Movies and TV shows like Pokémon Origins
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Pokémon Origins (2013)
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Original name: ポケットモンスター THE ORIGIN
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Serving as a more faithful adaptation of the Pokémon Red and Blue games, the story follows a young boy named Red who begins a journey with his Pokémon partner, Charmander, as he seeks to capture all the known Pokémon in the Kanto region and become the Pokémon League champion.
Style:
anime, humorous, exciting, semi serious, feel good, captivating, light, visually appealing
Audience:
preschoolers, pre-teens
Plot:
pokemon, monster, friendship, rivalry, contests and competitions, championship, heroes, friends, chase, young heroes, teamwork, team, rivals, showdown, battles, youth, capture, escapades, fight, imaginary kingdom, imaginary, danger, chases and races, adventure, battle
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, exciting, semi serious and captivating films and TV series with plots about escapades, danger, heroes, rivalry, friendship, imaginary and friends mostly in Animation, Adventure and Action genres. Some movies like Pokémon Origins: Slugterra (2012), Pokemon (1997), Beyblade (2001), Bakugan Battle Brawlers (2007), Redakai Conquer the Kairu (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
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Following his father's death, 15-year-old Eli Shane embraces his destiny to follow in his dad's footsteps to a secret, subterranean world called Slugterra where he is determined to be the greatest Slugslinging hero of them all!
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exciting, semi serious, captivating, anime, humorous
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Ten-year-old Ash aspires to be the greatest Pokémon (pocket monster) trainer in the world. To do this, he enlists the help of many friends, and his own Pokémon, Pikachu. Together, they must search their world for new Pokémon, while avoiding the ...
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japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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Country: Canada, Japan, Spain
Duration: 30 min.
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kids, pre-teens
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japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, South Korea, Japan
Duration: 22 min.
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Bakugan Battle Brawlers is a Japanese action adventure anime television series produced by TMS Entertainment and Japan Vistec under the direction of Mitsuo Hashimoto. The story centers on the lives of creatures called Bakugan and the battle brawlers ...
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exciting, anime, entertaining, semi serious, captivating ...
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kids, teens
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, France, South Korea
Duration: 22 min.
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The series revolves around Ky, a 15-year-old student of ancient martial arts, who embarks on an epic quest to find the Kairu, a primordial alien energy source. Aided by his friends Maya and Boomer, Ky travels the world searching for the Kairu while ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
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100%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
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family outing, kids, teens
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, Canada, USA
Duration: 24 min.
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100%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Follows the adventures of an extraordinarily strong young boy named Goku as he searches for the seven dragon balls. These balls, when combined, can grant the owner any one wish he desires. Along the way he makes many new friends, and enemies, and he ...
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japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
In the Diamond Ore Country lies the powerful Holy Diamond, which has served as the kingdom's source of energy and maintained the Diamond Ore Country for centuries. Many Melecie live in the Diamond Ore Country, including their princess - the ...
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semi serious, humorous, anime, feel good, captivating
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
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pokemon, friendship, parallel world, rivalry, obsessive quest, heroes, young heroes, ambition, master villain, escapades, youth, disorder ...
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44%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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44%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
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Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The thirteenth film overall for the long-running series and the fourth movie in the Diamond and Pearl story arc, it includes an upcoming creature from Pokémon Black & White, named Zoroark, as the main character (as well as its pre-evolved form, ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
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Ten years after the Ceremonial Battle, a teenage boy named Yuuki Judai heads off in order to join the Duelist Yousei School located on a remote island off the coast of Japan. There he meets his fellow students and gains a few friends, along with ...
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41%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
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A group of five Genesect have invaded the big city and pose a threat to the supply of electricity, which attracts the attention of the legendary Pokémon Mewtwo. Satoshi, Pikachu and his friends must come to the rescue when the powerful leader, a ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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Country: Japan
Duration: 6 min.
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anime, stylized, captivating, atmospheric, semi serious
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41%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
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40%
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Country: Japan, France
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kids, teens
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40%
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Country: South Korea, Canada
Duration: 22 min.
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Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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39%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
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Country: Japan
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37%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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37%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Sixteen years ago, a mysterious masked ninja unleashes a powerful creature known as the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox on the Hidden Leaf Village Konoha, killing many people. In response, the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and his wife Kushina Uzumaki, the ...
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