Cencoroll

Through a hole in the sky a huge monster suddenly appears, landing on top of a building, prompting the Defence Forces to go into action, panicking the citizens of this peaceful city.

Yuki, a brave-hearted and naturally inquisitive girl, stumbles into a secret.

Her recent acquaintance Tetsu has been raising a strange shape-changing creature called Cenco, that he can telepathically control.

Yuki, instantly becomes fascinated by Tetsu and quickly develops a bond with his pet.

Then a mysterious boy appears with control over the huge monster threatening the town, and he wants Cenco.

With that, an unexpected battle begins...

Note: The first selected project of Anime Innovation Tokyo.

An investment initiative designed to promote and sponsor innovate Japanese animation works by independent animators or small studios.

The manga author Uki Atsuya was chosen as sole director, writer and animator of the first project, which features some aspects from his one-shot Amon game, that won the Grand Prix Award in Kodansha's Afternoon Shiki manga competition in 2005.

The film had its world première at Canada's Fantasia International Film Festival on July 28, 2009.

The film made its Japanese debut on August 22, 2009 in Tokyo and Osaka and is available on DVD since 28.10.2009.