Ayaka Asai

Sound! Euphonium the Movie – Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band (2016)

Recap of Season 1. After swearing off music due to an incident at the middle school regional brass band competition, euphonist Kumiko Oumae enters high school hoping for a fresh start. As fate would have it, she ends up being surrounded by people with an interest ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsuya Ishihara
CAST:  Ayaka Asai  •  Moe Toyota  •  Chika Anzai  •  Tomoyo Kurosawa

Recap of Season 1. After swearing off music due to an incident at the middle school regional brass band competition, euphonist Kumiko Oumae enters high school hoping for a fresh start. As fate would have it, she ends up being surrounded by people with an interest ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsuya Ishihara
CAST:  Ayaka Asai  •  Moe Toyota  •  Chika Anzai  •  Tomoyo Kurosawa

Sound! Euphonium the Movie – May the Melody Reach You! (2017)

Recap of Season 2. Following their success in the qualifying round for the Kansai regional competition, the members of the Kitauji High School concert band set their sights on the next upcoming performance. Utilizing their summer break to the utmost, the band ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsuya Ishihara  •  Taichi Ogawa
CAST:  Ayaka Asai  •  Moe Toyota  •  Chika Anzai  •  Tomoyo Kurosawa

Recap of Season 2. Following their success in the qualifying round for the Kansai regional competition, the members of the Kitauji High School concert band set their sights on the next upcoming performance. Utilizing their summer break to the utmost, the band ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsuya Ishihara  •  Taichi Ogawa
CAST:  Ayaka Asai  •  Moe Toyota  •  Chika Anzai  •  Tomoyo Kurosawa

Sword Art Online: The Movie – Ordinal Scale (2017)

In 2026, four years after the infamous Sword Art Online incident, a revolutionary new form of technology has emerged: the Augma, a device that utilizes an Augmented Reality system. Unlike the Virtual Reality of the NerveGear and the Amusphere, it is perfectly safe ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomohiko Ito
CAST:  Ayana Taketatsu  •  Haruka Tomatsu  •  Yoshitsugu Matsuoka  •  Ayahi Takagaki

In 2026, four years after the infamous Sword Art Online incident, a revolutionary new form of technology has emerged: the Augma, a device that utilizes an Augmented Reality system. Unlike the Virtual Reality of the NerveGear and the Amusphere, it is perfectly safe ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomohiko Ito
CAST:  Ayana Taketatsu  •  Haruka Tomatsu  •  Yoshitsugu Matsuoka  •  Ayahi Takagaki

Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)

Mizore Yoroizuka plays the oboe, and Nozomi Kasaki plays the flute in Kitauji High School concert band. As seniors, this will be their last competition together, and the selected piece "Liz and the Blue Bird" features a duet for the oboe and flute. "This piece ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoko Yamada
CAST:  Nao Toyama  •  Atsumi Tanezaki  •  Ayaka Asai  •  Chika Anzai

Mizore Yoroizuka plays the oboe, and Nozomi Kasaki plays the flute in Kitauji High School concert band. As seniors, this will be their last competition together, and the selected piece "Liz and the Blue Bird" features a duet for the oboe and flute. "This piece ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoko Yamada
CAST:  Nao Toyama  •  Atsumi Tanezaki  •  Ayaka Asai  •  Chika Anzai

Sound! Euphonium the Movie – Our Promise: A Brand New Day (2019)

Kumiko is now a second year and one of the senior players of the euphonium section. With new underclassmen joining the concert band, Kumiko will have to learn new things in order to deal with awkward and difficult underclassmen. She and third-year trumpeter Tomoe ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsuya Ishihara
CAST:  Tomoyo Kurosawa  •  Chika Anzai  •  Ayaka Asai  •  Ayaka Nanase

Kumiko is now a second year and one of the senior players of the euphonium section. With new underclassmen joining the concert band, Kumiko will have to learn new things in order to deal with awkward and difficult underclassmen. She and third-year trumpeter Tomoe ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsuya Ishihara
CAST:  Tomoyo Kurosawa  •  Chika Anzai  •  Ayaka Asai  •  Ayaka Nanase

Bean Bandit (2021)

Kenichi Sonoda announced at Anime Central that he launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a new "Bean Bandit" anime. He confirmed that the project will meld elements of Riding Bean and Gunsmith Cats, and like these previous works it will take place in Chicago.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenichi Sonoda  •  Yuu Aoki
CAST:  Hidenori Takahashi  •  Ayaka Asai  •  Hiromi Igarashi  •  Eri Kitamura

Kenichi Sonoda announced at Anime Central that he launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a new "Bean Bandit" anime. He confirmed that the project will meld elements of Riding Bean and Gunsmith Cats, and like these previous works it will take place in Chicago.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenichi Sonoda  •  Yuu Aoki
CAST:  Hidenori Takahashi  •  Ayaka Asai  •  Hiromi Igarashi  •  Eri Kitamura

Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna (2020)

Tai is now a university student, living alone, working hard at school, and working every day, but with his future still undecided. Meanwhile, Matt and others continue to work on Digimon incidents and activities that help people with their partner Digimon. When an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomohisa Taguchi
CAST:  Natsuki Hanae  •  Mao Ichimichi  •  Suzuko Mimori  •  Yoshimasa Hosoya

Tai is now a university student, living alone, working hard at school, and working every day, but with his future still undecided. Meanwhile, Matt and others continue to work on Digimon incidents and activities that help people with their partner Digimon. When an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomohisa Taguchi
CAST:  Natsuki Hanae  •  Mao Ichimichi  •  Suzuko Mimori  •  Yoshimasa Hosoya

Aikatsu Stars! The Movie (2016)

With the intention of appearing in an event on a southern island, the students of Four Star Academy are taking off! There, rumors about a pair of legendary dresses sleeping within the island... A story about Yume and Laura's friendship, with S4 taking the stage ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuichi Kimura  •  Shinya Watada
CAST:  Miyu Tomita  •  Akemi Kanda  •  Ayaka Asai  •  Natsumi Murakami

With the intention of appearing in an event on a southern island, the students of Four Star Academy are taking off! There, rumors about a pair of legendary dresses sleeping within the island... A story about Yume and Laura's friendship, with S4 taking the stage ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuichi Kimura  •  Shinya Watada
CAST:  Miyu Tomita  •  Akemi Kanda  •  Ayaka Asai  •  Natsumi Murakami

Altered Carbon: Resleeved (2020)

On the planet Latimer, Takeshi Kovacs must protect a tattooist while investigating the death of a yakuza boss alongside a no-nonsense CTAC.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiyuki Okada  •  Takeru Nakajima
CAST:  Tatsuhisa Suzuki  •  Rina Sato  •  Ayaka Asai  •  Kenji Yamauchi

On the planet Latimer, Takeshi Kovacs must protect a tattooist while investigating the death of a yakuza boss alongside a no-nonsense CTAC.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiyuki Okada  •  Takeru Nakajima
CAST:  Tatsuhisa Suzuki  •  Rina Sato  •  Ayaka Asai  •  Kenji Yamauchi

Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning (2023)

In 2012, after the events of Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna, the early adulthood DigiDestined—Daisuke, Miyako, Iori, Takeru Takashi, Hikari, and Ken—must reconcile their new responsibilities with their Digimon partners. But Rui Owada, a mysterious young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomohisa Taguchi
CAST:  Fukujuro Katayama  •  Junko Noda  •  Arthur Lounsbery  •  Naozumi Takahashi

In 2012, after the events of Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna, the early adulthood DigiDestined—Daisuke, Miyako, Iori, Takeru Takashi, Hikari, and Ken—must reconcile their new responsibilities with their Digimon partners. But Rui Owada, a mysterious young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomohisa Taguchi
CAST:  Fukujuro Katayama  •  Junko Noda  •  Arthur Lounsbery  •  Naozumi Takahashi

Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island (2022)

After a covert mission goes wrong, Mobile Suit pilot Amuro Ray and his comrades are stranded on a remote island. The battalion was sent to a land called the Island of No Return to clear off any enemy forces, only to find a group of children and an enemy mecha ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
CAST:  Shunsuke Takeuchi  •  Hideki Nakanishi  •  Ayaka Asai  •  Takashi Kondo

After a covert mission goes wrong, Mobile Suit pilot Amuro Ray and his comrades are stranded on a remote island. The battalion was sent to a land called the Island of No Return to clear off any enemy forces, only to find a group of children and an enemy mecha ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
CAST:  Shunsuke Takeuchi  •  Hideki Nakanishi  •  Ayaka Asai  •  Takashi Kondo

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DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Tomoyo Kurosawa  •  Ayaka Asai  •  Moe Toyota  •  Chika Anzai

Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -The First Kiss That Never Ends- (2022)

After pining for one another and plotting for so long, Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane finally have their climactic first kiss. However, they struggle to define their relationship. After all, how much of their true selves have they really shown to one another?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Hatakeyama
CAST:  Aoi Koga  •  Makoto Furukawa  •  Konomi Kohara  •  Ryota Suzuki

After pining for one another and plotting for so long, Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane finally have their climactic first kiss. However, they struggle to define their relationship. After all, how much of their true selves have they really shown to one another?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Hatakeyama
CAST:  Aoi Koga  •  Makoto Furukawa  •  Konomi Kohara  •  Ryota Suzuki

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DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Mai Aizawa  •  Tatsuya Kato  •  Tomoyo Kurosawa  •  Chika Anzai

Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest (2023)

Awaiting new club leader Kumiko is the Ensemble Contest -- a.k.a. "EnCon"-- and the school's preliminary competition to determine the representative team to participate. Kumiko tries her best to make it to the preliminaries without incident, but the concert band ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsuya Ishihara
CAST:  Tomoyo Kurosawa  •  Chika Anzai  •  Moe Toyota  •  Ayaka Asai

Awaiting new club leader Kumiko is the Ensemble Contest -- a.k.a. "EnCon"-- and the school's preliminary competition to determine the representative team to participate. Kumiko tries her best to make it to the preliminaries without incident, but the concert band ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsuya Ishihara
CAST:  Tomoyo Kurosawa  •  Chika Anzai  •  Moe Toyota  •  Ayaka Asai