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A new type of virus makes 'GIMP', the dead that eats human flesh which roams the land. In a school surrounded by fences against Gimps, seven girls; Nonoka, Moe, Emiri, Nagi, Akari, Karin, and Miyu lead school lives. They are only taught how to fight against Gimps, not knowing the world outside of the school. A zombie bites one of the girls in class one day which leads suspicions to grow between the seven girls
May 2017
Set after the drama series "Meiji Tokyo Renka." High school student Mei Ayazuki (Rikka Ihara) has travelled back in time to Tokyo in the Meiji period. She meets various historical figures from that time period. The identity of mysterious magician Chari (Yutaka Kobayashi) is revealed. (via Asianwiki)
Jun 2019
Mitsuomi Kozuka quits his job due to his boss. He decides to return to his hometown for the first time in 10 years. The town is located in the countryside. There, Mitsuomi Kozuka meets Yamato Kumai. Yamato Kumai is the stepson of old man Kumai. The old man runs a farm near the home of Mitsuomi Kozuka's parents.
Sep 2020
Sayo moves from Tokyo with her mother to her grandmother’s house in the country. On her first day of school as a transfer student, she witnesses her new friend Maho getting bullied by her classmates. However, she fails to save her due to fear of being the odd one out. When she returns home, she becomes worried that Maho was trapped in the school bathroom. Soon, she discovers that Maho has died…
Jun 2013
Momoko is a student at a high school. She's viewed as being stupid and sits at the bottom of her school's hierarchy. While her friends are asked out on dates and they have good times with their boyfriends, Momoko doesn't have a boyfriend. Momoko relieves her stress by dreaming of taking revenge upon those who look down upon her.
May 2016
This is a continuation of Friends Games. Now the group of friends realises they have fallen into this game and they are in the second set of game, Kageguchi Sugoroku. Will Katagiri Yuichi find out who led them into this deceptive game between money and friends?
Jun 2017
Haruna Tsunematsu is studying folklore at university and she decides the subject of her graduation thesis will be the "Kisaragi Station" urban legend which has been a hot topic on the Internet since 2004.
Jun 2022
High school student Kayu (Makoto Okunaka) joins the Ghost Photo Club. The club investigates and researches ghost photographs. She tries to find the truth behind ghost pictures with members Kaname (Yosuke Ito) and Riri (Yuuka Ueno). They are not aware of a murderous ghost approaching. (Description taken from AsianWiki)
May 2015
College student Sakura (Rikka Ihara) has trouble fitting in with her class. Her childhood friend Satoshi (Taiyu Fujiwara) thinks that a change of scenery is just what she needs to feel better, and along with another childhood friend, Nozomi (Shiori Akita), he invites her to come work a part-time job at a resort inn on an island. The inn is normally run by a husband-and-wife couple, along with a part-timer named Iwasaki.
Oct 2023
They find that the person who attracted them to the Tomodachi Game is Tenji Mikasa. Maria Minase, who is a mysterious figure, takes part in the team which Yuichi Katagiri and Tenji Mikasa belong to. Will this test their love and trust for each other, as Yuichi gets deeper into this game of business?
Sep 2017
Asuka Miyazaki miraculously returned from the mysterious, otherworldly “Kisaragi Station” three years ago. Yet, she still looks as if she’s from twenty years in the past, drawing suspicion and isolation. When she meets a determined documentary director, she resolves to save Haruna Tsutsumi—who once risked her life for her—and others still trapped there. Boarding the train again, Asuka reunites with Haruna, unchanged from three years before, and steps back into Kisaragi Station.
Jun 2025
Every year, Nana Sasaki and her former classmates hold a reunion of their high school music club. This year, the reunion is being held online. However, one of them, Ayumi, doesn't show up. When the others voice their concern, Yuki and Suzu reluctantly tell them about the Samejima Incident, an urban legend which circulated on the internet 20 years earlier. Those who find the truth about it become cursed and die. As Nana and the others start to panic, the real horror begins.
Nov 2020
Tazuru is a college student working the night shift alone in a convenience store. The manager of the store, who has been missing for days, is found dead in the basement, with his eyes gouged out. Tazuru tells the police the creepy events that unfolded on the four previous nights: getting sent mysterious SD cards with disturbing videos on them, the door chime ringing with no reason, weird things on security camera, being visited by a weird old lady looking for her grandson, and a creepy ghost boy. Inspector Sawatari is initially incredulous, but then similar events start happening to him too.
Feb 2026
Tachibana was once in the limelight as a nature photographer famous for a TV program following his adventure but forced into debts from his agency. Alone and without dreams, he abandons his camera and spends his life paying off the debts. But one day, from taking a photo of his mother's friend, his life with a camera starts moving again. Tachibana, now in 40s, starts a studio at a share residence and seeks for his resurrection.
Apr 2022
Anzai Mitsuho (Tanaka Mei) is an actress who was involved in a scandal during the filming of her first starring movie, which caused a huge uproar and ended her successful career, banishing her from the public eye. Tashiro Ryoichi (Iijima Hiroki), who was filming the making of the movie she starred in, had always wanted to make a movie with Mitsuho as the lead, but that dream has now vanished. A year later, the two meet again by chance, and Tashiro takes this opportunity to talk about his dream. However, Mitsuho has been banished from the entertainment world, meaning there is zero chance of it coming true. Then someone interrupts...
Nov 2022
Nana is on the verge of her 30th birthday and has been feeling anxious about her love life and job. When she returns home one day, Nana is suddenly taken captive by three masked bank robbers who are on the run. Nana determines her life is over, but notices there is something odd about this band of thieves.
Mar 2018
Eight girls are gathered in an abandoned church in the forest. The girls do not know why they are there. Suddenly, a frightening masked man appears in front of the girls. The man kills one of the girls. All of this happens due to the revenge site "Find." The girls are now enveloped by fear of death and they begin to disappear one by one.
Nov 2019