The Boy and the Beast Releases in Japanese Theaters

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• Anime09/15/2026@AnimeDesk

  Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie Releases in Japanese Theaters

  Nishitōkyō-shi, Tokyo, JapanShin-Ei Animation

  

  Starts 06/10/2022CONFIRMED92% 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.

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• Anime09/15/2026@AnimeDesk

  Josee, the Tiger and the Fish Releases in Japanese Theaters

  Suginami, Tokyo, JapanBones

  

  Starts 12/25/2020CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE83%5.7 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList^[1] listing.

  Bones's Josee, the Tiger and the Fish opens in Japanese theaters, adapting Seiko Tanabe's short story about university student Tsuneo and Kusuhara Josee, a wheelchair-using young woman he meets while working as her caretaker.

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• Anime09/15/2026@AnimeDesk

  Whisper of the Heart Releases in Japanese Theaters

  Kajinochō, Koganei, JapanStudio Ghibli

  

  Starts 07/15/1995CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE84%31.2 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList^[1] listing.

  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.

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• Anime09/15/2026@AnimeDesk

  Sword of the Stranger Releases in Japanese Theaters

  Suginami, Tokyo, JapanBones

  

  Starts 09/29/2007CONFIRMED92% 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.

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  Suzume Releases in Japanese Theaters

  Suginami, Tokyo, JapanCoMix Wave Films

  

  Starts 11/11/2022CONFIRMED92% 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.

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  Spirited Away Releases in Japanese Theaters

  Kajinochō, Koganei, JapanStudio Ghibli

  

  Starts 07/20/2001CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE90%25.2 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList^[1] listing.

  Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away opens in Japan, Hayao Miyazaki's story of a young girl trapped in a spirit world after her parents are turned into pigs.

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  Wolf Children Releases in Japanese Theaters

  Nakano, Tokyo, JapanMadhouse

  

  Starts 07/21/2012CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE84%14.2 years agoJapanese theatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList^[1] listing and cross-checked against Wikipedia's release-date table (its overseas festival premiere date is earlier).

  Wolf Children releases in Japanese theaters, Mamoru Hosoda's original film about a young mother raising two half-wolf children alone after their werewolf father's early death, animated by Madhouse alongside Hosoda's own Studio Chizu.

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  Blue Giant Releases in Japanese Theaters

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  Starts 02/17/2023CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE83%3.6 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList^[1] listing.

  NUT's Blue Giant opens in Japanese theaters, adapting Shinichi Ishizuka's manga about Dai Miyamoto, a former basketball player turned self-taught saxophonist chasing a career in Tokyo's jazz clubs.

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  100 METERS Releases in Japanese Theaters

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  Starts 09/19/2025CONFIRMED92% 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.

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  Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu Releases in Japanese Theaters

  Kami-Igusa, Suginami, JapanShaft

  

  Starts 01/08/2016CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE83%10.7 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList^[1] listing.

  Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu releases in Japanese theaters, the first installment of Shaft's three-part adaptation of Nisio Isin's Monogatari prequel novel, in which high schooler Koyomi Araragi meets the vampire Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade and is reborn as her vampire kin.

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  Your Name. Releases in Japanese Theaters

  Suginami, Tokyo, JapanCoMix Wave Films

  

  Starts 08/26/2016CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE82%3 episodes10.1 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList^[1] listing.

  Makoto Shinkai's Your Name. opens in Japan, a body-swap romance between a Tokyo boy and a countryside girl who begin waking up in each other's lives.

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  Princess Mononoke Releases in Japanese Theaters

  Kajinochō, Koganei, JapanStudio Ghibli

  

  Starts 07/12/1997CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE85%29.2 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList^[1] listing.

  Studio Ghibli's Princess Mononoke opens in Japan, Hayao Miyazaki's epic about a cursed prince caught between the spirits of an ancient forest and the humans of Iron Town.

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