Japan

Legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki provides a stunningly realistic portrayal of life in the country. When their mother is hospitalized, two young sisters spend a summer in the Japanese... Read More

Young cellist Daigo has an epiphany in which he realizes he's been heading down the wrong career path. Retreating to his hometown, he trains for a new professional role as a nakanshi -- one who... Read More

In this engaging anime based on a children's fantasy novel, 18-year-old Sophie works in her late father's hat shop in a humdrum town. But things get interesting when she's transformed into an elderly... Read More

After failing to resurrect their dead mother using the taboo science of alchemy -- and suffering physical losses in the process -- brothers Edward and Alphonse battle nefarious forces in an effort to... Read More

After wounded soul reaper Rukia Kuchiki gives teenage boy Ichigo Kurosaki the ability to see spirits, she's temporarily forced to live in an artificial human body. Now the two combine their... Read More