Our protagonist Akira Fudo hears from his best friend Ryou Asuka that the demons will revive and reclaim the world from humans. As humans have no chance against the demons' power, Ryou suggests combining with a demon. Akira becomes Devilman, a being with the power of a demon and the heart of a human.
[Source: Anime News Network]
First year high schooler Midori Asakusa loves anime so much, she insists that "concept is everything" in animation. Though she draws a variety of ideas in her sketchbook, she hasn't taken the first step to creating anime, insisting that she can't do it alone. The producer-type Sayaka Kanamori is the first to notice Asakusa's genius. Then, when it becomes clear that their classmate, charismatic fashion model Tsubame Mizusaki, really wants to be an animator, they create an animation club to realize the "ultimate world" that exists in their minds.
[Source: Crunchyroll]
※ NOTE: Masaaki Yuasa's latest film
Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in love. Just as they become inseparable, Minato loses his life in an accident at sea. Hinako is so distraught that she can no longer even look at the ocean, but one day she sings a song that reminds her of their time together, and Minato appears in the water. From then on, she can summon him in any watery surface as she sings their song, but can the two really remain together forever? And what is the real reason for Minato’s sudden reappearance?
[Source: GKIDS]
Anthology of shorts which bear a unique Japanese sensibility, in many ways aligning with the tone and spirit of Star Wars storytelling.
Shortly after the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, a major earthquake hits Japan. Amidst the chaos, siblings Ayumu and Gou of the Mutou household, begin to escape the city with their family of four. The sinking Japanese archipelagos, however, relentlessly pursue the family.
Plunged into extreme conditions, life and death, and the choice of meeting and parting—in the face of dreadful reality, the Mutou siblings believe in the future and acquire the strength to survive with utmost effort.
[Source: MyAnimeList News]
“The sound of the Gion Shoja bells echoes the impermanence of all things; the color of the sala flowers reveals the truth that the prosperous must decline…”
The late Heian period. The “Heike Family” is about to reach the peak of its prosperity in every aspect of power, military might, and financial resources. Taira no Shigemori, a man with eyes that can see the dead meets Biwa, a “Biwa Hoshi” who can see the future, and he gets told “you will all perish soon.” From an aristocratic reign to a Samurai’s reign, this is the beginning of the 15 turbulent years of historical change in Japan.
[Source: FujiTV]
A black haired girl is walking around the streets of Kyoto, from the night scene of Pontocho to a second-hand book fair in Shimogamo, then off to a college fair. The main character that has a romantic feeling for her secretly follows her around and looks for the opportunities to run into her in a manner that seems like a coincidence. Unfortunately for him, she is not interested in love yet so she does not notice his feelings. What awaits these two characters are crazy incidents caused by individuals such as a person who introduces himself as a Japanese mythical creature Tengu, the god of second-hand book or the money lender in a three story vehicle.
[Source: Sugoi Japan]
Kai, a young middle schooler, lives in Hinashi Town, a lonely fishing village, with his father and his grandfather, a sun-umbrella maker. He used to live in Tokyo, but after his parents divorced he moved back to his parent's home town. Kai has trouble telling his parents the complicated feelings he has for them, and he's lonely and pessimistic about his school life. One of his joys is uploading songs he writes to the internet.
One day, his classmates Kunio and Yuho invite him to join their band, "SEIRÈN". As he reluctantly follows them to Merfolk Island, their practice spot, they meet Lu, the mermaid girl. Lu sings merrily and dances innocently. As Kai begins to spend time with her, he starts to be able to say what it is that he's really thinking.
But since ancient times, the people of Hinashi Town have thought that mermaids brought disaster. Something happens that puts a huge rift between Lu and the townspeople. And then, the town is in danger. Will Kai's cry for the heart be able to save the town?
[Source: Fuji Creative Corporation]
Scott Pilgrim meets the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers, only to find out her seven evil exes stand in the way of their love.
[Source: Netflix]
It is August 12th. After the remote control to his boarding house's only air conditioning unit is inadvertently destroyed by spilled cola, "I" devises a plan to return to yesterday in a time machine to recover the remote before it breaks. However, his prankster friend Ozu cannot resist playing with past events, even if it means bringing the universe to the brink of destruction. Now "I" finds himself racing through time to avoid disaster.
[Source: Disney+]
Inu-Oh is born with unique physical characteristics, and the horrified adults cover every inch of his body with garments, including a mask on his face. One day, he meets a boy named Tomona, a blind biwa player, and as Tomona plays a delicate song of tangled fate, Inu-Oh discovers an incredible ability to dance.
Inu-Oh and Tomona become business partners and inseparable friends, using their creative gifts to survive on the margins of society, as song after song gain them notoriety and propel them to stardom. Through the songs, Inu-Oh mesmerizes his audiences on stage, and gradually begins to transform into someone of unequaled beauty. But why is Tomona blind? Why was Inu-Oh born with unique characteristics It is a story about the friendship of Inu-Oh and Tomona, who dance and sing to get to the truth and break each other’s curse.
[Source: GKIDS]
A nerd must fight powerful spirits and aliens all vying for the secret power of his “family jewel,” so who better to fight alongside him than his high school crush and a spirit granny?!
Momo Ayase and Okarun are on opposite sides of the paranormal spectrum regarding what they’ll believe in and what they won’t. Their quest to prove each other wrong leads them down a path of secret crushes and paranormal battles they’ll have to participate in to believe!
Momo Ayase strikes up an unusual friendship with her school’s UFO fanatic, whom she nicknames “Okarun” because he has a name that is not to be said aloud. While Momo believes in spirits, she thinks aliens are nothing but nonsense. Her new friend, meanwhile, thinks the exact opposite. To settle matters, the two set out to prove each other wrong—Momo to a UFO hotspot and Okarun to a haunted tunnel! What unfolds next is a beautiful story of young love…and oddly horny aliens and spirits?
[Source: VIZ]
Tom Sawyer Island is a city with strictly controlled information. The residents of this island use a visual information device called DECO(Decoration Customizer) to go back and forth between the Super Reproduction Space and virtual space. There is a numerical social credit system among the residents measured in units called "love". The amount of "love" one gets determines a resident's social standing, and this system is the reason for their peaceful society. Collecting a lot of "love" allows residents to expand their DECO capabilities, so residents scramble daily to collect as much as they can. On Tom Sawyer Island rumors spread of a Phantom ZERO, rumored to be causing a ZERO phenomenon in which "love" is lost. One day, a girl named Berry gets caught up investigating the mysterious Zero phenomenon of lost "love", and ends up becoming an invisible being called YUREI. Berry then meets another YUREI and a genius hacker named Hack, and joins the Ghost Detective Club. As Berry works to solve cases at the Ghost Detective Club, she becomes closer to uncovering the truths hidden on Tom Sawyer Island.
[Source: official website]
The story centers around Totsuko, a high-school student who attends a Christian Academy in Nagasaki and can see the hearts of people as colors. Whether they’re happy colors, sad colors, peaceful colors, frightened colors... In order to not darken her friend's and family's “colors,” Totsuko is careful to read the room and stretches the truth to keep them all brightly colored. Totsuko then meets a beautiful girl who radiates very striking colors and a boy who loves music in a used bookstore in the corner of town. The three come together and form a band to make the music of their adolescence.
[Source: Crunchyroll News]
An untidy room. Empty beer tins, empty wine bottles, a half-empty glass of whisky...
A girl is getting up absent-mindedly and starts preparing herself. YOUR morning starts. Lazy and hard-to-wake-up YOU. The emoticon is ME watching over YOU. I play tricks on YOU, while YOU are playing the guitar and drinking. One day, in town, YOU walk past THE CHILDHOOD FRIEND who is buying an Anemone I liked, and remembering that I liked them, YOU rush out to buy them.
THE CHILDHOOD FRIEND displays the Anemone with care.
One day, years after I died, YOU hear noise from the closet. Opened, YOU see MY garden right in front of YOU. Overflowing emotions of ME and YOU.
When exiting from the room with memories, a picture of the Anemone that YOU painted is displayed in YOUR new room.
[Source: Annecy Film Festival]
※ NOTE: Spin-off series of Crayon Shin-chan franchise
Shiro, an ordinary looking dog living with an ordinary looking family in Japan, is in fact “SUPER SHIRO” - a peace-keeping superhero dog.
His mission is to secure the legendary bone that is said to have the powers to rule the world.
Can Shiro save the world by finding the mysterious bone before they fall into the wrong paws and protect the Earth?
[Source: tv asahi]
