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Absolute Boy (2005)
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Original name: 絶対少年
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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Story:
Ayumu Aizawa who can't recall his childhood. He doesn't suffer from amnesia but his younger days are a mystery to him.
When asked to spend the summer with his father in Tana, a rural town two hours away from his home in Tokyo, Ayumu refuses as he has not seen his divorced father in four years. He gets bribed by his mother with a mountain bicycle and reluctantly agrees.
Unbeknownst to him, this fateful trip will put together bits of his past. Soon after arriving at Tana, Ayumu encounters strange happenings such as meeting a mysterious boy called Wakkun, who lives in an enchanted forest, and floating orbs of lights appearing in the sky.
Style:
anime, mysterious, captivating, entertaining, psychological, emotional, melancholic, heartfelt, nostalgic
Plot:
supernatural, youth, adolescence, coming of age, teenager, village life, teenage life, countryside, paranormal investigation, divorced parents, loneliness, alienation, small town, identity, slice of life, friendship, puzzle, memory loss, outsider, family drama, bittersweet, magic realism, summer vacation, getting home, estranged father ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, captivating, emotional and psychological films and TV series with plots about coming of age, friendship, slice of life, supernatural, high school life, bittersweet and small town mostly in Animation, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Absolute Boy: Persona 4 The Golden Animation (2014), Hanada Shounen-shi (2002), Summer Pockets (2025), Mokke (2007), Poco's Udon World (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 24 min.
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Audience:
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
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Duration: 111 min.
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Plot:
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