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Violet Evergarden

· 2018

Après la guerre, Violet Evergarden doit trouver du travail. Meurtrie et hébétée, elle devient rédactrice de lettres pour dénouer son passé et comprendre qui elle est.

Ride Your Wave

Masaaki Yuasa · 2019

Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in love.

Your Name.

Makoto Shinkai · 2016

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.

Wolf Children

細田守 · 2012

Hana tiene dos hijos mitad humanos, mitad lobos, fruto de su amor con un Hombre Lobo. Tras quedar viuda, se muda al campo para criarlos en un entorno seguro. Con el tiempo, Yuki y Ame deberán decidir si seguir su lado humano o su naturaleza salvaje.

My Neighbor Totoro

Hayao Miyazaki · 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.

Children of the Sea

Ayumu Watanabe · 2019

Ruka is a young girl whose parents are separated and whose father works in an aquarium. When two boys, Umi and Sora, who were raised in the sea by dugongs, are brought to the aquarium, Ruka feels drawn to them and begins to realize that she has the same sort of supernatural connection to the ocean that they do. Umi and Sora's special power seems to be connected to strange events that have been occurring more and more frequently, such as the appearance of sea creatures far from their home territory and the disappearance of aquarium animals around the world. However, the exact nature of the boys' power and of the abnormal events is unknown, and Ruka gets drawn into investigating the mystery that surrounds her new friends.

Drifting Home

石田祐康 · 2022

Un día de verano, Kosuke y sus amigos deciden explorar un edificio que será demolido. Pero la aventura resulta ser más extraña de lo que pensaban: mágicamente, aparecen en medio del océano.

A Letter to Momo

Hiroyuki Okiura · 2012

A shy 11-year-old's life takes a strange turn when she discovers three hungry goblins living in the attic of her new house. She misses her old life. She misses her father so very much. Until she makes some new ghoulish friends.

Suzume

Makoto Shinkai · 2022

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.

Howl's Moving Castle

Hayao Miyazaki · 2004

Sophie, una joven sobre la que pesa una horrible maldición que le confiere el aspecto de una anciana, decide pedir ayuda al mago Howl, que vive en un castillo ambulante, pero tal vez sea Howl quien necesite la ayuda de Sophie.

Grave of the Fireflies

高畑勲 · 1988

Verano de 1945. La aviación estadounidense somete las ciudades japonesas a continuos ataques aéreos. En uno de ellos, una incursión con bombas incendiarias convierte la ciudad de Kōbe en un infierno humeante, para los dos protagonistas (Seita, de 14 años, y su hermanita Setsuko, de 5). El joven Seita y su pequeña hermana Setsuko son hijos de un oficial de la marina japonesa. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, ambos viven con su madre, pero un día, tras un bombardeo, ellos se retrasan y no consiguen llegar al búnker donde ella los espera.

The Secret World of Arrietty

米林宏昌 · 2010

Una joven diminuta llamada Arrietty, que se hace amiga de un niño mucho más grande que ella, tendrá que proteger a su familia de todos los gigantes.

Mary and The Witch's Flower

米林宏昌 · 2017

Mary es una niña que vive con su tía abuela Charlotte en el campo, donde no pasa casi nada. Un día sigue a un misterioso gato hasta el bosque y descubre un viejo palo de escoba y una extraña flor que sólo florece cada siete años en ese mismo bosque. El palo de escoba y la flor llevarán a Mary por encima de las nubes hasta llegar a Endor College, una escuela de magia dirigida por Madam Mumblechook y el brillante Doctor Dee. Pero allí suceden cosas terribles y después de mentir, Mary tendrá que arriesgar su vida para que todo vaya bien.

When Marnie Was There

Hiromasa Yonebayashi · 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.

Ponyo

宮崎駿 · 2008

Dal mare emerge una pesciolina rossa a bordo di una medusa. Rimasta intrappolata in un barattolo di vetro, viene soccorsa e liberata da Sosuke, un bimbo di cinque anni che vive in cima alla scogliera. La gratitudine della pesciolina, che Sosuke battezzerà col nome di Ponyo, si trasforma in tenera amicizia. L'idillio viene però interrotto da Fujimoto, padre di Ponyo e padrone-stregone dei fondali marini. Un tempo umano, Fujimoto ha lasciato la terra per l'acqua prendendo in moglie la Madre del Mare. Decisa a tentare la fuga e a scegliere per sé un destino umano, Ponyo rovescia accidentalmente l'elisir magico del padre, trasformandosi in una bambina e alterando la quiete del mare. Le onde furiose e i pesci giganti la condurranno fino alla casa di Sosuke, dove sarà accolta e amata. Perché il mare si ritiri e restituisca a Ponyo la sua libertà e a Sosuke la sua mamma e il suo villaggio, il bambino dovrà affrontare una prova e riportare l'equilibrio tra il genere umano e la natura.

Song of the Sea

Tomm Moore · 2014

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.

sprited away

A Silent Voice: The Movie

Naoko Yamada · 2016

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...?

Mirai

Mamoru Hosoda · 2018

Unhappy after his new baby sister displaces him, four-year-old Kun begins meeting people and pets from his family's history in their unique house in order to help him become the big brother he was meant to be.

In This Corner of the World

Sunao Katabuchi · 2016

Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetry and beauty. The many hardships, the loss of loved ones, the frequent air raids of the enemy, nothing alters her enthusiasm…

Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window

Shinnosuke Yakuwa · 2023

This engaging series of childhood recollections tells of an unconventional school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. The school had old railroad cars for classrooms and was run by an extraordinary man – its founder and headmaster, Sōsaku Kobayashi – who deeply valued children's independence, and who was a firm believer in freedom of expression and activity.