Question: Who directed the Japanese animated movie based on a video game that was released on December 22 , 2001 ?

text: List of films based on video games
Theatrical releases -- Japanese ( animated )
See also : List of anime based on video games International releases Title Release date Worldwide box office Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic Distributor Original game publisher Street Fighter II : The Animated Movie August 6 , 1994 $ 16,000,000 Toei Company Capcom Pokémon : The First Movie July 18 , 1998 ( JP ) November 10 , 1999 ( NA ) $ 172,744,662 15% 35/100 TohoWarner Bros. Pictures Nintendo Pokémon : The Movie 2000 July 17 , 1999 ( JP ) July 21 , 2000 ( NA ) $ 133,949,270 19% 28/100 TohoWarner Bros. Pictures Nintendo Pokémon 3 : The Movie July 8 , 2000 ( JP ) April 6 , 2001 ( NA ) $ 68,411,275 21% 22/100 TohoWarner Bros. Pictures Nintendo Pokémon 4Ever July 7 , 2001 ( JP ) October 11 , 2002 ( NA ) $ 28,023,563 16% 25/100 TohoMiramax Films Nintendo Pokémon Heroes July 13 , 2002 ( JP ) May 16 , 2003 ( NA ) $ 20,867,919 17% 27/100 TohoMiramax Films Nintendo Pokémon : Zoroark : Master of Illusions July 10 , 2010 $ 71,143,529 Toho Nintendo Yo-kai Watch : The Movie December 20 , 2014 $ 80,268,947 80% Toho Level-5 Yo-Kai Watch : Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan ! December 19 , 2015 $ 58,850,969 Toho Level-5 Kingsglaive : Final Fantasy XV July 9 , 2016 ( JP ) August 19 , 2016 ( NA ) $ 6,550,000 13% 35/100 AniplexStage 6 Films Square Enix Pokémon the Movie : I Choose You ! July 15 , 2017 ( JP ) November 5 , 2017 ( NA ) $ 37,552,407 43% TBA Toho Nintendo Fate/stay night : Heaven 's Feel I. presage flower October 14 , 2017 $ 19,027,568 TBA TBA Aniplex Type-Moon Pokémon the Movie : The Power of Us July 13 , 2018 ( JP ) November 24 , 2018 ( NA ) $ 23,740,788 60% TBA Toho Nintendo Fate/stay night : Heaven 's Feel II . lost butterfly January 12 , 2019 $ 19,790,000 TBA TBA Aniplex Type-Moon
This page is a list of film adaptations of video games. These include local, international, direct-to-video and TV releases, and (in certain cases) online releases. They include their scores on Rotten Tomatoes, the region in which they were released (for foreign adaptations), approximate budget, their approximate box office revenue (for theatrical releases), distributor of the film, and the publisher of the original game at the time the film was made (this means that publishers may change between two adaptations of the same game or game series, such as Mortal Kombat). Also included are short films, cutscene films (made up of cutscenes and cinematics from the actual games), documentaries with video games as their subjects and films in which video games play a large part (such as Tron or WarGames). Films based on video games have often received negative reviews. Rotten Tomatoes's 2019 list titled Video Game Movies Ranked Worst to Best included only 3 films that received a fresh Tomatometer rating. [a]
Title Release date Japan box office ( yen ) Original game publisher
Super Mario Bros. : Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen ! July 20 , 1986  Nintendo
Running Boy : Star Soldier no Himitsu July 20 , 1986  Hudson Soft
Fatal Fury : The Motion Picture July 16 , 1994  SNK
Sakura Wars : The Movie December 22 , 2001 ¥2,800,000,000 Sega
Pokémon : Jirachi Wish Maker July 19 , 2003 ¥4,500,000,000 Nintendo
Pokémon : Destiny Deoxys July 17 , 2004 ¥4,380,000,000 Nintendo
Air February 5 , 2005  Key
Pokémon : Lucario and the Mystery of Mew July 16 , 2005 ¥4,300,000,000 Nintendo
Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea July 15 , 2006 ¥3,400,000,000 Nintendo
Animal Crossing December 16 , 2006 ¥1,700,000,000 Nintendo
Pokémon : The Rise of Darkrai July 14 , 2007 ¥5,020,000,000 Nintendo
Clannad September 15 , 2007  Key
Pokémon : Giratina and the Sky Warrior July 19 , 2008 ¥4,800,000,000 Nintendo
Resident Evil : Degeneration October 18 , 2008 ¥43,000,000 Capcom
Pokémon : Arceus and the Jewel of Life July 18 , 2009 ¥4,670,000,000 Nintendo
Tales of Vesperia : The First Strike October 3 , 2009 ¥84,549,987 Bandai Namco Games
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva December 19 , 2009 ¥610,000,000 Level-5
Fate/stay night : Unlimited Blade Works January 23 , 2010 ¥280,000,000 Type-Moon
Pokémon the Movie : Black - Victini and Reshiram and White - Victini and Zekrom July 16 , 2011 ¥4,330,000,000 Nintendo
Tekken : Blood Vengeance July 26 , 2011  Bandai Namco Games