Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 风の谷のナウシカ (Kaze no Tani no Naushika)

Alternative Name: 风之谷 (Fēng Zhī Gǔ)

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Post-Apocalyptic

Description: 

In the post-apocalyptic future, large parts of the world have been swallowed up by forests of poisonous fungi. The remaining humans live near the fungus and its monstrous insectoid inhabitants, trying to prevent its spread. One of the human kingdoms, the peaceful Valley of Wind, loves its gentle Princess Nausicaä and her father the king, but their peace is about to be broken, as they are swallowed up in the machinations of their larger, warmongering neighbours. However, Nausicaä has hidden potential, and may yet change the fate of the world.

Original Run: March 11, 1984

Studio: Topcraft

Riddle Story of Devil 恶魔のリドル (Akuma no Riddle)

Alternative Name: 恶魔之谜 (È Mó Zhī Mí)

Genre: Action, Drama, Assassins, School, Yuri, Thriller, Psychological, 

               Survival

Description: 

The "Class Black," 10th Grade of Myōjō Academy is composed of 12 assassins disguised as students and one target: Haru Ichinose. Fully aware of being the prey, Ichinose vows to survive assassination attempts and graduate from the school alive. One of the assassins, Tokaku Azuma, has started building up feelings for Ichinose and switched side to become her protector. Together they have to face the onslaught from their classmates of 11 assassins.

Episode: 12 + 1 Special

Original Run

Series: April 3, 2014 – June 19, 2014

Special: November 22, 2014

Studio: Diomedea

The Cat Returns 猫の恩返し (Neko no Ongaeshi)

Alternative Name: 猫的报恩 (Māo De Bào Ēn)

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Alternative Version, Catgirl, 

               Transformation

Description: 

Haru-chan, a normal girl in a normal town, saves a strange cat carrying a present from being overrun by a truck. In return she's going to receive lots of favors, including marriage to the crown prince of Cat Kingdom. As she finds that a bit too much, she gets into contact with the Cat Business Office. Together with CBO's owner, the Baron, she enters the Cat Kingdom to try and prevent her marriage.

Original Run: July 20, 2002

Studio: Studio Ghibli

Katte ni Kaizō かってに改藏

Alternative Name: 妄想改造人改藏 (Wàng Xiǎng Gǎi Zào Rén Gǎi Cáng)

Genre: Action, Dark Comedy, Sci-Fi, School, Comedy

Description: 

Kaizo Katsu is an odd teenager who believes he is a cyborg saved by his classmate Suzu Saien. He thinks she is a scientist and that his classmate Chitan Tsubouchi is her underling. Former student of a school for geniuses, Kaizo and all other students from there became extremely eccentric after a catastrophe that destroyed the academy.

Episode: 6 episodes + 3 Specials

Original Run

Series: May 23, 2011 – October 26, 2011

Special: May 25, 2011 – October 26, 2011

Studio: Shaft

Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth 异国迷路のクロワーゼ (Ikoku Meiro no Croisee)

Alternative Name: 异国迷宫的十字路口

                                       (Yì Guó Mí Gōng De Shí Zì Lù Kǒu)

Genre: Adventure, Slice of Life, Historical

Description: 

In the 19th century, a small Japanese girl named Yune arrives at Paris. She has traveled to France with Oscar Claudel to work at his shop, Enseignes du Roy. There she meets his grandson, Claude Claudel, a blacksmith who makes street signs for stores. Caught in a whole new cultural experience, both Yune and Claude learn a lot from each other while they try to keep the shop open despite the declining number of customers at the Galerie du Roy. Once a popular marketplace, many nearby businesses are closing as they are all engulfed by the waves of change.

Episode: 12 + 1 Special + 7 Specials + 6 Specials

Original Run

Series: July 4, 2011 – September 19, 2011

Special: July 29, 2011

Ikoku Meiro no Croisee: Yune & Alice: September 21, 2011 – March 21, 2012

Ikoku Meiro no Croisee Picture Drama: October 26, 2011 – March 21, 2012

Studio: Satelight

Grave of the Fireflies 火垂るの墓 (Hotaru no Haka)

Alternative Name: 萤火虫之墓 (Yíng Huǒ Chóng Zhī Mù)

Genre: Drama, Historical, Tragedy, War, World War II

Description: 

On the final days of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his four-year-old sister Setsuko are orphaned after their mother is killed during an air raid by American forces in Kobe, Japan. After having a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency funds and rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko must struggle to survive their hardships as well as those of their country, which is on the losing end of the war.

Original Run: April 16, 1988

Studio: Studio Ghibli

Whisper of the Heart 耳をすませば (Mimi wo Sumaseba)

Alternative Name: 侧耳倾听 (Cè Ěr Qīng Tīng)

Genre: Drama, Romance, Fantasy, Slice of Life, Adventure,

               Alternative Version

Description: 

Shizuku Tsukishima, a young girl in junior high, loves to read. Yet, every time she opens a library book, it seems the same name appears on the cards: "Seiji Amasawa". As Shizuku learns who this person is, she also begins to learn about herself and her goals in life—a discovery that will change her life forever.

Original Run: July 15, 1995

Studio: Studio Ghibli

Tokyo Ravens 东京レイヴンズ (Tōkyō Reivunzu)

Alternative Name: 东京暗鸦 (Dōng Jīng Àn Yā)

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Supernatural, Cross-Dressing, 

              Onmyouji, Youkai/Monsters, School, Ghosts/Spirits, Superpowers, 

              Reincarnation

Description: 

In the "Great Disaster," Japan has been thrown into chaos by onmyouji (a kind of magician). Harutora Tsuchimikado was born into an onmyouji family, but has no power whatsoever. His childhood friend Natsume (another member of the Tsuchimikado family) appears to him one day to take him up the promise he made long ago to become her shikigami (familiar). A battle between onmyouji is about to begin.

Episode: 24 + 3 ONA

Original Run

Series: October 9, 2013 – March 26, 2014

ONA: October 23, 2013 – January 30, 2014

Studio: 8bit

Kure-nai 红

Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Martial Arts, School, Comedy, 

               Slice of Life, Harem, Incest

Description: 

Sixteen-year-old Shinkurō Kurenai is an authority in settling disputes between people, and finds his life turned upside down one day when he is assigned as a bodyguard for Murasaki Kuhōin, the daughter of a powerful plutocratic family.

Episode: 12 + 2 OVA

Original Run

Series: April 3, 2008 – June 19, 2008

OVA: July 2, 2010 – December 3, 2010

Studio: Brain's Base 

Wolf Children おおかみこどもの雨と雪 (Ōkami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki)

Alternative Name: 狼的孩子雨和雪 (Láng De Hái Zi Yǔ Hé Xuě)

Genre: Drama, Romance, Supernatural, Wolves, Slice of Life, Fantasy

Description: 

Hana is a 19-year-old student who falls in a "fairy-tale like" love with a "wolf man". Over the course of the 13-year story Hana gives birth to two children—older sister Yuki, and younger brother Ame, or "Snow and Rain". At first the family quietly lives in city trying to hide their wolf heritage, but when the "wolf man" suddenly dies Hana makes the decision to move to a rural town, far from their previous city life.

Original Run: July 21, 2012

Studio: Studio Chizu

Isuca イスカ

Alternative Name: ISUCA依丝卡 (ISUCA Yī Sī Kǎ)

Genre: Action, Supernatural, Comedy, Romance, Youkai/Monsters, 

              School Life, Ghosts/Spirits, Ecchi, Harem, School

Description: 

Shinichirō Asano begins work as the housekeeper for the old family of Shimazu, where he meets the ill-mannered, selfish, beautiful Sakuya. She is actually the 37th head of the Shimazu family in charge of sealing away monsters with Spirit Archery. Discovering that he has the powers of "true names" and "true eyes," Shinichirō becomes wrapped up in Sakuya's battle with the monsters as her assistants.

Episode: 10 + 1 OVA

Original Run

Series: January 23, 2015 – March 27, 2015

OVA: August 26, 2015

Studio: Arms

Charlotte シャーロット (Shārotto)

Alternative Name: 夏洛特 (Xià Luò Tè)

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Magic, Romance, Espers, School Life, School,

               Superpowers

Description: 

Special abilities occur among a small percentage of boys and girls in puberty. Yū Otosaka uses his power without others knowing, and lives a fairly normal, average school life. Before him suddenly appears a girl, Nao Tomori. Due to his meeting with her, the fate of special power-users will be exposed.

Episode: 13 + 1 Special

Original Run

Series: July 5, 2015 – September 27, 2015

Special: March 30, 2016

Studio: P.A.Works

Origin: Spirits of the Past 银色の髪のアギト (Gin-iro no kami no Agito)

Alternative Name: 银发的阿基多 (Yín Fà De Ā Jī Duō)

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Mecha, Post-Apocalyptic

Description: 

A boy named Agito stumbles upon a machine which has been keeping a girl named Toola in suspended animation for 300 years. Toola awakens to discover that the earth's environment has been radically altered due to genetic experiments that her father was involved in, and that the forest itself has become a sentient entity. Together with Shunack, another person from the past, Toola attempts to use long dormant technology to return things to the way they used to be. When Toola comes to the realization that the ways of the past should not be revived, she and Agito fight to protect the world as it has become, and try to create a balance between mankind and nature.

Episode: 1 + 1 Special

Original Run
Movie: January 7, 2006
Special: June 23, 2006

Studio: Gonzo

Howl's Moving Castle ハウルの動く城 (Howl no Ugoku Shiro)

Alternative Name: 霍爾的移動城堡 (Huò Ěr De Yí Dòng Chéng Bǎo)

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Magic, Steampunk, 

               Wizards/Witches

Description: 

A plain young hatter named Sophie has her life changed when an evil witch transforms her into an old woman. Unable to face her family in such a condition, Sophie runs away in search of a way to become young again. Along the way, Sophie helps a turnip headed scarecrow, who repays her by leading her to the moving castle owned by the dreaded wizard Howl. There she befriends Howl's apprentice Markl, Howl's fire demon Calcifer, and eventually, Howl himself. Sophie then becomes the castle's cleaning lady in an effort to not only find the solution to her problem but to save Howl from his own terrible secrets as well.

Original Run: November 20, 2004

Studio: Studio Ghibli

Mini Goddess Karin かみちゃまかりん (Kamichama Karin)

Alternative Name: 小女神花玲 (Xiǎo Nǚ Shén Huā Líng)

Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Magic, Drama, Magical Girl, 

               Transformation

Description: 

Karin Hanazono is an orphan, living with her relatives. Her life has never been easy, her studies are not well, she is not the best in sports and technically she is miserable. Left with only a ring as a memento from her departed mother, she suddenly finds her life changed, as she was mourning her pet cat, Shii-chan. On that night she met a strange boy, Kazune Kujyou. After that event, she experiences several mysterious incidences that soon led her to find out that she is a little goddess. Finding others like her she soon sets out to understand herself better as her mysterious powers grow and she becomes beset by opponents.

Episode: 26

Original Run: April 6, 2007 – September 29, 2007

Studio: Satelight

Break Blade ブレイク ブレイド (Bureiku Bureido)

Alternative Name: 破刃之剑 (Pò Rèn Zhī Jiàn)

Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Mecha, Military, War

Description: 

In the continent of Cruzon, an impending war between the Kingdom of Krisna and the nation of Athens is brimming. The people of this land are able to use quartz for whatever purpose they desire. Yet one person, Rygart Arrow, is not. He is an "un-sorcerer," a person unable to use quartz. But this characteristic will enable him to pilot an ancient Golem, one strong enough to put up a fight against the invading army of Athens.

Episode: 12 + 1 Special + 6 Movie 

Original Run

Series: April 6, 2014 – June 22, 2014
Special: August 26, 2014

Movie: May 29, 2010 – March 26, 2011

Studio: Production I.G & Xebec