Yasuhiro Yoshiura

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Yasuhiro Yoshiura

Born April 3, 1980 · Hokkaido, Japan (age 46)

Yasuhiro Yoshiura is a Japanese writer and director of animated short films. Born in 1980 in Hokkaido, and raised in Fukuoka, he graduated from Kyushu University's Faculty of Design (formerly Kyushu Institute of Design) in 2003. He moved to Tokyo following the release of his critically acclaimed film Pale Cocoon in 2006. Yoshiura's production company is called Studio Rikka. He often also provide…

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Patema InvertedPatema Inverted · 2013
Patema Inverted
7.42013
MovieAnimationScience Fiction
A young girl, from a civilization that resides in deep underground tunnels, finds herself trapped in an inverted world and teams up with a resident to escape and return home.
Sing a Bit of HarmonySing a Bit of Harmony · 2021
Sing a Bit of Harmony
7.42021
MovieAnimationDrama
Satomi is fine being alone until an AI named Shion joins her class with a song and a promise to make her happy. While Shion’s musical numbers and princess gowns don’t quite pass as human, her antics bring Satomi closer to four other classmates. Together, they make memories worth saving, but even our most precious data can be erased.
Time of EVE: The MovieTime of EVE: The Movie · 2010
Time of EVE: The Movie
7.12010
MovieAnimationScience Fiction
In the not-too-distant future, androids have come into common usage. However, treating androids on the same level as humans is frowned upon, and there is constant paranoia surrounding the possibility of robots defying humans, their masters. Those who appear too trustworthy of their androids are chided and labeled as "android-holics". Rikuo Sakisaka, who has taken robots for granted for his entire life, one day discovers that Sammy, his home android, has been acting independently and coming and going on her own. He finds a strange phrase recorded in her activity log, "Are you enjoying the time of EVE?". He, along with his friend Masakazu Masaki, traces Sammy's movements and finds an unusual café. Nagi, the barista, informs them that the café's main rule is to not discriminate between humans and androids. While Rikuo tries to reveal Sammy's intentions, he begins to question the legitimacy of the fear that drives humans to regard androids as nothing more than mere tools.
HarmonieHarmonie · 2014
Harmonie
7.72014
MovieAnimationDrama
Every person has his or her own little world. Among the 34 bustling students of classroom 2-1, there are many such worlds. Akio Honjou's world—my world—is filled with passionate talk about last night's anime with Yoshida, Watanabe, and other friends. It's an fun, comfortable place... But, I always wonder. Wonder about the world of Juri Makina, smiling and surrounded by gorgeous friends on the other side of the classroom. One day, I enter her world. But it's not as simple as it sounds.
PP33 -POWER PLANT No.33-PP33 -POWER PLANT No.33- · 2015
PP33 -POWER PLANT No.33-
6.72015
MovieAnimationAction
A sleeping gigantic electric generation kaiju No.33, so-called Eleki-Magma, which the city relies on its electric power. One day, a mysterious giant robot Proto-Taitan appeared in the sky and destroyed the city! An accumulation of electricity, which lost its way in the body, has finally awakened Eleki-Magma!
Mobile Police Patlabor RebootMobile Police Patlabor Reboot · 2016
Mobile Police Patlabor Reboot
7.32016
MovieAnimationScience Fiction
Police officers pursue a rogue labor mech rampaging through the city and causing widespread destruction. As the situation escalates, a young pilot is sent in to stop the machine before the damage grows even worse.
Pale CocoonPale Cocoon · 2005
Pale Cocoon
6.52005
MovieAnimationScience Fiction
In the far future when the continuity of the history has been lost, humans live in an ever more deteriorating completely artificial and enclosed world. The sea and the sky have disappeared, and the only window to "living" scenery exists in the records from the past, excavated in the relic.The Bureau of Record Excavation is an organization responsible for this task. Ura works for the 92nd office of the bureau. He is absorbed by the restoration of various records and fascinated by world of the past. Riko keeps a little distance to watch him, but averts her eyes from the records, believing that sometimes people just want things to stay the same.Everyone in this world knows that to know the past means to know the misery of this world, the present reality. But one day, Ura restores a strange video...
Bureau of Proto SocietyBureau of Proto Society · 2015
Bureau of Proto Society
7.02015
MovieAnimationFantasy
In the far distant future… Humans are living in the underground shelters under the complete controlled situation. “Why has the world gone to ruin, and what have made humans stay in the shelters?” Every day the members of Bureau of Proto Society debate the cause of the fall of the world from the past documentary videos… probably.

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Time of EVE: The MovieTime of EVE: The Movie · 2010
Time of EVE: The Movie
7.12010
MovieAnimationScience Fiction
In the not-too-distant future, androids have come into common usage. However, treating androids on the same level as humans is frowned upon, and there is constant paranoia surrounding the possibility of robots defying humans, their masters. Those who appear too trustworthy of their androids are chided and labeled as "android-holics". Rikuo Sakisaka, who has taken robots for granted for his entire life, one day discovers that Sammy, his home android, has been acting independently and coming and going on her own. He finds a strange phrase recorded in her activity log, "Are you enjoying the time of EVE?". He, along with his friend Masakazu Masaki, traces Sammy's movements and finds an unusual café. Nagi, the barista, informs them that the café's main rule is to not discriminate between humans and androids. While Rikuo tries to reveal Sammy's intentions, he begins to question the legitimacy of the fear that drives humans to regard androids as nothing more than mere tools.

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Pale CocoonPale Cocoon · 2005
Pale Cocoon
6.52005
MovieAnimationScience Fiction
In the far future when the continuity of the history has been lost, humans live in an ever more deteriorating completely artificial and enclosed world. The sea and the sky have disappeared, and the only window to "living" scenery exists in the records from the past, excavated in the relic.The Bureau of Record Excavation is an organization responsible for this task. Ura works for the 92nd office of the bureau. He is absorbed by the restoration of various records and fascinated by world of the past. Riko keeps a little distance to watch him, but averts her eyes from the records, believing that sometimes people just want things to stay the same.Everyone in this world knows that to know the past means to know the misery of this world, the present reality. But one day, Ura restores a strange video...

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Time of EveTime of Eve · 2008
Time of Eve
7.52008
SeriesAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
The future, probably Japan. Robots have long been put into practical use, and androids have just come into use. Influenced by the Robot Ethics Committee, it's become common sense for people to treat androids like household appliances. Their appearance – indistinguishable from humans except for the ring over each android's head – has led some people to empathize unnecessarily with androids. Known as "android-holics", such people have become a social problem. Rikuo, a high school student, has been taught from childhood that androids are not to be viewed as humans, and has always used them as convenient tools. One day, Rikuo discovers some strange data in the behavior records of his family's household android, Sammy. Rikuo and his friend Masaki trace Sammy's movements, only to discover a mysterious café that features a house rule that "humans and robots are to be treated the same".

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