Hello World - Recommendations

• Movie (1 ep x 95 min)
• 2020

Set in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district, there are two childhood friends named Mio and Shin. Mio has feelings for Shin, and always thinks about him, but has never been able to tell him how she feels. One day, they get into an argument over something trivial, and sometime afterward, Mio decides to make up with him. As she heads to Shin while being drenched by the rain, she gets into a traffic accident. When Mio regains consciousness, she finds herself in a new and unfamiliar world.

• Movie (1 ep x 111 min)
• 2019

When Ruka was younger, she saw a ghost in the water at the aquarium where her dad works. Now she feels drawn toward the aquarium and the two mysterious boys she meets there, Umi and Sora. They were raised by dugongs and hear the same strange calls from the sea as she does. Ruka's dad and the other adults who work at the aquarium are only distantly aware of what the children are experiencing as they get caught up in the mystery of the worldwide disappearance of the oceans' fish.

• TV (12 eps)
• 2019

Adminstrator's defeat has come at a heavy cost. Six months after the epic battle atop Central Cathedral, Kirito spends his days in the Underworld wheelchair-bound; bereft of emotion or even a will to live. Although Alice and Bercouli do what they can to help him, it isn't long before the armies of the dark territory are start to move in earnest. The "Final Stress Test" has begun. But will Kirito be ready?

• Movie (1 ep x 107 min)
• 2016

Mitsuha and Taki are two total strangers living completely different lives. But when Mitsuha makes a wish to leave her mountain town and for the bustling city of Tokyo, they become connected in a bizarre way. She dreams she is a boy living in Tokyo while Taki dreams he is a girl from a rural town he’s never been to. What does their newfound connection mean? And how will it bring them together?

• Movie (1 ep x 121 min)
• 2021

Suzu is a shy, everyday high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters “U”, a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a gorgeous and globally-beloved singer. One day, her concert is interrupted by a monstrous creature chased by vigilantes. As their hunt escalates, Suzu embarks on an emotional and epic quest to uncover the identity of this mysterious “beast” and to discover her true self in a world where you can be anyone.

• TV (12 eps)
• 2021

Kakeru Miwa, a high school student, gets involved in a battle between powered suits and oni that emerge from the demon world. Oni manifest themselves in this world by possessing humans. Only "Yoroi", powered suits that are a fusion of ancient secrets and cutting-edge technology, can protect people from oni. Kakeru puts on a Yoroi by chance and becomes a semi-official member of a team that fights against oni.

• Movie (1 ep)
• 2009

In a bleak and distant future, the last hope of tomorrow’s dreamers is a place they call the Asylum. When her father forbids her from becoming an artist, Hiyoko runs off to a tent city set up in an abandoned stadium called The Asylum. She meets other gifted youth there, and she finds herself and her purpose. But when profiteering officials and police plot to tear the Asylum down, they use art and culture to win the hearts of the people in a festival they call the Asylum Session.

• TV Special (1 ep)
• 2017

Episode 0 of KADO: The Right Answer

• TV (12 eps)
• 2017

Koujiro Shindo is a highly-skilled negotiator working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As his plane at Haneda airport prepares to take off, a huge mysterious cube appears from the sky. "It" expands rapidly, and absorbs the passenger plane and its 252 passengers. The cube's name is "Kado". A strange being called Yaha-kui zaShunina appears from within Kado and tries to make contact with humanity. Shindou, who has been absorbed by Kado, ends up taking on the role of mediator between Yaha-kui zaShunina and humanity. Who is Yaha-kui zaShunina? What does he want?

• Movie (1 ep)
• 2020