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Train to the End of the World (2024)
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Original name: 終末トレインどこへいく？
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
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In a seemingly ordinary rural town, something strange is happening to the residents. But Shizuru Chikura is more concerned for her missing friend. Determined to find her, Shizuru and three other girls board an abandoned train and travel to the outside world, unsure if they'll make it back alive. As they venture toward the unknown, the question looms: What awaits them at the final stop?
Style:
tense, sinister, psychological thriller, surreal, dread, dark fantasy, existential, postmodern, anime, psychological ...
Plot:
missing person, investigation, supernatural, friendship, female friendship, journey, isolation, end of the world, claustrophobia, exploration, slow burn, post apocalyptic, survival, minimalism, coming of age, haunting, train, railway, disaster, travel, post apocalypse, female protagonist, transformation, anthropomorphism, shapeshifting ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, psychological, captivating and tense films and TV series with plots about coming of age, friendship, supernatural, female protagonist, investigation, isolation and survival mostly in Animation, Adventure and Drama genres. Some movies like Train to the End of the World: Are You Lost? (2019), Owarimonogatari (2015), Uzumaki (2024), The Rolling Girls (2015), Punch Line (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min.
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anime, feel good, entertaining, humorous, captivating ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Place:
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90%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 25 min.
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Kirie tries to escape from her town Kurouzu-cho, where the residents get obsessed with spirals due to an unexplained curse.
Style:
psychological, dread, atmospheric, bleak, mind bending ...
Audience:
teen drama
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obsession, body horror, cosmic horror, supernatural, curse, isolation, escape, small town, female protagonist, claustrophobia, symbolism, psychosis ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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Apparitions, oddities, and gods continue to manifest around Koyomi Araragi and his close-knit group of friends: Tsubasa Hanekawa, the group's modest genius; Shinobu Oshino, the resident doughnut-loving vampire; athletic deviant Suruga Kanbaru; ...
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anime, surreal, psychological, dark fantasy, psychological horror ...
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mature, supernatural, vampire, urban, symbolism, friendship, ghost, coming of age, high school, identity crisis, high school life, mythology ...
Place:
monogatari
Similarity:
86%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
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Ten years after the Great Tokyo War, each prefecture in Japan has split up into independent nations. Each nation is ruled by a prophet called "Mosa" and an army called "Mob" as they start to compete to take over other countries. ...
Style:
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road trip, friendship, female protagonist, travel, superhero, fight, supernatural power, female friendship, post apocalypse, motorcycle, dystopia, coming of age ...
Place:
japan
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80%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
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High schooler Yūta Iridatsu has experienced “astral projection” i.e. his spirit has been separated from his body. He woke up in a mansion named Koraikan and met a cat spirit named Chiranosuke, who told him “You must find the Sacred Tome of ...
Style:
anime, surreal, ecchi, humorous, satirical ...
Plot:
sexual humor, satire, supernatural, silly humor, obsessive quest, schoolboy, surrealism, catastrophe, school, ghost, paranormal, save the world ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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In the spring when the cherry blossom petals fall, Yū Narukami moves to Yaso Inaba to live with his uncle and cousin due to his family's circumstances. He transfers to Yasogami High School, where his event-filled school life begins. However, ...
Style:
anime, suspense, detective, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
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69%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
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The arc opens with Koyomi Araragi and Shinobu Oshino musing about the true nature of Shikigami doll Yotsugi Ononoki. Koyomi supposes that as an apparition, Yotsugi isn't well suited to life among humans, in spite of her attempts at being ...
Style:
anime, psychological, philosophical, existential, atmospheric ...
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Place:
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Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
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Based on the visual novel social deduction video game of the same name where the crew of a spaceship must deduce who among them is a Gnosia, an alien-like creature, and put them into cryosleep before it kills them.
Style:
anime, suspense, tense, psychological thriller, mysterious ...
Plot:
uncertainty, impostor, spaceship, survival, space, betrayal, suspicion, paranoia, deception, psychological manipulation, mind game, murder mystery ...
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68%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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Yuki Takeya, Kurumi Ebisuzawa, Yuri Wakasa, and Miki Naoki decide to stay over at school. Along with the school adviser Megumi Sakura, they suddenly find themselves to be the final survivors of a zombie attack, and continue to live and survive at ...
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68%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
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Two young girls, Yoko and Airi, travel through the empty world of post-apocalyptic Japan. They photograph the scenery of famous places and camp out in towns overtaken by nature. Together, they ride on a Serow off-road motorbike and experience a new ...
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Place:
japan
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67%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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A dominatrix must solve a ghost mystery.
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anime, tense, captivating, mystic, psychological ...
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55%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
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Scenery that we have never seen. Sounds that we have never heard. Scent that we have never smelled. Food that we have never tasted. And the surge of emotion that we have never experienced. This is the expedition of recollecting the pieces torn apart ...
Style:
anime, captivating, entertaining, humorous, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
friendship, slice of life, coming of age, youth, school, society, rivalry, love, loyalty, family relations, couples, friends ...
Place:
japan, antarctica
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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Momiji Fujimiya, is a descendant of the mythical Princess Kushinada. When Japan is menaced by Aragami spawned by Yamato-no-Orochi, Momiji is intended to be sacrificed to appease the Aragami. She instead, however, becomes a member of the Terrestrial ...
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Audience:
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supernatural, demon, female protagonist, secret organization, government agency, mythology, prophecy, urban, young adult, sacrifice, friendship, coming of age ...
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery
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Duration: 29 min.
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japan
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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Duration: 23 min.
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Iori Kitahara looks forward to his new life on the Izu Peninsula as he prepares to start his college life there, staying in a room above his uncle's diving shop "Grand Blue". However, he is quickly shocked as he meets the local Diving ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
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anime, tense, disturbing, captivating, emotional ...
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45%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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anime, captivating, serious, tense, suspense ...
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Duration: 30 min.
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captivating, emotional, dark fantasy, tense, bleak ...
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44%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
Country: Japan
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Audience:
teens
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Time:
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
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Following the collapse of civilization, one storied hotel stands among the ruins of Tokyo’s Ginza district. Overrun by nature, this lone hotel continues to defy humanity’s collapse. Current guests: zero. Check-ins scheduled today: zero. ...
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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This is a record of the pair, one a member of a ruined race, the ...
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anime, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
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43%
Genre: Animation, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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After a war occurred in the 20th century between humans and demons. Since that time, the monsters rule the world in fear but keep relatively hidden from public view. A boy named Bokka ponders the past and wonders what became of the Meros Warriors ...
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anime, tense, psychological, thrilling, suspenseful ...
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supernatural, supernatural power, supernatural horror, teamwork, problem, post apocalyptic, quest, young adult, dystopia, nostalgia, power struggle, investigation ...
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41%
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 26 min.
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anime, creepy, tension, suspense, dark ...
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supernatural, seaside town, female protagonist, fear, haunting, cursed, paranormal, paranoia, isolation, superstition, occult, claustrophobia ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
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In a world of anthropomorphic animals, Belle Lablac was born as the only human being. Having no fangs, fur, or scales, she was called "Faceless," and she lived a lonely life with no one else she could identify with. With longing in her ...
Style:
anime, anthropomorphic, captivating, emotional, dramatic ...
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journey, female protagonist, sword, anthropomorphism, self discovery, identity, quest, fantasy world, loner, adventurer, problem, adventure hero ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
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Many years after a great tragedy killed 90% of the people in Japan, three girls arrive in the ruins of Tokyo. In the devastated capital, their unusually clean clothes set them apart. But that's not the only strange thing about them - they also ...
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anime, disturbing, captivating, entertaining, dark ...
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radiation, rescue mission, genetic engineering, mission, nuclear disaster, post apocalyptic, squad, post apocalypse, dystopian future, radioactivity, contamination, dystopia ...
Time:
near future
Place:
japan
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41%
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