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- DirectorKenji KamiyamaHiroyuki OkiuraStarsMichael DobsonYoshikazu FujikiSumi MutohA traumatized member of an elite para-military police force falls for the sister of a female terrorist courier who died in front of him on duty.
- DirectorKei'ichi SatoStarsMasako NozawaTesshô GendaMegumi HayashibaraAbandoned in the barren wasteland of Kyoto, a savage, enraged orphan does whatever it takes to survive in the wild. When he crosses paths with civilization, he must learn to tame the beast within.
- DirectorHiroaki AndôHajime KatokiKôji MorimotoStarsKôichi YamaderaAoi YûkiTakeshi KusaoA traveler is confronted by spirits in an abandoned shrine; a story of honor and firefighting in ancient Japan; a white bear defends the royal family from a monstrous red demon; ragtag soldiers battle a robotic force in futuristic Japan.
- DirectorTakashi YamazakiStarsSadao AbeShingo KatoriSeishirô KatôOn an island, the residents have named the island "Monster Island." The monsters living on the island are friendly, but live in fear of humans. A child named Kotake wanders onto the island and meet a red ogre named Naki.
- DirectorGisaburô SugiiStarsShioli KutsunaBrando AustinLowell BartholomeeThe fairy tale follows a young man named Gusuko in the Tohoku forests of northeastern Japan in the 1920s. After an onslaught of droughts and natural disasters, Gusuko is forced to leave his home and search for a better life elsewhere.
- DirectorMasayuki KojimaStarsTatsuomi HamadaToshio KakeiKaori YamagataTianjin, a boy from the city, has to move to his father on the prairie of Tibet. There he meets a golden dog that helps him cope with the new challenges ahead.
- DirectorEric KhooStarsTetsuya BesshoMotoko GollentYoshihiro TatsumiA story based on the life and short stories of Yoshihiro Tatsumi, a mangaka known for his gekiga style of alternate Japanese manga.
- DirectorJun ShishidoStarsRyunosuke KamikiSeika TaketomiKatsumi ChôA pilot, despite being advised not to, bonds with a princess when he is tasked with escorting the royal subject overseas and across enemy territory to reunite her with her future husband.
- DirectorJun'ichi FujisakuStarsKanae OkiHiromi IgarashiMarina InoueAfter venturing outside the safety of her virtual world, a youngster finds she may be the next target of a killer who preys on children.
- DirectorYasuhiro YoshiuraStarsMinako KawashimaNakao MichiosuHiroka OyamaIn the far future when the continuity of the history has been lost, humans live in an ever more deteriorating completely artificial and enclosed world. The sea and the sky have disappeared, and the only window to "living" scenery exists in the records from the past, excavated in the relic.The Bureau of Record Excavation is an organization responsible for this task. Ura works for the 92nd office of the bureau. He is absorbed by the restoration of various records and fascinated by world of the past. Riko keeps a little distance to watch him, but averts her eyes from the records, believing that sometimes people just want things to stay the same.Everyone in this world knows that to know the past means to know the misery of this world, the present reality. But one day, Ura restores a strange video...
- DirectorGisaburô SugiiStarsEiji BandôKaba ChanShôzô HayashiyaAfter meeting on a stormy night, a goat Mei and a wolf Gabu become sworn friends. However, trouble sets afoot among the two unlikely friends after their secret gets out, putting them in a perilous yet amazing adventure.
- DirectorShinji AramakiStarsAi KobayashiJûrôta KosugiYuki MatsuokaIn a utopian society created at the end of the third world war, a female warrior who has been plucked from the badlands begins to see cracks in this new facade. And what does this community have planned for the rest of humankind?
- DirectorHiroyuki ImaishiStarsKappei YamaguchiTakako HondaYûko MizutaniTwo aliens awaken on Earth with no recollection of their past and embark on a devastating crime spree but are sent to an infamous lunar penitentiary named Dead Leaves.
- DirectorHirotsugu KawasakiNorihiko SutôKatsuhiro ÔtomoStarsShôtarô MorikuboRyuji AigaseTakehito KoyasuAn elite superhuman agent must stop a foreign military unit from seizing control of an ancient artifact that holds the key to ultimate power.
- DirectorShinji TakagiKatsuhiro ÔtomoStarsAnna PaquinPatrick StewartAlfred MolinaIn 1860s Britain, a boy inventor finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict over a revolutionary advance in steam power.
- DirectorMark BakerJacques DrouinTaku FurukawaStarsRyuta KashiwagiKyôko KishidaNoboru MitaniA compilation of short animated clips on winter days in Japan
- DirectorYoriyasu KogawaTakashi NakamuraStarsAkiko HiramatsuMegumi ToyoguchiDaisuke SakaguchiPalme is a puppet created by a man for his sickly wife. After her death, Palme becomes paralyzed with sorrow until he happens to cross paths with a woman being pursued who asks him to deliver something precious to a sacred place called Tama.
- DirectorSunao KatabuchiStarsHouko KuwashimaTsuyoshi KoyamaMinami TakayamaConfined in the castle tower by her father, Princess Arete spends her days watching the world outside her window. Sometimes she sneaks out. Prospective suitors are sent on quests to collect magic treasures to win her hand in marriage.
- DirectorShigeru TamuraStarsHiroyuki AokiEric JacobsenNoboru MitaniOn what apparently is a parallel world, time flows in a much slower pace than normal. The ocean remains on a solid state of matter as the eccentric individuals who inhabit this land casually wander over it.
- DirectorKôji MorimotoA TV family confined within a home/set is suddenly set free and ventures into the outside world for the first time.
- DirectorAkinori NagaokaStarsRena TakahashiGô KatôFumie KashiyamaDuring World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
- DirectorYoriyasu KogawaStarsAkio ÔtsukaHideyuki HoriKotono MitsuishiA mysterious man attempts to save "The Dark Side of Tokyo" from the control of a land-hungry corporation.
- DirectorJun'ichi SatôRob BakewellStarsMei OshitaniShinnosuke FurumotoNaoto KineThe movie is about a girl named Hiromi Nozawa and her dog Junkers. Hiromi is having troubles at home mainly because her parents wanting to separate. Junkers tries to comfort her in ways no other dog can. He can talk and grant her 3 wishes.
- DirectorTadanari OkamotoA couple of hunters lost in a forest find a restaurant. Upon entering they are greeted by greater and greater requests.
- DirectorHiroshi HaradaStarsMinako NakaNorihiko MorishitaKeinosuke OkamotoThe story based off of the controversial manga by Suehiro Maruo takes place where a little orphaned girl joins a freak-show circus troupe whose members rape and abuse her. She then finds a glimmer of hope in the enigmatic magician who joins the group.