Japan Synopsis
“Dare to enter a world of future videogames.”
In a future world, young people are increasingly becoming addicted to an illegal (and potentially deadly) battle simulation game called Avalon. When Ash, a star player, hears of rumors that a more advanced level of the game exists somewhere, she gives up her loner ways and joins a gang of explorers. Even if she finds the gateway to the next level, will she ever be able to come back to reality?
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Avalon. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Action + Science Fiction in Japan
324 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Avalon itself).
The 2000–2002 Japan Window
Avalon holds position #131 of 226 Japan films in the 2000–2002 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Avalon premiered alongside 79 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 47m runtime, production spent $75K per minute on screen and earned $82K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 79 other Japan films in 2001.
The 1321st Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
282 audience reviews — more than 89% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (89th percentile) outruns trending popularity (56th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Avalon, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- rumor · 4
- addiction · 2
- illegal · 2
- simulation · 1
- getaway · 1
- level · 1
- virtual · 1
- gang · 26
- video game · 23
- obsession · 10
- game · 7
- cyberpunk · 48
- dystopia · 45
- future · 43
- battle · 34
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,906 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (37th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,151 of 1,714 (top 67%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, Poland |
| Original Language | Pl |
| Production Companies | Deiz Production, Media Factory, Bandai Visual, dentsu, Nippon Herald Films |
| Runtime | 1h 47m |
| Release Date | January 20, 2001 |
| IMDb | tt0267287 |
| Official Site | www.miramax.com |