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Japanese animated adventure films
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (film)One thousand years after the Seven Days of Fire, a vast forest swarms with giant mutant insects. The air carries poison that kills any human who breathes it…
- 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…
- The Cat ReturnsIn 1995, Studio Ghibli released a film titled Whisper of the Heart. That project introduced Baron, a cat figurine who came to life within a fantasy sequence.
- Mary and the Witch's FlowerIn 1971, Mary Stewart published a children's book titled The Little Broomstick. A few months after its release, Walt Disney Productions acquired the film…
- Porco RossoHayao Miyazaki began work on Porco Rosso in 1989 with a manga titled Hikōtei Jidai. The project started as a planned short film for Japan Airlines to show…
- 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.
- Cat SoupNyata, an anthropomorphic kitten, lies in a bathtub after accidentally drowning. His sister Nyaako leaves the house holding hands with Jizō, a psychopomp…
- Howl's Moving Castle (film)Studio Ghibli announced the production of two films in September 2001. The second project was an adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones' novel Howl's Moving Castle.