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Psychic School Wars

Psychic School Wars

Animation · Drama · Romance · 2012

It's a new school year at the local Junior High School i Kamakura. The school year starts off with a new transfer student Ryoichi Kyogoku who joins the 8th grade class. He has been ordered to join the school, and use his special gift of telepathy and take over their school. This boy who happens to be handsome, and be a charismatic person, gains popularity, and using his powers takes over the entire school, except for Seki. This begins a war to regain their freedom for their school and themselves.

Movie details

Psychic School Wars

2012 Animation · Drama · Romance 1h 50m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.5 / 10

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It's a new school year at the local Junior High School i Kamakura. The school year starts off with a new transfer student Ryoichi Kyogoku who joins the 8th grade class. He has been ordered to join the school, and use his special gift of telepathy and take over their school. This boy who happens to be handsome, and be a charismatic person, gains popularity, and using his powers takes over the entire school, except for Seki. This begins a war to regain their freedom for their school and themselves.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Ryosuke Nakamura

Written by

Ryosuke Nakamura · Yuko Naito

Kana Hanazawa

Kana Hanazawa

Kahori (voice)

Daisuke Ono

Daisuke Ono

Kyougoku (voice)

Yutaro Honjo

Yutaro Honjo

Kenji (voice)

Mayu Watanabe

Mayu Watanabe

Natsuki Suzuura (voice)

Taira Kikumoto

Taira Kikumoto

Daito Amano (voice)

Ryohei Kimura

Ryohei Kimura

Yuu Jinno (voice)

Kanae Itou

Kanae Itou

Saori Endou (voice)

Court is in session

Put Psychic School Wars on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.