #51 of 64 onThe 50+ Trippiest Anime That Mess With Your Head, Ranked
- #90 of 146 onThe Best Anime Movies Of All Time
- Appleseed is a 2004 Japanese computer animated anime science fiction action film directed by Shinji Aramaki and based on the Appleseed manga created by Masamune Shirow. It features the voice acting of Ai Kobayashi, Jūrōta Kosugi, Mami Koyama, Yuki Matsuoka, and Toshiyuki Morikawa. The film tells the story of Deunan Knute, a former soldier, who searches for data that can restore the reproductive capabilities of bioroids, a race of genetically engineered clones. Although it shares characters and settings with the original manga, this film's storyline is a re-interpretation, not a true adaptation. This Appleseed film should not be confused with the 1988 OVA which was also inspired by the manga. Appleseed received a theatrical release on April 17, 2004.More Appleseed
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- #38 of 50 onThe Best Action Movies of 2004
- 11Sci-Fi, Psychological, DramaAn alternative ending to "Neon Genesis Evangelion." SEELE plans an attack on NERV after failing to create a Third Impact. Asuka returns and begins the counterattack, as new enemies descend from the heavens.
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- 12Paprika is a 2006 Japanese animated film co-written and directed by Satoshi Kon, based on Yasutaka Tsutsui's 1993 novel of the same name, about a research psychologist who uses a device that permits therapists to help patients by entering their dreams. Kon and Seishi Minakami wrote the script, and Japanese animation studio Madhouse Inc. animated and produced the film alongside Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan, which distributed it in Japan. The score was composed by Susumu Hirasawa. The soundtrack is significant for being the first film to use a Vocaloid: "Lola."More Paprika
- #41 of 69 onThe Top Horror Anime Of All Time, Ranked
- #16 of 66 onThe Greatest Animated Sci Fi Movies
- #6 of 64 onThe 50+ Trippiest Anime That Mess With Your Head, Ranked
- Jin-Roh, also known as Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade in its American release, is a 1999 Japanese animated feature film directed by Hiroyuki Okiura. The film is the third adaptation of Mamoru Oshii's Kerberos saga manga, Ken-Roh Densetsu, after the two live action films: The Red Spectacles and StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops released in 1987 and 1991 in Japanese theaters. The film follows Kazuki Fuse, a member of a special police unit during the alternate history 1950s Japanese riots. Failing to follow an order to execute a frightened young girl only to see her commit suicide by detonating an improvised explosive device before his very eyes, Kazuki is trialled and sent back to the training camp for re-evaluation. Visiting the grave of the suicide, he meets Kei, the girl's sister, who doesn't hold Kazuki responsible for her demise. The film proceeds as the two develop a peculiar relationship. Mamoru Oshii, the creator of the Kerberos saga, had desired to make Jin-Roh years earlier as a live-action film. However, Oshii decided that the film would be animated, and hired Okiura to direct the film and Production I.G to produce the film.
- #77 of 146 onThe Best Anime Movies Of All Time
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- 14A young psychic returns home to face his destiny as the one who will determine humanity's fate.More X
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- #13 of 22 onThe Best Bishoujo Anime
- Armitage III is a 1995 cyberpunk original video animation series. It centers on Naomi Armitage, a highly advanced "Type-III" android. In 1997 the series was then edited into a film called Armitage III: Poly-Matrix. It was redubbed into English. The series was followed up in 2002 with a sequel, Armitage III: Dual-Matrix set some years after the original story.
- 16Action, Crime, SeinenA team of mercenaries smuggles goods around Southeast Asia.More Black Lagoon
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- #48 of 80 onThe 50+ Best First Anime To Watch For New Fans, Ranked
- 18An elite superhuman agent must stop a foreign military unit from seizing control of an ancient artifact that holds the key to ultimate power.
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Nightwalker: the Midnight Detective
- Highlander: The Search for Vengeance is an animated film and an anime installment of the cult Highlander franchise. The film was directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri and was written by David Abramowitz, also the writer for Highlander: The Series, Highlander: The Raven and Highlander: The Source. The film was a joint venture between Imagi Animation Studios and Madhouse Studio, with Imagi providing the script and the soundtrack, while Madhouse produced the animation. It was produced in association with Davis-Panzer Productions and distributed by Manga Entertainment on June 5, 2007. It aired July 30, 2007 on the Sci Fi Channel's Ani-Monday block.
- #68 of 68 onThe Best Madhouse Anime, Ranked
- #9 of 14 on14 Anime Versions Of American Shows
- #78 of 118 onThe 100+ Best Anime That Start With 'H'
- 21Action, Demons, HistoricalA youth begins a quest to fight demons and save his sister after his family is slaughtered.
- Death Note: Re-light: L's Successors is a 2008 anime film written by Toshiki Inoue and directed by Tetsurō Araki
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Kara No Kyoukai 1-7
- TEKKONKINKREET combines the imaginative fantasy and action elements of the best Japanimation with a dark and modern children’s story. A hybrid of cutting-edge 3D CGI technology and traditional Japanese anime, TEKKONKINKREET is unlike anything ever seen before, combining dynamic action, virtuoso visual treats, and heart-rending tragedy. TEKKONKINKREET’s child heroes, BLACK (Kuro) and WHITE (Shiro) nearly defy description, each blending equal parts superhero, hardened street urchin, and innocent child. They rage by day and disappear by night. They can fly. And their deftness with a kick, pipe or bat is unmatched. More importantly they are searching, fighting for the next adventure but knowing deep down that times are changing (and for the worse).Black is the “man with the plan”, older, hardened, and always ready for action. The lost innocent, aggressive, an impetuous force of violence, Black is the child forced to grow up. If there is no turning back for Black, his goal is to save what’s left of White’s innocence. Far from pure, White is clearly still a child, helpless, emotional, and open to the world, but paradoxically all-knowing, in tune with the poetry of streets. These two love each other, but it’s deeper than that: they cannot live without each other. White needs Black to survive. Black needs White to feel worthy, and to maintain hope in the world. TEKKONKINKREET opens as the two boys kick and fight their way through daily life. We meet White as he communicates in singsong to an imagined command center in the sky and reports that he has again kept the world safe from ‘bad guys,’ then retreats into a dream of a better life on the seashore. Meanwhile, perched on a telephone pole high atop Treasure Town’s streets, Black watches the action with the eyes of a hawk zeroing in on his next kill, rival kids from another neighborhood. A madcap chase ensues, with the boys hurtling down Treasure Town’s alleys and flying over its rooftops.But all is not fun and games in Treasure Town any longer. When Yakuza chieftain THE RAT arrives back in town, Black knows something is cooking. The Rat brings a new breed with him, led by an evil Lieutenant, KIMURA. They’ve been entreated by the BIG BOSS to clear the streets of Treasure Town for a new development, and Kimura relishes his newfound mandate. Much to the Rat’s dismay though, the Boss has wrecking plans for the old city, and he’s enlisted foreign influences to carry them out. Then SNAKE enters the mix. More deranged then all of them combined, Snake commands a band of treacherous and all-powerful ALIEN ASSASSINS. Life will certainly never be the same in Treasure Town.As the tension builds to a violent climax, the action shifts between the boys’ sweet, caring relationship and the encroaching violence of Snake and his assassins. Snake is greedy with violence, and he has the plan, the will, and the firepower to take over Treasure Town. With the prescience of a soothsayer, White senses this danger in his gut. And only Black has the ability to stop it. The table is set for a battle royale.Central to the soul of the piece, Treasure Town is a major character in itself, a jarring visual metaphor for the war between good and evil, darkness and light, between retaining innocent ‘treasures’ versus losing them to the guilt of greed. Treasure Town is Old Tokyo on steroids, with smiling moons, expressionistic clouds, and whimsical blimps always floating somewhere behind a city piled on top of itself- the dream city floating behind the invading nightmare.TEKKONKINKREET is a classic tale of innocence lost, and Treasure Town the perfect visual manifestation of this age-old theme. An amusement park taken over by a new, more corrupt and chaotic megalopolis, like Black and White Treasure Town rests perilously on the precipice of despair. United as one, preserving the balance of the city together, all turns to hell when Black and White are...More Tekkonkinkreet
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WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3
WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 is a 2002 Japanese anime science-fiction/thriller film. It was chiefly directed and storyboarded by Fumihiko Takayama, directed by Takuji Endō, written by Miki Tori based on the concept by Headgear, animated by Madhouse and produced by Bandai Visual and Tohokushinsha. The movie takes place in between Patlabor: The Movie and Patlabor 2: The Movie and serves as a side story. - 26
Variable Geo
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Misa the Dark Angel
