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1. 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: 2,371
2. Neo Tokyo (1987)
50 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
A trilogy of separate stories. In "Labyrinth labyrinthos", a girl and her cat enter a strange world. In "Running Man", a racer takes on the ultimate opponent. In "Construction Cancellation Order", a man must shut down worker robots.
Directors: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Rintarô, Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Hideko Yoshida, Masane Tsukayama, Yû Mizushima, Iemasa Kayumi
Votes: 4,283
3. 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: 21,401
4. Cyber City Oedo 808 (1990–1991)
TV-14 | 120 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In 2808 A.D., three convicts are conscripted by the Cyber Police to fight crime in the hi-tech metropolis of Oedo - while being forced to wear collars that can kill them at any time.
Stars: Hiroya Ishimaru, Kaneto Shiozawa, Tesshô Genda, Norio Wakamoto
Votes: 2,319
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: 53,177 | Gross: $1.00M
6. 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: 18,727 | Gross: $0.41M
7. 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: 5,761 | Gross: $0.06M
8. 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: 22,622 | Gross: $0.64M
9. 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: 156,990 | Gross: $0.52M
10. 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: 205,371 | Gross: $0.55M
11. 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: 4,858
12. Psycho-Pass: The Movie (2015)
TV-MA | 113 min | Animation, Action, Crime
In this sequel to Psycho-Pass TV show, Inspector Tsunemori is sent to a neighboring war-torn nation, where the Sibyl System is being introduced as an experiment, to find Shinya Kogami, her former enforcer who went rogue three years ago.
Directors: Naoyoshi Shiotani, Katsuyuki Motohiro | Stars: Bryn Apprill, Major Attaway, Z. Charles Bolton, Cole Brown
Votes: 4,529 | Gross: $0.14M
13. 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: 1,992
14. 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: 710
15. Armitage III (1995)
Unrated | 140 min | Animation, Action, Drama
In the year 2046, a cop and his female android partner called Armitage, part of the latest android line known as "class III" models that look, act and feel human, investigate illegal manufacture of class III androids on colonized Mars.
Stars: Hiroko Kasahara, Yasunori Masutani, Ryûsei Nakao, Hirohiko Kakegawa
Votes: 1,600
16. 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: 1,771
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: 1,320
18. 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: 1,018
19. Megazone 23 (1985 Video)
Not Rated | 81 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In 1980s Tokyo, a young motorcycle enthusiast discovers that the transforming bike/mecha entrusted to him by his murdered friend holds the key to the true nature of his world.
Directors: Yasuo Hasegawa, Noboru Ishiguro, Ichirô Itano | Stars: Masato Kubota, Maria Kawamura, Mîna Tominaga, Mayumi Shô
Votes: 726
20. Cybernetics Guardian (1989 Video)
45 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
In this Japanese animated, sci-fi thriller, the cities of the future are plagued by violence, and the Central Guard Company is being commissioned to find a solution to the tumultuous as ... See full summary »
Director: Kôichi Ôhata | Stars: Sharon Becker, Bill Blechingberg, Peter Cascone, Rik Giannola
Votes: 174
21. Dirty Pair (1985–1988)
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Kei and Yuri - The Dirty Pair aka 'The Lovely Angels' are two teen girls that fight crime throughout the universe and bring the bad guys to justice, but not before wrecking a planet.
Stars: Kyôko Tongû, Saeko Shimazu, Jessica Calvello, Pam Lauer
Votes: 256
22. Virus Buster Serge (1997)
25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Set in 2097, in Neo Hong Kong where a virus made by genetic engineering. In order to stop it, S.T.A.N.D is a police force coming to defeat the infected machines and humans. Serge (main ... See full summary »
Stars: Jessica Calvello, Ai Orikasa, Takashi Yoshida, Flavio Romeo
Votes: 88
23. Metal Skin Panic MADOX- 01 (1987 Video)
Not Rated | 48 min | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Koji Kondo is a young mechanic who finds the Madox-01. He gets stuck inside the machine before he finishes reading the manual. He must now evade the government and find his girlfriend before she disappears forever.
Director: Shinji Aramaki | Stars: Yasunori Matsumoto, Michael McGhee, Scott Simpson, Yôko Asagami
Votes: 373
24. Crusher Joe: The Movie (1983)
132 min | Action, Animation, Sci-Fi
Amid a supposedly simple escort mission, Joe and his crew experience a failure during their warp travel. They wake up just to find out that the passengers are missing. To make things worse,... See full summary »
Directors: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Jim Terry | Stars: Hiraku Takemura, Run Sasaki, Noriko Ohara, Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Votes: 351
25. 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: 191
26. Ai City (1986)
Not Rated | 86 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
In the future, Kei and Ai run for their lives, Ai is a small girl she holds a deep secret that can destroy the world. The world is populated by Headmeters people that have psychic powers ... See full summary »
Director: Kôichi Mashimo | Stars: Hirotaka Suzuoki, Miyuki Ueda, Yûji Ueda, Nachi Nozawa
Votes: 193
27. Genocyber (1994)
Unrated | 46 min | Animation, Action, Horror
A combination of cybernetics and psychic potential. At its core: the tortured souls of 2 human beings. Many wish to control this monstrosity, but can their hatred be contained?
Stars: William Roberts, Rosemary Elliot, Keith Howard, Rachel Nanstad
Votes: 1,330
28. 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: 1,291
29. Battle Angel (1993)
Not Rated | 54 min | Animation, Action, Drama
In a distant future, a the young cyborg Gally is found on a scrapheap by the Cyberdoctor Daisuke Ido, who rebuilds her and becomes her surrogate father.
Stars: Miki Itô, Shunsuke Kariya, Kappei Yamaguchi, Edward Glen
Votes: 5,830
30. 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: 2,955
31. Implosion: Zero Day
90 min | Animation, Sci-Fi | Announced
Following an alien invasion, all life on Earth is believed extinct. One soldier survives in a civilian community using a nuclear warhead for life-sustaining power. The clock is ticking as ... See full summary »
Director: Anton Mark-Hitchman | Stars: Stephanie Sheh, Stefanie Joosten
32. Megalo Box (2018–2021)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Junk Dog, an underground fighter with the alias of "Gearless Joe" sets out to join the worlds most prestigious mecha boxing championship, Megalonia.
Stars: Yoshimasa Hosoya, Michiyo Murase, Shirô Saitô, Hiroki Yasumoto
Votes: 3,841
33. Deca-Dence (2020)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Humanity was driven to the brink of extinction by unknown life forms Gadoll. Until one day, Natsume, a girl who dreams of becoming a warriors meets Kaburagi, an armor repairman. They will shake the future of this world.
Stars: Katsuyuki Konishi, Tomori Kusunoki, Kôsuke Toriumi, Eri Kitamura
Votes: 1,474
34. 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: 2,013
35. Akudama Drive (2020)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Crime
Long ago, a war broke out in Japan that pitted Kantou against Kansai and divided the country. Kansai became dependent on Kantou, but slowly the police and government began losing control of Kansai to criminals known as Akudama.
Stars: Tomoyo Kurosawa, Yûichirô Umehara, Maaya Uchida, Jonah Scott
Votes: 2,715
36. Patema Inverted (2013)
Not Rated | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A young girl, from a civilization that resides in deep underground tunnels, finds herself trapped in an inverted world and teams up with a resident to escape and return home.
Director: Yasuhiro Yoshiura | Stars: Yukiyo Fujii, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Shintarô Ôhata, Shin'ya Fukumatsu
Votes: 10,221
37. Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011)
TV-14 | 116 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A coming of age story involving young love and a mysterious music, coming from a crystal radio left as a memento by an absent father, that leads a young heroine deep into a hidden world.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Hisako Kanemoto, Miyu Irino, Kazuhiko Inoue, Junko Takeuchi
Votes: 17,021
38. Revisions (2019)
TV-MA | 36 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
When Shibuya City is time-warped to 2388, a group of high school students is conscripted by an AHRV agent to fight off the hostile cyborg race called revisions, with the help of giant robot monsters.
Stars: Bryce Papenbrook, Reba Buhr, Kyle McCarley, Cherami Leigh
Votes: 711
39. Godzilla Singular Point (2021)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Mystery
Brought together by a mysterious song, a grad student and an engineer lead the fight against an unimaginable force that may spell doom for the world.
Stars: Cristina Valenzuela, Bill Butts, Yume Miyamoto, Shoya Ishige
Votes: 2,205
40. Made in Abyss (2017– )
TV-14 | 325 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A girl and her robot companion search for her mother, who's lost within a vast chasm.
Stars: Luci Christian, Brittany Lauda, Miyu Tomita, Mariya Ise
Votes: 15,259
41. Kuromukuro (2016)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
When mecha attack a research center, it's students, pilots, and researchers must fight back with the help of mysterious artifacts and a young samurai.
Stars: Todd Haberkorn, Johnny Yong Bosch, Keith Silverstein, Jamieson Price
Votes: 1,456
42. Belle (2021)
PG | 121 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Suzu is a shy high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters "U", a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a globally-beloved singer.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Kaho Nakamura, Ryo Narita, Shôta Sometani, Tina Tamashiro
Votes: 17,152
43. 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: 2,048
44. Wonderful Days (2003)
Unrated | 86 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
2142: Pollution and climate change wiped out most of Earth's population. Ecoban city is built to withstand this. Suppression results in revolt. A childhood couple find each other as adults on opposing sides.
Director: Moon-saeng Kim | Stars: Andrew Ableson, Cathy Cavadini, Joon-ho Chung, Mark Lindsay
Votes: 9,445 | Gross: $0.03M
45. The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
TV-PG | 90 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
In an alternate postwar timeline, Japan is divided into the Union-controlled North and the US-controlled South.
Directors: Makoto Shinkai, Yoshio Suzuki | Stars: Hidetaka Yoshioka, Masato Hagiwara, Yuka Nanri, Unshô Ishizuka
Votes: 15,144
46. Welcome to the Space Show (2010)
Not Rated | 136 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Five kids go on amazing adventures through the universe after they rescue an injured alien.
Directors: Kôji Masunari, Masaaki Yuasa | Stars: Tomoyo Kurosawa, Honoka Ikezuki, Takuto Yoshinaga, Tamaki Matsumoto
Votes: 1,080
47. Odin (1985)
139 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A distress signal from a point near Jupiter takes the crew of the space-ship Starlight on a voyage through the sea of stars to a mysterious planet called Odin, the possible birthplace of the universe.
Directors: Takeshi Shirato, Eiichi Yamamoto, Toshio Masuda | Stars: Toshio Furukawa, Edward Glen, Keiko Han, Stacey Gregg
Votes: 215
48. Trigun Stampede (2023– )
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Follow gunman Vash the Stampede as he struggles to maintain his pacifist ways while avoiding the immense bounty on his head.
Stars: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Johnny Yong Bosch, Sakura Ando, Sarah Roach
Votes: 1,895
49. Kaina of the Great Snow Sea (2023– )
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
In a world that is enveloped in snow and has canopies reaching to the sky, two people from different communities make an encounter that changes history.
Stars: Yoshimasa Hosoya, Rie Takahashi, Maaya Sakamoto, Kentarô Kumagai
Votes: 231
50. 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: 586
51. Lazarus
24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure | Filming
In 2052 an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity prevails across the globe where humanity is freed from sickness. Dr. Skinner has developed a miracle cure all drug with no drawbacks called Hapuna. Hapuna soon becomes essential.
52. 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: 1,921
53. Phoenix: Eden17 (2023)
TV-MA | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A woman named Romi and her companion leave Earth for a new life on the planet Eden17. However, life is already extinct on the new world, so Romi is forced to live an even harsher life there.
Stars: Rie Miyazawa, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Honoka Yoshida, Issei Ogata
Votes: 270
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