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CriticCrunch has 7 Akiyuki Shinbo titles in its catalog, ranked by quality percentile. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings.
2017
Action · Animation
Madoka Kaname, an ordinary middle-schooler, along with her best friend Sayaka Miki, are offered the chance to have any wish they want granted by the mysterious Kyubey, and become magical girls and fight witches. However, fellow magical girl Homura Akemi seems intent on stopping Madoka from becoming a magical girl at any cost. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings is a retelling of the first half of the TV anime series.
Dir. Yukihiro Miyamoto, Akiyuki Shinbo · With Aoi Yuuki, Chiwa Saito, Eri Kitamura
As the young girls have discovered the truth about the cruel fate of a magical girl, one magical girl after another is destroyed. Throughout it all, there is one magical girl who continues to fight alone - Homura Akemi. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part II: Eternal is a retelling of the second half of the TV anime series.
Dir. Yukihiro Miyamoto, Akiyuki Shinbo · With Aoi Yuuki, Chiwa Saito, Eri Kitamura
Following Madoka's rewriting of the universe, sacrificing herself and her happy normal days to save all magical girls from the cruel fate that awaited them by wiping witches out of existence, the despair still manifest into creatures known as nightmares. Magical girl Homura Akemi continues to fight alone in the hope that she will be able to see Madoka smile again.
Dir. Yukihiro Miyamoto, Akiyuki Shinbo · With Aoi Yuuki, Chiwa Saito, Eri Kitamura
With help from Meme Oshino, the apparition specialist, Koyomi defeats the three powerful vampire hunters: Dramaturgy, Episode and Guillotinecutter. Koyomi takes back all the limbs of Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade in order to become a human again.
Dir. Tatsuya Oishi, Akiyuki Shinbo · With Hiroshi Kamiya, Yui Horie, Maaya Sakamoto
Koyomi Araragi was turned into a vampire by the legendary vampire, Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade, and he needs to revive the weakened vampire back to her complete form to return to being human again. The only way for Koyomi to achieve his goal is to fight the three vampire hunters – Dramaturgy, Episode and Guillotinecutter.
Dir. Tatsuya Oishi, Akiyuki Shinbo · With Hiroshi Kamiya, Yui Horie, Maaya Sakamoto
One day, Koyomi Araragi encounters the horrifying vampire, Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade A.K.A. the "King of Apparitions." He saves the fatally wounded Kiss-shot by offering his blood at the expense of his own life as a human. Now Koyomi has to face the vampire hunters to retrieve Kiss-shot’s limbs which were taken by these hunters...
Dir. Tatsuya Oishi, Akiyuki Shinbo · With Hiroshi Kamiya, Maaya Sakamoto, Yui Horie
Moshimo, Japan. The annual fireworks festival is about to take place and a group of schoolboys, arguing over whether they are round or flat when viewed from different angles, set out to find it out.
Dir. Nobuyuki Takeuchi, Akiyuki Shinbo · With Suzu Hirose, Masaki Suda, Mamoru Miyano
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