Psychic School Wars
2012 1h 50m movie Film Japan

Psychic School Wars

ねらわれた学園

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.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

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

Other Titles From SUNRISE

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.

  1. Solitary Gourmet
    #1

    Solitary Gourmet

    ★ 9.0 · 2012
  2. Carnival Phantasm
    #2

    Carnival Phantasm

    ★ 8.9 · 2011
  3. Attack on Titan
    #3

    Attack on Titan

    ★ 8.7 · 2013
  4. High School D×D
    #4

    High School D×D

    ★ 8.6 · 2012
  5. Hunter x Hunter
    #5

    Hunter x Hunter

    ★ 8.6 · 2011
  6. Kamisama Kiss
    #6

    Kamisama Kiss

    ★ 8.6 · 2012
  7. Golden Time
    #7

    Golden Time

    ★ 8.6 · 2013
  8. Magi
    #8

    Magi

    ★ 8.6 · 2012

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.

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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
Reviews
53rd
Review-volume percentile
55th
Popularity percentile

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.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • psychic · 5
  • josei · 2
  • espers · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • friends · 27
  • school life · 21
  • time-manipulation · 13
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • anime · 711
  • based on novel or book · 288
  • romance · 94
  • school · 82
  • coming of age · 78
  • love triangle · 55

Reception Benchmarks

6.4
TMDB Rating
33
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

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 CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesSUNRISE
Runtime1h 50m
Release DateNovember 9, 2012
IMDbtt2399537