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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: 849,641 | 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: 449,493 | Gross: $4.71M
3. Pom Poko (1994)
PG | 119 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Shinchô Kokontei, Makoto Nonomura, Yuriko Ishida, Norihei Miki
Votes: 34,593
4. Perfect Blue (1997)
R | 81 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
A pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past.
Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji, Masaaki Ôkura
Votes: 95,553 | Gross: $0.78M
5. Parasyte: The Maxim (2014–2015)
TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Action, Drama
17-year-old Shinichi Izumi is partially infected by a Parasyte, monsters that butcher and consume humans. He must learn to co-exist with the creature if he is to survive both the life of a Parasyte and a human as part monster, part person.
Stars: Aya Hirano, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Rinka H.B.B., Brittney Karbowski
Votes: 48,718
6. Nana (2006–2007)
TV-MA | 21 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Two ostensibly opposite women, both named Nana, become roommates in Tokyo and grow inseparable. However, their relationship is jeopardized as the harsh realities of adult life take shape.
Stars: Kaori, Romi Park, Brian Drummond, Ashleigh Ball
Votes: 5,758
7. Paradise Kiss (2005)
Not Rated | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Top high-school student seeks some purpose in life. A group of fashion design students ask her to be the front model for their clothing label "Paradise Kiss". Although she finds them weird, she accepts and soon blossoms as a person.
Stars: Johnny Yong Bosch, Vic Mignogna, Patrick Seitz, Barbara Goodson
Votes: 2,043
8. 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: 320,418 | Gross: $5.02M
9. Naruto (2002–2007)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Naruto Uzumaki, a mischievous adolescent ninja, struggles as he searches for recognition and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the village's leader and strongest ninja.
Stars: Junko Takeuchi, Maile Flanagan, Kate Higgins, Chie Nakamura
Votes: 127,431
10. Naruto: Shippuden (2007–2017)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Naruto Uzumaki, is a loud, hyperactive, adolescent ninja who constantly searches for approval and recognition, as well as to become Hokage, who is acknowledged as the leader and strongest of all ninja in the village.
Stars: Alexandre Crepet, Junko Takeuchi, Maile Flanagan, Chie Nakamura
Votes: 168,602
11. Kakegurui (2017–2019)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery
A gambling prodigy comes to an elite school run by games and turns the order upside down.
Stars: Saori Hayami, Tatsuya Tokutake, Miyuki Sawashiro, Minami Tanaka
Votes: 13,029
12. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
TV-MA | 87 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Concurrent theatrical ending of the TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995).
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura, Kotono Mitsuishi
Votes: 64,283
13. Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A teenage boy finds himself recruited as a member of an elite team of pilots by his father.
Stars: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Kotono Mitsuishi, Spike Spencer
Votes: 85,283
14. Back Street Girls (2018)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Comedy
Three gangsters are forced by their boss into becoming a trio of pop singers.
Stars: Cherami Leigh, Keith Silverstein, Erika Harlacher, D.C. Douglas
Votes: 1,128
15. Tokyo Revengers (2021– )
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Hanagaki Takemichi lives an unsatisfying life right up until his death. Waking up 12 years in the past, he reckons with the eventual fate of his friends and tries to prevent an unfortunate future.
Stars: Griffin Puatu, Darren O'Hare, Adam McArthur, Nicolas Roye
Votes: 25,113
16. Jujutsu Kaisen (2020– )
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A boy swallows a cursed talisman - the finger of a demon - and becomes cursed himself. He enters a shaman's school to be able to locate the demon's other body parts and thus exorcise himself.
Stars: Junya Enoki, Yuma Uchida, Yûichi Nakamura, Adam McArthur
Votes: 114,611
17. Spy x Family (2022– )
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
A spy on an undercover mission gets married and adopts a child as part of his cover. His wife and daughter have secrets of their own, and all three must strive to keep together.
Stars: Takuya Eguchi, Atsumi Tanezaki, Alex Organ, Saori Hayami
Votes: 38,912
18. I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018)
Not Rated | 109 min | Animation, Drama, Family
A high school student discovers one of his classmates, Sakura Yamauchi, is suffering from a terminal illness. This secret brings the two together, as she lives out her final moments.
Directors: Jun'ichi Fujise, Tomoyuki Itamura, Masaharu Tomoda, Shin'ichirô Ushijima, Daisuke Yoshida, Fumihiro Yoshimura | Stars: Mahiro Takasugi, Lynn, Yukiyo Fujii, Yuma Uchida
Votes: 24,259 | Gross: $0.28M
19. 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: 52,594
20. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (2022)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A Street Kid trying to survive in a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future. Having everything to lose, he chooses to stay alive by becoming an Edgerunner, a Mercenary outlaw also known as a Cyberpunk.
Stars: Zach Aguilar, Kenichiro Ohashi, Kagga Jayson, Emi Lo
Votes: 78,828
21. Serial Experiments Lain (1998)
TV-14 | 316 min | Animation, Drama, Horror
Strange things start happening when a withdrawn girl named Lain becomes obsessed with an interconnected virtual realm known as "The Wired".
Stars: Kaori Shimizu, Bridget Hoffman, Dan Lorge, Randy McPherson
Votes: 17,205
22. Chainsaw Man (2022)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Following a betrayal, a young man left for dead is reborn as a powerful devil-human hybrid after merging with his pet devil and is soon enlisted into an organization dedicated to hunting devils.
Stars: Kikunosuke Toya, Ryan Colt Levy, Tomori Kusunoki, Shogo Sakata
Votes: 54,926
23. Midori (1992)
Unrated | 47 min | Animation, Drama, Horror
The story based off of the controversial manga by Suehiro Maruo takes place where a little orphaned girl joins a freak-show circus troupe whose members rape and abuse her. She then finds a glimmer of hope in the enigmatic magician who joins the group.
Director: Hiroshi Harada | Stars: Minako Naka, Norihiko Morishita, Keinosuke Okamoto, Kazuyoshi Hayashi
Votes: 3,666
24. Belladonna of Sadness (1973)
Unrated | 86 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
After being raped by an evil feudal lord and subsequently getting banished from her village, a peasant girl makes a pact with the Devil to gain magical powers and take her revenge.
Director: Eiichi Yamamoto | Stars: Aiko Nagayama, Chinatsu Nakayama, Masaya Takahashi, Masakane Yonekura
Votes: 7,762 | Gross: $0.11M
25. Tokyo Revengers (2021)
TV-14 | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A middle-aged loser travels in time to his school years, and, in order to save the love of his life from future doom, he must become the leader of a dreaded school gang.
Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa | Stars: Takumi Kitamura, Yuki Yamada, Yôsuke Sugino, Keita Arai
Votes: 1,903
26. Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You (2009–2011)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Sawako's one wish in life is to make friends. That's a difficult proposition due to her resemblance to Sadako from The Ring. Her life starts to change after she befriends her classmate, Kazehaya, an easygoing guy who is nice even with her.
Stars: Mamiko Noto, Morgan Berry, Daisuke Namikawa, Yûko Sanpei
Votes: 5,300
27. XxxHOLiC the Movie: A Midsummer Night's Dream (2005)
TV-14 | 60 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Yuko receives an invitation for the opening of an auction from a mysterious unknown sender. Likewise, fanatical collectors are summoned to an old mansion whose owner doesn't make an ... See full summary »
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima | Stars: Sayaka Ôhara, Jun Fukuyama, Kazuya Nakai, Shizuka Itou
Votes: 734
28. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019– )
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A family is attacked by demons and only two members survive - Tanjiro and his sister Nezuko, who is turning into a demon slowly. Tanjiro sets out to become a demon slayer to avenge his family and cure his sister.
Stars: Natsuki Hanae, Zach Aguilar, Abby Trott, Akari Kitô
Votes: 147,968
29. Kamisama Kiss (2012–2016)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Nanami is left homeless after her father runs away due to debts. When she saves a man named Mikage from dogs, he gives her his house which turns out to be a shrine and she becomes the new deity.
Stars: Tia Lynn Ballard, J. Michael Tatum, Luci Christian, Jessie James Grelle
Votes: 5,017
30. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021)
PG-13 | 112 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
The prequel to Jujutsu Kaisen (2020), where a high schooler gains control of an extremely powerful cursed spirit and gets enrolled in the Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School by Jujutsu Sorcerers.
Director: Sunghoo Park | Stars: Chinatsu Akasaki, Aya Endô, Kana Hanazawa, Show Hayami
Votes: 37,706 | Gross: $34.54M
31. Nana (II) (2005)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A chance encounter between two girls of the same name, "Nana," triggers a series of events and relationships.
Director: Kentarô Ohtani | Stars: Mika Nakashima, Aoi Miyazaki, Hiroki Narimiya, Yûta Hiraoka
Votes: 4,018
32. Ergo Proxy (2006)
TV-14 | 624 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In a post-apocalyptic future humans live in peace with androids in a domed city. However, a strange series of murders has intruded into bored inspector Re-l Mayer's life.
Stars: Kôji Yusa, Akiko Yajima, Liam O'Brien, Rachel Hirschfeld
Votes: 16,414
33. 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: 21,701
34. The Way of the Househusband (2021– )
TV-14 | 16 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
A retired gangster spends his time as a househusband carrying out home chores.
Stars: Kenjirô Tsuda, Shizuka Itou, Kazuyuki Okitsu, Jonah Scott
Votes: 6,105
35. My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 (2023)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
After her boyfriend breaks up with her for another girl, Akane Kinoshita decides she is going to make him regret his decision. Unexpectedly, however, she meets a socially awkward gamer who might just solve all of her problems.
Stars: Inori Minase, Kôki Uchiyama, Abby Trott, Stephen Fu
Votes: 2,677
36. Blue Spring Ride (2014)
122 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Revolves around Futaba, a girl who was in love with a boy named Ko Tanaka in middle school. However, it did not work because he transferred but in high school, her world is turned around once again when she meets him again.
Stars: Yûki Kaji, Ai Kayano, Tsubasa Honda, Masahiro Higashide
Votes: 6,219
37. Record of Ragnarok (2021– )
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Every 1000 years, the Gods' Council assemble to decide the fate of humanity. After 7 million years of human history, the gods come to the decision that humans are irredeemable and must be extinct.
Stars: Miyuki Sawashiro, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Anairis Quinones, Laura Post
Votes: 8,815
38. The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes (2022)
83 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Kaoru Tono heard a rumor: The laws of space and time mean nothing to the Urashima Tunnel. If you find it, walk through and you'll find your heart's desire on the other side...in exchange for years of your own life.
Director: Tomohisa Taguchi | Stars: Oji Suzuka, Marie Iitoyo, Tasuku Hatanaka, Arisa Komiya
Votes: 2,150
39. Kiss Him, Not Me! (2016)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
When her favorite character dies, Kae suddenly loses weight and gains attention. But she wants these boys to date each other, not her!
Stars: Amber Lee Connors, Justin Briner, Alejandro Saab, Jeannie Tirado
Votes: 1,553
40. Say "I love you" (2012–2013)
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
Mei is a quiet girl, who has had no boyfriend and couldn't even make friends in 16 years. One day she accidentally injures Yamato, the most popular boy in school, and for some reason Yamato takes interest in her.
Stars: Ai Kayano, Takahiro Sakurai, David Matranga, Chris Ayres
Votes: 4,110
41. Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (2018–2021)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
A gaming otaku and a fujoshi reunite for the first time since middle school at work.
Stars: Arisa Date, Kento Itô, Miyuki Sawashiro, Tomokazu Sugita
Votes: 4,467
42. Sasaki and Miyano (2022)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Shy and easily flustered Miyano harbors an embarrassing secret - he is a "fudanshi", a boy who likes boys' love manga. Intrigued, the clueless delinquent Sasaki requests to borrow one, marking a shift in their strange dynamic.
Stars: Kellen Goff, Joshua Waters, Kayleigh McKee, Sôma Saitô
Votes: 1,718
43. Kase-san and Morning Glories (2018)
58 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
Yamada is a shy girl in high school who loves doing greenery committee work, but one day she falls into conversation with kase-san the popular and talented school track star. Suddenly ... See full summary »
Director: Takuya Satô | Stars: Minami Takahashi, Ayane Sakura, Ibuki Kido, Bryn Apprill
Votes: 826
44. Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (2023)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A worker in a foreign finance company is bullied and worked around the clock, before a zombie outbreak finally makes him feel alive.
Stars: Shuichiro Umeda, Zeno Robinson, Bill Millsap, Makoto Furukawa
Votes: 6,898
45. Undead Murder Farce (2023)
TV-14 | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
In a world inhabited by vampires, golems, werewolves and other creatures, Aya Rindo, along with Tsugaru Shunichi and Shizuku Hasei, travels as supernatural detective, solving mysteries while she looks for her lost body.
Stars: Taku Yashiro, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Makoto Koichi, Sayumi Suzushiro
Votes: 986
46. My Happy Marriage (2023– )
TV-14 | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
An unhappy young woman from an abusive family is married off to a fearsome and chilly army commander. But the two learn more about each other, love may have a chance.
Stars: Reina Ueda, Kaito Ishikawa, Houko Kuwashima, Hiro Shimono
Votes: 4,333
47. Horimiya (2021)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Two very different people - an academically successful schoolgirl and a quiet loser schoolboy - meet and develop a friendship.
Stars: Haruka Tomatsu, Kôki Uchiyama, Seiichiro Yamashita, Alejandro Saab
Votes: 14,961
48. A Sign of Affection (2024– )
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
When Yuki meets a handsome stranger who helps her out on the train, what sort of relationship will bloom? Could this be something real? Or will these feelings melt away with the snow?
Stars: Sumire Morohoshi, Yu Miyazaki, Takeo Otsuka, Nazeeh Tarsha
Votes: 1,115
49. Spaceman (I) (2024)
R | 107 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Half a year into his solo mission on the edge of the solar system, an astronaut concerned with the state of his life back on Earth is helped by an ancient creature he discovers in the bowels of his ship.
Director: Johan Renck | Stars: Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan, Paul Dano, Kunal Nayyar
Votes: 32,067
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