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Barefoot Gen 1983
Anime
A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
The sides of Barefoot Gen
- A boy in Hiroshima in August 1945
- The bomb falling on an ordinary morning
- A child looking after his mother in the ruins
Good for you if
- you want to be moved by a child who keeps going after losing almost everything.
- you want to see the Hiroshima bombing through the eyes of one family.
- you want a war film about civilians, not soldiers.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch the death of children and parents on screen.
- you can't stand bodies burning and melting in graphic detail.
- you don't watch animated films.
About: grief · survival · war
La tumba de las luciérnagas 1988
Anime
Verano de 1945. La aviación estadounidense somete las ciudades japonesas a continuos ataques aéreos. En uno de ellos, una incursión con bombas incendiarias convierte la ciudad de Kōbe en un infierno humeante, para los dos protagonistas (Seita, de 14 años, y su hermanita Setsuko, de 5). El joven Seita y su pequeña hermana Setsuko son hijos de un oficial de la marina japonesa. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, ambos viven con su madre, pero un día, tras un bombardeo, ellos se retrasan y no consiguen llegar al búnker donde ella los espera.
Las caras de La tumba de las luciérnagas
- Dos niños huérfanos en el Japón en guerra
- Un refugio antiaéreo abandonado como hogar
- Una lata de caramelos de frutas
Buena para ti si
- quieres una película que te deje llorando.
- quieres ver la guerra desde el lado de los civiles japoneses.
- te gusta un hermano que intenta mantener con vida a su hermana pequeña.
Mala para ti si
- necesitas algo de esperanza al final.
- no soportas ver a unos niños pasar hambre.
- no ves anime.
Temas: la guerra · la infancia · el orgullo · el hambre
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya 2013
Anime
Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her. But, ultimately, she must confront her fate.
The sides of The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
- A tiny girl found inside a bamboo stalk
- Suitors sent on impossible tasks
- Drawings that look like charcoal and watercolor
Good for you if
- you like images that look sketched by hand, lines left visible.
- you like being moved by a girl who just wants her childhood back.
- you like a folk tale told at its own pace.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- over two hours of an old folk tale is too much for you.
About: freedom · family · fate
My Happy Marriage 2023
Anime
Miyo's abusive family deems her worthless – but together with her powerful husband-to-be, her true self and hidden powers slowly begin to shine.
The sides of My Happy Marriage
- A daughter mistreated by her own family
- An arranged marriage to a feared commander
- Supernatural gifts in old Japan
Good for you if
- you like a slow, gentle love that grows from an arranged marriage.
- you like watching Miyo learn she is worth something.
- you like old Japan with spirits and hidden powers.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a young woman being abused by her family.
- you don't watch anime.
About: self-worth · healing · arranged marriage

Violet Evergarden 2018
Anime
The war is over, and Violet Evergarden needs a job. Scarred and emotionless, she takes a job as a letter writer to understand herself and her past.
The sides of Violet Evergarden
- A former child soldier with mechanical arms
- A letter writer paid to put other people's feelings into words
- A country learning to live after the war
Good for you if
- you like one letter from a dying mother to her daughter undoing your evening.
- you watch for light, rain and ink drawn with care.
- you want a woman who was used as a weapon learning what people feel.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't sit with grief, war wounds and dead parents every episode.
- you need momentum, and this moves at the pace of a letter.
About: grief · war · learning to feel
Miss Hokusai 2015
Anime
A daughter is constantly overshadowed by her famous father, but she is determined to make her own mark in the world.
The sides of Miss Hokusai
- Hokusai's daughter painting in his shadow
- Edo, the city that became Tokyo
- A little sister who cannot see
Good for you if
- you like daily life in Edo-period Japan.
- you like a daughter living with a famous, difficult father.
- you love Japanese prints and painting brought to life.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you need a story that builds instead of loose moments of life.
About: art · family · independence
NANA 2006
Anime
Nana Osaki and Nana Komatsu meet while traveling to Tokyo in pursuit of their respective dreams, and decide to be roommates. Although drastically different people, the two become very close and together they find out if their biggest dreams have room for their best friend.
The sides of NANA
- Two young women named Nana on a train to Tokyo
- A punk singer and a romantic sharing an apartment
- A rock band chasing its break
Good for you if
- you like a deep bond between two women who are nothing alike.
- you like the punk rock of Nana Osaki's band.
- you like a story about dreams and love that hurts.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you'd rather not watch heartbreak, jealousy and grown-up pain up close.
- you can't stand a story that stops before it is resolved.
About: friendship · ambition · love
The Wind Rises 2013
Anime
A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.
The sides of The Wind Rises
- An engineer who dreams of airplanes
- The great Tokyo earthquake of 1923
- A love story shadowed by tuberculosis
Good for you if
- you like a quiet film about a life of work and dreams.
- you like a gentle love story that knows time is short.
- you want the life of the real man who designed Japan's Zero fighter.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you want air battles, and this is about drawing planes, not flying them in war.
About: creation · love · war
March Comes In Like a Lion 2016
Anime
This is a gentle tale about people trying to regain something. And it is a tale of battle. Rei Kiriyama had lost his family in an accident when he was young. Now he is a 17-year-old pro shogi player who is burdened with deep loneliness. Rei lives alone in an old town in Tokyo, but after becoming acquainted with three sisters, Akari, Hinata and Momo, he begins to change little by little...
The sides of March Comes In Like a Lion
- A teenage shogi pro living alone
- Three sisters who feed him dinner
- Matches played in an old Tokyo neighbourhood
Good for you if
- you like watching a lonely boy slowly let people in.
- you like a story that hurts and heals in the same episode.
- you like a found family around a kitchen table.
Bad for you if
- you can't take depression and bullying on screen.
- you don't watch anime.
- you need momentum and two quiet seasons feel slow to you.
About: loneliness · grief · belonging
A Silent Voice 2016
Anime
Shōko, una niña con discapacidad auditiva, es víctima de acoso en su escuela, siendo Shōya su principal agresor. Cuando ella se cambia de colegio, él sufre el rechazo de sus compañeros y queda aislado. Años después, intenta enmendar su error y hacer las paces con Shōko.
Las caras de A Silent Voice
- Un chico que acosaba a una niña sorda en la escuela
- Años después, su intento de reparar el daño
- Conversaciones en lengua de signos
Buena para ti si
- quieres una película que te rompa el corazón y lo recomponga.
- te gusta un chico culpable que no puede mirar a la gente a la cara.
- te gustan los adolescentes que aprenden a perdonarse.
Mala para ti si
- no puedes ver acoso ni intentos de suicidio en pantalla.
- no ves anime.
Temas: la culpa · el perdón · la discapacidad

Saikano 2002
Anime
Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet. is a manga, anime, and OVA series by Shin Takahashi, creator of Iihito and Kimi no Kakera. Saikano was originally serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits magazine. A live-action movie adaptation was released in Japan on January 28, 2006 with Aki Maeda starring as Chise. The Saikano manga and anime series has been licensed and is being distributed by Viz Media in English in North America. The anime series is distributed in the UK by Manga Entertainment. Although the city is not mentioned by name in the series, many of the locations used in Saikano can by all probability be found in Otaru-shi, west of Sapporo. The train station, "Hell Hill", the Asahi Observation Hill, the view over the harbor, and the school all have similar looking counterparts in the city of Otaru.
The sides of Saikano
- A shy schoolgirl turned into a living weapon
- A first love in a seaside town
- A war that never explains itself
Good for you if
- you like a love story that breaks your heart.
- you can take an ending with very little hope.
- you like a clumsy teenage couple trying to stay together.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't stand cities destroyed and people dying.
About: first love · the end of the world · loss
Look Back 2024
Anime
Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant recluse whose beautiful artwork sparks a competitive fervor in Fujino. What starts as jealousy transforms when Fujino realizes their shared passion for drawing.
The sides of Look Back
- Two girls who draw manga
- A rivalry in a school newspaper
- A sudden tragedy years later
Good for you if
- you like being moved to tears in under an hour.
- you want a friendship born from jealousy and a shared passion.
- you like hand-drawn frames where every pencil stroke shows.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't take grief and regret that hit hard on screen.
About: creation · friendship · grief · regret

The Rose of Versailles 1979
Anime
Raised from birth as a man, the Lady Oscar commands the palace guards at Versailles in the years before the French Revolution. Her beauty and noble spirit make her a shining figure in the eyes of both men and women but she is torn between her chosen life of service and duty to class and country and her own heart and desires. She lives as a noble amidst the opulence of Versailles but her keen senses and compassion are not blinded to the poverty of the French people.
The sides of The Rose of Versailles
- A woman raised as a man
- The guard of Marie Antoinette
- Versailles before the Revolution
Good for you if
- you like the French Revolution seen from inside the palace.
- you like Oscar and André's love growing over years.
- you like being moved to tears by Oscar, torn between her duty and her heart.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you find 1970s animation dated.
About: duty · gender · revolution
Giovanni's Island 2014
Anime
In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast... and on the unhealed border in this remote corner of the world, friendship among children from two different countries timidly blossomed, striving to overcome language barriers and the waves of history. Inspired by true events.
The sides of Giovanni's Island
- Two brothers on Shikotan after the war
- Soviet children and Japanese children in one school
- A hard journey to Sakhalin
Good for you if
- you like being moved to tears by two small brothers.
- you want a piece of postwar history few people know.
- you like a friendship that grows across a language barrier.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't watch children lose the people they love.
About: exile · childhood · loss · borders
5 Centimeters per Second 2007
Anime
Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his friendship with Kanae, who is secretly in love with him; the demands and disappointments of adulthood, an unhappy life in a cold city.
The sides of 5 Centimeters per Second
- A train delayed by snow on the way to a first love
- A surfer girl in love with a boy who looks elsewhere
- An adult life in a cold city
Good for you if
- you want falling cherry blossoms and snow drawn in detail.
- you like an hour of trains, letters and silences.
- you can take a love story about distance and time pulling people apart.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need a happy ending. This one is about letting go.
About: distance · first love · growing apart
Fruits Basket 2019
Anime
After a family tragedy turns her life upside down, 16-year-old high school student Tohru Honda takes matters into her own hands and moves out… into a tent! Unfortunately for her, she pitches her new home on private land belonging to the mysterious Soma clan, and it isn't long before the owners discover her secret. But, as Tohru quickly finds out when the family offers to take her in, the Somas have a secret of their own—when hugged by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Chinese Zodiac!
The sides of Fruits Basket
- An orphaned girl living in a tent
- The Soma family and its zodiac curse
- Yuki and Kyo
Good for you if
- you like being moved to tears by Tohru's kindness.
- you like a family of broken people healing one by one.
- you like a slow love story under a curse.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't take family abuse and grief on screen.
About: grief · kindness · breaking free · family
Wolf Children 2012
Anime
After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their inheritance of their father's traits prove to be a challenge for her.
The sides of Wolf Children
- A young widow raising two wolf children
- A move to an old farmhouse in the mountains
- A brother and sister choosing different lives
Good for you if
- you like a mother doing everything for her kids.
- you like being moved by children growing up and leaving.
- you want snowy forests and a farm in the countryside.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need things to happen fast. This one follows years of daily life.
About: motherhood · growing up · letting go
Incendies 2010
Film
A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love.
The sides of Incendies
- Twins reading their mother's last wishes
- A search through a country torn by civil war
- A family secret buried for decades
Good for you if
- you like a revelation at the end that changes everything you saw.
- you like a film that leaves you shaken long after.
- you want to understand a civil war through one woman's life.
Bad for you if
- you can't take massacres, prison and rape on screen.
- you won't read subtitles, and the twins' search unfolds in French and Arabic.
About: family secrets · war · forgiveness
Whisper of the Heart 1995
Anime
Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: "Seiji Amasawa."
The sides of Whisper of the Heart
- A girl who reads every library book
- A boy learning to make violins
- A cat riding a train
Good for you if
- you want a quiet summer in the Tokyo suburbs.
- you like a first love that starts with a name on library cards.
- you like a girl figuring out if she can really write.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need action to stay hooked. Here a girl writes a story and a boy builds violins.
About: first love · ambition · growing up
Colorful 2010
Anime
Upon reaching the train station to death, a dejected soul is informed that he is lucky and will have another chance at life. He is placed in the body of a 14-year-old boy named Kobayashi Makoto, who has just committed suicide. Watched over by a neutral spirit named Purapura, the soul must figure out what his greatest sin and mistake in his former life was, before his time limit in Makoto's body runs out. He also has a number of other lesser duties he must complete, such as understanding what led Makoto to commit suicide in the first place and learning how to enjoy his second chance at life.
The sides of Colorful
- A soul given a second chance in a boy's body
- A 14-year-old who just took his own life
- A family he has to learn to live with
Good for you if
- you like a family that slowly turns out to be more than it seemed.
- you want a quiet film that moves you to tears.
- you like a story told through one lonely boy's days at school and home.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a story built on a teenager's suicide.
- you don't watch animated films.
- two hours of quiet everyday life is too much for you.
About: second chances · loneliness · family