OVAAn educational film about adoption discrimination in Japan. How those who are adopted are seen as rejects of society and the public koseki allows for companies to see the family tree of applicants and not hire/fire employees based on the fact that they're adopted.
MOVIEAnimation by Ryo Orikasa, based on a poem by the same name by Ishihara Yoshirou.Yoshiro (1915-1977) was a poet of silence. He said that a poem is an impulse to resist writing. This is an attempt to seek out a landscape from his poems. (Source: Annecy)
MUSICMusic video by 22/7 performing their sixth single Kaze wa Fuiteru ka? This is the theme song for the group's rhythm mobile game "22/7 Ongaku no Jikan"
MOVIECalysia and Ylion are very close siblings. One day, Calysia was kidnapped because their father tried to catch a unicorn. After 10 years Ylion grew up and trained as a warrior. He left to go to the hanging garden where unicorns live with a sword that was made from a unicorn's horn. (Source: Short Shorts)
MOVIEShort film directed by Amika Kubo and sponsored by WWF Japan as part of their campaign to move Japan away from nuclear energy and towards the use of renewable energy.
TVYu-yu is a boy living in Kanazawa, Kaga Province. He is 15 years old and in his third year of junior high school. He has the ability to sense the feeling of others, but he is troubled by the fact that he cannot say no when asked. One day, Yu-yu could no longer stand going along with his sister's hobby, so he ran away from home. The one who saves him is Megumi Okura. Megumi invites Yu-yu to a nighttime amusement park called "Wonder Hill" where her friends hang out. At the amusement park, Yu-yu meets Megumi, Zakusa Ishikame, and Tomari Seto, members of "Team Blackout," a group that meets to play Vanguard every night. Tonight, a serious fight for the team's flag will take place. Blackout's leader, Danji Momoyama, and the mysterious and powerful fighter, Tohya Ebata. As Yu-yu stares at them, the card fight is soon eroded into a world of images. This is how Yu-yu encounters Vanguard, a world he has never seen before, and is drawn by its powerful allure - making new friends along the way. (Source: Bushiroad) Note: The first episode was pre-screened on March 24, 2021 on the official japanese Cardfight Vanguard youtube channel.
TV SHORTThe anime follows Tsukasa, whose dream is to become the best at Gigant Shooter (battles in a game similar to pog) in the world. The menko card his father left for him called King Menger is his partner. Tsukasa's fellow gamers are the cute but tsundere Koide Miruko, the spectacled bully Numata Manabu, and the realist and sharp-tongued Doumoto Ataru. (Source: Anime News Network)
MUSICMusic video for the song Megane by Yuu Inoue that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. It was released as a single the following month. The video was animated by Kumiko Kitayama.
MOVIEThis is a story of an adolescent boy living in a burning house with his parents. He can't drink black coffee yet he refuses his mother's offer of sugar lump. Rejecting his mother's kindness and ignoring his father's concern, he struggles with his own internal conflicts and continues to perform the minor rebellions of youth. Trying to attract the attention of a girl, the boy crashes a stolen motorcycle. In the aftermath of the accident he finds in his pocket a bill stolen from his mother's purse, now changed into a sugar lump. Rather than mend the relationship with his family, he takes the sugar lump to his friends, but they reject him, throwing the sugar lump away. (Source: airport-anifes.jp)
ONAA fierce battle in the wilderness! The dragon slayer blots out the sun. The giant god, whispering in an ancient voice, guides Alita to understand the meaning of fire. (Source: Studio Tumble Youtube Channel, edited)
ONAThe soul that looks to the dragon is born of dark shadows from longing; the light guides the young archer and helps him find the courage to fight the darkness. "...Everyone has a shadow in their heart." The grandma complains that she is running out of stories. (Source: Studio Tumble Youtube Channel, edited)
TVFena Houtman is a young orphan girl that has been raised on an Island where there is no hope of becoming anything more than chattel, to be used and discarded by soldiers of the British Empire. But Fena is more than just another powerless orphan. When her mysterious past comes knocking, Fena will break the chains of her oppressors. Her goal: forge a new identity, free of bondage, and search for a place where she can truly belong and find out the true mysteries behind a keyword "Eden." It is the story of a lifetime adventure she and her crew of misfits and unlikely allies will have, in pursuit of her goals! (Source: Crunchyroll)
TV SHORTEach television episode of Chain Chronicle: Haecceitas no Hikari aired weekly with one of 12 "Chein Kuro-Nikuru", a wordplay on Chain Chronicle's Japanese pronunciation and the Japanese term for black shorts. (Source: Anime News Network)
TV SHORTThe main character Dogesuaru, who wants to see the naughty bits of girls, has a last resort to persuade them. That is, to grovel in front of them. Intent on having his lewd requests heard, he endures through the kowtowing. The heroines are often taken aback, embarrassed, and confused by his sudden action. Is anything impossible before dogeza?! Will the girls show him their risqué side?!
TV SHORTTogether with her father, who had quit his salaryman job, Toyokawa Himeno moves to Gifu prefecture's Tajimi city. That's the city where her mother is from, whom she had lost when she was still young. Himeno is now attending her mother's alma mater, where her classmate Kukuri Mika invites her to tag along to a special place. That place turns out to be the pottery club! There, she learns for the first time that her mother was a legendary potter, and is consequently pulled into the world of pottery. (Source: Crunchyroll)
ONAStudio Colorido's promotional video for BANDAI NAMCO Online's mobile RPG VALHAIT RISING. VALHAIT RISING was released for Android and iOS and ran from July 27, 2016 to April 13, 2017.
ONAThe "Chibi Godzilla" project was launched to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Toho's Godzilla franchise. The animated shorts show the daily life of Chibi Godzilla, who lives at office worker Satomi's house. (Source: Crunchyroll, Anime News Network)
TVThe third season of Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru . The magical girls of the Sanshu Middle School Hero Club have one goal: to make people smile whenever they can and to always help those in need. Through teamwork and the help of their magical powers, Yuna, Mimori, Fuu, Itsuki, Karin and Sonoko have vanquished deadly Vertexes, recovered a missing friend and balanced their lives as magical girls and regular middle school students. Now a new adventure begins, one that will test their skills and their bond as friends alike. (Source: Sentai Filmworks)
