Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Isamu Imakake

1. Cowboy Bebop (1998–1999)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The futuristic misadventures and tragedies of an easygoing bounty hunter and his partners.

Stars: Kôichi Yamadera, Unshô Ishizuka, Megumi Hayashibara, Steve Blum

Votes: 139,175

2. Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama

A teenage boy finds himself recruited as a member of an elite team of pilots by his father.

Stars: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Kotono Mitsuishi, Spike Spencer

Votes: 85,480

3. My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU (2013–2023)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

About an antisocial high school student named Hikigaya Hachiman with a distorted view on life and no friends or girlfriend. His life change when he was forced to enter the "Volunteer Service Club" by his teacher.

Stars: Cat Thomas, Melissa Molano, Takuya Eguchi, Saori Hayami

Votes: 8,878

4. The Animatrix (2003)

Unrated | 100 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

A collection of nine short films featuring stories related to The Matrix (1999).

Stars: James Arnold Taylor, Julia Fletcher, Dwight Schultz, Kevin Michael Richardson

Votes: 82,102

5. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)

TV-14 | 115 min | Animation, Action, Crime

A terrorist explosion releases a deadly virus on the masses, and it's up to the bounty-hunting Bebop crew to catch the cold-blooded culprit.

Directors: Shin'ichirô Watanabe, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Tensai Okamura, Hiroyuki Okiura, Yoshiyuki Takei | Stars: Beau Billingslea, Melissa Fahn, Nicholas Guest, Kôichi Yamadera

Votes: 53,215 | Gross: $1.00M

6. Memories (1995)

PG-13 | 113 min | Animation, Sci-Fi, Thriller

An animated science fiction anthology from the visionary anime director, Katsuhiro Otomo.

Directors: Kôji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura, Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Marc Swint, Robbie Daymond, Frank Todaro, Laura Post

Votes: 21,423

7. Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994)

PG-13 | 102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A crime boss searching for the world's best fighters pursues a talented Japanese drifter and his American ex-classmate, while an Interpol agent and a US Army captain seek to bring him down.

Director: Gisaburô Sugii | Stars: Kôjiro Shimizu, Kenji Haga, Miki Fujitani, Masane Tsukayama

Votes: 9,909

8. Durarara!! (2010)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Tired of his mundane life, Mikado Ryugamine decides to move to Ikebukuro, a district in Tokyo, when a friend invites him. With everything from invisible gangs to rumored beings, Ikebukuro is full of connected mysteries where people's pasts intertwine with the present.

Stars: Yuri Lowenthal, Kari Wahlgren, Bryce Papenbrook, Johnny Yong Bosch

Votes: 7,923

9. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990–2003)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A teen acrobat of mysterious origins and a young inventor find themselves entangled in a sinister plot that involves the fate of the world.

Stars: Noriko Hidaka, Nathan Parsons, James Arnold Taylor, Guy Roberts

Votes: 2,049

10. Gunbuster (1988–1989)

PG | 30 min | Animation, Action, Drama

A young pilot, daughter of a deceased space captain, is selected to pilot a gigantic robot as a key point of Earth's defense during a space war.

Stars: Noriko Hidaka, Rei Sakuma, Norio Wakamoto, Maria Kawamura

Votes: 2,017

11. Street Fighter II: V (1995)

TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Ken, Ryu and friends use their martial arts skills to fight criminals.

Stars: Tesshô Genda, Skip Stellrecht, Kirk Thornton, Randy McPherson

Votes: 2,481

12. Cyborg 009 (2001–2002)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Nine super-powered cyborg soldiers join forces to combat Black Ghost, the terrorist organization which they were originally created to serve.

Stars: Takahiro Sakurai, Mugihito, Satsuki Yukino, Simon Prescott

Votes: 535

13. Natsume's Book of Friends (2008–2017)

24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

When Natsume Takashi inherits a book that belonged to his late grandmother he realizes the book is filled with the names of spirits she defeated and bound to her will. He then decides to return their names so they can be free once again.

Stars: Matthew Elkins, Hiroshi Kamiya, Kazuhiko Inoue, Christopher Wehkamp

Votes: 2,493

14. Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (1989)

Not Rated | 180 min | Animation, Action, Drama

In a space colony, a young boy discovers a cadre of terrorists and innocently decides to help them.

Stars: Daisuke Namikawa, Kôji Tsujitani, Megumi Hayashibara, David Hayter

Votes: 1,505

15. Captain Tsubasa (1983–1986)

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

A talented football-loving 11-year-old elementary school student begins his journey as he moves to a new city and a new school.

Votes: 915

16. Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002 (2001–2002)

25 min | Animation, Drama, Family

It shows the journey of a Japanese kid who wants to become the best footballer in the world and win the football World Cup for Japan.

Stars: Akira Ishida, Ken'ichi Suzumura, Rica Matsumoto, Kikuko Inoue

Votes: 1,519

17. One Week Friends (2014– )

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

Kaori has distanced herself from her peers due to a condition that causes her memories to reset every week, but one of her classmates is determined to become friends with her no matter what.

Stars: Yoshitaka Yamaya, Sora Amamiya, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Junji Majima

Votes: 579

18. Basquash! (2009– )

24 min | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In a futuristic world, a popular sport is Big Foot Basketball, where players ride mecha called "Big Foot" and play basketball in a giant arena. Dan JD and his companions rename it "Basquash", and then pursue their dreams come true.

Stars: Rie Kugimiya, Kenjirô Tsuda, Hiro Shimono, Shizuka Itou

Votes: 74

19. Twilight of the Dark Master (1997)

Unrated | 50 min | Animation, Fantasy, Horror

In the near future, the demons prepare for a new assault on earth, which is protected by the guardians, a struggle that has gone on for eons. The dark masters have found ways to release the... See full summary »

Director: Akiyuki Shinbô | Stars: Andrew Philpot, Toshihiko Seki, Masuo Amada, Steve Bulen

Votes: 589

20. The Irresponsible Captain Tylor (1993–1996)

TV-14 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The adventures of a space navy captain who is either an incredibly lucky idiot, or an unorthodox genius in tactics.

Stars: Maria Kawamura, Crispin Freeman, Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis

Votes: 499

21. Laws of the Universe: Part 1 (2018)

120 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

University students, Ray, Anna, Tyler, Halle, and Eisuke are enjoying student life while chasing their dreams. However, they have a secret mission, to fight against invading Reptilians from outer space.

Director: Isamu Imakake | Stars: Josh Keaton, Kari Wahlgren, Yuri Lowenthal, Hynden Walch

Votes: 51

22. Oh My Goddess! (1993–1994)

Not Rated | 160 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A college student receives an unexpected wish from a goddess and asks her to stay with him forever, but that brings complications.

Stars: Yumi Tôma, Aya Hisakawa, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Kiyoyuki Yanada

Votes: 1,269

23. Lupin III: Dead or Alive (1996)

95 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

When Lupin heads to the kingdom of Zufu to pilfer its treasure, he incurs the wrath of its psychotic ruler General Headhunter, who places a dead-or-alive bounty on his head.

Directors: Monkey Punch, Jun Kawagoe | Stars: Kan'ichi Kurita, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Makio Inoue, Eiko Masuyama

Votes: 695

24. DNA²: Dokokade nakushita aitsu no aitsu (1994)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi

A female time traveler must work with a teenage boy who is in danger of becoming a future menace because of her interference.

Stars: Keiichi Nanba, Mîna Tominaga, Hiroko Kasahara, Hekiru Shiina

Votes: 381

25. Lupin the Third: The Legend of Twilight Gemini (1996 TV Movie)

Unrated | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Animation

Lupin comes into the possession of half a diamond containing half a map, and goes in search of the other half so that he can obtain the map's treasure.

Director: Gisaburô Sugii | Stars: Kan'ichi Kurita, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Eiko Masuyama, Makio Inoue

Votes: 519

26. The Laws of the Universe: The Age of Elohim (2021)

PG | 119 min | Animation

150 million years ago, various aliens were living in harmony under the God of the Earth, Elohim. But the earth is actually in danger because there was a plan to annihilate the earth by Dahar, who was from the dark side of the universe.

Director: Isamu Imakake | Stars: Satomi Arai, Banjô Ginga, Miki Itô, Kane Jungbluth-Murry

Votes: 53

27. Otaku no video (1991)

50 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A half animated/half live-action mockumentary about the world of Japanese geekdom.

Stars: Yuri Amano, Toshiharu Sakurai, Kôji Tsujitani, Shôji Murahama

Votes: 650

28. Saber Marionette R (1995– )

96 min | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi

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Stars: Nicole Oliver, Venus Terzo, Brian Drummond, Erin Fitzgerald

Votes: 34

29. The Laws of the Universe Part 0 (2015)

PG | 125 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

"Can we save the Earth?" Five high school students at a boarding school encounter alien abduction and realize that there are some malicious aliens hiding in the school... They then begin ... See full summary »

Director: Isamu Imakake | Stars: Ryôta Ôsaka, Asami Seto, Tetsuya Kakihara, Hisako Kanemoto

Votes: 87

30. Detonator Orgun (1991– )

Not Rated | Animation, Action, Drama

Tomoru is an average student in Artificial City 5 of Earth 2292 but is bored with his life. Losing himself in VR dreams everynight to avoid the banality of his life he dreams of adventure ... See full summary »

Stars: Kôichi Yamadera, Wayne Grayson, Ted Lewis, William Roberts

Votes: 271

31. Green Legend Ran (1992– )

TV-MA | 134 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Set against the backdrop of a post-apocalyptic wasteland caused by an alien invasion, a young orphan must overcome warfare, revenge and basic survival following his mother's murder.

Stars: Kikuko Inoue, Jason Gray-Stanford, Janyse Jaud, David Kaye

Votes: 339

32. Eat-Man '98 (1998)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Bolt Crank, the World's Greatest Mercenary, who has the ability to eat any object, mostly metal and weapons. When the time comes, he can reproduce those weapons and items in his right hand.

Stars: Masashi Ebara, Yasuo Iwata, Mitsuaki Madono, Norio Wakamoto

Votes: 94

33. Eien no hou (2006)

113 min | Animation

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Director: Isamu Imakake | Stars: Banjô Ginga, Nobuyuki Kobushi, Takehito Koyasu, Fumihiro Okabayashi

Votes: 65

34. Eria 88 (2004– )

TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Drama

In the early 1980s, a war is raging in Arslan, a fictional Middle Eastern kingdom. Mercenary fighter pilots from all over the world are hired or shanghaied to fight. They live in a secret desert airbase called Area 88.

Stars: Sarah Hauser, John Swasey, Chris Patton, John Gremillion

Votes: 146

35. Crimson Wolf (1993 Video)

Not Rated | 60 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

An archaeological expedition finds the mummified bodies of Genghis Khan and his army somewhere in Mongolia. Unaware that the location is cursed, the explorers wake up the former ruler of ... See full summary »

Director: Shôichi Masuo | Stars: Kôji Tsujitani, Arisa Andô, Masashi Ebara, Ikuya Sawaki

Votes: 81

36. Harlock Saga (1999– )

30 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Captain Harlock and his friends must recover several stolen pieces of gold before they get turned into a very powerful ring.

Stars: Kôichi Yamadera, Toshihiko Seki, Tarô Ishida, Miyuki Ueda

Votes: 274

37. The Mystical Laws (2012)

Not Rated | 119 min | Animation

When the earth and humankind are in danger, you will learn about the mystical laws that rule the world you live in

Director: Isamu Imakake | Stars: Ayumi Fujimura, Banjô Ginga, Philip Hersh, Daisuke Hirakawa

Votes: 118

38. Neon Genesis Evangelion: Genesis 0:0 - In the Beginning (1995 Video)

31 min | Animation, Short, Action

A promotional VHS tape showing clips from the first few episodes of Evangelion before the series was released.

Directors: Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Hayashibara, Kotono Mitsuishi, Yûko Miyamura, Megumi Ogata

Votes: 122

39. The Golden Laws (2003)

Unrated | 110 min | Animation

Two children from the future travel to ancient times to witness major events in religious history.

Director: Takaaki Ishiyama | Stars: Touko Aoyama, Miki Itô, Ikkei Kojima, Takehito Koyasu

Votes: 52

40. Kiddy Girl-and (2009–2010)

24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Ascoeur and Q-feuille work as waitresses while they train to become members of the galaxy's shadow law enforcement agency, the ES Force.

Stars: Aya Uchida, Chiharu Kitaoka, Kaori Mizuhashi, Minoru Shiraishi

Votes: 33

41. Fairy Musketeers (2006– )

Animation, Adventure, Comedy

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Stars: Rie Kugimiya, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Motoko Kumai, Yukari Tamura

Votes: 22

42. Umi no Yami, Tsuki no Kage (1989)

30 min | Animation, Drama, Horror

Ruka and Rumi Kobayakawa are twin sisters in love with the same man, athletic upperclassman Katsuyuki Touma. At first Rumi is supportive of Ruka's fledgling romance with the handsome ... See full summary »

Stars: Mayumi Shô, Rei Sakuma, Toshihiko Seki

Votes: 16

43. Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula (2007– )

Animation, Sci-Fi

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Stars: Kikuko Inoue, Tomokazu Seki, Tsubasa Yonaga

Votes: 12

44. Soukou Kyojin Z-Knight (1991 Video)

10 min | Animation, Short, Action

A promotional video tape with a short Z-Knight anime and other clips sold with a Z-Knight double pack including colour variations of two Z-Knights.

Director: Fumihiko Takayama | Stars: Yuri Amano, Akiko Hiramatsu, Ken'yû Horiuchi, Mitsuaki Hoshino

45. Lunar: Walking School (1995 Video Game)

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Directors: Hiroshi Fukutomi, Kazunari Tomi | Stars: Yuri Amano, Isshin Chiba, Tetsuya Iwanaga, Hiroko Konishi

46. The Animatrix (2003)
Episode: A Detective Story (2003)

Unrated | 10 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

A private detective is hired to track down the computer hacker known as Trinity. But as he gets close his goal, reality takes a weird turn for him.

Director: Shin'ichirô Watanabe | Stars: James Arnold Taylor, Carrie-Anne Moss, Terrence 'T.C.' Carson, Matt McKenzie

Votes: 5,649

47. Cowboy Bebop (1998–1999)
Episode: Asteroid Blues (1998)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Spike and Jet pursue an outlaw who is smuggling a reflex-enhancing drug.

Directors: Yoshiyuki Takei, Shin'ichirô Watanabe, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn | Stars: Kôichi Yamadera, Unshô Ishizuka, Rintarô Nishi, Yurika Hino

Votes: 4,414

48. Cowboy Bebop (1998–1999)
Episode: Ballad of Fallen Angels (1998)

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

While searching for Mao Yenrai, an executive of the Red Dragon Syndicate, Spike ends up confronting Vicious, his old enemy.

Directors: Shin'ichirô Watanabe, Tetsuya Watanabe, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn | Stars: Kôichi Yamadera, Unshô Ishizuka, Megumi Hayashibara, Norio Wakamoto

Votes: 4,930

49. Cowboy Bebop (1998–1999)
Episode: Brain Scratch (1999)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Dr. Londes, the leader of the religious cult Scratch, has a large bounty on his head. Spike takes to the streets in an effort to get to him while Jet and Ed buy a video game that the cult members use to ascend into the digital being.

Directors: Yoshiyuki Takei, Shin'ichirô Watanabe, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn | Stars: Steve Blum, Kôichi Yamadera, Beau Billingslea, Unshô Ishizuka

Votes: 2,776

50. Cowboy Bebop (1998–1999)
Episode: Cowboy Funk (1999)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A serial bomber is trying to blow up skyscrapers, but Spike is more concerned about an American Western-styled cowboy on horseback that hinders his attempts to catch the bounty.

Directors: Kunihiro Mori, Shin'ichirô Watanabe, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn | Stars: Steve Blum, Kôichi Yamadera, Beau Billingslea, Unshô Ishizuka

Votes: 2,776