| Piano no Mori | Piano Forest, The Perfect World of Kai (2007, Spring 2018-2019) |
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| A tranquil tale about two boys from very different upbringings. On one hand you have Kai, born as the son of a prostitute, who's been playing the abandoned piano in the forest near his home ever since he was young. Continue reading Piano no Mori [HEVC, BD 1080P | BD 720P] |
Those Snow White Notes
Setsu Sawamura runs away from his small home village following the death of his grandfather, the legendary shamisen master Matsugorou Sawamura. On his deathbed, Matsugorou told Setsu to give up the shamisen if he was only going to imitate others instead of playing in his own way. Grieving, Setsu heads for Tokyo, hoping that the big city can inspire him to discover his own unique playing style. But Tokyo defies his expectations by drowning out all other sounds with the deafening noise of its city life.
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Concerned about her son, Setsu's rich and successful mother, Umeko, waltzes back into his life and forces him to enroll in Umezono Academy. At the school, he meets Shuri Maeda, a girl who is fascinated by the Tsugaru shamisen and wishes to perform a song her grandmother once heard a long time ago. Shuri starts up a shamisen appreciation club and convinces Setsu to teach the members how to play the instrument. As he becomes more involved with the club, will Setsu be able to recover his love for the shamisen and discover the unique sound he lacks?
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[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Girls Band Cry
Everyone yearns to find their true purpose in life. This is also true for Nina Iseri, a 17-year-old girl looking to enroll in a good university, but the world always seems to work against her. On her very first day in Tokyo, she gets lost, ignored, and locked out of her new apartment. However, an unexpected opportunity arises when Nina meets Momoka Kawaragi, one of her favorite guitarists.
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After Nina joins Momoka for a street performance, Momoka decides they should start a band together. While Nina initially hesitates, her determination grows as they start acquiring more bandmates—the beautiful drummer Subaru Awa, the aloof keyboardist Tomo Ebizuka, and the intelligent bassist Rupa. The five girls face challenges both in the music industry and within themselves, but their shared passion for music never lets them give up on their dreams.
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[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night
Mahiru Kouzuki, a skilled artist, gives up on her passion after her elementary school classmates ridicule her colorful jellyfish mural. Several years later, upon encountering an unexpected admirer in Kano Yamanouchi—a former idol with a troubled past—Mahiru decides to pursue her childhood dreams once more.
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Tasked with designing the mascot for Kano's new music project, JELEE, Mahiru enlists the help of her childhood friend and professional streamer Kiui Watase to make JELEE's first music video. Together with Kim Anouk Mei Takanashi, a pianist and fan of Kano's work as an idol, the girls aim to turn JELEE into a global hit. However, if they want to succeed in this ambitious endeavor, they will first have to free themselves from the shackles of their pasts.
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| Lost Song | Lost Song (Spring 2018) |
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| Lost Song tells the stories of the cheerful Rin and the reserved Finis, two songstresses who are capable of performing magical songs. Rin grew up in a remote village with her family and was taught to keep her power secret, while Finis lives and performs in the royal palace. Continue reading Lost Song [HEVC, BD 1080P | BD 720P] |
Let's Go Karaoke!
Nothing worries Oka Satomi more than the upcoming final choir competition of his middle school career -- right up until he is accosted by a stranger from the shadows who demands, "Let's go karaoke!" As a yakuza, Narita Kyouji doesn't scare easily, but a terrifying prospect has driven him to seek Satomi's help. The boss is holding a karaoke contest, with the loser forced to get a tattoo to be selected and torturously applied by the boss himself! Oka has been to many vocal rehearsals over the years, but never one-on-one karaoke sessions with a gangster!! (yen press)
Rock Is a Lady's Modesty
At an elite all-girls’ academy where refined young ladies gather, Lilisa Suzunomiya, now the daughter of a real estate tycoon after her mother remarried, is forced to abandon her guitar and rock music to fit in. However, her passion is reignited by sounds from the old school building, where she meets a skilled drummer who shares her love for rock. Together, they embrace their inner rockstars, elegantly clashing and shouting their way through the academy in this captivating tale of grace and rebellion. (hidive)
Continue reading Rock wa Lady no Tashinami deshite [AV1, 1080p]
| Synopsis for: Love Live! Superstar!!(Summer 2021) |
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| Tokyo’s brand-new Yuigaoka Girls’ High School has no history, no upperclassmen, and no reputation—its first students are starting from scratch! A team of five girls led by Kanon Shibuya discover school idols, and their hopes to do something with singing begin to grow. They begin the “School Idol Project” with a blank slate and infinite potential. It’s time for their Love Live to take flight! Continue reading Love Live! Superstar!! Series [HEVC | BD 1080p | BD 720p] |
| "Will you give me the rest of your life?" After losing everything in a single night, Sakiko Togawa reaches out toward an even deeper abyss, one that will drag everyone around her down as well. Gathering the lives of girls burdened with their own troubles and desires, Sakiko raises the curtain on a perfect masquerade. "Welcome to the world of Ave Mujica." On a stage where sorrow, death, fear, love—even the solace of forgetting—are stripped away, will their masks be torn off and shatter into oblivion, or will they... Continue reading BanG Dream Ave Mujica [HEVC | BD 1080p | BD 720p] |
| A shy boy who hides behind a mask and a bubbly girl lost in her headphones cross paths one summer, their lives colliding in a vibrant, sun-soaked shopping mall brimming with kaleidoscopic crowds. He stumbles over spoken words, finding solace in cryptic haiku poetry, while she escapes into retro music, her thoughts muffled by rhythmic beats—both adrift in the noise of connection. When a misplaced vinyl record sparks an unexpected partnership, their quest to return it unravels into a journey of tentative self-discovery, where fleeting conversations bubble to the surface like effervescent soda fizz. Through shared afternoons bathed in golden-hour glow, they navigate the awkward dance of adolescence, where misheard lyrics and half-finished verses become bridges between their isolated worlds. The mall transforms into a playground of whispered secrets and serendipitous encounters, its labyrinthine halls echoing with the clatter of pinball machines and the hum of a community radio station that stitches their stories together. As their bond deepens, fragmented phrases and mixtape melodies begin to unravel the knots of insecurity, challenging them to confront the vulnerabilities they’ve buried beneath layers of quiet and noise. Blending slice-of-life tenderness with a visual palette dripping in pastel dreaminess, the narrative floats like a lazy river, carrying themes of communication, identity, and the courage to let one’s voice rise—imperfect, trembling, but unmistakably alive. Based on the light novel and adapted with a lyrical eye for detail, it’s a love letter to the small, sparkling moments that ripple outward when hearts dare to speak without words. Continue reading Cider no You ni Kotoba ga Wakiagaru [BD 1080p|720p] |