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Alita: Battle Angel(2019)

PG-13
| 2h 2min | Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
3.6/5 (with 4,047 votes)

When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins(2012)

3.8/5 (with 335 votes)

In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.

Ghost in the Shell(2017)

PG-13
| 1h 47min | Science Fiction, Drama, Action
3.0/5 (with 3,747 votes)

In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning(2021)

2h 17min | Action, Adventure, Drama
3.8/5 (with 172 votes)

Before he was a protector, Kenshin was a fearsome assassin known as Battosai. But when he meets gentle Tomoe Yukishiro, a beautiful young woman who carries a huge burden in her heart, his life will change forever.

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy(2022)

2h 22min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
3.2/5 (with 72 votes)

The Elric brothers’ long and winding journey comes to a close in this epic finale, where they must face off against an unworldly, nationwide threat.

Directed by Fumihiko Sori

Death Note(2017)

2.1/5 (with 1,823 votes)

A young man comes to possess a supernatural notebook, the Death Note, that grants him the power to kill any person simply by writing down their name on the pages. He then decides to use the notebook to kill criminals and change the world, but an enigmatic detective attempts to track him down and end his reign of terror.

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final(2021)

2h 18min | Action, Adventure, Drama
3.9/5 (with 186 votes)

In 1879, Kenshin and his allies face their strongest enemy yet: his former brother-in-law Enishi Yukishiro and his minions, who've vowed their revenge.

Attack on Titan II: End of the World(2015)

3.0/5 (with 129 votes)

Eren Yeager leaves to restore a break in the wall destroyed by a Titan. He comes under attack by the Titans and is cornered. Shikishima comes to his aid. The titans never stops attacking. Eren is now injured and tries to protect Armin, but is swallowed by a titan. A Titan with black hair appears and begins to expel the other titans.

Gantz(2010)

3.3/5 (with 126 votes)

After trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth.

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno(2014)

3.8/5 (with 239 votes)

Kenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government. Makoto Shishio, a former assassin like Kenshin, was betrayed, set on fire and left for dead. He survived, and is now in Kyoto, plotting with his gathered warriors to overthrow the new government. Against Kaoru's wishes, Kenshin reluctantly agrees to go to Kyoto and help keep his country from falling back into civil war.

Speed Racer(2008)

3.1/5 (with 663 votes)

Speed Racer is the tale of a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, he must team up with the police and the mysterious Racer X to bring an end to the corruption and criminal activities. Inspired by the cartoon series.

Attack on Titan(2015)

3.0/5 (with 326 votes)

100 years ago, titans suddenly appeared on Earth. Soon, human civilization veered on collapse due to the titans. Humans then built a giant wall to defend themselves. Within the giant walls, humans lived in peace, but, 100 years later, the giant wall is broken.

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Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends(2014)

R
| 2h 15min | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
3.9/5 (with 197 votes)

Shishio sets sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the government. In order to stop him, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique.

Death Note: The Last Name(2006)

PG-13
| 2h 21min | Fantasy, Thriller, Mystery
3.5/5 (with 198 votes)

In the second installment of the Death Note film franchise, Light Yagami meets a second Kira and faithful follower Misa Amane and her Shinigami named Rem. Light attempts to defeat L along with Teru Mikami (a Kira follower) and Kiyomi Takada (another Kira follower) but in the end will Light win? or will a Shinigami named Ryuk make all the difference in Light's victory or his ultimate death?

Gantz: Perfect Answer(2011)

3.4/5 (with 87 votes)

Perfect Answer begins several months after the events of the first film. Kurono is still fighting aliens under the order of Gantz, a mysterious giant black orb, and he is close to reaching the score he needs to resurrect his friend Kato. Outside his night time missions, Kurono continues to live his normal life, spending time with his new girlfriend Tae. Meanwhile, young pop star Eriko is being secretly ordered by Gantz to carry out assassinations, and cop Shigeta inches closer towards finding out the truth about the Gantz missions. As the missions begin to get increasingly dangerous for both the alien fighters and the general public, Kurono discovers that the endgame for Gantz is quickly approaching.

Directed by Shinsuke Sato - With Tomokazu Koshimura, Yurie Midori, Masanobu Sakata, Kazunari Ninomiya, Kenichi Matsuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, ...

Dragonball Evolution(2009)

1.4/5 (with 893 votes)

On his 18th birthday, Goku receives a mystical Dragonball as a gift from his grandfather. There are only six others like it in the whole world, and legend has it that whoever possesses all seven will be granted one perfect wish. When the arrival of a dark force triggers a tragedy, Goku and his companions are propelled into an epic quest to collect the seven Dragonballs and save the Earth from destruction.

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar(2022)

3.4/5 (with 82 votes)

The Elric brothers meet their toughest opponent yet — a lone serial killer with a large scar on his forehead.

Directed by Fumihiko Sori

Ichi the Killer(2001)

2h 9min | Action, Crime, Horror
3.5/5 (with 401 votes)

As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.

Directed by Takashi Miike - With Tadanobu Asano, Shinya Tsukamoto, Susumu Terajima, Nao Ōmori, Paulyn Sun, Hiroshi Kobayashi, ...

Initial D(2005)

NR
| 1h 47min | Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
3.4/5 (with 106 votes)

After winning his first competition, Takumi focuses his attention on drift racing, a sport he has unknowingly perfected while delivering tofu in his father's Toyota AE86.

Directed by Andrew Lau, Alan Mak - With Jay Chou, Edison Chen, Shawn Yue, Anne Suzuki, Akira Yasuda, Anthony Wong, ...

Terra Formars(2016)

3.1/5 (with 113 votes)

With the space program attempting to travel to Mars, 21st century scientists were tasked with warming up the planet so that humans could survive on its surface. They came up with an efficient and cost effective plan of sending cockroaches and mold to the surface so that the mold would absorb the sunlight and the insect corpses would serve as a food source for the mold. It is now the year 2577 and the first manned ship to Mars has landed on the planet and the six crew members are ready for their mission. But what they find are giant mutated humanoid cockroaches with incredible physical strength. The crew members are easily wiped out, but not before sending a transmission back to Earth. Now, humanity will send elite warriors to exterminate the mutated bugs and claim back Mars.

Directed by Takashi Miike - With Hideaki Itō

Blade of the Immortal(2017)

R
| 2h 20min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
3.3/5 (with 224 votes)

Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine.

Directed by Takashi Miike - With Takuya Kimura

Bleach(2018)

1h 48min | Action, Fantasy, Adventure
3.3/5 (with 242 votes)

High school student Ichigo Kurosaki lives an ordinary life, besides being able to see ghosts and the blurry memories of his mother's death under strange circumstances when he was a kid. His peaceful world suddenly breaks as he meets Rukia Kuchiki, a God of Death.

Animal World(2018)

3.6/5 (with 93 votes)

Drifting aimlessly through life, Kaisi has racked up debts of several million having borrowed money from his friends. Lured with the promise of writing it all off, Kaisi leaves his ailing mother and childhood sweetheart Qing to board the ship Destiny and attend a gambling party controlled by the mysterious Anderson. All players join the game with stars. For each game they lose, their opponent captures a star. Everyone is holding daggers behind their backs plotting dirty means by which to overcome their opponents. The game quickly deteriorates into a slaughter and Kaisi must battle save his own skin.

L: change the WorLd(2008)

3.0/5 (with 116 votes)

"The human whose name is written in the Death Note shall die." After making the hardest decision ever, another serious case confronts L. There are only 23 days left and without his best partner Watari (Shunji Fujimura), L has to solve the case all by himself for the very first time.

Another Gantz(2011)

3.6/5 (with 21 votes)

Before finding out the Perfect Answer, discover Another Gantz. Aired on Nippon Television network before the theatrical release of Gantz: The Perfect Answer, this film is an alternate perspective version of the first Gantz film from the same writing-directing team of the two-part theatrical film. In addition to condensed scenes from the Gantz film, Another Gantz features a new subplot that follows an investigative journalist not included in the theatrical film. Delving deep into the mystery, Another Gantz offers another piece towards solving the complex puzzle that is the world of Gantz.

Inuyashiki(2018)

3.8/5 (with 65 votes)

A middle-aged office worker encounters aliens and is gifted with alien technology and limitless powers.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1(2017)

3.4/5 (with 35 votes)

Morioh, 1999—a normally quiet and peaceful town has recently become a hotbed of strange activity. Jōtarō Kūjō, now a marine biologist, heads to the mysterious town to meet Jōsuke Higashikata. While the two may seem like strangers at first, Jōsuke is actually the illegitimate child of Jōtarō's grandfather, Joseph Joestar. When they meet, Jōtarō realizes that he may have more in common with Jōsuke than just a blood relation. Along with the mild-mannered Kōichi Hirose and the boisterous Okuyasu Nijimura, the group dedicates themselves to investigating recent disappearances and other suspicious occurrences within Morioh. Aided by the power of Stands, the four men will encounter danger at every street corner, as it is up to them to unravel the town's secrets, before another occurs.

Directed by Takashi Miike - With Kento Yamazaki

Fullmetal Alchemist(2017)

PG-13
| 2h 15min | Fantasy, Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
2.7/5 (with 246 votes)

Two alchemist brothers go on a quest for the Philosopher's Stone after an attempt to revive their dead mother goes horribly wrong.

Assassination Classroom(2015)

3.6/5 (with 80 votes)

A mysterious creature destroys 70% of the moon. The creature then warns that if he is not destroyed by March of next year, Earth will be next. The creature also demands that he becomes the homeroom teacher for 3rd grade E class at Kunugigaoka Junior High School. The government is powerless to say no. The creature then becomes the homeroom teacher of 3rd grade E class which consists of failed students including Nagisa Shiota (Ryosuke Yamada). The creature is called Teacher Koro. Meanwhile, the government requests that the students try to kill Teacher Koro even though he possesses super powers. The government offers a 10 billion yen reward for whomever successfully kills him. The students are confused by the situation, but decide to kill Teacher Koro. When their class begins with Teacher Koro, the students finds themselves having a good time with their new teacher.

Kite(2014)

R
| 1h 30min | Drama, Action
2.2/5 (with 103 votes)

When Sawa's mother and policeman father are found victims of a grisly double homicide, she begins a ruthless pursuit for the man who murdered them. With the help of her father's ex-partner, Karl Aker, and a mysterious friend from her past, she becomes a merciless teen assassin, blasting her way through the dark world of human trafficking only to uncover a devastating truth.

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