Honey Lemon Soda

2021

Japanese

5.7

♡ 1

Kôji Shintoku Director Kanon

Kanon as

Ai Yoshikawa as Hana Ishimori

Miki Yanagi as Remi Kojima

Tatsuomi Hamada as Tomoya Takamine

Ishimori Uka is very shy and has a hard time making friends. When she was a middle school student, students made fun of her by calling her "stone". Around that time, she met Miura Kai with lemon color hair. Because of him, she entered the same high school. Uka now wants to overcome her shyness and have friends. Kai is a popular student at the school, but he doesn't talk much or seem interested in others. He doesn't know why, but he becomes concerned with Uka. Uka has admired Kai, and she now has feelings for him. Kai has a secret, which no one knows.

Fall In Love At First Kiss

2019

Chinese

5.9

♡ 12

Yu Shan Chen Director

Yankee Yang as Assistant of Jiang's dad

Cecilia Choi as Gong Shahui

Shu-yao Kuo as Head nurse

Talu Wang as Jiang Zhishu

Yuan Xiangqin, a high school student, is deeply in love with Jiang Zhishu, her schoolmate. He rejects her, only for them to live together when the house that she resides in collapses.

Blue Thermal

2022

Japanese

6.5

♡ 3

Masaki Tachibana Director

Kengo Kawanishi as Kaede Hatori

Rie Takahashi as Kaori Mochida

Nobunaga Shimazaki as Kuramochi Jun

Junya Enoki as Sorachi Daisuke

Tamaki becomes a captive of the vast beauty of the skies from the moment Kuramochi takes her under his wing and up for a flight in a glider.

Re/Member

2022

Japanese

5.2

♡ 16

57%

Eiichirô Hasumi Director

Tasuku Emoto as

Kanna Hashimoto as Asuka Morisaki

Maika Yamamoto as Rumiko Hiiragi

Kotaro Daigo as Shôta Uranishi

Six high schoolers stuck in a murderous time loop must find the scattered remains of an unknown victim to break the curse and finally see another day.

Toi

1987

Japanese

6.4

♡ 3

original video animation (ova)

ova

Mamoru Hamatsu Director

Mitsuki Yayoi as Hiderow

Tatsuo Yamada as Isami

Toshihiko Seki as Shouji

Kaneto Shiozawa as To-Y

GASP is a popular alternative band. Conflict arises when the lead singer To-Y is offered a pop idol contract that stipulates he leave the rest of the band behind.

Restart After Come Back Home

2020

Japanese

7.2

♡ 1

Ryûta Inoue Director

Yukijirô Hotaru as

Eri Murakawa as

Hiroko Nakajima as

Yûki Furukawa as Mitsuomi Kozuka

Mitsuomi Kozuka quits his job due to his boss. He decides to return to his hometown for the first time in 10 years. The town is located in the countryside. There, Mitsuomi Kozuka meets Yamato Kumai. Yamato Kumai is the stepson of old man Kumai. The old man runs a farm near the home of Mitsuomi Kozuka's parents.

Asura Girl: A Blood-C Tale

2017

Japanese

4.9

♡ 5

Action

based on manga

Horror

Shûtarô Oku Director

Miki Mizuno as Dr. Mokuren

Keisuke Minami as Fumito Nanahara

Kaito Ishikawa as Narration

Tôru Tezuka as Osugi

In prewar Japan under the military regime, a bloody battle between the extremely oppressive Special Higher Police and villagers begins!

Blue Spring Ride

2014

Japanese

6.1

♡ 2

Takahiro Miki Director

Mizuki Itagaki as

Ryô Yoshizawa as Aya Kominato

Tsubasa Honda as Futaba Yoshioka

Yûdai Chiba as Toma Kikuchi

In middle school, Futaba Yoshioka was madly in love with Tanaka Kou but he moves away with his mother. She is reunited with him later in life but he is not the same person anymore.

March Comes in Like a Lion

2017

Japanese

6.6

♡ 5

Keishi Ohtomo Director

Ryô Kase as

Kana Kurashina as Kawamoto Akari

Kaya Kiyohara as Kawamoto Hinata

Kasumi Arimura as Koda Kyoko

Rei Kiriyama is a 17-years-old shogi (Japanese chess) player. He debuted as a professional shogi player when he was in middle school. He lives by himself in Tokyo, because his parents and younger sister died in an traffic accident when he was little. One day, Rei Kiriyama meets three sisters who are his neighbors. The three sisters are Akari Kawamoto, Hinata Kawamoto and Momo Kawamoto. This is his first meeting with someone outside of the shogi world in many years. Having meals with the Kawamoto family brings warm feelings to Rei Kiriyama. As Rei Kiriyama continues his shogi career, his interactions with his neighbors allows him to grow as a shogi player and as a person.

Lupin III: The First

2019

Japanese

♡ 39

95%

Takashi Yamazaki Director

Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Daisuke Jigen

Miyuki Sawashiro as Fujiko Mine

Kôichi Yamadera as Inspector Koichi Zenigata

Hiroshi Shirokuma as Man in Black

The iconic "gentleman thief" Lupin III returns in an action-packed, continent-spanning adventure, as Lupin III and his colorful underworld companions race to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Bresson Diary, before it falls into the hands of a dark cabal that will stop at nothing to resurrect the Third Reich.

Sakuran

2006

Japanese

6.7

♡ 5

73%

Mika Ninagawa Director

Hiroshi Yamamoto as Gori

Gori as

Shun Oguri as Florist

Mari Natsuki as Mother

Anna Tsuchiya blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigating brothel politics while trying to cling to the man she loves.

Soranin

2010

Japanese

7.0

♡ 1

based on manga

Drama

Music

Takahiro Miki Director

Kenta Kiritani as Jiro Yamada

Aoi Miyazaki as Meiko Inoue

Kengo Kôra as Nario Taneda

Arata Iura as Saeki

Meiko and Taneda are a couple graduated from university two years ago. Unhappy with their lives, Meiko quits her job and encourages Taneda to have his band become professional.

Ajin: Demi-Human

2017

Japanese

6.3

♡ 11

Action

based on manga

government conspiracy

Katsuyuki Motohiro Director

Minami Hamabe as Eriko Naga

Mamoru Miyano as IBM

Takeru Satoh as Kei Nagai

Yûki Yamada as Takahashi

Kei Nagai dies in a car accident, but realises he is a type of immortal known as Ajin. Hunted by humans, Ajin is eventually found by the government and used as a subject in cruel experiments. He finds fellow demi-humans along the way as he escapes and goes on the run.

Tatsumi

2011

Japanese

7.0

♡ 5

95%

Eric Khoo Director

Mike Wiluan as Joe

Motoko Gollent as Mariko

Tetsuya Bessho as (voice)

Yoshihiro Tatsumi as (voice)

Animated film based on the life and stories of Manga writer Yoshihiro Tatsumi who revolutionised the art form with darker, more adult stories. The film animates several of his stories.

Death Note: L Change the World

2008

Japanese

6.0

♡ 15

live action adaptation of manga

Hideo Nakata Director

Alistair Abell as Doctor / Medical Dispatch

Sei Hiraizumi as Dr. Koichi Matsudo

Michael Dobson as Koichi Matsudo / Corporal / Doctor / Pedestrian / Security Guard

Cathy Weseluck as Kumiko Kujo / K

"The human whose name is written in the Death Note shall die." After making the hardest decision ever, another serious case confronts L. There are only 23 days left and without his best partner Watari, L has to solve the case all by himself for the very first time.

Barefoot Gen

1983

Japanese

8.0

♡ 15

71%

Mori Masaki Director

Taeko Nakanishi as Hana

Yoshie Shimamura as Kimie

Kôji Yada as Walla

Kôji Totani as Walla

A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.

My Neighbors the Yamadas

1999

Japanese

7.1

♡ 7

75%

Isao Takahata Director

Jim Meskimen as Additional Voices

Jeremy Shada as Additional Voices

Dixie Carter as Additional Voices

Suguru Egawa as (voice)

The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems, and joys in their own way.

Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks

1993

Japanese

7.8

♡ 15

90%

teacher student relationship

time travel

Daisuke Nishio Director

Miki Itô as Android No.18

Daisuke Gôri as Gyûmaô / Umigame

Kazunari Tanaka as Kakariin

Mayumi Tanaka as Kuririn

It has been thirteen years since the Androids began their killing rampage and Son Gohan is the only person fighting back. He takes Bulma's son Trunks as a student and even gives his own life to save Trunks's. Now Trunks must figure out a way to change this apocalyptic future

Helter Skelter

2012

Japanese

6.4

♡ 31

46%

Mika Ninagawa Director

Mieko Harada as Doctor Hisako Waku

Kiko Mizuhara as Kozue Yoshikawa

Anne Suzuki as Kumi Hosuda

Shinobu Terajima as Michiko Hada

Top model Lilico, having recently undergone multiple cosmetic surgeries, begins to experience troubling side effects. As she desperately tries to retain her perfect image, Lilico descends into a world of nightmares and makes those around her miserable.

King of Thorn

2009

Japanese

6.3

♡ 9

54%

religious fundamentalism

Sci-Fi

super power

Thriller

Kazuyoshi Katayama Director

Misaki Kuno as Alice Roznovski

Kana Hanazawa as Kasumi Ishiki

Sayaka Ohara as Katherine Turner

Ayako Kawasumi as Laura Owen

A mysterious virus, nicknamed Medusa, is spreading around Japan, turning its victims into stone. Given the impossibility of finding an immediate cure, the government opts for cryopreserving a select group of patients until they come up with a solution. Kasumi, one of the chosen ones, has been asleep for years and her awakening, more than a bed of roses, is a bed of thorns, and happens in the midst of total chaos where monstrous creatures lie in wait all around.

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Honey Lemon Soda

Fall In Love At First Kiss

Blue Thermal

Re/Member

Toi

Restart After Come Back Home

Asura Girl: A Blood-C Tale

Blue Spring Ride

March Comes in Like a Lion

Lupin III: The First

Sakuran

Soranin

Ajin: Demi-Human

Tatsumi

Death Note: L Change the World

Barefoot Gen

My Neighbors the Yamadas

Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks

Helter Skelter

King of Thorn