The live-action movie based on Takafumi Mizuguchi’s light novel Ren, directed by Sadakazu Hori, has had a few preview screenings and will be coming out sometime later in the year. The story revolves around a girl named Ren (Rei Okamoto) who’s banished from the future and is now trapped in modern-day Tokyo as punishment. Akihito (Toru Baba) returns to school to find that all his classmates apparently know this girl and he quickly develops a rapport with her. She tells him her secret but things get complicated when a transfer student named Shu (Masei Nakayama) arrives with a message from the future.

Don’t expect any special effects or complex explanations of quantum physics in this one. Judging from the trailer (see below), the whole time-travelers from the future element will just be a plot device leading up to typical teenage romance and human drama.

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A girl named Ren was banished from the future as punishment and must commit murder in the past to escape her fate.

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A secret corporation conducts experiments on humans in an attempt to unleash their dormant psychic powers. When these experiments prove fatal to the test subjects, the corporation attempts to shut down the project and sweep it under the rug. However, a few obsessive researchers continue their work, forcing a secretary and fellow researcher into becoming guinea pigs in the most careless experiment yet.

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After a major earthquake hits Japan, scientists come to the conclusion that Japan will sink within 40 years and eventually evacuation will have to be considered. However, Dr. Takodoro soon discovers new evidence that Japan will sink much sooner than that, and the population has less than 1 year to evacuate to safety.

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Following an accident, elementary school student Satoru Iwamoto is left temporarily confined to a wheelchair. Coupled with the recent loss of his mother his situation causes him to keep to himself in his room, unwilling to venture outside. In response to his son’s reclusive behavior Satoru’s father, Kaoru, designs a special robot which Satoru can control from home and sent to school in his place. His classmates nickname the robot Hinokio and Satoru himself discovers love, happiness, and friendship through his experiences controlling it. For the first trailer, see this link.

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