Noise

7.4

Set nearly a decade after the infamous Akihabara mass stabbing, it explores the scarred lives of three youths grappling with grief, loneliness, and rage. Masaki, a girl who lost her mother in the attack, clings to…

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

Konohagakure thrives in an era of peace and innovation after the Fourth Shinobi World War, transformed by the leadership of Naruto Uzumaki, the Seventh Hokage. The once-traditional shinobi village now blends cutting-edge…

Mob Psycho 100 II

Shigeo Kageyama, known as Mob, is growing up and learning to navigate his immense psychic abilities with greater awareness. As he works alongside his mentor Reigen, the pair take on various supernatural cases, from…

Seven Girls

5.6

The story take place right after the end of World War II when Japan was under the control of the American army. Seven women live together, helping each other and selling their bodies to survive. Japanese call them…

Subject

Su Yeon and Hyun Sung go to a poor neighborhood to take pictures for a competition but Su Yeon feels uncomfortable with Hyun Sung taking her picture without permission. Then they meet a girl in the neighborhood who…

A Is for Agustin

Living in a remote corner of the Philippine islands, Agustin is an Indigenous man who loves to sing, but never had the opportunity to learn to read or write. When his boss repeatedly cheats him out of his wages, 40-year…

Ohong Village

In a southwestern Taiwan oyster-farming village whose land keeps on subsiding, preparations for the King Boat Festival are proceeding. Shengji, an almost 30-year-old man, returns to the hometown he left several years…

The Backride

Two estranged friends rebuild their embittered past as they travel dangerously together in a habal-habal to retrieve a dead pal. Leo Gamut is not just an ordinary habal-habal driver–aside from being the resident…

Kintsugi

6.8

Dante is a Filipino ceramicist who has travelled to Saga Prefecture to learn from Japanese craftspeople at a pottery factory. While he had hoped to learn a new craft to help his own family’s business, he finds himself…

As if Nothing Happened

This is for Kyle. We don't see him. Max journeys as an unsent letter is being read. Images of bridges and random places that seem familiar. Clips from Max's phone. Shots of people crossing who weren't able to cross…

Hirakawa Masaharu

Hirakawa Masaharu is a Japanese editor.