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Steins;Gate: Fuka Ryouiki no Déjà vu

Also known as Steins;Gate The Movie – Load Region of Déjà Vu.

Studio: Frontier Works , Media Factory , Movic , AT-X , WHITE FOX , Kadokawa Pictures Japan , MAGES. , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi , Thriller

After a year in America, Kurisu Makise returns to Akihabara and reunites with Rintarou Okabe. However, their reunion is cut short when Okabe begins to experience recurring flashes of other timelines as the consequences of his time traveling start to manifest. These side effects eventually culminate in Okabe suddenly vanishing from the world, and only the startled Kurisu has any memory of his existence.

In the midst of despair, Kurisu is faced with a truly arduous choice that will test both her duty as a scientist and her loyalty as a friend: follow Okabe's advice and stay away from traveling through time to avoid the potential consequences it may have on the world lines, or ignore it to rescue the person that she cherishes most. Regardless of her decision, the path she chooses is one that will affect the past, the present, and the future.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Heterosexual , Memory Manipulation , Alternate Universe , Female Protagonist , Tsundere , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Femboy , War , Chuunibyou , Male Protagonist , Maids , Gender Bending , Kuudere , Age Regression , Otaku Culture

Seishun Buta Yarou wa Yumemiru Shoujo no Yume wo Minai

Also known as Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

In Fujisawa, where the skies are bright and the seas glisten, Sakuta Azusagawa is in his second year of high school. His blissful days with his girlfriend and upperclassman, Mai Sakurajima, are interrupted with the appearance of his first crush, Shouko Makinohara. For reasons unknown, he encounters two Shouko's: one in middle school and another who has become an adult.

As Sakuta finds himself helplessly living with the Shouko's, the adult Shouko leads him around by the nose, causing a huge rift in his relationship with Mai.

In the midst of all of this, he discovers that the middle school Shouko is suffering from a grave illness and his scar begins to throb...



Tags: Time Manipulation , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Alternate Universe , Primarily Teen Cast , Age Regression , Urban , Afterlife , Ensemble Cast , Magic , Love Triangle , School , Amnesia

Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu

Also known as The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Kadokawa Shoten , Bandai Entertainment , Animation Do
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

It is mid-December, and SOS Brigade chief Haruhi Suzumiya announces that the Brigade is going to hold a Christmas party in their clubroom, with Japanese hotpot for dinner. The brigade members Kyon, Yuki Nagato, Mikuru Asahina and Itsuki Koizumi start preparing everything for the party, such as costumes and decorations. But a couple of days later, Kyon arrives at school only to find that Haruhi is missing. Not only that, but Mikuru claims she has never known Kyon before, Koizumi is also missing, and Yuki has become the sole member of the literature club. The SOS Brigade seems to have never existed, nor has Haruhi Suzumiya. No one in the school has ever heard about her... except for Kyon.



Tags: Alternate Universe , Primarily Teen Cast , Time Manipulation , Memory Manipulation , Philosophy , Kuudere , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Snowscape , Urban Fantasy , School , Aliens , School Club , Unrequited Love , Tragedy , Gods , Tsundere , Gore

Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai

Also known as I Want to Eat Your Pancreas.

Studio: Studio VOLN , Half H.P Studio , Futabasha , ABC Animation , Asahi Shimbun , JR Higashi Nihon Kikaku , Tohan , Aniplex
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Spring time in April and the last of the cherry blossoms are still in bloom. The usually aloof bookworm with no interest in others comes across a book in a hospital waiting room. Handwritten on the cover are the words: "Living with Dying." He soon discovers that it is a diary kept by his very popular and genuinely cheerful classmate, Sakura Yamauchi, who reveals to him that she is secretly suffering from a pancreatic illness and only has a limited time left. It is at this moment that she gains just one more person to share her secret.

Trying to maintain a normal life as much as possible, Sakura is determined to live her life to the fullest until the very last day. As her free spirit and unpredictable actions throw him for a loop, his heart begins to gradually change.



Tags: Tragedy , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Classic Literature , Rehabilitation , Achronological Order , Unrequited Love , School

Ao Haru Ride

Also known as Blue Spring Ride.

Studio: Production I.G , Sony Music Entertainment , Toho , BS11 , Animatic , Shueisha , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Movic , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Sony PCL
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Yoshioka Futaba has a few reasons why she wants to "reset" her image & life as a new high school student. Because she's cute, she was ostracized by her female friends in junior high, and because of a misunderstanding, she couldn't get her feeling across to the one boy she has ever liked, Tanaka-kun. Now in high school, she is determined to be as unladylike as possible so that her friends won't be jealous of her. While living her life this way contentedly, she meets Tanaka-kun again, but he now goes under the name of Mabuchi Kou. He tells her that he felt the same way as she did when they were younger, but now things can never be the same again. Will Futaba be able to continue her love that never even started from three years ago?

Tags: Shoujo , School , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Estranged Family , Family Life , School Club , Bullying

PERFECT BLUE

Also known as Perfect Blue.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Rex Entertainment , ONIRO , Techno Sound , GKIDS
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological , Thriller

Rising pop star Mima has quit singing to pursue a career as an actress and model, but her fans aren’t ready to see her go... Encouraged by her managers, Mima takes on a recurring role on a popular TV show, when suddenly her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima’s reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia. As her stalker closes in, in person and online, the threat he poses is more real than even Mima knows, in this iconic psychological thriller that has frequently been hailed as one of the most important animated films of all time.



Note: The film received an early premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival on August 5, 1997.

Tags: Dissociative Identities , Denpa , Female Protagonist , Acting , Idol , Primarily Adult Cast , Meta , Work , Filmmaking , Philosophy , Tragedy , Gore , Nudity , Noir

Lovely★Complex

Also known as Lovely Complex.

Studio: Toei Animation , TBS , Discotek , Sony Music Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Love is unusual for Koizumi Risa and Ootani Atsushi, who are both striving to find their ideal partner in high school—172 cm tall Koizumi is much taller than the average girl, and Ootani is much shorter than the average guy at 156 cm. To add to their plights, their crushes fall in love with each other, leaving Koizumi and Ootani comically flustered and heartbroken. To make matters worse, they're even labeled as a comedy duo by their homeroom teacher due to their personalities and the stark difference in their heights, and their classmates even think of their arguments as sketches.

Lovely★Complex follows Koizumi and Ootani as they encourage each other in finding love and become close friends. Apart from their ridiculous antics, they soon find out an unexpected similarity in their music and fashion tastes. Maybe they possess a chemistry yet unknown, but could love ever bloom between the mismatched pair?



Tags: Female Protagonist , Shoujo , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Slapstick , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Tomboy , Basketball , LGBTQ+ Themes , Transgender , Gender Bending , Netorare , Femboy , Love Triangle

Natsu e no Tunnel, Sayonara no Deguchi

Also known as The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes.

Studio: CLAP , Pony Canyon
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

Urashima Tunnel - Once you enter that tunnel, you can get whatever you want, but at a price. Kaoru Tohno, who seems to have an elusive personality and traumatic past, and Anzu Hanashiro, who is struggling to reconcile her ideal image and true-to-heart attitude, team up to investigate the Urashima Tunnel and get what they want. This is an unforgettable summer story of nostalgia and sprinting in a remote countryside.



Tags: Time Manipulation , Rural , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Time Skip , Heterosexual , Kuudere , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Age Gap , Mythology , School , Drawing , Coastal , Bullying

Kimi no Iro

Also known as The Colors Within.

Studio: Science SARU , STORY Inc. , Toho
Status: Finished
Genres: Music

Totsuko is a high school student with the ability to see the 'colors' of others. Colors of bliss, excitement, and serenity, plus a color she treasures as her favorite. Kimi, a classmate at her school, gives off the most beautiful color of all. Although she doesn’t play an instrument, Totsuko forms a band with Kimi and Rui, a quiet music enthusiast they meet at a used bookstore in a far corner of town. As they practice at an old church on a remote island, music brings them together, forming friendships and stirring affections. Will they discover their true 'colors'?



Tags: Band , Primarily Teen Cast , Boarding School , Religion , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Iyashikei , Unrequited Love , Nun , Rock Music , School , Coastal , Primarily Female Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Dancing , Ships , Ballet

Colorful

Also known as Colorful ~ The Motion Picture.

Studio: Sunrise , Aniplex , Sentai Filmworks , Ascension , Sony Music Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life , Supernatural

"I" died and was kicked out of the cycle of reincarnation because of the sin "I" committed. An angel told me that "I" won a lottery and he gave me a chance to remember the sin. My spirit possessed the body of the 14-year-old boy Makoto, who committed suicide and "I" tried to recollect my memory. "I" felt distressed by the terrible circumstances of Makoto and the fact that "I" was borrowing his body. "I" have started to realize that people are hurting each other because the world is too colorful to distinguish the true color of themselves from others.

Based on an award-winning first person narrative novel by Mori Eto. The movie won several awards in Japan.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Suicide , Philosophy , Family Life , Reincarnation , Rehabilitation , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , School , Afterlife , Bullying , Drawing , Urban Fantasy , POV