21. 5 Centimeters per Second ( Byôsoku 5 senchimêtoru )
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Actors: Kenji Mizuhashi, Yoshimi Kondou, Satomi Hanamura, Ayaka Onoue
Plot: Two childhood friends, pulled apart by family and distance, arrange one final meeting.
22. Your Name. ( Kimi no na wa )
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Actors: Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraish, Ryô Narita, Aoi Yuki
Plot: Two souls who couldn't be any further apart: Mitsuha Miyamizu is a girl living in a small mountain town where she yearns to get away from her small life, her father's electoral campaign and the superstitions that drive the community. Taki Tachiban lives a fast and busy life in Tokyo where he works part time at an Italian restaurant and strives for his dreams of becoming an artist or architect. When the two dream, a celestial bond causes them to switch bodies - and the possibilities and adventure it opens up will change their lives forever.
23. Cat Returns, The ( Neko no ongaeshi )
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Hiroyuki Morita
Actors: Anne Hathaway, Cary Elwes, Judy Greer, Kristen Bell
Plot: After rescuing a cat from traffic, Haru finds herself the recipient of many gifts from the King of Cats. But his real wish is for Haru to marry his son, Prince Lune. Haru, however, isn't keen on the idea and with the help of grumpy real-world cat and a statuette that comes to life, she will escape the Cat Kingdom and reclaim her regular life.
24. Porco Rosso ( Kurenai no buta )
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Actors: Cary Elwes, Michael Keaton, Brad Garrett, David Ogden Stiers
Plot: In Italy in the 1930's, the sky is filled with sky pirates and bounty hunters. One of the most cunning amongst them is Porco Rosso, who helps those attacked by the no-gooders, but who is also cursed with the head of a pig for watching the dead spirits rise to the heavens during the last great sky battle.
25. Summer Wars ( Samâ wôzu )
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Actors: Ayumu Saitô, Nanami Sakuraba, Mitsuki Tanimura, Takahiro Yokokawa
Plot: A shy math genius agrees to to take a job of escorting Natuski, a girl he secretly has a crush on, as her "fiance" during the summer to celebrate the 90th birthday of the families matriarch. Yet the real job may be saving the world.
26. Tokyo Godfathers
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Satoshi Kon, Shôgo Furuya
Actors: Toru Emori, Aya Okamoto, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Shôzô Îzuka
Plot: On Christmas a group of homeless outcasts in Tokyo find an abandoned child. They band together to care for it, but who does it belong to and how could anyone abandon a baby at Christmas?
27. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Jack Fletcher, Tai Kit Mak
Actors: Hideyuki Tanaka, Rintarou Nishi, Keiji Fujiwara, Emi Shinohara
28. Wind Rises, The ( Kaze tachinu )
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Actors: Hideaki Anno, Jun Kunimura, Mirai Shida, Miori Takimoto
Plot: Hayao Miyazaki's latest film focuses on the life of Jiro Horikoshi - the man responsible for the design of the Japanese Zero fighter that saw much use in WWII. It is also a reflection of life in Japan during the first half of the 20th century.
29. Wolf Children ( Okami kodomo no ame to yuki )
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Actors: Kumiko Asô, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Megumi Hayashibara, Takuma Hiraoka
Plot: The story of student who fell in love with a young man who had a secret - he was actually a wolf - and when fate suddenly takes him away, she is forced to raise their children alone. Because of their unique nature, she faces many trials, but the love is always there, even when the children older and wandering farther away.
30. When Marnie Was There ( Omoide no Mânî )
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Actors: Geena Davis, Kiernan Shipka, Hailee Steinfeld, Vanessa Williams
Plot: Anna is a young girl who is a misfit with no friends, when illness has her move away from her foster parents out to the country, she befriends Marnie - a girl with long, flowing gold hair, among the sand dunes. But when a new family moves in, Marnie suddenly disappears and Anna learns the truth about her new friend.
