Aki Maeda

With just three days before their high school festival, a girls' rock band loses their lead singer and guitarist. Desperate to perform, the remaining members recruit Son, a South Korean exchange student who barely speaks Japanese, to step in as the vocalist. Together, the mismatched group scrambles to rehearse a set of classic 1980s punk tracks, navigating language barriers and last-minute panic.

The high school girl Chise and her classmate Shuji are in love with each other. Unfortunately, Chise is no ordinary girl but an ultimate battle cyborg developed by the Japanese government for military purposes.

A collection of 10-minute horror shorts inspired by the film Shibuya Kaidan (aka The Locker). The plot revolves around a cursed locker and a carved-mouth ghost.

After helping a cat, a young girl finds herself involuntarily engaged to a cat prince in a magical world where her only hope of freedom lies with a dapper cat statuette come to life. (imdb)

Based on the ancient Japanese Tale of Genji. This film is set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story begins from the death of her husband, a Japanese noble, then moves on to her recruitment to train the Prince's young 'wives in waiting'. It is dotted throughout and actually composed mainly of one of the fictional stories she wrote, the tale of Genji. Genji is a rich playboy who falls in love and has a son to his stepmother.

Under a controversial new law by the totalitarian government, a group of 42 ninth-grade students are taken to a remote island. They are forced to participate in a deadly game where they must fight each other to the death until only one survivor remains. Each student is equipped with a random weapon and a collar that monitors their whereabouts and will detonate if they attempt to escape or break the rules.

Young boy Amon has mysterious powers. His dad is the chief scientist for the Empire of the Golden Snake. He's invented weapons for this country in the past, but does not want his boy's powers to be used for destruction, so he tries to escape the country with his family. The mom and dad die in the escape and only Amon is left. Amon then ends up in a fishermen's village and makes friends with Maria. After this village is attacked by the Golden Snake army, the two run away with a band of rebels. (animenewsnetwork.com.au/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2120)

Legend says that the enigmatic Millennium Puzzle will grant one wish to whoever deciphers its ancient secrets. Upon solving it, high school student Yuugi Mutou unleashes "another Yuugi," a peculiar presence contained inside. Now, whenever he is faced with a dilemma, this mysterious alter ego makes an appearance and aids him in his troubles. (myanimelist.net)

This final installment of the recent Gamera trilogy begins with schoolgirl Ayana discovering a large egg in a cave that, according to legend, houses demons. The egg hatches into a small monster, which Ayana decides to raise and quickly develops as psychic bond with. As Ayana's monster, named Iris, grows to adulthood, the flying turtle Gamera begins to take an interest in this new potential threat. (imdb)

Features four short horror films (imdb)

Third installment of the "Gakko No Kaidan" series follows the trek of several elementary school students as they wander into an alternate world that exists on the opposite side of a school mirror. Nishida Naomi (the hapless teacher in "Gakko No Kaidan 2") returns as the teacher who accompanies the children on their journey into the surreal universe. (themoviedb)

Sequel to the 1995 film Haunted School aka Gakkou no Kaidan. Similar to the first, in that it's about a group of youngsters that get stuck in a haunted school and have to deal with an assortment of ghosts. (themoviedb)