Comedy Anime
Nekota no Koto ga Kininatte Shikatanai. (ONA)
Mikiko Amane is an elementary-school girl who has transferred schools many times. Because of this, she stopped making friends or getting deeply involved with people, since she knew she would move again soon. She had lived her life with a cool and uninterested personality, but at her new school, she meets a boy with a cat face. She's so interested in him, she just can't help herself.
Duel Masters King!
Duel Masters King Max
The protagonist, Joe Kirifuda, loves drawing pictures and playing Duema. He creates Deckie, a talking deck case with the ability to create creatures, and his sidekick Jokers, and challenge his rivals to duels!
Joe is now a sixth grader, and although he's grown up a bit, he still enjoys playing Duels with his friends. Joe and his friends live in peace. Abaku, the man who became enchanted by demons and became a demon, appears again! What exactly is Abaku's purpose...? Joe's story is about to reach its climax!
(Source: AniList.co)
Sumikko Gurashi: Tobidasu Ehon to Himitsu no Ko
Sumikko Gurashi debuted in 2012 as slightly negative characters who like to stay in the corner of a room. The characters include "Shirokuma," a polar bear who is sensitive to cold; "Penguin?" (with a question mark in its name), a penguin who is unsure if it is actually a penguin; "Tonkatsu," a piece of pork cutlet that was left uneaten; "Neko," a shy cat; and "Tokage," who hides his nature as one of the last dinosaurs.
The franchise has inspired toys, books, stationery material, video games--and now a feature film.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Shin Hikari Shinwa: Palutena no Kagami
Anime shorts of the 3DS game "Kid Icarus: Uprising", known as "Shin Hikari Shinwa: Palutena no Kagami" in Japan.
Episode 1 - Thanatos Rising
Animation: Production I.G
Director: Junichi Fujisaku
Episode 2 - Medusa's Revenge
Animation: Studio 4°C
Director: Kazuto Nakazawa
Episode 3 - Palutena's Revolting Dinner
Animation: SHAFT
Director: Akiyuki Shinbou
(Source: AniList.co)
Midori-ko
One of the must-see gems making its premiere at our festival, Midori-Ko is adored Japanese animator Kurosaka Keita's whimsically nightmarish vision of 21st-century Tokyo on the brink of apocalypse. Ten years in the making and entirely, single-handedly rendered in colored pencil, Kurosaka's fantastical labor of love is a marvel to behold. Emerging from the staggering detail and craft flooding every frame is the story of a young woman who sets out to engineer a dream-food that can put an end to the world's famine. Synthesizing Frederic Back's subtle, haptic textures with Bill Plympton's frenetic mutations and David Lynch's haunting wormholes, Kurosaka’s work still retains its own singular, luminous potency.
(Source: Los Angeles Animation Festival summary)
Kidou Senshi Gundam-san
Duel Masters Win: Duel Wars
Gakkatsu!
In a fictional school, "Tender Tank" Rareko is constantly opening absurd yet strangely enthusiastic debates, this way creating a lively classroom life. Bringing up tremendous themes, she and her classmates exchange words like sword-strokes, and here and there even a profound remark is slipped in.
A fun and informative debate comedy, packed into only five minutes each time.
(Source: AniDB)
Jewelpet Sunshine
In Sunshine Academy, there is a class of lost causes known as "the leftovers", the Plum class. Ruby and Kanon Mizushirou navigate through high school life in a fantastical world while juggling their warped friendship with their crush on Mikage Shiraishi.
Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bouken Land
Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bouken Land is an interactive anime video based on the game Super Mario World. It is designed for use with Bandai's Terebikko system, which utilizes a telephone-shaped microphone to "interact" with the video. It asks the viewer multiple choice questions, such as what will hatch from Yoshi's egg.
(Source: Mario Wiki)
Top wo Nerae 2! Diebuster! Science Lesson
Similar to the Gunbuster! Science Lesson these are short "omake" bonus features bundled on the Blu-ray Box Complete Edition of the Top wo Nerae 2! Diebuster. Each short lasts around three minutes, and features super deformed versions of Nono, Lal`C Melk Mark and the Dix-Neuf explaining the various scientific aspects of the series.
Walking Meat
Humanity has grown a taste for zombies. Stewed, sautéed, or squeezed.
In an alternate world, the Japanese corporation Flesh Inc. has managed to create zombies on domestic soil during the roaring Sixties (the years of the economic boom) using voodoo techniques imported from Africa, and it has built a fortune thereafter by selling zombie products of all kind: instant noodles, soft drinks, hamburgers, pet food, and cosmetics.
But when a trio of self-centered millennials on their first workday get trapped inside a fully automated zombie farm with their old-school technotard supervisor and a horde of undead running amok, overcoming generation gaps becomes a matter of survival.
(Source: Production I.G)
Harimaware! Koinu
The story of the series follows Koinu, a serious-minded dog who goes to work one day only to find that his company has gone bankrupt. At a loss, Koinu takes a job from a mysterious recruitment agent and is hired to paste dog stickers all over the city. Even though he doesn't understand the purpose of this strange assignment, Koinu works hard every day at his new employment.
(Source: Crunchyroll)
Robot Girls NEO
The story is set in a ruined future Nerima, where a photon energy disaster is said to have devastated the area. No one knows whether that is true or not, and details are hard to come by. All that is left is the photon research facility tower that stands as a monument at the center of the devastation. Z-chan and Gre-chan live together in the Shutter District, which spreads from the base of the tower. Their home is made from salvaged materials that they have named Photon House. The advanced photon energy that flowed through the place is now gone, and the world is now ruled by the Getter Rays that rain down from space. But even now, Z-chan and Gre-chan use the highly efficient photon energy to power their home.
(Source: Anime News Network)
