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Plot Summary:
The movie follows a 4-year old boy who is struggling to cope with the arrival of a little sister in the family until things turn magical. A mysterious garden in the backyard of the boy's home becomes a gateway allowing the child to travel back in time and encounter his mother as a little girl and his great-grandfather as a young man. These fantasy-filled adventures allow the child to change his perspective and help him become the big brother he was meant to be.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, sincere, entertaining, manga, funny, thought provoking, enigmatic, feel good, humorous
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Mirai of the Future (2018)
Plot Summary:
The movie follows a 4-year old boy who is struggling to cope with the arrival of a little sister in the family until things turn magical. A mysterious garden in the backyard of the boy's home becomes a gateway allowing the child to travel back in time and encounter his mother as a little girl and his great-grandfather as a young man. These fantasy-filled adventures allow the child to change his perspective and help him become the big brother he was meant to be.
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Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime
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Napping Princess (2017)
Plot Summary:
Hirune Hime is set in the Kojima region of Okayama Prefecture in the year 2020, two days after the scheduled Tokyo Olympics. Kokone lives together with her father, who is always working on modifying cars. As she begins to investigate a strange dream has been seeing over and over, Kokone learns a secret about her family.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, unusual plot structure, mecha
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Rainbow Fireflies (2012)
Plot Summary:
One year ago, Yūta lost his father from a car accident. Now in the 6th grade, Yūta goes to catch a beetle at a dam on a deep mountain. Yūta often went there with his father. There, Yūta meets a strange old man. Due to heavy rain, Yūta slips and falls down a bridge. He becomes unconscious. When Yūta awakes, he sees a child, Saeko, in front of him. Saeko takes Yūta to a village that looks like something that existed 30 years ago. Yūta has the feeling that he went into the past. He also meets Kenzō, who is the same age as Yūta. They promise to go catch a bug the following day. Saeko then takes Yūta to an old house. An old woman there treats Yūta like a cousin. Yūta doesn't know what is going on. At night, the strange old man he met earlier appears and tells Yūta that he will belong to this time period for a month. A precious summer vacation for Yūta begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, thrilling
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Mai Mai Miracle (2009)
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In 1955 in western Japan, nine-year-old Shinko knows she comes from a family that dates back to over a thousand years. This long genealogy and stories about it feed her daydreams: she invents an imaginary friendship with a young girl in the Japan of a thousand years ago. One day, Kiiko, a timid child from Tokyo, is transferred into Shinko's class at school. Struggling to fit in, she finds a friend in Shinko. They set off together on a magical adventure into a story from ancient history.Adapted from the Takagi Nobuko novel Mai Mai Shinko — winner of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize —, this animated feature film portrays the relationship of two children linked not only by friendship, but also by that power that transcends eras: imagination. And perhaps it might become reality?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, light, captivating, entertaining, touching, offbeat, social, manga, semi serious
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In This Corner of the World (2016)
Plot Summary:
Newlywed Suzu Urano moves to her new life in Kure City on the coast of Hiroshima Prefecture, where she perseveres through World War II with pluck and determination.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: anime, thought provoking, tense, touching, captivating, suspenseful, sad, manga, adult animation, seinen
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A Letter to Momo (2011)
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Clinging to an unfinished letter written by her recently deceased father, young Momo moves with her mother from bustling Tokyo to the remote Japanese island of Shio. Upon their arrival, she begins to explore her new habitat, meeting local children and learning their routines and customs. However, it's not long before several bizarre occurrences crop up around the previously tranquil island. Orchards are found ransacked, prized trinkets start disappearing and, worst of all, each morning after her mother leaves for work, Momo hears strange mumblings coming from the attic of their home. Annoyed by these creepy goings-on and her mother's refusal to believe them, Momo embarks on a strange and supernatural adventure to discover the source of the mischief, which leads her to a trio of troublesome imps: the flatulent lizard Kawa, the childlike Mame and their hulking ogre leader Iwa. Momo also learns that her visit to the island is in some way connected to her father's mysterious letter.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, humorous, semi serious, stylized, captivating, uplifting, epic, whimsical
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Okko's Inn (2018)
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12-year-old Oriko Seki, who lost her parents in a car accident, ended up living in her grandmother's Onsen Ryokan "Haru no Ya." With the ghost "Uribou" cohabitating with her and all the other odds, she ended up training to be a young female innkeeper. At first, she didn't like the training, but gradually felt her admiration for her title and began to train seriously. Thus, the growth of the young warrior Oriko begins.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, feel good, captivating, light, thought provoking, manga, crying
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Summer Days with Coo (2007)
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A small, lone Kappa miraculously survives over 200 years into modern day Japan, when he is found by young Koichi. Coo, who is secretly adopted by Koichi's family, searches with his new human friend for unpopulated places in hopes of finding any remaining of his kind.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: captivating, humorous, anime, sincere, manga, adult animation, entertaining, light
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Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017)
Plot Summary:
Young Mary follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest and discovers an old broomstick and a strange flower. Mary finds herself at Endor College -- a school of magic run by headmistress Madam Mumblechook and the brilliant Doctor Dee. But there are terrible things happening at the school, and when Mary tells a lie, she must risk her life to try and set things right.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, light, colorful, mysterious, cult classic, crying, whimsical, weird
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Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)
Plot Summary:
A story of encounters and partings interwoven between people; this is a human drama with feelings that touch one's heart gradually, which everyone has experienced at least once.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, thought provoking, sentimental, exciting, sincere, manga, epic fantasy, josei, 2d animation
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Stand by Me Doraemon (2014)
Plot Summary:
In the suburbs of Tokyo some time ago, there lived a clumsy boy about 10 years old. There appeared in front of him named Sewashi, Nobita's descendant of four generations later from the 22nd century, and Doraemon, a 22nd century cat-type caretaker robot who helps people with its secret gadgets. Sewashi claims that his family is suffering from the debts Nobita made even to his generation, so in order to change this disastrous future, he brought along Doraemon as Nobita's caretaker to bring happiness to his future, although Doraemon is not happy about this. And so Sewashi installed an accomplishment program into Doraemon forcing him to take care of Nobita. Unless he makes Nobita happy, Doraemon can no longer go back to the 22nd century. This is how the life of Doraemon and Nobita begins. Will Doraemon succeed this mission and return to the 22nd century?.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, semi serious, 3d animation, cult classic, computer animated, offbeat, crying, independent film
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Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild (2011)
Plot Summary:
Based on a bestselling preteen novel of the same title that has sold more than 1 million copies in Korea, “Leafie, A Hen into the Wild” is about a laying hen named Leafie who is destined to live the “same old” repetitive life confined on the chicken farm. Her fate changes when she escapes from the chicken farm and hatches a duck egg. With the duckling (who believes Leafie to be his mother), sets off on a journey into the wild with her new son to find her freedom.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: South Korea
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, sincere, anime, funny, captivating, entertaining, exciting, thought provoking
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Modest Heroes (2018)
Plot Summary:
From director Hiromasa Yonebayashi: “Kanini & Kanino”; “Life Ain’t Gonna Lose” directed by Yoshiyuki Momose; and “Invisible” directed by Akihiko Yamashita. These leaders of animation draw tales of modest heroes of our times.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: anime, anthology, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, whimsical
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Weathering with You (2019)
Plot Summary:
Hodaka, a high school boy who moves from his isolated island home to the city of Tokyo, who immediately becomes broke! After finally finding work at a shady occult magazine, the sky rains every day until amidst the hustle and bustle of the big city, he meets a young woman called Hina. She lives a cheerful life with her younger brother, but also has a certain power: to stop the rain and clear the sky.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan, China
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, exciting, captivating, feel good, fairy tale, epic, manga, light, visually stunning
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The Velveteen Rabbit (2009)
Plot Summary:
A lonely boy wins over his distant father and strict grandmother with help from a brave velveteen rabbit whose one wish is to become a real rabbit someday.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 824
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, light, anime, fairy tale, humorous, serious, stylized
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Belle (2021)
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Suzu is a 17-year-old high school student living in a rural town with her father. Wounded by the loss of her mother at a young age, Suzu one day discovers the massive online world "U" and dives into this alternate reality as her avatar, Belle. Before long, all of U's eyes are fixed on Belle, when, suddenly, a mysterious dragon-like figure appears before her.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, disturbing, visual, adult animation, manga, 2d animation
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Monica's Gang in an Adventure in Time (2007)
Plot Summary:
Our heroes need to take a trip in time, in a Time Machine, in order to recoup the essence of the four elements before the Earth gets frozen. The Gang will face the dangers of the Ancient History with Piteco, will help Papa-Capim to save the Forest, will fight with the Astronaut against the pirates and will even meet themselves as babies in the past!.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 634
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Brazil
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, anime
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Song of the Sea (2014)
Plot Summary:
The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as they are drawn into a world Ben knows only from his mother’s folktales. But this is no bedtime story; these fairy folk have been in our world far too long. It soon becomes clear to Ben that Saoirse is the key to their survival.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, stylized, fairy tale, captivating, sweet, anime, sad, lyrical, visual
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Welcome to the Space Show (2010)
Plot Summary:
Five children save the life of a dog-like alien while at a self-run summer camp. He attempts to reward them by taking them to an alien colony on the Moon. Events take a turn for the worse when his report on that attack that injured him causes passage from the Moon to the Earth to be banned, and children are stranded in space. The children need to find a way back home before camp ends and their parents discover that they are missing. They also have to avoid the poachers that injured their alien friend, and now seem to be stalking them all.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, semi serious, sincere, captivating, light, futuristic, exciting, urban fantasy
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The Boy and the Beast (2015)
Plot Summary:
Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, breathtaking, poignant, intense, visually appealing, manga, semi serious, feel good, epic
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Wolf Children (2012)
Plot Summary:
After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their inheritance of their father's traits prove to be a challenge for her.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: anime, heartbreaking, sweet, atmospheric, colorful, sentimental, touching, manga, depressing, epic
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
Plot Summary:
When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to, quite literally, "leap" backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and eventually, will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, feel good, humorous, manga, surreal, mind bending, mind twisting, psychological, funny
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Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Plot Summary:
When Sophie, a shy 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 home.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 433000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: anime, fairy tale, atmospheric, touching, captivating, surreal, stylized, colorful, manga, clever
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Your Name. (2016)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 306000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: anime, sweet, touching, melancholic, romantic, captivating, surprise ending, sentimental, scenic, suspense
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Crayon Shin-chan: Honeymoon Hurricane ~The Lost Hiroshi~ (2019)
Plot Summary:
Hiroshi and Misae have never been to a honeymoon trip to a foreign country. One day, Misae discovered an inexpensive and family-friendly holiday package to Australia and the Nohara family decided to make it their first honeymoon vacation. Hiroshi gets kidnapped upon arrival to Australia, leaving Shinnosuke, Misae and others on a dangerous journey. It turns out that Hiroshi is the key to a secret treasure. The remaining members of the Nohara Family must rescue Hiroshi, while a mysterious masked man and treasure hunters from all over the world are after him. The struggle is among three different groups in this action-filled treasure hunting adventure.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 301
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Onward (2020)
Plot Summary:
In a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 165000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, fairy tale, sincere, modern fairy tale, visually appealing, anime, captivating, computer animated, funny, touching
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Wish Dragon (2021)
Plot Summary:
Din, a working-class college student, and Long, a cynical but all-powerful dragon capable of granting wishes, set off on a hilarious adventure through modern day Shanghai in pursuit of Din's long-lost childhood friend, Lina.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: entertaining, anime, 3d animation, captivating, semi serious, light, feel good, funny, smart, cult classic
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Up (2009)
Plot Summary:
Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 11000000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, inspirational, touching, sweet, tear jerker, heartfelt, exciting, sentimental, sad, computer animated