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Anime films based on novels

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Howl's Moving Castle

2004 anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki

Arrietty, titled in Japan and The Secret World of Arrietty in North America, is a 2010 Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi as his feature film debut as a director, animated by Studio Ghibli for the Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Walt Disney Japan, Mitsubishi, Toho and Wild Bunch. The screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa, was based on the 1952 novel The Borrowers by Mary Norton, an English author of children's books, about a family of tiny people who live secretly in the walls and floors of a typical household, borrowing items f

Tales from Earthsea

2006 anime film directed by Gorō Miyazaki

When Marnie Was There

2014 anime film directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

2006 anime film directed by Mamoru Hosoda

2006 anime film directed by Satoshi Kon

1997 film by Satoshi Kon

Mary and the Witch's Flower

2017 anime film directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

2018 Japanese animated film directed by Shinichiro Ushijima

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

2020 Japanese animated film

is a 2021 Japanese animated musical film directed by Masaaki Yuasa and produced by Science SARU. Based upon the novel Tales of the Heike: Inu-Oh by Hideo Furukawa, the film is set in 14th century Japan and centers on the friendship between Inu-Oh, a dancer born with unique physical characteristics, and Tomona, a blind musician. Ostracized by society due to their physical differences, Inu-Oh and Tomona nonetheless utilize their artistic abilities to propel themselves to stardom.

Night Is Short, Walk On Girl

2017 animated film directed by Masaaki Yuasa

2023 film directed by Yoshiyuki Momose

The Sky Crawlers

2008 Japanese anime film directed by Mamoru Oshii

novel by Miyuki Miyabe

Summer Days with Coo

2007 film by Keiichi Hara

Night on the Galactic Railroad

1985 film by Gisaburō Sugii

Japanese fantasy novel

Mai Mai Miracle

2009 anime film directed by Sunao Katabuchi

Penguin Highway

2018 Japanese anime film

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

2021 film directed by Ayumu Watanabe

Mardock Scramble

Japanese novel series by Tow Ubukata

Demon City Shinjuku

novel by Hideyuki Kikuchi

Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window

2023 Japanese animated movie

Like the Clouds, Like the Wind

1990 animated television film

The Life of Budori Gusuko

2012 film by Gisaburō Sugii

2019 anime film

A Tree of Palme

2002 anime film directed by Takashi Nakamura

Legend of the Millennium Dragon

To Me, the One Who Loved You

2022 Japanese animated film by Kenichi Kasai

The Tale of Genji

1987 anime film directed by Gisaburō Sugii

Rail of the Star

1993 anime film

Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative

Kusunoki no Bannin

Japanese novel series

The Boy Who Saw the Wind

2000 animated film directed by Kazuki Ōmori

novel by Kazumi Takayama