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Rough Sketch of a Spiral

The first gay Japanese documentary, Rough Sketch of a Spiral, takes an intimate look at the personal lives of gay men in Osaka. The star is 25-year-old Yoshiichi Yano who has written a play he hopes will open the public’s eyes to the status of gays in contemporary Japan, a society with deep-rooted prejudices against homosexuality. With abundant humor and nonchalant candor, director Yasufumi Kojima follows the day-to-day efforts of Yano to produce his play while introducing us to Yano’s friends and actors in the play, including a stunning drag queen and a charming 60-year-old man who claims to be gay but a virgin.

Rough Sketch of a Spiral

3.7 1991
White Fang

A gray wolf raised on a farm kills the family dog, and to save him from being destroyed, a boy named Lasset makes a trek through the wilderness with the wolf to a wilderness sanctuary 300 miles to the north. The BGM in the film consists entirely of Dvorak's Serenade for Strings, making it perhaps the only anime since Gauche the Cellist to make use of a single piece of classical music as the soundtrack. The plot of the film is simple and the outcome obvious, but the atmosphere of the film is genuine, and it is very moving in parts thanks to Dvorak's music (which is scored entirely for the most emotional of the instrument groups, the strings). This is a straightforward drama about the friendship between a boy and his wolf, and it pushes all the buttons you'd expect, but it's very enjoyable despite all that.

White Fang

8.5 1990
Rôjin no sei: Wakazuma ikenie

Sousuke Mita's son, Tsuruo, got married in his mid-30s. Sousuke thought he could live happily ever after, but his wife, Hiroe, makes a sly request that he leave him in a nursing home, since one of the conditions of their marriage was that he not live with his parents. Sousuke, who was tired of staying at home, met two old men at the park. Their hobby was to rape married women who made fun of the elderly, armed with balaclavas and goggles, as the silver corps "Gateball Gators"! When Sousuke learns of this, he plans to punish Yue. What exactly is Sousuke's plan...

Rôjin no sei: Wakazuma ikenie

2.0 1996
A Woman and a Discus

Naomi's cold daily life with her husband continues, and to quench her thirst, she becomes addicted to shopping, and her secret card loan from her husband becomes an irrecoverable amount. While working as a call girl at a hotel without her husband's knowledge, she meets Onodera, a debt collector. Meanwhile, her debt is discovered, and her husband Yasuhiko announces that he wants a divorce. Since then, Naomi's relationship with Onodera deepens. The two begin to suffer from the guilt they feel for their work...

A Woman and a Discus

2.0 1999
Magic User's Club! vs. Shamanic Princess

A parody-esque epilogue to both Shamanic Princess and Mahou Tsukai Tai!. As a marketing ploy back when Shamanic Princess was first released, buyers who purchased all six first edition LD's of both Shamanic Princess and Magic User's Club, and sent in their proof of purchases before a deadline received a special OVA entitled Shamanic Princess vs. Magic User's Club. It was never sold in stores and was a special omake by the series' creators to the fans. The OVA contains an epilogue to both series, which is fitting considering they both came out at the same time.

Magic User's Club! vs. Shamanic Princess

5.0 1998
Married Couple Assault Demon – Assault on Female Flesh

Yūko is a newly appointed female public prosecutor. The first case she was assigned was a rape case. The victim was Shizuka Watanabe, 25 years old, whose occupation is a model; it was an incident that occurred while she was returning home late at night. Next, an office worker, Akiyo Machida, 22 years old, was also subjected to the same method of assault. Yūko, who works on the investigation with the cooperation of her superior, who is also her lover, faces a difficult situation when both victims withdraw their complaints.

Married Couple Assault Demon – Assault on Female Flesh

NR 1996
The Day the Earth Moved

January 16, 1995. Tsuyoshi Takahashi, a young student at Shiokaze elementary, is driven solely to get excellent grades. Because of this he often ignores those around him in his pursuit of perfection. Miho, a young girl in his class that wishes he would appreciate the people around him. Kazu a sickly and bed ridden classmate that lives near him. January 17, the 1995 Kobe / Hyogoken-Nanbu Earthquake strikes killing more than 6000 people and leaving 300 000 more homeless. Measuring 6.9 on the Richter Scale, it was the largest Earthquake to hit Japan since the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. In the aftermath of the quake, Tsuyoshi's finds his priorities changing. Dealing with the death of one friend while helping another to cope with a very personal loss, Tsuyoshi is forced to mature into someone who can no longer ignore the suffering around him.

The Day the Earth Moved

9.0 1997
Hustle!! Tokitama-kun

Director's description: "I want to show you a world that you have never seen." I think this is something that all computer graphics producers strive for. What to create?! How do you create it with computer graphics? The skill of drawing does not change that much when performed on a computer instead of paper. This work is a mixture of traditional cel-based animation, 3-D animation and 2-D computer graphics techniques, each with its own history and production standards. My theme for this production was "The Transformation of Time and Space." I used ToonShader and hand drawn animation to achieve the desired effect. I think that I have succeeded in creating a world that you have never seen.

Hustle!! Tokitama-kun

NR 1998
Master Dochu, Grudge and Love

Who are “Dochu-shi?” They are street thieves. Ankuro’s blissful holiday with his parents is shattered when a group of thieves frame his father for theft and violently take his mother’s life. Fueled by grief and a thirst for justice, Ankuro vows to become a thief himself and challenge his parents’ killers to a match of thievery skills someday. 15 years later, having mastered his skills under the training of Oshin, his adoptive mother, he prepares to face his enemies in a series of matches adhering to the Dochu-shi’s code.

Master Dochu, Grudge and Love

4.0 1995