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The Legend of Heroes Trails in the Sky Vol.2 (2011)
- Director
- TACHIBANA Masaki
- Cast
- KANDA Akemi, SAIGA Mitsuki, SHIOYAMA Yuka
The sixth original video animation (OVA) adapted from a popular role-playing video game series that has continued for over twenty years. In an alternate dimension powered by a mystical energy source, righteous warriors take a stand against a mysterio...
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BEYOND THE WORLD .hack//The Movie 3D (2012)
- Director
- MATSUYAMA Hiroshi
- Cast
- SAKURABA Nanami, MATSUZAKA Tori, TANAKA Kei
The first 3D animated feature film in the ".hack" franchise, a multimedia project that revolves around a series of video games. Incidents that occur in a global internet video game begin to cross over into the real world. Character planning is handle...
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Being Mitsuko (2011)
- Director
- YAMAUCHI Kenji
- Cast
- HATSUNE Eriko, ISHIBASHI Kei, FURUTACHI Kanji
Tragicomedy that humorously and surreally depicts peculiar sisters in pursuit of happiness. Yamauchi Kenji has created numerous popular commercials, and in recent years has worked as a playwright and theater director. This film is his directorial deb...
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TERRESTRIAL DEFENCE GIRLS PARANORMAL NINE (2011)
- Director
- KAWASAKI Minoru
- Cast
- KATAYAMA Haruka, NORO Kayo, ASAKURA Yuki
Director Kawasaki Minoru, known for his absurdist special effects parodies, produced this action comedy as an evolved version of his breakthrough film Iko the Earth Patrol Girl. The film depicts the activities of a combat team comprised of nine young...
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TOWANOQUON Episode 6 (2011)
- Director
- IIDA Umanosuke
- Cast
- KAMIYA Hiroshi, SHIRAISHI Ryoko, NAZUKA Kaori
Final installation in the six-part science fiction anime. Youth who have awakened to paranormal abilities face a cyborg organization focused on their destruction. Conceived by director Iida Umanosuke, who passed away in 2010, and completed with help ...
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TENTSUKI (2010)
- Director
- YAMADA Masafumi
- Cast
- MANABE Taku, SETO Natsumi, HATTORI Ryuzaburo
The second film in the "Kyoto Renzoku" series, produced by Shima Films and set in the ancient capital of Kyoto. A mysterious and fantastic story unfolds in a nonexistent town called "Tenshi Tsukinuke Roku-chome." Noboru (Manabe Taku) is being pursued...
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TOWANOQUON Episode 5 (2011)
- Director
- IIDA Umanosuke
- Cast
- KAMIYA Hiroshi, SHIRAISHI Ryoko, NAZUKA Kaori
Fifth installation in the six-part science fiction anime. Youth who have awakened to paranormal abilities face a cyborg organization focused on their destruction. Conceived by director Iida Umanosuke, who passed away in 2010, and completed with help ...
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Suite Pretty Cure♪Take Back！The Heart-Binding Miraculous Melody♪ (2011)
- Director
- IKEDA Yoko
- Cast
- KOSHIMIZU Ami, ORIKASA Fumiko, TOYOGUCHI Megumi
The eleventh feature film in the popular animated "Pretty Cure" series for young girls. It is the first to link into the television series, and is a side story in which a tale of a girl's family is told with abundant lyricism. One day, all sound sudd...
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Appleseed XIII: Ouranos (2011)
- Director
- HAMANA Takayuki
- Cast
- SAKAMOTO Maaya, YAMADERA Hirokazu
Feature film remix of the second half of the SF animation series authored by Shirow Masamune. The film faithfully recreates the textures of the original with skillful use of 3D computer graphics. With the motif of Greek mythology, the film depicts th...
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SEAFOOD GIRL MAIKO (2011)
- Director
- KAJINO Ryutaro
- Cast
- SATAKE Uki, TAKAMI Kokoro, MATSUSHITA Miho
Fantastic coming-of-age comedy boasting an out-of-this-world situation. The heroine, who appears to be a high school student but is in fact a fish, stirs up a huge commotion on land, which she just can't get used to. Directed by Kajino Ryutaro, who g...
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Part 1 (2011)
- Director
- TACHIBANA Masaki
- Cast
- KANDA Akemi, SAIGA Mitsuki, SHIOYAMA Yuka
Film celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of Nihon Falcom Corporation, venerable producers of videogames. Animated version of the three-part Trails in the Sky from the popular game series The Legend of Heroes, in which young lovers j...
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Zero Man vs. the Half Virgin (2011)
- Director
- SATO Sakichi
- Cast
- ITAKURA Chihiro, Shijimi, YAMAMOTO Hiroshi
The sixth film in the second season of the "Seishun H" series, in which up-and-coming filmmakers exhibit their originality through themes of youth and sex. Director Sato Sakichi consistently makes films filled with a unique sense of humor, and is als...
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My Sis Violates an Insect Taboo (2011)
- Director
- DAIKUHARA Masaki
- Cast
- CHOSOKABE Yoko, OKABE Nao, MORITA Aki
A mystery inspired by the ancient Chinese black magic ritual "Ko," in which small animals or insects are placed in a receptacle and made to fight to the death, after which the survivor is endowed with a powerful mystical force. Director Daikuhara Mas...
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Kumo no Ito (2011)
- Director
- AKIHARA Masatoshi
- Cast
- HIRA Mikijiro, TAKAHATA Kotomi, TORIHADA Minoru
A dark fantasy that blends the worlds of Akutagawa Ryunosuke's representative work "The Spider's Thread" and his short stories "God of Aguni" and "Tobacco and the Devil". Renowned actor Hira Mikijiro makes his first starring appearance in a film for ...
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TOWANOQUON Episode 4 (2011)
- Director
- IIDA Umanosuke
- Cast
- KAMIYA Hiroshi, SHIRAISHI Ryoko, NAZUKA Kaori
Fourth installation in the six-part science fiction anime. Youth who have awakened to paranormal abilities face a cyborg organization focused on their destruction. Conceived by director Iida Umanosuke, who passed away in 2010, and completed with help...
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TOWANOQUON Episode 3 (2011)
- Director
- IIDA Umanosuke
- Cast
- KAMIYA Hiroshi, SHIRAISHI Ryoko, NAZUKA Kaori
Third installation in the six-part science fiction anime. Youth who have awakened to paranormal abilities face a cyborg organization focused on their destruction. Conceived by director Iida Umanosuke, who passed away in 2010, and completed with help ...
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TEKKEN Blood Vengeance (2011)
- Director
- MOURI Yoichi
- Cast
- SAKAMOTO Maaya, MATSUOKA Yuki, MIYANO Mamoru
3DCG animation adaptation of the Japanese fighting videogame series that has shipped over 40 million copies worldwide, following up on the animated and live action films. The heroine is a master of Chinese martial arts, whose fate becomes intertwined...
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The Princess and the Pilot (2011)
- Director
- SHISHIDO Jun
- Cast
- KAMIKI Ryunosuke, TAKETOMI Seika, TOMIZAWA Takeshi
An animated feature film based on Inumura Koroku's light novel, which has previously inspired radio drama and manga adaptations. A prodigiously talented young pilot embarks on a 12,000-kilometer flight to single-handedly protect a future empress. Ani...
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Hotarubi no Mori e (2011)
- Director
- OMORI Takahiro
- Cast
- UCHIYAMA Koki, SAKURA Ayane
A short animated work from author Midorikawa Yuki, writer of "Natsume's Book of Friends" (Natsume Yujincho) which is also a popular animated television series, and director Omori Takahiro. It uses photorealistic imagery to delicately depict a fleetin...
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Mardock Scramble The Second Combustion (2011)
- Director
- KUDO Susumu
- Cast
- HAYASHIBARA Megumi, YASHIMA Norito, TOUCHI Hiroki
The second film in an animated trilogy, based on the eponymous novel by Ubukata To that won the 24th Nihon SF Grand Prize for science fiction. It co-stars popular veteran voice actor Hayashibara Megumi from the "Pokemon" film series, and quirky actor...
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Kaibutsu-kun: The Movie (2011)
- Director
- NAKAMURA Yoshihiro
- Cast
- OHNO Satoshi, MATSUOKA Masahiro, YASHIMA Norito
Live action adaption with CG galore of the hugely popular TV drama, based on Fujiko Fujio A's successful manga. The film dramatically depicts the prince from the land of monsters who wreaks havoc in the human realm, complete with 3D images and scenes...
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TOWANOQUON Episode 2 (2011)
- Director
- IIDA Umanosuke
- Cast
- KAMIYA Hiroshi, NAZUKA Kaori, SHIRAISHI Ryoko
A fierce battle unfolds between children with special powers and a hostile secret organization in this second chapter of a six-part sci-fi action series. It became the posthumous work of director Iida Umanosuke, known for the original video animation...
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TOWANOQUON Episode 1 (2011)
- Director
- IIDA Umanosuke
- Cast
- KAMIYA Hiroshi, NAZUKA Kaori, SHIRAISHI Ryoko
A fierce battle unfolds between children with special powers and a hostile secret organization in this first chapter of a six-part sci-fi action series. It became the posthumous work of director Iida Umanosuke, known for the original video animation ...
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Lady Ninja: Reflections of Darkness (2011)
- Director
- HISHINUMA Kosuke
- Cast
- ABE Mari, NISHINO Sho, MORISHITA Yuuri
A sexy historial action drama about the exploits of female ninja, based on the book "Ninja Tsukikagesho" by Yamada Futaro, whose "Ninpocho" romantic novel series has been frequently adapted for film. Its non-stop cavalcade of outlandish 'female weapo...
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Little Ghostly Adventures of the Tofu Boy (2011)
- Director
- SUGII Gisaburo, KAWAHARA Shimmei
- Cast
- FUKADA Kyoko, TAKEDA Tetsuya, KOIKE Teppei
An animated fantasy supervised by Sugii Gisaburo and based on a novel by Kyogoku Natsuhiko, whose works have inspired several films including Ubume. Blending characters depicted in a hand-drawn style with three-dimensional computer graphics, it creat...
