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Japanese animated fantasy films
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The list Japanese animated fantasy films includes
Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Ponyo, My Neighbor Totoro and The Secret World of Arrietty.
The list consists of 168 members
and 4 sublists.
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Ponyo
2008 Japanese animated film
Overview: Ponyo (Japanese: 崖の上のポニョ, Hepburn: Gake no Ue no Ponyo, lit. 'Ponyo on the Cliff') is a 2008 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was animated by Studio Ghibli ...
Release date: 19 July 2008Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, FantasyDirector: Hayao MiyazakiProducer: Steve Alpert, Naoya FujimakiWriter: Hayao Miyazaki, Melissa MathisonA five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.
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The Secret World of Arrietty
2010 Japanese animated film directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Overview: Arrietty, titled Arrietty the Borrower (Japanese: 借りぐらしのアリエッティ, Hepburn: Karigurashi no Arietti) in Japan and The Secret World of Arrietty in North America, is a 2010 Japanese animated fantasy film directed ...
Release date: 17 July 2010Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Family, AdventureDirector: Hiromasa YonebayashiCast: Mirai Shida, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Tomokazu Miura, Shinobu Ôtake, Keiko TakeshitaProducer: Walt DeFaria, Soledad Gatti-PascualWriter: Mary Norton, Hayao MiyazakiThe Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes ... 0
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Castle in the Sky
1986 Japanese animated film
Overview: Castle in the Sky (Japanese: 天空の城ラピュタ, Hepburn: Tenkū no Shiro Rapyuta), also known as Laputa: Castle in the Sky, is a 1986 Japanese animated fantasy adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki ...
Release date: 2 August 1986Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, RomanceDirector: Hayao MiyazakiProducer: Toru Hara, Hideo OgataWriter: Hayao Miyazaki, Jonathan SwiftA young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle. 0
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Spirited Away
2001 Japanese animated film
Overview: Spirited Away (Japanese: 千と千尋の神隠し, Hepburn: Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi, lit. 'Sen and Chihiro's Spiriting Away') is a 2001 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki ...
Release date: 20 July 2001Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, FamilyDirector: Hayao MiyazakiProducer: Hironori Aihara, Donald W. ErnstWriter: Hayao MiyazakiDuring her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are ... 0
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Princess Mononoke
1997 Japanese animated film directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Overview: Princess Mononoke (Japanese: もののけ姫, Hepburn: Mononoke-hime) is a 1997 Japanese animated epic historical fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten ...
Release date: 12 July 1997Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Animation, Adventure, ActionDirector: Hayao MiyazakiProducer: Scott Martin, Yutaka NaritaWriter: Hayao Miyazaki, Neil GaimanOn a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony ... 0
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Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo Strikes Back!
1998 Japanese anime film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama
Overview: Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back is a 1998 Japanese anime fantasy adventure film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama. It is the first theatrical release in the Pokémon franchise. The film was first ...Release date: 6 November 1999Genre: Drama, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Family, Animation, Adventure, ActionDirector: Michael Haigney, Kunihiko YuyamaCast: Veronica Taylor, Philip Bartlett, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Madeleine Blaustein, Ikue ÔtaniProducer: Takeshi Shudo, Kathryn A. BorlandScientists genetically create a new Pok?n, Mewtwo, but the results are horrific and disastrous. 0
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My Neighbor Totoro
1988 animated film
Overview: My Neighbor Totoro (Japanese: となりのトトロ, Hepburn: Tonari no Totoro) is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten. It stars ...
Release date: 16 April 1988Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, FantasyDirector: Hayao MiyazakiCast: Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi, Sumi Shimamoto, Tanie Kitabayashi, Hitoshi TakagiProducer: Rick Dempsey, Toru HaraWriter: Hayao MiyazakiWhen two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby. 0
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Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
1982 Japanese film
Overview: Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (世界名作童話 アラジンと魔法のランプ, Sekai Meisaku Dōwa: Arajin to mahō no ranpu, lit. 'World Masterpiece Fairy Tales: Aladdin and the Magic Lamp') is a 1982 Japanese anime fantasy ...
Release date: 13 March 1982Genre: Fantasy, Family, AnimationDirector: Yoshikatsu KasaiProducer: Mark Headley, Chiaki ImadaWriter: Akira Miyazaki, Sandra Willard 0
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The Wizard of Oz
1982 anime film directed by Fumihiko Takayama
Overview: The Wizard of Oz (オズの魔法使い, Ozu no Mahōtsukai) is a 1982 anime feature film directed by Fumihiko Takayama, from a screenplay by Akira Miyazaki, which is based on the 1900 children's novel by L. Frank Baum ...
Genre: Musical, Fantasy, Family, Drama, Comedy, Animation, AdventureDirector: Fumihiko Takayama, John DanylkiwProducer: Yoshimitsu Banno, John DanylkiwWriter: Yoshimitsu Banno, L. Frank BaumAnimated version of the classic story of a young farmgirl who is transported to the magic land of Oz. 0
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The Transformers: The Movie
1986 US animated film
Overview: The Transformers: The Movie is a 1986 animated science fiction action film based on the Transformers television series. It was released in North America on August 8, 1986, and in the United Kingdom on ...Release date: 8 August 1986Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-FiDirector: Nelson ShinProducer: Ron Friedman, Joe BacalThe Autobots must stop a colossal planet consuming robot who is after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. 0
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Tales from Earthsea
2006 Japanese film
Overview: Tales from Earthsea (ゲド戦記, Gedo Senki, lit. 'Ged's War Chronicles') is a 2006 Japanese anime epic fantasy film co-written and directed by Gorō Miyazaki in his directorial debut, animated by Studio ...
Release date: 29 July 2006Genre: Fantasy, Animation, AdventureDirector: Goro MiyazakiProducer: Steve Alpert, Jim HubbertWriter: Ursula K. Le Guin, Goro MiyazakiIn a mythical land, a man and a young boy investigate a series of unusual occurrences. 0
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Porco Rosso
1992 Japanese animated film
Overview: Porco Rosso (Japanese: 紅の豚, Hepburn: Kurenai no Buta, lit. 'Crimson Pig') is a 1992 Japanese animated adventure fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, based on his 1989 manga Hikōtei ...
Release date: 18 July 1992Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Comedy, Animation, AdventureDirector: Hayao MiyazakiProducer: Rick Dempsey, Ned LottWriter: Hayao MiyazakiIn 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig. 0
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Pokémon 3 the Movie: Spell of the Unown
2000 Japanese anime film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama
Overview: Pokémon 3: The Movie is a 2000 Japanese anime film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama as the third film in the Pokémon franchise. The film stars the voices of Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ōtani, Mayumi Iizuka, Yūji Ueda ...Release date: 29 March 2001Genre: Thriller, Fantasy, Family, Animation, Adventure, ActionDirector: Kunihiko YuyamaProducer: Takeshi Fukuta, Hiroshi IshikawaWriter: Marc M., Takeshi ShudoIn the town of Greenfield, a young, lonely girl's dreams and wishes are brought into reality by a collective of reality-warping Pokémon. 0
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
1984 film by Hayao Miyazaki
Overview: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Japanese: 風の谷のナウシカ, Hepburn: Kaze no Tani no Naushika) is a 1984 Japanese animated post-apocalyptic fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, based on his ...
Release date: 11 March 1984Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Sci-FiDirector: Hayao MiyazakiProducer: Rick Dempsey, Toru HaraWriter: Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis HewittWarrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet. 0
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Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
1989 animated film
Overview: Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (released in Japan as simply Nemo (ニモ, Nimo) and credited in some territories as Little Nemo) is a 1989 animated musical fantasy film directed by Masami Hata and ...Release date: 15 July 1989Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Family, Animation, AdventureDirector: Masami Hata, William T. HurtzProducer: Yutaka Fujioka, Barry GlasserWriter: Chris Columbus, Richard OuttenEach night, young Nemo goes to Slumberland and has adventures and befriends the king of Slumberland, Morpheus. But one night Nemo discovers Nightmare Land ... 0
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Kiki's Delivery Service
1989 Japanese animated film
Overview: Kiki's Delivery Service (Japanese: 魔女の宅急便, Hepburn: Majo no Takkyūbin, lit. 'Witch's Express Home Delivery') is a 1989 Japanese animated fantasy film written, produced, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki ...
Release date: 29 July 1989Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Animation, AdventureDirector: Hayao MiyazakiProducer: Toru Hara, Hayao MiyazakiWriter: Eiko Kadono, Hayao MiyazakiA young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier ... 0
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Howl's Moving Castle
2004 Japanese animated film by Hayao Miyazaki
Overview: Howl's Moving Castle (Japanese: ハウルの動く城, Hepburn: Hauru no Ugoku Shiro) is a 2004 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is loosely based on the 1986 novel by English ...
Release date: 5 September 2004Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, RomanceDirector: Hayao MiyazakiCast: Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa, Tatsuya Gashûin, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Mitsunori IsakiProducer: Rick Dempsey, Tomohiko IshiiWriter: Hayao Miyazaki, Diana Wynne JonesWhen an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet i ... 0
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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
2019 film directed by Dean DeBlois
Overview: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (also known as How to Train Your Dragon 3) is a 2019 American animated fantasy film loosely based on the book series by Cressida Cowell. Produced by DreamWorks ...
Release date: 22 February 2019Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, FantasyDirector: Dean DeBloisCast: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, F. Murray Abraham, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig FergusonProducer: Bonnie Arnold, Michael A. ConnollyWriter: Dean DeBlois, Cressida CowellWhen Hiccup discovers Toothless isn't the only Night Fury, he must seek "The Hidden World", a secret Dragon Utopia before a hired tyrant named ... 0
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The Hobbit
1977 animated film directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Overview: The Hobbit is a 1977 American animated musical television special created by Rankin/Bass and animated by Topcraft. The film is an adaptation of the 1937 book of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien; it was ...
Genre: Fantasy, Family, Animation, Adventure, MusicalDirector: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.Producer: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.Writer: J.R.R. Tolkien, Romeo MullerA homebody hobbit in Middle Earth gets talked into joining a quest with a group of dwarves to recover their treasure from a dragon. 0
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Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie - Pyramid of Light
2004 Japanese-American animated adventure fantasy film by Hatsuki Tsuji
Overview: Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light, later released in Japan as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters: Pyramid of Light (Japanese: 遊戯王デュエルモンスターズ 光のピラミッド, Hepburn: Yūgiō Dyueru Monsutāzu Hikari no Piramiddo, lit.& ...
Release date: 5 August 2004Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, ThrillerDirector: Hatsuki TsujiCast: Gregory Abbey, Sebastian Arcelus, Ben Baron, Amy Birnbaum, Madeleine Blaustein, Christopher ColletProducer: Natasha Alliare, Lloyd GoldfineWriter: Matthew Drdek, Lloyd GoldfineUnderneath the sands of Egypt, Anubis, an ancient evil spirit, has awakened. It's up to Yugi, who defeated Anubis centuries ago, to use his skill and ... 0
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