Welcome to the first trailer post of the week.
There will be two more trailer posts following this one.
Well, it’s Christmas Eve and I’m recovering from a fractured knee. So far, the recovery is going well. The result of the injury was that my start in my new job has been delayed a bit – I’m eager to get back to work.
I haven’t had this much time off where I’ve been able to lounge around – albeit, in pain when walking – and so I’ve played Fire Emblem Awakening and spent many hours grinding. I’m about half way through the story and really enjoying the game and want to write a review since I’m constantly thinking about it. I even want to play the older games in the series now… Anyway…
What are the first bunch of films released this weekend?
Kachi kiru kakugo nihon ichi made no 79-nichi 
勝ち切る覚悟 日本一までの79日 「Kachi kiru kakugo nihon ichi made no 79-nichi」
Release Date: December 25th, 2024
Duration: 81 mins.
Director: Kazuo Tsujimoto
Writer: Takashi Ishizuka (Screenplay),
Starring: N/A
Website Twitter: @ydb_yokohama
Synopsis: This is a documentary about the Yokohama DeNA BayStars baseball team and it looks at their evolving form over the 2024 season. Indeed, they won the 2024 Japan Series, making it the third time they clinched the title. They beat the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, who had a documentary about them last week.
Inazuma Eleven Compilation Films
Ahead of the release of an Inazuma Eleven game next year, two compilation films will hit cinemas. The game is called Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road!
Inazuma Eleven Movie: The Legendary Kickoff 
映画 イナズマイレブン総集編 伝説のキックオフ 「Inazuma Irebun Soushuuhen Densetsu no Kikkofu」
Release Date: December 27th, 2024
Duration: N/A
Director: Akihiro Hino
Writer: Akihiro Hino (Screenplay/Series Composition), Level 5 (Original Creator),
Starring: Hirofumi Nojima (Shuuya Goenji), Hiroyuki Yoshino (Yuto Kido), Junko Takeuchi (Mamoru Endo), Yuko Sanpei (Terumi “afurodi” Afuro),
Animation Production: OLM
Website Twitter: @inazuma_project_PR ANN MAL
Synopsis: This is a compilation film featuring matches from the TV anime and it covers the “Football Frontier Arc,” specifically leading the battle between the Raimon Junior High, the protagonists football team led by Mamoru Endo, and its strong rival, Zeus Junior High.
Inazuma Eleven Movie: Prologue to the New Heroes 
劇場版 イナズマイレブン 新たなる英雄たちの序章 「Inazuma Irebun Aratanaru Eiyuu-tachi no Joshou」
Release Date: December 27th, 2024
Duration: N/A
Director: Akihiro Hino
Writer: Akihiro Hino (Screenplay/Series Composition), Level 5 (Original Creator),
Starring: Moe Konoma (Haru Endo), Sho Komura (Unmei Sasanami), Yohei Azakami (Joji Sakurazaki),
Animation Production: MAPPA
Website Twitter: @inazuma_project_PR ANN MAL
Synopsis: The protagonist, Sasanami Unmei, a genius football manager who had to struggle to get into the game because of a medical issue. Meeting Haru Endo, son of legendary footballer Mamoru Endo, inspired him to get back into football. This is the focus of previous Inazuma Eleven story Eiyuutachi no Victory Road
“Space Battleship Yamato” 50th Anniversary Special Selection Screening Program 1 
「宇宙戦艦ヤマト」放送50周年記念セレクション上映 プログラム1 「Uchuu Senkan Yamato hoso 50 shunenkinen serekushon koei puroguramu」
Release Date: December 27th, 2024
Duration: N/A
Director: Leiji Matsumoto
Writer: Eiichi Yamamoto, Keisuke Fujikawa, Maru Tamura (Screenplays), Leiji Matsumoto, Yoshinobu Nishizaki (Original Creator),
Starring: Kei Tomiyama (Susumu Kodai), Yoko Asagami (Yuki Mori), Goro Naya (Juzo Okita),
Animation Production: Academy Productions, Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Synopsis: The first episode of the TV anime Space Battleship Yamato was broadcast in Japan in 1974. It became a phenomena that inspired many creatives working to this day. To mark its 50th anniversary, selected episodes from the first TV series will be screened in an event planned and produced by Hideaki Anno who selected three sets of three episodes he took from the original 26-episode run. Crunchyroll had the screening schedule as:
December 27, 2024 – January 2, 2025
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 7
January 3 – 9 , 2025
Episode 16
Episode 18
Episode 22
January 10 – 16, 2025
Episode 23
Episode 24
Episode 26
Each program will be screened in HD remastered versions for a limited period of one week.