P.A. Works' Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms opens in Japanese theaters, an original fantasy and the feature directorial debut of screenwriter Mari Okada, following the immortal Iorph girl Maquia as she raises an orphaned human boy across the decades.
Movie by P.A. Works, aired Feb 24, 2018 (1 hr. 54 min.), an original story and the directorial debut of screenwriter Mari Okada[1]
The Iorph girl Maquia, who lives for hundreds of years, is caught up when the kingdom of Mezarte invades her homeland and is stranded alone; she finds an orphaned baby and raises him as Ariel[1]
International premiere at the 2018 Glasgow Film Festival; won the Golden Goblet for Best Animation Film at the 21st Shanghai International Film Festival and Best Feature Length Film in Fantastic Discovery at the 51st Sitges Film Festival[1]
Earned more than 350 million yen at the domestic box office[1]
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Studio Ghibli's Whisper of the Heart releases in Japanese theaters, a coming-of-age story following bookish schoolgirl Shizuku as she chases a mysterious cat and discovers her own ambitions as a writer.
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% CONFIDENCE83%4.3 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Shin-Ei Animation's Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie opens in Japanese theaters, continuing the anime adaptation of Souichirou Yamamoto's manga as middle schoolers Takagi and Nishikata spend their final junior-high summer raising an abandoned kitten together.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE80%9.0 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Haikyu!! The Movie: Talent and Sense opens in Japanese theaters, a Production I.G compilation film revisiting Karasuno's match against Aoba Johsai with new footage, released as a same-day double feature with its companion film.
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% CONFIDENCE84%2.0 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Given the Movie: To the Sea, the third feature film in Lerche's Given series, opens in Japanese theaters, picking the story back up as singer Mafuyu Sato begins to doubt his place fronting the band Given.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE79%15.0 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Brain's Base's Into the Forest of Fireflies' Light opens in Japanese theaters, a short supernatural romance following a girl named Hotaru and Gin, a forest spirit she can never touch, across their summers together.
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% 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% CONFIDENCE83%6.9 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
CloverWorks' Saekano the Movie: Finale opens in Japanese theaters, closing out the Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata light-novel series as Tomoya Aki finishes the game he and Megumi Kato set out to build.
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.
