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Summer Wars (2009)Sama Wozu
Kenji (voice of Ryûnosuke Kamiki) is your typical teenage misfit. He's good at math, bad with girls, and spends most of his time hanging out in the all-powerful, online community known as OZ. His second life is the only life he has until the girl of his dreams, Natsuki (voice of Nanami Sakuraba), hijacks him for a starring role as a fake fiance at her family reunion. Things only get stranger from there. A late-night email containing a cryptic mathematic riddle leads to the unleashing of a rogue Al intent on using the virtual word of OZ to destroy the real world, literarily. As Armageddon looms on the horizon, Kenji and his new family set aside their differences and band together to save the worlds they inhabit. - Director:
- Mamoru Hosoda
- Cast:
- Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Shin'ichi Hatori, Nanami Sakuraba
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Gonna Be the Twin-Tail!! (2014)Ore, Twintails ni Narimasu
Soji Mitsuka is an ordinary high schooler with an extra-ordinary obsession. Twin tails are his fire, his air, his will to live! But when a mysterious woman from another world enlists his help to fight hideous monsters with various moe fetishes, Soji much transform into a powerful pigtailed... girl? With the help of his childhood friend, the class president, and his endless devotion to pigtails, Soji and his crew form a twin-tailed threesome to take on the monsters who feed on the 'attribute power' of humans. But Soji's new girlfriend powers come with a price; his surging popularity as the new heroin in town makes the twin-tailed trend explode, giving the monsters ample attribute powers to feed upon! - Director:
- Hiroyuki Kanbe
- Cast:
- Yuuka Aisaka, Chinatsu Akasaki, Nobunaga Shimazaki
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When Aichi Coexistence Academy converted from all-girls to a coed model, the female students were so concerned about male misbehaviour that they armed themselves! Now the school is ruled by the lovely but lethal Supreme Five Swords, and the boy students are forced to dress and act like girls or suffer the razor-sharp points of the Swords' anger. But for new transfer student Fudo Nomura, this goes against the policy of personal freedom that he holds dear. He might just have the martial arts chops and rapier wit needed to slash through the Swords' defences, but can he tame their fiery hearts enough to regain his independence?! It's a whole new kind of slice of life High School Drama, extra heavy on the "slice", as one Bad Boy meets some very Dicey Girls! - Director:
- Hideki Tachibana
- Cast:
- Tasuku Hatanaka, Fudo Nomura, Yuuki Takada
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Wicked City (1987)Yôjû Toshi
It's not unusual for lady-killer Renzaburo Taki to share a night with a woman. When that woman can turn into a demonic spider, however, it's just a little worrying. The demons are on the move, and as a member of the Black Guard, Taki's job - his 'real' job - is to protect the human world from the demon world. And his work is just beginning! A fragile peace exists between the two worlds, brokered by a treaty. In order for the renewal of that treaty to go smoothly, Taki has to protect Giuseppi Mayart, a two hundred year old man with immense spiritual power, from an extremist faction of demons seeking to bring chaos to the two worlds. Worst of all, Taki's assigned a partner for the mission: the unnaturally beautiful Makie, a fellow Black Guard and herself a demon! - Director:
- Yoshiaki Kawajiri
- Cast:
- Yûsaku Yara, Toshiko Fujita, Ichirô Nagai
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The Perfect Insider (2015)Subete ga F ni naru
For most people, finding a dead body on their vacation would mean the vacation is over. However, for Saikawa Sohei, an associate professor of architecture, and his student Nishinosono Moe, a math prodigy, it's a different kind of challenge. Genius programmer Magata Shiki, one of Souhei's idols, is inexplicably murdered inside the sealed research lab she disappeared to after being found not guilty of her parents' murder. As Souhei and Moe take the first steps into a deadly new world, they must untangle the complex web of events and clues leading up to the murder. With danger creeping up around them, this may be the last mystery this pair of human anomalies attempts to solve in The Perfect Insider! - Director:
- Mamoru Kanbe
- Cast:
- Yasuyuki Kase, Atsumi Tanezaki, Ibuki Kido
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Time flies and Raku still cannot recall the girl who has the key of his pendant...Could it be Marika, the new student freshly arrived in his school? Against all expectations, Chitoge does not stand that other girls hang around Raku...It seems like she has feelings for him after all. Every student is getting ready for the end-of-year show and Raku was chosen to play the part of "Romeo" but so far, nobody knows yet who will play "Juliet"...More quarrels and even more reconciliations will make this school year one of the most exciting!! - Director:
- Kôsuke Hirota
- Cast:
- Koki Uchiyama, Nao Tôyama, Kana Hanazawa
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Even though he is the son of a Yakuza boss, Raku Ichijo strives to behave as an ordinary student. His daily life becomes a nightmare as Chitoge Kirisaki, not only a highly quarrelsome girl but also the daughter of a rival gang boss, arrives in his school. To avoid an all-out gang war, these two clashing teenagers must become the school's most popular couple...even though they can't stand each other. - Director:
- Takashi Kawabata
- Cast:
- Koki Uchiyama, Nao Tôyama, Kana Hanazawa
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An endless army of Shadow Demons bent on the destruction of reality swarms over our world and all parallel Earths! The only ones opposing it are the greatest Super Heroes in the multiverse. But not even the combined power of Superman (voice of Darren Criss), Batman (voice of Jensen Ackles), Wonder Woman (voice of Stana Katic), Green Lantern and their allies can slow the onslaught of this invincible horde. What mysterious force is driving it? And how do the long-buried secrets of the Monitor (voice of Jonathan Adams) and Supergirl (voice of Meg Donnelly) threaten to crush reality's last defense? - Director:
- Jeff Wamester
- Cast:
- Jensen Ackles, Stana Katic, Jennifer Hale
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Gunbuster (1989)Top wo Nerae!
When the space aliens killed Noriko Takaya's father, she swore she'd go into space to have her revenge. Yet being accepted into the prestigious Okinawa Girls' Space Pilot High School doesn't solve every problem. Looked down upon as the daughter of the admiral who lost, and having a stark lack of talent that prevents her from piloting a machine, Noriko's hopes for the future don't seem bright. But then, when the two candidates going into space are announced, Noriko's surprised to find her name right next to the star of the school (and Noriko's own idol), Kazumi Amano. Has Noriko's hard work paid off? Or is there more to Coach Ohta's reasons for selecting her? Most of all, is Noriko really ready for the horrors of space? Find out in Aim for the Top!: Gunbuster, a true masterpiece of anime history, and Hideaki Anno's directorial debut! - Director:
- Hideaki Anno
- Cast:
- Noriko Hidaka, Rei Sakuma, Norio Wakamoto
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Demon City Shinjuku (1988)Makaitoshi Shinjuku
Kyoya's father was a great warrior, killed at the hands of the diabolical psychic, Rebi Ra, who has now opened a portal to hell in the city of Shinjuku. It falls to Kyoya to finish what his father started and battle his way through demons, while protecting a young woman from harm. The only problem is that he's not exactly your classic hero type, and his powers are still latent. - Director:
- Yoshiaki Kawajiri
- Cast:
- Hideyuki Hori, Hideyuki Hori, Hiromi Tsuru
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Belladonna of Sadness (1973)Kanashimi no Beradonna
One of the great lost masterpieces of Japanese animation. "Belladonna of Sadness" is a mad, swirling, psychedelic light-show of medieval tarot-card imagery with horned demons, haunted forests and La Belle Dame Sans Merci with J.R.R. Tolkien influences. The last film in the Animerama trilogy produced by the godfather of Japanese anime and manga, Osamu Tezuka and directed by his longtime collaborator Eiichi Yamamoto (Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion), 'Belladonna' unfolds as a series of spectacular still watercolor paintings that bleed and twist together. A young woman, Jeanne (voiced by Aiko Nagayama) is assaulted by the local lord on her wedding night. To take revenge, she makes a pact with the Devil himself (voiced by Tatsuya Nakadai, from Akira Kurosawa's 'Ran') who appears as a sprite and transforms her into a black-robed vision of madness and desire. Extremely transgressive, 'Belladonna' is fueled by a mind-blowing Japanese psych rock soundtrack by noted avant-garde jazz composer Masahiko Satoh. - Director:
- Eiichi Yamamoto
- Cast:
- Aiko Nagayama, Masaya Takahashi, Masakane Yonekura
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Death is coming. Worse than death, oblivion. Not just for our Earth, but for everyone, everywhere in every universe! Against this ultimate destruction, the mysterious Monitor has gathered the greatest team of heroes ever assembled. But what can even the combined might of Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, the Flash, Green Lantern and hundreds of heroes from multiple Earths do to save all reality from an unstoppable antimatter Armageddon?! - Director:
- Jeff Wamester
- Cast:
- Alexandra Daddario, Jensen Ackles, Matt Bomer
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Birthday Wonderland (2019)Bâsudê wandârando / The Wonderland
On the day before her birthday, young Akane (voices of Mayu Matsuoka and Lisa Reimold) meets the mysterious alchemist Hippocrates (voices of Masachika Ichimura and Frank Todaro) who brings her through a basement and into a fantastical world full of magic and color. He reveals that this world is in danger, and as the "Green Goddess" it is her destiny and responsibility to save this world. The only problem? Akane just wants to go home. - Director:
- Keiichi Hara
- Cast:
- Mayu Matsuoka, Anne Watanabe, Kumiko Asô
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O Maidens in Your Savage Season: Series (2019)Araburu Kisetsu no Otome-domo yo.
It started when the Literature Club's president, Rika, began reading some especially lurid prose out loud to the other girls, but the major turning point was when the term "bucket list" was discussed and Niina stated that having sex was at the top of hers. From there... well, they were a group of young women swimming in the sea of hormones of a modern high school. How could they NOT find their brains preoccupied with sex? Especially with Kazusa dealing with her feelings for a childhood friend, Hitoha secretly writing adult novels without any experience, and Momoko experiencing revelations about her own orientation. A whole new chapter is about to begin in the lives of five young women as they venture past the printed page and into the real world. - Director:
- Masahiro Andô
- Cast:
- Elissa Cuellar, Blake Jackson, Brittney Karbowski
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Early in the 20th century, the discovery of Cavorite, an anti-gravity substance, gave birth to a technological renaissance including the development of giant airships and other fantastical inventions. However, the scientific revolution was not the only one afoot, as Great Britain was torn in two by an armed rebellion when the oppressed poor finally turned on the ruling elite. Now the Commonwealth has a plan to take Albion by stealth, substituting their undercover operative Ange for the beautiful young Princess Charlotte. But Charlotte and Ange both have surprises in store for their respective governments and instead hatch a plan wherein the Princess herself will act as an agent in exchange for help in claiming the throne! A dazzling team of femme fatales sets out to rule Britannia and English History will never be the same in 'Princess Principal'! - Director:
- Masaki Tachibana
- Cast:
- Ayaka Imamura, Ayaka Imamura, Akira Sekine
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