Japan Synopsis
センコロール
A giant monster sends a town's citizens into a panic, except for a girl named Yuki and her schoolmate Tetsu. Tetsu happens to have his own strange creature named Cenco as a pet. Another boy named Shuu controls the monster threatening the town, and the stage is set for a battle.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Cencoroll. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Aniplex
Animation + Science Fiction in Japan
314 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Cencoroll itself).
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★ 8.3 · 1997
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★ 8.3 · 2021
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War
★ 8.3 · 1993
The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Seiran 2
★ 8.2 · 2019
Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya
★ 8.0 · 2013
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★ 8.0 · 2015
The 2008–2010 Japan Window
In the crowded 2008-2010 Japan release window, Cencoroll sits at #303 of 386. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Cencoroll premiered alongside 123 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 123 other Japan films in 2009.
The 2229th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
40 audience reviews — more than 59% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 53th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Cencoroll, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- aftercreditsstinger · 24
- anime · 711
- japan · 454
- short film · 63
- super power · 61
- alien · 51
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,822 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (17th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.9 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #2,268 of 2,532 (top 90%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Aniplex, Anime Innovation Tokyo |
| Runtime | 27m |
| Release Date | August 22, 2009 |
| IMDb | tt1492151 |
| Official Site | www.cencoroll.com |