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Spirited Away
2001 anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Princess Mononoke
1997 anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki
My Neighbor Totoro
1988 film directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Your Name
2016 anime film directed by Makoto Shinkai
Castle in the Sky
1986 anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Ponyo
is a 2008 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for the Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Mitsubishi, and distributed by Toho. The film stars Yuria Nara, Hiroki Doi, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Kazushige Nagashima, Yūki Amami, George Tokoro, Rumi Hiiragi, Akiko Yano, Kazuko Yoshiyuki and Tomoko Naraoka. It is the eighth film Miyazaki directed for Studio Ghibli, and his tenth overall.
Weathering with You
2019 Japanese animated romantic fantasy film
The Boy and the Heron
2023 anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki
5 Centimeters Per Second
2007 anime film directed by Makoto Shinkai
Suzume
is a 2022 Japanese animated coming-of-age fantasy adventure film written and directed by Makoto Shinkai. The film is the third and final installment of Shinkai's disaster trilogy, following Your Name (2016) and Weathering with You (2019), the film follows 17-year-old high school girl Suzume Iwato and young stranger Souta Munakata, who work together to prevent a series of earthquakes across Japan by closing and sealing doors from an ancient colossal, supernatural worm that causes earthquakes after hitting the ground.
Pom Poko
1994 animated film directed by Isao Takahata
The Garden of Words
2013 film by Makoto Shinkai
Wolf Children Ame and Yuki
2012 animated film directed by Mamoru Hosoda
Tokyo Godfathers
2003 film directed by Satoshi Kon
Mirai of the Future
2018 film directed by Mamoru Hosoda
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
2011 film by Makoto Shinkai
Millennium Actress
2001 Japanese anime film directed by Satoshi Kon
Summer Wars
2009 Japanese anime film
The Boy and the Beast
2015 anime film directed by Mamoru Hosoda
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
2004 Japanese anime film created and directed by Makoto Shinkai
Belle
2021 film directed by Mamoru Hosoda
Steamboy
is a 2004 Japanese animated steampunk action film directed and co-written by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced by Sunrise, it is his second major anime as a director, following Akira (1988). The film was released in Japan by Toho on July 17, 2004.
Voices of a Distant Star
2002 Japanese anime film
A Whisker Away
2020 anime film directed by Junichi Sato and Tomotaka Shibayama
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
2018 Japanese animated film
Momotaro: Sacred Sailors
1945 anime film directed by Mitsuyo Seo
Hello World
2019 Japanese animated film directed by Tomohiko Itō
The Anthem of the Heart
2015 animated film directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai
The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun
1968 film by Isao Takahata
Drifting home
2022 film directed by Hiroyasu Ishida
The Colors Within
2024 anime film directed by Naoko Yamada
Ride Your Wave
2019 Japanese animated film
Promare
is a 2019 Japanese animated science fiction action film co-produced by Trigger and XFLAG. It was directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi and written by Kazuki Nakashima. It features character and mecha designs by Shigeto Koyama, 3DCG animation by Sanzigen, and music by Hiroyuki Sawano. The film was released on May 24, 2019, in Japan, by Toho Animation. At the 2019 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the film was selected as one of the ten films. It was nominated for Best Animated Feature — Independent at the 47th Annie Awards, but lost to Jérémy Clapin's I Lost My Body.
Vexille
is a 2007 Japanese CGI anime science fiction film written, directed, and edited by Fumihiko Sori, and features the voices of Meisa Kuroki, Yasuko Matsuyuki, and Shosuke Tanihara.
A Letter to Momo
2011 film by Hiroyuki Okiura
Origin: Spirits of the Past
2006 anime directed by Keiichi Sugiyama
Maboroshi
is a 2023 Japanese animated science fantasy drama film. Produced by MAPPA and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Japan, the film is directed and written by Mari Okada. The film debuted in Japanese theaters on September 15, 2023, and was released worldwide on Netflix on January 15, 2024.
Her Blue Sky
2019 anime film directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai
Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop
Japanese animated film
Imokawa Mukuzo Genkanban no Maki
1917 animated film by Ōten Shimokawa
Neo Tokyo
1987 film
My Oni Girl
2024 anime film produced by Studio Colorido
Redline
2009 film by Takeshi Koike
Sing a Bit of Harmony
2021 film directed by Yasuhiro Yoshiura
Lu over the Wall
2017 animated film by Masaaki Yuasa
Robot Carnival
Japanese OVA
Typhoon Noruda
2015 Japanese anime film directed by Yōjirō Arai
Scarlet
2025 anime film directed by Mamoru Hosoda
Welcome to the Space Show
2010 film by Kōji Masunari
Pop in Q
2016 Japanese animated film
Cencoroll
is a 2009 Japanese animated science fiction action film nearly singlehandedly written, designed, directed, and animated by manga author Atsuya Uki. Produced by Anime Innovation Tokyo and Aniplex, the film had its world premiere 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. Cencoroll made its debut in the United States at the New York Anime Festival on September 25, 2009. A sequel, Cencoroll 2, was released on June 29, 2019, in a dual-screening featuring the first film as Cencoroll Connect. Another sequ
Doggie March
1963 anime film
Komada: A Whisky Family
2023 anime film
Yona Yona Penguin
2009 film directed by Rintarō
Over the Sky
Japanese film
A New Dawn
2026 anime film directed by Yoshitoshi Shinomiya
The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon
1963 film by Yūgo Serikawa
A Few Moments of Cheers
film
After School Midnighters
2012 film by Hitoshi Takekiyo