Under the Dog
2016 24m movie Film Japan

Under the Dog

アンダー・ザ・ドッグ

“Our enemy is the light of humanity.”

Synopsis

アンダー・ザ・ドッグ

“Our enemy is the light of humanity.”

The story takes place within Neo Tokyo in the year 2025, five years after a severe terrorist attack at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Students possessing special abilities are forced into serving an elite anti-terrorist unit created by the United Nations, fighting against threats including other ability users. If these agents fail their mission, they will be killed along with their families, who have bombs planted within their heads. One member of this covert ops unit, a Swedish girl by the name of Anthea Kallenberg, seeks to find who she really is.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

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

Action + Animation in Japan

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

The 2015–2017 Japan Window

Under the Dog holds position #386 of 588 Japan films in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. The Relative Worlds
    #1

    The Relative Worlds

    ★ 9.1 · 2017
  2. My Korean Teacher
    #2

    My Korean Teacher

    ★ 8.8 · 2016
  3. My Hero Academia
    #3

    My Hero Academia

    ★ 8.7 · 2016
  4. KONOSUBA – God's blessing on this wonderful world!!
    #4

    KONOSUBA – God's blessing on this wonderful world!!

    ★ 8.6 · 2016
  5. Mob Psycho 100
    #5

    Mob Psycho 100

    ★ 8.6 · 2016
  6. Yuri!!! on Ice
    #6

    Yuri!!! on Ice

    ★ 8.6 · 2016
  7. SCHOOL-LIVE!
    #7

    SCHOOL-LIVE!

    ★ 8.6 · 2015
  8. Castle Town Dandelion
    #8

    Castle Town Dandelion

    ★ 8.6 · 2015

The 2010s Japan Landscape

2016 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 213 titles released, including Under the Dog. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (1769 total).

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 212 other Japan films in 2016.

The 3393rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

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

Audience Engagement

18
Reviews
32nd
Review-volume percentile
31st
Popularity percentile

18 audience reviews — more than 32% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 31th percentile among Japan films.

Reception Benchmarks

6.7
TMDB Rating
18
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #2,827 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (38th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.2 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,124 of 1,714 (top 66%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesCreative Intelligence Arts, Kinema Circus, EM Design, Orange
Runtime24m
Release DateAugust 1, 2016
IMDbtt4020248
Official Siteunder-the-dog.com

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