Using massive piloted robots to combat the alien threat, earth's survivors take the fight to the invading alien force lurking in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless enemy, the forces of mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes who now stand as earth's final hope against the mounting apocalypse.

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.

35岁的铃原奈绪（松雪泰子 饰）只身漂泊北国。似乎因某种原因，在过去的10年里她从未回到家中。奈绪喜欢观察鸟类，却阴差阳错成为一名小学教员。在此期间，她邂逅了7岁的小女孩道木怜南（芦田爱菜 饰）。怜南想法独特，性格开朗，只是身边没有一个朋友。她生长在单亲的家庭里，母亲和 情人同居，过着寥落破败的生活。怜南的特立独行和其身上偶然发现的伤痕引起奈绪和校方的注意。他们意识到这个小女孩正遭受来自母亲的虐待，几经波折，奈绪的母性被唤起。她决定“诱拐”怜南，担当起作为母亲的责任。
那个飘雪的日子，奈绪和怜南乔装打扮，相约离开寒冷的北国，启程去寻找一个温馨幸福的家园……

新的一年，人类和他们最好的伙伴，甜蜜、快乐抑或辛酸的故事再次上演：
[AKIRA]演员中尾彬（中尾彬 饰）在街头咖啡店小憩时被店员认出来，他的心中说不出的得意，可就在这时，一条和他有着相同名字的小狗出现了；[爱犬家]“爱犬家”栏目组走遍全国，拍摄那些爱狗家庭和狗狗之间发生的搞笑、有趣甚至怪异的故事；[DOG NAP]柳田家发生绑架勒索事件，渡边警部（内野聖陽 饰）和部下高度重视，结果却出人意料；[妈妈的担心症]儿子终于和心爱的女孩走入婚礼的殿堂，庆祝晚宴上，男孩的妈妈美知代（高畑淳子 饰）却担心其那只被留在家里无人照看的狗狗Kiss；[狗的名字]童年的伤心过往，让一郎（大森南朋 饰）不愿养狗，而这时他也罹患了奇怪的绝症；[香草]在公园看到活泼可爱的小狗，奈津子（北乃きい 饰）的泪水夺眶而出，她想起了最好的朋友——小狗香草。

2011年秋SP

在东京下町的一家小型金属加工工厂，生活着木下父女俩，父亲木下圭介（丰川悦司 饰）是工厂里的技师，圭介的妻子妙子八年前生下女儿后便撒手人寰了，圭介答应妻子会照顾好女儿美雨（芦田爱菜 饰）。清晨，圭介早早起来准备早饭，美雨在整理书包时，不小心将自己的跳绳遗忘在了玄关。美雨走后，圭介发现了，急忙送去学校。正在上体育课的美雨因忘带跳绳而沮丧着，看到爸爸送来了跳绳，阴沉的小脸立马晴了起来。圭介还答应为明天要出门远足的美雨买一个新水壶。工厂一共就四个人，社长中村富美夫（蟹江敬三 饰），宗田清（点点 饰）和后辈员工胜田秋生（三浦翔平 饰），秋生在搬运工厂内的货物时，货物失去平衡掉落砸中了在工作的圭介的头部。失去意识的圭介被送往医院。所幸很快便恢复了意识，但被告知患上了青年性老年痴呆。另一方面，社长的女儿，已经出嫁了的西肋茜（中谷美纪 饰）回到了工厂，将带来的行李搬到了结婚前自己住的房间，闭口不提自己的事情。随着圭介的病情恶化，父女俩该如何面对这样的现实呢？肋茜又是因为什么独自回娘家的呢……

In 1956, a determined group of explorers from Japan — along with 22 trusty Sakhalin huskies — departs on a mission to explore Antarctica.

When Chihiro was a baby, she suffered from eczema. Her parents tried to find a cure, but nothing worked. Her father's co-worker then gave him some water from a strange religious group. Chihiro was miraculously cured by the water. Her parents began to follow the strange religion and became fervent followers. Chihiro is now in the 3rd grade of middle school and she faces changes in her life.

于2015年出版的小说《海岬的迷途之家》，2016年曾获得野间儿童文艺赏，作品描述失去居所的17岁少女，和没有血缘的新家人们在可以看见海的古民家展开了不可思议却又令人感到暖心的共同生活。本次的动画是东日本大地震灾后10年的特别企划，以震灾灾区为故事背景所制作的三部作品「永远应援。Project 2011+10…（ずっとおうえん。プロジェクト2011＋10…）」的其中一环。其他两部作品分别为《扶桑花之舞（フラ・フラダンス）》以及《爆转少年！！（バクテン！！）》。

2022 film directed by Shunsuke Kariyama