Whisper of the Heart (耳をすませば)

Picture Credit The English title means different from the Japanese title, the Japanese word means "If You Listen Closely". The story is about a 13 year old girl's first love and finding a dream to pursue in life. 13 year old Shizuku Tsukishima is very fond of books, she would borrow as much as she can in the library, one night, while looking at her checkout cards she noticed that the name Seiji Amasawa is on all of the checkout cards  and ahead of her. She begins to wonder about Seiji...

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Summer Wars (サマーウォーズ)

Picture Credit OZ a cyber world, can be accessed through any device, handles any transaction from personal, sports, business, government, and almost all areas of the real life. Available worldwide. Young  Kenji Koiso, who is talented with math, got a summer job with OZ as a moderator. However, Natsuki Shinohara a very popular senior invites him to her grandmother's 90th birthday to do some work, which he accepted without hesitation. On the first night at the Shinohara's family, he received...

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Final Fantasy: Advent Children (ファイナルファンタジーVII アドベントチルドレン)

Picture Credit This is a sequel for the Final Fantasy VII (series). This is the 3rd film for Final Fantasy and so far the last. This is after the death of Sephiroth, it has been 2 years and life has almost gone back to normal. But a strange disease is ravaging the planet, known as "geostigma", there is no known cure as of the moment. Cloud one of the member of the SOLDIER formed by Shinra corporation left the group and opened a delivery service with Tifa. He is being pursued by 3 individuals...

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Ghost In A Shell 2: Innocence (イノセンス)

Picture credit In this movie only Batou is mainly seen, as Major Kusanagi is reported missing after the incidents in Ghost In A Shell 1, he now has a new partner named Togusa. A series of deaths caused by the dolls released from Rox Corporation led the Section 9 team to meddle in the police affairs. After the shot out, they went to the crime lab to get more info, there they discovered that the doll was tampered with and left a recorded message - "Help us." Who were the one's responsible for leaving...

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Ghost In The Shell (攻殻機動隊)

Picture Credit In the future our worlds are digitally connected. And in Japan, they formed a group tasked to monitor the crimes online. The movie opens with a being who is born from the vast  internet, who seeks asylum from the Japanese government. Major Matoko Kusanagi a cyborg who is part of Section 9 team was task to investigate this, but before they could get a hold of this person the security of the Foreign Service meddle in. Only to know that the hacker named Puppet Master...

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Apple Seed ExMachina

Picture Credit A sequel for the Appleseed. The movie opens with Deunan and Briareos rescuing a hostage in a church, here Briareos was badly hurt while shielding Deunan from a blast, so he was confined to a hospital. Meanwhile Deunan still has to do Swat work, so she was assigned with a new partner which unfortunately looks exactly the same as Briareos in his human form. Causing Deunan to be confused with her feelings. This put a complication in Deunan and Briareos relationship. Meanwhile the...

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Apple Seed (アップルシード)

Picture Credit A sci-fi anime that based on a manga by Masamune Shirow. A female soldier named Deunan Knute was rescued by a group of Bioroids, it was a priority to find her as later revealed in the movie that she is the daughter of the legendary Carl Knute and Dr. Gilliam who created the Bioroids. Bioroids are half cloned-human and half machine. Deunan is possibly the one who holds they key to the data for the bioroids reproduction system, which they have searched for so long. This information...

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Pom Poko (平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ)

Picture Credit The Raccoon's territory is slowly getting smaller due to the urban developments, they are losing their home, food supply and population as most of them would die when crossing the highways or scavenging food in the garbage bins. Finally wanting to do something about their situation, they decided to wage war against the developers to stop the construction and clearing of the forest.  There's a Japanese folklore that tells that these creatures are wise, highly sociable and...

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Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (崖の上のポニョ)

Picture Credit A story about a fish who wishes to be a human being after meeting a boy on the shore, as she had fallen in love with him. The father strongly disagrees to let her daughter go as he is fully aware of the bad side of the human beings. However her mother being a compasionate person, gave the boy a chance to keep her daughter by giving him a test that he must pass or Ponyo (the female fish) will go back to the sea, as a sea foam. Release by Studio Ghibli on 2008 Directed by Hayao...

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The Cat Returns (猫の恩返し)

Picture credit Haru a high school student saved a cat from being hit by a truck. While recovering from the ordeal, the cat suddenly stands on it's two hind legs, and said thank you for saving his life. She wasn't aware that she has saved Luna the Prince of the Cat Kingdom. Arriving home she asked her mother if cats can talk, which reminded her mom that when she was little she did mentioned that she can talk to cats. That night, a cat procession arrive at Haru's street, it was Luna's Father, the...

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Howl's Moving Castle (ハウルの動く城)

Picture Credit Sophie an 18 year old hat maker who was rescued by Howl (a wizard) from soldiers who wanted to harass her, unfortunately took a liking with her at their first meeting. This made the Witch of the Waste furious with her as she has been wanting Howl's heart for a long time. That evening, the Witch gave her a visit and turned her into a old hag and adding a curse that she could not tell anyone about her condition. So she decided to ran away from home. As she was travelling, she accidentally...

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Kiki's Delivery Service (魔女の宅急便)

Picture credit Kiki just turned 13, and it was customary that when a witch is at that age it was time for her to leave home and find a city where she can practice her trade and learn to be independent for a year. Kiki was really excited about this, and started out with much enthusiasm, finding a location was easy enough, but as her only skill was flying the broom, she thought of a delivery service to support herself.  Everything was going well, until she met a boy and delivered a gift to...

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My Neighbor Totoro (となりのトト)

Picture credit A story about two sister's adventure on their encounter with the spirits of the forest. It starts with the family moving to the country side to be near their mother's hospital. Who was confine due to some illness. As the children roam the house, they encountered the dust spirits, who would quickly shun away from the light. A few days after, the younger sister Mei was playing outside the garden when she saw two ears of what seems to be from a white rabbit, following them she fell...

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Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し)

From Studio Ghibli and was later on dubbed to English by Walt Disney pictures. Photo credits Chichiro a 10 year old girl didn't like the idea of moving to a new place but was force to, due to her parents, when her Dad took a shortcut to reach their new home, they got lost. They found a tunnel leading to what seems to be an abandoned amusement park. They started to wander around to take a look at the place, her parents found an abandoned stall filled with food, unfortunately since they were travelling...

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Grave Of The Fireflies (火垂るの墓)

Grave of the Fireflies DVD | photo credit This story took place after the bombing of Japan during the World War II, two siblings where orphaned due to this incident, and it narrates the difficulties they went through during this time. This movie showed the human sufferings in Japan after the firebombing. From Studio Ghibli, released on 1988 Author: Isao Takahata This is a heart wrenching story for an anime. Will definitely leave an impression in your heart. Warning: Make sure you have a box...

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