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Best 1 Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

In the American Old West, the world's greatest race is about to begin. Thousands line up in San Diego to travel over six thousand kilometers for a chance to win the grand prize of fifty million dollars. With the era of the horse reaching its end, contestants are allowed to use any kind of vehicle th...

2 The Godfather Part II

The Godfather Part II explores the intertwined narratives of Michael Corleone’s consolidation of power in the late 1950s and his father Vito Corleone's rise to leadership beginning in Sicily. The film depicts these parallel stories within the Corleone family’s expansion from its origins to its estab...

3 L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential is a 1997 crime thriller set in 1953 Los Angeles, focusing on LAPD officers investigating corruption involving police and Hollywood figures. The narrative explores the intersection of law enforcement and celebrity culture during that era, based on James Ellroy’s novel. It depicts a...

4 Attack on Titan: The Final Season

Taking over from Wit Studio, MAPPA's handling of 'Attack on Titan: The Final Season' was a monumental task. While the animation quality remains consistently high, particularly in the intense action sequences, the narrative changes have been a point of contention for many fans. Despite the controvers...

5 Kizumonogatari Part 3: Cold-Blooded

After helping revive the legendary vampire Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade, Koyomi Araragi has become a vampire himself and her servant. Kiss-shot is certain she can turn him back into a human, but only once regaining her full power. Araragi has hunted down the three vampire hunters that d...

6 The Master of Diabolism 3

Along an empty road in the rural countryside, Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji stumble across a stone plaque that reads "Yi City." Still on their quest to unravel the mystery behind the cursed severed arm, they venture into the deserted city to obtain further leads. However, with the appearance of a myster...

7 Shadow of a Doubt

Alfred Hitchcock’s *Shadow of a Doubt* explores a young girl's growing suspicion about her seemingly benevolent uncle. This psychological thriller, based on a Thornton Wilder play, garnered critical acclaim including an Academy Award nomination for its screenplay. The film is notable for its suspens...

8 Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu

First season of the Monogatari Series, part 4/6. Contains the arc Koyomi Vamp from the Kizumonogatari light novel. With help from Meme Oshino, the apparition specialist, Koyomi defeats the three powerful vampire hunters: Dramaturgy, Episode and Guillotinecutter. Koyomi takes back all the limbs of...

9 The Bourne Ultimatum

The Bourne Ultimatum is a 2007 thriller following Jason Bourne’s ongoing efforts to uncover his history and the circumstances of his amnesia. The film depicts Bourne's pursuit of information related to his past involvement with Treadstone and Blackbriar programs. Matt Damon stars in this installment...

10 Attack on Titan (Seasons 2-4)

Wit Studio's tenure on *Attack on Titan* (seasons 2-4) represents a significant leap in animation quality and storytelling complexity. The dynamic camera work, fluid action sequences, and detailed character models elevated the already popular series to new heights. The narrative delves deeper into t...

11 A Clockwork Orange

“A Clockwork Orange” depicts a bleak future where an ultra-conservative government seeks to control the behavior of its citizens through violence and psychological manipulation. The film explores themes of free will versus societal control, using graphic imagery to examine the potential consequences...

12 The Birds
The Birds

The Birds, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, depicts escalating avian assaults in Bodega Bay, California. Based on Daphne du Maurier’s short story, the film portrays a series of inexplicable attacks by birds against residents. Rod Taylor stars alongside Jessica Tandy and Suzanne Pleshette in this 1963 U...

13 The Master of Diabolism 2

Continuing his masquerade as the deranged lunatic from the Lanling Jin Clan, Wei Wuxian resides in the Cloud Recesses while his former cultivation classmate, Lan Wangji, searches for answers about the demonic severed arm they have in custody. With an overwhelming dark energy emanating from the arm,...

14 Kizumonogatari Part 2: Hot-Blooded

No longer truly human, Koyomi Araragi decides to retrieve Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade's severed body parts that were stolen by three powerful vampire hunters. Awaiting him are Dramaturgie, a vampire hunter who is a vampire himself; Episode, a half-vampire with the ability to transform...

15 The Garden of Sinners Chapter 7: A Study in Murder - Part 2

In February 1999, a string of murders has Shiki Ryougi and Mikiya Kokutou on edge. These crimes share a disturbing resemblance to a similar set of homicides from 1995, when Shiki and Mikiya first met, and awaken a dark, murderous desire that has laid dormant within Shiki's soul ever since then. With...

16 The Garden of Sinners Chapter 5: Paradox Spiral

In November 1998, a double homicide occurs at the newly constructed Ogawa apartment complex in the heart of Mifune City. The murderer, Tomoe Enjou, has fled in a panic. To his astonishment, he is not pursued by the police and news of the incident has not been reported through media outlets. After Sh...

17 Kizumonogatari: Koyomi Vamp

After befriending his classmate Tsubasa Hanekawa, Koyomi Araragi, a cynical and lonely high school student, begins to develop a more positive outlook on life. One night while walking home, however, he encounters an ethereal woman with severed limbs, barely clinging to life. Although reluctant at fir...

18 Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel - II. Lost Butterfly

The Fifth Holy Grail War continues, and the ensuing chaos results in higher stakes for all participants. Shirou Emiya continues to participate in the war, aspiring to be a hero of justice who saves everyone. He sets out in search of the truth behind a mysterious dark shadow and its murder spree, det...

19 Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train is a 1951 psychological thriller exploring themes of guilt and deception. Farley Granger plays Guy Haines, who meets Bruno Wagner, a seemingly harmless stranger proposing to kill his wife. This unsettling proposition creates a complex web of danger for Guy. The film examines the...

20 Pluto
Pluto

Pluto is a masterful adaptation of a story arc from Astro Boy, reimagined as a dark, mature murder mystery. Set in a world where robots and humans coexist, a series of high-profile murders of both robots and humans leads detective Gesicht to uncover a conspiracy that threatens the world. The series...

21 Lord of Mysteries

Lord of Mysteries presents a dark fantasy narrative set in an alternate Victorian era. The story follows Klein Moretti, who discovers he possesses extraordinary abilities within a world rife with religious conflict and supernatural threats. This anime explores themes of power, morality, and the cons...

22 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable

The year is 1999. Morioh, a normally quiet and peaceful town, has recently become a hotbed of strange activity. Joutarou Kuujou, now a marine biologist, heads to the mysterious town to meet Jousuke Higashikata. While the two may seem like strangers at first, Jousuke is actually the illegitimate chil...

23 Bungo Stray Dogs 5

The Armed Detective Agency is still on the run from the Hunting Dogs, but not all hope is lost. Detective Ranpo Edogawa has a plan to prove the Agency's innocence and save the world from chaos: to find and capture Kamui—the leader of the terrorist organization Decay of the Angel. In order to determi...

24 Kizumonogatari Part 1: Iron-Blooded

During Koyomi Araragi's second year at Naoetsu Private High School, he has a chance encounter with Tsubasa Hanekawa, the top honor student in his class. When they strike up a conversation, Hanekawa mentions a shocking rumor: a vampire with beautiful blonde hair and freezing cold eyes has been seen l...

25 Lupin the Third Part 5

Genius thief Arsene Lupin III—along with the usual crew of Goemon Ishikawa XIII, Fujiko Mine, and Daisuke Jigen—finds himself in modern-day France, where he encounters both new and old adversaries, with Inspector Kouichi Zenigata still hot on his trail. As they steal from darker, more sinister entit...

26 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean Part 3

After finally escaping the confines of Green Dolphin Street Jail, Jolyne Kuujou—alongside her companions Ermes Costello and Emporio Alniño—pursues the villainous priest Enrico Pucci across the state of Florida. Jolyne's allies, Weather Report and Narciso Anasui, struggle to catch up with her in orde...

27 Land of the Lustrous

In the mysterious future, crystalline organisms called Gems inhabit a world that has been destroyed by six meteors. Each Gem is assigned a role in order to fight against the Lunarians, a species who attacks them in order to shatter their bodies and use them as decorations. Phosphophyllite, also know...

28 Ling Cage 2

In this thrilling continuation, former Wilderness Hunter Commander Marc has transformed into a blood-stained monster who destroys lighthouses. Guided by the enigmatic Bai Yuekui, he embarks on a new mission. The arrival of survivors on the ground reveals that the lighthouse isn't humanity's final re...

29 Psycho-Pass

Justice, and the enforcement of it, has changed. In the 22nd century, Japan enforces the Sibyl System, an objective means of determining the threat level of each citizen by examining their mental state for signs of criminal intent, known as their Psycho-Pass. Inspectors uphold the law by subjugating...

30 Bungo Stray Dogs 4

No longer concerned with military affairs, Yukichi Fukuzawa intends to act as a lone bodyguard-for-hire, making use of his deadly swordsmanship. However, things are not going as planned for his freelance business, and that is when he crosses paths with a mouthy boy named Ranpo Edogawa. While their i...

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