Kawai Kenji

Two Ghibli created shorts about the happenings in fictional animation studio, presumably based to some extent on their own. The first was aired during a TV special about Ghibli, the second shown in theatres alongside 'The Cat Returns'. Note that the animation studio in these shorts is not spelled ジブリ (hepburn: 'jiburi'), but ギブリ (hepburn: 'giburi'), so pronounced with the hard…

* Based on a Japanese murder mystery doujin soft visual novel series produced by 07th Expansion. New kid Maebara Keiichi is settling into his new home of peaceful Hinamizawa village. Making quick friends with the girls from his school, he's arrived in time for the big festival of the year. But something about this isolated town seems 'off,' and his feelings of dread continue…

Saotome Ranma and his father, Genma, fell into cursed springs during a journey to China. As a result, whenever Ranma comes into contact with cold water, he turns into a girl; when the same thing happens to Genma, he becomes a panda. Wheneven that happens, they stay in their alternative form until the process is reversed by hot water. And if that wasn't bad enough, Ranma has a…

Note: These movies recap the story from the TV series.

On the Spooner Continent, a valiant group of Sorcerer Hunters are the population's last line of defence against the evil dark magic unleashed periodically by those who cannot control it. Saving the world and looking sexy while doing it! Source: anime.mikomi.org

Earth: 2507 A.D. 400 years ago it became certain that an asteroid would collide with Earth and the extinction of the race was at hand. Mankind spent ten years devising a plan to survive. The Dobias went out to live in space while the Shioru forged underground. 300 years ago mankind returned to the surface from beyond the stars and beneath the ground. But the surface was not…

Banba Mitsugu is a high school girl who finds meaning in donating blood. She frequently visits a blood bank to donate blood, despite being harshly treated by the nurse. One day, she encounters a beautiful girl who looks like she's from overseas at the blood bank. The pale girl looks like she's about to faint any minute, but then, she starts destroying the blood bank. The girl…

The people of Iolph have lived quietly weaving daily events into cloth called Hibioru in a remote land. Their appearances stop growing in their middle teen and they have a lifetime of hundreds of years. They are called "A Family of Farewell" and have been regarded as a living legend. Maquia, an Iolph girl who has lost her parents, has spent her calm days surrounded by her…