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Spirited Away

Spirited Away (2001) more movies like this

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 Sawaguchi

Master animation director Hayao Miyazaki follows up on his record-breaking 1997 opus Princess Mononoke with this surreal Alice in Wonderland-like tale about a lost little girl. The film opens with ten-year-old Chihiro riding along during a family outing as her father races through remote country roads. When they come upon a blocked tunnel, her ...

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Howl's Moving Castle

Howl's Moving Castle (2004) more movies like this

directed by Hayao Miyazaki
featuring Chieko Baisho, Emily Mortimer, Christian Bale, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa, Lauren Bacall, Billy Crystal, Tatsuya Gasyuin, Josh Hutcherson, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Jean Simmons

Hayao Miyazaki, the Japanese animation director who wowed audiences worldwide with his award-winning film Spirited Away, brings another visually spectacular tale of imagination to the screen. Sophie is an 18-year-old girl who toils in the hat shop opened years ago by her late father. Often harassed by local boys, one day Sophie is unexpectedly ...

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My Neighbor Totoro

My Neighbor Totoro (1993) more movies like this

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 Mai, two young girls who find their new country home is in a mystical forest inhabited by a menagerie of mystical creatures called Totoros. They befriend O Totoro, the biggest and eldest Totoro, who is also the ...

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Kiki's Delivery Service

Kiki's Delivery Service (1998) more movies like this

directed by Hayao Miyazaki
featuring Kirsten Dunst, Phil Hartman, Janeane Garofalo, Matthew Lawrence, Debbie Reynolds

Veteran animator Hayao Miyazaki directs this buoyant children's adventure yarn about a young witch striking out on her own. At her mother's behest, 13-year-old Kiki sets out on a year-long apprenticeship with her black cat in tow. With a shaky command of her broom, she ends up in a charming little coastal town that looks like a cross between the ...

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Grave of the Fireflies

Grave of the Fireflies (1988) more movies like this

directed by Isao Takahata

Grave of the Fireflies opens on an evening in 1945, after Japan's surrender at the end of World War II; and in a train station, the young Seita dies alone. The rest of the movie tells us, in flashback, how things have come to this. Seita and Setsuko are two young Japanese children growing up in the waning days of World War II. Much to Seita's ...

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Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke (1999) more movies like this

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 Anderson

This $20 million animated adventure/fantasy quickly became the highest grossing Japanese film in Japanese film history (making $150 million in Japan during its first seven months). Set in the 14th century, the ecology-themed epic was directed by Hayao Miyazaki whose previous films were acquired by Disney for U.S. distribution plus other ...

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Karas: The Revelation

Karas: The Revelation (2005) more movies like this

directed by Keiichi Sato
featuring Jay Hernandez, Matthew Lillard, Cree Summer

The anime film Karas: The Revolution concerns a man whose job it is to maintain an uncomfortable peace between humans and demons as they co-exist in Tokyo. When the evil Eko starts a plan for world-domination, our hero, Karas, must risk his life to save everyone. Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

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Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005) more movies like this

directed by Takeshi Nozue, Tetsuya Nomura
featuring Takahiro Sakurai, Ayumi Ito, Shotaru Morikubo

A 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 animated feature that picks up where Final Fantasy VII left off. It has been two years since the events of Final Fantasy VII, and though the ruins of Midger still stand to show the sacrifices made for peace ...

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Ghost in the Shell

Ghost in the Shell (1996) more movies like this

directed by Mamoru Oshii

In the year 2029, the world has become interconnected by a vast electronic network that permeates every aspect of life. That same network also becomes a battlefield for Tokyo's Section Nine security force, which has been charged with apprehending the master hacker known only as the Puppet Master. Spearheading the investigation is Major Motoko ...

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Castle in the Sky

Castle in the Sky (1986) more movies like this

directed by Hayao Miyazaki
featuring James Van Der Beek, Anna Paquin, Mark Hamill, Cloris Leachman

Hayao 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 girl, Sheeta (voice of Anna Paquin). Going overboard to avoid capture, Sheeta is rescued by her powerful crystal necklace which floats her down to safety. She's recovered by Pazu (voice of James Van Der ...

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Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind (1984) more movies like this

directed by Hayao Miyazaki

This impressive work from acclaimed Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki represents a significant departure from traditional anime. Foregoing the gritty storylines, extreme violence, and adult content found throughout many anime, Miyazaki's works borrow as much from fairy tales as they do from science fiction. Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind is no ...

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Speed Racer: The Movie (1993) more movies like this

One of the first examples of Japanese animé to find a significant audience in the United States, Speed Racer was an animated television series whose bold graphic style, fast-paced action, and curious English-language dubbing won a cult following in America. Despite its title, Speed Racer: The Movie is actually a short feature cobbled together from ...

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Vampire Hunter D (1985) more movies like this

directed by Carl Macek, Toyoo Ashida
featuring Kaneto Shiozawa, Michael McConnohie, Barbara Goodson, Michie Tomizawa, Jeff Winkless, Seizou Katou, Edie Mirman, Kerrigan Maham

This animated Japanese feature is aimed at adult audiences and features bloodshed and nudity. The story is set in a grim and distant future wherein vampires dominate what is left of the human race. The story centers on a young woman who hires a famous vampire hunter after she is bitten by one herself. If D should fail her, the girl will be forced ...

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Karas: The Prophecy (2005) more movies like this

directed by Keiichi Sato, Mamoru Oshii
featuring Jay Hernandez, Matthew Lillard, Piper Perabo

Gotham City has Batman and New York has Spiderman, but what dark hero protects the gritty, future Tokyo? The answer is the Karas, the main characters of this feature-film-length anime of the same name. Blending 2D cell-shaded animation and 3D computer graphics, Karas: The Prophecy finds the delicate balance between the humans of Tokyo and the ...

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Pokemon: The First Movie (1998) more movies like this

directed by Kunihiko Yuyama
featuring Veronica Taylor, Philip Bartlett, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Addie Blaustein

Pokémon, the lovable little characters who have become favorites in video games, TV cartoons, comic books, and toys, comes to the big screen with this animated feature film. In a fantastic alternate universe, there are 151 different varieties of the creatures called Pokemon, each with its own unique talents. Many humans attempt to capture the ...

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Porco Rosso (1992) more movies like this

directed by Hayao Miyazaki
featuring Michael Keaton, Cary Elwes, Kimberly Payne Williams, Susan Egan

Master 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 makes his living by flying about in his bright red bi-plane and fighting sky bandits who prey on cruise ships sailing the Adriatic. When he's not engaging in dogfights, this porcine pilot lives on a ...

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DragonBall Z: Super Android 13! (1989) more movies like this

Violent explosions interrupt a normal day, and Goku is quick to investigate. The culprits seem to be after Goku himself, and he discovers something strange about them: despite their amazing power, they emit no energy signal. He determines that they must be robots, but with Doctor Gero dead, who could be behind the malicious attack? Cammila ...

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Sailor Moon R: The Movie (1993) more movies like this

directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara

This animated film is based on the Sailor Moon series of television and comic-book adventures that have found enormous popularity in the United States as well as Japan. Usagi is a young girl who possesses a mystical brooch that imbues her with a special power. Upon uttering the phrase, "Moon Prism Power, Make Up," she is transformed into the ...

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Paprika (2007) more movies like this

directed by Satoshi Kon
featuring Megumi Hayashibara, Toru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Toru Furuya, Akio Ohtsuka

Groundbreaking animator Satoshi Kon (whose credits include Tokyo Godfathers, Millennium Actress, and Perfect Blue) directed this visually spectacular adaptation of a science fiction novel by Yatsutaka Tsutsui. Atsuko is a psychiatrist who uses advanced technology to study the human mind. Atsuko has developed a machine that will allow her to enter ...

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Whisper of the Heart (1995) more movies like this

directed by Yoshifumi Kondo

Written 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 love and learns to believe in herself. Suzuku Tsukishima is nearing the end of her final year of junior high. An avid bookworm, she devours books while quietly dreaming about becoming a writer. Though ...

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Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000) more movies like this

directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Long a favorite with Japanimation aficionados, Vampire Hunter D is based on the third of Hideyuki Kikuchi's novels about a futuristic human-vampire hybrid warrior. In the year 12,090, vampires are the rulers of the night, something to which Vampire Hunter D is helping to put an end. After the daughter of a rich man is kidnapped by vampire Meier ...

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Pokemon the Movie 3: Spell of the Unknown (2001) more movies like this

directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, Michael Haigney
featuring Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Ikue Otani

A handful of strange creatures prove just how dangerous the imagination can be in the third American feature adapted from the popular Pokemon animated series. Prof. Spencer Hale is an archeologist studying ancient Pokemon when he uncovers a strange breed of "pocket monsters" called "Unown," whose bodies form runic symbols that resemble the letters ...

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Ninja Scroll (1986) more movies like this

directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Removed from the typical futuristic element of most Japanese animated adventures, this 1994 feature takes place in more of a sword-and-sorcery epic set in feudal Japan. Jubei Kipagami, a ninja mercenary, wanders the countryside in search of work. On his travels, he encounters Kagero, a female ninja whose poisoned blood causes her pale skin to be ...

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Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1995) more movies like this

directed by Gisaburo Sugii

This Japanese animation is an adaptation of the same video game that was also the basis for Street Fighter, a 1994 live-action film that featured Jean-Claude Van Damme. The animated version is more faithful to the story of the video game; ironically, its characters and story are much more realistic than those in the American film. The popular ...

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Akira (1987) more movies like this

directed by Katsuhiro Otomo
featuring Mitsuo Iwara, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Taro Ishida

One 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 community of Neo-Tokyo. Tetsuo is a fiercely individualistic member of a scroungy motorcycle gang. The despotic authorities, the robot-like police, and even the cycle gang pursue Tetsuo when he's ...

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