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The Sky Crawlers (2008)
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Original name: スカイ・クロラ
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Youngsters called Kildren, who are destined to live eternally in their adolescence. The Kildren are conscious that every day could be the last, because they fight a war as entertainment, organized and operated by adults. But as they embrace the reality they are faced with, they live their day-to-day lives to the full.
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anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, manga, dieselpunk, serious, stylized
Plot:
alternate reality, battles, airplane, military, rivalry, supernatural, society, haunted by the past, mortal combat, teenager, friendship, suspense, aviation, peace, fighter plane, flying, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, war, apocalypse, ghost, heroes, androids and robots, teenage life, escapades, good versus evil ...
Place:
japan, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, serious, stylized and exciting films with plots about danger, heroes, escapades, rivalry, imaginary, battles and heroic mission mostly in Animation, Sci-Fi and Drama genres. Some movies like The Sky Crawlers: The Princess and the Pilot (2011), Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative (2018), Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006), Brave Story (2006), Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Romance, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
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The war between the Levamme Empire and the Amatsukami Imperium has been raging for years. In the midst of this struggle, the prince of the Levamme Empire declares his love for Juana del Moral and vows to end the war in one year, as part of his ...
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
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The story takes place in a alternate postwar period, in 1996, where Japan is divided. Hokkaido is ruled by the "Union" while Honshu and other southern islands are under US authority. A tall tower was built on Hokkaido, which could even be ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
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Universal Century 0087, Char Aznable has now become the leader of the AEUG. Scirocco, the man from Jupiter, schemes to seize control of the Titans. Haman, the Axis leader, is attempting to restore the Zabi family. Through politics and strategy, ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
The year is 2030. Six months passed since the Laughing Man Incident was solved. About 3 million refugees are living in Japan, invited to fill the labor shortage. However, the emergent presence of the invited-refugees intensified their confrontation ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
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U.C. 0097, one year after the opening of "Laplace's Box". Despite the revelation of the Universal Century Charter that acknowledges the existence and rights of Newtypes, the framework of the world has not been greatly altered. The ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
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Universal Century 0087. The Titans, a bellicose faction among the Earth Federation Forces, grows powerful and tyrannical, even using poison gas to suppress a civil unrest. Dissident soldiers from the same military stand against them, forming a ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
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Universal Century 0087, as the civil war between the AEUG and the Titans continues, Kamille meets a mysterious girl named Four. But his encounter with Four, one of the Titans' "cyber-Newtypes," fills his heart with anguish. The ...
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25%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
After managing to survive attacks by Zeon's Char Aznable and Garma Zabi, the crew of Federation warship White Base and its mobile suits must battle Zeon forces through Asia, Europe, and the Atlantic Ocean if they are to reach Earth ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Jr. High School Student Wataru and his friends like playing in an abandond building and looking for ghosts. However it seems he is not the only one. Another mysterious student Mitsuru shows Wataru that there is a magical door to another world where ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, History, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Russia, Japan, Canada
Duration: 73 min.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
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Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 144 min.
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Country: Japan
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Country: Japan
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Country: Japan
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