One hot summer day a little girl gets lost in an enchanted forest of the mountain god where spirits reside. A young boy appears before her, but she cannot touch him for fear of making him disappear. And so a wondrous adventure awaits...
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.
Anime based on original story by Kinoshita Renzo.
Yosuke Kamogawa had nothing to live for, but a mysterious pyramid appears called Yahabe! With the power to turn back time, how will Yosuke's life change?
With the passing of Nakazawa Keiji in December 2012, Barefoot Gen’s Hiroshima now stands as the manga artist’s last message of peace to the world. Mr. Nakazawa recounts his life, from the aftermath of the atomic bombing up until the days he created his acclaimed manga series Barefoot Gen (Hadashi no Gen), by exploring sites of painful memories in Hiroshima. Through Mr. Nakazawa’s story, and his original art work, Barefoot Gen’s Hiroshima illuminates the nature of war and nuclear weapons, urging us not to repeat the past.
The bonus documentary with the Taschen book "Manga Design" features interviews of three top manga artists (Usaruara Furuya, Naoki Urasawa and Reko Okano), a Tokyo manga shop tour, and 900 manga covers.
A feature documentary about ‘dojinishi’, self-published comics cultures in Tokyo, Japan.
New anime film project to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the manga.
An OVA released in 1991. Unlike the previous OVA series, this episode was produced separately by Toshiba.
A suspenseful concluding version of the original manga by Shuichi Sakabe starring Shoko Hamada and Aino Kishi. Haruka moves out of the room where the horrible incident took place and starts living with Nozomi without knowing it's a trap. At that time, Nozomi realized that Shirai, a newcomer at Haruka's workplace, had feelings for Haruka
A suspense film based on the original manga by Shuichi Sakabe starring popular gravure idol Shoko Hamada and sexy idol Aino Kishi. Haruka and Nozomi, childhood friends who meet again by accident. Nozomi, who believes that Haruka is to blame for her unhappy half life, sets a gruesome trap
Animation film celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Senba Center Building. Based on the manga "A manga in the Semba Center Building" by You Machida. One day, manga artist YOU Machida received a request to draw the Semba Center Building, which was celebrating its 50th anniversary. This is the story of a quiet dialogue between a manga artist who has suffered from depression in the past and the Senba Center Building, a generous old commercial facility that has lived for 50 years in the middle of Osaka, over a four-day period.
Done with high school, a boy goes into exile in the mountains. His best friend, who hasn't found happiness in society, joins him.
Original video animation, setting watercolors from Yumiko Kawahara's 1983 manga to a series of 11 pop songs.
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.
Taro, who looks like a skull, doesn't stand out at school, but he is blessed with friends like Yasushi, who has a head that looks like the inside of a clam, and finds meaning in seemingly meaningless things as he goes about his daily life.
A 3 minute 3D-CGI rendered movie clip included with volume 6 of the Gunnm: Complete Edition manga reprint. It showcases Alita in a Third League motorball race with players from two of her races such as "Armor" Togo, Degchalev, and Valdicci, and depicts events from both of those races.