Welcome to the second of three trailer posts
You can find the first part here and the third part will come tomorrow.
Well, I completed Project X Zone a decade (or so) after buying it. Great anime sprite aesthetic, solid 3D/pixel art. Slick combat based on combos and juggling enemies. So-so story. I loved the characters and their interactions. Making up different teams of fighters from a roster made up of many characters from many franchises means lots of different flavour text that was fun to explore but I was not a fan of teleporting endless waves of enemies or the limited types of battles.
I’m on to the sequel and eager to complete it to move on to Legend of Legacy.
What are the next group of films released this weekend?
This is anime heavy so brace yourselves!
Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window 
映画 窓ぎわのトットちゃん 「Eiga Madogiwa no Totto-chan」
Release Date: December 08th, 2023
Duration: 114 mins
Director: Shinnosuke Yakuwa
Writer: Shinnosuke Yakuwa (Screenplay), Tetsuka Kuroyanagi (Original Creator),
Starring: Liliana Ono (Totto-chan), Anne (Cho Kuroyanagi), Karen Takizawa (Miss Oishi), Koji Yakusho (Sosaku Kobayashi), Shun Oguri (Moritsuna Kuroyanagi),
Animation Production: Shin-Ei Animation
Synopsis: Tetsuko Kuroyanagi’s memoir about her time transferring from an elementary school and moving on to Tomoe Gakuen, just as Japan entered into war was turned into a book that became a big hit in Japan and the 80s and now gets an anime adaptation.
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie 
劇場版 乙女ゲームの破滅フラグしかない悪役令嬢に転生してしまった… 「Gekijouban Otome Game no Hametsu Flag Shika Nai Akuyaku Reijō ni Tensei Shiteshimatta… 」
Release Date: December 08th, 2023
Duration: 114 mins
Director: Keisuke Inoue
Writer: Megumi Shimizu, Megumu Sasano (Screenplay), Satoru Yamaguchi (Original Creator),
Starring: Maaya Uchida (Katarina Claes), Akari Kita (Nasheet), Azumi Waki (Anne Shelley), Maaya Ichida (Pochi),
Animation Production: SILVER LINK.
Synopsis: Katarina Claes, daughter of Duke Claes, hits her head and awakens memories of a past life: she was once a Japanese teenage girl who loved otome games. Not just that, Katarina Claes is the name of the villainess of the game “Fortune Lover” and it seems that she looking to thwart all of the scenarios that see her get exiled from the kingdom or punished or… KILLED! Good thing her previous incarnation was great at otome games so she can avoid all of the bad endings!
In this film, she meets a mysterious boy travelling with a group of merchants from a far-away country. He looks familiar… Then big things happen!
Space Battleship Yamato 4K Remaster 
宇宙戦艦ヤマト 「Uchuu Senkan Yamato 」
Release Date: August 06th, 1977
Duration: 130 mins
Director: Toshio Matsuda
Writer: Eiichi Yamamoto, Keisuke Fujikawa (Screenplay), Leiji Matsumoto, Yoshinobu Nishizaki (Original Creator),
Starring: Kei Tomiyama (Susumu Kodai), Shusei Nakamura (Daisuke Shima), Youko Asagami (Yuki Mori), Taichiro Hirokawa (Mamoru Kodai),
Animation Production: Group TAC
Synopsis: In the year 2199, aliens known as the Gamilon ravage the surface of the Earth in a radiation attack. Humanity has fled to underground shelters but extinction seems to be on the horizon as their shelters are failing. This is when Queen Starsha from the planet Iscandar offers aid via the gift of the Cosmo-Cleaner D, a device which can eliminate radiation. All that is required is that someone pick it up. And they have less than a year to get it. And the planet Iskandar, 148,000 light-years away from the Earth. Everything relies on the crew of the rebuilt World War II battleship Yamato as they voyage across the universe.
Delicious in Dungeon 
ダンジョン飯 Delicious in Dungeon 「Danjon Meshi 」
Release Date: December 08th, 2023
Duration: 72 mins
Director: Yoshihiro Miyajima
Writer: Kimiko Ueno (Screenplay), Ryoko Kui (Original Creator),
Starring: Asuna Tomari (Chilchuck), Hiroshi Naka (Senshi), Saori Hayami (Falin), Sayaka Senbongi (Marcille), Kentaro Kumagai (Laois),
Animation Production: Group Trigger
Synopsis: It looks like this is a preview of the TV anime which will be broadcast next year. The story follows a troupe of adventurers searching for a lost party member while trying to survive on the food found in the dungeon after they lose all of their money and provisions. What’s on the menu? Dungeon monsters…
Miyuki Nakajima Gekijouban Yakai no Kiseki 1989 – 2002 
中島みゆき 劇場版 夜会の軌跡 1989～2002「Nakajima Miyuki Gekijouban Yakai no Kiseki 1989 – 2002」
Release Date: December 08th, 2023
Duration: 96 mins.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
Starring: Miyuki Nakajima
Synopsis: Miyuki Nakajima is a massively popular folk singer whose concerts are often sold out. This is the latest in a series of movie compilations of her live performances, this one for a Nakajima-made (as in, she covered many, many roles) stage play called “Night Party.”