Movies and TV shows like Psycho-Pass
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Psycho-Pass (2012)
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Original name: サイコパス
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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Psycho-Pass is a Japanese anime television series that takes place in the future where it is possible to instantaneously measure a person's mental state, personality, and the probability that a person will commit crimes with a device installed on each citizen's body called the Psycho-Pass. It follows members of Unit One of the Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Division and the crimes they investigate.
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anime, serious, atmospheric, bleak, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, psychological, adult anime, mind bending ...
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cyberpunk, partners against crime, human nature, graphic violence, master criminal, future dystopia, mastermind, police investigation, society, psychopath, distopia, investigation, psychology, death, chase, anarchist, criminal, police, life is a bitch, conspiracy, brutality, father son relationship, manhunt, anarchy, policewoman ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
japan
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Most similar movies to Psycho-Pass
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, suspenseful, futuristic and serious films and TV series with plots about cyberpunk, distopia, rivalry, police, danger, society and investigation mostly in Animation, Sci-Fi and Action genres. Some movies like Psycho-Pass: Psycho-Pass: The Movie (2015), Ghost in the Shell (1995), Cowboy Bebop (1998), RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~ (2008), Parasite Dolls (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Year 2116—The Japanese government begins to export the Sibyl System unmanned drone robots to troubled countries, and the system spreads throughout the world. A state in the midst of a civil war, SEAUn (the South East Asia Union), brings in the ...
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anime, captivating, psychological, exciting, tense ...
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cyberpunk, terrorism, conspiracy, injustice, investigation, police, murder, soldier, criminal, manhunt, trap, interrogation ...
Time:
near future
Place:
japan, southeast asia, tokyo
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins ...
Style:
anime, futuristic, mind bending, philosophical, surreal ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, androids and robots, distopia, hacker, female protagonist, future dystopia, policewoman, chase, cyborgs, female spy, existentialism ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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100%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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In 2071, roughly fifty years after an accident with a hyperspace gateway made the Earth almost uninhabitable, humanity has colonized most of the rocky planets and moons of the Solar System. Amid a rising crime rate, the Inter Solar System Police ...
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anime, futuristic, exciting, atmospheric, neo noir ...
Audience:
kids, teens
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bounty hunter, friendship, future dystopia, jazz, partners, unlikely partners, space travel, fighting crime, buddies, space, hacker, escapades ...
Time:
future, 21st century
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100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
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Rin Asogi is an immortal private detective with a thirst for vodka and a talent for attracting things that go bump in the night. In a series of nightmarish vignettes spanning sixty-five years, Rin's lush body is sadistically pierced, blown up, ...
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anime, ecchi, seinen, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
private detective, supernatural, lust, investigation, track down, haunted by the past, oral sex, orgy, law enforcement, rivalry, cloning, obsession ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, future, year 2011, 20th century ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
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100%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
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Beauty is only skin deep, but when you can’t see beneath the skin, how can you know what you’re really dealing with? In a world where perfect androids called Boomers have infiltrated every aspect of society, it’s the job of Branch to maintain ...
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anime, futuristic, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
androids and robots, chaos, parallel world, future dystopia, chaos and mayhem, supernatural, society, technology gone awry, computers and web, apocalypse, a.i., escapades ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
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Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and ...
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anime, suspenseful, serious, exciting, adult animation ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
mind game, intelligence, secret identity, battle of wits, law enforcement, serial killer, supernatural ability, supernatural, rivals, vigilante, heart attack, police detective ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan
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60%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 316 min.
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Strange events begin to occur as a withdrawn girl named Lain becomes obsessed with interconnected virtual realm of "The Wired".
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psychological, anime, surreal, mind bending, serious ...
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computer, suicide, cyberspace, alternate reality, society, fictional reality, parallel world, computers and web, cyberpunk, internet, distopia, father ...
Time:
future
Place:
asia, tokyo, japan
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100%
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
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In an alternate version of the present, Tokyo has been decimated by a shocking terrorist attack, and the only hint to the identity of the culprit is a bizarre video uploaded to the internet. The police, baffled by this cryptic clue, are powerless to ...
Style:
anime, touching, psychological, tragic ending, bleak ...
Plot:
terrorist bombing, terrorism, orphan, conspiracy, hacker, tragic hero, human experiment, tragedy, childhood friend, police, death of protagonist, terrorist ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
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60%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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Ergo Proxy is a science fiction suspense anime television series, produced by Manglobe, which premiered across Japan on 25 February 2006 on the WOWOW satellite network. It is directed by Shukō Murase, with screenplay by Dai Satō et al.. Ergo Proxy ...
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anime, exciting, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
cyberpunk, androids and robots, society, murder, investigation, future dystopia, mysterious character, utopia, introspection, understanding, a.i., apocalypse ...
Time:
future
Place:
europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it: Paprika.
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surreal, psychological, anime, psychedelic, philosophical ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
twists and turns, surveillance, hallucination, virtual reality, lucid dream, dream, surrealism, dreams, villain, deception, scientist, mental illness ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In the year 2029, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster'. Ghost in the Shell 2.0 is a reproduced version of its original 1995 ...
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anime, exciting, rough, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, androids and robots, anti heroine, female spy, cyberspace, future dystopia, distopia, terrorism, hacker, woman fights a man, mind game, uncover truth ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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100%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
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In the near future, most of mankind now lives in a handful of city states. There, for the privileged elite, life should be perfect. But for young Sion, life has become a nightmare since letting a strange boy spend the night in his apartment. ...
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anime, yaoi, atmospheric, bleak, stylized ...
Plot:
social differences, future dystopia, uncover truth, life turned upside down, plague, boys love, secret organization, society, fugitives, lgbt, conspiracy, lgbtq ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, asia
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100%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
Style:
psychological, psychedelic, philosophical, bleak, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
cyberpunk, drug abuse, losing-it hero, schizophrenia, addiction, drugs, society, twists and turns, fighting crime, hallucination, undercover, future dystopia ...
Time:
future, near future, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, san diego california
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100%
Genre: Animation, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
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In the late 19th century, the British Empire nobility reigns while its working class suffers at their hands. Sympathetic to their plight, William James Moriarty wants to topple it all. Frustrated by the systemic inequity, Moriarty strategizes to fix ...
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anime, atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized
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master villain, mind game, organized crime, twists and turns, society, suspense, rivalry, secret identity, master criminal, aristocracy, moral dilemma, anarchist ...
Time:
victorian era
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40%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
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15 years ago, an unknown hyperspace gate opened over the Pacific. Beyond this gate lies Reto Semaani, a strange alternate world where fairies and monsters live.
San Teresa City—a city where over two million immigrants live from both worlds. As a ...
Style:
anime, suspenseful, stylized, psychological, atmospheric
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human nature, curses spells and rituals, rivalry, portal, partners against crime, magic, supernatural, society, post apocalypse, law enforcement, parallel universe, freedom ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
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Guilty Crown is a 2011 Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G which aired on Fuji TV's noitaminA program block from October 2011. The story revolves around Shu Ouma, a high school boy who inadvertently obtains an ability ...
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anime, mecha, exciting, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
future dystopia, fighting the system, young heroes, distopia, heroes, chaos, apocalypse, post apocalypse, youth, teenage love, supernatural ability, super strength ...
Time:
future, 2030s, 2020s
Place:
japan
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100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Inspector Kei Mikhail Ignatov finds himself involved with an organization named Bifrost with the possibility of freeing his wife if he betrays Unit One. Koichi Azusawa coordinates an assault on the Public Safety Bureau tower using his hacker Obata, ...
Style:
anime, seinen, futuristic, rough, atmospheric ...
Plot:
conspiracy, police, criminal, team, fighting crime, uncover truth, rivalry, law and order, law enforcement, destruction, organized crime, violence ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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In the future when technological enhancements and robotics are a way of life, Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 take care of the jobs that are too difficult for the police. Section 9 employs hackers, sharpshooters, detectives and cyborgs all in an ...
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anime, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cyberpunk, androids and robots, cyborgs, distopia, cyberspace, investigation, mind game, man versus machine, hacker, robot, fighting crime, heroes ...
Time:
future, near future, 2030s, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia
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36%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Anime television series created, directed and written by Tensai Okamura and animated by Bones.
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anime, suspenseful, stylized, atmospheric, rough ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
supernatural ability, secret agents, future dystopia, paranormal phenomena, rivalry, escapades, investigation, fighting crime, fate of humanity, transformation, super strength, police ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century is an animated television series, in which Sherlock Holmes is brought back to life in the 22nd century. The series is a co–production by DiC and Scottish Television and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for ...
Style:
anime, futuristic
Audience:
kids
Plot:
robot, superhero, sherlock holmes
Time:
22nd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Cartoons like Neon Genesis Evangelion
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Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
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Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former patient.
Style:
anime, psychological, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, mastermind, murder, false accusation, doctor, track down, hospital, protagonist as suspect, guilt, life is a bitch, police detective, choice ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
germany, europe, czech republic
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50%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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The Diclonius, a mutated homo sapien that is said to be selected by God and will eventually become the destruction of mankind, possesses two horns in their heads, and has a "sixth sense" which gives it telekinetic abilities. Due to this ...
Style:
anime, suspenseful, disturbing, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
memory loss, childhood trauma, life is a bitch, split personality, supernatural ability, evil, supernatural, sadism, experiment gone awry, social misfits, decapitation, bullying ...
Time:
near future, future
Place:
japan
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60%
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
In the year 2036 man kind has revolutionized the medical field. Scientist have conquered death via the use of internal nanomachines and the “Shell System,” however, only the richest can afford to partake. Yozo Oba has been troubled by strange ...
Style:
anime, bleak, surreal, unusual plot structure, futuristic
Plot:
cyberpunk, society, degradation, suspense, artificial intelligence, suicidal thoughts, supernatural power, death, drug addict, robot, nanotechnology
Time:
future
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30%
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
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In the city of Oedo 2808a.d., three Cyber criminals are given two choices, to either rot in jail or to join a special force of the Cyber Police to get possibly one more chance at freedom ever again. For each criminal apprehended, and for each ...
Style:
anime, mecha, manga, neo noir, seinen ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, police, distopia, cyborgs, angst, gunfight, terrorism, surrealism, violence, satellite, skyscraper, swearing ...
Time:
future
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27%
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
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In the year 2045, after global capitalism has defaulted, Japan's elite Section 9 begins conducting covert cyber operations.
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anime, seinen, futuristic, psychological, mecha ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, police, capitalism, superhero, strong female lead, conspiracy, female protagonist, idealism, distopia, sword fight, internet ...
Time:
distant future, 2040s, future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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TV shows similar to Monster
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 57 min.
Story:
Freed of her responsibilities with the 501 Organization, Motoko Kusanagi must now learn how to take orders from Aramaki. Someone hacks the Logicomas, and Batou enlists the help of former army intelligence officer Ishikawa and former air artillery ...
Style:
anime, psychological, serious, stylized, exciting ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, androids and robots, terrorism, partners against crime, fighting crime, partners, technology gone awry, a.i., police investigation, mind game, undercover, law enforcement ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
kurdistan, japan
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25%
Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
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Appleseed XIII is a 2011 Japanese CGI anime adaptation of Masamune Shirow's science fiction manga series Appleseed. Composed of 13 episodes, the series retold the exploits of ES.W.A.T. member Deunan and her cyborg partner Briareos. The series ...
Style:
anime, exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
good versus evil, terrorism, save the world, chaos, rivalry, a.i., future dystopia, androids and robots, fighting crime, society, partners, law enforcement ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan
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25%
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A mysterious suicide and a series of unmanned robot run-aways sparks off a Police investigation into the suspicious software on-board thousands of industrial robots around Tokyo.
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anime, mecha, stylized, futuristic, visually appealing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, robot, investigation, conspiracy, samurai, cyborgs, future dystopia, save the day, suicide, honest, vengeance, violence ...
Time:
future
Place:
tokyo, japan
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25%
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
Posing as lovers on vacation, Motoko and Batou work to try to stop a terrorist organization whose symbol is the Scrasath. Meanwhile, Togusa investigates a murder of a man who possessed a prosthetic leg manufactured by the Mermaid's Leg ...
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anime, serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
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androids and robots, cyberpunk, police investigation, terrorism, fighting crime, mind game, undercover, murder, uncover truth, tough law enforcer, partners against crime, a.i. ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
japan
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24%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Groundbreaking director Mamoru Oshii continues to push the boundaries of art and anime with this universally acclaimed cyber thriller following cyborg detective Batou as he tries to unravel the reasons for a murderous robot revolt in the year 2032. ...
Style:
anime, futuristic, surreal, atmospheric, enigmatic ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
cyberpunk, cyborgs, androids and robots, artificial intelligence, distopia, androids, investigation, robot, hacker, technology, computers and web, good versus evil ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
japan, taiwan, tokyo, hong kong, asia
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24%
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