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Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica: Hangyaku no Monogatari

Also known as Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Rebellion-.

Studio: Aniplex , Shaft , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Movic , Nitroplus , Madoka Partners , Houbunsha
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

Were all the magical girls truly saved from despair? Now, the great "Law of Cycles" leads the magical girls to their new fate. Madoka Kaname, a girl who once led an ordinary life, sacrificed her very existence to set every magical girl free from their cruel destiny. Homura Akemi, another magical girl who was unable to keep her promise with Madoka, continues to fight in the world in which Madoka left her behind.
"I dream of the day when I can finally see your dear smile again."
Madoka Kaname has changed the world. In this new world, is what the magical girls see a world of hope... or despair?



Tags: Alternate Universe , Anti-Hero , Memory Manipulation , Magic , Tragedy , Witch , Cosmic Horror , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Gods , Philosophy , Curses , Yuri , Henshin , Urban Fantasy , Time Manipulation , Mixed Media , Aliens , Urban , Demons , Mythology , Guns , Kuudere , Spearplay , Swordplay , Archery , School

Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Adolescence Mokushiroku

Also known as Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Adolescence of Utena.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Central Park Media , Toei , Shogakukan , GANSIS
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological , Romance

In a loose retelling of the Revolutionary Girl Utena TV series, Utena Tenjou arrives at Ohtori Academy, only to be immediately swept up in a series of duels for the hand of her classmate Anthy Himemiya and the power she supposedly holds. At the same time, Utena reunites with Touga Kiryuu, a friend from her childhood who seems to know the secrets behind the duels. Utena must discover those secrets for herself, before the power that rules Ohtori claims her and her friends, new and old.



Tags: Coming of Age , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Swordplay , Philosophy , Tomboy , Magic , Cars , Bisexual , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Boarding School , Nudity , Kuudere , Twins , Drugs , Shoujo , Body Horror

Liz to Aoi Tori

Also known as Liz and the Blue Bird.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Animation Do , Kyoto Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Slice of Life

Students and best friends Mizore Yoroizuka and Nozomi Kasaki prepare to play a complex musical duet, Liz and the Blue Bird, for oboe and flute. Though they play beautifully together and have been friends since childhood, Mizore and Nozomi find that with graduation looming and the duet proving difficult, their friendship begins to buckle under the pressure. Interspersed with their story is the fantasy tale of Liz, drawn like a storybook, contrasting with the crisp realism of the school.



Tags: Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Band , Primarily Female Cast , Yuri , Fairy Tale , LGBTQ+ Themes , Classical Music , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , School , Unrequited Love

Mawaru Penguindrum

Also known as Penguindrum.

Studio: Brain's Base , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Once you make a decision, does the universe conspire to make it happen? Is destiny a matter of chance, a matter of choice or the complex outcome of thousands of warring strands of fate? All twins Kanba and Shoma know is that when their terminally ill sister Himari collapses at the aquarium, her death is somehow temporarily reversed by the penguin hat that she had asked for. It's a provisional resurrection, however, and it comes at a price: to keep Himari alive they need to find the mysterious Penguin Drum. In order to do that, they must first find the links to a complex interlocking chain of riddles that has wrapped around their entire existence, and unravel the knots that tie them to mystifying diary and a baffling string of strangers and semi-acquaintances who all have their own secrets, agendas and "survival strategies." And in order for Himari to live, someone else's chosen destiny will have to change. It's a story of love, fate, life, death... and Penguins!



Tags: Philosophy , Found Family , Family Life , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Terrorism , Meta , Denpa , Politics , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Parody , Trains , Inseki , Henshin , Surreal Comedy , Heterosexual , Crime , Yandere , Animals , Memory Manipulation , Magic , Satire , Cult , Ghost , Fairy Tale , Primarily Teen Cast , Psychosexual , Tsundere , Achronological Order , Love Triangle , Twins , Age Gap , LGBTQ+ Themes , Incest

BanG Dream! Ave Mujica

Also known as Ave Mujica - The Die is Cast -.

Studio: Bushiroad , SANZIGEN , TOKYO MX , Good Smile Company , Horipro International , Ultra Super Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Psychological

"Will you give me the rest of your life?"

After losing everything in a single night, Sakiko Togawa reaches out toward an even deeper abyss, one that will drag everyone around her down as well. Gathering the lives of girls burdened with their own troubles and desires, Sakiko raises the curtain on a perfect masquerade.

"Welcome to the world of Ave Mujica."

On a stage where sorrow, death, fear, love—even the solace of forgetting—are stripped away, will their masks be torn off and shatter into oblivion, or will they….



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Band , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Tragedy , Dissociative Identities , Estranged Family , Full CGI , Metal Music , Acting , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Rock Music , Incest , Musical Theater , Disability , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Orphan , Ojou-sama , Adoption , Yandere , Anti-Hero , Kuudere , Tsundere

Kageki Shoujo!!

Also known as Kageki Shojo!!.

Studio: PINE JAM , King Records
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The curtain rises on the Kouka School of Musical and Theatrical Arts. Spotlight on Sarasa Watanabe, a starry-eyed 5'10" student who dreams of performing as Oscar, a male lead role. She forms an unlikely friendship with her new roommate, a former idol who now also hopes to join the all-female Kouka Acting Troupe. Together, they’re in for the role of a lifetime.



Tags: Acting , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , School , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Shoujo , Aromantic , Primarily Teen Cast , Musical Theater , Heterosexual , Kuudere , Crossdressing , Body Image , Kabuki , Idol , Work , Otaku Culture , Twins , Age Gap , Yuri

Shin Seiki Evangelion Movie: Air / Magokoro wo, Kimi ni

Also known as Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion.

Studio: Gainax , Production I.G , TV Tokyo , Toei Animation , Kadokawa Shoten , Movic , Sega Games , TV Tokyo Music , Selecta Visión
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Psychological , Sci-Fi

NERV faces a brutal attack from SEELE, but with Asuka in a coma, and Shinji in a nervous breakdown, things soon turn into the surreal. This movie provides a concurrent ending to the final two episodes of the show Neon Genesis Evangelion.



Tags: Philosophy , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Post-Apocalyptic , Meta , Denpa , Dystopian , Gods , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Super Robot , Psychosexual , Conspiracy , Gore , Afterlife , Cosmic Horror , Kaiju , Mythology , Primarily Teen Cast , Robots , Religion , Female Protagonist , Mixed Media , Nudity , Clone , Masturbation , Tsundere , Guns , Politics , Space , Kuudere , Boys' Love

Shoujo Kakumei Utena

Also known as Revolutionary Girl Utena.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , TV Tokyo , The Right Stuf International , Central Park Media , Yomiuri Advertising , SoftX
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological , Romance

Just after Utena's parents died, she was consoled by a prince who gave her a ring with a rose crest on it. Utena was so impressed by the Prince that she vowed to become one herself one day. A few years later, Utena is attending Ohtori Academy where she gives all the teachers headaches because she dresses in a boy's uniform so she can be like the prince she met long ago.

After Utena's friend is insulted by a member of the Student Council, Utena fights in a duel for her friend's honor. Utena's rose crest allows her to enter the dueling arena, where Utena wins the duel and becomes engaged to the Rose Bride. Unknowingly, Utena is pulled into a series of duels with other members of the Student Council for the possession of the Rose Bride. As she becomes fond of Anthy, the Rose Bride, she must fight to keep her friend safe and to discover the horrifying secret behind Ohtori Academy.



Tags: Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Psychosexual , Philosophy , Fairy Tale , Incest , Tomboy , Ensemble Cast , Yuri , Primarily Teen Cast , Swordplay , Tragedy , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Witch , Time Manipulation , Orphan , Age Gap , Cars , School , Surreal Comedy , Unrequited Love , Conspiracy , Memory Manipulation , Meta , Fencing , Ojou-sama , Henshin , Love Triangle , Boarding School , Crossdressing , Episodic , Bullying , Magic , Kuudere , Cheating , Denpa , Shoujo , Time Loop , Twins , Astronomy , Suicide , Politics , Athletics , Boys' Love , Body Swapping , Aliens

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Shin Jidai no Tobira

Also known as Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Beginning of a New Era.

Studio: CygamesPictures , Toho
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Slice of Life , Sports

REACH OUT AND GRASP GREATNESS.

Jungle Pocket, known to her close friends as "Pokke," is a free-spirited Umamusume who has proven her dominance in the freestyle racing scene. Overwhelmed by Fuji Kiseki's majestic performance at a graded Twinkle Series race, she resolves to take on the Twinkle Series herself.

Shortly after joining the Umamusume training school Tracen Academy, Pokke comes under the wing of Tanabe, a veteran trainer who fostered Fuji Kiseki's talent. Together, they aspire to dominate the Triple Crown series, a set of three races that can only be attempted once in a lifetime. Awaiting them are formidable rivals of Pokke's generation, whose talents surpass even her own.

There's Dantsu Flame, whose diligence and determination to win are second to none; Manhattan Cafe, who chases the shadowy silhouette of a "friend" that only she can see; and Agnes Tachyon, a veritable mad scientist seeking to push the very boundaries of what is possible for Umamusume.

These four runners take to the track with their very pride, spirit, and souls on the line. Past the finish of their epic clash is a door waiting to be opened—one that leads to the beginning of a new era.

"It doesn't matter who stands in my way! I'm gonna be the greatest!"



Tags: Athletics , Kemonomimi , Female Protagonist , Disability , Primarily Female Cast , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Rehabilitation , Idol , Urban , Ghost

Chou Kaguya-hime!

Also known as Cosmic Princess Kaguya!.

Studio: Studio Colorido , Studio Chromato , Twin Engine
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Music , Sci-Fi

A tale of otherworldly beauty and celestial secrets unfolds in this new take on Japan’s oldest folktale.

Inspired by The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, the film reimagines Japan’s oldest folktale with a modern touch by integrating music, fantasy, and contemporary animation.

Set in the virtual realm of Tsukuyomi, the story unfolds as a live performance marrying original music with Yamashita’s signature style of polished visuals, emotive pacing, and dynamic 3D camerawork to boldly transform this classic tale for a new generation.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Virtual World , Fairy Tale , Coming of Age , Idol , Yuri , Aliens , Urban Fantasy , Otaku Culture , VTuber , Video Games , Time Skip , Time Manipulation , Estranged Family , Urban , Artificial Intelligence , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Tragedy , CGI , E-Sports , Vocal Synth , Swordplay , Kemonomimi , Software Development , Robots , Food , Fugitive , Reincarnation , School , Nekomimi , Archery , Spearplay , Surreal Comedy , Satire , Mythology