Nerawareta Gakuen (ねらわれた学園, Psychic School Wars, alternately translated as The Targeted School and The Messiah from the Future) is a 1973 Japanese science fiction novel written by Taku Mayumura.

It has been adapted into four television dramas, respectively released in 1977, 1982, 1987, and 1997.

Two live-action film adaptations were released in 1981 and 1997, the former of which was directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi and starred Hiroko Yakushimaru.

In 2012, an anime film adaptation directed by Ryosuke Nakamura was produced by Sunrise[2] and received comparisons to the works of Makoto Shinkai.

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