GW Wish you could watch it! Akiba Research Institute's Editorial Board recommends 10 anime movies

Golden Week 2019 will be an unprecedented 10-day long holiday weekend. Let's take this opportunity to check out anime that we have missed or theatrical anime that we want to take a closer look at!
Akiba Research Institute's recommendations for you. All of them are available not only in packages but also on video distribution, so you can watch them in the style of your choice!

Movies that can be enjoyed even if you don't know the TV version

K-ON! The Movie

  • Screening date: December 2011
  • Production Company: Kyoto Animation
  • Director: Naoko Yamada, Screenplay: Reiko Yoshida


Synopsis

Yui, Mio, Ritsu, and Tsumugi are in their third year of the Light Music Club, about to graduate, and are having a relaxed time in the club room as usual, drinking tea, discussing the direction of the band, and so on. They were having a relaxing time in the club room as usual. One day, they learn in the classroom that their classmates are planning a "graduation trip" and Yui and Ritsu decide to go on the trip. Azusa heard about the trip and decided to join it, too! As they prepare for the trip with guidebooks and other materials, each one of them is thinking about London.


The rainy landscape is truly the Shinkai World!

Garden of Words

  • Screening start date: May 2013
  • Production Company: Comics Wave Film
  • Director:Makoto Shinkai Script:Makoto Shinkai


Synopsis

Takao, a high school student aspiring to become a shoemaker, skips school on rainy mornings to draw sketches of shoes in a Japanese garden in a park. One day, Takao meets Yukino, a mysterious older woman drinking a can of beer by herself. The two begin to meet only on rainy days without making any promises, and gradually develop a rapport. Takao wants to make shoes for Yukino, who says she has lost her place in the world, so that she will want to walk around more and more. The rainy season is about to end, despite their mutual feelings, which waver languidly like the June sky.


Sad and painful.... But you will feel warm at the end.

The Shaping of the Voice

  • Screening start date: September 2016
  • Production Company: Kyoto Animation
  • Director: Naoko Yamada, Screenplay: Reiko Yoshida


Synopsis

Ishida Masaya is a boy who hates "boredom" more than anything else. As an elementary school student, he was a kid, but he has an innocent curiosity about a new girl, Nishinomiya Glass. With her arrival, the boy finds his days free from boredom. However, an incident with Glass leads Shoya to isolate himself from the people around him. Five years pass, and the two grow up to be high school students in different places. Since the "incident," Shoya, who had kept his heart firmly closed, visits Glass. This is a story of one boy's attempt to accept a girl, the people around him, and himself.


A peek into the forbidden garden!

Classmates

  • Screening Date: February 2016
  • Production Company: A-1 Pictures
  • Director: Naoko Yamada, Screenplay: Reiko Yoshida


Synopsis.

Sajo Toshito is a brilliant student who got a perfect score in all subjects in his high school entrance exam, and Kusakabe Hikaru is a band member who is popular among girls for his live performances. They are two boys who would never cross paths. They are from different genres, but they start talking to each other after practicing for the chorus festival. Kusakabe teaches Sajo how to sing in the classroom after school. As they feel the sounds, hear the voices, and harmonize, their hearts begin to resonate with each other.


Movies to watch with a cup of coffee

Time of Eve the Movie

  • Screening Date:March 2010
  • Director:Yasuhiro Yoshiura, Screenplay:Yasuhiro Yoshino


Synopsis

In an age when the Robot Ethics Committee has made it a social norm for people to treat androids as "household appliances". Some young people have become more involved with androids than necessary because they look exactly the same as humans, except for the ring on their heads. They are called "Dori-kei" (*Android Holic = android mental addiction), and it has become a social problem. High school student Rikuo, who has been educated since childhood, does not see androids as human, but rather as useful tools.

Let's cheer for them at home!

KING OF PRISM by PrettyRhythm

  • Screening start date: January 2016
  • Production Company: Tatsunoko Productions
  • Director: Masakazu Hishida, Screenplay: Yuzuru Aoba


Synopsis.

Over The Rainbow made a spectacular debut. Hiro, Koji, and Kazuki instantly charmed the hearts of girls and quickly rose to the top of the prism world. However, a rival group called "Schwarzlose" suddenly appears and Edelrose finds itself in a difficult situation...


For those who want to cry and feel refreshed

Let's put the promised flowers on the morning of goodbye

  • Screening date: February 2018
  • Production Company：PA Works
  • Director：Mari Okada

Synopsis.

The warp is the flowing months and days. The weft is the life of people. The Iorph people, who live in a secluded land and weave their daily events into a cloth called hibioru, are called the "Farewell Clan" and are considered a living legend. Makia, a young Iorph girl with no parents, spends her days peacefully surrounded by her friends, but somewhere along the way she feels alone. Their days are shattered in an instant.


You will want to make a pilgrimage to Oarai during GW!

Girls und Panzer the Movie

  • Screening start date: November 2015
  • Production Company: Actus
  • Director:Tsutomu Mizushima, Screenplay:Reiko Yoshida


Synopsis.

Oarai Girls' Academy has returned to a peaceful life after winning the 63rd National High School Girls' Road Competition, in which the survival of the school was at stake. One day, an exhibition match is held in Oarai town. The team from Oarai Girls' High School and Chihatan Gakuen will be facing a mixed team from St. Gloriana's College and Pravda High School. The Oarai Girls' Gakuen tank team has become a popular team in the town of Oarai, and they were cheered enthusiastically by the townspeople.


Let's watch the classic anime of the Heisei era again!

Mobile Police Patlabor The Movie

  • Screening Date: July 1989
  • Production Company: Studio Deen
  • Director:Mamoru Oshii


Synopsis

Summer of 1999. A prototype Reaver of the Self-Defense Forces suddenly goes out of control while unmanned. However, this is just the beginning of a series of incidents! A computer virus planted by someone causes a series of work reavers to run amok in various locations in Tokyo. The police officers of the 2nd Platoon of the Metropolitan Police Department's 2nd Special Vehicle Division run through this megalopolis in pursuit of the missing culprit!


Mazinger Z" has come back to life again!

Mazinger Z the Movie: INFINITY


  • Screening start date: January 2018
  • Production Company: Toei Animation
  • Director: Junji Shimizu, Script: Takahiro Ozawa


Synopsis.

Humanity was once on the brink of extinction by the evil genius scientist Dr. Hell, who was bent on world domination. However, thanks to Kouji Kabuto, who controls the super robot "Mazinger Z" called "Iron Castle", and his friends, peace is restored.

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