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Hi no Tori: Eden no Sora

Also known as Phoenix: Eden17.

Studio: Studio 4°C
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

The anime follows a woman named Romi and her partner as they depart from the devastated Earth and head for a new life on the planet Eden17. However, life has already been made extinct on the new world, so Romi finds herself eking out an even harsher life there.



Note: The anime has a film version with an alternative ending titled "Hi no Tori: Eden no Hana" that released in Japan on November 3rd, 2023.

Tags: Space , Time Skip , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Cosmic Horror , Post-Apocalyptic , Aliens , Age Regression , Robots , Fugitive , Nudity , Environmental , Shapeshifting , Agriculture , Animals , Drugs

Metropolis

Studio: MADHOUSE , Kadokawa Shoten
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi

In the great city of Metropolis, severe community structures and prejudice dominate a world where humans and robots live together. Unrest and violence increase with each new day.

Searching for the scientist Dr. Laughton, suspected to violate human rights by trading organs, the Japanese detective Shunsaku Ban and his nephew Kenichi arrive at Metropolis. In the scientist's laboratory, Kenichi discovers a girl without any memory of her past life. He decides to help her, so they run away together. His uncle follows him and penetrates the dark secrets of the city to find Duke Red, the man ruling from the shadows. Meanwhile, Kenichi desperately tries to protect the mysterious girl from the people hunting her. However, Duke Red and his adoptive son have their own deep reasons for chasing the girl. These reasons are connected to her true identity and the struggle for the domination of Metropolis...

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Tags: Robots , Dystopian , Artificial Intelligence , Fugitive , Detective , Urban , Female Protagonist , Politics , Cyberpunk , Police , Male Protagonist , Crime , Class Struggle , Terrorism , Guns , Foreign , CGI

Toki no Tabibito: Time Stranger

Studio: Kadokawa Shoten , MADHOUSE , Project Team Argos
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Romance , Sci-Fi

Based on the novel trilogy of the same name by MAYUMURA Taku (眉村 卓), Time Stranger is the story of a bunch of teenagers getting transported back in time through Japan's history, and getting mixed up with samurai shenanigans.

Tags: Time Manipulation , War , Fugitive , Historical , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Cars , Samurai , Robots , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Royal Affairs , Swordplay , Memory Manipulation , American Football

Hi no Tori

Also known as Phoenix.

Studio: Touhouku Shinsha , NHK , Tezuka Productions , Media Blasters , NYAV Post
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Hi no Tori is a collection of stories that all have something in common. The Phoenix, whose blood is believed to give an eternal life to one who drinks it. Therefore many seek to kill it, but as the Phoenix of the tale, it's reborn from the ashes. Stories take place in future and the past, where humans fight with each other as always, and everyone is afraid to die. But still, every story teaches a lesson: Life is beginning of an eternity, an never-ending cycle.



Tags: Historical , Mythology , Anthology , Reincarnation , Philosophy

Terra e...

Also known as Toward the Terra.

Studio: Toei Animation , The Right Stuf International
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi

In the future, mankind's seemingly utopian society is strictly controlled by the government, and anything that threatens to disrupt the status quo is ruthlessly suppressed. When 14-year-old Jomy begins to question the way the society is run, he suddenly becomes a target for both the government and the Mu, an outcast race with extra-sensory abilities who have been fighting against the government for generations. Now, each is determined to hunt him down - one to kill him and the other to save him.



Tags: Shounen , Space Opera , Space , Time Skip , Fugitive , Male Protagonist , Dystopian , Artificial Intelligence

Twilight Q

Studio: Ajiado , Studio DEEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Sci-Fi

A Knot in Time - Reflection Mayu found a camera floating in the ocean while she was on vacation. A very unusual camera. The film, mostly intact, reveals a picture of herself with a man she has never seen before. But that is not all. The unusual part is that this camera has not been made yet... and will not be made for another two years. And soon, Mayu finds herself swinging uncontrollably back and forth through time like a pendulum...

Mystery Case - File 538 A down-on-his-luck detective accepts the first case to come his way: surveillance of a man and a little girl. But who are they? And why do aeroplanes that fly over them turn into giant imperial carp? An investigator's normal methods do not apply when reality itself no longer applies...



Note: The series was meant to be a showcase for various anime directors. Unfortunately, only two parts ever got made.

Tags: Detective , Time Manipulation , Episodic , Anthology , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Denpa , Gods

THE IDEON: Hatsudou-hen

Also known as The Ideon: Be Invoked.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

The epic conclusion to the Ideon saga, featuring what was meant to be the final 5 episodes of the TV series. The Solo Ship and its crew continue their intense battle with the Buff Clan leading to a final battle that will determine the fate of all life in the universe.

This movie features the last episode of the TV series Space Runaway Ideon (39), and four more episodes (40-43) that were meant to air on TV, but never did since the show was cancelled.

This movie was the second part of a double feature along with "The Ideon: A Contact".



Tags: War , Space Opera , Tragedy , Cosmic Horror , Military , Space , Aliens , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Real Robot , Super Robot , Guns , Gore , Lost Civilization , Revenge , Afterlife , Estranged Family , Nudity , Samurai , Love Triangle , Philosophy

Uchuu Senkan Yamato

Also known as Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar.

Studio: Office Academy , Yomiuri TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Sci-Fi

In the distant future, the war between the human race and the Gamilon has taken its toll on the planet Earth. Constant bombardment of radioactive asteroids has rendered the planet's atmosphere uninhabitable. As a means of relief aid, Queen Starsha of the planet Iscandar offers the Earth Forces a device that can completely neutalize the radiation off the planet. For this task, the space battleship Yamato is launched from the remains of its World War II ancestor on a 148,000 light-year journey. However, the crew of the Yamato has only one Earth year to travel to Iscandar and back, or the human race will come to an end.



Tags: Space , Space Opera , Aliens , Military , War , Travel , Ships , Post-Apocalyptic , Primarily Adult Cast , Ensemble Cast , Artificial Intelligence , Heterosexual , Robots , Real Robot

Uchuu Senkan Yamato: Kanketsu-hen

Also known as Space Battleship Yamato - Final Chapter.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sci-Fi

The year is 2203, not long after the Bolar Federation was defeated by Desslok's Galman-Gamilon Empire. A subspace dimensional dislocation has caused a distant Red Galaxy to be relocated in a collision course with the Milky Way. Stars and planets collide, making a wreck of the Galman-Gamilon homeworld. The Star Force is dispatched to investigate. They reach Galmania to find Desslok's palace in ruins.

As they pay their respects, tossing white roses down to the surface of the planet, a huge red planet crashes into Galmania, forcing to StarForce to escape with an immediate and uncalculated warp.



Note: The 35mm cut for the film has a runtime of 152 minutes. While the 70mm extended cut is 163 minutes long and once held the record for the longest theatrical animated film in the world for 36 years.

Tags: Space Opera , Space , Military

Uchuu Kaizoku Captain Harlock

Also known as Captain Harlock Space Pirate.

Studio: Toei Animation , Studio Nue , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Sci-Fi

The year is 2977. Mankind has become complacent and stagnant. All work is done by machines, while humans spend all their time on entertainment. But when a mysterious invader from the stars catches Earth unawares, only the legendary space pirate Captain Harlock and the crew of the Arcadia have the will to stand against them.



Tags: Space Opera , Pirates , Aliens , Space , Episodic , Fugitive , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Nudity