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Sora yori mo Tooi Basho

Also known as A Place Further Than the Universe.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Media Factory , AT-X , Movic , Sony Music Communications , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama

Mari Tamaki is in her second year of high school and wants to start something. It's then that she meets Shirase, a girl with few friends who's considered weirdo by the rest of the class and nicknamed "Antarctic" since it's all she ever talks about. Unlike her peers, Mari is moved by Shirase's dedication and decides that even though it's unlikely that high school girls will ever go to Antarctica, she's going to try to go with Shirase.



Tags: Travel , Coming of Age , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Outdoor Activities , Foreign , Snowscape , Orphan , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Tragedy , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Iyashikei , Work , Konbini , Wilderness , Educational , Ships , School , Mahjong

Summer Ghost

Also known as Summer Ghost.

Studio: FLAT STUDIO , FLAGSHIP LINE , Avex Pictures , GKids
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Supernatural

Tomoya, Aoi, and Ryou are high school students who met online. An urban legend speaks of a "summer ghost," a spirit girl who appears when fireworks are set off.

Tomoya cannot live the life he envisioned for himself. Aoi cannot find her place in the world. Ryou has his once shining future suddenly pulled away. Each has their own reason for needing to meet the summer ghost. On a summer night when life and death cross paths, where will each of their emotions take them?

Tags: Ghost , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Afterlife , Found Family , Bullying , Suicide , Denpa , Heterosexual

Hana to Alice Satsujin Jiken

Also known as The Case of Hana & Alice.

Studio: STEVE N' STEVEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Slice of Life

A prequel to the 2004 live action film "Hana to Alice." Hana to Alice Satsujin Jiken (The Case of Hana & Alice) will tell the story of how the two female high school leads in the first Hana & Alice live-action film met. 51-year-old film director Iwai (All About Lily Chou-Chou, Swallowtail Butterfly) conceived, wrote, and directed the original 2004 live-action film.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Rotoscoping , Urban , Coming of Age , Bullying , School , Dancing , CGI , Hikikomori , Religion , Crossdressing

Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai. Movie

Also known as Anohana the Movie: The Flower We Saw That Day.

Studio: Aniplex , Dentsu , A-1 Pictures , Fuji TV , NIS America Inc. , Fujipacific Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The TV series is retold through the different main characters' points of view with new additional material from their childhood, during the original series, and one year after the conclusion of the series.

Tags: Love Triangle , Ghost , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Rehabilitation , Coming of Age , Time Skip , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Rural , Primarily Teen Cast , Afterlife , Bullying , School

Giovanni no Shima

Also known as Giovanni's Island.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Brothers Junpei and Kanta live in Shikotan, a tiny fishing island that has been spared from the devastations of World War II. The two children are named after Giovanni and Campanella from their late mother’s favorite book, Night on the Galactic Railroad, which becomes a source of solace in the aftermath of Japan’s defeat. When Soviet forces arrive with their families to settle in the island, Junpei meets Tanya, the daughter of the commander. Despite their language barrier and growing tension, the children soon form an unlikely friendship.



Note: A special animated movie to commemorate 50th anniversary of Japan Association of Music Enterprises (JAME).

Tags: Historical , War , Tragedy , Language Barrier , Trains , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age

Bokura no Nanokakan Sensou

Also known as Seven Days War.

Studio: Ajiado
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Thriller

The mystery story and social satire begins on the day before summer vacation, when every boy in a first-year class of a downtown Tokyo middle school disappears. Was it some accident? A mass kidnapping? Actually, the boys holed themselves up in an abandoned factory on the riverbed. With support from the schoolgirls, the boys start a revolution against the adults from this "liberation zone."



Tags: Coming of Age , Outdoor Activities , Found Family , Fugitive , Urban , Family Life , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Rehabilitation , Politics , Yuri , Tanned Skin , LGBTQ+ Themes , Crossdressing , Tomboy , Estranged Family , Ojou-sama