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1. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
directed by Hayao Miyazaki
This superbly animated children's tale is directed by Hayao Miyazaki, one of Japan's most beloved animators. The story follows Satsuke and Mei, two ... More
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2. DragonBall Z [Anime Series] (1996)
In this animated sci-fi adventure from Japan, the Saiyans, an evil race of alien warriors, have sent their deadliest soldier, Raditz, to the Earth ... More
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3. Spirited Away (2001)
directed by Hayao Miyazaki
featuring Daveigh Chase, Rumi Hiiragi, Jason Marsden, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Suzanne Pleshette, Susan Egan, Yumi Tamai, David Ogden Stiers, Yasuka SawaguchiMaster animation director Hayao Miyazaki follows up on his record-breaking 1997 opus Princess Mononoke with this surreal Alice in Wonderland-like ... More
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4. Princess Mononoke (1999)
directed by Hayao Miyazaki
featuring Yoji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yuko Tanaka, Kaori Kobayashi, Masahiko Nishimura, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Billy Bob Thornton, Minnie Driver, Gillian AndersonThis $20 million animated adventure/fantasy quickly became the highest grossing Japanese film in Japanese film history (making $150 million in Japan ... More
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5. Kiki's Delivery Service (1998)
directed by Hayao Miyazaki
featuring Kirsten Dunst, Phil Hartman, Janeane Garofalo, Matthew Lawrence, Debbie ReynoldsVeteran animator Hayao Miyazaki directs this buoyant children's adventure yarn about a young witch striking out on her own. At her mother's behest, ... More
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6. Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005)
directed by Takeshi Nozue, Tetsuya Nomura
featuring Takahiro Sakurai, Ayumi Ito, Shotaru MorikuboA strange disease is decimating the land and it's up to the Hero cloud to emerge from solitude and defeat a new breed of enemy in the computer ... More
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7. Porco Rosso (1992)
directed by Hayao Miyazaki
featuring Michael Keaton, Cary Elwes, Kimberly Williams, Susan EganMaster animator Hayao Miyazaki directs this tale about a former World War I flying ace who is also a pig. Slouching toward middle age, Porco Rosso ... More
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8. Castle in the Sky (1986)
directed by Hayao Miyazaki
featuring James Van Der Beek, Anna Paquin, Mark Hamill, Cloris LeachmanHayao Miyazaki's fantasy adventure Castle in the Sky begins with a chase scene through a flying ship, where all the passengers are after the young ... More
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9. Ponyo (2008)
directed by Hayao Miyazaki
featuring Noah Cyrus, Yuria Nara, Frankie Jonas, Hiroki Doi, Tina Fey, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Matt Damon, Kazushige Nagashima, Cate Blanchett, Yuki Amami, Liam Neeson, George TokoroAcclaimed anime master Hayao Miyazaki returns for his ninth animated feature with Ponyo, which deals with a friendship between a five-year-old boy ... More
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10. Pokemon: The First Movie (1998)
directed by Kunihiko Yuyama
featuring Veronica Taylor, Philip Bartlett, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Addie BlausteinPokémon, the lovable little characters who have become favorites in video games, TV cartoons, comic books, and toys, comes to the big screen with ... More
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12. Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1992)
directed by Masami Hata, William T. Hurtz
featuring Gabriel Damon, René Auberjonois, Mickey Rooney, Danny Mann, Laura MooneyList of all editionsAdventure is only limited by imagination in this exciting animated fantasy from The Goonies writer Chris Columbus. Warmly welcomed to the Kingdom of ... More
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13. Whisper of the Heart (1995)
directed by Yoshifumi Kondo
List of all editionsWritten by animation master Hayao Miyazaki and directed by his protégé Yoshifumi Kondo, this film is a simple tale about a young girl who falls in ... More
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14. Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light (2004)
directed by Hatsuki Tsuji
featuring Dan Green, Eric Stuart, Wayne Grayson, John Campbell, Amy BirnbaumList of all editionsThe popular anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! makes the jump from television to the big screen with the franchise's first feature film. Yugi (voice of Dan Green ... More
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15. Metropolis (2001)
directed by Rintaro
featuring Jamieson Price, Keiji Kobayashi, Kouki Okada, Yuka ImotoList of all editionsPlaying like a candy-colored hybrid of Fritz Lang's film of the same name and Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis borrows its plot ... More
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16. Tales From Earthsea (2010)
directed by Goro Miyazaki
featuring Bunta Sugawara, Timothy Dalton, Junichi Okada, Matt Levin, Blaire Restaneo, Aoi Teshima, Teruyuki Kagawa, Cheech Marin, Yuko Tanaka, Willem Dafoe, Jun Fubuki, Mariska Hargitay, Kaoru KobayashiList of all editionsAnimator Goro Miyazaki, son of the famous Hayao Miyazaki ("The Walt Disney of Japan"), makes his directorial debut with the animated feature Tales ... More
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17. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)
directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, Yasuhiro Takemoto
List of all editionsThis full length anime film based on the Haruhi Suzumiya franchise takes place ten days before Christmas, when a party in the club room leads to a ... More
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18. The Secret World of Arrietty (2012)
directed by Atsushi Okui, Gary Rydstrom, Hiromasa Yonebayashi
featuring Bridgit Mendler, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, Carol Burnett, David Henrie, Moisés AriasA family of miniature people find their existence threatened due to a forbidden friendship in this Studio Ghibli adaptation of author Mary Norton's ... More
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20. Akira (1988)
directed by Katsuhiro Otomo
featuring Cameron Clarke, Mitsuo Iwara, Jan Rabson, Nozomu Sasaki, Lara Cody, Mami Koyama, Taro Ishida, Masaaki Ohkura, Tony Pope, Barbara Goodson, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Yosuke Akimoto, Yasuko Ohno, Takeshi Kusao, Drew ThomasList of all editionsOne of the most influential examples of anime, Akira is based on the manga (comic book) by Katsuhiro Otomo. The story is set in the post-apocalyptic ... More
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23. Tokyo Godfathers (2004)
directed by Satoshi Kon
featuring Toru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya OkamotoList of all editionsJapanese filmmaker Satoshi Kon directs his third anime feature with the holiday film Tokyo Godfathers. The story takes place in Shinjuku, Tokyo, on ... More
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24. Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance (2009)
directed by Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Masayuki
featuring Kotono Mitsuishi, Megumi Hayashibara, Megumi Ogata, Yuko Miyamura, Akira Ishida, Fumihiko Tachiki, Junko Iwao, Kouichi Yamadera, Maaya Sakamoto, Motomu KiyokawaList of all editionsEvangelion 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance is the second installment in a film series known as the "Rebuild of Evangelion" that reinterprets the story ... More
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25. DragonBall Z: Vegeta Saga (2005)
List of all editionsIn the process of releasing Dragonball Z on DVD in the U.S., some episodes have been released in edited form. While many DVD releases simply came ... More







