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Summer Wars

Also known as Summer Wars.

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , Yomiuri TV , Funimation , Kadokawa Shoten , Warner Bros. Japan , GKIDS , D.N. Dream Partners , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi

When timid eleventh-grader and math genius Kenji Koiso is asked by older student and secret crush Natsuki to come with her to her family's Nagano home for a summer job, he agrees without hesitation.

Natsuki's family, the Jinnouchi clan, dates back to the Muromachi era (1336 to 1573), and they've all come together to celebrate the 90th birthday of the spunky matriarch of the family, Sakae. That’s when Kenji discovers his "summer job" is to pretend to be Natsuki's fiance and dance with her at the birthday celebration.

As Kenji attempts to keep up with Natsuki's act around her family, he receives a strange math problem on his cell phone which, being a math genius, he can't resist solving. As it turns out, the solution to the mysterious equation causes Oz, the program that controls nearly every aspect of life to be hacked into, it's up to Kenji and his new "family" to stop the hacker before it's too late.



Tags: Family Life , Virtual World , Artificial Intelligence , Ensemble Cast , Software Development , Rural , Male Protagonist , Terrorism , CGI , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Card Battle , Military , Alternate Universe , Robots , Tanned Skin , Fake Relationship , Work , War , Kemonomimi , Matriarchy , Anthropomorphism , Estranged Family , Space , Baseball , Revenge , Gods

Digimon Adventure:

Also known as Digimon Adventure:.

Studio: Toei Animation , Fuji TV , Yomiuri Advertising , Studio Gallop
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

It's the year 2020. The Network has become something humans can no longer do without in their daily lives. But what humans don't know is that on the other side of the Network is the Digital World, a realm of light and darkness. Nor are they aware of the Digimon who live there.

Widespread Network difficulties arise, centered around the Tokyo area. Traffic signals blink chaotically, public outdoor TVs display garbled text, and so on. The news reports it as a case of cyberterrorism.

Fifth grader Taichi Yagami stayed home by himself to get ready for a weekend summer camp, but his mother and little sister Hikari went to Shibuya, and now they're aboard a runaway train. Taichi Hurries to Shibuya to save his mother and sister, but the instant he heads toward the station platform... a strange phenomenon befalls the DigiDestined, and Taichi goes to the Digital World! The DigiDestined meet their partner Digimon, and they're faced with an adventure into the unknown...!



Tags: Virtual World , Primarily Child Cast , Angels , Anthropomorphism , Kaiju , Artificial Intelligence , Henshin , Kids , Proxy Battle

Digimon Adventure (Movie)

Also known as Digimon Adventure (Movie).

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Sci-Fi

A brother and sister discover the digital world is more than 1s and 0s when a living creature arrives out of the family computer. The adventures of a group of children start with the appearance of a Digital Monster in the real world.



Tags: Kaiju , Kids , Primarily Child Cast , Dinosaurs , Cosmic Horror , Male Protagonist , Tokusatsu , Female Protagonist , Denpa

Digimon Adventure 02: Diablomon no Gyakushuu

Also known as Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon.

Studio: Toei Animation , Bandai
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

After the events of 02, everything is finally getting back to normal. That is, until a strangely familiar icon starts showing up on computer systems around the Japan. And not just computer systems... TVs, mobile phones, video games; anything with a screen with online capabilities. And this icon seems to be looking for somone... Yagami Taichi, and Ishida Yamato, who defeated it several years before. Yes, it turns out that this jellyfish digimon is in fact Diablomon, the Virus-type Digimon that was defeated in the second movie. But this time, he's learned to make himself physical, and is sending thousands of copies of himself into the real world.

Koushiro and Ken devise a plan to rid the world of the virus once and for all, but it'll take the help of all the Destined, past and present. Once again, it's a race against time to put a stop to Diablomon's plot... but even that is cloaked in shadow.

Will the revival of Omagamon be enough to stop Diablomon a second time, or will the millions of copies prove enough of a power boost to shrug off the "Digimon Champion of Justice"? Of course, he hasn't seen the new breed of Chosen, nor the new techniques. It's a fight to the finish, with the destruction of Tokyo resting on the line.



Tags: Primarily Child Cast , Ensemble Cast , Artificial Intelligence , Virtual World , Kaiju , Animals , Kids

Digimon Adventure: LAST EVOLUTION Kizuna

Also known as Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna.

Studio: Toei Animation , Yumeta Company
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Tai is now a university student, living alone, working hard at school, and working every day, but with his future still undecided. Meanwhile, Matt and others continue to work on Digimon incidents and activities that help people with their partner Digimon. When an unprecedented phenomenon occurs, the DigiDestined discover that when they grow up, their relationship with their partner Digimon will come closer to an end.

As a countdown timer activates on the Digivice, they realize that the more they fight with their partner Digimon, the faster their bond breaks. Will they fight for others and lose their partner? The time to choose and decide is approaching fast. There is a short time before “chosen children” will become adults. This is the last adventure of Tai and Agumon.



Tags: Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Artificial Intelligence , College , Coming of Age , Kaiju , Memory Manipulation , Urban , Virtual World , Henshin , Anthropomorphism , Conspiracy , Philosophy , Software Development

Ryuu to Sobakasu no Hime

Also known as BELLE.

Studio: Studio Chizu , Cartoon Saloon
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Mystery , Sci-Fi

The protagonist of this story, Suzu, is a 17-year old high school girl living with her father in a rural town of Kochi — their town is a textbook definition of depopulation in the Japanese countryside. Wounded by the loss of her mother at a young age, Suzu one day discovers the massive online world, “U,” and dives into this alternate reality as her avatar, Belle. Before long, all of U’s eyes are fixed on Belle (Suzu), when one day the mysterious and infamous Dragon-like figure appears before her.



Tags: Virtual World , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Artificial Intelligence , Augmented Reality , Coming of Age , Found Family , CGI , Tragedy , Fairy Tale , Idol , School , Heterosexual , Anthropomorphism , Dragons , Fugitive , Cyberpunk

ONE PIECE THE MOVIE: Omatsuri Danshaku to Himitsu no Shima

Also known as One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island.

Studio: Toei Animation , Fuji TV , Fujipacific Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

The Straw Hat crew obtain an advertisement for a recreational island on the Grand Line run by the Baron Omatsuri. Luffy decides to take this opportunity to kick back and relax. Unfortunately, when they arrive at the island, they are asked to compete in contests through unity for access to relaxation. However, there seems to be a mysterious air on the island, as the Straw Hat Pirates begin to fight amongst themselves, while Robin, Chopper, and Luffy individually search for the secret behind Baron Omatsuri's island.



Tags: Ensemble Cast , Pirates , Male Protagonist , Revenge , Shounen , Super Power , Tragedy , Anthropomorphism , Archery , Zombie , Philosophy , Family Life , Kuudere

Chikyuugai Shounen Shoujo

Also known as The Orbital Children.

Studio: Production +h , Netflix , Avex Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Sci-Fi

The anime is set in 2045, where the Internet and AI are commonplace even in space, and centers on a group of children stranded in space after a large-scale accident occurs in a space station. By using narrowband, social networking, and a drone that they can manipulate through smartphones and low-intelligence AI, they overcome many crises.



Note: Also released in Japan as a 2-part film series with the same content, the first part showing in theaters simultaneously with the worldwide Netflix release.

Tags: Space , Artificial Intelligence , Survival , Conspiracy , Primarily Child Cast , Software Development , Robots , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Philosophy , Terrorism , Disability , Environmental , Suicide

Superflat Monogram

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Music

Murakami made this movie in cooperation with Louis Vuitton, the handbag producer. It is more a commercial for Louis Vuitton than it is an anime movie, however the animation is quite special.

Tags: Advertisement , No Dialogue , Female Protagonist , Animals

Bakemono no Ko

Also known as The Boy and The Beast.

Studio: Studio Chizu
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

The story is set in the human realm (Tokyo's Shibuya ward) and the bakemono realm ("Shibutenmachi"). In these two worlds which must not intersect, there lives a lonely boy and a lonely bakemono. One day, the boy gets lost in the bakemono world, becomes the disciple of the bakemono Kumatetsu, and is renamed Kyuuta.



Tags: Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Martial Arts , Found Family , Isekai , Cultivation , Anthropomorphism , Primarily Animal Cast , Time Skip , Tragedy , Orphan , Swordplay , Estranged Family , Family Life , Kemonomimi , Gods , Philosophy , Youkai , Reincarnation , Adoption , Bullying , CGI , Body Horror