Sumi Shimamoto Movies

17 year-old Sayako Amanokawa aspires to become a journalist, just like Kanemoto, an elite newspaper writer she looks up to. But Kanemoto, shamed from...

Kiku-chan to Ookami is, like most of the Sensou Douwa specials, based on a short story by Nosaka Akiyuki. It is set in the Japanese puppet state of...

Green Leaves Entertainment is a tiny production company on the verge of going out of business in Sendai, Japan. The agency once managed the careers...

Yotsuya and Ichinose reminisce about a time when Shun Mitaka, Yotsuya's suitor, took the tenants of Ikkoku-kan on a pleasure cruise aboard his new...

Set in Japan's Tenpyou era (729-749 CE), four young monks are sent to China to study Buddhism and bring a high priest back to Japan with them. The...

Another adventure with Apnaman and friends.

Ryoko throws a tea party for her friends. Flashbacks reveal the pasts of Ryoko's various guests.

The Anpanman Grand Prix is a land, air and sea race around Anpanman World using specially built cars. A grumpy young girl from Flower Land called...

Bonobono: Kumomo no Ki no Koto was the second theatrical Bonobono movie, released by Amuse Pictures in theaters in Japan on August 10, 2002. It was...

Mai is a grade-school girl who tries to understand her family better.

Student Jiro Shutendo is unaware that he has mystical powers which could lead mankind to heaven or hell.

Three stories develop familiar Anpanman and popular characters gathered together and filled with love and dreams. Every single talk is short, so even...

Reborn as a woman named Aiko, the soldier rises as the military leader of a new crusade, successfully unites the world, and abolishes all religion....

Documentary about Yasuo Otsuka, famous Japanese animator and mentor of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. Featuring interviews with Japanese animation...

Dokin-chan sings and dances on a big stage with a gorgeous set. Finally she she appears to have the chance to host a variety show. The calendar is...

In pre-World War 2 Japan, Chocchan marries a violinist despite the objection from both of their families. They live in poverty, have three children...

The story takes place in a future where the human race has expanded and inhabits a multitude of planets in the universe with fantastic technology....

This is a story of love between a society girl and a yakuza boy. Mami lives an ordinary life in Tokyo, being with her friends and studying. Her...

Animated short stories from the creator of Detective Conan.