Japan Synopsis
ねらわれた学園
Mitamura Yuka is a normal, shy high school student. Except for the fact that she has psychic powers. When a new student with similar powers begins to show her skills, creating a force of psychic Nazi student enforcers, Yuka and her friends vow to stop her. But behind it all is a mysterious force that will put Yuka's powers to the ultimate test!
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with School in the Crosshairs. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From KADOKAWA
Fantasy + Science Fiction in Japan
115 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Fantasy and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding School in the Crosshairs itself).
Mask the Kekkou: Reborn
★ 8.2 · 2012
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
★ 7.8 · 2006
Sword Art Online: The Movie – Ordinal Scale
★ 7.8 · 2017
Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night
★ 7.8 · 2021
Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Journey to the West
★ 7.8 · 1988
Ressha Sentai ToQger Returns: Super ToQ #7 of Dreams
★ 7.7 · 2015
The 1980–1982 Japan Window
In the crowded 1980-1982 Japan release window, School in the Crosshairs sits at #57 of 67. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Japan, 280 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when School in the Crosshairs premiered alongside 28 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 28 other Japan films in 1981.
The 557th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
17 audience reviews — more than 30% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 27th percentile among Japan films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,293 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (6th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.5 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Fantasy productions specifically: #1,232 of 1,274 (top 97%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | KADOKAWA |
| Runtime | 1h 30m |
| Release Date | July 11, 1981 |
| IMDb | tt0125434 |