Fall 2023 Anime

※ NOTE: Blu-ray/DVD (Japan)

Sakuta Azusagawa is attending his third and last term as a second-year high school student. There are only a few days left to spend together at Minegahara High School with Mai Sakurajima, a third-year student and Sakuta’s girlfriend. Meanwhile, his younger sister Kaede, who has loved her house for many years, reveals a secret to Sakuta that she has never shared with anyone.

"I want to go to big brother’s school."

This is a big decision for Kaede.

Although Sakuta knows this is a difficult decision for her, he decides to gently support her.

Little Kaede’s feelings are entrusted to Kaede. This is a story about these two as they take a step into the future.

[Source: official English website]

No synopsis has been added to this title.

This is the story of those armed with an unstoppable urge to fall in love who struggle for a future in a world where change is forbidden.

The urge to fall in love will destroy the world.

Fourteen-year-old Masamune lives in a town where the flow of time has stopped after an explosion at a steel factory seals off all avenues of escape. In hopes that everything will someday return to normal, the town makes a rule that nothing must be changed, and Masamune spends his days in depression. One day, his intriguing and enigmatic classmate Mutsumi leads him into a blast furnace at the steel factory. There, he finds Itsumi, a girl who cannot speak and acts like a wild wolf. Masamune's encounter with these two girls begins eroding the balance of the world. What future awaits the unstoppable urge to fall in love?

[Source: Netflix Anime]

※ NOTE: Blu-ray/DVD (Japan)

January 2118. Chief Inspector of the Criminal Investigation Department, Akane Tsunemori, receives a report of an incident on a foreign vessel – the body of Professor Milicia Stronskaya has been discovered. Behind the incident is a group known as the Peacebreakers, a foreign paramilitary organization and a new outside threat who are targeting the professor’s research papers known as the “Stronskaya Document”.

Reunited with Shinya Kogami, a former fugitive from the Criminal Investigation Department, Akane grapples with a case that quickly escalates beyond their expectations. The Stronskaya Papers could reveal a truth that would shake Japan's government, and even the Sibyl System, to the core.

It is in this untold story that the missing link is revealed.

[Source: Crunchyroll]

※ NOTE: Blu-ray/DVD (Japan)

Yuta Hibiki finds himself drawing Gridman, who he seems to have missing memories of. Now in his second year at Tsutsujidai High School, Yuta decides it's time to confess his feelings for Rikka. But their peaceful days would come to a end as Gridman suddenly returns with a warning: "The balance of this world is collapsing."

[Source: Crunchyroll]

※ NOTE: BD & DVD Release

No synopsis has been added to this title.

※ NOTE: Theatrical Premiere

Humanity’s remnants struggle to survive above the planet atop giant orbital spire trees, safe from the danger below. Rendered unlivable, the Great Snow Sea has turned the world into a no man’s land.

In the midst of this apocalypse, Kaina, a boy with the rare ability to read, meets Ririha, a princess from the Snow Sea. During their trip to find the “Great Orbital Spire Tree,” the source of drinkable water, they encounter an autocratic nation, Planato, led by a dictator, Byozan. Byozan controls a weapon called the “Builders” at his convenience and plans to destroy the Great Orbital Spire Tree for what he claims is the sake of mankind. Kaina and Ririha must decipher the lost “written words” together to solve the mysteries of their dying world.

Kaina and Ririha’s journey to change a world heading for destruction begins!

[Source: FujiTV via Anime Expo]

※ NOTE: Fourth installment of the six-part theatrical series

The Oarai Girls' Academy tank team, led by Nishizumi Miho, finds itself in an unprecedented pinch, losing the Anglerfish Team, the key team in the Winter Continuous Track Cup semi-finals, in the early stages. Meanwhile, the match between Kuromorimine Girls' High School and St. Gloriana's College also turns into a breathtaking battle. Who will grab the ticket to the finals...?

※ NOTE: BD & DVD Release

Basketball players. Bad boys who aren’t really bad boys. Roommates. Senpai-kouhai BL romance. It all started when Kagiura moved into the school dorms with what seemed to be a bad-boy upperclassman. But after he’s left in the tender care of his mother hen of a roommate, Hirano, it’s too much to ask for Kagiura not to fall in love…right?!

[Source: Yen Press]

※ NOTE: Blu-ray/DVD (Japan)

Dai Miyamoto's life is turned upside down the day he discovers jazz. A former high school basketball player, Dai picks up a saxophone and begins practicing day and night, determined to become one of the greatest of all time. He leaves his sleepy hometown for the bustling nightclubs of Tokyo, but soon finds the life of a professional musician is not for the faint of heart. His passion eventually wins over the cocky but talented pianist Yukinori, and after Dai convinces his friend Shunji to learn the drums, they launch a new jazz trio whose rough sound contains a raw energy that quickly wins attention from local audiences. But what does it take to truly be great?

[Source: GKIDS Films]

※ NOTE: BD Release

No synopsis has been added to this title.

※ NOTE: Blu-ray/DVD (Japan)

Sailor Moon battles Shadow Galactica, an enemy threatening her friends in order to rule the universe. Can she protect her loved ones and persevere?

Kotaro visits Komada Distillery for a project on Japanese craft whisky. Led by young female president Rui, who took over the family business, the distillery works hard to reproduce its signature whisky, Koma, which they had to stop making years ago. However, not to mention financial backing, too many clues are missing to revive the once lost whisky.

[Source: Annecy Festival]

※ NOTE: Home Video (Japan)

No synopsis has been added to this title.

The secret behind the birth of "the DigiDestined" is now uncovered.

It is 2012, ten years after the adventures between Odaiba and the Digital World took place. While they have embarked on their own paths, Daisuke and the other "DigiDestined" and their partner Digimon are still bound together by the same bond.

Then one day, a giant Digitama suddenly appears in the sky above Tokyo Tower, sending a message to the world.

"May everyone in the world have friends. May they each have a Digimon."

As the world watches, a young man named Lui Ohwada appears before Daisuke and his friends with a cracked DIGIVICE.

Behind the birth of "the DigiDestined" is Lui's single, hidden wish…

When the past and present connect, the biggest crisis in Digimon history is unleashed.

What path will Daisuke and the "02" team choose?

Once again, the DigiDestined mobilize, this time as adults!

[Source: official English website]

※ NOTE: Theatrical Premiere

Theatrical edit of Gintama episodes 244–247 with exclusive bonus footage.

※ NOTE: BD Release

Based on the children's book series of the same name which delivers exciting stories about adventure, first love, friendship and a family secret.

Fuka is a little witch training to be a better witch like her mother, a queen of Silver Castle. She is a lively girl and cares about her friends, but she gets into trouble sometimes. Karin, a princess of Green Castle, is Fuka's best friend; and Chitose, a prince of Blue Castle, is her friend from childhood.

[Source: POPLAR Publishing]

In Showa 31 (1956), Nagura Village was secretly controlled by the Ryuga family, who dominated Japan’s political and financial circles. Mizuki, who worked at the Imperial Blood Bank, entered the village under the pretense of mourning the death of the head of the family, carrying ambitions and a secret mission. At the same time, Kitaro’s father entered the village searching for his wife. Within the Ryuga family, a vicious struggle over succession had begun.

During this time, one of the family members was mysteriously murdered at the village shrine. This marked the beginning of a terrifying chain of supernatural events.

[Source: Toei Animation]

※ NOTE: JP Streaming

The tagline of the project is, "…Rock is a story of grief and hope." The story depicts the dedication and drive of four bands under the Rhapsody label: the four-member rock band Pink Flag with personal trauma, the loud rock band Haru no Jūjika (Spring Cross) of high school students, the folk unit Bluebird composed of childhood friends, and the EDM brother duo System of Romance (SOR).

[Source: Anime News Network]

Akino is a trainee concierge at the Hokkyoku Department Store, an unusual department store that caters exclusively to animals. Under the watchful eyes of the floor manager and senior concierges, Akino runs around to fulfill the wishes of customers with a myriad of needs and problems in her pursuit to become a full-fledged concierge.

[Source: Crunchyroll]

Theatrical edit of Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Season 2.

No synopsis has been added to this title.

※ NOTE: BD Release

No synopsis has been added to this title.

Hinano Hoshikita is an ordinary 17-year-old who’s a little shy, and who’s always loved her grandmother’s planetarium.

After hearing that her beloved grandmother’s planetarium is going to close, Hinano wonders if there’s anything she can do to help.

Then one night, she meets a woman dancing beautifully on a pole beneath a starry sky. The woman seems to rise up so high that it’s almost like she could touch the stars, and Hinano is stunned by her beauty and grace. Hinano thinks to herself that if she could put on a show like this in the planetarium, it would attract lots of customers.

With the encouragement of her childhood friend Lilia, she tracks down the woman to her pole dancing school in front of the station. But when they go inside, the room is empty except for the instructor, Azumi. She’s the same woman Hinano saw before, but now she looks glum and depressed.

"What? You want to learn how to do pole dancing? Sorry, I’ve already decided to close the school."

Hinano and Lilia are sad to lose the hope they’d finally found.

But when she sees the look on their faces, Azumi says, "If you can find me four students, that’ll be enough to pay the rent. Do that, and I’ll teach you."

Hinano and Lilia start looking for students, and jump into the world of pole dancing!

[Source: avex pictures via Otakuthon]

※ NOTE: Theatrical Premiere

Romi and her boyfriend George, who have fled Earth, land on the remote planet Eden 17. However, life on the unexplored planet is harsh and George dies in an accident. Romi goes into cold sleep to prolong her own life for the sake of her only son, Cain, but a mechanical malfunction causes her to sleep for 1,300 years...

Sora wakes up in a strange world after getting separated from Nijigaoka Mashiro and befriends Preme who transforms into the Cure Supreme. The Pretty Cure head on an adventure for a castle that holds clues to get back to their home world.

※ NOTE: Theatrical Premiere

At the invitation of the Bear Factory Foreman, the Sumikko friends start making toys at an old factory at the edge of a forest. They each contribute their strengths to skillfully make stuffed animals, but it turns out that there's something strange about this factory.

※ NOTE: BD & DVD Release

The film features Comet Robo, a home for robots who can make anything, and Roboly, a robot girl who is the best at what she does. She learns that there is one "important thing" that she cannot make on her own, so she and her robot bird partner Koto leave Comet Robo to find it. They find a music box and arrive at Anpanman's world to find the owner. While spending time with Anpanman, Roboly's chest begins to feel "warm." During this time, Baikinman creates the strongest mecha "Roboking" and plans to turn Comet Robo into Comet Baikin-Robo. Thus, Anpanman and friends try to protect Comet Robo while Roboly searches for the "important thing."

[Source: Anime News Network]

No synopsis has been added to this title.