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Anime films with original screenplays

  • Castle in the SkyOn the 15th of June 1985, Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata founded Studio Ghibli in Tokyo. The new studio emerged from the commercial success of Nausicaä of…
  • My Neighbor TotoroIn 1950s Japan, a university professor named Tatsuo Kusakabe moves his two daughters into an old house near a hospital. His wife Yasuko stays there to…
  • Spirited AwayTen-year-old Chihiro Ogino and her parents Akio and Yūko travel to their new home. Akio takes a shortcut through a tunnel leading to what appears to be an…
  • Princess MononokeHayao Miyazaki composed the preliminary ideas for what would become Princess Mononoke in 1980 after releasing his first film, The Castle of Cagliostro.
  • Pom PokoIn the Tama Hills, a group of tanuki drummed their bellies to create a sound like Pom Poko. This rhythm came from a 1919 poem by Ujō Noguchi that became a…
  • PonyoA five-year-old boy named Sōsuke cuts his finger while shattering a glass jar on the shore of a small fishing town. A goldfish-like creature named Brunhilde…
  • The Boy and the HeronHayao Miyazaki stood before a press conference in Tokyo on the 14th of September 2013 and declared his retirement from feature animation.
  • The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the SunIn autumn 1965, Isao Takahata began work on a project that would become his first feature film. The title was Horus, Prince of the Sun.
  • Your NameMakoto Shinkai stood in the fishing village of Yuriage on the 14th of July 2011. The ground beneath his feet still trembled from the massive earthquake that…
  • Momotaro: Sacred SailorsThe Japanese Naval Ministry issued a direct order to director Mitsuyo Seo in 1943. He was tasked with creating a feature-length animated film for World War…