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Broken Blade Episode 6 Enclave of Lamentations (2011)
- Director
- AMINO Tetsuro, HABARA Nobuyoshi
- Cast
- HOSHI Soichiro, SAITO Chiwa, NAKAMURA Yuichi
The conclusion to a six-part "mecha action" animated series based on Yoshinaga Yunosuke's manga. In a world reminiscent of Greek myths, four close friends follow eventful paths to their destinies, amid a series of battles that hark back to classic ro...
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Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. - Solid State Society 3D (2011)
- Director
- KAMIYAMA Kenji
- Cast
- TANAKA Atsuko, OTSUKA Akio, YAMADERA Koichi
The third chapter in the "Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C." series, that has gained a passionate following in Japan and overseas for its unique visual aesthetic and philosophical world view, has been fully converted to 3D. Its writer and director is Kamiya...
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Pretty Cure All Stars DX3 - Rainbow Flower to the Future (2011)
- Director
- OOTSUKA Takashi
- Cast
- KOSHIMIZU Ami, ORIKASA Fumiko, MITSUISHI Kotono
The 10th film in the popular "Pretty Cure" girls' action animated feature film series, and the final instalment in the "Pretty Cure All Stars DX" trilogy. A grand total of 21 Pretty Cure girls from past entries in the series make appearances, as well...
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Broken Blade Episode 5 The Horizon Between Life and Death (2010)
- Director
- AMINO Tetsuro, HABARA Nobuyoshi
- Cast
- HOSHI Soichiro, SAITO Chiwa, NAKAMURA Yuichi
The fifth in a six-part "mecha action" animated series based on Yoshinaga Yunosuke's manga. In a world reminiscent of Greek myths, where magic is an energy source that lies in the hands of certain people, four close friends follow eventful paths to t...
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Appleseed XIII: Tartaros (2011)
- Director
- HAMANA Takayuki
- Cast
- SAKAMOTO Maaya, YAMADERA Koichi
The first of a two CG animation feature film series re-telling the popular graphic novel by Shirow Masamune. Inspired by Greek mythology, it depicts an epic struggle between humans and genetically engineered humanoids known as bioroids, both seeking ...
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LIFE LINE (2011)
- Director
- WATANABE Yuko
- Cast
- ISHIBASHI Renji, ANDO Sakura
A sci-fi domestic drama about an elderly man and a young woman's strange life confined to their home, set in Japan in the near future. It was produced as part of a project endeavoring to discover and cultivate young filmmakers, and director Watanabe ...
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Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011)
- Director
- SHINKAI Makoto
- Cast
- KANEMOTO Hisako, IRINO Miyu, INOUE Kazuhiko
Ever since his debut film Voices of a Distant Star, director Shinkai Makoto has won a huge following among young audiences for his painstaking depictions of emotional distance. Four years after 5 Centimeters per Second, he has once again assembled an...
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Macross Frontier the Movie -Sayonara no Tsubasa- (2011)
- Director
- KAWAMORI Shoji
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Yuichi, ENDO Aya, NAKAJIMA Megumi
The conclusion to the story begun in the animated science fiction film {Macross Frontier The Movie: The False Songstress}. Taking place three months after the events of that film, it is packed full the Macross series' customary songs, battle scenes, ...
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ISHI NO FURU OKA = Rock Falling Hill = (2011)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Yohei
- Cast
- FURUKAWA Yuta, SASAKI Yoshihide, NAKAJIMA Airi
This black comedy depicts two youths who do their best to deal with a calamity in their village. Second feature by Takahashi Yohei, who also does music videos and commercial films. Ango village gets rained on by rocks instead of rain after being curs...
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ARMORED TROOPER VOTOMS CHIRICO'S RETURN (2010)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Ryosuke
- Cast
- GODA Hozumi, TOMITA Kosei, CHIBA Shigeru
Final chapter of the three-part OVA produced as a sequel to the robot animation {Armored Trooper Votoms}, which continues to boast a deeply rooted fan base since going on air in 1983. Jury Recommended Work at the 14th Japan Media Arts Festival's Anim...
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PRINCESS TOYOTOMI (2011)
- Director
- SUZUKI Masayuki
- Cast
- TSUTSUMI Shinichi, AYASE Haruka, OKADA Masaki
A fantasy set in a parallel world, adapted from Makime Manabu's Naoki Prize-nominated novel. It comically depicts the revelation of a secret regarding the successor to the Toyotomi clan that has been kept for 400 years by the people of Osaka, and how...
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GANTZ PERFECT ANSWER (2011)
- Director
- SATO Shinsuke
- Cast
- NINOMIYA Kazunari, MATSUYAMA Kenichi
The final instalment of the two-part film adaptation of Oku Hiroya's sci-fi action manga. Departing from its source material which is still in serialization, it arrives at a conclusion written specially for the film. Its bold depiction of two young m...
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GANTZ (2011)
- Director
- SATO Shinsuke
- Cast
- NINOMIYA Kazunari, MATSUYAMA Kenichi
The first half of a two-part adaptation of Oku Hiroya's sci-fi action manga. Two young men who should be dead are summoned by a mysterious sphere called "Gantz" that forces them to battle bizarre enemies called "aliens". Its stylish images fuse live-...
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Legend of The Millennium Dragon (2011)
- Director
- KAWASAKI Hirotsugu
- Cast
- ONO Kensho, ISHIHARA Satomi, NAKAMURA Shido
Tendo Jun (voice: Ono Kensho) is a junior high school student living in Kyoto. One day on his way home from school he is pursued by a mysterious demon that appears out of the blue. He wanders into an old temple, where he gets help from the monk Genun...
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Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Steel Troops: The New Age (2011)
- Director
- TERAMOTO Yukiyo
- Cast
- MIZUTA Wasabi, OOHARA Megumi, KAKAZU Yumi
The 31st film in one of Japan's best-loved animated series, and a remake of Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops released in 1986, in which our heroes learn of an invasion of the earth by a robot army and join forces to fight back against the enemy....
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FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST The Sacred Star of Milos (2011)
- Director
- MURATA Kazuya
- Cast
- PARK Romi, KUGIMIYA Rie, SAKAMOTO Maaya
An adaptation of the massively successful manga and animated television series FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST on an epic scale. Its screenplay is by novelist Shimpo Yuichi, who also wrote the book on which the film Whiteout was based, and its director is Murata...
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MIDORI-KO (2010)
- Director
- KUROSAKA Keita
- Cast
A dark fantasy that took outrageously gifted art animation auteur Kurosaka Keita over ten years to complete. Five scientists attempt to develop the perfect hybrid food, a blend of meat and vegetable, as a measure to combat food shortages. Miraculousl...
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A song like a fish (2010)
- Director
- TAKEUCHI Taijin
- Cast
- TAKEUCHI Taijin
A short fantasy film made in 2010 by TAKEUCHI Taijin, a talented stop-motion animator, whose A wolf loves pork. achieved one million views in ten days after it was uploaded to YouTube. A young man sitting in a room is joined by a fish, which he eats...
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PRETTY CURE ALL STARS DX2: Light of Hope☆Protect the Rainbow Jewels! (2010)
- Director
- OOTSUKA Takashi
- Cast
- MIZUKI Nana, MIZUSAWA Fumie, OKI Kanae
A film version of the TV animation series for young girls about cute heroines who are able to transform themselves. This is the second film installment, starring all the characters in the series with seventeen heroines from successive generations coo...
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HIPIRA (2009)
- Director
- KIMURA Shinji
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Yumiko, OHARA Sayaka, SHIMADA Bin
A picture book that has been turned into a TV animation series, this fantasy has been much talked about for its magnificent production lineup, from its story writer, Otomo Katsuhiro, renowned for being the visual creator of AKIRA, to its illustrator,...
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Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial (2010)
- Director
- ABE Yuichi
- Cast
- KOYANAGI Yu, HAMADA Tatsuomi, TSUCHIYA Tao
This is the first of a series of films to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Ultraman series, one of the most famous special effects TV series. Young Ultraman Zero, the son of Ultra Seven, struggles desperately against the revived Kaiser Belial, h...
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KAMENRIDER OOO & W FEATURING SKULL (2010)
- Director
- TASAKI Ryuta
- Cast
- KIKKAWA Koji, KIRIYAMA Ren, SUDA Masaki
A special effects action film based on the TV series, made in a project to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the "Heisei" Masked Rider series. Masked Rider W who is formed by two heroes merging into one, and Masked Rider OOO who appears in later pr...
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Death Kappa (2010)
- Director
- HARAGUCHI Tomoo
- Cast
- HIRATA Misato, Mika, KITAOKA Ryuki
This is the third film in the "TOKYO SHOCK" series produced entirely with US funding, leveraging miniature models and props and boldly creating a special effects monster film rooted in the strong Japanese film tradition. This work was directed by Har...
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DOMAN SEMAN (2009)
- Director
- SHIBATA Go
- Cast
- ISHII Motako, YAMAMOTO Takeshi, NOGUCHI Yuusuke
A science fiction battle film which was formally entered into the 10th TOKYO FILMeX Competition Section. The director is Shibata Go who became a huge sensation at overseas film festivals for his shocking film Late Bloomer (Osoi Hito) which portrays a...
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Heart Catch Pretty Cure! Fashion Show in Paris!? (2010)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Rie
- Cast
- MIZUKI Nana, MIZUSAWA Fumie, KUWASHIMA Houko
A film version of the 7th "Precure" TV animation series in which ordinary girls go head to head with evildoers. The four Precures go into action in order to save a mysterious boy who is being pursued by the "Sabaku no Shito (Desert Apostles)." Tsubom...
