The Death Lullaby
An animated film describing the bullying of a Japanese child.
Drama
Anime movies
Anthropo-Cynical Farce
A dog race is interrupted by a ringmaster, who attaches fish to the dog’s collars and makes them run in circles. The crowd is incensed, but the…
Psychological
Tabi
Surreal cutout (kiri-gami) animation following a young girl's physical journey, which is also an inner voyage through which she will learn all the pain and joy of…
Fantasy · Psychological
A Poet's Life
A worker is fired from a factory for demanding a wage increase. His mother, worn thin by poverty, is caught in her own spinning wheel. Then a…
Drama · Fantasy · Psychological
Breaking of Branches is Forbidden
The head monk orders a young acolyte to guard a beautiful cherry tree in the monastery garden while he goes out. But the older man underestimates his…
Comedy
The Enchanted Journey
Glicko is a young chipmunk living in the city with his sister. But after hearing from a carrier pigeon of the Chipmunk homeland, the Great Forest, he…
Adventure · Drama · Fantasy
Hyakka Zukan
A short film by Koji Yamamura. Both in English and Japanese, words develop in parallel from "A" to "Z"(from "A" to "Nn" in Japanese syllabary) taking the…
Comedy
Suisei
The stream of a mil, an apple flows down through the stream, where innumerable illusion of fish appears and disappears in the sky reflected in the water.
Comedy
Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell
The sequel film to Macross Frontier: Itsuwari no Utahime. Picking up from where the previous movie left off, Ranka's star career flourishes while Sheryl's health rapidly deteriorates…
Action · Mecha · Music
Oni
One morning, two brothers living in a hut with their mother set out for the mountains to set traps for deer. They move silently through the forest…
Supernatural
Kataku
Many years ago, a young woman named Unai-Otome lived in the village of Ikuta. As she was beautiful it was no surprise that she had two suitors,…
Supernatural
Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
An alternate retelling of the classic Sleeping Beauty fairy tale. The story begins in the same way as the original story but our young heroine instead of…
Drama · Supernatural
Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Ncha!! Trembling Heart of the Summer
Dr. Slump Movie 9.
Comedy · Slice of Life
Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: N-cha! Love Comes From Penguin Village
Dr. Slump movie 7.
Comedy · Slice of Life
Arei's Mirror ~ Way to the Virgin Space
The story follows Daichi Meguru and Mayu, a young boy and a pilot, as they flee their war torn planet and into space. Upon their ship a…
Action · Adventure · Sci-Fi
Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection
A crisis is approaching Earth with the expansion of a moving black hole, in the year 2220. A plan is devised to move over 300-million people from…
Action · Adventure · Drama
Mahou Sensei Negima! ANIME FINAL
An animated feature film based on the Negima! Magister Negi Magi manga.
Adventure · Supernatural
Pika Don
An animation documentary describing the tragic consequences of the A-bomb explosion in Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945. The flash of the A-bomb, 100 times brighter than the…
Drama
Shoujouji no Tanuki-bayashi
Short movie adapting the song of the same name. There is some confusion over the exact date this film was released. Digital Meme lists it as 1933,…
Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King
Doraemon and its friends open a hole in the time and they're travel to the Country of Mayana, a lost Mayan civilization in the jungle. There, Nobita…
Adventure · Comedy · Fantasy
Kitte no Gensou
Short experimental animation from 1961 from animation pioneer Yoji Kuri.
Comedy
Au Fou!
Short experimental animation film from 1966 from pioneer Kuri Yoji. Two versions exist. The original monochrome version that is 13 min. And the edited international colour version…
Comedy · Fantasy
Kemeko no LOVE
Experimental short film from Yoji Kuri.
Comedy
Tonari no Yarou
Experimental short animation from 1965 from pioneer Yoji Kuri.
Comedy