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Crayon shinchan arashi o yobu ora to uchu no princess (2012)
- Director
- MASUI Soichi
- Cast
- YAJIMA Akiko, NARAHASHI Miki, FUJIWARA Keiji
Film commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Crayon Shin-chan movie series. Directed by Masui Soichi, like the previous film. The series' first foray into outer space brings in the usual slapstick gag and depicts the adventures of Shinnosuke, who c...
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Strike Witches The Movie (2012)
- Director
- TAKAMURA Kazuhiro
- Cast
- FUKUEN Misato, UCHIDA Aya, SETO Saori
An animated feature film based on a television series following the adventures of young women with magic powers who fight a bizarre enemy. Since ancient times, the human race has been locked in battle with a monstrous entity. Earth's defense has cons...
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Blood-C: The Last Dark (2012)
- Director
- SHIOTANI Naoyoshi
- Cast
- MIZUKI Nana, NOJIMA Kenji, HASHIMOTO Ai
The first feature-length film in the "Blood" series that has gained attention in Japan and abroad for the inspired visual motif of its protagonist, a young girl clad in school uniform who wields a Japanese sword. Popular all-female comic artist group...
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A Letter to Momo (2012)
- Director
- OKIURA Hiroyuki
- Cast
- MIYAMA Karen, Yuka, NISHIDA Toshiyuki
A heartwarming animated fantasy from Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade director Okiura Hiroyuki that was seven years in the making. With the assistance of key animation supervisor Ando Masashi (Spirited Away), Okiura presents a richly expressive depiction of...
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Rainbow Fireflies (2012)
- Director
- UDA Kounosuke
- Cast
- TAKEI Akashi, KIMURA Ayumi, NITTA Kaito
Animation adaptation of the novel by Kawaguchi Masayuki, which made a splash as an online novel. A boy from the present-day world travels back in time to 1977 and spends a summer in a village fated to be flooded by a dam. Director Uda Konosuke of the...
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Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Echo of Heart (2012)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Junji
- Cast
- FUKUEN Misato, TANO Asami, KANEMOTO Hisako
Fourth crossover work for this transformation animation, which is popular amongst young girls. With a focus on the five "Smile Precure!" members from the TV show's seventh heroins, successive Precure join forces to fight evil. For the first time in ...
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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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The Tibetan Dog (2011)
- Director
- KOJIMA Masayuki
- Cast
- HAMADA Tatsuomi, KAKEI Toshio, HIRA Mikijiro
A moving animated film co-produced by Japanese studio Madhouse and China's largest film company, China Film Group Corporation. Based on a bestselling Chinese novel, it features character designs by {20th Century Boys} manga creator Urasawa Naoki. Aft...
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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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Mobile Suit Gundam UC episode 4: At the Bottom of the Gravity Well (2011)
- Director
- FURUHASHI Kazuhiro
- Cast
- UCHIYAMA Koki, FUJIMURA Ayumi, SHIMONO Hiro
Anime adaptation of th e science fiction novel set three years after Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn by author Fukui Harutoshi, self-professed fan of the Gundam series. The fourth of six parts, this film depicts the intensifying battle between the Earth ...
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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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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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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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HAYATE THE COMBAT BUTLER THE MOVIE HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH (2011)
- Director
- KOMORI Hideto
- Cast
- SHIRAISHI Ryoko, KUGIMIYA Rie, TANAKA Rie
First animated feature film of the popular comic by Hata Kenjiro, serialized in . Based on a new story written story by Hata, with a screenplay by Kamen Rider series' Kobayashi Yasuko. Komori Hideto makes his directorial debut with this film. Impover...
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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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Drawer Hobs (2010)
- Director
- KISE Kazuchika
- Cast
- NOTO Mamiko, OOURA Fuyuka, MATSUMOTO Megumi
Short fantasy produced as part of the Young Animators Fostering Project 2010, sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs. Directorial debut of Kise Kazuchika, an animator at Production I.G, known for films including A Letter to Momo. Noeru (voice: ...
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INAZUMA ELEVEN GO THE MOVIE (2011)
- Director
- MIYAO Yoshikazu
- Cast
- TERASAKI Yuka, OHASHI Takashi, SAIGA Mitsuki
A feature film version of an animated television series based on a popular football video game. Ten years after the events of the previous film, the world of football is now controlled by an administrative body, and junior high school players fight f...
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Prince of Tennis the Movie Eikokushiki Teikyu-jo Kessen! (2011)
- Director
- TADA Shunsuke
- Cast
- MINAGAWA Junko, OKIAYU Ryotaro, DAITO Shunsuke
An animated film made to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the animated television adaptation of popular comic "The Prince of Tennis". Familiar junior high schools from the series - Seishun Gakuen, Hyotei, Rikkai, and Shitenhoji - are invited to r...
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friends NAKI ON THE MONSTER ISLAND (2011)
- Director
- YAMAZAKI Takashi, YAGI Ryuichi
- Cast
- KATORI Shingo, YAMADERA Koichi, ABE Sadawo
Yamazaki Takashi, known for the ALWAYS: Sunset on Third Street series, draws on his strength in CG for his first-ever 3D animation. Based on Hamada Hirosuke's nursery tale "The Red Devil Who Cried", used even in school textbooks, the film cutely port...
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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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K-ON! MOVIE (2011)
- Director
- YAMADA Naoko
- Cast
- TOYOSAKI Aki, HIKASA Yoko, SATO Satomi
A film version of an explosively popular animated television series based on Kakifly's four-panel comic strip. With a uniquely laid-back approach, it paints a cute picture of the everyday lives of high school girls who take up music on a whim. Yui (v...
