, 46minutes Directed byMakoto Shinkai OriginJapon GenresDrama, Animation, Romance ActorsKana Hanazawa, Miyu Irino, Yuka Terasaki, Fumi Hirano, Takanori Hoshino, Megumi Han Roles Teacher Itou (voice) Rating74% The Garden of Words is considered a romance and drama film. It opens at the start of the rainy season in Tokyo with Takao Akizuki (秋月 孝雄, Akizuki Takao), a 15-year-old student and aspiring shoemaker, opting to skip his first class and sketch shoe designs in the garden at Shinjuku Gyoen. There he encounters Yukari Yukino (雪野 百香里, Yukino Yukari), a 27-year-old woman who is skipping work and enjoying beer and chocolate. When she notices the school crest on his uniform, Yukino bids him farewell with a tanka (a form of Japanese poetry), leaving Takao puzzled as to its origin and meaning. The two continue to encounter each other and socialize in the park on rainy mornings, but never formally introduce themselves. After Yukino expresses an interest in Takao's shoemaking, he decides to make a pair of shoes in her size. With the end of the rainy season, Takao stops visiting the park and focuses on his work.
, 1h51 OriginJapon GenresScience fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation ActorsRie Kugimiya, Māya Sakamoto, Shin-ichiro Miki, Fumiko Orikasa, Romi Park, Toshiyuki Morikawa Roles Raul (voice) / Alan (voice) Rating68% The movie begins with a young girl, Julia Crichton, waking up from a dream about the day her family was forcibly taken from her home by soldiers beside her older brother Ashley, who is currently studying their parents' alchemy books. Ashley then shows his sister some pages and explains that with the alchemy in the book, he hopes to make a world that no one's seen before. Soon after discovering two strange rubbed-out pages, the siblings hear some strange noises and Ashley goes ahead to investigate, but a worried Julia follows to a room where she finds the bodies of her parents hung up and dripping blood. She watches in horror as her brother is attacked and presumably murdered to which she faints.
, 50minutes OriginJapon GenresFantasy, Animation ThemesL'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Time travel films, Children's films, Films about school violence ActorsShunsuke Kazama, Kenn, Shintarō Asanuma, Takanori Hoshino, Ayumi Kinoshita, Kappei Yamaguchi Roles Jack Atlas (voice) Rating63% As Yusei Fudo ponders the state of New Domino City, Jack Atlas and Crow Hogan cheer him up with the idea of riding on their Duel Runners. As they ride, a mysterious Turbo Duelist called Paradox challenges Yusei to a duel. Yusei summons his Stardust Dragon but Paradox seals it inside a card and disappears with it. They later discover an article that says Paradox killed Pegasus with Stardust and other famous dragons. Compounding the situation, New Domino City is vanishing. As a result, the Crimson Dragon appears, giving Yusei's Duel Runner the ability to travel through time.
, 1h25 OriginJapon GenresMartial arts, Action, Animation ActorsHiroshi Abe, Takashi Ukaji, Yuriko Ishida, Kō Shibasaki, Daisuke Namikawa, Māya Sakamoto Roles (voice) Rating70% Dans un monde dévasté par la guerre nucléaire, deux pratiquants d'un art martial millénaire doivent s’affronter pour décider du destin de l'humanité. Raoh, qui a choisi d'unifier le monde par la force, fait face à une armée menée par Julia, la fiancée de son jeune frère d'armes, Kenshiro. L'amour que les deux hommes portent pour Julia déclenche un combat fratricide dont il ne peut sortir qu'un vainqueur...