Anime | Standalone Movies

104 movies   12 tv shows  

Curated list of good Animations/Anime - features, ovas and short movies - which are not connected to any shows and more for a mature audience. Franchises have only one entry. A few exceptions to the rules are included.

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Harmony (2015) [Movie] Douban Bangumi IMDb TMDB WikiData
ハーモニー
6.6 (67 ratings) director: 中村孝 / 迈克尔·艾里亚斯 actor: 泽城美雪 / 上田丽奈
other title: 和谐 / ハーモニー
Set in a future world. Japan has created a great medical technology that controls ethics, health, and social interaction to create a perfect world. Three young girls attempt to stand up to this by committing suicide, but it doesn't work. Years later, Tuan, one of the girls who attempted suicide must prevent a crisis that threatens this "perfect" world.
Initial D Legend 3: Dream (2016) [Movie] IMDb WikiData Douban TMDB
新劇場版 頭文字D Legend3 -夢現-
7.3 (11 ratings) director: 日高政光 actor: 宫野真守 / 中村悠一
other title: 头文字D新剧场版:梦现 / 新劇場版 頭文字D Legend3 -夢現-
Takumi Fujiawara has garnered the attention of the street racer Ryousuke Takahashi, leader of the RedSuns. As he prepares for the biggest race in his life, Takumi finds himself trying to juggle his passion for racing with his personal life.
Freedom [TV] TMDB
part of TV Series: Freedom
《freedom》是日本动画作品。以人类移居月球的23世纪为舞台。传言地球已经灭亡,在称为“科学技术研究的自由”与“往地球出国的自由”都被夺走的伊甸(EDEN)的月球共和国上,描写少年们追求真正自由的故事。 FREEDOM-PROJECT(自由计划)是日清食品的合味道杯面与漫画家大友克洋合作的宣传计划,主要制作电视广告、OVA及轻小说等。
Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006) [Movie] IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
銀色の髪のアギト
6.2 (24 ratings) director: 杉山庆一 actor: 胜地凉 / 古手川祐子
other title: 银发的阿基多 / 銀色の髪のアギト
It is 300 years into the future. Earth's environment had been devastated by mankind's own foolish plans and humankind is beleaguered by the sentient forests which they have awoken. The world balance is tipped when a young boy named Agito stumbles across a machine that glowed in a strange blue hue inside a forbidden sanctuary.
Harmagedon (1983) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
幻魔大戦
director: 林太郎 actor: 古谷彻 / 小山茉美
other title: 幻魔大战 / 幻魔大戦
From the depths of space he is coming... Ancient beyond understanding, his power is immeasurable. He has destroyed half the universe and is on his way here. He is… Genma. Only two people are aware of the imminent catastrophe: Princess Luna, a modern day prophetess and Vega, a cybernetic crusader from a world long since ravaged by Genma. Determined to spare the Earth from a similar fate, Luna and Vega must try to mobilize the most potent psychics in the world. Together, this army of fledging psychic warriors must succeed where billions have tried... and failed. But will they be able to gather their champions in time? Genma’s agents are already on Earth to ensure that their master meets with no opposition!
Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise (1987) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB Bangumi WikiData
王立宇宙軍 オネアミスの翼
8.5 (97 ratings) director: 山贺博之 actor: 森本玲夫 / 井上弥生
other title: 王立宇宙軍 オネアミスの翼 / 왕립우주군: 오네아미스의 날개
On a future Earth, war between the Kingdom of Honneamise and its rival, The Republic, is inevitable. As evolving technology creates new ways to wage war, a small group seeks to propel mankind into space in their world’s first spaceflight program. For astronaut candidate Shirotsugh Lhadatt, it’s a personal odyssey as he grows from an aimless young man into a leader willing to put everything on the line in order to move the human race forward and away from the brink of Armageddon.
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) [Movie] Douban TMDB Min reol IMDb Bangumi Skybridge WikiData
時をかける少女
8.4 (1236 ratings) director: 细田守 actor: 仲里依纱 / 石田卓也
other title: 穿越时空的少女 / 時をかける少女
When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to, quite literally, "leap" backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and eventually, will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends.
The Garden of Words (2013) [Movie] Min reol Bangumi Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData Skybridge
言の葉の庭
7.8 (1207 ratings) director: 新海诚 actor: 入野自由 / 花泽香菜
other title: 言叶之庭 / 言の葉の庭
Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches.
In This Corner of the World (2016) [Movie] IMDb Bangumi Douban TMDB WikiData
この世界の片隅に
7.6 (251 ratings) director: 片渊须直 actor: 能年玲奈 / 细谷佳正
other title: 이 세상의 한구석에 / この世界の片隅に
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetry and beauty. The many hardships, the loss of loved ones, the frequent air raids of the enemy, nothing alters her enthusiasm…
Time of Eve (2010) [Movie] Douban WikiData IMDb Bangumi TMDB Skybridge
イヴの時間
8.1 (72 ratings) director: 吉浦康裕 actor: 福山润 / 野岛健儿
other title: 夏娃的时间 / イヴの時間
In the not-too-distant future, androids have come into common usage. However, treating androids on the same level as humans is frowned upon, and there is constant paranoia surrounding the possibility of robots defying humans, their masters. Those who appear too trustworthy of their androids are chided and labeled as "android-holics". Rikuo Sakisaka, who has taken robots for granted for his entire life, one day discovers that Sammy, his home android, has been acting independently and coming and going on her own. He finds a strange phrase recorded in her activity log, "Are you enjoying the time of EVE?". He, along with his friend Masakazu Masaki, traces Sammy's movements and finds an unusual café. Nagi, the barista, informs them that the café's main rule is to not discriminate between humans and androids. While Rikuo tries to reveal Sammy's intentions, he begins to question the legitimacy of the fear that drives humans to regard androids as nothing more than mere tools.
ARION (1986) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB
アリオン
6.0 (8 ratings) director: 安彦良和 actor: 中原茂 / 高桥美纪
other title: 亚里安 / アリオン
The story follows Arion, a young man kidnapped by Hades as a child and raised to believe that his mother was blinded by Zeus and that killing the ruler of Mount Olympus will cure her.
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