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1. Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1988–1997)

TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Action, Drama

9.0

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Various people, especially two rising commanders, cope with a massive continual space conflict between two interstellar nations.

Stars: Yûsaku Yara, Ryô Horikawa, Katsuji Mori, Nozomu Sasaki

Votes: 4,824

2. Ranma ½ (1989–1990)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

7.9

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A girl is involuntarily engaged to a boy who turns female when hit with cold water and male when hit with hot.

Stars: Kappei Yamaguchi, Megumi Hayashibara, Noriko Hidaka, Sarah Strange

Votes: 5,634

3. Ranma ½ (1989–1992)

TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

8.1

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Ranma Saotome, the boy who turns into a girl with a splash of water, always has his hands full fending off crazed admirers. One of the most fanatical is Shampoo, a girl from a tribe of ... See full summary »

Stars: Ken'ichi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Noriko Hidaka, Venus Terzo

Votes: 1,783

4. Maison Ikkoku (1986–1988)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

8.1

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The misadventures of a young student and his landlady's romance.

Stars: Janyse Jaud, Shigeru Chiba, Ellen Kennedy, Ron Halder

Votes: 1,236

5. Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer (1984)

Unrated | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

7.4

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The night before the school festival, things seem to be repeating themselves. Gradually, all the world functions come to a stop, the only ones that are not affected are a select group of student friends.

Director: Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Fumi Hirano, Toshio Furukawa, Akira Kamiya, Kazuko Sugiyama

Votes: 2,238

6. The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)

Not Rated | 147 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

7.5

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A high school science teacher builds an atomic bomb and uses it to extort the nation, but cannot decide what he wants. Meanwhile, a determined cop is catching up to him, as is radiation poisoning.

Director: Kazuhiko Hasegawa | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Kenji Sawada, Kimiko Ikegami, Kazuo Kitamura

Votes: 1,305

7. Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)

131 min | Action, Romance

6.3

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A teenage delinquent schoolgirl named Izumi Hoshi inherits her father's Yakuza clan.

Director: Shinji Sômai | Stars: Hiroko Yakushimaru, Tsunehiko Watase, Rentarô Mikuni, Yuki Kazamatsuri

Votes: 911

8. Urusei Yatsura: Only You (1983)

101 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

6.6

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A mysterious and powerful alien girl Elle sends invitations to all of Ataru's friends to attend her wedding ceremony to non other than Ataru himself, to the surprise of everyone, and to the rage of Lum, Ataru's obsessed alien lover.

Director: Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Fumi Hirano, Toshio Furukawa, Saeko Shimazu, Akira Kamiya

Votes: 803

9. Iron Maze (1991)

R | 104 min | Drama, Thriller

4.5

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In Corinth, a dying town 15 miles from Pittsburg: One evening, a Japanese businessman, who wanted to tear down the closed iron mills to build an amusement park, is found half dead in his ... See full summary »

Director: Hiroaki Yoshida | Stars: Jeff Fahey, Bridget Fonda, Hiroaki Murakami, J.T. Walsh

Votes: 760

10. Urusei Yatsura 5: The Final Chapter (1988)

PG | 85 min | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi

7.0

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Ataru and Lum must replay their fateful game of tag to decide the fate of Earth, that's being threatened by giant space mushrooms, as well as their relationship.

Director: Satoshi Dezaki | Stars: Fumi Hirano, Toshio Furukawa, Akira Kamiya, Saeko Shimazu

Votes: 350

11. Urusei Yatsura 3: Remember My Love (1985)

93 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance

6.5

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A curse placed on Lum as an infant manifests itself in the present day, causing her to be taken to another dimension. Lum's husband, Ataru Moroboshi is turned into a hippo, and attempts to find Lum with the help of her friends.

Director: Kazuo Yamazaki | Stars: Fumi Hirano, Toshio Furukawa, Akira Kamiya, Saeko Shimazu

Votes: 412

12. New Fist of the North Star (2003–2004)

TV-MA | 58 min | Animation, Action, Drama

6.8

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In the 21st century, a nuclear war turned most of the Earth's surface into a desert wasteland, which also resulted in the contamination of the Earth's water supply. A man named Sanga has ... See full summary »

Stars: Takehito Koyasu, Romi Park, Gackt, Robert Ashker Kraft

Votes: 733

13. Ranma ½: The Movie, Big Trouble in Nekonron, China (1991)

Not Rated | 74 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

7.0

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When Prince Kirin of the 7 Lucky Gods shows up at the Tendo dojo looking for his bride-to-be, guess who's accidentally holding the scroll that signifies his future mate? Why, Akane, of ... See full summary »

Director: Shûji Iuchi | Stars: Kappei Yamaguchi, Megumi Hayashibara, Noriko Hidaka, Kaneto Shiozawa

Votes: 984

14. Urusei Yatsura 6: Always My Darling (1991)

77 min | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi

6.1

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Lupica, another one of the legion of space princesses that all seem to have found out about Earth in some tour book, appears and abducts Ataru. Needless to say, Lum, assisted by her friends... See full summary »

Director: Katsuhisa Yamada | Stars: Fumi Hirano, Toshio Furukawa, Naoko Matsui, Shinnosuke Furumoto

Votes: 270

15. Tonda kappuru (1980)

106 min | Drama

6.4

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Aspiring to be admitted to a good university and to become a lawyer, Tasiro Yuusuke, a tenth-grader from Kyushu, enrols in a prestigious high school in Tokyo. Plans are made for him to live... See full summary »

Director: Shinji Sômai | Stars: Shingo Tsurumi, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Mieko Harada, Mariko Ishihara

Votes: 127

16. They Were Eleven (1986)

91 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

7.0

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Cosmo Academy has set a test for ten of its applicants to survive on a spaceship for 2 months. But there is an eleventh member aboard.

Directors: Satoshi Dezaki, Tsuneo Tominaga | Stars: Akira Kamiya, Michiko Kawai, Hideyuki Tanaka, Toshio Furukawa

Votes: 652

17. The Adventures of T-Rex (1992)

30 min | Animation, Adventure

5.8

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Set in a world of anthropomorphic dinosaurs, brothers Bernie, Bruno, Bubba, Buck and Bugsy were born with special powers to help fight crime.The group rode out on their Rexmobile to battle "Big Boss"and his evil organization.

Stars: Michael Beattie, Michael Dobson, Alessandro Juliani, Scott McNeil

Votes: 131

18. Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars (1988)

TV-14 | 60 min | Animation, Action, Drama

7.7

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Two interstellar armies continue their 150-year-long war. On both sides, mid-ranking soldiers question the judgment of their superior officers and worry about the future.

Directors: Noboru Ishiguro, Akio Sakai | Stars: Ryô Horikawa, Kei Tomiyama, Masashi Hironaka, Kazuhiko Inoue

Votes: 1,056

19. Urusei Yatsura 4: Lum the Forever (1986)

95 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

6.4

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Mendou invites Ataru & Co. to his estate for a viewing of a large, aging cherry tree named "Tarozakura", which is to be featured in an independent film which happens to be financed by ... See full summary »

Director: Kazuo Yamazaki | Stars: Fumi Hirano, Toshio Furukawa, Akira Kamiya, Kazuko Sugiyama

Votes: 349

20. Chie the Brat (1981)

105 min | Animation, Family, Comedy

7.1

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Chie Takemoto is a small dependable girl who lives in Osaka with her dad. She has two goals - to get her troublesome father, who runs a tavern, some work and then get him to make up with her mother who left him.

Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Chinatsu Nakayama, Norio Nishikawa, Kiyoshi Nishikawa, Yasushi Yokoyama

Votes: 741

21. Almost Transparent Blue (1979)

103 min | Romance

6.6

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A group of friends are living in a Japanese town near an American air force base, their lives revolving around sex, drugs and rock 'n roll.

Director: Ryû Murakami | Stars: Kunihiko Mitamura, Mari Nakayama, Haruhiko Saitô, Keiko Wakasa

Votes: 29

22. Twilight of the Cockroaches (1987)

105 min | Animation, Drama, Horror

6.4

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A colony of cockroaches lives peacefully in a messy bachelor's apartment until his new girlfriend moves in.

Director: Hiroaki Yoshida | Stars: Kaoru Kobayashi, Setsuko Karasuma, Kanako Fujiwara, Eri Watanabe

Votes: 300

23. Dôran (1980)

150 min | Drama, History, War

6.9

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Director: Shirô Moritani | Stars: Ken Takakura, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Masakane Yonekura, Junko Sakurada

Votes: 53

24. Station to Heaven (1984)

133 min | Drama

6.9

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A woman plots her abusive husband's demise with the help of her lover, who only wants her as a prostitute.

Director: Masanobu Deme | Stars: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Toshiyuki Nishida, Tomokazu Miura, Kimie Shingyôji

Votes: 116

25. It's All Right, My Friend (1983)

119 min | Sci-Fi, Comedy

5.5

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In this sci-fi parody, Peter Fonda's plays an alien who falls from the sky and is befriended by some Japanese people who help him stop an evil group out to get him.

Director: Ryû Murakami | Stars: Peter Fonda, Leona Hirota, Kumi Aochi, Jirô Dan

Votes: 62

26. Loups=Garous (2010)

TV-14 | 99 min | Animation, Mystery, Sci-Fi

5.2

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After venturing outside the safety of her virtual world, a youngster finds she may be the next target of a killer who preys on children.

Director: Jun'ichi Fujisaku | Stars: Kanae Oki, Hiromi Igarashi, Marina Inoue, Miyuki Sawashiro

Votes: 223

27. P. P. Rider (1983)

118 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

6.7

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Three high-school students tangle with the Yakuza and the police as they set out in search of the class bully, who has been kidnapped.

Director: Shinji Sômai | Stars: Tatsuya Fuji, Michiko Kawai, Masatoshi Nagase, Shinobu Sakagami

Votes: 142

28. Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy (1986)

97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

6.8

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Travel into Japan's nuttiest apartment house and meet its volatile inhabitants.

Director: Shin'ichirô Sawai | Stars: Mariko Ishihara, Ken Ishiguro, Masatô Ibu, Yumiko Fujita

Votes: 140

29. Mezon Ikkoku: Kanketsu-hen (1988 TV Movie)

65 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance

7.3

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Godai's roommate is throwing a party for Godai and Kyoko's wedding. But Godai heard that Kyoko is waiting for a letter. He gets jealous and is worried that Kyoko will fall in love with someone else.

Director: Tomomi Mochizuki | Stars: Sumi Shimamoto, Issei Futamata, Kazuyo Aoki, Shigeru Chiba

Votes: 97

30. Urusei Yatsura: Catch the Heart (1989 Video)

26 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

8.0

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Director: Shigeru Morikawa | Stars: Fumi Hirano, Toshio Furukawa, Akira Kamiya, Saeko Shimazu

Votes: 69

31. The Enemy's the Pirates!: The Cats' Banquet (1989 Video)

26 min | Animation, Short, Sci-Fi

7.2

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The trigger-happy Latell and his partner a hyperactive, irresponsible glutton of a talking cat Apulo are among of the most dangerous detectives on the Division of Space Piracy force. In ... See full summary »

Directors: Shin'ya Sadamitsu, Katsuhisa Yamada, Kazuo Yamazaki | Stars: Kinryû Arimoto, Mika Doi, Masashi Ebara, Tesshô Genda

Votes: 40

32. Miyuki (1983)

97 min | Drama, Romance

7.0

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Story of Miyuki, who falls in love with the same boy as her half-sister. Soon, this love triangle brings a lot of confusion to the lives of the three and their families.

Director: Kazuyuki Izutsu | Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Yukari Usami, Hiroko Mita, Daisuke Shima

Votes: 18

33. Mezon Ikkoku (bangaihen): Ikkoku-tô nanpa shimatsuki (1991 Video)

23 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

6.0

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Ikkoku and Mitaka go on a boat cruise to a party. But the boat falls apart and the everybody gets shipwrecked onto a deserted island.

Director: Setsuko Shibuichi | Stars: Sumi Shimamoto, Issei Futamata, Akira Kamiya, Shigeru Chiba

Votes: 29

34. Please Open the Door (1986 Video)

90 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy

5.9

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Three ESPers are summoned into another world. One of them, a woman nicknamed Neko, is the prophesied Princess Neryulla who shall free the locals and "open the door to the future".

Directors: Keizô Shimizu, Tsuneo Tominaga | Stars: Kyôko Fujimoto, Rica Fukami, Nobuyuki Furuta, Fumi Hirano

Votes: 112

35. Ten Tokyo Warriors (1999– )

Not Rated | 27 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy

5.5

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Long ago, in feudal Japan, there was a fierce warrior named the Demon King. He controlled a band of demons, known as the Kyouma. Only the powers of ten warriors sealed the Demon King away ... See full summary »

Stars: Yui Horie, Ryôtarô Okiayu, Yuka Imai, Kotono Mitsuishi

Votes: 25

36. Efu (1988)

30 min | Animation, Action, Sport

7.6

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A young man named Gunma Akagi leaves the farm for the big city to pursue his dream of becoming a Formula One racer.

Stars: Toshihiko Seki, Shinnosuke Furumoto, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Rei Sakuma

Votes: 21

37. Hajimete no tabi (1971)

84 min

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Director: Shirô Moritani | Stars: Yûsuke Okada, Hideaki Nitani, Yôko Shimada, Daisuke Katô

38. Urusei Yatsura: Raging Sherbet (1988 Video)

26 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

7.8

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Lum & her girlfriends are invited to Neptune by Oyuki. There she shows them her new business venture at a ranch of flying sherbets, birds capable of producing sherbet cones from their beaks... See full summary »

Director: Setsuko Shibuichi | Stars: Fumi Hirano, Toshio Furukawa, Akira Kamiya, Saeko Shimazu

Votes: 89