Synopsis
“Beyond reality lies the answer.”
Beneath the decay of a dying world lives the Mad Doctor Mindskull. Using the planet's power of creation he has created the ultimate Weapon. Can mankind find a way to stop this Evil before time runs out? The only answer lies within the Nova Seed.
Animation + Fantasy in Japan
1095 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Fantasy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Nova Seed itself).
The 2015–2017 Japan Window
Nova Seed holds position #196 of 588 Japan films in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
2016 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 213 titles released, including Nova Seed. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (1769 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 212 other Japan films in 2016.
The 3333rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
11 audience reviews — more than 11% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 2th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Nova Seed, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- independent film · 5
- post apocalypse · 4
- mad scientist · 12
- warrior · 10
- adult animation · 101
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,321 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (71st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,004 of 2,532 (top 40%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Canada, Japan |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Gorgon Pictures, House of Cool Studios, Lakeshore Records, Wanted Sound & Picture |
| Runtime | 1h 4m |
| Release Date | April 23, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt5569618 |












