Anime catalog

Found: 64

Mei and the Baby Cat Bus

Mei to Koneko Bus

Movie · 2002 · Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: One windy day, Mei Kusakabe ventures outside to play despite the turbulent weather. But just as she is about to indulge in her caramel candy, a sudden whirlwind appears and begins to chase her! Retreating back into the house, Mei discovers that her pursuer is a young Nekobasu, an…

★ 5.1

Earwig and the Witch

Aya to Majo

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: With large windows adorning its spick-and-span halls, St. Morwald's Home for Children serves as a warm refuge for displaced orphans. For 10-year-old Aya, she is perfectly content living without a normal family, especially since she has everyone at the orphanage wrapped around her…

★ 6.3

Iblard Jikan

OVA · 2007 · Fantasy

Synopsis: Much like looking through a window, Iblard Jikan explores the fantastic and beautiful world of Iblard by panning through art created by Naohisa Inoue. Iblard shows itself to be nothing short of amazing and will wash serenity over your mind. (Source: ANN)

★ 5.8

-Zen- Grogu and Dust Bunnies

Zen: Grogu to Makkuro-Kurosuke

ONA · 2022 · Sci-Fi

Synopsis: At some point during or after 41 BBY, the Force-sensitive youngling Grogu is meditating over a puddle of water with the Force, while multiple leaves float by in the wind. As the youngling meditates, a group of dust bunnies notice him and begin to bounce and swing around him. (Sou…

★ 5.7

the GHIBLIES

Ghiblies

Special · 2000 · Comedy

Synopsis: Two Ghibli created shorts about the happenings in a fictional animation studio, presumably based to some extent on their own.

★ 6.1

The Day I Bought a Star

Hoshi wo Katta Hi

Movie · 2006 · Sci-Fi

Synopsis: A young boy, tired of the city, escapes into the country. When trying to bring vegetables to the market to sell, his cart breaks down and he exchanges the vegetables for a mystical seed. Returning home he plants the seed in a normal pot—only to find it growing into a planet. (Sou…

★ 4.9

The Night of Taneyamagahara

Taneyamagahara no Yoru

Movie · 2006 · Psychological

Synopsis: Four workers wait out the night around a campfire. Three of them are talking about different things when they start hearing strange noises. Their discussion wakes up a sleeping companion who promptly goes back to sleep only to start having dreams...

★ 6.6

Boro the Caterpillar

Kemushi no Boro

Movie · 2018

Synopsis: To humans, Boro the caterpillar's world is small; but as he takes his first steps in life, the trials he comes to face are enormous. From hungry predators to unforgiving weather, he must overcome these obstacles by himself on his great journey through the untamed wilderness of su…

★ 6.2

Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess

Pandane to Tamago-hime

Movie · 2010 · Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: In a lonesome water mill deep in a forest of briers and brambles lives a witch named Baba Yaga. There the witch keeps her servant the Egg Princess confined and forces the tiny egg-girl to do all the hard daily chores around the mill. One night, a large batch of kneaded dough rest…

★ 5.4

The Sky-Colored Seed

Sora Iro no Tane

Special · 1992

Synopsis: Three short TV advertisements based on a children's book about a fox who gives a boy a seed which grows into a giant house.

★ 4.5

Nandarou

Special · 1992 · Comedy

Synopsis: A short TV advertising spot featuring a small green pig with enormous eyes. The title Nandarou implies that even its creators didn't really know what kind of creature it was supposed to be. However, NTV (Nihon TV) chose it as their station's mascot. (Source: ANN, Nausicaa.net)

★ 5.8

Mon Mon the Water Spider

Mizugumo Monmon

Movie · 2006 · Fantasy, Romance

Synopsis: The short film's main character is a water spider who seems to have fallen in love with a water strider. Though she is scared of him at first, the water strider soon gets used to the presence of the spider. (Source: Wikipedia)

★ 5.7

Koro's Big Day Out

Koro no Osanpo

Movie · 2001 · Adventure

Synopsis: This is a short film about 15 minutes long, which was shown for a limited time only at the Ghibli Museum. Koro is a puppy owned by a little girl in a small town. One day she leaves the front gate ajar when she goes to school. Koro slips out and wanders the streets of the town. He…

★ 5.6

The Path of Wind

Kaze no Toori Michi

Music

Synopsis: Animated video for Horishita Sayuri's Kaze no Toori Michi produced for NHK's Minna no Uta.

★ 5.4

The Whale Hunt

Kujira-tori

Movie · 2001 · Adventure

Synopsis: A group of elementary school children play in their classroom, imagining that they are on a boat in the ocean. This fantasy becomes reality, and soon all the students find themselves stranded in the deep blue sea, looking for their own Moby Dick. Some of the kids want to harpoon …

★ 4.7

Taiko no Tatsujin: 15 Shuunen Kinen Short Animation

ONA · 2015

Synopsis: Toshio Suzuki and Studio Ghibli produced the short to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Taiko no Tatsujin (Taiko: Drum Master) rhythm game series. The short features Taiko no Tatsujin characters Don-chan and Kacchan, as well as an original mouse character. The short will al…

★ 5.2

Dore Dore no Uta

Music · 2005 · Music

Synopsis: An animated music video made for Meiko Haigou by Studio Ghibli. Included on the Ghibli ga Ippai Special Short Short DVD.

★ 5.3

Choju Jinbutsu Giga

Choujuu Giga

ONA · 2016 · Romance

Synopsis: Studio Ghibli animated Choujuu-Jinbutsu-Giga Emaki, the famous Japanese "Scrolls of Cartoons of Birds, Animals, and People" or "Choujuu Giga" for short, for a Marubeni Power commercial. The "Encounter" commercial promotes Plan G, a new electric power option that Marubeni Power is…

★ 5.5

Piece

Music

Synopsis: After breaking a shoe heel, a young lady seeks out a replacement. After obtaining a new pair she finds desirable, she enjoys her surroundings to the fullest: she flutters to the city center and keeps to herself in a world full of euphoric colors.

★ 4.5

Umacha

Special · 2001 · Slice of Life

Synopsis: Animated videos, advertising ice tea manufactured by the Asahi Beverage Company.

★ 5.3

space station No.9

Music · Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Second animated music video for music by capsule based around their NEXUS-2060 concept - a space station resort in the year 2060.

★ 6.2

House Hunting

Yado-sagashi

Movie · 2006 · Adventure, Fantasy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: A nameless heroine packs up her belongings into a large satchel and heads out of the city. Walking on foot across the countryside, she encounters a strange collection of creepy crawlies and ghostly spirits.

★ 5.0

Portable Airport

Portable Kuukou

Music

Synopsis: A 3 minutes long animated film produced by Studio Kajino, a small studio related to Studio Ghibli, was shown in a double feature prior to the Cutie Honey Live-Action movie. Supervision was done by Yoshiyuki Momose, director of the Ghiblies. To be released 16th November 2004 on th…

★ 5.4

Ghibli Park: Yukkuri Kite Kudasai. Ugokushiro-hen

ONA

Synopsis: A 15-second commercial for the newly opened “Valley of Witches” area of Ghibli Park, featuring Howl’s Moving Castle.