Omoide PoroPoro (1991)

Omoide PoroPoro Only Yesterday by Isao Takahata Studio Ghibli Taeko Okajima works as an office lady for a company located in Tokyo. One day she decided to travel to the country to take a break from the big city life. She makes a completely different experience. While spending her time with farmers, she realizes how […]

Kaze Tachinu (2013)

Kaze Tachinu The Wind Rises by Hayao Miyazaki Studio Ghibli The story is about the creation of the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter (also called Zero), the most famous airplane in Japanese history. Jirō Horikoshi used to live in a world of dreams and peace meaning before the Great Kantō Earthquake and the war which tore […]

Tokyo Ghoul (2014) (anime/Season 1)

Tokyo Ghoul by Shuhei Morita 12 episodes based on manga The setting of the anime is Tokyo, a messed city where humans and inhuman creatures live together. These creatures are called ghouls and mostly live unrecognizable under the humans. They live like them, but have to eat human flesh to survive. Indeed, the story follows […]

Gin’iro no Kami no Agito (2006)

Gin’iro no Kami no Agito (Origins: Spirits of the Past) by Keiichi Sugiyama. After a failed experiment, the human race destroyed the moon. Aggressive and intelligent plants spread and destroyed most of the population. The main protagonist Agito awakens a girl named Tula from the past. For her, this „new“ world seems strange because everything […]

Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru (2007)

Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru (5 Centimeters per Second) by Makoto Shinkai (Kotonoha no Niwa, Kimi no na wa). The short film is divided into 3 episodes and tells the story of Takaki Tōno and Akari Shinohara. 1st episode: The two protagonists are going to the same elementary school. They get closer to each other and […]