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Anime Supremacy!

2022 · 129 min

A sincere, inside-baseball look at creative rivalry and workplace grit that builds quiet momentum toward a satisfying showdown.

Directed by
Kohei Yoshino
Genres
Drama
Starring
Riho Yoshioka, Tomoya Nakamura, Tasuku Emoto
Overview
Hitomi Saito has been climbing the ranks for years and is set to direct an anime series for the first time, while brilliant director Chiharu Oji is about to make his big comeback after nearly a decade.

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Directed by
Kohei Yoshino
Genres
Drama
Starring
Riho Yoshioka, Tomoya Nakamura, Tasuku Emoto
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • work
  • art
  • obsession
  • identity
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
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Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Riho Yoshioka, Tomoya Nakamura, Tasuku Emoto, Machiko Ono, Asuka Kudo, Kanji Furutachi, Karin Ono, Yuu Tokui
Music
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Cinematography
Motonobu Kiyoku
Runtime
129 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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