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Cells at Work (2018, David Production)

What if the cells in the human body were personified? That's very much the main plot of this show; a kind of slice-of-life for those cells. It kicks off with a Red Blood Cell getting lost while trying to deliver oxygen to the lungs which gives you a nice tour and intro to all the other cells working away. Unfortunately for them, the human...


Doraemon: Nobita and The Steel Troops (1986, Shin-Ei Animation)

Suneo is showing off his child-sized remote robot toy and hoping to do better, Nobita claims he had one that was bigger than a house like in cartoons and comics. He rushes home to ask Doraemon for help but ends up a big fight where Doraemon runs off into the north pole to "cool off". Nobita follows hoping to find Doraemon. Instead, he finds a...


Break of Dawn (2022, Zero-G)

Science enthusiast kids has their maid Autobot hijacked by an AI from other space which needs their help to get home. It's been disguising itself as the recently hyped SH3 comet. Second Anime movie I watched during my flight to Japan. Wasn't going to watch this because it sounded kiddyish but wasn't much else available so went for it....


Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom (2023, Madhouse)

The movie has a strange kind of history to kick off with. A war triggered due to dog poop and cat pee ruining each country. It's pretty heavy diplomatically themed at first as each side decides to send a candidate for a marriage of convenience in order to create peace. However, both sides ends up sending the very animals that set off the war...


Bubblegum Crisis (1987, Youmex)

Mega Tokyo 2032. "Boomer", android robots named due to the boom they brought about in reviving the city after the Great Kanto Earthquake. Now many are going rogue across the city, causing chaos and destruction. As the AD Police struggle with the outbreaks four girls; Sylia Stingray a luxury lingerie shop owner, Priss a club...


Spriggan (2022, David Production)

Mysterious relics belonging to ancient civilisations are being uncovered around the world and organisations from various countries round the world including America and Russia are after their power, including the world's biggest weapons manufacturer, Trident. After discovering a message on a plate of unknown material...


Megazone 23 (1985, Artland/Artmic)

Shogo Yahagi is out having fun with his biker friends when he is shown a brand new motorbike he's never seen before. Unfortunately for him it turns out to be classified weapon and a secret organisation was willing put in a great deal of effort to retrieve it from him. As he delves deeper into the background of the bike "Garland" he soon...


Rent-a-Girlfriend (2020, TMS Entertainment/Studio Comet)

20 year old undergraduate Kazuya has just been dumped and unable to get over his ex-girlfriend Mami, he decides to use some of the tuition money his parents gave him to spend a day with a rented girlfriend of his choice, Chizuru Mizuhara "Ichinose". However, during their "date" he receives a call that his dear grandmother had...


Doraemon 2023 Sky Utopia (2023, Shin-Ei Animation)

Dekisugi talks about a utopia he read about in a novel where everyone is happy. Thinking this would mean no more tests, school, a place of pure bliss, Nobita decides to go on the hunt for such a place. When he sees a strange object disappear in the sky resembling the utopian island from the novel, he becomes even more determined to seek it...


Mawaru Penguindrum (2011, Brain's Base)

Shoma and Kanba Takakura's younger sister Himari has been diagnosed with a terminal disease. One day, while visiting Himari's favourite aquarium she suddenly collapses but finds her springing back to life. What's more, penguins visible only to them become part of their lives. It seems the hat they bought at the aquarium has...