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Kenji Nojima has 18 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Dou kyu sei – Classmates.
Teen Titans: The Judas Contract
2017
Science Fiction · Animation
Banana Fish
2018 · Series · Voice
Top 7%Prime Video · Included
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal the Movie Part 1
2021 · Movie · Voice
Top 17%Netflix · Included
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain
2013 · Movie · Voice
Top 18%Crunchyroll · Included
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 2: Ghost Whispers
2013 · Movie · Voice
Top 20%Crunchyroll · Included
Himouto! Umaru-chan
2015 · Series · Voice
Top 24%Hulu · Included
Sailor Moon Crystal
2014 · Series · Voice
Top 28%Netflix · Included
Rihito Sajo, an honor student with a perfect score on the entrance exam and Hikaru Kusakabe, in a band and popular among girls, would have never crossed paths. Until one day they started talking at the practice for their school’s upcoming chorus festival. After school, the two meet regularly, as Hikaru helps Rihito to improve his singing skills. While they listen to each other’s voice and harmonize, their hearts start to beat together.
Dir. Shoko Nakamura · With Kenji Nojima, Hiroshi Kamiya, Hideo Ishikawa
A teenaged gang leader in New York City faces his abuser and rival gangs alongside a photojournalist from Japan as they investigate a deadly new drug.
With Yuma Uchida, Kenji Nojima, Unsho Ishizuka
Inspector Kei Mikhail Ignatov finds himself involved with an organization named Bifrost with the possibility of freeing his wife if he betrays Unit One. Koichi Azusawa coordinates an assault on the Public Safety Bureau tower using his hacker Obata, locking down the building and kidnapping Inspector Arata Shindo. Azusawa demands that governor Karina Komiya resign from her position.
Dir. Naoyoshi Shiotani · With Takahiro Sakurai, Junichi Suwabe, Yuichi Nakamura
as Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (voice) · Voice
While under the care of the Outer Sailor Guardians, Hotaru begins to age rapidly. Then, the time comes for all the Sailor Guardians to reunite!
Dir. Chiaki Kon · With Kotono Mitsuishi, Misato Fukuen, Hisako Kanemoto
as Mamoru Chiba (voice) · Voice
Netflix · Included
After a total solar eclipse, a dark circus troupe appears, Mamoru is stricken with a mysterious malady and bad things start happening across the city. Sequel to the Sailor Moon Crystal TV series.
Dir. Chiaki Kon · With Kotono Mitsuishi, Misato Fukuen, Hisako Kanemoto
as Tsumugi (voice) · Voice
Crunchyroll · Included
The story is set in 2027, one year after the end of the fourth non-nuclear war. New Port City is still reeling from the war's aftermath when it suffers a bombing caused by a self-propelled mine. Then, a military member implicated in arms-dealing bribes is gunned down. During the investigation, Public Security Section's Daisuke Aramaki encounters Motoko Kusanagi, the cyborg, wizard-level hacker assigned to the military's 501st Secret Unit. Batou, a man with the "eye that does not sleep," suspects that Kusanagi is the one behind the bombing. The Niihama Prefectural Police detective Togusa is pursuing his own dual cases of the shooting death and a prostitute's murder. Motoko herself is being watched by the 501st Secret Unit's head Kurutsu and cyborg agents.
Dir. Masahiko Murata, Kazuchika Kise · With Maaya Sakamoto, Ikkyu Juku, Kenichirou Matsuda
as Tsumugi (voice) · Voice
Crunchyroll · Included
Freed of her responsibilities with the 501 Organization, Motoko Kusanagi must now learn how to take orders from Aramaki. Someone hacks the Logicomas, and Batou enlists the help of former army intelligence officer Ishikawa and former air artillery expert Borma. Kusanagi also seeks to enlist ace sniper Saito and undercover cop Paz into the new Public Security Section 9.
Dir. Kazuchika Kise, Atsushi Takeuchi · With Maaya Sakamoto, Ikkyu Juku, Kenichirou Matsuda
People are not always who they appear to be, as is the case with Umaru Doma, the perfect high school girl—that is, until she gets home! Once the front door closes, the real fun begins. When she dons her hamster hoodie, she transforms from a refined, over-achieving student into a lazy, junk food-eating otaku, leaving all the housework to her responsible older brother Taihei. Whether she's hanging out with her friends Nana Ebina and Kirie Motoba, or competing with her self-proclaimed "rival" Sylphinford Tachibana, Umaru knows how to kick back and have some fun! Himouto! Umaru-chan is a cute story that follows the daily adventures of Umaru and Taihei, as they take care of—and put up with—each other the best they can, as well as the unbreakable bonds between friends and siblings.
With Aimi Tanaka, Kenji Nojima, Akari Kageyama
as Ikki (Voice) · Voice
Mitsumasa Kido discovers a misterious baby in the himalayas whom he adopts as his grandaughter. 16 years later, Saori Kido is a young girl troubled by her mysterious powers. She is saved by Seiya from an assassin sent to kill her. Saori then learns she is the reincarnation of the Goddess Athena with Seiya being one of her Saints sworn to protect her. Upon learning of her destiny, she heads to the Sanctuary to rebel against the Pope's murderous plot.
Dir. Keiichi Sato · With Kaito Ishikawa, Ayaka Sasaki, Kenji Akabane
Usagi Tsukino is chosen to be a guardian of justice and is sent on a quest to locate a Silver Crystal before the Dark Kingdom invades the Earth.
With Kotono Mitsuishi, Hisako Kanemoto, Rina Sato
Plagued by a seemingly endless stream of haunting dreams, Tomoya drifts through life with an almost overwhelming sense of anger and emptiness. Then, one fateful day, he meets the mysterious and beautiful Nagisa, and his world begins to change. While helping Nagisa revive the defunct Drama Club at their high school, Tomoya discovers that she has the same dreams. Their story starts beneath the cherry blossoms, but where will fate lead them?
Dir. Osamu Dezaki · With Kenji Nojima, Mai Nakahara, Ryotaro Okiayu
Pokémon Chronicles, partly known in Japan as Pocket Monsters Side Stories, is a spin-off series of the Pokémon anime, revolving around characters other than Ash Ketchum.
With Yuji Ueda, Miyako Ito, Mayumi Izuka
Saya Kisaragi is an outwardly normal girl who serves as the shrine maiden to a country town; in reality, she is a skilled swordswoman charged by her father to defeat Elder Bairns, monsters who feed on human blood. As her battles grow more desperate and more people she cares for fall victim to the Elder Bairns, Saya begins finding faults in her reality, and eventually uncovers a disturbing truth about herself, the town and her surviving friends.
With Nana Mizuki, Kenji Nojima, Keiji Fujiwara
In the not-too-distant future, androids have come into common usage. However, treating androids on the same level as humans is frowned upon, and there is constant paranoia surrounding the possibility of robots defying humans, their masters. Those who appear too trustworthy of their androids are chided and labeled as "android-holics". Rikuo Sakisaka, who has taken robots for granted for his entire life, one day discovers that Sammy, his home android, has been acting independently and coming and going on her own. He finds a strange phrase recorded in her activity log, "Are you enjoying the time of EVE?". He, along with his friend Masakazu Masaki, traces Sammy's movements and finds an unusual café. Nagi, the barista, informs them that the café's main rule is to not discriminate between humans and androids. While Rikuo tries to reveal Sammy's intentions, he begins to question the legitimacy of the fear that drives humans to regard androids as nothing more than mere tools.
Dir. Yasuhiro Yoshiura · With Jun Fukuyama, Rie Tanaka, Kenji Nojima
as Fumito Nanahara (voice) · Voice
Tokyo, Winter. Despite the use of the Youth Ordinance Bill to enforce curfews for minors and regulate the use of the Internet, young people continue to fight for their own freedom through underground methods. One such group calls themselves Surat. They have decided to take on Fumito Nanahara, a man who has great influence on the political world, and basically controls Tokyo with an iron fist. While using the Internet as a weapon to discover more information about Fumito, they learn about "Tower", the secret organization behind Fumito which engages in human experimentation.
Dir. Naoyoshi Shiotani, Norihiro Naganuma · With Atsushi Abe, Masumi Asano, Keiji Fujiwara
In a futuristic Japan, the Sibyl System is charged with keeping the peace. When the state of SEAUn brings the Sibyl System in to test its effectiveness, it becomes a haven of peace and safety—for a time. Eventually, terrorists from SEAUn begin appearing in Japan, somehow slipping through the System's security and attacking from within. Desperate for answers, Inspector Akane Tsunemori is sent overseas to bring the terrorists to justice. But when her investigation forces her into a standoff with an old ally, will she be able to pull the trigger?
Dir. Naoyoshi Shiotani, Katsuyuki Motohiro · With Kana Hanazawa, Tomokazu Seki, Kenji Nojima
as Nobuchika Ginoza (voice) · Voice
Crunchyroll · Included
In the winter of 2117, a runaway vehicle crashes into the Public Safety Bureau Building. The driver is identified as Izumi Yasaka, a psychological counselor at the Sanctuary, a Latent Criminal Isolation Facility in Aomori Prefecture. But right before her interrogation, Inspector Mika Shimotsuki and Enforcer Nobuchika Ginoza are tasked with promptly escorting Yasaka back to Aomori. What awaits them there is a False Paradise.
Dir. Naoyoshi Shiotani · With Kenji Nojima, Tomokazu Seki, Kana Hanazawa
Seventeen-year-old Mugi Awaya and Hanabi Yasuraoka appear to be the ideal couple. They are both pretty popular, and they seem to suit each other well. However, outsiders don't know of the secret they share. Both Mugi and Hanabi have hopeless crushes on someone else, and they are only dating each other to soothe their loneliness. Mugi is in love with Akane Minagawa, a young teacher who used to be his home tutor. Hanabi is also in love with a teacher, a young man who has been a family friend since she was little. In each other, they find a place where they can grieve for the ones they cannot have, and they share physical intimacy driven by loneliness. Will things stay like this for them forever?
With Chika Anzai, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Haruka Tomatsu
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