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YOSHIKO EX MACHINA (2015)
- Director
- SUDA Yumiko
- Cast
- WATANABE Naoko, MORIYA Shotaro, AI Ichitaro
A short animation produced through the Agency for Cultural Affairs' "Anime Mirai" project to nurture young animators. The original story and screenplay were written by "Chibi Maruko-chan" series voice actor TARAKO and is directed by Suda Yumiko of Ch...
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Samurai Rock (2015)
- Director
- NAKAJIMA Ryo
- Cast
- KOBAYASHI Yutaka, MIZUNO Masaru, HONDA Takafumi
Military commanders from the warring states period who time travel to the present day form an idol group and take aim at winning a contest in this sci-fi, young-adult drama. Members of the local idol group, "Boys and Men," comprising of talent and ac...
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Beyond the Boundary-I'LL BE HERE- Future (2015)
- Director
- ISHIDATE Taichi
- Cast
- TANEDA Risa, KENN, CHIHARA Minori
Sequel film for the TV animated series "Beyond the Boundary" produced by Kyoto Animation. Presents completely new material, picking up the story a year after the previous film's conclusion. Directed by Ishidate Taichi, who also handled the TV series ...
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The Empire Of Corpses (2015)
- Director
- MAKIHARA Ryotaro
- Cast
- HOSOYA Yoshimasa, MURASE Ayumu, KUSUNOKI Taitem
Animation adaptation of prematurely deceased author Itoh Keikaku's story based on the novel completed by Akutagawa Prize-winning author Enjo Toh. This enigmatic drama set in an imaginary 19th century deals with the art of bring people back from the d...
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GALAXY TURNPIKE (2015)
- Director
- MITANI Koki
- Cast
- KATORI Shingo, AYASE Haruka, OGURI Shun
Wacky SF comedy with lots of aliens set in a burger joint in outer space. Direction and script by Mitani Koki of Suite Dreams and The Magic Hour. The year is 2265. The "Uzu-Shio" residential district near Jupiter is connected to Earth by the so-call...
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LIBRARY WARS: THE LAST MISSION (2015)
- Director
- SATO Shinsuke
- Cast
- OKADA Junichi, EIKURA Nana, TANAKA Kei
The second live-action feature film based on one of bestselling author Arikawa Hiro's most famous works. It presents an exciting depiction of a battle between the Library Defense Force, which uses military might to defend books, and a man plotting th...
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The Virgin Psychics (2015)
- Director
- SONO Sion
- Cast
- SOMETANI Shota, IKEDA Elaiza, MANO Erina
Feature film based on the TV drama adaptation of Wakasugi Kiminori‘s comic by the same title. Slapstick comedy about a virgin high school student who realizes that he has supernatural powers and tries to rescue humanity from danger. The funny and sex...
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STRAYER’S CHRONICLE (2015)
- Director
- ZEZE Takahisa
- Cast
- OKADA Masaki, SOMETANI Shota, NARUMI Rico
Okada Masaki and Sometani Shota portray superhuman youth burdened by fate in this action film. Director Zeze Takahisa won the FIPRESCI and NETPAC awards at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival in 2011 for Heaven's Story. Two groups of kids ar...
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Love & Peace (2015)
- Director
- SONO Sion
- Cast
- HASEGAWA Hiroki, ASO Kumiko, NISHIDA Toshiyuki
A special effects-laden drama about a down-on-his-luck man whose life changes in unimaginable ways. Its director is Sono Sion, whose controversial filmography includes Love Exposure and COLD FISH. Selected for competition at the 2015 Beijing Internat...
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THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR TOKYO WAR (2015)
- Director
- OSHII Mamoru
- Cast
- MANO Erina, FUKUSHI Seiji, KAKEI Toshio
Feature film version of the grandiose robot action title THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR with script and direction by Oshii Mamoru. The film magnificently depicts the battles between the police Patlabor robots and a terrorist organization in Tokyo at th...
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Vampire In Love (2015)
- Director
- SUZUKI Mai
- Cast
- KIRITANI Mirei, TOTSUKA Shota, TANABE Seiichi
Love story in which popular model and actress Kiritani Mirei turns into a vampire girl. Suzuki Mai, who studied theater at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing, makes her directorial debut. The film is supported by cast members from Hong Kong, Tai...
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Cesium and a Tokyo Girl (2015)
- Director
- SAITANI Ryo
- Cast
- SHIRAHASE Kaira, NAGAMORI Masato, HANDA Takao
Directorial debut by Saitani Ryo, who runs the movie theater Laputa Asagaya. Fantastic tale about the adventures of a girl living Tokyo's Asagaya district and seven eccentric deities in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Newcomer Shira...
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GARO GOLD STORM (2015)
- Director
- AMEMIYA Keita
- Cast
- KURIYAMA Wataru, NANRI Miki, KUWAE Sakina
A new series that follows the new battles of Dogai Ryuga, the protagonist of the TV series "Garo: Yami o Terasu Mono" (The One Who Shines in the Darkness) broadcast in 2013. Dogai (Kuriyama Wataru), who has regained his golden glow and obtained the t...
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Beyond the Boundary- I’LL BE HERE- Past (2015)
- Director
- ISHIDATE Taichi
- Cast
- TANEDA Risa, KENN, CHIHARA Minori
The first half of a two-part feature film adaptation of an animated television series based on Torii Nagomu's light novel. One day after school, a half-human, half-monster boy named Kanbara Akihito (voice: KENN) encounters a girl called Mirai (voice...
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ULTRAMAN GINGA S THE MOVIE (2015)
- Director
- SAKAMOTO Koichi
- Cast
- NEGISHI Takuya, UJI Kiyotaka, SUGIURA Taiyo
Third feature film in the "Ultraman Ginga" series. Ten new-generation Ultra Warrior heroes confront a new enemy who wields the mirror of space and time. One day, the vicious time-space traveling demon Etelgar (voice: Suzuki Tatsuhisa) and female war...
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Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Space Heroes (2015)
- Director
- OSUGI Yoshihiro
- Cast
- MIZUTA Wasabi, OHARA Megumi, KAKAZU Yumi
A film that commemorates the thirty-fifth anniversary of the beginning of the nationally popular "Doraemon" film series. Nobita and his friends take a stand to keep the peace in space. Osugi Yoshihiro, who has performed various tasks for films in the...
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ARPEGGIO OF BLUE STEEL-ARS NOVA-DC (2015)
- Director
- KISHI Seiji
- Cast
- OKITSU Kazuyuki, FUCHIGAMI Mai, NUMAKURA Emi
Set in a future where land has been submerged due to global warning, the film gives a magnificent depiction of the fight between the mysterious "Fleet of Fog" conquerors and youths on the submarine I-401. Directed by Kishi Seiji of {PERSONA3 THE MOVI...
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And the Mud Ship Sails Away (2013)
- Director
- WATANABE Hirobumi
- Cast
- SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, TAKAHASHI Saaya, IIDA Kaoru
Debut project from Foolish Piggies Films, the Tochigi Prefecture-based filmmaking collective formed primarily by director/scriptwriter Watanabe Hirobumi and his brother Watanabe Yuji, who handles production. Humorously depicts the encounter between a...
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Leap Year Girl (2014)
- Director
- AMANO Chihiro
- Cast
- KOSAKI Emiri, SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, SATO Takehirto
A film from the third Enbu Seminar Cinema Project. This fantasy depicts the wavering emotions of an unsuccessful actress tormented by pride and anxiety who comes face to face with her past self. Its director is Amano Chihiro (Hokago Rosuto). Emi (Ko...
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END-end? (2014)
- Director
- SASAKI Tomonori
- Cast
- SASANO Suzune, KAGEYAMA Yuko, ONO Marie
A film from the third Enbu Seminar Cinema Project. It depicts the despair and hope felt by three pairs of people of different ages, genders, and backgrounds who experience a sudden tragedy. Its writer and director is Sasaki Tomonori, whose previous w...
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Unknown Town (2013)
- Director
- Ohuchi Shingo
- Cast
- YANAGISAWA Shigeki, HOSOE Yuko, MATSUURA Yuya
A death-themed drama. Its director is Ohuchi Shingo, whose Tama Art University graduation film Clear People was an official selection of the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2006. Screened in the Japanese Cinema Splash section of the 2014 Tok...
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APPLESEED ALPHA (2014)
- Director
- ARAMAKI Shinji
- Cast
- KOMATSU Yuka, SUWABE Junichi, YUKI Aoi
Feature length CG animation by world-renowned director Aramaki Shinji. SF action film prequel for Shirow Masamune‘s comic "APPLESEED" Mercenary Deunan (voice: Komatsu Yuka) and cyborg Briareos (voice: Suwabe Junichi) survived the great world war and...
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Chokolietta (2014)
- Director
- KAZAMA Shiori
- Cast
- MORIKAWA Aoi, SUDA Masaki, ICHIKAWA Miwako
A coming-of-age film that presents a youthful depiction of a cinematographic journey undertaken by a girl who wants to become a dog, and a young man who professes to be a student bum. Its director is Kazama Shiori, who won the International Film Fest...
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The Noise (2014)
- Director
- SEKINE Tsutomu
- Cast
- NUKUMIZU Yoichi, MURAMATSU Toshifumi, IIO Kazuki
Comedy marking the directorial debut for comedian Sekine Tsutomu as he enters his fourth decade in show business. Depicts the struggle between people living underground who appear out of the blue and five run-of-the-mill middle-aged guys, with charac...
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PSYCHO-PASS THE MOVIE (2014)
- Director
- MOTOHIRO Katsuyuki(Executive Director), SHIOTANI Naoyoshi(Director)
- Cast
- HANAZAWA Kana, SEKI Tomokazu, NOJIMA Kenji
First feature film adaptation from "Psycho-Pass," the near-future SF anime series. Motohiro Katsuyuki, known for the Bayside Shakedown series, serves as executive director. Urobuchi Gen of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" wrote the original story and scri...
