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Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks (1993)
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Original name: ドラゴンボールZ 絶望への反抗!! 残された超戦士・悟飯とトランクス
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
It has been thirteen years since the Androids began their killing rampage and Son Gohan is the only person fighting back. He takes Bulma's son Trunks as a student and even gives his own life to save Trunks's. Now Trunks must figure out a way to change this apocalyptic future
Style:
anime, suspenseful, inspirational, shounen, exciting, offbeat, humorous, serious, stylized, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
dragon ball, time travel, martial arts, dystopia, good versus evil, violence, death, murder, blood, transformation, androids, genocide, alternate timeline, battles, mother son relationship, superhero, dragon, heroes, supernatural, androids and robots, space wars, save the world, master warrior, supernatural ability, escapades ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, adult animation, exciting and shounen films with plots about martial arts, dragon ball, ball, heroes, violence, villain and danger mostly in Animation, Action and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks: Dragon Ball Z (1989), Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (1996), Dragon Ball (1986), Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug (1991), Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
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Duration: 94 min.
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Country: Japan
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kids, pre-teens, teens
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japan, asia
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100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
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100%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 59 min.
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kids, teens, pre-teens
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100%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
The Saiyajin named Turlus has come to Earth in order to plant a tree that will both destroy the planet and give him infinite strength. Son Goku and the Z Warriors cannot let this happen and duke it out with the invaders for the sake of the planet.
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100%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
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46%
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min.
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Time:
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Place:
asia, japan
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44%
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 52 min.
Story:
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43%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 43 min.
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Country: Japan
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Country: USA, Canada, Luxembourg, UK, Russia
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100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story:
Rejoin Goku and his friends in a series of cosmic battles! Toei has redubbed, recut, and cleaned up the animation of the original 1989 animated series. The show's story arc has been refined to better follow the comic book series on which it is ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Japan, UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 47 min.
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Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 47 min.
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Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
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25%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
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