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Tenshi no Tamago

Also known as Angel's Egg.

Studio: Studio DEEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Psychological

In a desolate and dark world full of shadows, lives one little girl who seems to do nothing but collect water in jars and protect a large egg she carries everywhere. A mysterious man enters her life... and they discuss the world around them.



Tags: Philosophy , Dystopian , Lost Civilization , Mythology , Post-Apocalyptic , Tragedy , Religion , Cosmic Horror , Female Protagonist , Angels , Amnesia , Coming of Age , Urban Fantasy , Survival , No Dialogue , Fairy Tale , Foreign , Tanks , Cultivation

Yuri Plisetsky GPF in Barcelona EX “Welcome to The Madness”

Also known as Yuri on Ice Side Story: Welcome to The Madness.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Sports

At the GPF exhibition event, Yuri P. performs a skating routine with Otabek.

Note: Short special included in the 6th BD/DVD volume.

Tags: Ice Skating , No Dialogue , Dancing , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist

Totsukuni no Shoujo

Also known as The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún.

Studio: Wit Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Mystery

In a world split between the Inside and the Outside, those living in both realms are told never to cross over to the other side, lest they be cursed. A young girl named Shiva lives on the other side, in a vacant village with a demonic guardian known only as “Teacher.” Although the two are forbidden to touch, they seem to share a bond that transcends their disparate appearances. But when Shiva leaves Teacher’s care to seek out her grandmother, the secret behind her mysterious living arrangement comes to light.



Note: Bundled with the limited edition of the manga's 8th volume.

Tags: No Dialogue , Family Life , Demons , Fairy Tale , Rural , Orphan , Female Protagonist , Anthropomorphism

Nekojiru-sou

Also known as Cat Soup.

Studio: J.C. Staff
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Psychological

Cat Soup is an extremely difficult film to describe, due to its awesome surrealism and almost nonexistant dialogue. It is more a work of art than an anime. There are many underlying themes, such as the transcience of man's existence, but it can be enjoyed without understanding any of them. The plot, though simple, isn't necessarily understandable without being explained. The main character, a cat named Nyatto, embarks upon a journey to save his sister's soul, which was ripped in two when Nyatto tried to save her from Death. She trails after him, brain-dead. They encounter many brilliant, mind-bending situations, beginning with a disturbing magic show.



Tags: Animals , Surreal Comedy , No Dialogue , Philosophy , Afterlife , Cosmic Horror , Urban , Survival , Primarily Animal Cast , Seinen , Anthropomorphism , Gods , Male Protagonist , Circus , Time Manipulation , Body Horror , Outdoor , Rural , Ships , Religion , Nudity , Cannibalism , Gore , Revenge

PUPARIA

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Psychological

Independent Short by Shingo Tamagawa.

Tags: No Dialogue , Environmental , Denpa , Anachronism , Anthropomorphism , Animals , Female Protagonist , Agender

Tsumiki no Ie

Also known as La Maison en Petits Cubes.

Studio: Robot
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

An old man lives in a town that has become submerged in water. As the water level rises, he's forced to build additional levels onto his home with bricks (cubes) in order to stay above water. One day he accidentally drops his favorite pipe into the lower levels of his home, and decides to rent scuba diving equipment in order to go searching for it. As he descends through his sunken home, the old man recalls memories of the past in each room.



Tags: No Dialogue , Environmental , Dystopian , Achronological Order , Post-Apocalyptic , Scuba Diving , Elderly Protagonist , Coming of Age , Fishing , Male Protagonist , Cosmic Horror , Tragedy , Family Life , Ships , Marriage , Photography

Joshikausei

Also known as Joshi Kausei.

Studio: Seven
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

This is a story of silent high school girls who are adorable even if they do not speak! Centered around the tragic yet beautiful Momoko, this anime is about the lives of three high school girls including the cool, glasses character, Shibumi, and the iyashikei chibi, Mayumi. This silly, comical daily life of these girls is about having fun alone or together with each other.



Tags: No Dialogue , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , School , Philosophy , Rural , Iyashikei

Interstella 5555: THE 5TORY OF THE 5ECRET 5TAR 5YSTEM

Also known as Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Music , Sci-Fi

This film is a visual companion piece to "Discovery", an album by Daft Punk. It tells the story of a band of four extraterrestrial musicians who are kidnapped and brought back to Earth by an evil manager. Their only hopes lie with a space pilot from their home planet who, after receiving a distress call broadcasted during the abduction, seeks out to rescue them.

Tags: Band , Aliens , No Dialogue , Primarily Adult Cast , Cyberpunk , Space , Tragedy , Memory Manipulation , Amnesia , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Crime , Dancing , Space Opera , Fashion , Cars , Female Protagonist , Conspiracy , Elderly Protagonist

Kimi no Hikari: Asagao to Kase-san.

Also known as Your Light: Kase-san and Morning Glories.

Studio: ZEXCS
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Yamada may be shy and rather clumsy, but the flower gardens at her school have always brought her happiness. Suddenly, a different sort of beauty catches her eye—the vivacious track star, Kase-san. Although the two girls don't seem to have much in common, they soon start a romance where each must learn an important lesson in tending their budding relationship. Can the two girls, so different from each other, learn how to make their first love blossom?



Tags: Yuri , No Dialogue , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast , School , Shoujo , Horticulture , Tanned Skin

Nihon Animator Mihonichi

Also known as Japan Anima(tor)’s Exhibition.

Studio: Studio Khara
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Fantasy , Mecha , Music , Supernatural

Japan Anima(tor)'s Exhibition is the showcase of the animations produced by various directors with love and energy, which are planned from original projects, spin-off projects, promotional films, Music PV, and VJ Films etc...

Episodes:
#01: The Dragon Dentist (Directed by Outarou Maijou)
#02: HILL CLIMB GIRL (Directed by Azuma Tani)
#03: ME!ME!ME! (Directed by Hibiki Yoshizaki)
#04: Carnage (Directed by Akira Honma)
#05: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko & Ichiro Itano: Collection of Key Animation Films (collection of key animation from 1979's Mobile Suit Gundam)
#06: 20min Walk From Nishi-Ogikubo Station, 2 Bedrooms, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, 2mos Deposit, No Pets Allowed (Directed by Takeshi Honda & Mahiro Maeda)
#07: Until you come to me. (Directed by Tadashi Hiramatsu)
#08: Tomorrow from there (Directed by Akemi Hayashi)
#09: Denkou Choujin Gridman: boys invent great hero (Directed by Akira Amemiya)
#10: YAMADELOID (Directed by Takashi Horiuchi & Masahiro Emoto)
#11: POWER PLANT No. 33 (Directed by Yasuhiro Yoshiura & Kengo Saito)
#12: Evangelion: Another Impact (Confidential) (Directed by Shinji Aramaki)
#13: Kanón (Directed by Mahiro Maeda)
#14: SEX and VIOLENCE with MACHSPEED (Directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi)
#15: Obake-Chan (Directed by Shigeto Koyama)
#16: Tsukikage no Tokio (Directed by Takanobu Mizuno)
#17: THREE FALLEN WITNESSES (Directed by Satoru Utsunomiya)
#18: The Diary of Ochibi (Directed by Masashi Kawamura)
#19: I can Friday by Day! (Directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki)
#20A: ME!ME!ME! CHRONIC feat.daoko / TeddyLoid (Directed by Hibiki Yoshizaki, remix of short #3)
#20B: (Making of) evangelion:Another Impact (Making of video of short #12)
#21: ICONIC FIELD (Directed by Ikuto Yamashita)
#22: IBUSEKI YORUNI (Directed by Tadashi Hiramatsu)
#23: Memoirs of amorous gentlemen (Produced by Cork Inc.)
#24: Rapid Rouge (Directed by Daisuke Onitsuka)
#25: HAMMERHEAD (Directed by Otaro Maijo)
#26: COMEDY SKIT 1989 (Directed by Kazuto Nakazawa)
#27: BUBU & BUBULINA (Directed by Takashi Nakamura)
#28: ENDLESS NIGHT (Directed by Sayo Yamamoto)
#29: BUREAU OF PROTO SOCIETY (Directed by Yasuhiro Yoshiura)
#30: The Ultraman (Directed by Akitoshi Yokoyama)
#31: GIRL (Directed by Hibiki Yoshizaki)
#32: Neon Genesis IMPACTS. (Directed by Yuhei Sakuragi)
#33: Ragnarok (Directed by Kazuyoshi Katayama)
#34: Robot on the Road (Directed by Hiroyuki Okiura)
#35: Cassette Girl (Directed by Hiroyasu Kobayashi)

Note: #20A and #20B (special) are counted as two separate episodes in the episode total.

Tags: Anthology , Nudity , Ero Guro , Episodic , Super Robot , Gore , Musical Theater , Surreal Comedy , Satire , Cycling , No Dialogue , Guns , Space , Military , Revenge , Swordplay , War , Magic , Kaiju , Disability , Henshin , Dragons , Cyberpunk , Real Robot , Samurai , Stop Motion , Dissociative Identities , Post-Apocalyptic , Noir

On Your Mark: CHAGE & ASKA

Also known as On Your Mark.

Studio: Studio Ghibli
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sci-Fi

In the future, mankind can no longer live on the ground due to intense radiation, both from the sun and from an abandoned nuclear plant. One day, a group of special police raided a religious cult compound, and after a fierce firefight two policemen found a winged mutant girl, with chains on her arms, barely alive. However, government scientists dressed in hazardous material suits immediately intervened and brought her back to a research facility. Realizing they were merely transferring her from one prison to another, those two policemen formulated a daring plan to set her free once and for all.



Note: This is a music video created by Hayao Miyazaki for the pop music duo Chage & Aska (after whom the two police officers are modeled).

Tags: No Dialogue , Dystopian , Environmental , Police , Angels , Achronological Order , Cult , War , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Aviation , Cars , CGI

GOTCHA!

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

A Special Music Video in tribute to the Pokémon Series of Games, set to the song Acacia by Bump of Chicken.

Tags: Ensemble Cast , Animals , No Dialogue , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Proxy Battle , Slapstick

VINLAND SAGA SEASON 2: Drowning in the Shadow

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological

Episode 6.5 of VINLAND SAGA SEASON 2.

The short video depicts a scene not shown in the anime where Thorfinn, as he appears as a member of Askeladd's raiders, cuts down some men in the middle of a raid. When he enters a nearby house, he sees a family cowering within...



Tags: Vikings , Foreign , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Historical , War , Swordplay , Rural , No Dialogue

Shitcom

Also known as Shitcom.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

A beautiful couple is enjoying a lovely dinner together when suddenly the woman's stomach begins to make loud, rumbling sounds. As she attempts to calm the beast in her belly, her partner proposes to her, leaving her both overjoyed and distressed at her situation. The astonishing events of that night now begin to unfold, as a mysterious mass starts to make its way out of her mouth...

(MAL Rewrite)

Tags: Scat , Body Horror , Surreal Comedy , Stop Motion , Heterosexual , Parody , No Dialogue , Primarily Adult Cast , Food , Satire , Tragedy

Robot Carnival

Also known as Robot Carnival.

Studio: APPP
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

9 of Japan's leading animators were asked to create a short segment that followed the theme of "Robots," for their inclusion in this film. Essentially, this "movie" is 9 short films, all independent of one another. The common element is human interaction with robots, namely the consequences of creating life with one's own hands, played in nine very different ways.



1: Opening (Atsuko Fukushima and Katsuhiro Otomo)
2: Franken's Gears (Koji Morimoto)
3: Deprive (Hidetoshi Omori)
4: Presence (Yasuomi Umetsu)
5: Star Light Angel (Hiroyuki Kitazume)
6: Cloud (Mao Lamdo)
7: A Tale of Two Robots (Hiroyuki Kitakubo)
8: Nightmare (Takashi Nakamura)
9: Ending (Atsuko Fukushima and Katsuhiro Otomo)

Tags: Robots , Anthology , No Dialogue , Episodic , Post-Apocalyptic , Steampunk , Anachronism

Sol Levante

Also known as Sol Levante.

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

A young warrior and her familiar search for the sacred place said to fulfill wishes. It's best not to anger the ancient guardians and spirits.



Tags: Full CGI , No Dialogue , Magic , Female Protagonist , Achronological Order

PUI PUI Molcar

Also known as PUI PUI MOLCAR.

Studio: Shin-Ei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

The stage is set in a world where guinea pig became car. The car that makes you relax "Molcar". Having big round eyes, curvy butt and speedy limbs, they always explore the world with their innocent faces. Even during a traffic jam, you can be eased just by looking at the butt of that Molcar in front of you. Even when they cause troubles, their furry cuteness will somehow make you forgive them!? Surrounded by situations only met by cars, it's a Mol-animation filled with cure, friendship, adventure and furry actions!



Note: A compilation movie titled "Tobidase! Narase! Pui Pui Molcar" was released in theaters on July 22, 2021 in MX4D and 3D.

Tags: Cars , Animals , Episodic , Stop Motion , Surreal Comedy , No Dialogue , Kids , Urban , Parody , Iyashikei , Time Manipulation , Zombie , Henshin

rain town

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Hiroyasu Ishida's graduation project at Kyoto Seika University.

Tags: Urban , No Dialogue , Robots , Dystopian , Female Protagonist , Tragedy

DAICON III Opening Animation

Studio: Gainax
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mecha , Music , Sci-Fi

A girl is visited by two men from a space ship. They give her water she needs to water her daicon (radish). On her journey to deliver the water, this girl has to fight demons and giant robots.



Tags: Parody , Otaku Culture , No Dialogue , Crossover , Female Protagonist , Kaiju , Time Skip , Super Power , Anthropomorphism , Space

1001 Nights

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

Presented in the form of a feverish love dream, 1001 Nights (based on Amano's book of artwork) is the first performance of the groundbreaking "Filmharmonic" series, which presents new orchestral works by film composers in tandem with short films made by A-list directors. 1001 Nights is the series's only animated work, and plans originally called for the film to be completely computer animated.

Tags: Fairy Tale , Mythology , Foreign , No Dialogue , Nudity , Demons , Classic Literature , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Historical , CGI , Dragons