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Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos

Cast

Romi Park

Rie Kugimiya

Maaya Sakamoto

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2011)

6.8 294 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation

Country: Japan

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A fugitive alchemist with mysterious abilities leads the Elric brothers to a distant valley of slums inhabited by the Milos, a proud people struggling against bureaucratic exploitation. Ed and Al quickly find themselves in the middle of a rising rebellion, as the exiled Milos lash out against their oppressors. At the heart of the conflict is Julia, a young alchemist befriended by Alphonse. She'll stop at nothing to restore the Milos to their former glory – even if that means harnessing the awful power of the mythical Philosopher's Stone.

Plot: travel, fugitive, conspiracy, based on manga, alchemy, adult animation, alchemist, shounen, ...

Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel (2005)

6.8 442 votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Fantasy

Country: Japan

Duration: 97 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Naruto, Shikamaru, and Sakura are executing their mission of delivering a lost pet to a certain village. However, right in the midst of things, troops led by the mysterious knight, Temujin, attack them. In the violent battle, the three become separated. Temujin challenges Naruto to a fight and at the end of the fierce battle, both fall together from a high cliff...

Plot: ninja, shounen, anime, adventure

Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions (2023) TV Show

6.7 51 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Crime

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 26

Audience: TV-14

Story: Ron Kamonohashi was once regarded as a genius at the top detective training academy. But after a fatal mistake, he was expelled and forbidden to become a detective. Years later, police officer Totomaru Isshiki knocks on Ron’s door seeking help on a serial murder case. He finds Ron, now a messy-haired recluse, who agrees. Together, this mismatched detective team begins solving their first mystery!

Plot: detective, based on comic, bromance, based on manga, blunt, police investigation, shounen, cursed, ...

One Piece: Chopper's Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals (2002)

6.7 230 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation

Country: Japan

Duration: 56 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: As the Straw Hat Pirates sail through the Grand Line, a sudden eruption of geysers beneath the Going Merry sends the crew flying over a nearby island. In the chaos, Chopper falls overboard and becomes separated from his friends. While Luffy and the others land on the far side of the island, Chopper finds himself hailed as the new king by the local animals. However, danger looms as a group of human “horn hunters” arrives. Their leader, Count Butler, is a violin-playing man who consumes horns to gain strength, and he seeks to devour the island’s greatest treasure to inherit immense power. Can Luffy and the crew stop Count Butler’s scheme and save the island? And will they be able to show Momambi that not all pirates are the villains he believes them to be?

Plot: pirate, shounen, anime

Cast

Tetsuya Kakihara

Aya Hirano

Rie Kugimiya

Yuichi Nakamura

Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry (2017)

6.6 422 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation

Country: Japan

Duration: 85 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Dragon Cry is a magical artifact of deadly power, formed into a staff by the fury and despair of dragons long gone. Now, this power has been stolen from the hands of the Fiore kingdom by the nefarious traitor Zash Caine, who flees with it to the small island nation of Stella. Frightened that the power has fallen into the wrong hands, the King of Fiore hastily sends Fairy Tail to retrieve the staff. But this task proves frightening as a shadowy secret lies in the heart of the kingdom of Stella. Dragon Cry follows their story as they muster up all their strength to recover the stolen staff and save both kingdoms.

Plot: magic, fairy tale, wizard, ecchi, shounen, anime, adventure

Cast

Soma Saito

Shuichiro Umeda

Ruriko Noguchi

Kaito Ishikawa

Beyblade X (2023) TV Show

6.6 11 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 133

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: Beginner blader Robin Kazami joins up with influencer Multi Nana-iro and former champion Jaxon Cross to form this unlikely trio - ready to climb to the top of The X and win the title of champion blader!

Plot: sports, based on toy, based on manga, tower, professional sports, shounen, anime, competitive, ...

Cast

Yuya Miyashita

KENN

Shunsuke Kazama

Atsushi Tamura

Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time (2010)

6.6 146 votes

Genre: Animation, Fantasy

Country: Japan

Duration: 50 min.

Audience: PG

Story: After falling through a time-slip, Yusei Fudo (who has just had his powerful card stolen by a mysterious stranger) meets with Jaden Yuki and Yugi Muto, who agree to help Yusei defeat the evil Paradox, who is planning to destroy Pegasus before he can invent Duel Monsters.

Plot: friendship, monster, card game, time travel, duel, shounen, anime, based on anime, ...

I'm Standing on a Million Lives (2020) TV Show

6.5 69 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 24

Audience: TV-14

Story: Ninth grader Yotsuya Yuusuke is practical, friendless, and not active in any clubs. Then one day, he and two female classmates are suddenly sent to another world where they must work together to battle for their lives. Yotsuya is a lone wolf and has always lived his life according to his wants, but how will that work out now that he’s supposed to be a hero?!

Plot: survival, based on manga, game, fantasy world, school life, shounen, anime, other world, ...

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training-

Cast

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- (2024)

6.5 487 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation

Country: Japan

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: R

Story: Tanjiro undergoes rigorous training with the Stone Hashira, Himejima, in his quest to become a Hashira. Meanwhile, Muzan continues to search for Nezuko and Ubuyashiki. A recap of Kimetsu no Yaiba episodes 55–56, with new footage and special end credits.

Plot: compilation, based on manga, demon, edited from tv series, shounen, anime, brother sister relationship, taisho period

Cast

Minami Takayama

Kappei Yamaguchi

Wakana Yamazaki

Rikiya Koyama

Case Closed: The Crimson Love Letter (2017)

6.5 123 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Crime

Country: Japan

Duration: 112 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Bombing case at Nichiuri TV in autumn. The Satsuki Cup, which crowns the winner of Japan's Hyakunin Isshu, is currently being filmed inside the facility. The incident results in a big commotion and, while the building is burning to ashes, the only people left inside are Hattori and Toyama Kazuha. They get rescued just in time by Conan , who rushes to the scene. Both the identity and purposes of the bomber are unknown.

Plot: detective, romance, osaka, japan, bombing, kyoto, japan, murder mystery, ...

Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (1992)

6.5 1.1K votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Duration: 46 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Cooler has resurrected himself as a robot and is enslaving the people of New Namek. Goku and the gang must help.

Plot: martial arts, cyborg, transformation, space travel, alien, based on manga, martial artist, super power, ...

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea

Cast

Miho Okasaki

Mao Ichimichi

Tomoaki Maeno

Makoto Furukawa

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea (2026)

6.4 10 votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Country: Japan

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: After concluding the opening ceremony of the Demon Kingdom Federation Tempest, Rimuru and his companions are invited by the Celestial Emperor Hermesia of the great elven nation – the Magi Dynasty Salion – to visit her private resort island. As the group enjoys their brief vacation, a mysterious woman named Yura appears. A new incident unfolds against the backdrop of the boundless azure sea.

Plot: monster, magic, slime, shounen, anime, isekai

SABIKUI BISCO (2022) TV Show

6.3 56 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: Japan

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 13

Audience: TV-14

Story: Japan’s post-apocalyptic wasteland replete with dust can only be saved by one thing—fungus. Bisco Akaboshi, a wanted criminal and skilled archer, searches for a legendary mushroom, known as Sabikui, said to devour any and all rust. Joining him on this epic saga to save the country is a giant crab and a young doctor. Can this unlikely trio find the fabled fungi and save the land?

Plot: post-apocalyptic future, bromance, combat, shounen, anime, based on light novel, adventure

SUPER HxEROS (2020) TV Show

6.3 52 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Earth faces an unprecedented threat from an invasion by the mysterious Kiseichuu. The Kiseichuu feed on human sexual energy, also known as “H-energy,” and weaken the human population.High school student Retto Enjo is a member of the hero group HxEROS, who fight together to save the earth from the Kiseichuu.

Plot: supernatural, alien, school, based on manga, ecchi, shounen, anime

Cast

Christina Lindberg

Heinz Hopf

Solveig Andersson

Despina Tomazani

Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973)

6.3 218 votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: Sweden

Duration: 108 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Madeleine, rendered mute after being sexually assaulted as a youth, accepts a lift from a wealthy and sadistic pimp who soon enslaves her into his prostitution racket. Despite her limited means, Madeleine embarks on a bloody road to revenge against her captors.

Style: exploitation

Plot: rape, eroticism, revenge, female protagonist, rape and revenge, erotic movie, shoxploitation

Cast

Minami Takayama

Kappei Yamaguchi

Wakana Yamazaki

Rikiya Koyama

Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer (2018)

6.2 179 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Crime

Country: Japan

Duration: 110 min.

Story: After a sudden explosion at Edge of Ocean island in Tokyo, Tōru Amuro, codename Zero, begins to investigate. Meanwhile, private eye Kogorō is arrested as a suspect, so Conan Edogawa conducts his own investigation to prove his innocence, but Amuro stands in his way.

Plot: falsely accused, detective, satellite, secret agent, tokyo, japan, framed for a crime, woman lawyer, ...

Cast

Minami Takayama

Kappei Yamaguchi

Wakana Yamazaki

Rikiya Koyama

Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (2019)

6.2 185 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation

Country: Japan

Duration: 109 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: The world's greatest blue sapphire, the "blue lapis fist", said to have sunk in a pirate ship in the late 19th century, on the coasts of Singapore. A local millionaire plots to retrieve it, and when it's exhibited in an exhibition at the Singaporean Marina Sands hotel, a murder takes place.

Plot: detective, master thief, romance, bombing, jewelry heist, murder mystery, shounen, anime, ...

Cast

Shino Shimoji

Nao Toyama

Tomokazu Sugita

Mamiko Noto

SHY (2023) TV Show

6.2 27 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 24

Audience: TV-14

Story: On the brink of a third World War, superheroes appeared on Earth. Gifted with powers, their appearance brings peace to the world. The heroes each selected a country in which they would reside, serve, and protect its citizens. Shy is Japan’s hero, endowed with super strength. Her most daunting enemy yet? Crippling shyness. Join Shy and her super friends as she defends Earth and gains confidence!

Plot: shyness, superhero, based on comic, paranormal, paranormal phenomena, paranormal investigation, self-doubt, superhero team, ...

Cast

Dan Green

Eric Stuart

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Scott Rayow

Wayne Grayson

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie (2004)

6.1 383 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Fantasy

Country: Japan, United States of America

Duration: 89 min.

Audience: PG

Story: After the conclusion of the Battle City Tournament, deep below the sands of Egypt, an ancient evil has awakened. Anubis, who was defeated centuries ago by Yugi’s mysterious alter ego – the ancient Pharaoh – has returned for revenge. Wielding the power of the Eighth Millennium Item, Anubis is determined to destroy Yugi and take over the world.

Plot: monster, card game, fight, mythology, artifact, duel, shounen, anime, ...

Place: egypt

Cast

Junya Enoki

Megumi Ogata

Koji Yusa

Daisuke Namikawa

JUJUTSU KAISEN: Execution (2025)

6.0 102 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Fantasy

Country: Japan

Duration: 88 min.

Audience: R

Story: A veil abruptly descends over the busy Shibuya area amid the bustling Halloween crowds, trapping countless civilians inside. Satoru Gojo, the strongest jujutsu sorcerer, steps into the chaos. But lying in wait are curse users and spirits scheming to seal him away. Yuji Itadori, accompanied by his classmates and other top-tier jujutsu sorcerers, enters the fray in an unprecedented clash of curses — the Shibuya Incident. In the aftermath, ten colonies across Japan are transformed into dens of curses in a plan orchestrated by Noritoshi Kamo. As the deadly Culling Game starts, Special Grade sorcerer Yuta Okkotsu is assigned to carry out Yuji's execution for his perceived crimes. A compilation movie of Shibuya Incident including the first two episodes of the Culling Games arc.

Plot: compilation, based on manga, edited from tv series, shounen, anime, distressing

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