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Lo más cercano a Night on the Galactic Railroad primero
El viaje de Chihiro 2001
Anime
De camino a su nueva casa, una niña de diez años y sus padres se adentran en el mundo de los espíritus. Sus padres se convierten en cerdos y ella tiene que trabajar en unos baños para salvarlos.
Las caras de El viaje de Chihiro
- Un mundo extraño con sus propias reglas
- Una niña que encuentra su valor
- Momentos tranquilos y naturaleza
- Cada fotograma dibujado a mano
Buena para ti si
- te encanta perderte en un mundo con sus propias reglas extrañas.
- te gusta no saber qué va a cruzar la puerta a continuación.
- te gustan las películas que se detienen a respirar, como ese tranquilo viaje en tren.
Mala para ti si
- no ves películas de animación.
- quieres que todo esté explicado. Gran parte de los baños nunca lo está.
Temas: crecer · la codicia · conservar tu nombre · el trabajo
Haibane Renmei 2002
Anime
A dream of falling from the sky...and then birth. Rakka is born from a large cocoon into the Old Home, greeted by a group of female beings with small wings on their backs and shining halos above their heads. Soon Rakka’s own wings grow, a halo is placed on her head and she is told that she must work in the nearby town of Grie. She soon realizes that the town and the entire world they live in are confined behind the Wall, a tall, impenetrable wall that none except the mysterious Toga are allowed to exit.
The sides of Haibane Renmei
- A girl born from a cocoon with small wings
- A walled town nobody may leave
- A house of young winged women
Good for you if
- you like quiet days of odd jobs in a small walled town.
- you like the bond between Rakka and Reki, the older girl who looks after her.
- you like a mystery about the Wall that never fully answers itself.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't face a story that circles around guilt and suicide.
About: rebirth · guilt · forgiveness
When Marnie Was There 2014
Anime
Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
The sides of When Marnie Was There
- A lonely girl sent to the seaside to recover
- An abandoned mansion across the marsh
- A blonde girl who may or may not be real
Good for you if
- you like the story of a girl who feels unloved, told gently enough to bring you to tears.
- you like long summer days of sketching, tides and rowing across the marsh.
- you like a friendship between two girls that heals one of them.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need chases or fights to stay with a film. Here everything happens in two girls' hearts.
About: loneliness · belonging · memory
Puella Magi Madoka Magica 2011
Anime
She has a loving family and best friends, laughs and cries from time to time... Madoka Kaname, an eighth grader of Mitakihara middle school, is one of those who lives such a life. One day, she had a very magical encounter. She doesn't know if it happened by chance or by fate yet. This is a fateful encounter that can change her destiny. This is a beginning of the new story of the magical witch girls.
The sides of Puella Magi Madoka Magica
- A schoolgirl offered a wish
- A small white creature with a contract
- Witches hiding in strange labyrinths
Good for you if
- you like a cute magical girl story that turns dark.
- you can take a story where every wish has a price.
- you like witches' lairs drawn like surreal collages.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you want a light magical girl show to relax with.
About: sacrifice · hope · despair
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash 2016
Anime
When Haruhiro awakens, he’s in the dark surrounded by people who have no memory of where they came from or how they got there. As the darkness fades, a fantastic new world called “Grimgar” appears before them and their adventure begins—but first, they’ll have to choose their guild, class, and special abilities.
The sides of Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash
- Strangers waking up with no memory
- A party of weak beginners hunting goblins
- Grief after losing a friend
Good for you if
- you like beginners who struggle to kill even one goblin to pay for dinner.
- you like a fantasy that takes its time on daily life and quiet talks.
- you like a party of misfits slowly learning to trust each other.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't face grief and the death of a friend on screen.
- you won't read subtitles for a Japanese series.
About: grief · friendship · survival · responsibility
To Your Eternity 2021
Anime
An immortal being takes on the form of a human boy, wandering the earth and experiencing the pains and joys of life throughout his story without end.
The sides of To Your Eternity
- An immortal orb that takes the shape of what it meets
- A wolf and a boy alone in the snow
- Companions lost one after another
Good for you if
- you like being wrecked by the people Fushi loses.
- you like watching a being learn what it means to be human.
- you like a lonely being who finds friends in every place he travels.
Bad for you if
- you can't take death and grief in almost every arc.
- you don't watch anime.
About: grief · immortality · what makes us human
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
A Monster Calls 2016
Film
12-year-old Conor encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.
The sides of A Monster Calls
- A boy whose mother is dying of cancer
- An ancient yew tree that walks at night
- Three stories told in watercolors
Good for you if
- you want a film that lets a child's grief out.
- you like a boy, his sick mother and a stern grandmother.
- you like painted tales and a giant monster made of wood and fire.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a parent's terminal illness through a child's eyes.
- you want a monster film full of battles. This monster mostly tells stories.
About: grief · truth · anger · letting go
A Letter to Momo 2012
Anime
A shy 11-year-old's life takes a strange turn when she discovers three hungry goblins living in the attic of her new house. She misses her old life. She misses her father so very much. Until she makes some new ghoulish friends.
The sides of A Letter to Momo
- A girl who lost her father
- An unfinished letter he left her
- Three hungry goblins in the attic
Good for you if
- you like a slow summer on a quiet island.
- you like a mother and daughter learning to grieve together.
- you like being moved by a letter that only says Dear Momo.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need momentum, and two quiet hours of summer feel slow to you.
About: grief · family · moving on
The Boy and the Heron 2023
Anime
While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."
The sides of The Boy and the Heron
- A boy who lost his mother in the war
- A talking gray heron
- A tower that leads to another world
Good for you if
- you like a world of parakeets, pelicans and a stone tower.
- you love Miyazaki's hand-drawn worlds.
- you like a boy learning to accept a new mother.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you want a story where every symbol is explained.
About: grief · family · growing up
Arrietty 2010
Anime
14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.
The sides of Arrietty
- A family of tiny people under the floorboards
- Borrowing a sugar cube at night
- A sick boy who sees them
Good for you if
- you like a quiet film set in a garden and an old house.
- you want something gentle to watch with children.
- you like a kitchen seen from the size of a mouse.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need momentum. A whole sequence follows Arrietty on her careful first trip to borrow a sugar cube.
About: friendship · belonging · fragility
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
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
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio 2022
Film
During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.
The sides of Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
- A grieving woodcarver and a boy made of pine
- Stop-motion puppets in Mussolini's Italy
- A boy who keeps coming back from death
Good for you if
- you love stop-motion puppets carved and moved by hand.
- you like being moved by a father learning to love an imperfect son.
- you like a fairy tale set in Mussolini's Italy, with fascists and war.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you can't take death, grief and war in a film with puppets.
About: grief · fatherhood · obedience · mortality
The Midnight Gospel 2020
Series
Traversing trippy worlds inside his universe simulator, Clancy the space caster explores existential questions about life, death and everything in between.
The sides of The Midnight Gospel
- A space caster interviewing people in dying worlds
- Real podcast conversations about death and meditation
- A last talk between a son and his mother
Good for you if
- you like psychedelic worlds where anything can melt or explode.
- you like long, calm conversations about life and death.
- you like being moved, and the last talk between Clancy and his mother can bring tears.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated series.
- you need a plot that moves, and Clancy mostly talks while worlds end around him.
About: death · acceptance · meditation
Angel Beats! 2010
Anime
Angel Beats takes place in the afterlife and focuses on Otonashi, a boy who lost his memories of his life after dying. He is enrolled into the afterlife school and meets a girl named Yuri who invites him to join the Afterlife Battlefront — an organization she leads which fights against God. The Battlefront fight against the student council president Angel, a girl with supernatural powers.
The sides of Angel Beats!
- A boy who wakes up dead without his memories
- A school in the afterlife
- A rebel group fighting God
Good for you if
- you like learning each student's tragic past.
- you like silly gags between gunfights.
- you like a student army battling a girl called Angel.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you won't read subtitles.
About: death · regret · letting go
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
Lonely Castle in the Mirror 2022
Anime
Shy outcast Kokoro has been avoiding school for weeks when she discovers a portal in her bedroom mirror. She reaches through and finds herself transported to an enchanting castle where she is joined by six other students. When a girl in a wolf mask explains that they have been invited to play a game, the teens must work together to uncover the mysterious connection that unites them. However, anyone who breaks the rules will be eaten by a wolf.
The sides of Lonely Castle in the Mirror
- A girl who stopped going to school
- A castle behind her bedroom mirror
- Seven teens and a girl in a wolf mask
Good for you if
- you want an ending that leaves you in tears.
- you like piecing together what links the seven students.
- you're moved by lonely kids finding each other.
Bad for you if
- you find school bullying too painful to watch.
- you don't watch anime.
About: loneliness · bullying · belonging
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
Children Who Chase Lost Voices 2011
Anime
The film centers on Asuna, a young girl who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her late father as a memento. One day while walking home she is attacked by a fearsome monster and saved by a mysterious boy named Shun. However, Shun disappears and Asuna embarks on a journey of adventure to the land of Agartha with her teacher Mr. Morisaki to meet a Shun again. Through her journey she comes to know the cruelty and beauty of the world, as well as loss.
The sides of Children Who Chase Lost Voices
- A girl listening to a crystal radio her father left her
- An underground world called Agartha
- A teacher who wants to bring his wife back
Good for you if
- you watch Shinkai for the skies and the light more than for the plot.
- you like a hidden world under the earth with its own gods.
- you like a journey into a land whose rules you learn as you go.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles.
- you don't watch animated films.
- you'd rather not spend two hours with a man refusing to accept a death.
About: grief · loss · growing up