Discover Movies

On Christmas night, a poor little girl lights the matches she has to sell to warm herself and has magical visions.

Four puppet soldiers walk and make a movement inspired by Samuel Beckett’s Quad (1981). By visually adapting Deleuze’s analysis of Quad (The Exhausted, 1995), the film explores the idea of "The exhaustion of possibilities” through stop-motion animation. The puppets and the printed images slowly disintegrate, and the residue envisions new possibilities.

An old man is trying to create a girl out of his memories. Little by little the doll is being made and given a physical body of machinery parts. The old man makes her as a pure creature, but she denies her identification. The doll demolishes herself, saying ‘This is not Me!

A summary of the first half of the Heavy Metal L-Gaim series.

A timid little witch chose a puppy with a totally opposite personality from her as her partner, and began to go through conflicts with the constant trouble maker puppy. After some incidents, they got to cooperate each other, and they recovered their relationship again.

Desperate to stay above the poverty line, a pair of hustlers are recruited by a documentary crew to stoke the fires of a yakuza war.

Animation by Maki Morimoto.

Film mixing live action with the famous animated Italian rubber mouse, Topo Gigio.

The truth behind the well-known Grimm’s Tales is cruel and full of blood and lust! Eps#1 “Hansel & Gretel”: Two brothers lost in the woods were actually criminals… Eps#2 “The Blue Beard”: The true character of the Blue Beard was a cannibal who was unable to tolerate his wife’s adultery. Eps#3 “Cinderella”: Actually Cinderella had abnormal affections toward the prince.

Theatrical conclusion of Kaguya-sama: Love is War, based on an original story written by Aka Akasaka.

Gauche is in charge of playing cello in the orchestra. He has a few days left before the concert, but he is unable to play it well. One night, while practicing the cello at home, he hears a knock at the door. It is a cat holding a tomato.

Tobimaru is the young emperor of Japan. He meets a mysterious woman named Tomamo. After successfully seducing Tobimaru, she brings great misfortune onto the land. Tobimaru soon discovers that Tomamo is actually a kitsune, and now has the task to unmask and kill her to save his land.

Atom rescues Bem, a robot soldier who has escaped from a rubbish planet floating in space and is on the brink of death. A warm friendship develops between Atom and Bem, and it continues to grow. But one day, the rubbish planet suddenly begins to approach Earth. There is only one way to avoid a collision with Earth. Only this is... What will Astro do? Will he be able to protect a peaceful Earth as well as his friendship with Bem?

Boku Otaryman (I, Otaku Salaryman) is a fun little 35-minute ditty about a Japanese Salaryman and his somewhat otaku tendencies. Originally based off of a 4koma, the anime is about a likable and rather silly salaryman named Yoshitani.

There is a group of enthusiastic and witty, slightly sleazy but not lacking in justice workplace losers, and perverted bosses with the taste of nouveau riche. One day, Boba beauty Luo Xiaowei came to apply for the position of boss's secretary and was accepted by the boss on the spot. As expected by the employees, the boss announced in the afternoon that everyone would leave work early, leaving only the new secretary Luo Xiaowei to work overtime. After work, the boss used all his tools to try to knock down Luo Xiaowei, not wanting any unexpected guests to appear..

Schoolgirl Mitsuko tries to protect half-Chinese transfer student Yu-Lian from bullies. That night, she discovers Emily, an old American doll. Given to a Japanese child during an exchange in 1921, it was hidden from the "doll burnings" of the anti-Western war period and saved by a brave young girl (Mitsuko's grandmother). At the next day's show-and-tell, Mitsuko tells the story of Emily and encourages Yu-Lian.

Theatrical version of the first two Yamato 2202 episodes.

A short anime directed by Yuasa Masaaki with Production IG, distributed on VHS as a bonus to a video game magazine subscription. The main character is a Slime from the Dragon Quest video games.

A family of cats find an abandoned kitten and take him in to their home. But one of the siblings becomes jealous about the attention the new cat gets from her mother and runs away from home. The new member of the family goes looking for her. Can he bring her back home safely and get her to accept him as part of the family?

Late 19th century Japan: a studio photographer who always captures his clients’ best smile. One day he tries to coax a smile out of a little girl, but… A nostalgic tale of a relationship that transcends wars and disasters.

Animated film.

hololive 3rd fes. Link Your Wish is a live concert held by Hololive Production on March 19-20, 2022 at Makuhari Messe Event Hall alongside Hololive Super Expo, featuring all members of Hololive 0th Generation, Hololive 1st Generation, Hololive 2nd Generation, Hololive Gamers, Hololive 3rd Generation, Hololive 4th Generation, Hololive 5th Generation, Hololive Indonesia 1st Generation, and Hololive English -Myth-.

The story takes place on a world 100 years in the future, a few years before Lisa and Lorna joined eX-D organization. The world where people drives computer-controlled electrically powered "AI cars" which automatically take you where you want to go. However, one AI car mysteriously start to run amok. Now Nina and Rei, as the main driver for ex-D organization have to solve the mystery behind the AI car with evil plot and trap awaiting for them...

Let’s take a journey during the four seasons with Ochibi! This is the stop motion animation which features the Japanese seasonal traditions.

First-grader Masaya is a crybaby despite his large stature, so he can't walk by himself on the dark path to school. The one who holds his hand is Akiyo, a tiny but capable second-grader. Masaya wants to be strong like Akiyo and admires her, but one day, something happens that leaves Akiyo in tears. To lift Akiyo's spirits, Masaya goes trekking to the distant Ipponsugi forest to find the spotted bellflowers that Akiyo loves.

Angels watch over an old farmer as he works to bring a tsunami-ravaged land back to life.

Abstract forms animated in drawings.

A man wanted to escape. He wanted to stay unaware but he found them all.

At the end of the workday, the women of the city head to the bathhouse.

A boy is chased by a robot through some ruins. There, he finds an Earth ruled by a computer called "Gaia," who has lost patience with humans who repeatedly cause war and environmental destruction. While desperately trying to escape, the boy discovers Atom, which had been put on display 200 years ago after it had finished its role.

A boy finds a toy robot, which turns out not to be an ordinary toy.

Kitarō, a ghost, spends his afterlife helping humans in need of his skills. He thwarts the plans of evil spirits who live to torment humanity. A retelling of episodes 5-6 from the 1968 TV anime.

Harada's current project based on true stories, including events the director went through himself.

In the year 2100 the Earth is once again in danger. The group of brave teenagers set out in their giant robot to save humanity.

A young boy with boundless curiosity embarks on a journey paved with magical gods and monsters, unlocking a world of fantasy.

The story begins on a planet somewhere in the universe, when "Moon," an alien carrying a large sack, meets "Aiken," a dog in a space suit.

Fumiko, a schoolgirl who just confessed her love. However, she gets turned down because the boy wants to concentrate on baseball training. Crying and running downhill through the town, she gains more and more speed.

A miserly man eats the pits of some cherries he can't stand throwing out. A tree starts growing from the top of his head. He cuts it off; it grows back. After a while, he gives up and lets it grow, but the crowds that gather on top of his head to enjoy the tree (and leave huge mounds of trash) eventually drive him to uproot the tree. This leaves a crater on top of his head, which fills with water, which becomes a popular lake.

Fire-safety PSA short based off of the Super Mario Bros. series.

During a skiing event, Gobie and BeBe get into a hazardous accident with serious injuries. BeBe is one of the twin beloved pet dragons of Gobie, and the other one is Kuma. Believing in the existence of Santa, Gobie thinks he can help him save BeBe's life. Therefore, Gobie decides to set off to Santaland with Kuma. W

The characters who appear in "Fate/Grand Order" are heroes from myth and legend, and your encounters with these Servants weave an entirely new tale. “Myth and legend merge into a tale of your own.”

Working as a tram supervisor always filled a hard-working young girl in Hiroshima with joy during the Second World War … but times are changing. The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima devastated the city, and nothing is as it once was. How will their lives change after this catastrophe?

The sequel will continue the overarching story of the unlikely trio - a monk, an excommunicated priest, and a young boy - as they battle a demonic uprising and uncover dark, supernatural conspiracies.

A little sparrow, Chunko, cannot make her head still like other sparrows.She wonders why.

Doctor Tenma, chief of the Ministry of Science, brought a digital brain genome from an aircraft. Doctor Tenma begins a trip to Mars, then combines the genome with a robot. Doctor Tenma's son, Tobio, who had died in a traffic accident, has been revived.

"Travelling Through Brush and Ink" is a stop-motion animation of a little modern man traveling through four significant ancient Chinese paintings, transforming himself into animals and plants, and becomes part of the nature. Each painting represents four important stages of landscape art in Chinese history. Based on the original paintings, we built the sets and animated little character inside- all frame by frame. The animation is the opening film of 2016 annual exhibition National Palace Museum Taiwan.

In the story, 33-year-old Kanazawa native Noriko had decided long ago not to accept an ordinary, provincial life for herself. So, she had gone to college in Tokyo, worked on her own, married a man at an elite trading firm, and had a child. She has just returned home from five years abroad with her husband and four-year-old son. However, she senses a large emptiness in her heart since coming back. Moreover, there is a man who shares a big secret with Noriko.

Following the Heath Oslo incident, the existence of the US-Japanese anti-terror organization CIRS has become a matter of public knowledge. CIRS has been rebuilt from the ground up, and its most covert functions spun off to a new agency: SORD (Social Ops, Research & Development). The goal of SORD is to train a new generation of operatives to defend the country against future threats. To that end, the organization has established a series of schools up and down the country. Mihama Academy, more-or-less left to rot after its abrupt closure, has been given new purpose as one such 'specialist training school'. It now entrusts the misfit girls who attend it with guns and live ammunition. No matter how much life grinds them down, what future awaits these girls, who've themselves chosen the path of the gun?

"With this work, I developed/fleshed out the idea I had when making GHOST of peeling only the skin from various objects in the room, floating the skins in midair and then sticking them on different objects. This film was also shot entirely frame-by-frame with long-exposures. Along with GRIM, its meaning is 'as if to do forever.'" - Takashi Ito

On that familiar night, a sense of anxiety and fearful emotions came over me. Countless thoughts and questions followed.

Special short film about the collaboration of the fictional group Aqours and the virtual Idol Hatsune Miku.

One elephant lives in a mountain. He spends his life drawing pictures and fishing. Pigs with swollen crotches live in the city. The city is full of towers. One day a tower is built near the elephant’s cabin, the elephant starts to climb it.

The 365 days animation consists of sequence of 8760 pictures, all different shape and color, hand-drawn by the director every day in 365 days. This is the ultimate analog approach by the abstract animated film creator in digital era.

This film whose main characters are marionettes deals with the old Korean folktale "Heungbu and Nolbu." Greedy elder brother Nolbu kicks his good-natured brother Heungbu out of home and takes all the inheritance from their father. Poor but good man Heungbu one day cures a swallow's broken leg and frees it to fly away. Next year, the swallow comes to Heungbu's and gives him a gourd seed. He plants the seed and split it in fall. A huge amount of gold, silver and gems come out of the gourd, and he becomes rich over a night. Nolbu gets green with envy of him.

An alternative take on the birth of our moon and what one woman lost in the process of creating it.

The film is based on the true story of Yoichi Hatta (1886-1942), a civil engineer who traveled to Japanese-ruled Taiwan in 1910 to build a complex irrigation system in the barren southwest. Hatta manages to overcome the initial doubts of local farmers, but a tragic tunnel accident eventually halts the project and shakes his confidence.

Diesel, a tram driver wandering in the junkyard, dreams of reflecting on his childhood memories.