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A.li.ce (1999)

17 November 200425 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Dystopian Future/Time Travel

Director: Kenichi Maejima
Category: Science Fiction

Aachi & Ssipak (2006)

29 July 200721 April 2019

Rating: ★★½

Demented Korean Anime

Director: Jo Beom-jin
Category: Science Fiction

Akira (1988)

2 August 199920 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Anime/Psychic Powers Amok

Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
Category: Science Fiction

Alakazam the Great (1961)

5 May 199927 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Mischievous Monkey’s Adventures/Animation

Director: Osamu Tezuka, Taiji Yabushita
Actors: Frankie Avalon, Jonathan Winters, Sterling Holloway
Category: Fantasy

Angel’s Egg (1985)

22 January 202022 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Anime/Surreal Journey Across an Alien World

Director: Mamoru Oshii
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

The Animatrix (2003)

26 November 200527 July 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Compilation of Matrix Anime Shorts

Director: Andy Jones, Mahiro Maeda, Shinichiro Watanabe, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, …
Actors: Carrie-Anne Moss, Melinda Clarke, Pamela Adlon, Kevin Michael Richardson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Anthem of the Heart (2015)

17 April 20174 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Girl Cursed With Being Unable to Speak

Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai
Category: Fantasy

Appleseed (1988)

8 July 200116 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Future Anti-Terrorist Squad

Director: Katsuyoshi Katayama
Category: Science Fiction

Appleseed (2004)

14 December 20089 September 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Future Anti-Terrorist Squad

Director: Shinji Aramaki
Category: Science Fiction

Appleseed Alpha (2014)

24 October 201410 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Post-Holocaust Cyborg Action

Director: Shinji Aramaki
Actors: Luci Christian, David Matranga, Wendel Calvert, Chris Hutchison, …
Category: Science Fiction

Appleseed Ex Machina (2007)

27 July 200815 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Future Anti-Terrorist Squad

Director: Shinji Aramaki
Category: Science Fiction

Arrietty (2010)

3 November 20119 October 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Miniature People Adventures

Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Category: Fantasy

Astro Boy (2009)

14 November 200924 September 2019

Rating: ★★½

Anime TV Series Remake/Android Boy

Director: Dave Bowers
Actors: Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Kristen Bell, …
Category: Science Fiction

Batman: Gotham Knight (2008)

27 July 200825 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Compilation of Batman Anime Shorts

Director: Shouijiro Nishimi, Futoshi Higashide, Hiroshi Morioka, Yoshiaki Aoki, …
Actors: Kevin Conroy, David McCallum, Rob Paulsen, Gary Dourdan, …
Category: Fantasy

Batman Ninja (2018)

6 May 201827 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Batman Anime

Director: Junpei Mizusaki
Category: Fantasy

Belladonna of Sadness (1973)

7 March 20189 November 2019

Rating: ★★½

Anime Erotica/Temptation by the Devil

Director: Eiichi Yamamoto
Category: Fantasy

Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)

10 November 200315 February 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Vampire Battles Demons/Anime

Director: Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Category: Horror

Blue Remains (2000)

28 November 200419 February 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Underwater Post-Holocaust Environmentalism

Director: Hisaya Takabayashi, Toshifumi Takizawa
Category: Science Fiction

The Boy and the Beast (2015)

6 November 201530 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Boy Becomes Apprentice to a Beast Warrior

Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Category: Fantasy

The Cat Returns (2002)

25 July 200430 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Girl’s Adventure in the World of Cats

Director: Hiroyuki Morita
Category: Fantasy

Children Who Chase Lost Voices from the Deep (2011)

19 March 201310 July 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Lost Underground Realm

Director: Makoto Shinkai
Category: Fantasy

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)

14 August 200317 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Anime/Future Bounty Hunters

Director: Shinichiro Watanabe
Category: Science Fiction

Darkside Blues (1994)

31 July 200025 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Anime/Dark Future/Mysterious Stranger

Director: Nobuyasa Furukawa
Actors: Peter Patrikios, Rachel Lillis
Category: Science Fiction

Demon City Shinjuku (1988)

14 March 20161 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Suburb of Tokyo Taken Over by Demonic Forces

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Category: Fantasy

Digimon: The Movie (2000)

15 March 200115 August 2020

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Cute Cyber-Creatures

Director: Mamoru Hosoda, Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Actors: Mona Marshall, Colleen O'Shaughnessy
Category: Fantasy

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)

16 June 201125 September 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Alternate Timeline/Reality-Bending Teenager

Director: Tatsuya Ishihara, Yasuhiro Takemoto
Category: Science Fiction

Dracula (1980)

15 October 199931 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Anime/Dracula vs Satanism

Director: Minoru Okazaki
Category: Horror

The Empire of Corpses (2015)

25 November 201925 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Alternate Victorian England Based on Frankenstein Technology

Director: Ryotaho Makihara
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone (2007)

2 November 201025 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Anime/Invasion by Vast Alien Machines

Director: Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki
Category: Science Fiction

Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance (2009)

11 March 201125 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Invasion by Vast Alien Machines

Director: Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki
Category: Science Fiction

Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo (2012)

4 February 201415 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Anime/Invasion by Vast Alien Machines

Director: Hideaki Anno, Mahiro Maeda, Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki
Category: Science Fiction

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)

15 July 200110 February 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Alien Soul Devourers

Director: Hironobu Sakaguchi, Motu Sakakibara
Actors: Ming-Na, Alec Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, James Woods, …
Category: Science Fiction

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005)

4 May 200910 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Computer Game Adaptation

Director: Tetsuya Nomura, Takeshi Nozue
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2011)

13 July 201215 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Anime TV Series Spinoff/Magician Heroes

Director: Kazuya Murata
Category: Fantasy

Galaxy Express 999 (1979)

16 December 20007 January 2019

Rating: ★★★

Anime Space Opera

Director: Rintaro
Actors: Saffron Henderson, Kathleen Barr, Janyse Jaud, Terry Klassen, …
Category: Science Fiction

Genius Party Beyond (2008)

4 April 200927 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime Anthology

Director: Masahiro Maeda, Kazuto Nakazawa, Shinya Ohara, Tatsuyuki Tanaka, …
Category: Fantasy

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

30 July 200227 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Cyberpunk Anime

Director: Mamoru Oshii
Category: Science Fiction

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)

24 July 200527 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Cyberpunk Anime

Director: Mamoru Oshii
Category: Science Fiction

Ghost in the Shell: Arise (2013-2014)

22 December 20141 August 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Cyberpunk Anime

Director: Tow Ubukata, Kazuchika Kise
Category: Science Fiction

Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie (2015)

21 October 201630 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Cyberpunk Anime

Director: Kazuya Nomura, Kazuchika Kise
Category: Science Fiction

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)

27 July 200812 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Time Travel

Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (2018)

4 January 20193 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Japanese Monster Movie

Director: Hiroyuki Sashita, Kobun Shizuno
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017)

18 February 20183 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Anime/Japanese Monster Movie

Director: Hiroyuki Seshita, Kobun Shizuno
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2018)

7 April 20193 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Anime/Japanese Monster Movie

Director: Hiroyushi Seshita, Kobun Shizuno
Category: Science Fiction

Halo Legends (2010)

30 March 201222 January 2020

Rating: ★★½

Compilation of Anime Shorts/Videogame Adaptation/Space War

Director: Hideki Futamura, Keiichi Sugiyama, Takahiro Tanaka, Hiroshi Yamazaki, …
Category: Science Fiction

Harmony (2015)

31 October 201616 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Disquiet Utopia

Director: Michael Arias, Takashi Nakamura
Category: Science Fiction

Highlander: The Search for Vengeance (2007)

7 March 20097 August 2019

Rating: ★★½

Immortal Combat/Anime

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Hiroshi Hamasaki
Actors: Alistair Abell, Eid Lakis, Zachary Samuels, Hank Banks, …
Category: Fantasy

Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)

7 January 200618 February 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Epic Fantasy

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Category: Fantasy

Interstella 5555 (2003)

18 January 201130 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Anime/Intergalactic Rock Band

Director: Kazuhisa Takenuchi
Category: Science Fiction

Iron Man: Rise of Technovore (2013)

21 February 201415 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Anime/Marvel Comics Superhero

Director: Hiroshi Hamasaki
Actors: Norman Reedus
Category: Science Fiction

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1998)

3 October 199922 January 2020

Rating: ★★½

Anime/Werewolf Anti-Terrorist Squad

Director: Hiroyuki Okiura
Category: Fantasy

Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)

23 February 200823 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Anime/Young Witch’s Adventures

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Category: Fantasy

Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016)

30 October 20163 October 2018

Rating: ★★★½

Anime/Computer Game Adaptation

Director: Takeshi Nozue
Actors: Aaron Paul, Lena Headey, Sean Bean, Liam Mulvey, …
Category: Fantasy

Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986)

31 October 200830 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Anime/Lost Floating City

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Category: Science Fiction

Legend of the Overfiend (1989)

1 July 20001 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Teen Demon

Director: Hideki Takayama
Category: Fantasy, Horror

Lensman (1984)

12 February 20017 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Anime/Space Opera

Director: Kazuyuki Hirokawa, Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Category: Science Fiction

A Letter to Momo (2011)

26 September 201218 June 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Anime/Girl Befriends Goblins

Director: Hiroyuki Okiura
Category: Fantasy

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)

28 June 20133 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Anime/Boy’s Adventures in Dreams

Director: Masami Hata, William Hurtz
Actors: Gabriel Damon, Mickey Rooney, Rene Auberjonois, Danny Mann, …
Category: Fantasy

Malice@doll (2001)

25 July 20047 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Sex Robot Becomes Human

Director: Keitaro Motonaga
Category: Science Fiction

Mary and the Witch’s Flower (2017)

22 April 201823 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Young Witch

Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Category: Fantasy

Mass Effect: Paragon Lost (2012)

28 April 201314 January 2020

Rating: ★½

Anime/Videogame Adaptation

Director: Atsushi Takeuchi
Actors: Freddie Prinze Jr
Category: Science Fiction

Memories (1995)

9 March 200127 July 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Anime Anthology

Director: Koji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura, Katsuhiro Otomo
Category: Science Fiction

Metropolis (2001)

31 January 20028 January 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Retro Future/Android Girl

Director: Rintaro
Category: Science Fiction

Millennium Actress (2001)

31 December 200127 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Anime/Actress’s Surreal Biography

Director: Satoshi Kon
Category: Fantasy

Mindgame (2004)

24 July 20062 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Surrealist Anime

Director: Masaki Yuasa
Category: Fantasy

Mirai (2018)

22 June 202022 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Boy Meets Family from the Future and Past

Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Category: Fantasy

My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

18 October 20041 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Anime/Children Befriend Mysterious Creature

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Category: Fantasy

Nausicaa in the Valley of the Wind (1984)

12 December 20059 March 2019

Rating: ★★★★½

Anime/Post-Holocaust Environmentalism

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Category: Science Fiction

Ninja Scroll (1993)

7 July 20208 July 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Ninja vs Demonic Forces

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Category: Fantasy

Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror (2009)

20 March 201411 May 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Anime/Adventures in a Magical Otherworld

Director: Shinsuke Sato
Category: Fantasy

Paprika (2006)

17 August 200717 March 2019

Rating: ★★½

Anime/Dream Therapy Device

Director: Satoshi Kon
Category: Science Fiction

Patema Inverted (2013)

7 December 201630 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Two Worlds With Gravity in Opposing Directions

Director: Yasuhiro Yoshiura
Category: Science Fiction

Patlabor: The Mobile Police (1989)

26 September 200427 November 2019

Rating: ★★½

Anime/Police Amok-Robot Squad

Director: Mamoru Oshii
Category: Science Fiction

Perfect Blue (1997)

11 April 19991 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Psycho-Thriller

Director: Satoshi Kon
Category: Horror

The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)

30 September 202030 September 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Alternate History/Mysterious Tower

Director: Makoto Shinkai
Category: Science Fiction

Planzet (2010)

4 July 20131 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Anime/Giant Robots vs Alien Invaders

Director: Jun Awazu
Category: Science Fiction

Pokemon The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998)

10 April 20012 May 2020

Rating: ★

Animation/Cute Creatures

Director: Kunihiko Yuyama, Michael Haigney
Actors: Veronica Taylor, Rachel Lillis, Eric Stuart, Philip Bartlett, …
Category: Fantasy

Pokemon: The Power of One (1999)

31 December 199916 June 2019

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Cute Creatures

Director: Kunihiko Yuyama, Michael Haigney
Actors: Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Ted Lewis, Eric Stuart
Category: Fantasy

Pom Poko (1994)

31 December 199430 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Raccoons Declare War on Humanity

Director: Isao Takahata
Category: Fantasy

Ponyo on a Cliff By the Sea (2008)

13 August 200915 March 2019

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Fish Girl Becomes Human

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Category: Fantasy

Porco Rosso (1992)

14 September 200427 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Talking Pig Aviator

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Category: Fantasy

Princess Mononoke (1997)

30 November 199915 March 2019

Rating: ★★★★★

Anime/Epic Fantasy

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Actors: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Minnie Driver, Gillian Anderson, …
Category: Fantasy

Psycho-Pass: The Movie (2015)

27 May 201616 February 2020

Rating: ★★½

Anime/Future Crime Prediction Force

Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro, Naoyoshi Shiotani
Category: Science Fiction

The Red Turtle (2016)

10 October 201623 April 2020

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Castaway Befriends Turtle Woman

Director: Michael Dudok de Wit
Category: Fantasy

Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008)

10 February 202010 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Anime/Videogame Adaptation

Director: Makoto Kumiya
Actors: Alyson Court, Michael Sorich
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

Robot Carnival (1987)

22 April 201524 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime Anthology of Robot Tales

Director: Atsuko Fukushima, Katsuhiro Otomo, Koji Morimoto, Hidetoshi Omori, …
Category: Science Fiction

Roujin Z (1991)

11 March 20011 August 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Anime/Rampaging Hospital Bed

Director: Hiroyuki Kitakubi
Category: Science Fiction

Short Peace (2013)

10 May 20175 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime Anthology

Director: Shuhei Morita, Katsuhiro Otomo, Hiroaki Ando, Hajime Katoki
Category: Fantasy

The Sky Crawlers (2008)

7 August 201127 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Cloned Flyers

Director: Mamoru Oshii
Category: Science Fiction

Space Adventure Cobra (1982)

6 July 201425 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime Space Opera

Director: Osamu Dezaki, Carl F. Macek
Category: Science Fiction

Space Cruiser Yamato (1977)

11 September 20011 January 2019

Rating: ★★½

Anime Space Opera

Director: Yoshinobu Nishizaki, Gino Tanasescu
Category: Science Fiction

Space Pirate Captain Harlock (2013)

15 August 20165 November 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Anime/Space Opera

Director: Shinji Aramaki
Category: Science Fiction

Spirited Away (2001)

12 April 200230 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Anime/Afterlife Bathhouse

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Actors: John Ratzenberger, Tara Strong, David Ogden Stiers, Daveigh Chase, …
Category: Fantasy

Spriggan (1998)

14 October 20011 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Alien Artefact/Psychic Kid Amok

Director: Hirotsugu Kawasaki
Category: Science Fiction

Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012)

17 December 201215 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

War with Aliens/Anime

Director: Shinji Aramaki
Category: Science Fiction

Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars (2017)

24 November 201715 January 2020

Rating: ★★

War with Aliens/Anime

Director: Shinji Aramaki, Masaru Matsumoto
Actors: Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Emily Neves
Category: Science Fiction

Steamboy (2004)

5 August 200528 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Steampunk Anime

Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
Category: Science Fiction

Summer Wars (2009)

12 March 201112 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Amok A.I./Family Saga

Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Category: Science Fiction

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)

3 October 201427 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Japanese Fairytale

Director: Isao Takahata
Category: Fantasy

Tales from Earthsea (2006)

15 November 201124 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Epic Fantasy

Director: Goro Miyazaki
Category: Fantasy

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