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A Few Moments of Cheers (2024)
- Director
- POPREQ
- Cast
- HANAE Natsuki, ISE Mariya
Animated feature film debut by the three members of the film production team Hurray!, who handled directing, production, and character design. With a screenplay by Hanada Jukki of "Love Live!" fame, the film gives a fresh perspective on the joys and ...
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Kuramerukagari (2024)
- Director
- TSUKAHARA Shigeyoshi
- Cast
- SAKURA Ayane, SAKAKIHARA Yuki, OTSUKA Takeo
Feature-length animated film that reunites director Tsukahara Shigeyoshi with the production team for Kurayukaba, which screenwriter Narita Ryogo adapted as a spin-off novella that formed the basis for this film. In a mining town called Hakoniwa, o...
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Hijacked Youth Dare To Stop Us 2 (2023)
- Director
- INOUE Junichi
- Cast
- IURA Arata, HIGASHIDE Masahiro, IMOU Haruka
Sequel to Dare To Stop Us, which depicted the youth of those who gathered at Wakamatsu Production, led by director Wakamatsu Koji. Helmed by Inoue Junichi, who penned the screenplay for the first film and is a former member of Wakamatsu Production. ...
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i ai (2022)
- Director
- MahiTo The People
- Cast
- TOMITA Kentaro, SATO Honami, HORIKE Kazuki
A coming-of-age film that is the directorial debut and screenplay of MahiTo The People, the frontman of the rock band GEZAN, who is a wide-ranging contributor to writing and other endeavors. In Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, Kou (Tomita Kentaro) is livin...
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Haikyu!!: The Dumpster Battle (2024)
- Director
- MITSUNAKA Susumu
- Cast
- MURASE Ayumu, ISHIKAWA Kaito, HINO Satoshi
Part one of the two-part theatrical adaptation for the TV anime "Haikyu!!" based on Furudate Haruichi's manga. Focuses on the Karasuno High School vs. Nekoma High School rivalry, a favorite among fans of this manga about high schoolers who live for v...
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The Colors Within (2024)
- Director
- YAMADA Naoko
- Cast
- SUZUKAWA Sayu, TAKAISHI Akari, KIDO Taisei
Original feature-length animation directed by Yamada Naoko, known for "K-ON!" and "A Silent Voice". Totsuko (Suzukawa Sayu) is a high school student who sees people as "colors." She forms a band with her classmate Kimi (Takaishi Akari), who emits a ...
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Look Back (2024)
- Director
- OSHIYAMA Kiyotaka
- Cast
- KAWAI Yuumi, YOSHIDA Mizuki
Based on the original story of the same title by Fujimoto Tatsuki, a manga artist known for his "Chainsaw Man" and other works. Director Oshiyama Kiyotaka has adapted the story into an animated feature film. Fujino (Kawai Yumi), a fourth-grader who ...
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Divine (2023)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Kiichiro
- Cast
- AOKI Yuzu, SAKANOUE Akane
A science fiction coming-of-age film, is the first production from "TOEI VIDEO NEW CINEMA FACTORY," a project to discover new talent launched by Toei Video. Directed and written by Nakamura Kiichiro, whose many short films have received acclaim both ...
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Cinderella Girl (2023)
- Director
- OGATA Takaomi
- Cast
- IREI Himena, TSUJI Chie, IZUMI Marin
Drama about a heroine with a prosthetic leg from director Ogata Takaomi, who helmed Sunk Into the Womb and The Hungry Lion. Supervised by the model Moriyama Kazaho, who was diagnosed with progressive muscular dystrophy. Disease results in Otoha (Ire...
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GIVE IT ALL (2024)
- Director
- SAKURAGI Yuhei
- Cast
- AMAMIYA Sora, ITO Miku, TAKAHASHI Rie
First-ever feature animation version of Shikimura Yoshiko's same-named teen novel, which has already been adapted as a feature film and TV drama. Screenplay by Ohchi Keiichiro of The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie and character design by Nishida As...
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Desert of Namibia (2024)
- Director
- YAMANAKA Yoko
- Cast
- KAWAI Yuumi, KANEKO Daichi, Kanichiro
The first full-fledged feature film from director Yamanaka Yoko of Amiko fame, which won the Audience Award at the PFF Awards 2014. She was the youngest film-maker ever invited to the 68th Berlin International Film Festival's Forum section. Desert of...
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Play! (2024)
- Director
- FURUMAYA Tomoyuki
- Cast
- OKUDAIRA Daiken, SUZUKA Oji
Japan's first theatrical release about e-sports was inspired by the real-life experiences of a boy in Tokushima Prefecture. Directed by Furumaya Tomoyuki of The Homeless Student. Shota's (Okudaira Daiken) interest is piqued by a poster at school rec...
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Brats, Be Ambitious! (2023)
- Director
- ADACHI Shin
- Cast
- IKEGAWA Yukiya, TASHIRO Hikaru, SHIRAISHI Kiichi
A coming-of-age film based on his novel 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid', a 20-year project by Adachi Shin (A Beloved Wife). The seven schoolchildren who become the protagonists are portrayed vividly through long takes. Primary school student Shun (Ikegawa Yu...
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Girls Drive (2023)
- Director
- MIYAOKA Taro
- Cast
- OGURI Yui, YAMAUCHI Mizuki, KURANOO Narumi
Road movie helmed by gift director Miyaoka Taro with original story penned by Inoue Tete, who scripted Initiation Love. Minami Koharu (Oguri Yui} has devoted her life to track and field and when she gets disqualified from the high school championsh...
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Baseball Club Rhapsody (2022)
- Director
- IIZUKA Ken
- Cast
- DAIGO Kotaro, KUROBA Mario, TAKASHIMA Masahiro
Coming-of-age film based on the manga by Kuromatsu Tetsuro, beloved by fans for depicting kids obsessed with baseball. Director Iizuka Ken is known for his breezy humor in JUMP!!: The Heroes Behind the GOLD. Kuroda Teppei (Daigo Kotaro) enters high ...
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Sayonara, Girls. (2023)
- Director
- NAKAGAWA Shun
- Cast
- KAWAI Yumi, ONO Rina, KOMIYAMA Rina
Commercial feature film debut for cutting-edge director Nakagawa Shun based on stories by coming-of-age novel maestro Asai Ryo. Emotive depiction of the two days before graduation for four high school girls in love. The story takes place in a provin...
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SINGLE8 (2023)
- Director
- KONAKA Kazuya
- Cast
- UEMURA Yu, TAKAISHI Akari
A coming-of-age portrait set in the 1970s about young people who were passionate about 8mm films. Director Konaka Kazuya, who has worked on the "Heisei Ultraman" series, has realized his dream project based on his own experiences. In the summer of 1...
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SABAKAN / Summer Days, 1986 (2022)
- Director
- KANAZAWA Tomoki
- Cast
- BANKA Ichiro, HARADA Konosuke, ONO Machiko
The directorial debut of Kanazawa Tomoki, who has written and directed mainly TV and stage plays, such as the TBS drama "Naoki Hanzawa." Set in 1980s Nagasaki, this coming-of-age film depicts "one summer" in the lives of two boys on an adventure tog...
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THE FIRST SLAM DUNK (2022)
- Director
- INOUE Takehiko
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Shugo, KASAMA Jun, KAMIO Shinichiro
Prologue Shohoku's "speedster" and point guard, Ryota Miyagi, always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. Born and raised in Okinawa, Ryota had a brother who was three years older. Fo...
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The World of You (2022)
- Director
- SHIOTA Akihiko
- Cast
- SHINTANI Yuzumi, HIDAKA Marin, KUBOZUKA Airu
Director Shiota Akihiko, known for Harmful Insect and Canary, takes on this coming-of-age drama starring Shintani Yuzumi and Hidaka Marin, whom he met on the 2019 movie Farewell Song, as the main characters, with an original script written with the t...
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Backflip!! Movie (2022)
- Director
- KUROYANAGI Toshimasa
- Cast
- TSUCHIYA Shimba, ISHIKAWA Kaito, ONO Daisuke
Movie version of the original TV anime "Backflip!!", which depicts the lives of high school boys who are fascinated by rhythmic gymnastics. A sequel to the TV series broadcast from April to June 2021, directed by Kuroyanagi Toshimasa. The six unique...
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Free! -the Final Stroke- the second volume (2022)
- Director
- KAWANAMI Eisaku
- Cast
- SHIMAZAKI Nobunaga, SUZUKI Tatsuhisa, MIYANO Mamoru
Concluding film in the two-part theatrical adaptation of "Free!", the popular TV anime series about young people who devote their lives to swimming. Directed, developed and scripted by Kawanami Eisaku, who helmed the third season of the TV anime. Na...
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Free! -the Final Stroke- the first volume (2021)
- Director
- KAWANAMI Eisaku
- Cast
- SHIMAZAKI Nobunaga, SUZUKI Tatsuhisa, MIYANO Mamoru
First film in the two-part theatrical adaptation of "Free!", the popular TV anime series about young people who devote their lives to swimming. Directed, developed and scripted by Kawanami Eisaku, who helmed the third season of the TV anime. Nanase ...
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Sing a Bit of Harmony (2021)
- Director
- YOSHIURA Yasuhiro
- Cast
- TSUCHIYA Tao, FUKUHARA Haruka, KUDO Asuka
Animation about the refreshing friendships between a clumsy AI and her classmates. Directed by Yoshiura Yasuhiro, whose acclaimed films include Patama Inverted. Mysterious beauty Shion (Tsuchiya Tao) transfers into Keibu High School and becomes popu...
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HEART BEATS (2021)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Hiroto
- Cast
- UKISHO Hidaka, SHIRAISHI Sei
Feature film adaptation of Konno Risa's popular comic that has sold over 2.5 million copies in total. This teen romance gives a fresh take on universally relatable everyday experiences like unrequited high school love. Arima Hayato (Ukisho Hidaka) t...
