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Director: Isamu Hirabayashi Year: 2011 Trailer: The story follows a 66 year old cicada climbing a tree to hoping to find a place to shed off the carapace and mate with another cicada, but tragedy strikes. Will the cicada be able to reproduce after the tragedy? It was requested by a reader, and this is an interesting short film. This may be highly difficult to review since the film is so short so my conclusion: ☆☆☆ Watch it

Alternate Name:  らき☆すたオリジナルビジュアルとアニメーション (Rakisuta orijinaru bijuaru to animeshon) Director: Yasuhiro Takemoto Year: 2008 Trailer: Konata Izumi, Tsukasa Hiiragi, Kagami Hiiragi, and Miyuki Takara explore many adventures: -Cherry: Minami and her dog Cherry, are visited by her friends. Minami has concerns for her dog. -MMORPG: Both Hiiragi sisters, Kagami and Tsukasa join Konata and Nanako in the game that they play often. -Tsundere-lla: A group of friends go to a ball, while Kagami decides that she would rather be home instead. Konata in witch costume tries to change Kagami's mind. -Tsukasa's Best Moment: In the high school gym playing volleyball, Misao encourages Tsukasa to defeat her sister. -Hiking: In their nature hike the girls, Konata, Miyuki, Tsukasa and Kagami are lost in the woods. Trying to figure their way back to the camp site. -Horror: After school the girls enter a pet shop seeing two rabid frogs. -Legendary Girl A:  The manga sh

Alternate Name: 蛍火の杜へ ( Hotarubi no Mori e) Into the Forest of Fireflies Light Director: Takahiro Omori Year: 2011 Trailer: One summer day a young girl named Hotaru Takegawa, is lost in a forest near her uncle's place. A spirit in the form of a human wearing a mask whose name is Gin. Informing Hotaru that if he is touched by humans he will disappear and helps Hotaru out of the forest. Returning I thank Gin for his assistance of getting out of the forest and she visits every summer day. At the last day of summer she told Gin she has to  return to the city for school studies. Hotaru promises to return to visit him every summer vacation. Will Hotaru be able to visit Gin every summer? Will they remember each other? It's an enjoyable film and there's not much to say about it, but only wish it was longer. Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆             Must See!

Alternate Name: イヴの時間 (Ivu no Jikan) Director: Yasuhiro Yoshiura Year: 2010 Trailer: Taking place in the future of Japan, androids are involved into human lives. One day, Rikuo Sakisaka, checked on his android's activity log. Noticing that Sammy, families android, acted independently on her own. On the activity log a unfamiluar phrase recorded "Are you enjoying the Time of Eve?". Both Rikuo and his friend, Masakazu Masaki investigate where the android is going. What will Rikuo and Masakazu find about that log phrase? The film may start off slow in the beginning then a little interesting, but it plateaus throughout. It's a good film, but wished the story advanced more. Rating: ☆☆☆☆             See it

Alternate Name: アフロサムライ：レザレクション (Afuro Samurai: Rezarekushon) Director: Fuminori Kizaki Year: 2009 Trailer: Afro refusing to wear the number one head band anymore and is carving wooden sculptures of people he killed in the past. Unexpected, Jinno dragged Afro from the room he once sat in to the woman named Sio. Taking the number one head band and the remains of Afro's deceased father's skull. Leaving Afro to retrieve the number two head band to get the number one head band to fight Sio again along the remains of Afro's father's skull. How will Afro get the number one head band back along with his father's remaining skull? Amazing fighting scenes that kept you on the edge of your seat; especially the final fight. Some of the characters felt a bit annoying at times, that I thought it dragged the film because of that. Rating: ☆☆☆☆             See it