Tiger Mask

Tiger Mask
	Cover of the 2001 re-release of the first manga volume.
タイガーマスク; (Taigā Masuku)
Genre	Sports (professional wrestling)
Manga
Written by	Ikki Kajiwara
Illustrated by	Naoki Tsuji
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Bokura Magazine
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	1968 – 1971
Volumes	14
Anime television series
Directed by	Takeshi Tamiya
Written by	Masaki Tsuji ; Tadashi Kondo ; Toyohiro Ando
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Studio	Toei Animation
Original network	TV Asahi
Original run	October 2, 1969 – September 30, 1971
Episodes	105
Anime film
Directed by	Takeshi Tamiya
Studio	Toei Animation
Released	March 17, 1970
Runtime	47 minutes
Anime film
Tiger Mask: Fuku Men League Sen
Directed by	Takeshi Tamiya
Studio	Toei Animation
Released	July 19, 1970
Runtime	53 minutes
Anime television series
Tiger Mask II
Directed by	Kozo Morishita
Written by	Haruya Yamazaki
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Studio	Toei Animation
Original network	TV Asahi
Original run	April 20, 1981 – January 18, 1982
Episodes	33
Live-action film
Directed by	Ken Ochiai
Produced by	Toshiaki Nakazawa ; Hidehiro Ito ; Yoshihiro Yamamoto
Written by	Hidehiro Ito ; Itaru Era ; Ken Ochiai ; Michael Welles Schock
Music by	Koji Endo
Studio	Shochiku
Released	November 9, 2013
Runtime	90 minutes
Anime television series
	Tiger Mask W;
	Anime and manga portal

Tiger Mask (Japanese: タイガーマスク, Hepburn: Taigā Masuku) is a Japanese manga series written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Naoki Tsuji. The series was first published in Kodansha's Bokura Magazine from 1968 to 1971 and was later published in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1970 to 1971. It was later adapted into an anime series by Toei Animation which first aired on TV Asahi on October 2, 1969 and ended its run on September 30, 1971, airing 105 episodes. In real life, the name has been used by a succession of Japanese professional wrestling characters as a gimmick. The Tiger Mask persona is instantly recognizable by its trademark mask, designed to look like a tiger's head, as well as the combination of high flying attacks and martial arts in the ring.

Plot[]

Tiger Mask, whose real name was Naoto Date, was a feared heel wrestler in America who was extremely vicious in the ring. However, he became a face after returning to Japan when a young boy said that he wanted to be a villain like Tiger Mask when he grew up. The boy resided in an orphanage, the same one that Tiger Mask grew up in during his childhood. Feeling that he did not want the boy to idolize a villain, Tiger was inspired to be a heroic wrestler.

The main antagonist in the manga and anime was the Tiger's Den, a mysterious organization that trained young people to be villainous wrestlers on the condition that they gave half of their earnings to the organization. Tiger Mask was once a member of the Tiger's Den under the name "Yellow Devil", but no longer wanted anything to do with them, instead donating his money to the orphanage. This infuriated the leader of the organization and he sent numerous assassins, including other professional wrestlers, to punish him.

In Tiger Mask II (タイガーマスク二世), a new opponent called "Outer Space Mask" bullies his way into the ring without representing any wrestling federation. Tatsuo Aku, once an orphan child from the "house of the children", was a fan of Naoto, who has died. He would put on his old hero's mask to become the new Tiger Mask.

Characters[]

Tiger Mask and his comrades[]

Naoto Date (伊達直人, Date Naoto) / Tiger Mask (タイガーマスク, Taigā Masuku)

Voiced by: Kei Tomiyama, Katsuji Mori (ep. 32~39)

Kentaro Takaoka (高岡拳太郎, Takaoka Kentarō) / Yellow Devil (イエロー・デビル, Ierō Debiru)

Voiced by: Ryouichi Tanaka

Daigo Daimon (大門大吾, Daimon Daigo) / Mister Fudo (ミスター不動, Misutā Fudo)

Voiced by: Kazuya Tatekabe

Toranosuke Arashi (嵐虎之介, Arashi Toranosuke)

Voiced by: Yonehiko Kitagawa

The Great Zebra (ザ・グレイト・ゼブラ, Za Gureito Zebura)

Voiced by: Shingo Kanemoto

Chibikko House[]

Akira Wakatsuki (若月晃, Wakatsuki Akira)

Voiced by:

Ruriko Wakatsuki (若月ルリ子, Wakatsuki Ruriko)

Voiced by: Nana Yamaguchi (ep. 1~77), Michiko Nomura (ep. 78~105)

Kenta (健太)

Voiced by: Masako Nozawa

Yoshio Sasaki (佐々木芳夫, Sasaki Yoshio)

Voiced by: (ep. 1~55), Noriko Watanabe (ep. 56~105)

Chappy (チャッピー, Chappī)

Voiced by: Sachiko Chijimatsu

Gaboten (ガボテン)

Voiced by: Keiko Yamamoto

Mikuro (ミクロ)

Voiced by: Kazuko Sugiyama

Yoko Takaoka (高岡洋子, Takaoka Yōko)

Voiced by: Reiko Katsura

Tiger's Den[]

Mister X (ミスターＸ, Misutā X)

Voiced by: Hidekatsu Shibata

Mister X is the main antagonist of the series.

Boss (ボス, Bosu) / Miracle 3 (ミラクル3, Mirakuru 3) / Tiger the Great (タイガー・ザ・グレイト, Taigā za Gureito)

Voiced by:

The Boss is the leader of the Tiger's Den. He makes his first appearance disguised as the unbelievably strong fighter Miracle 3, the only fighter with total supremacy in the three fundamental abilities: strength, speed and illegal moves. Miracle 3 wins every fight in a clear and correct way, studying Tiger Mask's style against some fighters chosen by him. When he finally fights with Tiger Mask, he reassumes his old name: Tiger the Great.

Big Tiger (ビッグ・タイガー, Biggu Taigā)

Voiced by: Yonehiko Kitagawa

Black Tiger (ブラック・タイガー, Burakku Taigā)

Voiced by:

King Tiger (キング・タイガー, Kingu Taigā)

Voiced by:

The third master of the Tiger's Den. He was considered the strongest fighter ever. He was forced to retire because nobody was capable to fight him on an even basis. Adding to his considerable technique, King Tiger is the absolute master of illegal moves. His fight with Tiger Mask rapidly escalates to a real bloodbath.

Other characters[]

TV announcer

Voiced by: Keiichi Noda

Ring announcer and narrator.

Tiger Mask II characters[]

Name	Voiced by
Tatsuo Aku / Tiger Mask	Hideyuki Hori
Midori Ariyoshi	Chiyoko Kawashima
Antonio Inoki	Banjo Ginga
Ahman Hassan	Chikao Otsuka
Junko Tachibana	Mami Koyama
Kazuya Tachibana
Hinode Sports Desk	Chikao Otsuka
Ishimatsu	Kaneto Shiozawa
Saiga	Hideyuki Tanaka
Mina Saiga	Chisato Nakajima
Ichiro Furutachi	Kōji Yada

Publication history[]

The manga was originally created for the in 1968 by Ikki Kajiwara and . The manga would be reprinted by Kodansha comics, and made available in Hong Kong. Further versions include Sankei Comics and the Kodansha KC Special. The anime would be televised nationally in Japan, while two movies would be constructed from reusing footage of the series.^[1] Most of the environment and characters were fictional, but real-life pro wrestlers like Antonio Inoki, Giant Baba, , Kintaro Ohki and Seiji Sakaguchi were included in the manga and anime as well.

On March 3, 2016, New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced the revival of the Tiger Mask anime series.^[2] The series, entitled Tiger Mask W, premiered on TV Asahi in October 2016.^[3] It is also currently streaming on Crunchyroll, marking it as the first Tiger Mask anime available to American viewers.^[4] This new series is the exclusive sequel of the anime version and completely ignores Tiger Mask II, which confirms Naoto Date's death like in the manga. In fact, his death isn't confirmed.

Adaptations[]

Films[]

The movies were titled as such in English when exported outside Japan. They are not actual translations.

Japanese Name	English Name	Release Date	Type
タイガーマスク	Tiger Mask	1970	movie
タイガーマスクふく面リーグ戦	Tiger Mask: War Against the League of Masked Wrestlers	July 19, 1970	movie
タイガーマスク	Tiger Mask	November 9, 2013	movie

Video games[]

While the Tiger Mask character has shown up in quite a number of wrestling video games such as Fire Pro Wrestling D, , Sunday vs Magazine: Shūketsu! Chōjō Daikessen, and Virtual Pro Wrestling 64, the video games are not directly based on the story of the manga or anime.

Cultural influences[]

In the early 1980s, the bookers in the New Japan Pro-Wrestling promotion licensed the character and created a real-life Tiger Mask, originally portrayed by Satoru Sayama, to help boost their junior heavyweight division.^[5]

In 2010 and 2011, several people in Japan donated to children's homes and other social welfare centers by using the name "Naoto Date" as an alias.^[6]

In 2012 an Israeli artist named Omer Rabinovitz recorded a fictional song over the series opening sequence renaming it 'Namer HaKesef' ("The Silver/Money Leopard"),^[7] reaching over 400 thousand views on Youtube and becoming a cult phenomenon in Israel.^[8] Fictional episodes created independently by the community,^[9] and a Minecraft skin was also created.^[10]

In video games[]

The Tekken video game series has a character named King who is an homage of Tiger Mask, except King wears a jaguar mask instead.

Street Fighter II, in its early concept design stages, had a very similar homage to Tiger Mask in its character roster.^[11]

In the Yo-Kai Watch game series, a yokai named Machonyan wears a tiger mask.

Pokémon Sun and Moon introduced Incineroar, the "Heel Pokémon," displaying elements of both a tiger and a wrestler. It is also a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

References[]

^ Clements, Jonathan. McCarthy Helen. [2006] (2006). The Anime Encyclopedia: Revised & Expanded Edition. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5
^ Rose, Bryan (March 3, 2016). "NJPW New Japan Cup results: Big announcements, first round of matches". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
^ "【新日】オカダが新アニメ「タイガーマスクＷ」に登場！「実際のプロレスも見てもらいたい」". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
^ "Crunchyroll to Stream Tiger Mask W Anime".
^ Guerrero, Eddie (2005). Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story. Simon and Schuster. p. 91. ISBN 0-7434-9353-2.
^ "Gifts from 'comic heroes' help Japan's orphans." CNN. January 11, 2011. Retrieved on January 12, 2011.
^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYB5DrH67eI
^ "שובו של נמר הכסף המפואר". 20 September 2015.
^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9ZtXDE4XKc&t=4s
^ https://www.minecraftskins.com/search/skin/namer-hakesef/1/
^ Kolher, Chris. "The Making of Street Fighter 2". Insert Credit. Retrieved 24 October 2016.

External links[]

Tiger Mask (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Tiger Mask movie Japanese

[1] Clements, Jonathan. McCarthy Helen. [2006] (2006). The Anime Encyclopedia: Revised & Expanded Edition. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5

[2] Rose, Bryan (March 3, 2016). "NJPW New Japan Cup results: Big announcements, first round of matches". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 3, 2016.

[3] "【新日】オカダが新アニメ「タイガーマスクＷ」に登場！「実際のプロレスも見てもらいたい」". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.

[4] "Crunchyroll to Stream Tiger Mask W Anime".

[eddie-5] Guerrero, Eddie (2005). Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story. Simon and Schuster. p. 91. ISBN 0-7434-9353-2.

[6] "Gifts from 'comic heroes' help Japan's orphans." CNN. January 11, 2011. Retrieved on January 12, 2011.

[7] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYB5DrH67eI

[8] "שובו של נמר הכסף המפואר". 20 September 2015.

[9] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9ZtXDE4XKc&t=4s

[10] ttps://www.minecraftskins.com/search/skin/namer-hakesef/1/

[11] Kolher, Chris. "The Making of Street Fighter 2". Insert Credit. Retrieved 24 October 2016.

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1950s–60s	The White Snake Enchantress (1958) Magic Boy (1959) Alakazam the Great (1960) The Orphan Brother (1961) Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad (1962) The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon (1963) Doggie March (1963) Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon (1965) Cyborg 009 (1966) Cyborg 009: Monster Wars (1967) Jack and the Witch (1967) The Madcap Island (1967) The World of Hans Christian Andersen (1968) GeGeGe no Kitarō (1968) The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun (1968) The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots (1969) Flying Phantom Ship (1969)
1970s	Chibikko Remi to Meiken Kapi (1970) Tiger Mask (1970) 30,000 Miles Under the Sea (1970) Tiger Mask: Fuku Men League Sen (1970) Animal Treasure Island (1971) Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1971) Nagagutsu o Haita Neko: Nagagutsu Sanjūshi (1972) Go Get Them 0011!! (1972) Panda no Daibōken (1973) Mazinger Z vs. Devilman (1973) Kikansha Yaemon: D-goichi no Daibōken (1974) Mazinger Z vs. The Great General of Darkness (1974) Great Mazinger vs. Getter Robo (1975) Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid (1975) Kore Ga UFO Da! Sora Tobu Enban (1975) Great Mazinger vs. Getter Robo G: Kuchu Daigekitotsu (1975) Uchu Enban Daisenso (1975) Grendizer (1975) UFO Robot Grendizer vs. Great Mazinger (1976) Nagagutsu o Haita Neko: Hachijū Nichi-kan Sekaiisshū (1976) Grendizer, Getter Robo G, Great Mazinger: Kessen! Daikaijuu (1976) UFO Robot Grendizer: Akai Yuuhi no Taiketsu (1976) Sekai Meisaku Douwa: Hakuchou no Õji (1977) Wakusei Robo Danguard Ace tai Konchu Robo Gundan (1977) Candy Candy: The Call of Spring/The May Festival (1978) Ikkyū-san and the Mischievous Princess (1978) Wakusei Robo Danguard Ace: Uchū Daikaisen (1978) Thumbelina (1978) Candy Candy's Summer Vacation (1978) Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Mystery of the Arcadia (1978) Sci-Fi West Saga Starzinger (1979) Taro the Dragon Boy (1979) Triton of the Sea (1979) Galaxy Express 999 (1979)
1980s	Hana no Ko Lunlun: Hello Cherry Garden (1980) Twelve Months (1980) Toward the Terra (1980) GeGeGe no Kitarō: The Divining Eye (1980) Magical Girl Lalabel: The Sea Calls for a Summer Vacation (1980) Cyborg 009: Legend of the Super Galaxy (1980) Swan Lake (1981) Akuma to Himegimi (1981) Natsu e no Tobira (1981) Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hello! Wonder Island (1981) Adieu Galaxy Express 999 (1981) Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1982) Asari-chan Ai no Marchen Shōjo (1982) Queen Millennia (1982) Haguregumo (1982) Dr. Slump: "Hoyoyo!" Space Adventure (1982) Arcadia of My Youth (1982) Future War 198X (1982) Aesop's Fables (1983) Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Great Race Around the World (1983) Final Yamato (1983) Patalliro! Stardust Keikaku (1983) Kenya Boy (1984) Papa Mama Bye bye (1984) The Kabocha Wine: Nita no Aijou Monogatari (1984) Kinnikuman: Stolen Championship Belt (1984) Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Secret of Nanaba Castle (1984) Great Riot! Seigi Choujin (1984) Arei no Kagami (1985) Gu Gu Ganmo (1985) Seigi Choujin vs. Ancient Choujin (1985) Tongari Bōshi no Memoru (1985) Counterattack! The Underground Space Choujin (1985) Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The City of Dreams, Mechapolis (1985) Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight (1985) GeGeGe no Kitarō: The Yokai Army (1985) Hour of Triumph! Justice Superman (1985) Fist of the North Star (1986) GeGeGe no Kitarō: The Great Yokai War (1986) Crisis in New York! (1986) GeGeGe no Kitarō: The Strongest Yokai Army!! Disembark for Japan! (1986) Maple Town (1986) Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986) GeGeGe no Kitarō: Clash!! The Great Rebellion of the Dimensional Yokai (1986) Justice Supermen vs. Fighter Supermen (1986) Grimm Douwa: Kin no Tori (1987) New Maple Town Stories: Home Town Collection (1987) Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle (1987) Saint Seiya: The Movie (1987) Bikkuriman: Taiichiji Seima Taisen (1988) Lady Lady!! (1988) Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods (1988) Bikkuriman: Moen Zone no Himitsu (1988) Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure (1988) Tatakae!! Ramenman (1988) Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth (1988) Sakigake!! Otokojuku (1988) Himitsu no Akko-chan (1989) Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle (1989) Hengen Taima Yakō Karura Mau! Nara Onryō Emaki (1989) Akuma-kun (1989) Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (1989) Himitsu no Akko-chan Umi da! Obake da!! Natsu Matsuri (1989)
1990s	Akuma-kun: Yōkoso Akuma Land e!! (1990) Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (1990) Sally the Witch (1990) Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (1990) Kennosuke-sama (1990) Pink: Water Bandit, Rain Bandit (1990) Utsunomiko: Tenjōhen (1990) Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug (1991) Magical Taruruto (1991) Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge (1991) Dragon Quest: The Great Adventure of Dai (1991) Magical Taruruto: Moero! Yuujou no Mahou Taisen (1991) Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (1992) Dragon Quest: Avan's Discilpes (1992) Magical Taruruto: Suki Suki Hot Tako Yaki (1992) Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! (1992) Dragon Quest: Six Great Generals (1992) Candy Candy the Movie (1992) Goldfish Warning! (1992) Rokudenashi Blues (1992) Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: N-cha! Clear Skies Over Penguin Village (1993) Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan (1993) Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: N-cha! From Penguin Village with Love (1993) Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound (1993) Rokudenashi Blues 1993 (1993) Sailor Moon R: The Movie (1993) Tōi Umi kara Kita Coo (1993) Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo!! Follow the Rescued Shark... (1994) Dragon Ball Z: Broly – Second Coming (1994) Slam Dunk (1994) Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: N-cha!! Excited Heart of Summer Vacation (1994) Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly (1994) Slam Dunk: Conquer the Nation, Hanamichi Sakuragi! (1994) Go! Go! Ackman (1994) Ghost Sweeper Mikami (1994) Osawaga! Super Baby (1994) Sailor Moon S: The Movie (1994) Aoki Densetsu Shoot! (1994) Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (1995) Marmalade Boy (1995) Slam Dunk: Shohoku's Greatest Challenge! (1995) Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (1995) Slam Dunk: Howling Basketman Spirit!! (1995) Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie (1995) Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (1996) Neighborhood Story (1996) GeGeGe no Kitarō: The Great Sea Beast (1996) Jigoku Sensei Nūbē (1996) Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo: Operazakan - Aratanaru Satsujin (1996) Hana Yori Dango: The Movie (1997) GeGeGe no Kitarō: Obake Nighter (1997) Jigoku Sensei Nūbē: Gozen 0 toki Nūbē Shisu (1997) Cutie Honey Flash (1997) GeGeGe no Kitarō: Yokai Express! The Phantom Train (1997) Jigoku Sensei Nūbē: Kyoufu no Natsu Yasumi! Asashi no Uni no Gensetsu (1997) Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy (1998) Digimon Adventure (1999) Doctor Slump: Arale's Surprise Burn (1999) Yu-Gi-Oh! (1999) Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo: Satsuriku no Deep Blue (1999)
2000s	Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! (2000) One Piece: The Movie (2000) Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Landing!! / Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals (2000) Ojamajo Doremi #: Pop and the Queen's Cursed Rose (2000) Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon (2001) One Piece: Clockwork Island Adventure (2001) Digimon Tamers: Battle of Adventurers (2001) Kinnikuman: Second Generations (2001) Mōtto! Ojamajo Doremi: Secret of the Frog Stone (2001) Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon (2002) One Piece: Chopper's Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals (2002) Digimon Frontier: Island of Lost Digimon (2002) Muscle Ginseng Competition! The Great Choujin War (2002) One Piece The Movie: Dead End no Bōken (2003) Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003) Saint Seiya: Heaven Chapter - Overture (2004) One Piece: The Cursed Holy Sword (2004) Zatch Bell Movie 1: 101st Devil (2004) Air (2005) One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island (2005) Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart the Movie (2005) Zatch Bell Movie 2: Attack of Mechavulcan (2005) Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart the Movie 2: Friends of the Snow-Laden Sky (2005) One Piece: Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle (2006) Digimon Savers: Ultimate Power! Activate Burst Mode (2006) Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star: Tick-Tock Crisis Hanging by a Thin Thread! (2006) Dr. Slump: Dr. Mashirito - Abale-chan (2007) One Piece Movie: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta (2007) Clannad (2007) Yes! PreCure 5 the Movie: Great Miraculous Adventure in the Mirror Kingdom! (2007) One Piece: Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Sakura (2008) Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! (2008) Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo! the Movie: Happy Birthday in the Sweets Kingdom (2008) GeGeGe no Kitarō: Japan Explodes!! (2008) Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Everyone's Friends☆The Collection of Miracles! (2009) Digimon Adventure 3D: Digimon Grand Prix! (2009) Digimon Savers 3D: The Digital World in Imminent Danger! (2009) Kikansha Yaemon (2009) Fresh Pretty Cure! the Movie: The Toy Kingdom has Lots of Secrets!? (2009) One Piece Film: Strong World (2009)
2010s	Pretty Cure All Stars DX2: Light of Hope☆Protect The Rainbow Jewel! (2010) Kaidan Restaurant (2010) HeartCatch PreCure! the Movie: Fashion Show in the Flower Capital... Really?! (2010) Pretty Cure All Stars DX3: Deliver the Future! The Rainbow-Colored Flower That Connects the World (2011) One Piece: Straw Hat Chase (2011) Toriko 3D: Kaimaku! Gourmet Adventure!! (2011) Buddha (2011) Pretty Cure All-Stars DX: 3D Theatre (2011) Suite PreCure the Movie: Take it back! The Miraculous Melody that Connects Hearts (2011) Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock (2011) Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Friends of the Future (2012) Rainbow Fireflies (2012) Asura (2012) Smile PreCure! the Movie: Big Mismatch in a Picture Book! (2012) One Piece Film: Z (2012) Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2: Friends of the Heart (2013) Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013) Toriko the Movie: Bishokushin's Special Menu (2013) Harlock: Space Pirate (2013) DokiDoki! PreCure the Movie: Mana's Getting Married!!? The Dress of Hope that Connects to the Future (2013) Buddha 2 (2014) Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 3: Friends of Eternity (2014) Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary (2014) HappinessCharge PreCure! the Movie: The Ballerina of the Land of Dolls (2014) Expelled from Paradise (2014) Pretty Cure All Stars: Spring Carnival♪ (2015) Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (2015) Go! Princess Pretty Cure the Movie: Go! Go!! Gorgeous Triple Feature!!! (2015) Digimon Adventure tri.: Reunion (2015) Digimon Adventure tri.: Determination (2016) Pretty Cure All Stars: Singing with Everyone♪ Miraculous Magic! (2016) One Piece Film: Gold (2016) Digimon Adventure tri.: Confession (2016) Witchy Pretty Cure! The Movie: Wonderous! Cure Mofurun! (2016) Pop in Q (2016) Digimon Adventure tri.: Loss (2017) Pretty Cure Dream Stars! (2017) Digimon Adventure tri.: Coexistence (2017) Mazinger Z: Infinity (2017) Kirakira Pretty Cure a la Mode the Movie: Crisply! The Memory of Mille-feuille! (2017) Pretty Cure Super Stars! (2018) Digimon Adventure tri.: Future (2018) Hugtto! PreCure Futari wa Pretty Cure: All Stars Memories (2018) Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018) Pretty Cure Miracle Universe (2019) Eiga Oshiri Tantei: Curry Naru Jiken (2019) One Piece: Stampede (2019) Star Twinkle PreCure the Movie: These Feelings within The Song of Stars (2019)
2020s	Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna (2020) Eiga Oshiri Tantei: Tentō Mushi Iseki no Nazo (2020) Fushigi Dagashiya Zenitendō: Tsuritai Yaki (2020) Pretty Cure Miracle Leap: A Wonderful Day with Everyone (2020) Looking for Magical Doremi (2020) Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal (2021) Healin' Good PreCure the Movie: GoGo! Big Transformation! The Town of Dreams (2021) Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure the Movie: Petite Dive! Collaboration Dance Party! (2021) Eiga Oshiri Tantei: Sufūre-to no Himitsu (2021) Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure the Movie: The Snow Princess and the Miraculous Ring! (2021) The Journey (2021)
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