Director

IMAI Kazuaki

Cast

FUJIMURA Ayumi, KATSU Anri, KAWASUMI Ayako

Film supported by Anime Mirai 2014, the project from the Agency of Cultural Affairs to train young animators. Three strange child animals on an isolated island venture into the world of humans. Directorial debut for Imai Kazuaki and produced by Shin-...

Director

YOSHIURA Yasuhiro

Cast

MATSUOKA Yoshitsugu, UEDA Reina, NUMAKURA Emi

Film supported by Anime Mirai 2014, the project from the Agency of Cultural Affairs to train young animators. Delves into the emotions of true-to-life girls and boys in a classroom jostling with unique personalities. Directed by Yoshiura Yasuhiro, wh...

Director

ONDA Naoyuki

Cast

HANAE Natsuki, ONO Daisuke, TAICHI Yo

Film supported by Anime Mirai 2014, the project from the Agency of Cultural Affairs to train young animators. When a boy's childhood friend is threatened by a mysterious entity, he overcomes his stupor to help out. Produced by the world-renowned STUD...

Director

WATANABE Ayumu

Cast

TAMURA Mutsumi, YAJIMA Akiko, KUNO Misaki

Film supported by Anime Mirai 2014, the project from the Agency of Cultural Affairs to train young animators. Warmly depicts a young boy and girl's feelings for each other, based on a children's literature by Furuta Taruhi. Directed by animator Watan...

Director

CHIGIRA Koichi

Cast

YUKI Aoi, KOTOBUKI Minako, FUJIWARA Keiji

A film produced by Anime Mirai, an Agency for Cultural Affairs project that cultivates animators who represent the future of Japan's animation studios. This historical epic comes from production house GONZO, known for their work on ORIGIN ~Spirits of...

Director

YOSHIHARA Tatsuya

Cast

FUKUYAMA Jun, KITAMURA Eri, HIKASA Yoko

The first film produced by Anime Mirai, an Agency for Cultural Affairs project that cultivates animators who represent the future of Japan's animation studios. This science fiction suspense drama was made by production studio ZEXCS, known for their w...

Director

YOSHINARI Yoh

Cast

HAN Megumi, ORIKASA Fumiko, MURASE Michiyo

A film produced by Anime Mirai, an Agency for Cultural Affairs project that cultivates animators who represent the future of Japan's animation studios. This fantasy was created by cutting-edge studio TRIGGER, which was established in 2011. Akko (Han...

Director

TACHIKAWA Yuzuru

Cast

MAENO Tomoaki, NAKAMURA Yuichi, HAZUMI Jun

A film produced by Anime Mirai, an Agency for Cultural Affairs project that cultivates animators who represent the future of Japan's animation studios. This work of suspense was created by production studio MADHOUSE, makers of Chihayafuru. A man (vo...

Director

KAIYA Toshihisa

Cast

TSUCHIDA Hiroshi, SHIMODA Mami, KANEDA Tomoko

A supernatural black comedy cleverly mixing ancient Japanese lore with contemporary visual sensibilities, from A Letter to Momo's studio Production I.G. Participating project in the Agency for Cultural Affair's Anime Mirai program. When antique book...

Director

KAWAMATA Hiroshi

Cast

KATO Emiri, UMEDA Kikumi, MIYAKE Kenta

Fantasy produced by The Answerstudio, many of whose animators come from Walt Disney animation Studio. Brings a gentle touch to depictions of beautiful southern seas scenery. Film supported by Anime Mirai 2012, the project from the Agency of Cultural ...

Director

TOMONAGA Kazuhide

Cast

TERASOMA Masaki, SAWASHIRO Miyuki, SAKUYA Shunsuke

An ambitious work that combines classic animal characters with a period setting. A pig bodyguard engages in sword combat with a band of Japanese pufferfish pirates. Produced as part of the Agency for Cultural Affairs' "Anime Mirai" project that aims ...

Director

MIYASHITA Shinpei

Cast

KOJIMA Issei, KOSHIMIZU Ami, YAJIMA Akiko

Miyashita Shinpei, veteran director from the celebrated TV anime series "Manga Japanese Folktales," adapts the same-titled picture book about bullying. Uses straightforward images to depict a boy as he overcomes his struggles. Film supported by Anime...

Director

KISE Kazuchika

Cast

NOTO Mamiko, OOURA Fuyuka, MATSUMOTO Megumi

Short fantasy produced as part of the Young Animators Fostering Project 2010, sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs. Directorial debut of Kise Kazuchika, an animator at Production I.G, known for films including A Letter to Momo. Noeru (voice: ...

Director

TAKIGUCHI Teiichi

Cast

KAMIYA Hiroshi, SHIMIZU Risa, ITO Kazuaki

An animated adaptation of a book by children's author Niimi Nankichi. Its attention to detail stretches from authentic recreations of Meiji period scenery and everyday items to even the body weights of its characters, and gives them believably human ...

Director

YOSHIHARA Masayuki

Cast

HAYAMI Saori, MORIKAWA Toshiyuki, KUGIMIYA Rie

Children's animation produced as part of PROJECT A, a program that aims to cultivate young animators. Adorable food "creatures" become friends with a girl in the second grade. Directed by The Eccentric Family's Yoshihara Masayuki. Mari (voice: Hayam...