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Based on the Waki Yamato's manga version of The Tale of Genji. An all-female production starring members of the Takarazuka Revue.

Akio, a piano tuner, visits the kimono shop owned by the Nishimuro family. Their only daughter, Teru, accidentally farts in front of him while serving him tea. In the awkward atmosphere, Akio somehow finds himself falling for her as he watches her leave the place, hiding her embarrassment.

Toru, a young man aspiring to become a photographer, is suddenly told by his girlfriend, Midori, that she wants to break up. Unable to accept it due to his strong possessiveness, Toru becomes increasingly obsessed with her and eventually starts stalking her relentlessly. Meanwhile, Midori tries to start a new life, but Toru appears there as well…

Yuji, who was dumped by Asami, finds her confined in an empty classroom on a Saturday. Asami has a time bomb attached to her, and the timer extends as her sexual arousal increases. Once it surpasses 100, she will be freed. Despite his confusion, Yuji tries to arouse Asami, but...

While Tamaki’s partner Sui was away for the summer, she consumed a watermelon seed and began growing a watermelon in her body. They make a promise to eat the ripe watermelon together.

Two lovers, Akira and Yumi, break up and find other relationships. But the new arrangements are unsatisfactory, and they slowly gravitate back toward one another.

Based on the girls comic series "Haikara-san ga Tōru" by Yamato Waki.

A story about a man and a woman who take shelter from the heavy rain.

Animation by Ginko Abe. Music by Abhi Tambe.

Idol Kataoka decides to take a break from his career in order to take care of Momoko, the manager of his rival, who happens to not be the greatest at household work.

A comedy about marriage versus break-up, honesty versus lies. Sekiguchi and Takagi are a young couple about to get married. Meanwhile Kimura can't tell his girlfriend Tashiro that he got laid off her of his job. One day, Tashiro dumps Kimura and Sekiguchi meets his ex-girlfriend to inform her of his upcoming marriage...

A young couple go on a picnic in the forest, where the woman reveals that she is pregnant.

The film depicts the star, Ayumi Hamasaki, as herself on a tour in Hong Kong with local actor Shawn Yue as her bodyguard, whom Hamasaki later falls in love with as the film progresses. It depicts the fame aspect of her love life and the inevitable heartbreak towards the end.

The homoerotic poetry of Mutsuo Takahashi sets the stage for these associated images based on male desire.

One day, Fumiko Tashiro runs into Ryota Saeki - an old acquaintance from college - outside the municipal library where she works. Brought together by chance, they find themselves drawn to one another, and before long they are set to get married. They make their preparations for the wedding, envisioning their happy future together. But all the while, Ryota is troubled by his own secret ability to see the dead.

Yuko is a high school girl living in the suburbs. She had feelings for Toyama without telling her best friends Eri and Shiho. However, in the fall of her senior year of high school, Eri begins to express her “interest” in Toyama. In order to further research Toyama's tastes, Yuko ends up going out with him on the promise that she will stay with him until the school festival.

The first stage adaptation of the "Togabito no Kokuin" light novels. A dark fantasy romance between a vampire and Jack the Ripper.

Twenty six year old Momo works quietly at her office and finds secret pleasure in growing a terrarium in her locker. A chance meeting with a mysterious gardener is all that’s needed to bring about a gradual and positive change in this mousy office worker.

Two outsiders alone in Tokyo, and two avatars treading carefully in a Japanese chatroom, embark on an unlikely search for identity through the modern, distorted lens of the projected self and society's ideals on what love means.

One young Japanese couple hurting each other in the night. This is their way to feel connected and they are satisfied with it. But one day their life is about to change.

A coming-of-age drama that depicts the love of film through the everyday lives of a foreign student working at a video store and a runaway boy. The story takes place in Hollywood, a video rental store located in Shirakawa Imadegawa, Kyoto.

Set in London, a city shrouded in mist and fog at the end of the 19th century, a musical based on the Sherlock Holmes. People's daily lives are threatened by a serial killer, Jack the Ripper, but Holmes deduced that a criminal organisation is involved. The murder was masterminded by Moriarty, a genius mathematician, at the request of a government official. Meanwhile, Holmes is reunited with opera singer Irene, an unforgettable woman who outwitted Holmes once before.

A minimalist adaptation of Seizo Watase's manga of the same name. It contains 5 stories of slow paced vignettes of romance whose only dialogue lies within the "oldies" being played as background music.

During a girls' talk, it is revealed that Mitsuko has never experienced cunnilingus from her boyfriend Tomowo. Furthermore, her mischievous friends threaten her, saying things like "If your boyfriend doesn't perform cunnilingus, you should break up." Mitsuko, after receiving this outrageous advice, tries her best to persuade Tomowo to perform cunnilingus on her.

A high school student remembers that special boy whom she met in her first year. They were close friends and enjoyed each other's company, but then he had to move away. In his absence, she feels very alone, but she never gives up hope that they will meet again one day.

It's only the end of November and the hot springs town Yomase-machi was already a winter wonderland, having been dyed white from the falling snow. Yuuki moved to this snowy town to help his grandparents shovel snow at their home, the former boarding house Yamanouchi-sou. He met many warm-hearted people, including the shrine maiden Sayuki who worries about her inability to properly greet strangers, his mysterious but playful housemate and senpai Mizuki, and the local café's cheerful and energetic kouhai mascot Koharu. Even though he was still feeling lost, he tried to get used to living in this snowy land. During that time, his grandfather suggested that he find love while he is still young and lead a new life in earnest. Now's the time for him to take the first step and fall in love.

An underground gay video already existed in the late 1970s in japan. "Seishun taiken shirīzu shōnen Jun no natsu" is the oldest ever know sold through legitimate channels however, it turned out that the Athens Ueno store was producing 8mm film works since 1973. So far, it has not been confirmed that Athens' original work was sold on VHS/Beta before Shonen Jun no Natsu. As a side note, the first domestically produced adult video for straight men was also released in the same year, and it is no exaggeration to say that these works for adults greatly contributed to the spread of VHS decks in Japan throughout the 1980s.

OVA adaptation of a manga by Watase Seizou.

A fresh and unconventional love story composed of three omnibus-style episodes that observe everyday life. By deliberately avoiding dramatic highs and lows, the film unfolds with a natural ease that still feels refreshing no matter when you watch it.

Two doctors dive inside the memories of a dying old man, altering them in order to fulfill his last wish: to go to the Moon.

Science fiction and desire collide when an American researcher meets a Japanese translator. Clouds drift beyond the towering high rise blocks; down below, nature suffocates in a Tokyo river.

With the death of the emperor, Suleiman becomes the 10th emperor of the Ottoman Empire. Alexandra has entered the emperor's harem, and Suleiman is charmed not only by her beauty, but also by her abundant wisdom, and he grants her the new name of Hurrem ("the cheerful one"). Several years after ascending the throne, he has conquered enemy lands that stymied his ancestors, and as emperor brought great achievements. Hurrem, who runs counter to so many of the customs of the harem, is Suleiman's favorite, and Suleiman has appointed Ibrahim to a post above his origins as a slave. There are many things in the palace, many disturbances to cause conflicts, and a crack even begins to grow between Suleiman and Ibrahim....

The story of a young man who has lost every reason to live.

The film “To Rin-kun, from Alice” is essentially a summary of the six OVAs, narrated from Alice’s point of view. We see a more mature Alice strolling through a large park filled with cherry blossoms, reflecting on events from years past. At the end of the film, it’s revealed that she had arranged to meet Rin there. Although most of the film contains scenes already seen in the OVAs, a new scene from volume 21 of the manga is added near the end, providing a more definitive conclusion to the story.

Fujise, who loves curry rice, carries on relationships with several women at once. He's after the curry that his girlfriends make. Amidst it all, he ends up falling in love with a girl who hates curry.

Short 2D animated film for Sheya Chen's thesis project.

On a trip to attend a wedding, a young girl sees herself amidst a major rampage at a construction site of a flying city after a slight malfunction of her means of transportation.

Madoka and Miharu met as neighbors and became lovers. However, due to the strict outing monitoring system, it becomes impossible to meet, even though they’re neighbors.

The world’s only immortal man is drawn into a romance with a Japanese scholar whose life’s work centers on ancient texts about dying.

A pair of films shot in Shonan in the 1990s - An novelist and his girlfriend meet on the lighthouse on Enoshima - A student realizes he hasn't been having dreams; his girlfriend tells him that she saw his dream.

A stage play inspired by the manga franchise "Dakaichi: I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year".

Hozumi, a gifted scientist, is researching human cloning to save his beautiful and dying fiance, Hiroko. However, just before the completion of the project, Hozumi suddenly quits the lab, to stay with Hiroko until her last moment. Doesn't he want to save his fiance? Fellow scientists are puzzled by Hozumi's course of action and wants him back on the research team, but Muto, an ambitious scientist sees an opportunity to take over the cloning research.

A young Japanese girl riding the train posts a message from her phone to an online thread: 'I'm a high-school student and I'm a virgin, does anyone want to pay to be my first? It has to be tonight.' An exploration of lust, love and fetishization.

Long before the days of Ai Yori Aoshi when Kaoru is a new student in college, it's Christmas time and who should pay him a visit but Santa, looking very much like Aoi. They eat a Christmas meal, spend time at an amusement park, go skating and take a late night walk, occasionally crossing the path of other girls from the original series in humorous moments.

A shocking semi-documentary drama that delves into the true nature of kogyaru. Based on a survey that collected the voices of 100 current high school girls, it depicts in ultra-realistic detail the reality of high school girl auctions, where middle-aged men bid on young girls, and the true nature of these girls.

That day, it suddenly appeared in front of him... A company worker Sato, a man who has no experience in romance, becomes a boss of a new employee Hikari Hoshino. Being confused about her nonsense behavior, Sato has a suspicion that she may be an alien and starts watching over her.

The prologue of ef - a tale of melodies.

The second stage adaptation of the "Togabito no Kokuin" light novels. Unlike the first show, the story goes beyond the original novels introducing characters who are unique to the stage version.

8mm film, directed by Omote Toshihiko.

A stage adaptation of the manga. One summer day Miyano encounters a fight taking place behind the shool gym. Before he can muster up the courage to stop them his slightly delinquent senior Sasaki takes his place. Since that day he has found himself attracted to Sasaki for some reason...

One day, mysterious aliens from the planet Olga arrive on Earth. Whether they are allies of humanity or their purpose is unknown. In response to this alien invasion, Naomi, Cobra, and Ghidra, who possess special abilities, rise to the occasion. Chosen by an ancient robot, they are entrusted with the survival of humanity and the future of the Earth...

Takeshi's girlfriend not only comes by unexpectedly, but also inconveniently and totally drunk. And Takeshi has very good reasons not to let her into his apartment. Very good reasons ...

A young woman relives key moments of her past in search of answers after her boyfriend disappears with no apparent reason.

A small little story about the marriage of an ordinary, extremely common father and daughter, who seems to be everywhere.

Takarazuka Revue production based on Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos. Followed by a gorgeous and dramatic Latin show composed of a variety of scenes, combining the cool, whimsical nature, graceful and supple movements of cats, and the uniqueness of the snow group members.

The originally youthful and happy high school female student, but because of her mother’s remarriage, she lives in the foster father’s family. The dark mansion is like a nest of wild beasts. The beautiful and attractive girl is like stepping into justice. Unbreakable trap set by father and righteous brother.