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SHINKENGERS VS GO-ONGERS (2010)
- Director
- NAKAZAWA Shojiro
- Cast
- MATSUZAKA Tori, AIBA Hiroki, TAKANASHI Rin
This is the second installment of the theatrical version of V-Cinema's fourteen Versus Series films, in which different Super Sentai (superheroes) appear together. The samurai "Shinkenger," and "Go-onger," who are based on a motor vehicle motif, join...
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Fate/stay night: UNLIMITED BLADE WORKS (2010)
- Director
- YAMAGUCHI Yuji
- Cast
- SUGIYAMA Noriaki, KAWASUMI Ayako, UEDA Kana
Originally a game in 2004, this mystical action story became a TV animation series, a comic book, series and now a theatrical film. It is the story of the brutal battle between the 7 sorcerers called Masters and their spiritual Servants for the "Holy...
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Mardock Scramble –The First Compression– (2010)
- Director
- KUDO Susumu
- Cast
- HAYASHIBARA Megumi, YASHIMA Norito, TOUCHI Hiroki
The first chapter in the animated series based on Ubukata Tow's cyberpunk novels, which won the Best Japanese SF Award. A girl is saved by a forbidden technological procedure, and as a side effect gains superpowers. Ubukata himself has written the sc...
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Magical Girl Lyrical NANOHA The MOVIE 1st (2009)
- Director
- KUSAKAWA Keizo
- Cast
- TAMURA Yukari, MIZUKI Nana, MIZUHASHI Kaori
A magic battle action film based on the first season (13 episodes) of the TV animation series of the same title. The two heroines are adversaries at first, but a strong bond soon develops. The story is recreated for the big screen, and a magical worl...
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SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO (2010)
- Director
- YAMAZAKI Takashi
- Cast
- KIMURA Takuya, KUROKI Meisa, YAMAZAKI Tsutomu
A live-action rendition of the space opera Space Battleship Yamato (Uchu Senkan Yamato) which laid the foundations for the Japanese science fiction anime genre. A brave young crew journey into space to save the human race, which is on the brink of ex...
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REDLINE (2010)
- Director
- KOIKE Takeshi
- Cast
- KIMURA Takuya, AOI Yu, ASANO Tadanobu
A hand-drawn Sci-Fi car action animation, which took 7 years to make. Created and written by Ishii Katsuhito, who worked on the animation segment for Kill Bill: Vol. 1. Directed by Koike Takeshi of the short animated filmWorld Record, from the animat...
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COLORFUL (2010)
- Director
- HARA Keiichi
- Cast
- TOMIZAWA Kazato, MIYAZAKI Aoi, MINAMI Akina
By director Hara Keiichi, highly regarded for Crayon Shin-chan Arashi o Yobu Moretsu Otona Teikoku no Gyakushu. His realistic style as seen in his previous picture Summer Days with Coo (Kappa no Coo to Natsuyasumi) is taken one step further, and crea...
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Arrietty (2010)
- Director
- YONEBAYASHI Hiromasa
- Cast
- SHIDA Mirai, KAMIKI Ryunosuke, MIURA Tomokazu
A Studio Ghibli animation based on Mary Norton's children's novels, "The Borrowers," set in modern day Japan. A story of a budding love between a boy and a tiny girl who must not let her existence be known by humans. 14-year-old Arrietty (voice: Shid...
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Welcome to THE SPACE SHOW (2010)
- Director
- MASUNARI Koji
- Cast
- KUROSAWA Tomoyo, IKEZUKI Honoka, UZAWA Shotaro
Masunari Koji, who entered the limelight for the TV animation series Kamichu! directs his first feature-length film, a young adult fiction piece. The film vividly depicts the wild adventures of five elementary school students from the countryside, wh...
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Eden of the East : Air Communication (2009)
- Director
- KAMIYAMA Kenji
- Cast
- KIMURA Ryohei, HAYAMI Saori, TAMAGAWA Sakiko
A re-working of the late night TV anime featuring original characters created by the popular manga artist, Umino Chica, creator of 'HONEY & CLOVER,' with Kamiyama Kenji directing. It features the same staff and cast as the two recent film versions of...
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Eden of the East Movie I : The King of Eden (2009)
- Director
- KAMIYAMA Kenji
- Cast
- KIMURA Ryohei, HAYAMI Saori, TAMAGAWA Sakiko
A film version of the late night TV anime, with characters created by the popular manga artist Umino Chica, creator of 'HONEY & CLOVER.' Kamiyama Kenji, who is based in Production I.G, took control of the original story, script, and direction. The st...
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ARMORED TROOPER VOTOMS Pailsen Files Movie (2008)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Ryosuke
- Cast
- GODA Hozumi, Otsuka Chikao, ISHIZUKA Unsho
Since it was first shown on TV in 1983, the robot anime series, "ARMORED TROOPER VOTOMS," has remained a perennial favorite. "ARMORED TROOPER VOTOMS Pailsen Files" is the prequel version of TV series. The director Takahashi Ryosuke has brought back t...
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Space Monster DEMEKING (2009)
- Director
- TERAUCHI Kotaro
- Cast
- NADAGI Takeshi, HONJO Manami, Guts ISHIMATSU
The film version of the cult, hugely popular "DEMEKING" comic by manga artist Imashiro Takashi, who joined as a script writer for the film. Nadagi Takeshi (The Plan 9), a comedian who has also been highly praised for his acting abilities, gives a str...
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BLUE PACIFIC STORIES : Fish Born (2009)
- Director
- TSUCHIYA Anna
- Cast
- TSUCHIYA Anna
Ocean themed works directed by three artists from various music genres that challenged creating a film. Model, actress and rock singer Tsuchiya Anna takes the director's chair and joins with CG creator Iwata Naomi to portray a fantasy dealing with en...
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lights of little towns (2008)
- Director
- SATO Ryosuke
- Cast
- ADACHI Aki, SAKUMA Takako, HAMAGUCHI Kenji
A short omnibus film that brings together eight individual directors from Tokyo and Nagoya. Sato Ryosuke, one of the producers of this project, takes the director's chair to imaginatively depict the sense of stagnation felt by people living in a mode...
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Girl Sparks (2007)
- Director
- ISHII Yuya
- Cast
- IKAWA Ayuko, INOMATA Toshiaki, NAKAMURA Mukau
The first work with a female lead actress by Director Ishii Yuya, who instantaneously drew attention with his first feature film Bare-assed Japan (Mukidashi Nippon) as it was screened as a special feature work at both the International Film Festival ...
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GURREN LAGANN THE MOVIE -The Lights In The Sky Are Stars- (2009)
- Director
- IMAISHI Hiroyuki
- Cast
- KAKIHARA Tetsuya, KONISHI Katsuyuki, INOUE Marina
The second feature film of the series "GURREN LAGANN." In the preceding episode, the human race finally escaped from its underground hideouts, but once again finds itself under attack by a mysterious enemy. The script was written by Nakashima Kazuki,...
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CENCOROLL (2009)
- Director
- UKI Atsuya
- Cast
- HANAZAWA Kana, SHIMONO Hiro, KIMURA Ryohei
This individually produced animated film was nearly single-handedly written, designed, directed, and animated by manga artist Uki Atsuya. The film was selected in 2009 as a Jury Recommended Work for Short Animation Division of the Agency for Cultural...
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the Garden of sinners - ....not nothing heart. (2009)
- Director
- TAKIZAWA Shinsuke
- Cast
- SAKAMOTO Maaya, SUZUMURA Kenichi, NAKATA Joji
The 7th of the anime series based on the romantic novel "the Garden of Sinners" by Nasu Kinoko, who is best known as the scriptwriter for the game, Tsukihime. This is the final chapter in the story of the strange destiny that has befallen Ryogi Shiki...
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Rainmaker (2007)
- Director
- MIYAMOTO Moriro
- Cast
- Daioh, YAMADA Miki, MIZUUCHI Yoshihito
A road trip film set in the near future which won the acclaim of being a "great hoax and showing intriguing imagination" at the Third Cineastes Organization Osaka Exhibition (CO2) hosted by the Osaka City Film Culture Promotion Association in 2007. T...
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THE MEMORY STEALERS (2007)
- Director
- YAMAGISHI Kentaro, ISHIDA Hajime
- Cast
- MASAKI Soji, KIMURA Tamotsu, MORIKAWA Ryoka
A full-blown sci-fi film by an independent film production team, Project Yamaken. The work spectacularly depicts a battle which takes place in a future society with a technology to digitize all memories. The work is packed with fascinating action sce...
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EUREKA SEVEN : good night, sleep tight, young lovers (2009)
- Director
- KYODA Tomoki
- Cast
- SANPEI Yuko, NAZUKA Kaori, FUJIWARA Keiji
A film version of the popular TV animation "EUREKA SEVEN." This version has been remodeled to include cut scenes and recompose a separate story. Continuing from the TV series, Kyoda Tomoki directs, and Yoshida Kenichi heads up character design. Its 2...
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RAIGA, The Monster from the Deep Sea (2009)
- Director
- HAYASHIYA Shinpei
- Cast
- HOTARU Yukijiro, ORIYAMA Miyu, URATA Mao
A monster film by the self-proclaimed special effects maniac and rakugo storyteller, Hayashiya Shinpei takes up the megaphone and brings us REIGO, The Monster from the Deep Sea (Shinkaiju Reigo). Set 60 years after the epic battle between Reigo and t...
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SAMURAI PRINCESS (2009)
- Director
- KAJI Kengo
- Cast
- KISHI Aino, Mihiro, MIZUNO Dai
An action film with a heroine, directed by Kaji Kengo who also works as a comic author. Another attraction of this work is the bloody splatter images created by Nishimura Yoshihiro, a special effects artist, who has done special effects in many films...
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kamogawa HORUMO-Battle League in Kyoto (2009)
- Director
- MOTOKI Katsuhide
- Cast
- YAMADA Takayuki, KURIYAMA Chiaki, HAMADA Gaku
An adolescent comedy film based on the bestselling novel of the same name by popular author, Makime Manabu. The work energetically depicts the mysterious experiences of a college boy who gets drawn into the world of the enigmatic tournament "Horumo" ...
