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Artiswitch

Also known as Artiswitch.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

There was a rumour among the young people in Harajuku, Tokyo. There is a place called Ura-Harajuku somewhere in Harajuku, and it seems that there is a shop run by a witch. The witch's name is Nina. A young witch with a chameleon and a pig fulfills the secret wishes of her guests. Her method is to invite her to a mysterious space and look into the "real feelings" deep inside her heart. Customers are sometimes excited, sometimes hurt, and make their own choices to fulfill their wishes.

Tags: Witch , Episodic , Female Protagonist , CGI , Fashion , Ensemble Cast , Urban Fantasy , Denpa , LGBTQ+ Themes , Suicide , Musical Theater , Achromatic

Majo Minarai wo Sagashite

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mahou Shoujo

27-year-old Tokyo office worker Mire Yoshizuki just returned to Japan, while 22-year-old fourth-year college student Sora Nagase aspires to be a teacher, and 20-year-old boyish Reika Kawatani is a part-time Hiroshima okonomiyaki shop worker and freelancer. What draws together these three women from completely different walks of life is a magic gem. A "New Magical Story" begins when they are mysteriously brought together by chance and embark on a journey.



Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Coming of Age , Meta , Iyashikei , Female Protagonist , Office Lady , Otaku Culture , Magic , Witch , Drawing , Teacher , Photography , Bar , Age Regression , Kids

Ookii 1 Nensei to Chiisana 2 Nensei

Also known as The Big First-Grader and the Small Second-Grader.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

First-grader Masaya is a crybaby despite his large stature, so he can't walk by himself on the dark path to school. The one who holds his hand is Akiyo, a tiny but capable second-grader.

Masaya wants to be strong like Akiyo and admires her, but one day, something happens that leaves Akiyo in tears.

To lift Akiyo's spirits, Masaya goes trekking to the distant Ipponsugi forest to find the spotted bellflowers that Akiyo loves.



One of the four 2014 Anime Mirai (Young Animator Training Project) films funded by the Japanese government's Agency of Cultural Affairs in order to support training animators.

Tags: Kids , Female Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , School , POV , Rural , Male Protagonist

Kacchikenee!

Studio: Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Supernatural

Aiko lives in a shrine that has a sliding door that mysteriously is only half painted, and thought during her childhood that she wanted to paint it. But the 17-year old Aiko now has no dreams about the future. Suddenly, a strange man appears before her. Aiko's grandfather and the shrine's chief priest offers the man to stay in the shrine, but Aiko isn't having any of it. But he realizes the kindness of the brusque young man, and slowly comes to like him. But what is his true identity?



Kacchikenee! is one of four Anime Tamago 2016 young animator training projects.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Drawing , Female Protagonist , Urban , Time Manipulation

Tsuru ga Mau Yoru ni

Studio: pH Studio , Noovo Inc.
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

Part of the Young Animator Training Project. One of the shorts exhibited in Anime no Tane 2023.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Drawing , Elderly Protagonist , Animals , Youkai , Mythology , CGI , Shapeshifting