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Aniplex Inc. (株式会社アニプレックス, Kabushiki-gaisha Anipurekkusu) (formerly known as Sony Pictures Entertainment Music Publishing Inc., Sony Pictures Entertainment Visual Works Inc., and Sony Music Entertainment Visual Works Inc.) is a Japanese anime and music production and distribution enterprise owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan and established in September 1995. Aniplex has been involved in the planning, production and distribution of several anime series, such as Fullmetal Alchemist, Blood: The Last Vampire, Persona 4: The Animation, Birdy the Mighty, Angel Beats!, Rurouni Kenshin and Charlotte. Additionally, Aniplex produces and distributes music and soundtrack records, including the original soundtracks for all of Sony Computer Entertainment's computer and video games.
Aniplex is also involved in retail merchandising, producing toys, games, stationery, food and other items featuring popular characters. In addition,Aniplex puts together events to promote their anime franchises. For example, in 2005 Aniplex held the Fullmetal Alchemist Festival which began with the Fullmetal Alchemist Tour at Universal Studios Japan.
Originally known as Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Visual Works Inc., it was established on September 1995 as a joint-venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment Japan, and changed its name in January, 2001 to Sony Music Entertainment (SME) Visual Works Inc. after becoming a subsidiary completely owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. In April 2003, it changed its name to Aniplex Inc.
In 2004, Aniplex launched the Sugi Label, which releases the works of Koichi Sugiyama—the composer of the music for Dragon Quest, but since 2009 it was sold to King Records.
In March 2005, the company established its American affiliate company Aniplex of America, and later that same year in May 2005, it established its own animation studio called A-1 Pictures.
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, 1h50Directed by Tomohiko Itō
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation, Romance
Actors Ayana Taketatsu, Haruka Tomatsu, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Hiroaki Hirata, Hiroki Yasumoto, Kanae Itō
Le film se passe en 2026, 4 ans après la sortie du Nerve Gear, un casque qui permet de guider un avatar dans un monde virtuel. Une nouvelle machine qui se veut concurrente au Nerve Gear, l'Augma vient d'être développé et son principe ne repose pas sur le full dive, mais sur la réalité augmentée pour immerger les joueurs dans le jeu. Il est sécurisé, ergonomique et laisse les utilisateurs l'utiliser quand ils sont conscients, il bat les records du Nerve Gear. Un des jeux proposés se nomme « Ordinal Scale », un jeu de rôle massivement multijoueur en réalité augmentée (abrégé en ARMMORPG). Asuna et ses amis y jouent depuis un moment, mais quand Kirito décide de les rejoindre, ils vont se rendre compte que le jeu n'est pas aussi amusant qu'il en a l'air, notamment à cause d'anciens directeurs de SAO qui ont décidé de saboter le jeu.
The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014)
, 1h54Directed by Tsuneo Kobayashi
Origin Japon
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Animation, Romance
Actors Jun Fukuyama, Junko Takeuchi, Chie Nakamura, Showtaro Morikubo, Satoshi Hino, Noriaki Sugiyama
Two years after the events of the Fourth Shinobi World War, Kakashi Hatake became the Sixth Hokage, and the moon that Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki created long ago to seal away the Ten-Tails' body begins to descend towards Earth, with the moon now a meteor that would destroy everything on impact. The crisis is caused by Toneri Ōtsutsuki, a descendant of Hamura Ōtsutsuki through the Branch House, dedicated to fulfill his ancestor's legacy that mankind must be punished for using chakra as weapon hostilities for over a millennia.
, 1h50Directed by Hayato Date
Origin Japon
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Actors Junko Takeuchi, Chie Nakamura, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Emi Shinohara, Nana Mizuki /, Noriaki Sugiyama
Naruto Uzumaki and his Hidden Leaf peers track and drive off members of the Akatsuki who should no longer be alive. While his friends are praised by their families, Naruto wallows in loneliness before he is taken by Sakura Haruno to the park to hear her complain about her parents. However, Naruto revealed to have been tagged by the Akatsuki, the two are ambushed by Tobi as he uses the Limited Tsukuyomi (限定月読, Gentei Tsukuyomi) to transport them into an alternate reality based on their inner thoughts. Being called Menma (メンマ), Naruto and Sakura are surprised to find their friends acting the exact opposite of their usual selves along with a flirty Sasuke who never left the village. While Sakura learns that her parents are dead with her father as the reality's Fourth Hokage, Naruto sees his parents, Minato and Kushina, alive and well. Shortly after, Naruto and Sakura participate in a mission to retrieve a Red Moon scroll which details on how to defeat a mysterious masked ninja. During the mission, Kushina is injured when she protects Naruto and dissuades the youth's refusal to bond with his parents.
, 1h48Origin Japon
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Action, Horror, Animation
Themes Prison films
Actors Junko Takeuchi, Mie Sonozaki, Chie Nakamura, Rikiya Koyama, Kazuhiko Inoue, Showtaro Morikubo
Naruto Uzumaki is arrested to the criminal containment facility known as Hoozuki Jou (鬼灯城, lit. "Physalis Castle") in the Hidden Grass Village, after he is declared responsible for attacking the Fourth Raikage and the members of Jōnin from the Hidden Mist and Rock Village. There, Mui (無為), the head of the prison, places the Tenrou o Tsukau (天牢を使う, lit. "Sky Prison Control") seal on Naruto which limits his chakra. On the first night, Naruto uses a clone as a decoy to escape from prison, but his clone is secretly taken by Mui to have the Nine-tailed beast's chakra extracted which leads him to the real Naruto, and he is shortly recaptured and placed in solitary confinement, before delaying Mui's plans.
Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse (2010)
, 1h33Directed by Noriyuki Abe
Origin Japon
Genres Martial arts, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Actors Masakazu Morita, Noriaki Sugiyama, Fumiko Orikasa, Kentaro Ito, Ryōtarō Okiayu, Romi Park
A recap of Ichigo Kurosaki's battle against Ulquiorra in Hueco Mundo, transforms into an incredibly powerful and uncontrollable Hollow. Some time later before Ichigo loses his powers, Rukia Kuchiki and Renji Abarai arrive in the human world to inspect a strange occurrence, though they remain vague about what. Shortly after, powerful masked spirits attack Ichigo and the others at school. When one of his mask breaks, the gates of Hell appear and a Kushanāda, one of the guardians of Hell impales the unmasked spirit, dragging him into Hell. So, the spirits known are the Sinners (Togabito in the original), hide their faces to avoid being dragged back. During the battle, Ichigo's two sisters, Karin and Yuzu are attacked by Shuren, the leader of the Sinners. Ichigo manages to return in time to attack Shuren, but is unable to defeat him. Kokutō, a Sinner not allied with Shuren, rescues Karin, but Shuren manages to depart with Yuzu. Kokutō offers to assist Ichigo by showing him the route into Hell, and Rukia, Renji and Uryū Ishida decide to join the quest.
, 1h30Origin Japon
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Time travel films
Actors Kazuhiko Inoue, Junko Takeuchi, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Chie Nakamura, Rikiya Koyama, Satoshi Hino
Assigning on a mission to capture a missing-nin named Mukade, Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, Yamato and Sai wield chakra-knives, which are uniquely designed trench knives that allow a ninja to infuse their chakra with it to produce an added effect. They head for the once glorious historic ruins of Rouran, a city with one thousand towers in the middle of the desert. They pursue and corner Mukade, whose goal is revealed to travel to the past and take over the Five Great Shinobi Countries with the power of the Ryūmyaku (the Ley Line in official English translation), an ancient chakra flow deep underground Rouran. He unleashes the power of the Ryūmyaku, which is sealed by Minato Namikaze (who was well known as Konoha's yellow flash), causing the light to engulf Naruto and Yamato, before Sai and Sakura rides on an ink bird and attempt to escape.
, 1h30Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Actors Junko Takeuchi, Kazuhiko Inoue, Satoshi Hino, Chie Nakamura, Noriaki Sugiyama, Ryōka Yuzuki
In the potential outbreak of a Fourth Great Ninja World War, a few ninjas with Kekkei Genkai abilities begin to disappear from the land of Lightning, Earth, Water and Wind. The Land of Fire remains the only village not affected by these events that people start to suspect its role in these incidents, and rumors of a possible rebellion begin to circulate. With the other nations amassing troops on the borders of the Land of Fire and threatening invasion, the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire orders Tsunade to capture the real culprit and prove Konoha's innocence, in the event of failure and the Land of Fire decides to destroy the village to preserve world peace.
Cencoroll (2009)
, 30minutesGenres Science fiction, Animation
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Kana Hanazawa, Hiro Shimono, Ryōhei Kimura
In Cencoroll, large, mostly white amorphous creatures have been appearing in a town modeled after Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. Tetsu (テツ) (Hiro Shimono) is a male high school student who keeps one such shapeshifting creature named Cenco (センコ, Senko), which he can control via telepathy, though wants to keep it a secret. An inquisitive girl named Yuki (ユキ) (Kana Hanazawa) chances upon Cenco at school when it is transformed into a bicycle. After Tetsu arrives to retrieve the bicycle, Yuki inadvertently causes Cenco to transform back into its normally large form by poking it in the eye. Yuki is much more interested in Cenco than Tetsu and accompanies them into town. There, a boy named Shū (シュウ) (Ryōhei Kimura), who controls two of the creatures, confronts Tetsu in order to obtain Cenco. Tetsu manages to fend off Shū's attacks while also protecting Yuki, and they leave while Shū's creature is incapacitated. Shū confronts Yuki later that day and gets her to tell Tetsu to meet and fight Shū again.
, 1h33Directed by Noriyuki Abe
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Actors Masakazu Morita, Laura Bailey, Fumiko Orikasa, Kentaro Ito, J. B. Blanc, Ryōtarō Okiayu
In the Soul Society, Mayuri Kurotsuchi is attacked in his laboratory by a pair of mysterious siblings wielding a scythe that erases his memories. In a frightened panic, Kurotsuchi damages a machine and causes a massive reiatsu explosion that covers much of Soul Society in a milky layer of reiatsu in the form of a giant rampaging river of serpents, killing and freezing many Soul Reapers, including Kenpachi Zaraki. Rukia Kuchiki is confronted and attacked by the siblings, erasing her memories and those of everybody that has memories of her, and is carried away to a rundown area of Rukongai by the siblings. Seemingly everyone in the Soul Society has their memories of Rukia erased.
, 1h30Directed by Noriaki Sugiyama
Origin Japon
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Animation
Actors Junko Takeuchi, Noriaki Sugiyama, Chie Nakamura, Kazuhiko Inoue, Motoko Kumai, Satoshi Hino
A mysterious group of ninja called the Sora from the Sky Country makes a surprise attack on the Leaf for vengeance, due to them nearly destroying the Sky Country, during the Second Great Shinobi World War. At the same time, Naruto, Sakura and Hinata are sent along to help a boy's village. They accompany Amaru and Doctor Shinnō back to the village. Later, Naruto learns that Amaru is really a girl, due to her falling into the water for her scapel.
, 1h32Directed by Noriyuki Abe
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Animation
Actors Masakazu Morita, J. B. Blanc, Fumiko Orikasa, Romi Park, Johnny Yong Bosch, Akira Ishida
The 10th Division, led by Tōshirō Hitsugaya and Rangiku Matsumoto are sent to escort an artifact known as the "King's Seal" or "Oin", which is stolen during transport from the Soul Society by an unidentified and masked Soul Reaper and two mysterious Arrancar resembling girls who control fire and lightning. During the attack, Hitsugaya corners and seems to recognize the Soul Reaper, who wounds him and leaves. In the middle of battle, Hitsugaya abandons his post to pursue him and leaves his squad behind to fend for themselves. After the battle, the Soul Society suspects Hitsugaya of treason and orders his immediate capture. The whole 10th Squad is then put under house arrest at which time they can surmise whether or not the division should be abolished.
Naruto Shippuden the Movie (2007)
, 1h30Origin Japon
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Actors Junko Takeuchi, Chie Nakamura, Kazuhiko Inoue, Masashi Ebara, Kōichi Tōchika, Yukari Tamura
The film opens with the bad predicting future that Naruto battles a monster that kills him and the Nine Tailed Fox inside of him, impaling him with its tail. A funeral is held for Naruto at his home village, where Sakura Haruno, Rock Lee and Neji Hyuga attending, along with others. Finally, the scene shows Tsunade looking out her window, asking if 'Everything is just decided by fate'.
, 1h27Directed by Noriyuki Abe
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Animation
Actors Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Johnny Yong Bosch, Kentaro Ito, Stephanie Sheh, Ryōtarō Okiayu
Ichigo Kurosaki and Rukia Kuchiki rescue a plus soul and defeat a hollow in a local park. Afterwards, they send the soul off to Soul Society. Comically, Ichigo finds his body under custody of local paramedics, (having turned into a Soul Reaper) without placing an artificial soul within his body. With Rukia's assistance, Ichigo successfully flees. Soon after, unidentified ghost-like spirits begin to appear in Karakura Town, before a mysterious Soul Reaper named Senna appears and destroys the spirits. Ichigo, Rukia and Kon (a mod soul inside Ichigo's body), then confront her, but she refuses to answer any questions and leaves. In the midst of said battle, Kon stumbles upon a shadowy figure equipped with dark armor, standing amongst the spirits. Ichigo follows Senna, while Rukia returns to the Soul Society in search of answers.
, 1h35Origin Japon
Genres Action, Adventure, Animation
Actors Junko Takeuchi, Chie Nakamura, Kazuhiko Inoue, Tomomichi Nishimura, Akio Ōtsuka, Marika Hayashi
Naruto Uzumaki, Kakashi Hatake, Sakura Haruno and Rock Lee are assigned to protect the prince of the Land of the Moon, Michiru, during his world trip; other escorts had been hired, but quit due to being treated poorly. The Land of the Moon is a very wealthy nation, so Michiru tends to buy whatever he wants and has a very materialistic worldview. His son, Hikaru, also acts in much the same manner, annoying Naruto. During the trip, the caravan stops at a circus, during which Hikaru shot an apple that was in one of the circus acts. Amused, the ring master said if he can hit the apple with the monkey holding it moving he will get a prize. Hikaru made the shot. Hikaru took a liking to a rare sabertoothed tiger, Chamu, featured there, so he asked for it. The ringmaster claimed it to big and dangerous to take as a prize. Michiru ended up purchasing not only the saber toothe, but the whole circus as well, placing it under the team's protection. Before heading to the docks, they stop at the house of Michiru's ex-wife Amayo. At the docks, Hikaru attempts to befriend the tiger, but finds that it dislikes humans. He loses interest in the circus and during a sea voyage, when a storm hits, he appears unconcerned about the animals' well-being, causing Naruto to become disgusted at his lack of value for them. Upset by Naruto's view of him, Hikaru goes out to help Chamu get to safety, and Naruto saves both of them after they wash overboard. The next day, Naruto and Hikaru become friends.
, 1h36Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Actors Junko Takeuchi, Chie Nakamura, Showtaro Morikubo, Akira Ishida, Takako Honda, Yasuyuki Kase
The film opens with a battle taking place at night on a desolate seaside beach between Sand Ninja and mysterious warriors wearing bulky suits of armor. Despite their best efforts, the Sand Ninja are slowly overwhelmed by the sheer strength of their mysterious opponents. The timely arrival of reinforcements led by Kankuro and Gaara turns the tide, with Kankuro slicing apart a suit of armor with his puppet, and Gaara dispatching a large number of enemies en masse with his signature Desert Imperial Funeral. However, when Gaara orders the Sand Ninja to shine a flare at the retreating enemies, a large warship appears.