Studio 4C

It is 1942. The Red Army is putting up a violent and effective resistance against the German invaders. 14 year-old Nadya is a medium. In a deadly air raid the girl is shell-shocked. Recovering from her concussion, Nadya discovers her new gift - the ability to foresee the "Moments of Truth" - the most critical moments of future combat encounters, in which one person's actions…

Professor Dan Petory's Blues is an animated short produced by Studio 4°C and directed by Hidekazu Ohara. It appeared on the Grasshoppa 1 DVD, and it is a strange and not altogether coherent academic lesson about UFOs. It features hand puppets, aliens and a man who hates mediocre middle-aged women. As with most 4°C shorts, this is probably not everyone's cup of tea.

Arcam is a secret, worldwide organization investigating artefacts from a lost civilization. When three of their investigators go to Mt. Ararat, in Turkey, they discover what they believe is the wreck of Noah's Ark. Their joy is short-lived, and so are they — the relic projects a powerful, destructive energy which wipes out not only the team but three Pentagon satellites as…

Nakazono Makoto is a high school student with a small dark secret. Since he was little, he has had the mysterious power to see grim reapers. One day, he is suddenly confronted by one of the grim reapers, Seno Akira: "Will you get in our way?" But Makoto replies with an air of resignation: "There's nothing I can do anyway, so I won't." At that moment, Makoto did not know of…

Inside a majestic museum, a young warrior gets attacked by shadow beasts born from people's fear and uncertainty over what they don't know. The warrior fights against them using the energy charger on his waist, but soon the energy runs out. In this desperate situation, he finds a new, unexpected source of power. Source: Official Youtube Note: the short was created for the…

* Based on Taiyo Matsumoto's manga series Tekkon Kinkurito. Kuro (black) and Shiro (white) are two orphans roaming the streets of Treasure Town, beating down any thug or yakuza who gets in their way. When mysterious foreign entrepreneurs appear with the intention of tearing down Treasure Town and replacing it with an amusement park, Kuro and Shiro face their greatest…

* Based on the manga by Miura Kentarou serialised in the seinen magazine Young Animal. Guts, an immensely strong sword-for-hire, has little direction in his life, simply fighting one battle after the next. However, this all changes suddenly when he meets and is bested by Griffith, a handsome and charismatic young man who leads the Band of the Hawk mercenary army. After Guts…

In the future, Utopia has finally been achieved thanks to medical nanotechnology and a powerful ethic of social welfare and mutual consideration. This perfect world isn't that perfect though, and three young girls stand up to totalitarian kindness and super-medicine by attempting suicide via starvation. It doesn't work, but one of the girls - Tuan Kirie - grows up to be a…

Attraction is a revolutionary interactive anime film by Morimoto Kouji of Tokyo-based production studio 4°C and was requested by INPES (Institut national de prévention et d'éducation) to discourage first-time smokers. The interactive aspect of Morimoto's anime utilizes the viewer's web cam and motion alignment to allow the user to move about within the film. Viewers can also…