Japanese-Animation
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
風の谷のナウシカ
8.8 (1067 ratings) director: 宫崎骏 actor: 岛本须美 / 松田洋治 …
other title: 风之谷 / 風の谷のナウシカ …
After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.
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Mononoke-hime (1997)
もののけ姫
8.9 (1626 ratings) director: 宫崎骏 actor: 松田洋治 / 石田百合子 …
other title: 幽灵公主 / もののけ姫 …
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.
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Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
ハウルの動く城
8.7 (2088 ratings) director: Hayao Miyazaki actor: Chieko Baisho / Takuya Kimura …
other title: 哈尔的移动城堡 / ハウルの動く城 …
Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.
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Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986)
天空の城ラピュタ
8.9 (1803 ratings) director: Hayao Miyazaki actor: Mayumi Tanaka / Keiko Yokozawa …
other title: 天空之城 / 天空の城ラピュタ …
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
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My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
となりのトトロ
9.1 (2267 ratings) director: 宫崎骏 actor: 日高范子 / 坂本千夏 …
other title: 龙猫 / となりのトトロ …
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.
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Spirited Away (2001)
千と千尋の神隠し
9.3 (3056 ratings) director: Hayao Miyazaki actor: Rumi Hiiragi / Miyu Irino …
other title: 千与千寻 / 千と千尋の神隠し …
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.