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A coming of age set in Tokyo where a 9 year old girl draws from the magic and lessons of the blooming cherry blossoms to escape her parents' fighting.

Check out the fresh new performance from Shiver, Frye, and Big Man, and keep an eye out for a couple of unexpected guests! This performance was pre-recorded in Tokyo, Japan, and was originally planned as part of Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO.

A new heroine, Kintaro JK, was born. After being stripped of her fur by a shark, Usagi undergoes remodeling surgery by a doctor and is reborn as Kintaro JK. Kintaro JK sets out on the Kintaro to defeat the giant sharks that are sexually harassing the town, but...

A two-part stage-play adaptation of Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 4: Alliance of the Golden Witch. The production is divided into Episode 4 -UNtruth-, the first part, and Episode 4 -End me.-, the second part.

Origami is a Japanese traditional art form of paper folding. This film explores the infinite possibilities of origami to bring life and wonder to the simplest material. Every aspect of the film is based on the skills and techniques used in actual origami art.

Features her concert held on August 18, 2024 held in Saitama.

Tour final (2024) included in the Endless Happy Ending bonus editions.

Shingo Takagi's 20th Debut Anniversary Event was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of Shingo Takagi's wrestling debut, held on September 7, 2024, at Aimesse Yamanashi in Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan, and headlined by Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI & Shingo Takagi) & YAMATO vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito & Yota Tsuji).

Beyond the glass, a night that never dawns. The automatic doors work just fine, yet for some reason, it isn’t possible to leave… Shunsuke awakes to find himself trapped. The building is familiar, as are certain of his fellow “prisoners” – members of his old university theatre club. Despite the irrationality of their plight, the group begins rehearsing a play…

A sadistic couple documents their increasingly brutal killing spree on camera, turning murder into a grotesque spectacle of violence and devotion. As their blood-soaked relationship spirals toward its breaking point, the line between love, obsession, and annihilation begins to collapse.

The New Beginning in Sapporo 2024 - Night 2 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan on February 24, 2024.

A dazzling and unconventional documentary where a filmmaker explores their first experience of great loss after her best friends Chun and Yueh go missing. Trapped in a cave in Nepal for 47 days, Yueh survives. Chun does not. Yi-Shan offers an intimate window into the complex relationship of survivors as she traverses the intricate terrain of grief and gender with Yueh. Their conversations are steeped in themes of guilt, perseverance, and identity as they navigate Chun’s legacy with ease, even as elders around them fail to acknowledge their friend’s queerness/transness posthumously.

First graders in a Tokyo public elementary school are presented with a challenge for the final semester: performing "Ode to Joy" at the ceremony for the new incoming first graders. Ayame, who often struggles to keep up with the group, is determined to play a major part — the big drum.

A protagonist, Tetsuhiro is on a journey to overcome writer’s block that was caused by the tragedy of a small village he wrote about in his bestselling novel. Simultaneously, he visits his favorite book shops, meets with his friends and encounters new people so to ease his emotional pain. From Tochigi, then to Kyoto and finally in Kagawa, he finds his own bestselling book during his journey, but will this give him an answer to the reason why he could not write any more?

NJPW New Japan Soul 2024 - Night 6 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on July 3, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan at Korakuen Hall.

Part 4 of the Theater Dramatica series, it adapts a story inspired by Hansel & Gretel. It ran from August 23-September 8th, 2024.

MANKAI STAGE "A3!" ACT2! ～Winter 2024～ is the fourteenth stage play adaptation of A3! and covers the Winter Troupe's Die by the Sword and Risky Game play stories.

Maye Sora, a 19-year-old university student living in Tokyo, receives news of her grandfather's death. Busy with moving with the help of her friends, she puts off confirming the news.

The story follows four childhood friends who grew up in an orphanage: Akira, Jun, Tsukasa and Yuuto. They work hard to make ends meet, but every end of the year, they buy lottery tickets together. That year, one of the 10 lottery tickets they bought randomly won first prize! However, the winning ticket suddenly disappears, and the four friends become suspicious of each other and start looking for the culprit among themselves…

Capital Collision 2024 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on August 30, 2024, at the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, D.C., United States, and was headlined by Mercedes Moné (c) vs. Momo Watanabe for the STRONG Women’s Championship.

A variety of patients are brought in by ambulance 24 hours everyday. In Japan, ambulance as a part of municipal fire departments, do not charge for transportation to hospitals. Under the motto of "emergency care that never refuses," the Ekisaikai Hospital in Nagoya accepts everyone from the elderly with no relatives to those in need. However, the number of ambulances carrying critically ill patients reached a record high due to the pandemic. Patients rejected by other hospitals are pouring into the Ekisaikai Hospital, and the beds are filling up fast... Documentary filmmaker Takuro Adachi observes doctors and patients in various generations and background, and listens to their real voices.

The headmaster suddenly came up with the idea of having the fifth and sixth graders compete against each other in a showdown of their abilities! The winner is the one who finds the treasure that has been decided upon, and the three chosen for the treasure are first-year students Rantaro, Kirimaru, and Shinbee. Finally, the showdown between the sparking fifth and sixth graders began, but a suspicious shadow was approaching the treasured first grader...

The eleventh main installment of the series, following a cast of seven Touken Danshi in the years of the old Michinoku province.

2024 release

After moving to a new town, Kanami is visited by neighbor Shizuka, who appears a different age depending on who’s looking. Shizuka’s obsessive “kindness” turns into surveillance, grinding Kanami down.

Joe works as a professional stand-in, posing as friends and family for clients. An occurrence at a funeral gig blurs the line between Joe's work and personal life.

Concert film featuring Kana Nishino's Love Again Live that took place at Yokohama Arena on November 13 and 14, 2024.

Fukuyama supervised all aspects of the overall direction, video, and sound of the live performance. High-quality footage of the actual live performance was recorded using more than 40 cameras in all 360° angles, and for the first time in Nippon Budokan history, drone shooting was conducted with the audience in the arena. In addition, the best Dolby Atmos® sound technology was utilized to pursue the ideal sound expression with thorough attention to every detail. The film also incorporates a storyline that only a film can tell, and "Masaharu Fukuyama as a boy," played by actor Hinata Hiiragi, is the key to the work. Hiiragi played the boyhood of Hiromi Minami, The film also features beautiful scenic inserts shot in his hometown of Nagasaki and CG effects, and these elements combine to create a film that uses the live performance itself as its source material in pursuit of the ultimate "ideal image of live performance."

Austria in the early 20th century. Egon, who lost his father and sister when he was a boy and began to feel the shadow of death strongly, continued to draw numerous self-portraits in an attempt to discover who he really was. Egon enters the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts with his younger sister Gerti, but his radical style causes him to be glared at by the art world and the police. His extraordinary talent was recognized by Klimt, the leading Viennese painter at the time. Egon's life begins to change dramatically when Klimt introduces him to the model Wally.

An Okinawan photographer, Mao Ishikawa spent her early 20s working as a barmaid in establishments catered specifically to African American GIs stationed in Okinawa. “There was love,” as the tagline reads, her photography book, 『Red Flower – The Women of Okinawa』 captured the diaristic intimacy of friendships, love affairs, and wild nights shared amongst her social circle of that time.

Strikers, take the title of "World's Best FW (Egoist)"! The second stage adaptation of the hottest and craziest soccer manga in history! Performances in January 2024! Popular actors such as Ryohei Takenaka, Nobunaga Sato, Norinari Oribe, Ryo Saeki, Shuji Kikuchi, and Kohei Osada have gathered! --The second round of selection (selection), the battle begins--The tough second round of selection is a dizzying array of events, as past friends become rivals, and former powerful enemies become allies. There, Kiyoshi meets the most powerful egoist ever, Rin Itoshi, the younger brother of the genius Sae Itoshi and a top ranker in the ranking. In pursuit of further evolution, the battle of the strikers advances to a new stage.

A dance performance set to Maurice Ravel's Boléro

Animelo Summer Live 2023 -AXEL- DAY 3

School girl "Amano" falls in love with a school boy "Hayasaka", but he loves someone else. Amano's best friend, "Yoshiyuki", is opposed to her love. Hayasaka is a menstruophile, and he took all the used napkins in the school and ran away.

A back-and-forth correspondence between two filmmakers living in Beijing and Tokyo. It began during the COVID-19 pandemic when it was difficult for them to meet in person and continued until 2024. The resulting work, employing various forms such as animation, collage, and 8mm film, develops through quoting each other’s images and sounds, and the result shimmers with the joy of “this is personal cinema!”

Hatsune Miku "Magical Mirai" is a combined event of 3DCG live concert of virtual singers such as Hatsune Miku, and an exhibition where you will be able to experience the creative culture surrounding Hatsune Miku. Hatsune Miku will be joined by Kagamine Rin, Kagamine Len, Megurine Luka, MEIKO, and KAITO at the event. On this 12th year of Hatsune Miku "Magical Mirai", the event was held at 3 venues; TOKYO, OSAKA, and for the first time ever in FUKUOKA. The theme of this event is "FAN FUN TRIP". Let's enjoy creating the future of creativity together!

The second night of New Japan Cup 2024 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on March 7, 2024, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, and featured three first-round matches.

A mischievous cat and a young girl facing family troubles meet an unusual creature.

Hagimoto Kinichi (Kin-chan), known as the "100% Viewer Rating Man," is a man who has made a brilliant contribution to the history of Japanese entertainment. This drama tells the story of Kin-chan and his wife, Sumiko (Sumi-chan). The couple got married in a dramatic way that shocked the world, and were blessed with three children, but the family they created was a little strange. "As a husband... he must be the worst," Kin-chan continued to think. "We've never had a birthday, a wedding anniversary, or even gone on a trip together..." As Kin-chan grew older, and after Sumi-chan passed away, he began to face the feelings she had for him for many years. This story of a clumsy but heartwarming love spanning half a century will be presented to you, interwoven with precious footage of Kin-chan stored in Nippon Television.

2024 release

Voices from Tsutomu Yamaguchi, who was twice exposed to the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and later became a storyteller, as well as those who continue the storyteller activities with his daughters, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, and other people who were twice exposed to the atomic bombs. How will a storyteller who was not involved in the story pass on the memories in the future?

The legendary band RED WARRIORS, who conquered not only Japan's rock scene but also made their mark worldwide in the 1980s, featured two genius musicians: Diamond ☆ Yukai and Kogure Takehiko. Now, they have formed a new band called Diamond Shake. This documentary is about two men who have dedicated their passion and lives to rock and roll.

The global hit manga series Detective Conan, also known as Case Closed, has reached thirty years in 2024. NHK is allowed rare access into the world of its creator Aoyama Gosho. The program reveals the never-before-told account of how Conan came to be, how Aoyama wore himself dangerously close to the edge, and the story he really wanted to tell.

NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 3 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on September 9, 2024, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. It was broadcast on NJPW World.

Igami would have wanted to be a manga artist, but he become an exorcist. And in this, he excels. When a yakuza boss asks for his help in dealing with a grave curse, he realizes that a supernatural insect master is active behind the scenes. Furthermore, a great master of the supernatural is putting Tokyo in danger. Igami decides to delve into his arsenal of tricks and spells to thwart these plans.

TOBE artists Ken Miyake, Hiromitsu Kitayama, Number_i, IMP., and Ritsuki Ohigashi come together for their first ever Tokyo Dome performance: to HEROes TOBE 1st Super Live.