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As One (2025)
Original name: アズワン／AS ONE
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The story centers on the melody played by the protagonist (Yoh). When his voice transcends time and space to reach Meguriboshi (another planet far away from Earth), many mysteries that were not told in the original story are revealed.
Style:
atmospheric, philosophical, futuristic, art house, mystic, existential, melancholic, nostalgic
Plot:
connection, alien planet, revelation, transcendence, travel, loneliness, identity, slow burn, alien language
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, futuristic, melancholic and adult animation films with plots about post apocalyptic, dystopia, identity, battles, fight, sacrifice and coming of age mostly in Animation, Sci-Fi and Action genres. Some movies like As One: Dandelion's Odyssey (2025), GARAKOWA - Restore the World (2015), Babylon 5: The Road Home (2023), Fafner Exodus (2015), Adieu Galaxy Express 999 (1981). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
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Duration: 76 min.
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 67 min.
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Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Time:
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Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
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Time:
future, 2020s
Place:
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62%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
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Place:
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Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 59 min.
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60%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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60%
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
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Audience:
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Place:
japan, tokyo
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58%
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
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Country: Japan
Duration: 134 min.
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Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
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Country: Japan
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Country: Japan
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Duration: 125 min.
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Duration: 86 min.
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Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
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Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
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Duration: 92 min.
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Country: Japan
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Singapore, Japan
Duration: 42 min.
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Country: Japan
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Time:
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
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