NiNoKuni

2019 1h 46m movie Film

NiNoKuni

二ノ国

“Choose your life”

Synopsis

二ノ国

“Choose your life”

Adapted from the video game series of the same name, NiNoKuni follows high school peers Yuu and Haru who must travel between two separate yet parallel worlds to help save their childhood friend, Kotona, whose life is in danger. In this magical quest complicated by love, the three teens will be tasked with making the ultimate choice.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

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

Other Titles From OLM

Animation + Action in Japan

1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding NiNoKuni itself).

The 2018–2020 Japan Window

In the crowded 2018-2020 Japan release window, NiNoKuni sits at #410 of 525. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when NiNoKuni premiered alongside 179 others.

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 179 other Japan films in 2019.

The 3988th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

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

Audience Engagement

232

Reviews

87th

Review-volume percentile

67th

Popularity percentile

232 audience reviews — more than 87% of Japan films in our index.

Review volume (87th percentile) outruns trending popularity (67th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Thematic Fingerprint

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

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog

despair · 2

Recurring themes · common across catalog

friends · 27
parallel world · 20
creature · 14
fantasy world · 13
accident · 11
isekai · 10

Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog

anime · 711
love · 123
based on video game · 90
magic · 84
school · 82

Reception Benchmarks

6.5

TMDB Rating

232

Audience Reviews

Well Received

Critical Tier

Ranked #3,078 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (33rd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,963 of 2,532 (top 78%).

Production Details

Primary Country	Japan
Original Language	Japanese
Production Companies	OLM, Level-5, Warner Bros. Japan, Bandai, Kodansha
Runtime	1h 46m
Release Date	August 23, 2019
IMDb	tt9760504
Official Site	wwws.warnerbros.co.jp

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