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Trapezium

2024 · 94 min

A earnest, music-filled coming-of-age story about chasing a dream, with emotional ups and downs and a hopeful spirit.

Directed by: Masahiro Shinohara
Genres: Animation, Drama, Music
Starring: Asaki Yuikawa, Hina Youmiya, Reina Ueda

Overview: High school student Yu Azuma will do whatever it takes to become an idol. Ready to make her dream a reality, she recruits three girls from the four corners of her prefecture. But the road to stardom hides unexpected trials.

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Directed by: Masahiro Shinohara
Genres: Animation, Drama, Music
Starring: Asaki Yuikawa, Hina Youmiya, Reina Ueda

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 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
friendship
coming-of-age
identity
music
Places: school
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: animation, drama, music
Directed by: Masahiro Shinohara
Written by: Yuko Kakihara
Starring: Asaki Yuikawa, Hina Youmiya, Reina Ueda, Haruka Aikawa, Syoya Kimata, Teruyoshi Uchimura, Kazumi Takayama, Nanase Nishino
Music: Masaru Yokoyama
Cinematography: Yoshihiro Sekiya
Runtime: 94 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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