During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.
On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.
A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.
A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
Warrior/pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.
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The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) The Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their teenage daughter, Arrietty, is discovered. |
Porco Rosso (1992) In 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig. |
Whisper of the Heart (1995) A love story between a girl who loves reading books, and a boy who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses. |
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When Marnie Was There (2014) A 12-year-old girl is sent to the country for health reasons, where she meets an unlikely friend in the form of Marnie, a young girl with long, flowing blonde hair. As the friendship unravels it is possible that Marnie has closer ties to the protagonist than we might expect. |
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthralls all who encounter her, but ultimately she must confront her fate, the punishment for her crime. |
Tales from Earthsea (2006) In a mythical land, a man and a young boy investigate a series of unusual occurrences. |
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The Cat Returns (2002) After helping a cat, a 17-year-old girl finds herself involuntarily engaged to a cat prince in a magical world where her only hope of freedom lies with a dapper cat statuette come to life. |
From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) A group of Yokohama teens look to save their school's clubhouse from the wrecking ball in preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. |
Only Yesterday (1991) A twenty-seven-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tokyo. |
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Pom Poko (1994) A community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development. |
Ocean Waves (1993 TV Movie) As a young man returns home after his first year away at college he recalls his senior year of high school and the iron-willed, big city girl that turned his world upside down. |
My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) The life and misadventures of a family in contemporary Japan. |
These are ranked based off of a list created by: bhenghes a list creator on the website: https://www.imdb.com/ a rating website for individuals to give their opinions on movies they liked or disliked. These could change any due time, but as of 11/17/2018 these are how they were ranked.