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Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished

Kim is living a peaceful life with his father as a farmer on their planet until one day when a runaway spaceship is detected moving at a high speed towards his father's farm. To rescue his father Kim jumps on board the ship and manages to land it safely before it crashes.

On board the ship he finds a severely Injured lone survivor whom with his dying words begs Kim to take something of his to the Galactic Fleet. He then transfers something that was attached to his arm onto Kim's arm. The thing was a Lens and its transferring should have been impossible and having it has turned Kim into a Lensman. Other than giving Kim unknown powers it also contains vital information for the victory of the Galactic Fleet over the evil Boskone Empire.

Kim must now using the spaceship Britannia bring the Lense to the Galactic Fleet. But this is not an easy task when Lord Helmet of the Boskone Empire is willing to use everything in his power to stop him.

Tags: Aliens , Space , Male Protagonist , CGI , Robots , Shounen

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Space☆Dandy

Also known as Space Dandy.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi

The story of the anime revolves around Dandy, an alien-hunter. His job is to seek out new aliens never seen before, and receives a reward whenever he finds a new species. His mission is to find those new species faster than anyone else as he travels the galaxy. Together with the bucket-of-bolts robot QT and the dimwit alien Meow he picked up along the way, he comes into contact with new planets and their inhabitants..

Tags: Space , Surreal Comedy , Episodic , Aliens , Parody , Meta , Male Protagonist , Robots , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Achronological Order , Primarily Male Cast , Surfing , Zombie , Space Opera , Kaiju , Mixed Gender Harem , Yuri

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I Я I A ZЁIЯAM THE ANIMATION

Also known as Iria: Zeiram The Animation.

Studio: Bandai Visual , Ashi Productions , Discotek , d-rights
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi

Iria is the story of a girl and the Alien being she loves to hate. The series begins with her brother, Gren, taking a job. He is a bounty hunter, and one well known for his incredible skill. Iria, being a skilled apprentice bounty hunter herself, tags along. What is the job, one might ask. It is to find out what has happened to the crew and cargo of a Space Station. Needless to say, nothing is as it seems, and the war between Iria and Zeiram begins in earnest.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Guns , Space , Tokusatsu , Primarily Adult Cast , Aliens , Tomboy , Primarily Male Cast , Crossdressing

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TRAVA: FIST PLANET

Studio: MADHOUSE , Grasshoppa!
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Ace pilot Trava and his personal mechanic buddy Shinkai, on their way to mark an out-of-the-way planet, pick up Mikuru, a girl with no memory. The three are about to discover that the planet is more than it seems.

Tags: Aliens , Space , Robots , Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Amnesia , Cosmic Horror

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Relic Armor LEGACIAM

Studio: Atelier Giga , Movic
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

The planet Libertia was once known as “the planet of death”, until humanity built three giant mirrors and created what seemed like an ideal land. It is on this planet that Professor Grace and his granddaughter Alcia live peacefully… until their home is attacked by Guild soldiers looking for the professor and for Legaciam – a special Armor that can resist extreme heat, allowing it to go to areas where humans would not survive normally. Alcia, who was at the time piloting Legaciam in order to help her grandfather with the testing, manages to get away… barely. But the Guild is determined to get Legaciam by any means necessary…

Spin off of Akinori Endo's novel, 'Warrior of the Tower: Relic Armor Legacium'.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Robots , Real Robot , Pandemic

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Hi no Tori: Uchuu-hen

Also known as The Phoenix -Space-.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Kadokawa Shoten , Project Team Argos
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

It is an animation version of the original story by Tezuka Osamu that depicts the cruelty of love through the fate of spacemen destined to drift through the universe after losing their mother ship..

Tags: Age Regression , Gods , Love Triangle , Aliens , Cosmic Horror , Primarily Adult Cast , Space , Tragedy , Body Horror , Ensemble Cast

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Genma Taisen

Also known as Harmagedon.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Kadokawa Shoten
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

From the depths of space he is coming...

Ancient beyond understanding, his power is immeasurable. He has destroyed half the universe and is on his way here. He is... Genma.

Only two people are aware of the imminent catastrophe: Princess Luna, a modern day prophetess and Vega, a cybernetic crusader from a world long since ravaged by Genma. Determined to spare the Earth from a similar fate, Luna and Vega must try to mobilize the most potent psychics in the world. Together, this army of fledging psychic warriors must succeed where billions have tried... and failed.

But will they be able to gather their champions in time? Genma's agents are already on Earth to ensure that their master meets with no opposition!

Tags: Super Power , Cosmic Horror , Male Protagonist , Aliens , Environmental , Shapeshifting , Space , Tragedy , Philosophy , Body Horror

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AKIRA

Also known as Akira.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Funimation , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Kodansha , Bandai Entertainment , Toho , Madman Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

It's the year 2019, thirty-one years have passed since the start of World War III. A top-secret child with amazing powers of the mind breaks free from custody and accidentally gets a motorcycle gang involved in the project. This incident triggers psychic powers within one of the gang members, Tetsuo, and he is taken by the army to be experimented on. His mind has been altered and is now on the path of war, seeking revenge on the society that once called him weak.

Tags: Cyberpunk , Post-Apocalyptic , Dystopian , Super Power , Urban , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Seinen , Delinquents , Body Horror , Urban Fantasy , Motorcycles , Anti-Hero , Conspiracy , Gangs , Military , Gore , Philosophy , Crime , Orphan , Politics , Mythology , Aliens , Nudity

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REDLINE

Also known as Redline.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Anchor Bay Films
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Romance , Sci-Fi , Sports

Redline is about the biggest and most deadly racing tournament in the universe. Only held once every five years, everyone wants to stake their claim to fame, including JP, a reckless dare-devil driver oblivious to speed limits with his ultra-customized car - all the while, organized crime and militaristic governments want to leverage the race to their own ends. Amongst the other elite rival drivers in the tournament, JP falls for the alluring Sonoshee - but will she prove his undoing, or can a high speed romance survive a mass destruction race?

Tags: Cars , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Space , Cyberpunk , Aliens , Female Protagonist , Cyborg , Crime , Heterosexual , Military , Gambling , Robots , Politics , Anthropomorphism , Nudity , Primarily Male Cast

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