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by terhiadler | created - 24 Apr 2016 | updated - 24 Apr 2016 | Publicscifi, android, robot
anime movies and series worth watching
from Helen McCarthy's essential anime book
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1. Akira (1988)
R | 124 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.
Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda
Votes: 205,125 | Gross: $0.55M
2. Armitage III: Poly-Matrix (1996 Video)
TV-MA | 90 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Armitage is a brash cybernetic cop with a racy wardrobe who patrols a Mars metropolis. She and her stoic partner, Sylibus, risk everything to track a killer who is revealing his female victims' identities as highly-advanced androids.
Directors: Hiroyuki Ochi, Yukio Okamoto, Satoshi Saga, Takuya Satô | Stars: Elizabeth Berkley, Kiefer Sutherland, Dan Woren, Wanda Nowicki
Votes: 1,918
3. Blue Submarine No. 6 (1998–2000)
Not Rated | 125 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
The once famous and well respected scientist Zorndyke has bred a new genre of living being, one that thrives on the oceans and lives to destroy humans. Zorndyke believes it is time that the... See full summary »
Stars: Basile, Hozumi Gôda, Thunderbird Dinwiddie, Tamara Mercer
Votes: 1,300
4. 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: 53,120 | Gross: $1.00M
5. 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: 138,749
6. Ghost in the Shell (1995)
TV-MA | 83 min | Animation, Action, Crime
A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.
Directors: Mizuho Nishikubo, Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera
Votes: 156,815 | Gross: $0.52M
7. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (I) (2004)
PG-13 | 100 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery
In the year 2032, Batô, a cyborg detective for the anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9, investigates the case of a female robot--one created solely for sexual pleasure--who slaughtered her owner.
Directors: Naoko Kusumi, Mizuho Nishikubo, Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Akio Ôtsuka, Atsuko Tanaka, Tamio Ôki, Kôichi Yamadera
Votes: 40,297 | Gross: $1.04M
8. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2005)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Crime
The futuristic adventures of a female cyborg counter intelligence agent and her support team.
Stars: Shirô Saitô, Atsuko Tanaka, Osamu Saka, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Votes: 20,940
9. Roujin Z (1991)
PG-13 | 80 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A compassionate young nurse is determined to help an elderly invalid strapped to a revolutionary health care bed but there are unexpected consequences.
Director: Hiroyuki Kitakubo | Stars: Shinji Ogawa, Shinsuke Chikaishi, Chisa Yokoyama, Hikojirô Matsumura
Votes: 3,185
10. Wings of Honneamise (1987)
Unrated | 121 min | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
In an alternative Earth, a young astronaut participates in a controversial fledgling space program.
Director: Hiroyuki Yamaga | Stars: Leo Morimoto, David Thomas, Mitsuki Yayoi, Heidi Lenhart
Votes: 5,757 | Gross: $0.06M
11. 8 Man After (1993)
Unrated | 104 min | Animation, Action, Crime
A police officer that nearly meets a violent death is turned into a cyborg with superhuman strength, speed and reflexes.
Stars: Mari Devon, Steve Bulen, Mike Reynolds, Richard Allen
Votes: 351
12. A.Li.Ce (2000)
85 min | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When Alice Hayashi, the youngest person ever to go into space crashes her shuttle at the North Pole, she is thrown thirty years into the future. But her trip through time is far from ... See full summary »
Director: Kenichi Maejima | Stars: Kaori Shimizu, Chihiro Suzuki, Mariko Kôda, Ryô Horikawa
Votes: 111
13. AD Police Files (1990)
Not Rated | 121 min | Animation, Crime, Sci-Fi
Three different, unique stories about an elite police force called the AD Police.
Stars: Toshio Furukawa, Adam Henderson, Brad Moranz, Youko Matsuoka
Votes: 1,016
14.
AD Police Files (1990)
Episode:
AD Police Files 3: The Man Who Bites His Tongue
(1990)
Not Rated | 40 min | Animation, Crime, Sci-Fi
A cop who became a full conversion cyborg faces the full tragic consequences of that condition.
Directors: Takamasa Ikegami, Akira Nishimori | Stars: Toshio Furukawa, Adam Henderson, Brad Moranz, Youko Matsuoka
Votes: 186
15. Chobits (2002–2003)
TV-14 | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Hideki finds the discarded and malfunctioning Persocom Chi, a personal computer that looks like a girl. While trying to fix and care for Chi, Hideki discovers that she might be a Chobits, a robot of urban legend that has free will.
Stars: Sarah Hauser, Rie Tanaka, Crispin Freeman, Tomokazu Sugita
Votes: 4,708
16.
AD Police Files (1990)
Episode:
A.D. Police File 2: The Ripper
(1990)
Not Rated | 40 min | Animation, Crime, Sci-Fi
A young female cop investigates a series of brutal prostitute murders that could involve a boomer android.
Directors: Takamasa Ikegami, Akira Nishimori | Stars: Mîna Tominaga, Annemarie Lawless, Juliet Cesario, Toshio Furukawa
Votes: 171
17. Black Magic M-66 (1987 Video)
48 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
A freelance reporter discovers that two killer androids are running loose and have a little girl for a kill target.
Directors: Hiroyuki Kitakubo, Shirow Masamune | Stars: Yû Mizushima, Ichirô Nagai, Shinji Ogawa, Yoshiko Sakakibara
Votes: 1,318
18. Tokyo Babylon (1992–1996)
Not Rated | 113 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Subaru Sumeragi, a young Onmyouji sorcerer, investigates a series of unusual murders with the aid of his twin sister and fellow Onmyouji Seishirô.
Stars: Kappei Yamaguchi, Takehito Koyasu, Miki Itô, Shûichi Ikeda
Votes: 328
19. Silent Möbius (1998)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Action, Crime
A team of policewomen with supernatural powers try to protect the Earth from an alien invasion known as the Lucifer Hawks.
Stars: Naoko Matsui, Hiromi Tsuru, Chieko Honda, Maya Okamoto
Votes: 190
20. Silent Möbius (1991)
50 min | Animation, Action, Drama
The future police has a unique division: the Attack Mystification Department. The operatives have unique training... and talents! Set to stop the weird happenings going on in the city, and discover whats behind the unknown.
Directors: Kazuo Tomisawa, Michitaka Kikuchi | Stars: Naoko Matsui, Toshiko Fujita, Gara Takashima, Hiromi Tsuru
Votes: 261
21. 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: 649
22. Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (1997)
Not Rated | 101 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A recap of the first 24 episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion, followed by a 30-minute continuation of the plot that would later form the first third of The End of Evangelion.
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Ken Andô, Naoyasu Habu, Hiroyuki Ishidô, Tsuyoshi Kaga, Masayuki, Shôichi Masuo, Seiji Mizushima, Tensai Okamura, Keiichi Sugiyama, Akira Takamura, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Tetsuya Watanabe, Minoru Ôhara, Masahiko Ôtsuka | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura, Kotono Mitsuishi
Votes: 15,620
23. RG Veda (1991– )
86 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Prophecy says that six warriors will end a brutal tyrant's rule. Swords clash as the battle between good and evil explodes!
Stars: Kazue Ikura, Deborah Makepeace, Rachael Lillis, Show Hayami
Votes: 180
24. Appleseed (1988 Video)
TV-14 | 71 min | Animation, Action, Crime
In a vast futuristic city, built on the ashes of the third world war, a police officer and her cyborg partner fight terrorism.
Director: Kazuyoshi Katayama | Stars: Masako Katsuki, Yoshisada Sakaguchi, Toshiko Sawada, Toshio Furukawa
Votes: 3,042
25. Patlabor: The Movie (1989)
Unrated | 100 min | Animation, Action, Crime
The screwball cops of Special Vehicles Section 2 Division 2 must investigate and stop a spree of rampaging construction robots.
Directors: Mamoru Oshii, Kôji Sawai | Stars: Toshio Furukawa, David Jarvis, Doug Erholtz, Mîna Tominaga
Votes: 5,617
26. Submarine 707R (2003–2004)
100 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
To combat the terrorist organization known as "USR", eleven countries combine their naval forces to form the Peace-Keeping Navy (PKN). However, all hell breaks loose when Admiral Red and ... See full summary »
Stars: Yuri Lowenthal, Barbara Goodson, Jamieson Price, Karen Strassman
Votes: 74
27. Sayônara, ginga tetsudô Surî-Nain: Andromeda shûchakueki (1981)
TV-14 | 135 min | Animation, Action, Drama
It's been three years since the destruction of planet La Maetel, but the Machine Empire is as great of a threat as ever. Teen Tetsuro, now a rebel fighter, learns that Galaxy Express 999 is returning and that Maetel is on it.
Director: Rintarô | Stars: Saffron Henderson, Masako Nozawa, Kathleen Barr, Masako Ikeda
Votes: 608
28. Galaxy Express 999 (1979)
PG | 129 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The adventures of a brave young boy who travels from planet to planet in a determined quest to avenge his mother's death.
Director: Rintarô | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Masako Ikeda, Yôko Asagami, Miyoko Asô
Votes: 2,370
29. The Galaxy Express 999: The Eternal Fantasy (1998)
54 min | Animation, Sci-Fi
A few years after the events of Adieu, Galaxy Express 999, Tetsuro and his motherly companion Maetel, tried to get rid of the evil Mechanized Empire, but now that Tetsuro is back on planet ... See full summary »
Directors: Kônosuke Uda, Amber Lee Connors | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Masako Ikeda, Kaneta Kimotsuki, Emily Fajardo
Votes: 188
30. Galaxy Express 999 (1978–1981)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
The adventure of a young boy on board a space train, as it travels to a myriad of incredible worlds.
Stars: Masako Nozawa, Masako Ikeda, Kaneta Kimotsuki, Kôji Totani
Votes: 532
31. 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
32. Kenji Miyazawa's Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985)
Unrated | 113 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Two kittens go on a metaphysical journey on a magical railroad train.
Director: Gisaburô Sugii | Stars: Mayumi Tanaka, Chika Sakamoto, Junko Hori, Ayumi Ishijo
Votes: 2,401
33. Akai Hayate (1992 Video)
80 min | Sci-Fi, Animation
When the Shinogara finest warrior murders their leader, who's also his father, his ninja enemies land a fatal blow. With only minutes left, Hayate transfers his soul into his sister's body...but how long can two souls occupy the same body?
Director: Osamu Tsuruyama | Stars: Tesshô Genda, Kazuhiko Inoue, Toshihiko Seki, Sakiko Tamagawa
Votes: 39
34. 3x3 Eyes (1991–1992)
TV-MA | 110 min | Animation, Fantasy, Horror
A demon girl's quest to become human, with the help of an unwitting boy named Yakumo.
Stars: Mayumi Tanaka, Akio Ôtsuka, Megumi Hayashibara, Ai Orikasa
Votes: 814
35. The Demon of Mount Oe (1960)
114 min | Fantasy, Horror
A team of samurai warriors team up to defeat a shape-changing, supernatural creature.
Director: Tokuzô Tanaka | Stars: Kazuo Hasegawa, Raizô Ichikawa, Shintarô Katsu, Kôjirô Hongô
Votes: 169
36. Alien Nine (2001– )
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Short, Horror
In a world where humanity is intertwined with aliens, a trio of young adolescent girls are elected for alien fighting as they are forced into growing up with symbiotic life-forms.
Stars: Juri Ihata, Kaori Shimizu, Noriko Shitaya, Aya Hisakawa
Votes: 181
37. Angel's Egg (1985 Video)
Not Rated | 71 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.
Director: Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Mako Hyôdô, Jinpachi Nezu, Keiichi Noda
Votes: 11,988
38. 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: 82,036
39. Crusher Joe The OVAs (1989)
Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Two missions for the crushers. In "The Ice Prison", Joe and his team are assigned to adjust the orbit of a prison located on an ice asteroid before it disintegrates as it falls onto the ... See full summary »
Stars: Noriko Ohara, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Run Sasaki, Hiraku Takemura
Votes: 117
40. Assemble Insert (1989 Video)
Not Rated | 28 min | Animation, Short, Action
A 13 year old girl with superhuman strength and a cute singing voice confronts a group of terrorists when the cops are afraid to.
Director: Ami Tomobuki | Stars: J. David Brimmer, Jessica Calvello, Joe DiGiorgi, Crispin Freeman
Votes: 71
41. Babel II: Perfect Collection (1992)
Not Rated | 30 min | Animation, Action
Life seems simple for Koichi, a young student, until he learns that he is the reincarnation of an alien protector who crashed onto the mantle of responsibility as"defender of the Earth", ... See full summary »
Stars: Ai Orikasa, Ken Mitsuishi, Akio Ôtsuka, Hikaru Midorikawa
Votes: 111
42.
Baldr Force EXE (2006– )
Episode:
Agein
(2006)
TV-MA | Animation, Action, Drama
Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Ken'ichi Suzumura, Noriko Shitaya, Christopher Bevins, Cole Brown
Votes: 54
43. Be Forever Yamato (1980)
145 min | Animation, Sci-Fi
Earth has been attacked by the Black Nebula Empire and is threatening to blow up the planet if they are counterattacked, The Yamato crew try to defuse the bomb.
Directors: Toshio Masuda, Leiji Matsumoto, Tomoharu Katsumata | Stars: Kei Tomiyama, Yôko Asagami, Shûsei Nakamura, Shinji Nomura
Votes: 190
44. Birth (1984)
80 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Brother-and-sister heirs to a planetary kingdom face danger as they embark on a journey of self-discovery.
Director: Shin'ya Sadamitsu | Stars: Mîna Tominaga, Kazuki Yao, Ichirô Nagai, Kaneto Shiozawa
Votes: 174
45. Blame! (2003)
Not Rated | 5 min | Animation, Sci-Fi
In the post-apocalyptic future, the earth is buried in an enormous mega-structure created by machines. The last hope for mankind is information on a data disc from an engineer called "Cibo."
Stars: Asuka Aizawa, Tatsunori Arakawa, Kirsten Potter
Votes: 490
46. Capricorn (1991 Video)
Not Rated | 45 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
High school student Taku is transported to the bizarre world of Slaffleaze. Villainous Zolba is plotting the invasion of the world they know as Capricorn. Taku gets the young, cute, female dragon girl, Mona, to help him.
Director: Takashi Imanishi | Stars: Masami Kikuchi, Naoko Matsui, Hidekatsu Shibata, Ken'ichi Ogata
Votes: 40
47. Casshan: Robot Hunter (1993–1994)
101 min | Animation, Action, Drama
In the near future, robot technology has advanced to the point of self-awareness. Under the leadership of the "Black King," machines have decimated the human population and conquered the world.
Stars: Takeshi Kusao, Alexandra Kenworthy, Steve Bulen, Ikuya Sawaki
Votes: 229
48. Cosmo Warrior Zero (2001– )
25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Captain Zero, commanding a spaceship crew of human and aliens, is assigned a near-impossible mission: capture the space pirate Captain Harlock. Will he succeed?
Stars: Toshiyuki Morikawa, Aya Hisakawa, Crispin Freeman, Lia Sargent
Votes: 114
49. Go Nagai's New Cutey Honey (1994–1998)
Not Rated | 26 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In hibernation for years, the body-shifting android Cutey Honey is brought out of her self-imposed stasis to fight the evil Dolmek and his minions of monsters.
Stars: Michiko Neya, Rica Matsumoto, Kôsei Tomita, Wataru Takagi
Votes: 302
50. 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
51. Original Dirty Pair: Project Eden (1987)
TV-PG | 81 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
WWWA Trouble Consultants Kei and Yuri team up with a petty thief to stop a mad scientist and his legions of mutated creatures.
Directors: Kôichi Mashimo, Katsuyoshi Yatabe | Stars: Wendee Lee, Lara Cody, Kerrigan Mahan, Steve Kramer
Votes: 389
52. Original Dirty Pair: Flight 005 Conspiracy (1990 Video)
55 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Kei and Yuri are called in to solve the mystery of a vanishing starship.
Director: Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: Lara Cody, Kyôko Tongû, Wendee Lee, Saeko Shimazu
Votes: 107
53. Dirty Pair: Mystery of Norlandia (1985 Video)
Not Rated | 57 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Kei and Yuri travel to a mysterious planet in order to find a missing girl.
Director: Masaharu Okuwaki | Stars: Kyôko Tongû, Saeko Shimazu, Keiko Han, Toshiko Fujita
Votes: 148
54. Dominion Tank Police (1988–1989)
R | 70 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
In a dystopic pollution ridden future, the tank police fight for law and order and cause massive collateral destruction along the way.
Stars: Hiromi Tsuru, Masaaki Ôkura, Yûsaku Yara, Ichirô Nagai
Votes: 1,789
55. Full Metal Panic! (2002–2006)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Sousuke Sagara, a member of a covert anti-terrorist private military organization known as Mithril, tasked with protecting Kaname Chidori, a spirited Japanese high school girl.
Stars: Tomokazu Seki, Satsuki Yukino, Jason Douglas, Yukana
Votes: 5,890
56. The Enemy's the Pirates!: The Cats' Banquet (1989 Video)
26 min | Animation, Short, Sci-Fi
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
57. Gatchaman (1994– )
Not Rated | 45 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A bird-themed superhero team fights against the menace of Galactor, a technologically advanced terrorist organization.
Stars: Masaya Onosaka, Kôji Ishii, Michiko Neya, Rica Matsumoto
Votes: 157
58. Gate Keepers 21 (2002–2003)
30 min | Animation, Action, Drama
It has been thirty two years since the Invaders have been defeated, and A.E.G.I.S is dismantled, with only a few Gate Keepers left. One of them, Ayane Isuzu learns that Machine General and ... See full summary »
Stars: Michelle Ruff, Ikue Ôtani, Rebecca Forstadt, Naoko Takano
Votes: 23
59. Genesis Survivor Gaiarth (1992– )
50 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
In a post-apocalyptic, dystopian future, Ital Del Labard sets out to avenge the death of Randis R. Khiezard, a war-roid whom raised Ital, that was killed by the beastmaster.
Stars: Frances McDormand, Amy Parrish, Akio Ôtsuka, Shin'ichirô Miki
Votes: 109
60. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society (2006 TV Movie)
108 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A.D. 2034. It has been two years since Motoko Kusanagi left Section 9. Togusa is now the new leader of the team, that has considerably increased its appointed personnel. The expanded new ... See full summary »
Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Toshiyuki Kôno, Masaki Tachibana, Masayuki Yoshihara | Stars: Atsuko Tanaka, Osamu Saka, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera
Votes: 7,495
61. Goku Midnight Eye (1989)
TV-MA | 60 min | Animation, Action, Drama
In 2014 Tokyo, a private detective fights crime with two weapons bequeathed by a mysterious benefactor: a mechanical quarterstaff, and a bionic eye that can hack any computer system.
Stars: Juji Matsuda, Norio Wakamoto, Wendee Lee, Daisuke Gôri
Votes: 1,288
62. 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: Jason Gray-Stanford, Janyse Jaud, David Kaye, Kathleen Barr
Votes: 339
63. Grey Digital Target (1986)
80 min | Animation, Action, Drama
In a barren, war torn future Earth, a soldier and his female comrade look for a lost friend in a quest that would shake their reality.
Director: Satoshi Dezaki | Stars: Kazuhiko Inoue, Maya Okamoto, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kôichi Chiba
Votes: 194
64. Iria: Zeiram the Bounty Hunter (1994)
162 min | Animation, Action, Horror
A monster hunter goes after a beast that could be her brother.
Stars: Aya Hisakawa, Stacie Lynn Renna, Megumi Tano, Rie Iwatsubo
Votes: 855
65. Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)
R | 102 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A traumatized member of an elite para-military police force falls for the sister of a female terrorist courier who died in front of him on duty.
Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Hiroyuki Okiura | Stars: Michael Dobson, Yoshikazu Fujiki, Sumi Mutoh, Moneca Stori
Votes: 18,741 | Gross: $0.09M
66. Alien Defender Geo-Armor: Kishin Corps (1993–1994)
Not Rated | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
During World War II, humans are fighting alien invaders and the Nazis and Kanto Army try to steal alien technology to power their robots. Teenagers piloting giant robots fight back.
Stars: Toshiko Fujita, Sakae Takayama, Kyôko Terase, Masashi Hironaka
Votes: 53
67. Macross: Do You Remember Love? (1984)
Not Rated | 114 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Earth braces for an invasion of giant male bionoids and their enemy, giant female bionoids.
Directors: Noboru Ishiguro, Shôji Kawamori, Katsuhito Akiyama, Tatsuya Kasahara | Stars: Arihiro Hase, Mari Iijima, Mika Doi, Michio Hazama
Votes: 3,430
68. Mazinkaiser (2001– )
TV-14 | 210 min | Animation, Sci-Fi
In one of their epic battles, the Mazinger Team suffers a crushing defeat at the hands of Dr. Hell and his minions after Mazinger Z is stolen and its pilot, the legendary Kouji Kabuto, is ... See full summary »
Stars: Hiroya Ishimaru, Ai Uchikawa, Hiroshi Yanaka, Kôsei Tomita
Votes: 239
69. Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006)
Not Rated | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
It is 300 years into the future. Earth's environment had been devastated by mankind's own foolish plans and humankind is beleaguered by the sentient forests which they have awoken. The ... See full summary »
Directors: Makoto Bessho, Kentarô Mizuno, Ken'ichi Shimizu, Keiichi Sugiyama, Kaoru Suzuki, Yukio Takahashi, Hitoshi Haga | Stars: Ryô Katsuji, Aoi Miyazaki, Yûko Kotegawa, Masaru Hamaguchi
Votes: 4,857
70. Outlanders (1986 Video)
51 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
While invading Earth, Kahm runs across Tetsuya, a primitive but cute human and decides to marry him.
Director: Katsuhisa Yamada | Stars: Trish Ledoux, Kenji Utsumi, Tom Fahn, Mimi Woods
Votes: 236
71. Parasite Dolls (2003)
TV-MA | 85 min | Animation, Action, Crime
Part of a "Bubblegum Crisis (1987)" universe, follows a special unit of the A.D. Police, tasked to destroy Boomers, androids that malfunction or gain sentience and go on a rampage in the futuristic city of Megatokyo.
Stars: Monica Rial, Mike McFarland, Akemi Okamura, Toshio Furukawa
Votes: 709
72. Saishû heiki kanojo: Another love song - Mission 1 (2005 Video)
30 min | Animation, Short
Lt. Mizuki in JSDF became a prototype ultimate weapon due to serious injury. She and Tetsu was in the same squad before that, and she has been in one-sided love with him. Now, she gets to ... See full summary »
Director: Atsuko Kase | Stars: Dave Arendash, Tony Azzolino, Brooke Campanelli, Elaine A. Clark
Votes: 30
73. Sol Bianca (1990 Video)
45 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Five female pirates pilot the Sol Bianca, a starship with a higher level of technology than any other known. With it, they seek out riches, such as the Gnosis, an legendary item of power, and pasha, the most valuable mineral in the galaxy.
Directors: Katsuhito Akiyama, Hiroki Hayashi | Stars: Youko Matsuoka, Rei Sakuma, Minami Takayama, Yuriko Fuchizaki
Votes: 209
74. Sol Bianca: The Legacy (1999– )
200 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Thousands of years into the future, mankind has colonized other planets across the galaxy and completely forgotten about Earth. On one part of the galaxy, the female space pirates and their... See full summary »
Stars: Rica Matsumoto, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Tomo Saeki, Eri Miyajima
Votes: 202
75. Space Battleship Yamato (1977)
G | 135 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Gamilons are a race of evil aliens that are trying to destroy the planet Earth. However, a group of civilians look to the battleship Yamato for its space travel and go on a mission to bring... See full summary »
Director: Toshio Masuda | Stars: Gorô Naya, Kei Tomiyama, Shûsei Nakamura, Yôko Asagami
Votes: 424
76. Phoenix 2772 (1980)
122 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
In the distant future, a young cadet is sent to find and capture "Cosmozone 2772", a mystical universal Phoenix which possesses the power to rejuvenate the drained Earth.
Directors: Taku Sugiyama, Osamu Tezuka | Stars: Kaneto Shiozawa, Keiko Takeshita, Hiroshi Ôtake, Katsue Miwa
Votes: 585
77. Spirit of Wonder: Shônen kagaku kurabu (2001– )
60 min | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In 1954, a group of explorers head off to Mars.
Stars: Noriko Hidaka, Hiroyuki Shibamoto, Ken'ichi Suzumura, Masashi Hirose
Votes: 41
78. Spriggan (1998)
R | 90 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
An elite superhuman agent must stop a foreign military unit from seizing control of an ancient artifact that holds the key to ultimate power.
Directors: Hirotsugu Kawasaki, Norihiko Sutô, Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Shôtarô Morikubo, Ryuji Aigase, Takehito Koyasu, Katsumi Suzuki
Votes: 4,213 | Gross: $0.01M
79. Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko (1996– )
Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After a spaceship accident, a female pilot is sent from 2999 to 1999 with amnesia. Having no memory accept occasional flashback, she believes she's just a normal girl and goes to attend high school.
Stars: Minami Takayama, Taliesin Jaffe, Mitch Cohen, Erin Matthews
Votes: 32
80. Steamboy (2004)
PG-13 | 126 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In 1860s Britain, a boy inventor finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict over a revolutionary advance in steam power.
Directors: Shinji Takagi, Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Anna Paquin, Patrick Stewart, Alfred Molina, Anne Suzuki
Votes: 18,708 | Gross: $0.41M
81. They Were Eleven (1986)
91 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
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: 646
82. Time Bokan: Royal Revival (1993 Video)
80 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
Director: Akira Shigino | Stars: Shannon Conley, Curt Gebhart, Matthew Gus, Yoko Hisano
Votes: 27
83. Twin Signal (1996– )
30 min | Animation, Short, Action
A robot is attacked by his creators other former models, however now he is re-programed and is sent on a mission, to steal the latest robot technology and destroy anything that gets in his way.
Stars: David Thund, Kevin T. Collins, Lisa Ortiz, Michelle Newman
Votes: 36
84. Urusei Yatsura 3: Remember My Love (1985)
93 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
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: 408
85. Urusei Yatsura: Inaba the Dreammaker (1987 Video)
57 min | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
It is summertime, and Shinobu laments not having a boyfriend. She then happens upon a young man weak from hunger, and wearing a rabbit costume. She gives him a carrot, he expresses his ... See full summary »
Director: Satoshi Dezaki | Stars: Fumi Hirano, Toshio Furukawa, Akira Kamiya, Saeko Shimazu
Votes: 119
86. Urusei Yatsura: Raging Sherbet (1988 Video)
26 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
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: 88
87. Venus Wars (1989)
Not Rated | 103 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Two thriving colonies, Ishtar and Aphrodia, exist on the planet Venus in the year 2089. War breaks out, and Ishtar invades Aphrodia, sweeping its residents, including motorcycle rider Hiro and his teammates, into the chaos of the conflict.
Director: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko | Stars: Katsuhide Uekusa, Yûko Mizutani, Eriko Hara, Yûko Sasaki
Votes: 1,990
88. Zaion: I Wish You Were Here (2001– )
Not Rated | 27 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery
In the future, a meteor crashes into Earth bringing with it a virus known as M34 and attacks humans, turning them into vicious monsters. The fate of the world rests in the hands of 16-year-old girl with the power to defeat the virus.
Stars: Joe Odagiri, Yukari Tamura, Edwin Neal, Romi Park
Votes: 64
89. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
TV-MA | 87 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Concurrent theatrical ending of the TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995).
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura, Kotono Mitsuishi
Votes: 64,207
90. Escaflowne: The Movie (2000)
PG-13 | 98 min | Adventure, Animation, Drama
A grim retelling of the television series "The Vision of Escaflowne".
Directors: Kazuki Akane, Yoshiyuki Takei | Stars: Shin'ichirô Miki, Jôji Nakata, Maaya Sakamoto, Tomokazu Seki
Votes: 3,813
91. 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: 2,011
92. Macross Plus (1994)
Not Rated | 35 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Two old friends/rivals find themselves rival test pilots in competing projects while a mutual old flame returns to them with her own secrets.
Stars: Edward Mannix, Bryan Cranston, Michael Forest, Paris Themmen
Votes: 4,006
93. Metropolis (2001)
PG-13 | 108 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban must find the mystery behind robot girl Tima.
Director: Rintarô | Stars: Toshio Furukawa, Scott Weinger, Yuka Imoto, Kei Kobayashi
Votes: 22,605 | Gross: $0.64M
94. 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: 1,499
95. Robot Carnival (1987 Video)
Unrated | 90 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A collection of short stories, made by different animators with "robot" as the working title.
Directors: Atsuko Fukushima, Hiroyuki Kitakubo, Hiroyuki Kitazume, Kôji Morimoto, Takashi Nakamura, Yasuomi Umetsu, Manabu Ôhashi, Hidetoshi Ômori, Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Kôji Moritsugu, Yayoi Maki, Keiko Hanagata, Kumiko Takizawa
Votes: 2,951
96. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012– )
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The story of the Joestar family, who are possessed with intense psychic strength, and the adventures each member encounters throughout their lives.
Stars: David Vincent, Matthew Mercer, Daisuke Ono, Unshô Ishizuka
Votes: 34,330
97. Voices of a Distant Star (2002)
TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Short, Drama
The love of Japanese high school students Mikako Nagamine and Noboru Tera is tested when Mikako is sent to fight aliens in a distant universe and voice mails to and from Earth become months to years in transmission.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Mika Shinohara, Makoto Shinkai, Sumi Mutoh, Chihiro Suzuki
Votes: 9,642
98. Big Wars (1993 Video)
90 min | Animation, Sci-Fi
In the future, war rages on Mars. Captain Akuh and his crew are on a top-secret mission to destroy an enemy warship when an officer is stricken with an alien mind control plague. As the ... See full summary »
Directors: Kazunari Kume, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: Hideyuki Tanaka, Hiroko Emori, Yuzuru Fujimoto, Shinya Ôtaki
Votes: 231
99. Bubblegum Crash (1991)
Not Rated | 45 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Several years after the end of Bubblegum Crisis, things have calmed down, or so it seems. Sylia's disappeared, Priss has stumbled from one manager to another, Nene's still working with the ... See full summary »
Stars: Yoshiko Sakakibara, Jemila Ericson, Tamsin Hollo, Ryôko Tachikawa
Votes: 540
100. Bubblegum Crisis (1987–1991)
TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
A female mercenary team, armed with unique power armor suits, battle the forces of the corrupt mega-corporation, Genom in futuristic Tokyo.
Stars: Yoshiko Sakakibara, Kinuko Ômori, Michie Tomizawa, Akiko Hiramatsu
Votes: 1,769
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