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HBO Max Amazon Channel
91
8.6
/944061/
86
/29744/
85
/17697/
4.5
/3102935/
96
/225/
96
/23086/
96
/41/
8.7
/1384821/
cc age 9+

Spirited Away (2001)
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.
poster
Netflix
90
8.5
/371467/
85
/9733/
84
/6220/
4.5
/970516/
100
/50/
95
/5486/
94
/16/
8.5
/443809/
cc age 15+

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
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.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
87
8.0
/60261/
79
/2959/
80
/1909/
4.3
/259827/
100
/96/
90
/458/
89
/28/
8.2
/133304/
cc age 9+

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)
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.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
87
8.3
/473735/
84
/15292/
83
/8621/
4.4
/1409438/
93
/123/
94
/12007/
78
/31/
8.6
/871132/
cc age 12+

Princess Mononoke (1997)
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.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
87
8.1
/421023/
82
/16394/
80
/8483/
4.2
/1661214/
94
/63/
94
/7769/
87
/16/
8.2
/739900/
cc age 5+

My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
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.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
83
7.4
/104984/
74
/5628/
74
/2405/
3.9
/1112539/
96
/275/
88
/474/
91
/55/
7.6
/87528/
cc age 10+

The Boy and the Heron (2023)
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."
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
83
7.6
/41290/
74
/1920/
74
/1192/
3.9
/149111/
100
/63/
82
/65/
90
/19/
7.4
/83262/
cc age 11+

Only Yesterday (1991)
In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
83
7.6
/180897/
79
/8444/
78
/4606/
4.1
/1090299/
91
/174/
84
/5250/
86
/29/
7.9
/420961/
cc age 5+

Ponyo (2008)
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.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
82
8.2
/499853/
84
/18405/
83
/10651/
4.3
/2083517/
88
/185/
93
/14661/
82
/40/
8.6
/1005585/
cc age 8+

Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
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.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
82
7.8
/81101/
80
/3433/
79
/2176/
4.2
/386167/
95
/21/
90
/1520/
75
/4/
8.2
/224797/
cc age 10+

Whisper of the Heart (1995)
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'.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
81
7.7
/113438/
77
/5056/
77
/3553/
4.0
/463242/
95
/21/
87
/8412/
83
/11/
7.9
/176374/
cc age 10+

Porco Rosso (1992)
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.
poster
81
7.5
/41282/
75
/2241/
74
/1333/
3.9
/85172/
93
/172/
81
/205/
86
/32/
cc age 8+

The Red Turtle (2016)
The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
80
7.8
/183327/
80
/8388/
78
/4383/
4.1
/990436/
85
/15/
8.2
/416478/
cc age 5+

Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
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.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
80
7.7
/5934/
79
/374/
75
/182/
4.1
/17796/
92
/24/
86
/57/
75
/12/
cc age 9+

The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (2013)
Follows the behind-the-scenes work of Studio Ghibli, focusing on the notable figures Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
80
7.8
/110020/
78
/4635/
77
/3222/
4.1
/440526/
88
/182/
85
/911/
83
/41/
8.1
/215480/
cc age 10+

The Wind Rises (2013)
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.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
80
7.6
/114576/
78
/5400/
76
/3035/
3.8
/423922/
94
/149/
86
/2182/
80
/28/
7.9
/241412/
cc age 5+

The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)
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.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
80
8.0
/194853/
80
/7291/
79
/4495/
4.1
/495526/
78
/7/
8.2
/327913/
cc age 8+

Castle in the Sky (1986)
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.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
76
7.6
/53690/
77
/2844/
79
/1898/
3.9
/275747/
71
/14/
72
/22/
8.0
/179675/
cc age 9+

When Marnie Was There (2014)
Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
75
7.2
/38027/
72
/1959/
72
/1134/
3.7
/120798/
86
/14/
77
/731/
77
/8/
7.2
/69308/
cc age 10+

Pom Poko (1994)
The Raccoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their homes by the rapid development of houses and shopping malls. As it becomes harder to find food and shelter, they decide to band together and fight back. The Raccoons practice and perfect the ancient art of transformation until they are even able to appear as humans in hilarious circumstances.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
75
7.4
/57944/
76
/2794/
75
/1871/
3.7
/245635/
87
/87/
80
/475/
71
/20/
7.7
/131728/
cc age 9+

From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off the shackles of a troubled past. Against this backdrop of hope and change, a friendship begins to blossom between high school students Umi and Shun—but a buried secret from their past emerges to cast a shadow on the future and pull them apart.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
75
7.1
/70806/
74
/3545/
71
/2367/
3.6
/245465/
88
/24/
82
/1554/
70
/11/
7.7
/186455/
cc age 10+

The Cat Returns (2002)
Young Haru rescues a cat from being run over, but soon learns it's no ordinary feline; it happens to be the Prince of the Cats.
poster
73
7.4
/42201/
75
/2124/
73
/932/
3.9
/40055/
65
/98/
80
/1416/
68
/27/
7.7
/92737/
cc age 15+

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
Cyborg detective Batou is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by gynoids—doll-like cyborgs, which all malfunctioned, killed, then self-destructed afterwards. The brains of the gynoids initialize in order to protect their manufacturer's software, but in one gynoid, which Batou himself neutralized, one file remains: a voice speaking the phrase "Help me."
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
72
7.1
/17404/
71
/1013/
70
/579/
3.6
/49681/
78
/9/
75
/293/
75
/4/
7.0
/28913/
cc age 7+

My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)
The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems, and joys in their own way.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
69
6.6
/22820/
65
/1489/
64
/936/
3.1
/140250/
89
/18/
64
/166/
73
/4/
6.5
/82818/
cc age 12+

Ocean Waves (1993)
At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off, he narrates the events that brought her into his life...
poster
75
52
7.9
/1862/
74
/70/
72
/70/
3.9
/4896/

Mei and the Kittenbus (2002)
Mei is eating a caramel on one very windy day, when suddenly a whirlwind appears and starts chasing her. The whirlwind turns out to be a baby cat bus. Mei offers the kitten a caramel and the two become friends. That night, the baby cat bus visits Mei. Letting Mei ride inside him, he leaps out into the sky. They head for the midnight forest full of ghosts. Other cat buses large and small have also gathered together.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
57
52
6.3
/47559/
65
/2147/
65
/1414/
3.0
/99091/
36
/1/
47
/11/
6.8
/94975/
cc age 12+

Tales from Earthsea (2006)
Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strange... What's even more strange is that people are beginning to see dragons, which shouldn't enter the world of humans. Due to all these bizarre events, Ged, a wandering wizard, is investigating the cause. During his journey, he meets Prince Arren, a young distraught teenage boy. While Arren may look like a shy young teen, he has a severe dark side, which grants him strength, hatred, ruthlessness and has no mercy, especially when it comes to protecting Teru. For the witch Kumo this is a perfect opportunity. She can use the boy's "fears" against the very one who would help him, Ged.
poster
85
51
8.6
/883/
83
/50/
78
/18/
4.2
/4014/
97
/130/

Spirited Away: Live on Stage (2023)
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. The film version of the stage production was shot during the play’s 2022 run at the Imperial Theatre in Tokyo.
poster
70
51
6.1
/261/
60
/38/
57
/22/
3.4
/2121/
97
/29/
91
/4453/
5.7
/2466/

The Sky-Colored Seed (1992)
A short TV advertisement based on a children's book about a fox who gives a boy a seed which grows into a giant house.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
49
4.7
/6768/
53
/649/
59
/280/
2.1
/40591/
28
/68/
68
/8/
46
/23/
5.3
/12269/
cc age 8+

Earwig and the Witch (2021)
A headstrong orphan discovers a world of spells and potions while living with a selfish witch.
poster
73
47
7.5
/956/
76
/49/
68
/31/
4.0
/2594/
6.9
/2254/

Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess (2010)
The story of a tiny Egg-girl who is forced to serve the evil Boar-like witch Baba Yaga. But after a blob of Dough comes to life, she befriends him and both escape from the witch's home at a Water mill on a cliff and set off to see the world. The soundtrack is Joe Hisaishi's arrangement of Vivaldi's La Folia
poster
68
47
6.7
/740/
68
/95/
66
/44/
3.6
/2214/
6.8
/8322/

Iblard Time (2007)
A quiet stroll through the imaginary world of Iblard, originally depicted in the paintings by Naohisa Inoue, influenced by Impressionism and Surrealism.
poster
Disney Plus
56
43
5.5
/2042/
58
/362/
60
/99/
3.1
/17040/
47
/6/

Zen - Grogu and Dust Bunnies (2022)
A hand drawn animated short by Studio Ghibli.
poster
68
40
6.7
/685/
69
/51/
66
/47/
3.6
/4145/

Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo (2012)
The short focuses on the God Warrior from Nausicaa of The Valley of The Wind (1984). Super-powered bio-weapons in ceramic armor begin attacking Tokyo, annihilating human civilization.
poster
72
34
7.6
/468/
72
/21/
71
/18/
3.8
/1310/
6.5
/1232/

Mon Mon the Water Spider (2006)
The short film's main character is a diving bell spider who seems to have fallen in love with a water strider. Although she is scared of him at first, the water strider soon gets used to the presence of the spider.
poster
77
31
8.1
/395/
80
/11/
78
/14/
3.8
/869/
7.0
/847/

The Day I Bought a Star (2006)
The short film is about a boy who lives and works on a farm. One day when going to sell vegetables at a market, his cart breaks down. Two strangers, a frog and a mole, offer him a strange seed in exchange for the vegetables. The boy accepts and finds that the seed grows into a miniature planet. It continues growing as he tends to it, forming an atmosphere, weather systems and life. After being taken back to the city, he meets the stranger who sold the seed to him, and they release the planet into a galaxy of similar planets, where it will grow for years until becoming a real planet.
poster
75
29
7.8
/301/
83
/15/
72
/5/
3.8
/1498/
6.6
/789/

Boro the Caterpillar (2018)
Just before dawn, Boro the Caterpillar hatched from an egg among patches of scrub grass. Looking around for the first time, he noticed the brilliance of the morning sun and a deliciousness in the air. Boro lowered himself down to the ground from the groundsel, and stepped out into the world of caterpillars and caterpillars' enemies.
poster
72
22
7.4
/207/
77
/7/
71
/4/
3.7
/754/
6.5
/498/

Koro's Big Day Out (2002)
The film is about Koro the puppy, who runs away from his mistress, experiences some adventures around town and who is finally happily returned home.
poster
69
22
7.7
/251/
76
/8/
55
/4/
3.7
/708/
6.5
/725/

House Hunting (2006)
A girl goes exploring to find a new house. Along the way, she encounters many of Japan's guardian spirits.
poster
73
20
7.5
/198/
77
/31/
64
/5/
3.9
/1406/

Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2014)
For his first film in fourteen years, animation director Isao Takahata embarked on a visually sumptuous adaptation of The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter. A dream project for the director that would hopefully establish the recently formed Ghibli Studio 7, created to meet the demands of a new type of modern animation process. But, almost immediately, the epic production is faced with difficulties and falls dramatically behind schedule. In this compelling and insightful documentary, we follow Isao Takahata and his dedicated team of artists as they frantically strive against adversity to make their vision a reality and bring Studio Ghibli into a new era.
poster
59
20
6.0
/217/
55
/14/
55
/10/
3.3
/385/
6.3
/2867/

Ghiblies (2000)
Ghiblies, a totally different look on the staff of Studio Ghibli as they go through life, work on new animation projects, office jokes, off the wall events, and deciding what to have for lunch.
poster
54
17
5.9
/158/
42
/18/
51
/11/
3.2
/283/
5.5
/1833/

The Night of Taneyamagahara (2006)
Four farmers spend the night at a campfire. Three of them talk about work, nature and weather, while one of them has dreams about buying his own plot.
poster
69
15
7.0
/317/
69
/26/
70
/13/
3.5
/509/

Ghiblies: Episode 2 (2002)
Ghiblies (pronounced with a hard "g" as in "gallop") is a short film aired during a TV special about Ghibli. It's about a fictional animation studio named "Ghibli" and the people who work there. This rare Ghibli Comedy is a look into who the people making the films are. Plotlines run from office jokes to Nonaka's first love, bringing together a short feature of random events.
poster
55
14
5.6
/175/
50
/14/
52
/6/
3.2
/1109/

Nandarou (1992)
A short TV featuring a small green pig with enormous eyes. The title Nandarou implies that even its creators didn't really know what kind of creature it was supposed to be. However, NTV (Nihon TV) chose it as their station's mascot.
poster
?
50
/1/

Piece (2009)
A music video to the song Piece by singer Aragaki Yui.
poster
?
45
/2/
90
/2/

The Birth of "Princess Mononoke" Part 1: A Drama on Paper (1997)
Part 1 of Mononoke Hime wa koushite umareta, also known as The Making of "Princess Mononoke", an exhaustive three-part making of documentary of Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke
poster
80
?
8.4
/11/
83
/3/
80
/3/
3.7
/366/

How Ponyo Was Born: Hayao Miyazaki's Thought Process (2009)
A behind-the-scenes documentary directed by Kaku Arakawa, documenting Hayao Miyazaki's creative process in creating the character of Ponyo during the production of Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea.
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?
75
/2/

Yasuo Ōtsuka's Joy in Motion (2004)
Yasuo Ōtsuka was the mentor of Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki, the man who taught them to feel the joy of animation. As the supervising animator of their films and through the creation of superb scenes such as Lupin leaping from turret to turret in Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro, Ōtsuka made the impossible believable, and touched people’s emotions. To look back at the many works he was involved in is to review the history of Japanese animation after WWII. This film is a must for anime fans who want to learn how Japanese animation evolved.
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?
67
/4/
65
/2/

A Flying City Plan (2005)
On a trip to attend a wedding, a young girl sees herself amidst a major rampage at a construction site of a flying city after a slight malfunction of her means of transportation.


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