Seeking some respite from the rigors of their studies, depressed cram-school classmates Tomoya, Aoi, and Ryo indulged themselves by pursuing an urban legend-and summoning a young woman's ghost that appears when fireworks are set off on a summer night. The experiment works, as the spirit shares what caused her fate-and stunningly explains why the kids were able to raise her. Moving anime short film features the voices of Chiaki Kobayashi, Rina Kawaei. 40 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack Japanese; Subtitles English. In Japanese with English subtitles.

Rudderless since losing her mother, shy teenager Suzu (voiced by Kaho Nakamura) rediscovered joy in both life and song when she joined the popular virtual domain InchUInch-and her avatar InchBelleInch became a viral vocal sensation. Intrigued after her concert's audaciously crashed by the mysterious user InchDragonInch (Takeru Satoh), she seeks to learn his identity-and shield him from furious IRL authorities, in Mamoru Hosoda's popular anime fantasy. 121 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack Japanese; Subtitles English. Three-disc set. In Japanese with English subtitles.

The feature film debut from Makoto Shinkai, the acclaimed director of Weathering With You and Your Name., is a haunting and beautiful story of friendship and loss, with stunning visuals and the emotional approach to science-fiction that would become the director's trademark. In an alternate post-war Japan, three teenagers become obsessed with a mysterious tower across the Union border, which reaches far into the sky. Hiroki and Takuya work on a makeshift airplane, which they promise their friend Sayuri they will use to visit the tower together someday, but she disappears before it is completed. Several years later, the tower suddenly activates, starting a phenomenon that threatens the world. And the young men now discover their long-lost friend Sayuri may hold the key to it all

From Makoto Shinkai, the director of the global smash hit Your Name., comes a critically-acclaimed new romantic drama set in the rain-soaked streets (and skies) of modern Tokyo. The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if to suggest his future. He lives his days in isolation, but finally finds work as a writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability the power to stop the rain and clear the sky