Japan Synopsis
ねらわれた学園
It's a new school year at the local Junior High School i Kamakura. The school year starts off with a new transfer student Ryoichi Kyogoku who joins the 8th grade class. He has been ordered to join the school, and use his special gift of telepathy and take over their school. This boy who happens to be handsome, and be a charismatic person, gains popularity, and using his powers takes over the entire school, except for Seki. This begins a war to regain their freedom for their school and themselves.
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Films and series that share thematic tags with Psychic School Wars. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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★ 7.5 · Japan
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Animation + Drama in Japan
730 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Psychic School Wars itself).
The 2011–2013 Japan Window
In the crowded 2011-2013 Japan release window, Psychic School Wars sits at #342 of 482. 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 Psychic School Wars premiered alongside 164 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 164 other Japan films in 2012.
The 2702nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
33 audience reviews — more than 53% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 55th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Psychic School Wars, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- psychic · 5
- josei · 2
- espers · 1
- friends · 27
- school life · 21
- time-manipulation · 13
- anime · 711
- based on novel or book · 288
- romance · 94
- school · 82
- coming of age · 78
- love triangle · 55
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,305 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (28th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.5 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #2,061 of 2,532 (top 81%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | SUNRISE |
| Runtime | 1h 50m |
| Release Date | November 9, 2012 |
| IMDb | tt2399537 |