All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)
A disaffected teen finds solace in music and fan chat rooms.
Bugmaster (2006)
A Japanese spirit exorcist and his disciple.
Japanese Girls Never Die (2016)
Graffiti artists daub a town with a woman's missing poster after she disappears and a gang of vicious teen girls roams the streets.
One Million Yen Girl (2008)
A girl uses a target of earning a million yen to dictate when she moves from place to place.
Penguin Highway (2018)
A schoolboy becomes fascinated by the colony of penguins that has mysteriously appeared in the middle of his town.
Tekkonkinkreet (2006)
Two young boys try to stop gangsters taking over their city.
Tokyo Ghoul (2017)
Following an organ transplant, a shy young man becomes a half-ghoul and beins to crave human flesh.
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