Happy Weekend.
I hope you are well
What are the first batch of releases for this weekend?
Hula Fulla Dance 
フラ・フラダンス 「Fura Fura Dansu」
Release Date: December 03rd, 2021
Duration: 89 mins
Chief Director: Seiji Mizushima, Director: Shinya Watada
Writer: Reiko Yoshida (Screenplay), Yasuhiro Yoshiura (Original Creator)
Starring: Haruka Fukuhara (Hiwa Natsunagi), Dean Fujioka (Ryota Suzukake), Emiri Suyama (Shion Shirasawa), Kaori Maeda (Ohana Ka’aihue), Karen Miyama (Kanna Kamakura), Yuki Yamada (Kazuto Taira),
Animation Production: Bandai Namco Pictures
Synopsis: Set in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, we follow Hiwa, a girl who has just completed her high school studies and now has to decide what to do with her future. Seeing an advertisement for hula dancers at the resort facility “Spa Resort Hawaiians,” she impulsively applies for a job. However, Hula dancing turns out to be much tougher than anticipated, as Hiwa and her fellow hula dancers find out after a disappointing start. Despite feeling discouraged, they dig deep to do better.
ARIA The BENEDIZIONE 
フラ・フラダンス 「Fura Fura Dansu」
Release Date: December 03rd, 2021
Duration: 59 mins
Chief Director: Junichi Sato, Director: Takahiro Natori
Writer: Junichi Sato (Screenplay), Kozue Amano (Original Creator)
Starring: Chiwa Saito (Aika S. Granzchesta), Erino Hazuki (Akari Mizunashi), Junko Minagawa (Akira E. Ferrari), Sayaka Ohara (Alicia Florence), Rina Satou (Athena Glory),
Animation Production: J.C. Staff
Synopsis: Girls piloting gondolas in Neo-Venezia is the subject in this, the latest movie adaptation of a manga/anime that was popular in the early 2000s. Manga-ka Kozue Amano recently made a new set of stories which form the basis of the films. Here, a succession crisis is occurring as one of the girls doesn’t want to take over a special duty…
Gekijouban Soushuuhen Mazica Party 
劇場版 総集編 マジカパーティ 「Gekijouban Soushuuhen Majika Pa-ti-」
Release Date: December 03rd, 2021
Duration: 49 mins
Director: Shinji Ushiro
Writer: Multiple writers
Starring: Mikako Komatsu (Kezuru), Hiroki Yasumoto (Wanisuke), Junko Takeuchi (Barunya), Kotaro Nishiyama (Silver), Reina Kondo (Anya de Glengard XII),
Animation Production: OLM
This is a compilation film of a TV anime that has been running since April.
No trailers
You can watch the anime here.
Synopsis: Junior high school student Kezuru has a strange dream that he is a wizard who has to save the world. He fights alongside a creature called “mazin,” and a mysterious girl to collect “mazica” in order to do so. Was it a premonition, for when Kezuru discovers that the creatures and situation in his dreams are all part of a newly released card game and the creator of the card game hands him Mazica Gear, Kezuru is soon in a battle with an airship-like creature. Fortunately, his Mazica Gear starts working and a magic book appears and a “mazin” creature that is an odd remixed fusion between an airship and a cat fights by his side. Soon, Kezuru enrolls in the Mazica Academy and engages in Mazica Party card battles alongside his partner mazin.
She Likes That 
彼女が好きなものは 「Kanojo ga Sukinamonowa」
Release Date: December 03rd, 2021
Duration: 121 mins.
Director: Shogo Kusano
Writer: Shogo Kusano (Script), Naoto Asahara (Original Novel),
Starring: Fuju Kamio, Anna Yamada, Toko Miura, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Hayato Isomura, Daichi Watanabe, Akana Ikeda,
Synopsis: Jun Ando is a highschooler who hides his homosexuality from all around him. A chance encounter with classmate Sae at a bookstore will eventually out him for he catches her perusing Boy’s Love manga and she asks that he keep it a secret. The two eventually get closer and go on a double date where Sae confesses her feelings for him but…
Ruined 
成れの果て 「Nare no Hate」
Release Date: December 03rd, 2021
Duration: 81 mins.
Director: Katarou Miyao
Writer: Kazuomi Makita (Script), Kazuomi Makita (Original Stageplay),
Starring: Minori Hagiwara, Rumi Hiiragi, Kenta Kiguchi, Yuzuki Akiyama,
Synopsis: Saya left her hometown under dark circumstances eight years. Since then, she has been living in Tokyo and trying to make it as a fashion designer. One day she receives a call from her sister, Asumi, who announces that she is going to get married. Saya is happy to hear it until she learns that the husband-to-be is a salaryman named Fuseno who scarred Saya’s life all those years ago. Saya return home uncovers a sordid history and disturbing realities…
Kurumiwari Ningyo in Cinema 
くるみ割り人形 in Cinema 「Kurumiwari Ningyo in Cinema」
Release Date: December 03rd, 2021
Duration: 95 mins.
Director: Tetsuya Kumakawa
Writer: Tchaikovsky (Original Ballet),
Starring: Mina Kobayashi, Ren Kuriyama, Konomi Yoshida, Shuntaro Miyao,
Another recording of another K Ballet performance of “The Nutcracker.” This is a popular Christmas season show that features 19th century European costumes and a magical story of puppets and true love.
Synopsis: On Christmas Eve, a young girl named Clara will meet the “Nutcracker Prince” and journey with him to the Land of Sweets to save Princess Marie of The Land of Dolls from a magic spell cast by the King of the Rats. Clara is essential because she is pure and innocent of heart!