Movies and TV shows like Pet Shop of Horrors
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Pet Shop of Horrors (1999)
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Original name: ペットショップ・オブ・ホラーズ / ペットショップ オブ ホラーズ
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
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Welcome to the most magnificent pet shop in Chinatown! Operated by the shadowy Count D, the shop specializes in rare and hard to come by pets... but with each sale comes a contract. And if that contract is broken, watch out! Detective Orcott has linked many odd and unexplained deaths to Count D's shop. Will he solve the mystery or fall prey to it?
Style:
josei
Plot:
mermaid, police, supernatural, tragedy, curse, anthropomorphism, law and order, cookie, dark fantasy
Place:
china, los angeles
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out seinen, serious, psychological and exciting films and TV series with plots about supernatural, violence, danger, demon, blood, death and gore mostly in Animation, Fantasy and Horror genres. Some movies like Pet Shop of Horrors: Mononoke (2007), The Ancient Magus' Bride (2017), Dorohedoro (2020), Hell Girl (2005), Mushi-Shi (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 25 min.
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Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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Chise Hatori, 15 years old. Lost, without hope, and without family, she is bought for money – not by another person, but by a non-human sorcerer named Elias. Though she hesitates, she begins life anew as his apprentice and future wife.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
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Hell Girl, also known as Jigoku Shōjo: Girl from Hell, is an anime series produced by Aniplex and Studio Deen. It focuses on the existence of a supernatural system that allows people to take revenge by having other people sent to Hell via the ...
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serious, exciting, scary, stylized, suspenseful ...
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japan, asia
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59%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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They are neither plants nor animals. They differ from other forms of life such as the micro-organisms and the fungi. Instead they resemble the primeval body of life and are generally known as "Mushi". Their existence and appearance are ...
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psychological, serious, bleak, atmospheric, inspirational ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Natsume Takashi has the ability to see spirits, which he has long kept secret. However, once he inherits a strange book that belonged to his deceased grandmother, Reiko, he discovers the reason why spirits surround him.
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suspenseful, serious, captivating, shoujo
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Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
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Vampires exist. It is the duty of Hellsing, an organization sponsored by the British government, to hide that frightening fact and protect the blissfully unaware populace. Along with its own personal army, Hellsing also has a few secret weapons. ...
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gothic, scary, exciting, suspenseful, stylized ...
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teens
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Place:
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52%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, Mystery
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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asian horror
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49%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 300 min.
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When Kouichi Sasakibara transfers to his new school, he can sense something frightening in the atmosphere of his new class, a secret none of them will talk about. At the center is the beautiful girl Mei Misaki. Kouichi is immediately drawn to her ...
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atmospheric, twists and turns, disturbing, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
supernatural, mysterious character, classmate, death, classmates, school, curses spells and rituals, curse, danger, teenage life, school life, accidental death ...
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Place:
japan, asia
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49%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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This is Meiro-machi (Labyrinth Town), the town of fortune-telling. In town, there is a fortune-telling shop called Urara, where girls aspiring to be fortune-tellers come from all over the country. Chiya, who was raised in the mountains, comes to the ...
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seinen
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Aya Asagiri is a middle school girl who has problems both at school with bullying and at home from physical abuse by her brother. While browsing online, a website pops up on her computer featuring a creepy looking person. This person appears to take ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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At the young age of 11, Kotoko Iwanaga was abducted by youkai for two weeks and asked to become their "God of Wisdom," a mediator between the spirit and human worlds, to which the girl quickly agreed but at the cost of her right eye and ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
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Once upon a time, fairies were tools of war.
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Genre: Animation, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 29 min.
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Duration: 50 min.
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Genre: Animation, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Boogiepop Phantom is a twelve-episode anime television series produced by Madhouse Studios, based on the Boogiepop light novel series by Kouhei Kadono, particularly that of Boogiepop and Others and Boogiepop At Dawn. The series is directed by ...
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Country: Japan
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teens
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Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 23 min.
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serious, suspenseful, scary
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Country: Japan
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Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
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A supermodel is attacked by a monster which brings her inner devil out. However, she doesn't let go of her humanity, so a secret government agency asks her to help them fight the demonic forces that secretly threaten Japan and the world.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Spurred by the flame raging in his heart, the Black Swordsman Guts continues his seemingly endless quest for revenge. Standing in his path are heinous outlaws, delusional evil spirits, and a devout child of god. Even as it chips away at his life, ...
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Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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37%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
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Style:
gothic
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37%
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 57 min.
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37%
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