Movies like The Irregular at Magic High School: The Girl Who Summons the Stars

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   Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War

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   2021 · 118 min · Action · Animation · Science Fiction

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   In the year 2045, after an economic disaster known as the Synchronized Global Default, rapid developments in AI propelled the world to enter a state of "Sustainable War". However, the public is not aware of the threat that AI has towards the human race. A compilation film with newly added footage.

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   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   The Irregular at Magic High School: Reminiscence Arc

   Same director

   2021 · 71 min · Action · Animation · Science Fiction

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   Looking at Miyuki and Tatsuya now, it might be hard to imagine them as anything other than loving siblings. But it wasn't always this way - Three years ago, Miyuki was always uncomfortable around her older brother. The rest of their family treated him no better than a lowly servant, even though he was the perfect Guardian, watching over Miyuki while she lived a normal middle school life. But what really bothered her was that he never showed any emotions or thoughts of his own. However, when danger comes calling during a fateful trip to Okinawa, their relationship as brother and sister will change forever.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   The Garden of Sinners: Future Gospel

   Shared themes

   2013 · 89 min · Animation · Science Fiction

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   A side story of the original Kara no Kyōkai - the Garden of sinners movie series divided into 2 parts. In the first part, Shizune Seo, who finds her life too predictable due to her precognition, and Mitsuru‎ Kamekura, who uses his precognition to be a professional bomber, meet Mikiya and Shiki, respectively, and their futures begin to change. In the second part, 10 years after the original series, Shiki and Mikiya's daughter, Mana Ryōgi, spends a day with Mitsuru.

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   • shared themes: anime and supernatural
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   A Certain Magical Index: The Miracle of Endymion

   Strong story similarity

   2013 · 90 min · Action · Animation · Comedy · Fantasy · Music · Science Fiction

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   On the day Touma Kamijou and Index see Academy City's space elevator, Endymion in the distance, they meet a Level 0 girl with an amazing singing voice, Arisa Meigo. As the three enjoy their time together after school, magic-user Stiyl Magnus suddenly attacks them. His target: Arisa. Why would a girl from the science side be targeted by someone from the magic side, Touma wonders. In the chaos of Stiyl's attack, he tells Touma, Index and Arisa that she might cause a war between the magic side and the science side.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong shared themes: anime and magic
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Fureru

   Strong story similarity

   2024 · 107 min · Animation · Drama · Fantasy

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   Childhood friends find a creature with mysterious powers that pushes them to discover the bonds that tie the three students together.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared theme: anime
   • shared genre DNA

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   The Anthem of the Heart

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   2017 · 119 min · Drama

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   Jun is a girl whose words have been sealed away so that she cannot hurt anyone with them. But, one day, she is nominated to become an executive member of the "community outreach council." On top of that, Jun is also appointed to play the main lead in their musical...

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • a closely matched era
   • shared production studio: Aniplex

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   Aura: Koga Maryuin's Last War

   Shared cast

   2013 · 85 min · Animation · Comedy · Drama · Fantasy · Other

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   Satou Ichirou once called himself 'Maryuuin Kouga' and behaved as if he were a hero in a fantasy world. His strange behavior caused his classmates to bully him and he left the school. At his new school, he tries to behave like a normal boy, but one day he meets a girl who cosplays with a blue cape. She calls herself "a researcher traveling from the outer world to search for the 'Dragon Terminal'". At first, Ichirou rejects the girl, Satou Ryouko, because her behavior reminds him of his embarrassing past, but he changes his mind after seeing her getting bullied. In order to bring Ryouko back to real life, Ichirou accepts her and his past and begins the final battle as Maryuuin Kouga.

   Why it connects

   • strong shared themes: anime and high school
   • a principal cast member
   • a closely matched era

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   Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie

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   2019 · 98 min · Action · Animation · Fantasy · War

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   The time is UC 1926. The Imperial Army's 203rd Air Mage Battalion led by Major Tanya Degurechaff has won the battle to the south against the Republic's stragglers. They expected to be given a vacation after returning victorious, but instead receive special orders from Staff HQ as soon as they get home. They are told that there were signs of a large-scale deployment near the Empire-Federation border. Faced with the prospect of a new major enemy, the desperate Empire fans the flame of war. Meanwhile, an international volunteer army spearheaded by the Commonwealth set foot in Federation territory. As they say, the enemy of an enemy is your friend. They suffer through misfortune purely out of national interest, and among them is a young girl. She is Warrant Officer Mary Sue, and she takes up arms hoping to bring the Empire, who killed her father, to justice.

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   • strong shared themes: anime and magic
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes

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   2022 · 83 min · Animation · Drama · Fantasy · Other · Science Fiction

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   Urashima Tunnel – Once you enter that tunnel, you can get whatever you want, but at a price. Kaoru Tohno, who seems to have an elusive personality and traumatic past, and Anzu Hanashiro, who is struggling to reconcile her ideal image and true-to-heart attitude, team up to investigate the Urashima Tunnel and get what they want. This is an unforgettable summer story of nostalgia and sprinting in a remote countryside.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong shared themes: anime and high school
   • substantial genre overlap

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    The Relative Worlds

    Strong story similarity

    2019 · 93 min · Action · Animation · Drama · Fantasy · Other · Science Fiction

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    Shin has shut his heart ever since his mother died when he was young. His childhood friend Kotori has been looking after him ever since. Now that they are in the third year of high school, and it seems like they can finally move forward, another Shin from another Japan has suddenly appeared in front of them.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared theme: anime

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