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In This Corner of the World 2016
Anime
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetry and beauty. The many hardships, the loss of loved ones, the frequent air raids of the enemy, nothing alters her enthusiasm…
The sides of In This Corner of the World
- A young bride who moves to Kure in 1943
- Daily life in a naval port under air raids
- Hiroshima just across the bay
Good for you if
- you like a war film told through cooking, sewing and family meals.
- you like Suzu, dreamy and stubborn, keeping a household going.
- you like hand-drawn images that look like her own sketches.
Bad for you if
- you can't take air raids reaching a family's home, and the grief that follows.
- you need momentum, and most of the film is quiet everyday life.
- you don't watch animated films.
About: daily life · loss · resilience · marriage
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
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
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
From Up on Poppy Hill 2011
Anime
Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off the shackles of a troubled past. 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.
The sides of From Up on Poppy Hill
- Yokohama in 1963, before the Olympics
- Students saving their old clubhouse
- A first love shadowed by a family secret
Good for you if
- you like breakfast for the whole boarding house and flags raised every morning.
- you like 1960s Japan rebuilding itself, with trams, harbors and old school buildings.
- you like a shy first love between two high school students.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need action. The big fight here is students saving their old clubhouse.
About: first love · the past · tradition
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
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
Saving Mr. Banks 2013
Film
Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.
The sides of Saving Mr. Banks
- P.L. Travers fighting Walt Disney over Mary Poppins
- A childhood in Queensland with a drinking father
- Songwriters at a piano in 1960s Los Angeles
Good for you if
- you like Emma Thompson's prickly author slowly letting people in.
- you like a film that reveals the father behind Mr. Banks and makes you cry.
- you like the true story behind a film you grew up with.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at Disney telling a heartwarming story about Disney.
- you can't watch a little girl growing up with an alcoholic father.
About: childhood · grief · fathers · creation
Mushi-Shi 2005
Anime
Ginko, a Mushi master, travels from place to place researching the Mushi and helping people who are suffering because of it.
The sides of Mushi-Shi
- Ginko, a wanderer who studies the mushi
- Villages in old rural Japan
- One strange case per episode
Good for you if
- you like quiet episodes with long silences.
- you like tiny life forms that bend the world around them.
- you like mountains, rivers and forests that feel alive.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need fights and chases to stay hooked.
About: nature · coexistence · loss
Pozos de ambición 2007
Película
Texas, principios del siglo XX. Una historia sobre la familia, la avaricia y la religión. Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) se traslada a una miserable ciudad con el propósito de hacer fortuna, pero, a medida que se va enriqueciendo, sus principios y valores desaparecen y acaba dominado por la ambición. Tras encontrar un rico yacimiento de petróleo en 1902, se convierte en un acaudalado magnate. Cuando, años después, intenta apoderarse de un nuevo yacimiento, tiene que enfrentarse al predicador Eli Sunday (Paul Dano). Adaptación de la novela de Upton Sinclair "Petróleo", escrita en 1927.
Las caras de Pozos de ambición
- Un petrolero que lo quiere todo
- Un joven predicador al que odia
- I drink your milkshake
Buena para ti si
- te gusta ver a Daniel Day-Lewis desaparecer dentro de un petrolero despiadado.
- te gusta una historia de ambición lenta y pesada.
- te gusta una banda sonora extraña e inquietante.
Mala para ti si
- más de dos horas y media a este ritmo es demasiado.
- necesitas a alguien por quien apostar. Plainview estafa y aplasta a todo el que se cruza en su camino.
Temas: la codicia · la fe · la soledad
First Man (El primer hombre) 2018
Película
Cuenta la historia de la misión de la NASA que llevó al primer hombre a la luna, centrada en Neil Armstrong y el periodo comprendido entre los años 1961 y 1969. Un relato en primera persona, basado en la novela de James R. Hansen, que explora el sacrificio y el precio que representó, tanto para Armstrong como para Estados Unidos, una de las misiones más peligrosas de la historia.
Las caras de First Man (El primer hombre)
- Neil Armstrong antes de la Luna
- Un padre que llora a su hija pequeña
- Vuelos de prueba que tiemblan y el programa Apolo
Buena para ti si
- te gusta la historia real de Neil Armstrong contada desde la cabina.
- te gusta un retrato tranquilo y paciente, lleno de silencios.
- te gustan las cápsulas que vibran como latas de conserva.
Mala para ti si
- no soportas la muerte de una niña ni el duelo enterrado de un padre.
- quieres discursos exaltados y un héroe aclamado.
Temas: el duelo · el sacrificio · la obsesión
The Crown 2016
Series
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.
The sides of The Crown
- Elizabeth II from her young reign to old age
- Weekly meetings with her Prime Ministers
- A royal family torn between duty and love
Good for you if
- you like the second half of the 20th century seen from inside Buckingham Palace.
- you like a family drama where a sister, a husband and children all come second to the Crown.
- you like who really decides things between the palace and Downing Street.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, and many episodes are quiet conversations in palace rooms.
- six seasons of royal life is too much for you.
About: duty · family · the monarchy
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
Usagi Drop 2011
Anime
By force of circumstances, a 30-year-old single man with a full-time job suddenly starts raising a 6-year-old girl. While running each other ragged, the two of them gradually grow into a "family".
The sides of Usagi Drop
- A single man of thirty taking in a little girl
- Kindergarten runs and school lunches
- A family built day by day
Good for you if
- you like small, warm everyday moments.
- you like Daikichi learning to be a father to Rin.
- you like watching Rin grow up, from her first days at kindergarten.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need stakes bigger than finding a nursery school.
About: parenting · adoption · 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

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
BLUE EYE SAMURAI 2023
Series
Driven by a dream of revenge against those who made her an outcast in Edo-period Japan, a young warrior cuts a bloody path toward her destiny.
The sides of BLUE EYE SAMURAI
- Mizu, a mixed-race swordswoman in disguise
- Edo-period Japan closed to foreigners
- A hunt for four white men
Good for you if
- you like sword fights staged like a dance.
- you like painterly animation inspired by Japanese prints.
- you like Edo-period Japan with its borders closed to foreigners.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand blood spraying in every sword fight.
- you'd rather skip graphic sex scenes.
- you don't watch animated series.
About: revenge · identity · outsiders
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
Kotaro Lives Alone 2022
Anime
A lonely little boy moves into a ramshackle apartment building all on his own and makes friends with the broke manga artist who lives next door.
The sides of Kotaro Lives Alone
- A small boy living alone in a rundown apartment
- A broke manga artist next door
- A boy who talks like the samurai from his favorite show
Good for you if
- you like being moved by a small boy who hides how lonely he is.
- you like Karino, a broke manga artist, looking out for the kid next door.
- you like neighbors who slowly become a family.
Bad for you if
- you find hints of child neglect too sad to watch.
- you don't watch anime.
About: loneliness · found family · childhood