Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth
新世紀エヴァンゲリオン劇場版 シト新生
Shinji Ikari, Asuka Langley Soryu, Rei Ayanami and Kaworu Nagisa frame this 1997 feature, the first theatrical entry in the Evangelion film project. Its first hour, Death, recaps the original TV series' Angel war and Nerv's command room through interludes of the four pilots playing a string quartet, condensing twenty-four episodes into a single overview. The second half, Rebirth, is new animation that picks up where the TV broadcast was cut short and would later be folded into the opening act of The End of Evangelion.
Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy
ドラゴンボールGT 悟空外伝！勇気の証は四星球
A hundred years after Goku's era, his descendant Goku Jr. is a timid boy who shrinks from fights and bullies. When his grandmother Pan collapses, he sets out for the mountain home of his ancestors in search of the wish-granting four-star Dragon Ball, trailed by the schoolmate who torments him. The wilderness journey, beset by yokai, becomes the test that draws out the courage and strength buried in him. This standalone TV special is set far beyond the Dragon Ball GT finale.
Flame of Recca
烈火の炎
Recca Hanabishi, a teenager obsessed with ninja who claims to be one, vows to serve anyone who can defeat him. He pledges himself to gentle classmate Yanagi Sakoshita after discovering her power to heal any wound, then learns he can summon flames and is the heir of the Hokage, a ninja clan wiped out centuries earlier. When the wealthy Kouran Mori covets Yanagi's healing for his own immortality, Recca and his friends are drawn into battles over mystical madougu weapons.
Princess Mononoke
もののけ姫
Ashitaka, a young Emishi prince, kills a demon-possessed boar god attacking his village but absorbs a fatal curse in the process. Seeking a cure from the deer god Shishigami in the western forests, he walks into a war between Lady Eboshi's Iron Town — which strips the forest for iron and gunpowder — and San, a human girl raised by the wolf goddess Moro who fights to protect the forest spirits. Caught between both sides, Ashitaka tries to broker peace before the curse consumes him.
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
新世紀エヴァンゲリオン劇場版 Air/まごころを、君に
Shinji Ikari sits paralyzed in NERV headquarters as SEELE orders the JSSDF to storm the facility and seize the Eva units for the Human Instrumentality Project. Asuka sorties in Unit-02 against nine Mass Production Evangelions while Gendo Ikari pursues his own version of Instrumentality through Rei Ayanami. This 1997 theatrical film replaces the final two episodes of the original TV series.
Berserk
剣風伝奇ベルセルク
Guts, a lone mercenary with nothing to fight for but survival, crosses paths with Griffith, the charismatic leader of the Band of the Falcon, and is defeated in a duel that binds him to the group. As the Falcons wage campaign after campaign for the Kingdom of Midland, Guts rises to commander of the raiders while Griffith's dream of ruling his own kingdom pulls the entire company forward. Casca, the Falcons' fierce second-in-command, distrusts the newcomer even as the three grow inseparable.
Case Closed: The Time Bombed Skyscraper
名探偵コナン 時計じかけの摩天楼
When shrunken detective Conan Edogawa receives a phone challenge from a serial bomber, he races to find devices planted across Tokyo before they go off. The trail points toward the architect Teiji Moriya, while Ran Mouri attends a party in Conan's place and is drawn into the danger. The climax leaves Ran alone before the last and largest bomb, guided only by Conan's voice as the timer runs down. This is the first theatrical film in the franchise.
Pokémon
ポケットモンスター
On his tenth birthday, Ash Ketchum oversleeps and arrives at Professor Oak's lab too late for a standard starter Pokémon, winding up with a stubborn Pikachu who refuses its Poké Ball. The two set out across the Kanto region to collect Gym badges and qualify for the Pokémon League, joined along the way by Cerulean City Gym Leader Misty and Pewter City Gym Leader Brock. Team Rocket's Jessie, James, and Meowth trail them from town to town, scheming to capture Pikachu.
Revolutionary Girl Utena
少女革命ウテナ
As a grieving child, Utena Tenjou was given a rose-engraved signet ring by a wandering prince and vowed to become a prince herself. Years later at the elite Ohtori Academy, the ring draws her into a secret dueling tournament held by the Student Council in a forest arena, where the winner is engaged to Anthy Himemiya — a withdrawn classmate called the Rose Bride who is rumored to hold the power to revolutionize the world. Utena wins her first duel by accident and stays in to protect Anthy from the rest.