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Beautiful Animated Films (13 titles)

Anime and Western animation that adults will be entranced by.

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Spirited Away

An incredibly beautiful journey into a dark world of teh spirits, and through the development of a little girl into a courageous, loving heroine. Full of the compassion, forgiveness and wonder that is Miyazaki at his best.

Spirited Away on DVD (2001)
Starring: Rumi Hiiragi, Koba Hayashi, Mari Natsuki
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
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Tale of the fanciful adventures of a ten-year-old girl named Chihiro, who discovers a secret world when she and her family get lost and venture through a hillside tunnel. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, Chihiro must fend for herself as she encounters strange spirits, assorted ..read more »
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Only Yesterday

An incredibly moving tale of childhood, adulthood and love, that uses animation as a perfect means of storytelling.

Only Yesterday on DVD (1991)
Starring: Toshiro Yanagiba, toshiro yanagiba (voice), Miki Ima
Director: Isao Takahata
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Classic Japanese anime feature, as 27-year old Taeko embarks on a holiday to the country and reminiscences about her childhood, recalling the major events that took place when she was 15 and that shaped her life into what it is now. In the present, she longs for a change in her humdrum life as an ..read more »
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Ponyo

Full of love and wonder, an absoutely perfect movie for toddlers, adults and everyone in between.

Ponyo on DVD (2008)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Yuria Nara, Noah Cyrus
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
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Animated adventure by the Japanese anime studio Studio Ghibli, written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's story 'The Little Mermaid'. When a feisty baby goldfish/mermaid called Ponyo (voiced by Noah Lindsey Cyrus) runs away from her home in the sea, she ..read more »
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Beauty And The Beast

Possibly Disney's greatest masterpiece - a prefect animated musical, with brilliant set pieces and a charming couple at the centre.

Beauty And The Beast on DVD (1991)
Starring: Richard White, Angela Lansbury, Jesse Corti
Director: Kirk Wise, Gary Trousdale
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Disney double bill. In 'Beauty and the Beast' (1991) a prince is turned into a hideous beast by a malevolent, magical spell, and finds that the only way out of his predicament is to win the love of the beautiful Belle. Belle agrees to come and stay at his home in exchange for the freedom of her ..read more »
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Tokyo Godfathers

An amazing and beautifully animated film, which is unflinching about the horrors of homelessness while being ultimately inspiring, and almost unique in respecting that homeless people have made and do make choices.

Tokyo Godfathers on DVD (2003)
Starring: Yoshiaki Umegaki, Toru Emori, Aya Okamoto
Director: Shogo Furuya, Satoshi Kon
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Japanese filmmaker Satoshi Kon directs this bittersweet comedy anime about three homeless friends, a young girl, Miyuki (Aya Okamoto), aging transvestite Hana (Yoshiaki Umegaki) and middle-aged down-and-out Gin (Toru Emori), who have formed a makeshift family bond that sees them through life in the ..read more »
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Mulan

Disney's best heroine, stunning animation, a brilliant story and fantastic musical set pieces.

Mulan on DVD (1998)
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Donny Osmond, Ming-Na Wen
Director: Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook
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Ancient China faces invasion by the barbarian hordes of Shan-Yu, and calls all able bodied men to arms to defend their Emperor. Young girl Mulan (voiced by Ming-Na Wen) disguises herself as a boy and joins up in her aged father's place, accompanied by her protectors: guardian dragon Mushu (Eddie ..read more »
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WALL-E

If there was ever proof that CGI can have warmth and heart, this incredibly charming, touching and funny film is it.

WALL-E on DVD (2008)
Starring: Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Ben Burtt
Director: Andrew Stanton
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The year is 2700 and the Earth is polluted, barren and exhausted. Wall-E is the last of a group of clean-up robots, sent to restore the Earth by lifting and compressing the endless quantities of rubbish left behind by a human race that has withdrawn to the safety of space. Wall-E spends every day ..read more »
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Millennium Actress

An incredible, complex and heartbreaking roller coaster of a movie. In the end, what matters is the chase.

Millennium Actress on DVD (2003)
Starring: Fumiko Orikasa, Masaya Onosaka, Shouzou Iizuka
Director: Satoshi Kon
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Chiyoko Fujiwara was once a major movie star who dominated the Japanese cinema world. Thirty years ago, she abruptly disappeared from the screen and from public view. One of her greatest admirers, Genya Tachibana, is a documentary filmmaker who has traveled to the isolated mountain lodge to ..read more »
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How to Train Your Dragon

Funny, full of memorable characters, exciting and fun for adults as well as kids.

How to Train Your Dragon on DVD (2010)
Starring: Gerard Butler, Jonah Hill, America Ferrera
Director: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
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The son of a Viking trains his scrawny, toothless dragon to be a brave hero. Based on Cressida Cowell's children's book, "How to Train Your Dragon."
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Whisper Of The Heart

Slow, gentle, and absolutely emotionally enthralling.

Whisper Of The Heart on DVD (1995)
Starring: Keiju Kobayashi, Youko Honna, Issei Takahashi
Director: Yoshifumi Kondo
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Classic anime feature from Studio Ghibli. Shizuku is a young schoolgirl dreaming of becoming a writer. When she goes to her school library for inspiration, she finds that all the books she wants have already been checked out by a boy called Seiji. As Shizuku dreams about what this boy could be like,..read more »
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