Japanese Anime Movies I've Seen
by mohammedalanze18 | created - 23 Sep 2016 | updated - 31 Dec 2021 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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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: 848,710 | Gross: $10.06M
2. 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: 448,807 | Gross: $4.71M
3. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
G | 86 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi
Votes: 379,942 | Gross: $1.11M
4. 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: 104,275 | Gross: $19.20M
5. 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: 64,446
6. Wolf Children (2012)
PG | 117 min | Animation, Drama, Family
After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident while hunting for food for their children, a young woman must find ways to raise the werewolf son and daughter that she had with him while keeping their trait hidden from society.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Osawa, Haru Kuroki, Yukito Nishii
Votes: 49,443
7. A Letter to Momo (2011)
Not Rated | 120 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
11-year-old Momo moves with her mother to a small island town after her father dies. When she arrives, she encounters three goblins that others cannot see who try to help her to cope with the loss of her father and the changes in her life.
Director: Hiroyuki Okiura | Stars: Karen Miyama, Yuka, Daizaburo Arakawa, Toshiyuki Nishida
Votes: 8,145
8. Welcome to the Space Show (2010)
Not Rated | 136 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Five kids go on amazing adventures through the universe after they rescue an injured alien.
Directors: Kôji Masunari, Masaaki Yuasa | Stars: Tomoyo Kurosawa, Honoka Ikezuki, Takuto Yoshinaga, Tamaki Matsumoto
Votes: 1,078
9. Princess Mononoke (1997)
PG-13 | 134 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
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.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yûko Tanaka, Billy Crudup
Votes: 433,440 | Gross: $2.38M
10. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Not Rated | 89 min | Animation, Drama, War
A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Akemi Yamaguchi, Yoshiko Shinohara
Votes: 310,146
11. Akira (1988)
R | 124 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.
Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda
Votes: 205,088 | Gross: $0.55M
12. Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
PG-13 | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.
Directors: Shôgo Furuya, Satoshi Kon | Stars: Tôru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto, Shôzô Îzuka
Votes: 46,720 | Gross: $0.13M
13. Barefoot Gen (1983)
TV-PG | 83 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
Director: Mori Masaki | Stars: Issei Miyazaki, Catherine Battistone, Yoshie Shimamura, Iona Morris
Votes: 9,203
14. Barefoot Gen 2 (1986)
TV-PG | 85 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life.
Director: Toshio Hirata | Stars: Issei Miyazaki, Masaki Kôda, Kei Nakamura, Takami Aoyama
Votes: 1,418
15. Sword of the Stranger (2007)
Not Rated | 103 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A swordsman from a strange land is caught in a struggle between morality, righteousness, and devotion as he reluctantly agrees to take a raggedy boy and his dog to a remote, Buddhist temple.
Director: Masahiro Andô | Stars: Tomoya Nagase, Yuri Chinen, Kôichi Yamadera, Akio Ôtsuka
Votes: 18,286
16. Redline (2009)
Not Rated | 102 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
A story about the most popular racing event in the galaxy, the Redline, and the various racers who compete in it.
Director: Takeshi Koike | Stars: Takuya Kimura, Yû Aoi, Tadanobu Asano, Yoshiyuki Morishita
Votes: 17,187
17. 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: 26,910 | Gross: $0.45M
18. To the Forest of Firefly Lights (2011)
45 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Hotaru is rescued by a spirit when she gets lost in a forest as a child. The two become friends, despite the spirit revealing that he will disappear if he is ever touched by a human.
Director: Takahiro Ômori | Stars: Kôki Uchiyama, Ayane Sakura, Shinpachi Tsuji, Izumi Sawada
Votes: 21,660
19. High Speed! Free! Starting Summer (2015)
110 min | Animation, Drama, Sport
Four new friends join the swim team and work to be the best medley team.
Directors: Taichi Ishidate, Yasuhiro Takemoto | Stars: Nobunaga Shimazaki, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Kôki Uchiyama
Votes: 625
20. Paprika (2006)
R | 90 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.
Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Megumi Hayashibara, Tôru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Tôru Furuya
Votes: 96,774 | Gross: $0.88M
21. Highlander: The Search for Vengeance (2007 Video)
Unrated | 85 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
Highlander Colin MacLeod must choose between confronting the immortal who killed his lover centuries ago, or saving the survivors of a ravaged New York City.
Directors: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Takuji Endo | Stars: Alistair Abell, Debi Mae West, Nolan North, Scott McNeil
Votes: 4,015
22. The Garden of Words (2013)
TV-14 | 46 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
On a rainy morning in Tokyo, 15-year-old Takao, an aspiring shoemaker, decides to skip class to sketch designs in a beautiful garden. This is where he meets Yukari, a beautiful yet mysterious woman. They strike an unlikely friendship.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Miyu Irino, Kana Hanazawa, Fumi Hirano, Gou Maeda
Votes: 52,512
23. Magic Boy (1959)
G | 83 min | Animation, Family, Adventure
A young Japanese boy climbs a mountain in search of a magic wizard. The youth finds the wizard, and is tutored by him. Reinforced with magic powers, the boy eventually fights and defeats the evil witches of down under.
Directors: Akira Daikubara, Taiji Yabushita | Stars: Katsuo Nakamura, Hiroko Sakuramachi, Teruo Miyazaki, Tomoko Matsushima
Votes: 501
24. Time of Eve (2010)
106 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
In a not too distant future, a young man's outlook on his home android begins to change after tracking the android's behavioral log to a mysterious cafe.
Director: Yasuhiro Yoshiura | Stars: Jun Fukuyama, Kenji Nojima, Rie Tanaka, Rina Satô
Votes: 4,072
25. Seoul Station (2016)
92 min | Animation, Action, Horror
Several groups of people try to survive a zombie pandemic that unleashes itself in downtown Seoul.
Director: Yeon Sang-ho | Stars: Ryu Seung-ryong, Shim Eun-kyung, Lee Joon, Jang Hyuk-jin
Votes: 7,627
26. Puss 'n Boots: Travels Around the World (1976)
G | 68 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Puss 'N Boots must travel around the world in 80 days, all while getting into adventures wherever he goes.
Director: Hiroshi Shidara | Stars: Osami Nabe, Junpei Takiguchi, Chikao Ôtsuka, Kôsei Tomita
Votes: 276
27. Boruto: Naruto the Movie (2015)
PG | 95 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
It's been some years since the end of the Shinobi War. Naruto Uzumaki is the 7th Hokage of Konohagakure, in this new era. His son, Boruto Uzumaki, will soon enter the Chûnin exams, alongside Sarada Uchiha and the mysterious Mitsuki.
Directors: Hiroyuki Yamashita, Toshiyuki Tsuru | Stars: Yûko Sanpei, Kokoro Kikuchi, Ryûichi Kijima, Junko Takeuchi
Votes: 12,128
28. Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond (2018)
104 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
An orphaned teen encounters a supernatural creature that has the ability to look human.
Directors: Hideki Itô, Takahiro Ômori | Stars: Hiroshi Kamiya, Ayumi Fujimura, Kazuhiko Inoue, Sanae Kobayashi
Votes: 631
29.
Mushi-Shi (2005–2014)
Episode:
Mushi-Shi: The Shadow That Devours the Sun
(2014)
TV-14 | 44 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
A strange shadow forms blocking the sun from a village following a solar eclipse. Ginko enlists the help of the villagers to solve the mystery of the shadow before it destroys their crops.
Director: Hiroshi Nagahama | Stars: Yûto Nakano, Yûna Watanabe, Rio Sasaki, Yûji Ueda
Votes: 1,596
30. One Piece Film: Gold (2016)
TV-14 | 124 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Luffy and his pirates can't wait to board the glittering Sin City ship known as Gran Tesoro, but they soon find themselves in way over their heads.
Director: Hiroaki Miyamoto | Stars: Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi
Votes: 7,286
31. One Piece Film Z (2012)
TV-14 | 108 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A former Marine stands in the way of the Straw Hat Pirates.
Director: Tatsuya Nagamine | Stars: Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi
Votes: 9,683
32. Wan pisu firumu: sutorongu warudo (2009)
TV-14 | 113 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Straw Hat Pirates must save their navigator and stop the legendary Pirate, Shiki the Golden Lion from conquering East Blue.
Director: Munehisa Sakai | Stars: Felecia Angelle, Bryan Baker, Jeff Banks, Christopher Bevins
Votes: 7,164
33. One Piece: Heart of Gold (2016 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 104 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A girl named Olga is pursued by both the World Government and a man named Mad Treasure, as she is the only one who knows the location of the Pure Gold, a substance that can buy the entire ... See full summary »
Director: Tatsuya Nagamine | Stars: Bryn Apprill, Patric Carroll, Luci Christian, Leah Clark
Votes: 1,645
34. One Piece: Adventure of Nebulandia (2015 TV Movie)
106 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The special has the Straw Hat Pirates fight Foxy again in the New World, on Mushroom Island. This soon gives way to a battle against the Marines on an island called Nebulandia that can nullify Devil Fruit powers.
Director: Kônosuke Uda | Stars: Mayumi Tanaka, Tia Lynn Ballard, Justin Briner, Jacob Browning
Votes: 854
35. One Piece: Episode of Luffy - Adventure on Hand Island (2012 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
As Luffy and the crew were attacked by marine warship they were forced to use Coup de Burst to escape. Crash landing on an island the crew decided to explore while some repairing is done. ... See full summary »
Stars: Hiroaki Hirata, Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuki Yao
Votes: 1,158
36. One Piece: Episode of Nami - Tears of a Navigator and the Bonds of Friends (2012 TV Movie)
104 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
As an abridged version of the Arlong Arc, the special follows the same general plot. Nami leaves the crew after the Baratie Arc to go back to her village. Luffy and the crew follow her, and... See full summary »
Director: Katsumi Tokoro | Stars: Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi
Votes: 1,304
37. One Piece: Episode of Merry - Mou Hitori no Nakama no Monogatari (2013 TV Movie)
106 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
During a travel exploring the ocean aboard the Mini Merry II, Brook asks about the previous ship of the Straw Hats. His companions then tell him the story of their first ship, the Going ... See full summary »
Stars: Hiroaki Hirata, Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuki Yao
Votes: 1,179
38. 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: 3,835
39. Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul (2020)
TV-MA | 113 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Riko, Reg, and their new friend, Nanachi, continue their journey down the Abyss and arrive at the 5th layer. But in order for them to continue to the 6th layer, they must encounter the haunting figure of Nanachi's past: Bondrewd the Novel.
Director: Masayuki Kojima | Stars: Miyu Tomita, Mariya Ise, Shiori Izawa, Inori Minase
Votes: 5,514
40. Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn (2019)
119 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A girl named, Riko and her robot friend, Reg, journey down into a deadly, otherworldly chasm, known as the Abyss, in search of her lost mother.
Director: Masayuki Kojima | Stars: Miyu Tomita, Mariya Ise, Sayaka Ôhara, Aki Toyosaki
Votes: 884
41. Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight (2019)
TV-MA | 110 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
After departing from Ozen's camp, Riko and Reg continue their journey, encountering more dangers as they descend further into the Abyss.
Director: Masayuki Kojima | Stars: Miyu Tomita, Mariya Ise, Shiori Izawa, Eri Kitamura
Votes: 1,065
42. Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle (2020)
TV-Y7 | 99 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The story of Koko, a young boy raised by Pokémon, and the creation of a new bond between humans and Pokémon.
Director: Tetsuo Yajima | Stars: Sarah Natochenny, Kimlinh Tran, Edward Bosco, Kellen Goff
Votes: 2,510
43. Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor (2021)
Animation
This movie will be made up of two stories. Ishi Okoshi (Who wakes the stone): Natsume meets a small yokai named Mitsumi in the forest. Mitsumi tells him that it has been entrusted to wake ... See full summary »
Director: Hideki Itô | Stars: Chô, SuzAnne DeCarma, Manami Hanawa, Takeyoshi Hayakawa
Votes: 225
44.
Mushi-Shi: Next Passage (2014–2015)
Episode:
Mushi-Shi: Bell Droplets
(2015)
TV-14 | 47 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
An adaptation of the last arc in the manga, Mushishi Zoku Shou: Suzu no Shizuku follows Ginko's peculiar journey amidst the occult to unravel the mystery behind the enigmatic girl called Kaya and the mountain that has become her home.
Director: Hiroshi Nagahama | Stars: Yûto Nakano, Tomomi Saito
Votes: 1,250
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