Takashi Naito

Chihiro's family is moving to a new house, but when they stop on the way to explore an abandoned village, her parents undergo a mysterious transformation and Chihiro is whisked into a world of fantastic spirits ruled over by the sorceress Yubaba. Put to work in a magical bathhouse for spirits and demons, Chihiro must use all her wits to survive in this strange new place, find a way to free her parents and return to the normal world. Overflowing with imaginative creatures and thrilling storytelling, Spirited Away became a worldwide smash hit, and is one of the most critically-acclaimed films of all time.

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s revelatory international breakthrough finds the recently deceased in a limbo realm where they must select a single cherished moment from their life for them to take into the next world. This bittersweet fantasia serves as a panoramic vision of the human experience and a profound meditation on memory, our interconnectedness, and the amberlike power of cinema to freeze time.

Tsutomu, a taxi driver, is terrible at talking to people and always has the lowest quota at his company. Even his family has no expectations from him. However, a chance encounter with a random cat changes his game. Everyone has what it takes given a little push, and it’s one cat that helps Tsutomu turn his life around.

From the legendary Studio Ghibli, creators of Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle and The Secret World of Arrietty, comes another animated triumph. Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the Olympics. Against this backdrop of hope and change, a friendship begins to blossom between high school students Umi and Shun -- but a buried secret from their past emerges to cast a shadow on the future and pull them apart. From a screenplay by Academy Award winner Hayao Miyazaki.

As crops dwindle and dragons reappear, mankind stands on the verge of total chaos. A wizard and a young prince search for the force behind the imbalance that threatens to destroy the land of Earthsea, based on Ursula K. Le Guin’s series.