Happy Weekend.
I hope you are well.
This is the first of a two-part trailer post so come back tomorrow for more.
What are the first batch of films released this weekend?
The Deer King 
鹿の王 ユナと約束の旅 「Shika no Ou: Yuna to Yakusoku no Tabi」
Release Date: February 04th, 2021
Duration: 114 mins.
Director: Masashi Ando, Masayuki Miyaji
Writer: Taku Kishimoto (Script), Nahoko Uehashi (Original Creator)
Starring: Anna Watanabe (Sae), Shinichi Tsutsumi (Van), Ryoma Takeuchi (Hossal), Hisui Kimura (Yuna),
Animation Production: Production I.G
This was made by talent involved with Princess Mononoke and Your Name. It has been acquired for UK distribution by Anime Limited while GKids is handling US distribution.
It was scheduled to go last September but was delayed into February of this year.
Synopsis: Van was once the head of an elite warrior corps sent to defend his homeland from the invasion by the Empire of Zol. However, he was captured and turned into a slave ordered to toil away in a salt mine. One night, the salt mine is attacked by a pack of dogs that are carrying a plague. Zol and a young girl named Yuna are both bitten but both escape. It turns out that a mysterious sickness is overtaking the land and Van and Yuna are caught up in its spread. They learn more from an ally named Hohsalle, a gifted physician, searching for a cure for the disease…
What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? 
大怪獣のあとしまつ 「Daikaijyu no Atoshimatsu」
Release Date: February 04th, 2022
Duration: 115 mins.
Director: Satoshi Miki
Writer: Satoshi Miki (Script),
Starring: Ryosuke Yamada, Tao Tsuchiya, Gaku Hamada, Joe Odagiri, Sumire, Yoji Tanaka, Eri Fuse, Ryo Iwamatsu, Fumi Nikaido,
Synopsis: In this all-star large kaiju eiga comedy, a giant monster dies suddenly while it is attacking Japan. Its corpse poses a threat as gas gathers and threatens to explode and destroy even more of the country. Racing to stop this is a team of government officials and a special demolition crew led by Arata Tatewaki who is paired up with government liaison Yukino Amane, his ex-fiancée.
Miracle City Koza 
ミラクルシティコザ 「Mirakuru Tei Koza」
Release Date: February 04th, 2022
Duration: 119 mins.
Director: Kazuhiro Taira
Writer: Kazuhiro Taira (Script),
Starring: Kenta Kiritani, Mitsuhiro Koike, Miki Nanri, Yuuki Oshiro, Ryuto Tsuha,
Like the movie colorless, this is based on a film that won the Grand Prix at the MI-CAN Unfinished Movie Trailer Awards.
Synopsis: The setting is Koza, Okinawa, and this once-thriving town played host to American soldiers heading for Vietnam. One of the top entertainment draws was a rock band named IMPACT, an outfit who pulled punters to live music clubs where lead singer Haru created money, riots, and music with his band. 50 years later, Koza is a sleepy place and Haru is treated as an eccentric. Haru’s lazy grandson Shota is nothing like the old man whom he has neglected. When Haru gets killed in a traffic accident, the two are able to swap bodies and a time-slip comedy takes place…
Mr. Suzuki – A Man In God’s Country 
鈴木さん 「Suzuki-san」
Release Date: February 04th, 2022
Duration: 90 mins.
Director: Omoi Sasaki
Writer: Omoi Sasaki (Script),
Starring: Asako Ito, Norihiko Tsukuda, Nao Yasunaga, Iwao, Daisuke Matsunaga, Ken Nakajima, Mie Kirihara, Akko Takano,
A dystopian Sci-fi film that depicts middle-aged men and women persecuted by society. It played at the 2020 edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival.
Synopsis: In a town on an island where unmarried people are drafted to solve the declining birth-rate with the threat of a loss of citizenship for those who fail to find someone who will take them on. If this happens, a person will have to choose between leaving the town or joining the military and doing forced labour. At 44 year’s old and unmarried, Yoshiko runs a nursing home and is trying to find a marriage partner. One of her motivations is that she cannot abandon the elderly people in her care. Fate takes a turn when a mysterious middle-aged man wanders into town…
Tiger and Bunny: The Rising
劇場版Tiger & Bunny The Rising 「Gekijouban Tiger & Bunny The Rising」
Running Time: 100 mins.
Release Date: September 22nd, 2012
Director: Yoshitomo Yonetani
Writer: Masafumi Nishida (Screenplay), Hajime Yatate (Original Creator)
Starring: Hiroaki Hirata (Kotetsu T. Kaburagi/Wild Tiger), Masakazu Morita (Barnaby Brooks, Jr.), Mariya Ise (Pao-Ling Huang/Dragon Kid), Minako Kotobuki (Karina Lyle/Blue Rose), Go Inoue (Keith Goodman/Sky High)
Animation Production: Sunrise
To celebrate TIGER & BUNNY’s 10th anniversary, the two anime films have been re-released in theatres with the 4DX treatment. This is the second film.
Synopsis: Kotetsu T. Kaburagi is one of a number of heroes who protect Sternbild city. These heroes all belong to corporations and are akin to athletes in the way they are sponsored by corporate advertising and compete on Hero TV. In the last film, after being forced by a merger to work for a new company, our hero, a veteran named Wild Tiger, was assigned a cocky partner named Barnaby Brooks, Jr. and the two must capture a thief who threatens the reputations of all heroes. It seems that their partnership worked out as they continue to work together as heroes of the Second Division, but Kotetsu has mixed feelings about Barnaby, who sincerely wants to return to the First Division. Barnaby gets a shot when their boss partners him up with a new hero named Golden Ryan but a series of bizarre incidents in Sternbild is causing unrest in the city…