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Makoto Ueda has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
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As a group of university students go out for a night on the town, a sophomore known only as "The Girl with Black Hair" experiences a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife – all the while unaware of the romantic longings of "Senpai", a senior student who has been creating increasingly fantastic and contrived reasons to run into her in an effort to win her heart.
Dir. Masaaki Yuasa · With Gen Hoshino, Kana Hanazawa, Ami Koshimizu

A cafe owner discovers that the TV in his cafe suddenly shows images from the future, but only two minutes into the future.
Dir. Junta Yamaguchi · With Kazunari Tosa, Aki Asakura, Riko Fujitani

The one-hundred-year-old Fujiya inn stands in the quiet region of Kyoto. Mikoto is standing in front of the Kibune river at the back of the building when she is called back to work. But two minutes later, she finds herself back at the river again. The whole inn seems to be stuck in a time loop!
Dir. Junta Yamaguchi · With Riko Fujitani, Yuki Torigoe, Munenori Nagano

A fourth-grader investigates the mysterious reason behind the sudden appearance of penguins in his village, which is somehow related to a power from a young woman working at a dental clinic.
Dir. Hiroyasu Ishida · With Kana Kita, Rie Kugimiya, Yu Aoi
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