Anime Movies
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1. 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: 320,734 | Gross: $5.02M
2. Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary (2014)
93 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
The warriors called "Saints" are champions of hope who appear whenever evil threatens the world.
Director: Kei'ichi Sato | Stars: Kaito Ishikawa, Kenji Akabane, Kenshô Ono, Nobuhiko Okamoto
Votes: 4,700
3. A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)
Not Rated | 130 min | Animation, Drama
A young man is ostracized by his classmates after he bullies a deaf girl to the point where she moves away. Years later, he sets off on a path for redemption.
Directors: Taichi Ishidate, Naoko Yamada | Stars: Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yûki, Kenshô Ono
Votes: 101,422
4. 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
TV-PG | 63 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Told in three interconnected segments, Takaki tells the story of his life as cruel winters, cold technology, and finally, adult obligations and responsibility converge to test the delicate petals of love.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Kenji Mizuhashi, Yoshimi Kondou, Satomi Hanamura, Ayaka Onoue
Votes: 63,808
5. Fireworks (2017)
TV-PG | 90 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
In this sci-fi tinged story of young love and teenage turmoil, a mysterious glowing ball offers Norimichi a second chance at securing his dream date.
Directors: Yukihiro Miyamoto, Akiyuki Shinbô, Nobuyuki Takeuchi | Stars: Suzu Hirose, Masaki Suda, Mamoru Miyano, Shintarô Asanuma
Votes: 3,826 | Gross: $0.53M
6. 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: 52,631
7. Tamako Love Story (2014)
TV-14 | 83 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Tamako's life changes when her best friend, Mochizou, suddenly confesses his love for her.
Director: Naoko Yamada | Stars: Aya Suzaki, Atsushi Tamaru, Yûki Kaneko, Juri Nagatsuma
Votes: 2,839
8. I Want to Let You Know That I Love You (2016)
63 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
A girl finally confessed her love, but she retracted it as a joke when her love interest did not show any reaction. She will need to gather up her courage to confess for real.
Director: Tetsuya Yanagisawa | Stars: Sora Amamiya, Momo Asakura, Kana Asumi, Gero
Votes: 1,185
9. The Relative Worlds (2019)
93 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Shin has shut his heart ever since his mother died when he was young. His childhood friend Kotori has been looking after him ever since. Now that they are in the third year of high school, ... See full summary »
Director: Yuhei Sakuragi | Stars: Yûki Kaji, Inori Minase, Yoshiki Nakajima, Sayaka Senbongi
Votes: 463
10. A Whisker Away (2020)
TV-PG | 104 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Miyo Sasaki is in love with her classmate Kento Hinode and tries repeatedly to get Kento's attention by transforming into a cat, but at some point, the boundary between herself and the cat becomes ambiguous.
Directors: Jun'ichi Satô, Tomotaka Shibayama | Stars: Mirai Shida, Natsuki Hanae, Johnny Yong Bosch, Bob Buchholz
Votes: 13,899
11. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
TV-PG | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A high-school girl named Makoto acquires the power to travel back in time, and decides to use it for her own personal benefits. Little does she know that she is affecting the lives of others just as much as she is her own.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Riisa Naka, Takuya Ishida, Mitsutaka Itakura, Ayami Kakiuchi
Votes: 70,898
12. Her Blue Sky (2019)
106 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Second-year high school student Aoi Aioi is an aspiring musician. Her older sister Akane's ex-boyfriend Shinnosuke Kanomura is a struggling guitarist. Aoi and Akane's parents passed away in... See full summary »
Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai | Stars: Ken Matsudaira, You Taichi, Atsumi Tanezaki, Shion Wakayama
Votes: 1,554
13. Colorful (2010)
TV-14 | 126 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
A sinful spirit is granted the opportunity to prove worthy for rebirth, inhabiting the body of a student who killed himself.
Director: Keiichi Hara | Stars: Kumiko Asô, Chris Ayres, Greg Ayres, Clint Bickham
Votes: 7,049
14. Hello World (2019)
97 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A man travels in time from the year 2027 to relive his school years and to correct a bad decision.
Director: Tomohiko Itô | Stars: Haruka Fukuhara, Minami Hamabe, Takumi Kitamura, Minako Kotobuki
Votes: 4,027
15. The Anthem of the Heart (2015)
119 min | Animation, Drama, Family
A young girl had her voice magically taken away so that she would never hurt people with it, but her outlook changes when she encounters music and friendship.
Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai | Stars: Inori Minase, Kôki Uchiyama, Sora Amamiya, Yoshimasa Hosoya
Votes: 6,346
16. 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: 4,075
17. 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: 24,285 | Gross: $0.28M
18. Orange: Mirai (2016)
TV-14 | 63 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
The film retells the main story from the viewpoint of Hiroto Suwa, as he continues to support Kakeru and Naho's relationship. The film also features an original story which takes place after the events in the manga and anime series.
Director: Hiroshi Hamasaki | Stars: Makoto Furukawa, Kana Hanazawa, Seiichiro Yamashita, Natsumi Takamori
Votes: 918
19. Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2011)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Five childhood companions reunite when the ghost of their dead friends appears, and demands they grant her final wish.
Stars: Miyu Irino, Ai Kayano, Haruka Tomatsu, Takahiro Sakurai
Votes: 15,901
20. Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011)
TV-14 | 116 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A coming of age story involving young love and a mysterious music, coming from a crystal radio left as a memento by an absent father, that leads a young heroine deep into a hidden world.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Hisako Kanemoto, Miyu Irino, Kazuhiko Inoue, Junko Takeuchi
Votes: 17,021
21. The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
TV-PG | 90 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
In an alternate postwar timeline, Japan is divided into the Union-controlled North and the US-controlled South.
Directors: Makoto Shinkai, Yoshio Suzuki | Stars: Hidetaka Yoshioka, Masato Hagiwara, Yuka Nanri, Unshô Ishizuka
Votes: 15,144
22. Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005)
PG-13 | 105 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Edward Elric, an alchemist from an alternate world, races to prevent the Thule Society from harnessing alchemy to wage war on his home.
Director: Seiji Mizushima | Stars: Vic Mignogna, Aaron Dismuke, Jason Liebrecht, Kelly Manison
Votes: 12,101
23. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)
Not Rated | 162 min | Animation, Drama, Family
A week before Christmas, Kyon wakes up in a world where the SOS Brigade doesn't exist. Mikuru and Yuki don't recognize him, and Haruhi and Itsuki seem to have vanished.
Directors: Noriyuki Kitanohara, Kazuya Sakamoto, Noriko Takao, Yasuhiro Takemoto, Hiroko Utsumi, Naoko Yamada, Mitsuyoshi Yoneda, Tatsuya Ishihara | Stars: Aya Hirano, Tomokazu Sugita, Minori Chihara, Yûko Gotô
Votes: 8,016
24. Ocean Waves (1993 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 76 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
As a young man returns home after his first year away at college he recalls his senior year of high school and the iron-willed, big city girl that turned his world upside down.
Director: Tomomi Mochizuki | Stars: Nobuo Tobita, Toshihiko Seki, Yoko Sakamoto, Yuri Amano
Votes: 20,432
25. Patema Inverted (2013)
Not Rated | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A young girl, from a civilization that resides in deep underground tunnels, finds herself trapped in an inverted world and teams up with a resident to escape and return home.
Director: Yasuhiro Yoshiura | Stars: Yukiyo Fujii, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Shintarô Ôhata, Shin'ya Fukumatsu
Votes: 10,221
26. Flavors of Youth (2018)
TV-PG | 74 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
Three different stories of youth set in different cities of China.
Directors: Haoling Li, Yoshitaka Takeuchi, Xiaoxing Yi | Stars: White-K, Taito Ban, Dorothy Elias-Fahn, Matt Fowler
Votes: 8,650
27. 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: 104,466 | Gross: $19.20M
28. One Piece: The Movie (2000)
TV-PG | 51 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
There once was a pirate known as the Great Gold Pirate Woonan, who obtained almost 1/3 of the world's gold. Over the course of a few years, the pirate's existence faded, and a legend grew ... See full summary »
Director: Junji Shimizu | Stars: Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi, Kazuya Nakai, Mayumi Tanaka
Votes: 6,206
29. One Piece: Clockwork Island Adventure (2001)
55 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Relaxing on a cozy beach, the Straw Hat Pirates are taking a rest from their quest. Right until Luffy noticed the Going Merry has been hijacked and sailed off from the beach. This leads ... See full summary »
Director: Junji Shimizu | Stars: Akemi Okamura, Hiroaki Hirata, Kappei Yamaguchi, Kazuya Nakai
Votes: 3,070
30. One Piece: Chopper's Kingdom in the Strange Animal Island (2002)
56 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
As the Straw Hat Pirates sail through the Grand Line. Chopper has been teased by Usopp about him not being brave enough to face dangers like a real pirate. They spot an upcoming island, and... See full summary »
Director: Junji Shimizu | Stars: Takeshi Aono, Masashi Ebara, Toshiko Fujita, Daisuke Gôri
Votes: 2,266
31. One Piece: Dead End Adventure (2003)
TV-14 | 95 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Luffy and his gang finds out about and joins the death race DeadEnd and the ex-marine Gasparde and the bounty hunter Shuraiya clash as the conspiracy of the race unfolds.
Director: Kônosuke Uda | Stars: Sarah Chaney, Hiroaki Hirata, Shûichi Ikeda, Tarô Ishida
Votes: 2,748
32. Crystal Skies of Yesterday (2018)
82 min | Animation, Romance
Tu Xiaoyi, Yao Zhetian and Qi Jingxuan are high school students in a small town, Lanxi, in southern China. This is a story about dreams, friendship, family and first love in their youthful days.
Director: Chao Xi
Votes: 298
33. Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl (2019)
89 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
A high school student's blissful days with his girlfriend are interrupted when his first crush returns in two forms.
Director: Sôichi Masui | Stars: Kaito Ishikawa, Asami Seto, Inori Minase, Nao Tôyama
Votes: 6,398
34. Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)
Not Rated | 115 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Escaping war, an immortal girl blessed with Eternal Youth finds a lone surviving infant and decides to raise him as her son.
Directors: Masakazu Hashimoto, Jong Heo, Tadashi Hiramatsu, Tatsuyuki Nagai, Mari Okada, Toshiya Shinohara | Stars: Manaka Iwami, Miyu Irino, Yôko Hikasa, Hiroaki Hirata
Votes: 8,407
35. Ride Your Wave (2019)
Not Rated | 95 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A surfer and firefighter meet and fall in love.
Director: Masaaki Yuasa | Stars: Ryôta Katayose, Rina Kawaei, Honoka Matsumoto, Kentarô Itô
Votes: 4,150
36. Hakubo (2019)
52 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
"Hakubo" is a heartwarming love story of a boy and a girl living in Iwaki, Fukushima. A high school girl in Fukushima: Ordinary girl who feels insecure about everything except violin. A ... See full summary »
Director: Yutaka Yamamoto | Stars: Sora Amamiya, Kaori Fukuhara, Kana Hanazawa, Seishirô Katô
Votes: 175
37. Fragtime (2019)
61 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
What would you do if you could stop time? Moritani for one is using her unusual ability to stop time for three minutes a day to observe the people around her. One day, she chooses to "... See full summary »
Directors: Takayuki Gotan, Naoyoshi Kusaka, Erika Okamoto, Takuya Satô, Risako Yoshida | Stars: Miku Itou, Yume Miyamoto, Chika Anzai, Miyuri Shimabukuro
Votes: 594
38. 7 Days War (2019)
88 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
On a hot day right before the summer vacation, all first-year male students of the second class from a junior high school disappear. Was it an accident? A group abduction? In fact, they ... See full summary »
Director: Yûta Murano | Stars: Takumi Kitamura, Kyôko Yoshine, Rie Miyazawa, Megumi Han
Votes: 622
39. The Moment You Fall in Love (2016)
63 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Based on Vocaloid songs from "Kokuhaku Jikko Iinkai ~Renai Series~" by HoneyWorks, the movie is the second film based on the songs, following Tetsuya Yanagisawa's previous anime, "Zutto Mae Kara Suki Deshita".
Director: Tetsuya Yanagisawa | Stars: Sora Amamiya, Momo Asakura, Kana Asumi, Natsuki Hanae
Votes: 565
40. Dônika naru hibi (2020)
54 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
Love is love. Someday, the pain of being in love will be an endearing memory. No matter who the feelings are towards, no matter what form it takes, all love and lifestyles have the same ... See full summary »
Directors: Kôji Aritomi, Takuya Satô | Stars: Rika Abe, Fairouz Ai, Yuuka Aisaka, Kôhei Amasaki
Votes: 141
41. Sound! Euphonium the Movie: May the Melody Reach You! (2017)
105 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A recap movie of the second season of Sound! Euphonium (2015).
Directors: Taichi Ishidate, Taiichi Ogawa, Yasuhiro Takemoto, Tatsuya Ishihara | Stars: Chika Anzai, Ayaka Asai, Minori Chihara, Konomi Fujimura
Votes: 209
42. Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop (2020)
TV-PG | 87 min | Animation, Drama, Music
A meeting and romance starts between two people with communication issues - a boy who wears headphones and uses haiku poems, and a girl who wears a mask and only does online videos.
Director: Kyohei Ishiguro | Stars: Somegorô Ichikawa, Hana Sugisaki, Megumi Han, Natsuki Hanae
Votes: 5,466
43. Bubble (2022)
TV-PG | 100 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After bubbles that broke the laws of gravity rained down upon the world. Cut off from the outside world, Tokyo has become a playground for a group of young people who have lost their families.
Director: Tetsurô Araki | Stars: Jun Shison, Riria Baba, Mamoru Miyano, Yûki Kaji
Votes: 7,980
44. One Piece: The Cursed Holy Sword (2004)
TV-14 | 95 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The Straw Hat Pirates learn about the Shichiseiken on Asuka Island. Zoro disappears and the marines attack the island. Luffy and his gang fight off the marines when they find happen to find Zoro in enemy lines.
Director: Kazuhisa Takenouchi | Stars: Takeshi Aono, Hiroaki Hirata, Masami Hisamoto, Kazuya Nakai
Votes: 2,431
45. Weathering with You (2019)
PG-13 | 112 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Set during a period of exceptionally rainy weather, high-school boy Hodaka Morishima runs away from his troubled rural home to Tokyo and befriends an orphan girl who can manipulate the weather.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Kotaro Daigo, Nana Mori, Tsubasa Honda, Sakura Kiryu
Votes: 55,686 | Gross: $7.80M
46. The Wind Rises (2013)
PG-13 | 126 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
Jiro Horikoshi studies assiduously to fulfill his aim of becoming an aeronautical engineer. As WWII begins, fighter aircraft designed by him end up getting used by the Japanese Empire against its foes.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Hideaki Anno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Miori Takimoto, Masahiko Nishimura
Votes: 98,868 | Gross: $5.21M
47. Whisper of the Heart (1995)
G | 111 min | Animation, Drama, Family
A love story between a girl who loves reading books, and a boy who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses.
Director: Yoshifumi Kondô | Stars: Yoko Honna, Issei Takahashi, Takashi Tachibana, Shigeru Muroi
Votes: 72,703
48. Suzume (2022)
PG | 122 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A modern action adventure road story where a 17-year-old girl named Suzume helps a mysterious young man close doors from the other side that are releasing disasters all over in Japan.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Nanoka Hara, Hokuto Matsumura, Eri Fukatsu, Shôta Sometani
Votes: 39,404
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