Book Girl
2010 1h 42m movie Film Japan

Book Girl

劇場版 文学少女

Synopsis

劇場版 文学少女

Konoha Inoue and Tōko Amano, the Literary Girl, as she calls herself, are the sole members of their high school literature club. Their lives will be altered when Konoha's past, forgotten for a long time, reaches the present, involving them in a whirlwind of feelings where love, jealousy, revenge, remorse and forgiveness struggle to prevail.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Book Girl. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From Production I.G

Animation + Drama in Japan

730 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Book Girl itself).

The 2009–2011 Japan Window

In the crowded 2009-2011 Japan release window, Book Girl sits at #315 of 400. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

  1. Cobra the Animation
    #1

    Cobra the Animation

    ★ 9.4 · 2010
  2. Carnival Phantasm
    #2

    Carnival Phantasm

    ★ 8.9 · 2011
  3. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
    #3

    Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

    ★ 8.7 · 2009
  4. Mother
    #4

    Mother

    ★ 8.7 · 2010
  5. Hunter x Hunter
    #5

    Hunter x Hunter

    ★ 8.6 · 2011
  6. Maid Sama!
    #6

    Maid Sama!

    ★ 8.6 · 2010
  7. Steins;Gate
    #7

    Steins;Gate

    ★ 8.5 · 2011
  8. The Tatami Galaxy
    #8

    The Tatami Galaxy

    ★ 8.5 · 2010

The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Book Girl premiered alongside 136 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 136 other Japan films in 2010.

The 2322nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

12
Reviews
16th
Review-volume percentile
41st
Popularity percentile

12 audience reviews — more than 16% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 41th percentile among Japan films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Book Girl, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • book club · 3
  • aspiring writer · 2
  • bookworm · 1
  • boy girl relationship · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • shoujo · 10
  • love-hate relationship · 6
  • high school friends · 6
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • anime · 711
  • japan · 454
  • based on novel or book · 288

Reception Benchmarks

6.1
TMDB Rating
12
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #3,772 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (18th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.8 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #2,250 of 2,532 (top 89%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesProduction I.G, Enterbrain, Lantis, T.O. Entertainment, Pony Canyon
Runtime1h 42m
Release DateMay 1, 2010
IMDbtt1546649
Official Sitewww.bungakushoujo.jp

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