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Pilot Candidate (2000)
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Pilot Candidate (2000)
Original name: 女神候補生
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: The planet Zion is mankind's last hope for survival. But the legions of Victim are intent on destroying humanity! Five humanoid fighting weapons called Ingrids are capable of stopping the onslaught, but only the best pilots are chosen to become Pilot Candidates. The fate of Zion rests with these chosen few.
Style: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, futuristic, disturbing
Plot: robot, spacecraft, goddess, giant robot, save the world, teamwork, space battle, struggle for survival, good versus evil, fight, space and aliens, battles, space wars, rescue, protector, fate of humanity, outer space, boy, partner, boy with glasses, space, piloted giant robot, eyeglasses, pink hair, giant robots
Time: future, 2000s
Place: japan

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, captivating, exciting and tense films and TV series with plots about battles, fight, robot, teamwork, save the world, piloted giant robot and space battle mostly in Animation, Action and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Pilot Candidate: Space Battleship Yamato (1974), Pacific Rim: The Black (2021), BlazBlue Alter Memory (2013), Mazinkaiser (2001), Scarlet Nexus (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Space Battleship Yamato (1974)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
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Story: When vile aliens known as the Gamilons wreak nuclear havoc on Earth, a group of survivors refit the Japanese battleship Yamato for intergalactic travel and set off on a mission to retrieve a neutralizer that will eradicate the radiation from ...
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Time: future, 22nd century
Place: japan
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Duration: 24 min.
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BlazBlue Alter Memory (2013)
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
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Story: In the year 2199, humanity eagerly waits for the dawn of the new century, following the end of a series of devastating magic wars. When the world's most wanted man, Ragna the Bloodedge (also known as the Grim Reaper) make a move to destroy ...
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Mazinkaiser (2001)
Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 210 min.
TV show
Story: In one of their epic battles, the Mazinger Team suffers a crushing defeat at the hands of Dr. Hell and his minions after Mazinger Z is stolen and its pilot, the legendary Kouji Kabuto, is rendered missing in action. Just when Dr. Hell's ...
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Time: future
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Duration: 24 min.
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Time: future
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Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
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Story: The story starts off with a face-off between two rival heroes, ZET and ALPHAS, and then traces their origins - Jin Kanzaki, a young man with the ability to transform into a superhuman being known as ZET, and Kouga Amagi, a young man with a strong ...
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