Best sci-fi Japanese movies on SonyLIV in India

By the KyaDekhu team · Updated 23 October 2026 · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb

16 movies on SonyLIV in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.9. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.

1. Gintama: The Very Final (2021)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 44m · Animation, Action · IMDb 8.7 (4.3K votes)

Visually stunningFast-pacedFunnyEdge-of-seat

The countdown to destruction has begun! Gintoki and the others set out to fulfill the wishes of their teacher Shoyo and thwart Utsuro's plans. Shinpachi, Kagura, the Shinsengumi, members of the Kabuki District, and even former enemies will join their fight. As Utsuro's power grows, Takasugi fights for his very life. Wi

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2. Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale (2017)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 59m · Animation, Action · IMDb 7.3 (10.4K votes)

Visually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seatTwisty

In 2026, a new machine called the Augma is developed to compete against the NerveGear and its successor, the Amusphere. A next-gen wearable device, the Augma doesn't have a full-dive function like its predecessors. Instead, it uses Augmented Reality to get players into the game. It is safe, user-friendly and lets users

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3. Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (2022)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 40m · UA · Animation, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.1 (19.7K votes)

Visually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seat

The Red Ribbon Army, an evil organization that was once destroyed by Goku in the past, has been reformed by a group of people who have created new and mightier Androids, Gamma 1 and Gamma 2, and seek vengeance against Goku and his family.

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4. Voices of a Distant Star (2002)

Movie · Japanese · 25m · Animation, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.0 (10.3K votes)

HeartwarmingSlow-burnSerious

It is 2046 when a mysterious alien force begins their annihilation of the human race. Leaving behind the one person she loves, Mikako joins the interstellar battle as a pilot. And so - while Mikako risks her life to save mankind - Noboru waits. The two lovers, worlds apart, desperately strive to remain connected as the

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5. Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988)

Movie · Japanese · 2h · Animation, Action · IMDb 7.2 (2.7K votes)

Visually stunningEdge-of-seatFast-pacedDark & gritty

In UC 0093, the Federation has recovered from its defeat and has created a new anti-colonial special forces unit to deal with rebel forces: Londo Bell. Elsewhere in space, Char Aznable reappears out of self-imposed hiding with a declaration that he now commands his own Neo-Zeon movement, and intends to force the emigra

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6. The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 30m · Animation, Adventure · IMDb 6.8 (16.4K votes)

Visually stunningTwistySlow-burnSerious

In a post-war alternative timeline, Japan is divided into the North, controlled by the Union, and the South, controlled by the United States. A mysterious high tower rises within the borders of the Union. Three high school students promise to cross the border with a self-built airplane and unravel the secret of the tow

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7. To Every You I've Loved Before (2022)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 42m · Animation, Romance · IMDb 7.0 (1.5K votes)

TwistyHeartwarmingVisually stunning

While struggling to make friends after his parents’ divorce, Koyomi Takasaki meets Kazune Takigawa, but apparently, they already have. Kazune reveals that she’s from World Line 85, an alternate universe in which she and Koyomi are lovers. But in a reality where moving between dimensions is natural, could Koyomi be the

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8. To Me, the One Who Loved You (2022)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 38m · Animation, Romance · IMDb 7.0 (1.5K votes)

TwistyVisually stunningHeartwarmingSerious

Koyomi Hidaka and Shiori Sato meet at his father’s research center and begin to fall in love, but so do their parents, who eventually marry. To avoid becoming stepsiblings, they decide to run away to a parallel universe. Traveling between dimensions is common in their world, but not without repercussions. Does a univer

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9. Eden of the East Movie I: The King of Eden (2009)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 22m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 6.8 (1.8K votes)

TwistyVisually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seat

Takizawa prevented Japan's destruction - and then he vanished. Six months later, clues lead Saki to the Big Apple in search of her missing friend. Meanwhile, the remaining Selecao are plotting their final move. Some of them would prefer Takizawa dead and out of the way. Some might even be willing to help him achieve hi

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10. Eden of the East Movie II: Paradise Lost (2010)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 33m · Animation, Mystery · IMDb 6.8 (1.4K votes)

TwistyFast-pacedVisually stunningEdge-of-seat

Accused of terrorism and feeling the heat, Saki's high-tech crew is in the crosshairs. Meanwhile, the shroud of mystery covering Takizawa is lifted as he and his fellow Selecao make their final moves. Every game must come to an end. For those playing Mr. Outside's twisted game of conspiracy thrills, the end comes now.

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11. Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie: -A Wakening of the Trailblazer- (2010)

Movie · Japanese · 2h 3m · Action, Animation · IMDb 6.8 (822 votes)

Visually stunningTwistyEdge-of-seatFast-paced

The year is 2314 AD, two years have passed since the defeat of the Innovades and the exposure of the A-Laws' crimes against humanity. The A-Laws have been abolished and their infrastructure integrated into the Earth Sphere Federation Army. However, the world's exposure to GN Particles has resulted in many people awaken

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12. Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island (2022)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 49m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 6.8 (558 votes)

Visually stunningEdge-of-seat

After a covert mission goes wrong, Mobile Suit pilot Amuro Ray and his comrades are stranded on a remote island. The battalion was sent to a land called the Island of No Return to clear off any enemy forces, only to find a group of children and an enemy mecha attack. Now Amuro must find a way for them all to escape thi

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13. Gridman Universe (2023)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 58m · Animation, Action · IMDb 6.9 (378 votes)

Visually stunningTwistyEdge-of-seat

Yuta Hibiki finds himself drawing Gridman, who he seems to have missing memories of. Now in his second year at Tsutsujidai High School, Yuta decides it's time to confess his feelings for Rikka. But their peaceful days would come to a end as Gridman suddenly returns with a warning: "The balance of this world is collapsi

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14. Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative (2018)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 29m · Animation, Science Fiction · IMDb 6.1 (689 votes)

Visually stunningEdge-of-seatTwistyCold & detached

U.C. 0097, one year after the opening of "Laplace's Box". Despite the revelation of the Universal Century Charter that acknowledges the existence and rights of Newtypes, the framework of the world has not been greatly altered. The conflict later dubbed the "Laplace Incident" is thought to have ended with the downfall

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15. King of Thorn (2010)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 49m · Fantasy, Animation · IMDb 6.3 (3.2K votes)

Dark & grittyTwistyVisually stunningEdge-of-seat

A mysterious virus, nicknamed Medusa, is spreading around Japan, turning its victims into stone. Given the impossibility of finding an immediate cure, the government opts for cryopreserving a select group of patients until they come up with a solution. Kasumi, one of the chosen ones, has been asleep for years and her a

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16. Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006)

Movie · Japanese · 1h 35m · Animation, Science Fiction · IMDb 6.3 (5.1K votes)

Visually stunningEdge-of-seat

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 san

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