Japan Synopsis
ジャンピング
“Like a child's dream come to life…”
A boy walks down the street and as he goes along his strides increase. Eventually he leaps over towns, forests, and oceans, seeing many things and surprising many people along the way.
Animation + Fantasy in Japan
1095 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Fantasy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Jumping itself).
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Jumping. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 1983–1985 Japan Window
Jumping holds position #44 of 70 Japan films in the 1983–1985 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Japan, 280 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Jumping premiered alongside 17 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 17 other Japan films in 1984.
The 619th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
51 audience reviews — more than 64% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (64th percentile) outruns trending popularity (5th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Jumping, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- battlefield · 4
- jumping · 1
- perspective · 1
- forest · 23
- jungle · 19
- atomic bomb · 13
- hell · 8
- short film · 63
- surrealism · 34
- battle · 34
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,939 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (36th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,896 of 2,532 (top 75%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | ACC Production, Tezuka Productions |
| Runtime | 6m |
| Release Date | August 12, 1984 |
| IMDb | tt0087521 |