Millennium Actress, Satoshi Kon's second feature film, blends a documentary crew's interview with reclusive former film star Chiyoko Fujiwara with dramatized scenes from her decades of movie roles into a single unfolding story.
Madhouse's Millennium Actress (Sennen Joyuu) is a movie released 14 September 2002, an original story[1]
Filmmaker Genya Tachibana and cameraman Kyouji Ida interview reclusive star Chiyoko Fujiwara for a documentary on the demolition of Ginei Studio, and her recollections blend with her film roles[1]
It won Best Animation Film and Fantasia Ground-Breaker at the 2001 Fantasia festival, the Feature Film Award at the 8th Animation Kobe, the Ofuji Noburo Award at the 2002 Mainichi Film Awards, and the Orient Express Award at Sitges 2001; nominated for four Annie Awards in 2004[1]
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CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE82%3.9 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Makoto Shinkai's Suzume opens in Japanese theaters, following a teenage girl who joins a mysterious young man in closing doors across Japan that unleash disaster when left open.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE83%7.0 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll opens in Japanese theaters, a Kyoto Animation side story following Violet Evergarden as she tutors a grieving heiress, Isabella York, in the ways of high society.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE88%38.4 years agoJapanese theatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Grave of the Fireflies opens in Japanese theaters, a Studio Ghibli war drama following two orphaned siblings, Seita and his young sister Setsuko, struggling to survive in the final months of World War II.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE82%13.9 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Shaft's Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal opens in Japanese theaters, recapping the back half of the TV series as Homura Akemi and the other magical girls confront the truth behind their contracts and the witch Walpurgisnacht.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE86%2.2 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Studio Durian's Look Back opens in Japanese theaters, adapting Tatsuki Fujimoto's one-shot manga about two aspiring young manga artists, Fujino and Kyomoto, whose creative partnership and rivalry shapes both their lives.
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CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE85%42.5 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Topcraft's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind releases in Japanese theaters, Hayao Miyazaki's post-apocalyptic adventure adapting his own manga about Princess Nausicaä's struggle to bridge humanity and a poisoned, insect-guarded wilderness.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE79%19.0 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Sword of the Stranger opens in Japanese theaters, an original samurai-era action film from Bones about a nameless ronin who takes on the job of protecting a young boy from Ming assassins.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE83%1.0 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
ROCK'N ROLL MOUNTAIN's 100 METERS releases in Japanese theaters, a sports drama following sprinter Togashi and his determined rival Komiya as their childhood rivalry on the track carries into adulthood.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE87%5.3 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Kinema Citrus' Revue Starlight: The Movie opens in Japanese theaters, a feature continuation of the Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight TV series that reworks its stage-duel mythology around Karen Aijou and Hikari Kagura's fractured promise.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE87%13.2 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Gintama: The Final Chapter - Be Forever Yorozuya opens in Japanese theaters, a Sunrise-animated film that sends Gintoki five years into a bleak future to uncover the source of a deadly epidemic called the White Plague.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE81%9.9 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
In This Corner of the World premieres in Japanese theaters, MAPPA's crowdfunded adaptation of Fumiyo Kono's manga following a young bride's life in wartime Hiroshima and Kure through the final years of World War II.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE82%1.2 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants to Be Loved opens in Japanese theaters, a Kyoto Animation film that draws Kanna back to the Dragon World and threatens the found family she built with Kobayashi and Tohru.
