Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Minoru Ôhashi

1. Spirited Away (2001)

PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

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.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino, Rumi Hiiragi

Votes: 850,826 | Gross: $10.06M

2. The Boy and the Heron (2023)

PG-13 | 124 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

In the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy named Mahito ventures into a dreamlike world shared by both the living and the dead.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Kô Shibasaki, Aimyon

Votes: 51,333

3. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (2023– )

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

An elf and her friends defeat a demon king in a great war. But the war is over, and the elf must search for a new way of life.

Stars: Atsumi Tanezaki, Kana Ichinose, Mallorie Rodak, Jill Harris

Votes: 16,553

4. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

PG | 119 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

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.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, Tatsuya Gashûin, Akihiro Miwa

Votes: 450,317 | Gross: $4.71M

5. Your Name. (2016)

PG | 106 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Two teenagers share a profound, magical connection upon discovering they are swapping bodies. Things manage to become even more complicated when the boy and girl decide to meet in person.

Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryo Narita, Aoi Yûki

Votes: 321,192 | Gross: $5.02M

6. Ponyo (2008)

G | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

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.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Liam Neeson, Tomoko Yamaguchi

Votes: 163,812 | Gross: $15.09M

7. Weathering with You (2019)

PG-13 | 112 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Set during a period of exceptionally rainy weather, high-school boy Hodaka Morishima runs away from his troubled rural home to Tokyo and befriends an orphan girl who can manipulate the weather.

Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Kotaro Daigo, Nana Mori, Tsubasa Honda, Sakura Kiryu

Votes: 55,800 | Gross: $7.80M

8. The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)

G | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

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.

Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Stars: Bridgit Mendler, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, Mirai Shida

Votes: 104,561 | Gross: $19.20M

9. The Cat Returns (2002)

G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

After helping a cat, a seventeen-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.

Director: Hiroyuki Morita | Stars: Chizuru Ikewaki, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Aki Maeda, Takayuki Yamada

Votes: 64,621

10. When Marnie Was There (2014)

PG | 103 min | Animation, Drama, Family

Anna, a shy 12-year-old girl, is sent to spend time with her aunt and uncle who live in the countryside, where she meets Marnie. The two become best friends. But Anna gradually discovers that Marnie is not quite who she appears to be.

Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Stars: Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Nanako Matsushima, Susumu Terajima

Votes: 48,022 | Gross: $0.77M

11. Tales from Earthsea (2006)

PG-13 | 115 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy

In a mythical land, a man and a young boy investigate a series of unusual occurrences.

Director: Gorô Miyazaki | Stars: Timothy Dalton, Willem Dafoe, Mariska Hargitay, Jun'ichi Okada

Votes: 44,259 | Gross: $0.05M

12. Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017)

PG | 103 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

Based on "The Little Broomstick" by Mary Stewart, a strange flower grants a girl magic powers.

Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Stars: Hana Sugisaki, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Yûki Amami, Fumiyo Kohinata

Votes: 16,290 | Gross: $2.42M

13. From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

PG | 91 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A group of Yokohama teens look to save their school's clubhouse from the wrecking ball in preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Director: Gorô Miyazaki | Stars: Sarah Bolger, Chris Noth, Anton Yelchin, Christina Hendricks

Votes: 52,118 | Gross: $1.00M

14. Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)

R | 76 min | Animation, Action, Crime

As Batman hunts for the escaped Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime attacks the Gordon family to prove a diabolical point mirroring his own fall into madness.

Director: Sam Liu | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Tara Strong, Ray Wise

Votes: 61,584 | Gross: $3.78M

15. The Boy and the Beast (2015)

PG-13 | 119 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

When a young orphaned boy living on the streets of Shibuya stumbles upon a fantastic world of beasts, he's taken in by a gruff warrior beast looking for an apprentice.

Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, Shôta Sometani, Suzu Hirose

Votes: 26,965 | Gross: $0.45M

16. My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)

PG | 104 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

The life and misadventures of a family in contemporary Japan.

Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Yukiji Asaoka, Tôru Masuoka, Masako Araki, Hayato Isohata

Votes: 15,980

17. Mei and the Kitten Bus (2002)

13 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

A Kittenbus puppy, the cat-shaped bus that is one of the protagonists of My Neighbor Totoro, becomes a great friend of little Mei and with her has an incredible night adventure in the forest.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Hayao Miyazaki, Chika Sakamoto

Votes: 1,698

18. Pengin haiwei (2018)

Not Rated | 117 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

A fourth-grader, Aoyama-kun, investigates the mysterious reason behind the sudden appearance of penguins in his village, which is somehow related to a power from a young woman working at a dental clinic.

Director: Hiroyasu Ishida | Stars: Kana Kita, Yû Aoi, Rie Kugimiya, Megumi Han

Votes: 3,848

19. The Day I Bought a Star (2006)

16 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy

A young boy is tired of the city and escapes into the country. Two strangers trade him a strange seed. The boy accepts and the seed sprouts into a miniature planet, which continues to grow.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Kyôka Suzuki, Genzô Wakayama, Yô Ôizumi

Votes: 368

20. Pompo: The Cinéphile (2021)

94 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A famous movie producer gives her young production assistant a chance to direct his first film.

Director: Takayuki Hirao | Stars: Hiroya Shimizu, Konomi Kohara, Ai Kakuma, Akio Ôtsuka

Votes: 1,170

21. Okko's Inn (2018)

PG | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

After losing her parents in a car accident, Okko starts living in the countryside with her grandmother who runs a traditional Japanese inn. While she prepares to be the next owner of the inn, Okko can somehow see friendly ghosts.

Director: Kitarô Kôsaka | Stars: Seiran Kobayashi, Nana Mizuki, Satsumi Matsuda, Rina Endô

Votes: 2,317 | Gross: $0.13M

22. Miss Hokusai (2015)

PG-13 | 93 min | Animation, Biography, Drama

The life and works of Japanese artist and ukiyo-e painter Katsushika Hokusai, as seen from the eyes of his daughter, Katsushika O-Ei.

Directors: Keiichi Hara, Stephanie Sheh, Michael Sinterniklaas | Stars: Yutaka Matsushige, Anne Watanabe, Erica Lindbeck, Richard Epcar

Votes: 3,506 | Gross: $0.22M

23. Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess (2010)

12 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

The witch Baba Yaga keeps her servant the Egg Princess confined and forces her to do hard daily chores around the mill. One night, a batch of kneaded dough comes to life and befriends the Egg Princess.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Votes: 891

24. House-hunting (2006)

12 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Fuki sets out on a journey to look for a new house. Along the way, she encounters many of Japan's guardian spirits.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Tamori, Akiko Yano

Votes: 227

25. Monmon the Water Spider (2006)

15 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

The short film's main character is a water spider who seems to have fallen in love with a water strider. Though she is scared of him at first, the water strider soon gets used to the presence of the spider.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Star: Akiko Yano

Votes: 431

26. Koro's Big Day Out (2002)

14 min | Animation, Short

Koro is a puppy owned by a little girl in a small town. One day the puppy gets free and becomes lost.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Itsuki Komazawa, Kenji Imura, Haruyo Moriyoshi, Yumiko Kitajima

Votes: 190

27. Overman King Gainer (2002–2003)

30 min | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In the distant future, Earth's population has to live in domed cities and professional gamer Sanga and mercenary Gain Bijou build an Overman to lead a exodus out of the city.

Stars: Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Kirk Thornton, Mari Devon, Kenji Nojima

Votes: 69

28. Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari kôen mae hashutsujo: The Movie (1999)

95 min | Action, Animation, Comedy

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Director: Shinji Takamatsu | Stars: La Salle Ishii, Yumi Morio, Kaori Asô, Yukiko Matsuura

Votes: 150

29. Ghiblies: Episode 2 (2002 Video)

G | 24 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Ghiblies are back!, and we get to see the Ghibli staff eating extra hot curry for lunch and more of Nonaka's first love all in a sequel of one of Studio Ghibli's most unique set of shorts.

Director: Yoshiyuki Momose | Stars: Masahiko Nishimura, Kyôka Suzuki, Arata Furuta, Satoru Saitô

Votes: 291

30. Tales of Legendia (2005 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The Battle for an Ancient Relic Begins with the Hunt for the "Merines".

Director: Yuichiro Sadahiro | Stars: Ken'ichi Suzumura, Ryô Hirohashi, Susumu Chiba, Masumi Asano

Votes: 84

31. Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase (2007)

54 min | Animation, Drama, Sport

Pepe Benengeli and his team participate in the Japanese Cup.

Director: Kitarô Kôsaka | Stars: Yô Ôizumi, Kôichi Yamadera, Akio Ôtsuka, Maaya Sakamoto

Votes: 88

32. Overman King Gainer (2002–2003)
Episode: Buryunhirude no namida (2002)

25 min | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Gainer and the rebels are forced to take a detour through treacherous terrain, facing obstacles and dangers at every turn. Along the way, they encounter a group of nomads who offer them assistance.

Directors: Masayuki Miyaji, Yoshiyuki Tomino | Stars: Mari Devon, Darrel Guilbeau, Otoya Kawano, Kenji Nojima

33. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (2023– )
Episode: Mahô no takami (2024)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

While the other Mages defend themselves against the remaining clones, Fern experiences the heights of Frieren's power as they battle the copycat Frieren.

Directors: Hirotaka Mori, Keiichirô Saitô | Stars: Atsumi Tanezaki, Kana Ichinose, Sayumi Suzushiro, Kishô Taniyama

Votes: 1,309