There is a series of Buddha statue thefts in Kyoto. Beniko, a high school girl, gets the Buddha statue at her family's temple stolen and has her parents killed at the same time. She needs to know what caused the death of a parents and dreams of revenge. She goes on a fantastical journey to ultimately face the demon. The entire film is produced by hand drawing all the gods 'manifesto animation' or 'gekimation' based on the amazing hand drawings.
An emotional masterpiece of the love between father and son. A junior high school student Kuwae Ryo lives in a small town, Chatan-cho which is located in the center of Okinawa's main island. He makes a friend with an American boy Kevin whom he met at a Karate school, but Kevin accidentally shoots Ryo's father with a gun. Meanwhile, Ryo discovers a past secret of his father.
Years after she related to him the story of her parents’ death in a fire, for which – rightly or wrongly – she feels responsible, Japanese psychiatrist Dr. Sanada meets his former patient Azusa once again. Back then, she lambasted him for being wrong for the job. Back then, he let slip that she isn’t actually crazy. Now she’s a prostitute living in precarious circumstances in Los Angeles and is accused of murder, with her memories once again moving inexorably towards a fire. Sanada assesses her in the presence of an investigator who appears not to understand Japanese. Is Azusa now mentally ill for real? Was she back then? And why does the description of her tormentors upset him so?
Tōko works as a shrine maiden. Her days are full of joy, as she would be called out by the village people to play or sometimes simply savor time with nothing spectacular to do. One day, Tōko finds out that the village festival which she has been waiting for with great anticipation will be cancelled due to an old superstition. Tōko, who wants to make the festival happen, starts preparations against the advice of the villagers. Events unfold in an unexpected direction when she meets a strange little girl by the lake.
Komono-cho, a town located in Mie Prefecture surrounded by abundant nature such as Yunoyama Onsen. One day in front of Hijikata, a first-year junior high school student living in Komono-cho, Sato appears. Sato, who should have moved to a government facility outside the town with his family, said he remembered the people of the town who sent him warmly. However, while traveling around Komono-cho, Hijikata and Sato notices something wrong with the town.
