Anime Movies, a list by Muhammad Osman

8.6

/950309/

86

/30099/

85

/17811/

4.5

/3244089/

96

/225/

96

/23081/

96

/41/

8.7

/1391593/

4.0

age 9+

A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.

90

8.5

/374856/

85

/9884/

84

/6266/

4.5

/1023250/

100

/50/

95

/5486/

94

/16/

8.5

/449120/

4.0

age 15+

In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.

87

8.4

/381158/

86

/18719/

85

/12208/

4.2

/1323183/

98

/118/

94

/1179/

81

/26/

8.8

/2046554/

3.5

age 12+

High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.

82

8.2

/503195/

84

/18647/

83

/10733/

4.3

/2187816/

88

/185/

93

/14660/

82

/40/

8.6

/1005585/

2.5

age 8+

Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.

67

34

6.5

/117/

71

/6/

3.4

/1023/

6.7

/184/

When a massive alien flower known as "Darol" unexpectedly erupts in a deadly event, unleashing monstrous creatures that decimate the population of Japan, Rita is caught in the destruction—and killed. But then she wakes up again. And again. Caught in an endless time loop, Rita must navigate the trauma and repetition of death until she crosses paths with Keiji, a shy young man trapped in the same cycle. Together, they fight to break free from the loop and find meaning in the chaos around them.

87

8.3

/476589/

84

/15508/

83

/8693/

4.4

/1474015/

93

/123/

94

/12004/

78

/31/

8.6

/871132/

4.0

age 12+

Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.

82

8.0

/117199/

82

/6058/

83

/3020/

4.4

/1040062/

84

/57/

89

/1220/

67

/17/

8.5

/426577/

age 16+

Rising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.

83

7.3

/122306/

74

/5766/

74

/2459/

3.9

/1142960/

96

/275/

88

/474/

91

/55/

7.6

/89484/

4.0

age 10+

While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."

87

8.1

/423823/

82

/16595/

81

/8530/

4.2

/1731055/

94

/63/

94

/7768/

87

/16/

8.2

/745549/

4.0

age 5+

Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.

86

8.2

/134694/

84

/6868/

84

/4313/

4.2

/736302/

95

/37/

94

/391/

78

/10/

8.9

/1758890/

age 13+

Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya do not speak to each other again... until an older, wiser Shouya, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shouko once more. He wants to atone for his sins, but is it already too late...?

82

8.0

/222997/

81

/10739/

79

/4598/

4.3

/743812/

91

/55/

90

/8614/

68

/22/

8.1

/554418/

age 16+

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.

81

7.7

/109633/

78

/5395/

78

/2728/

4.1

/506923/

87

/94/

88

/4298/

81

/26/

8.0

/300256/

age 16+

When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it and recover it before damage is done: Paprika.

81

7.9

/170828/

80

/9499/

79

/3723/

4.1

/383822/

95

/62/

89

/4413/

76

/14/

8.2

/354836/

3.0

age 15+

In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.

80

56

7.8

/1434/

77

/89/

83

/29/

4.1

/22466/

8.1

/7454/

Pursued by a religious cult and other curse users, former friends Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto are the only sorcerers capable of carrying the difficult task of protecting Riko Amanai, a student who has been designated to be sacrificed as the Star Plasma Vessel, until she can fulfill her duty.

84

8.2

/97361/

82

/4485/

82

/4357/

3.9

/268278/

98

/49/

99

/4040/

72

/10/

8.5

/1156568/

age 14+

Tanjiro Kamado, joined with Inosuke Hashibira, a boy raised by boars who wears a boar's head, and Zenitsu Agatsuma, a scared boy who reveals his true power when he sleeps, boards the Infinity Train on a new mission with the Fire Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku, to defeat a demon who has been tormenting the people and killing the demon slayers who oppose it!

80

7.8

/184582/

80

/8517/

78

/4415/

4.1

/1029203/

85

/15/

8.2

/420513/

age 5+

A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.

83

7.6

/182026/

79

/8548/

78

/4653/

4.1

/1144507/

91

/174/

84

/5249/

86

/29/

7.9

/422931/

4.0

age 5+

When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a powerful sorcerer, schemes to return Ponyo to the sea.

80

7.8

/110860/

78

/4696/

77

/3251/

4.1

/462608/

88

/182/

85

/911/

83

/41/

8.1

/216651/

3.0

age 10+

A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.

84

8.0

/195039/

81

/6638/

79

/3918/

4.2

/423613/

89

/19/

90

/72/

86

/7/

8.3

/255011/

age 11+

After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.

80

8.0

/195710/

80

/7371/

79

/4537/

4.1

/512243/

78

/7/

8.2

/330602/

age 8+

A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.

80

7.6

/115196/

78

/5471/

76

/3057/

3.9

/447757/

94

/149/

86

/2181/

80

/28/

7.9

/242668/

age 5+

14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.

78

73

9.2

/23409/

86

/368/

87

/148/

4.6

/99502/

23

/5/

8.8

/32123/

A colossal-sized omnibus film bringing together the last two episodes of Attack on Titan in the franchise's first-ever theatrical experience. After venturing beyond the walls and separated from his comrades, Eren finds himself inspired by this new truth and plots the "Rumbling," a terrifying plan to eradicate every living thing in the world. With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, a motley crew of Eren's former comrades and enemies scramble to halt his deadly mission. The only question is, can they stop him?

62

6.4

/312/

65

/9/

77

/3/

3.0

/2843/

61

/10/

2.0

age 11+

After failing to avenge her father's murder, Princess Scarlet, wakes up in the "Land of the Dead." In this world filled with madness, if she does not achieve her revenge against her nemesis and reach the "No End Place," she will become "Void" and cease to exist. Can Scarlet find a way to live at the end of her endless journey?

81

7.8

/53903/

80

/2499/

79

/1447/

4.2

/238254/

92

/77/

91

/917/

75

/25/

8.2

/160371/

3.0

age 13+

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.

83

7.8

/57480/

79

/3862/

81

/1628/

3.9

/299752/

98

/54/

98

/1182/

71

/8/

8.3

/748057/

age 14+

Yuta Okkotsu is a nervous high school student who is suffering from a serious problem—his childhood friend Rika has turned into a curse and won't leave him alone. Since Rika is no ordinary curse, his plight is noticed by Satoru Gojo, a teacher at Jujutsu High, a school where fledgling exorcists learn how to combat curses. Gojo convinces Yuta to enroll, but can he learn enough in time to confront the curse that haunts him?

84

8.1

/33912/

81

/2097/

82

/1704/

3.9

/175833/

93

/14/

92

/58/

8.5

/651084/

After his classmate and crush is diagnosed with a pancreatic disease, an average high schooler sets out to make the most of her final days.

81

7.6

/59963/

79

/4340/

78

/1622/

3.8

/369736/

96

/137/

98

/507/

77

/27/

8.2

/266240/

3.0

age 10+

Suzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl. On her way to school, she meets a mysterious young man. But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that endangers the entire population of Japan, and so Suzume embarks on a journey to set things right.

87

7.8

/19834/

80

/1728/

80

/460/

4.3

/374142/

100

/25/

98

/131/

90

/6/

8.6

/122499/

age 11+

Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant recluse whose beautiful artwork sparks a competitive fervor in Fujino. What starts as jealousy transforms when Fujino realizes their shared passion for drawing.

80

7.5

/67903/

78

/4588/

79

/2529/

3.7

/264591/

91

/98/

96

/36/

72

/30/

8.2

/665224/

3.0

age 13+

The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a freelance writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then, one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.

82

7.8

/81618/

80

/3475/

79

/2193/

4.2

/400693/

95

/21/

90

/1519/

75

/4/

8.2

/224797/

age 10+

Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: 'Seiji Amasawa'.

85

8.1

/74665/

83

/3739/

82

/1764/

4.5

/466608/

92

/12/

87

/249/

8.5

/676895/

age 16+

SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is forced to decide the fate of humanity.

81

7.7

/114271/

77

/5114/

77

/3581/

4.0

/481515/

95

/21/

87

/8412/

83

/11/

7.9

/176374/

age 10+

In Italy in the 1930s, sky pirates in biplanes terrorize wealthy cruise ships as they sail the Adriatic Sea. The only pilot brave enough to stop the scourge is the mysterious Porco Rosso, a former World War I flying ace who was somehow turned into a pig during the war. As he prepares to battle the pirate crew's American ace, Porco Rosso enlists the help of spunky girl mechanic Fio Piccolo and his longtime friend Madame Gina.

87

8.0

/60700/

79

/2995/

80

/1921/

4.3

/268934/

100

/96/

90

/458/

89

/28/

8.2

/133910/

4.0

age 9+

Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her. But, ultimately, she must confront her fate.

74

22

7.7

/122/

80

/5/

75

/2/

3.3

/732/

7.2

/741/

In an unforgiving world, Ubu Kamigori hunts criminals as a bounty hunter. But one day, waiting in her home is the man she shares a sordid history with—Mr. Elegance. And so, her destiny begins to unravel. Also features exclusive behind-the-scenes content from director Yasuomi Umetsu and Shaft Animation Studio.

78

7.5

/20239/

78

/1630/

75

/530/

4.1

/84720/

70

/10/

90

/42/

8.2

/221656/

A daredevil driver is determined to compete in Redline, the most popular race in the galaxy. The race only occurs every five years, but in order to participate he must overcome the mafia, the government and even love.

79

68

8.7

/16129/

82

/258/

70

/249/

3.9

/20039/

81

/14/

8.0

/11236/

Over a decade after 'gates' connecting worlds appeared, awakening 'hunters' with superpowers, weakest hunter Sung Jinwoo encounters a double dungeon and accepts a mysterious quest, becoming the only one able to level up, changing his fate. A catch-up recap of the first season coupled with an exclusive sneak peek of the first two episodes of the highly anticipated second season in one momentous theatrical fan experience.

76

7.7

/40347/

76

/1415/

76

/755/

4.2

/77766/

70

/33/

86

/1271/

62

/15/

7.9

/112207/

D, a legendary dhampir competes with a motley family of bounty hunters to track down Charlotte Elbourne, a young woman who has seemingly been abducted by vampire nobleman Meier Link.

77

7.5

/25235/

75

/1399/

74

/524/

4.0

/55225/

82

/305/

7.7

/54646/

Three back-to-back anime films by three different directors make up this sci-fi trilogy three years in the making.

67

24

6.7

/514/

67

/8/

73

/3/

3.1

/998/

6.6

/148/

Shin-chan and his friends travel to India for a dance festival, but Bo-chan accidentally becomes possessed by an evil force from a mysterious backpack and turns into a powerful tyrant. Now, the Kasukabe Guard must work together to save Bo-chan and stop his rampage.

NEW

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A spin-off of the anime series BanG Dream! Ave Mujica.

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Plot to be announced.

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A theatrical compilation of NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE anime series titled NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE -OVERTURE- will start playing at Theatre Shinjuku in Tokyo, and at Theatre Umeda in Osaka on March 6, 2026.

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Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! Yakiniku Road of Honor is a fast-paced road trip comedy in which Shin-chan and the Nohara family are falsely accused and forced to flee. What begins as a simple desire for yakiniku turns into a series of absurd chases, eccentric enemies, and relentless humor, while subtly highlighting the strength of family bonds and togetherness.

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