Joker Game ジョーカー・ゲーム (Jōkā Gēmu)

Alternative Name: 代号D机关 (Dài Hào D Jī Guān)

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Historical,  World War II, Espionage,

               Secret Agents/Spies

Description: 

In 1937, before World War II begins in earnest. Lieutenant Colonel Yūki of the Imperial Japanese Army forms the "D Agency," an army intelligence outfit under his command and tutelage. Army General Staff attaches Lieutenant Sakuma to observe the unit's performance. D Agency casts a wide net to find agents beyond Japanese military personnel, and Yūki establishes D Agency's tenets, which go against IJA doctrine: "Don't kill, don't get killed, don't get captured." With this, Yūki trains a team of operatives who conduct missions against domestic and foreign powers.

Episode: 12 + 2 Special

Original Run

Series: April 5, 2016 – June 21, 2016

Special: July 27, 2016 – September 28, 2016

Studio: Production I.G

Live Action Film: January 31, 2015

The Wind Rises 风立ちぬ (Kaze Tachinu)

Alternative Name: 起风了 (Qǐ Fēng Le)

Genre: Drama, Romance, Historical, World War II

Description: 

Inspired by the aesthetics of design and the freedom of flying, Jiro Horikoshi pursues a life dedicated to the creation of a beautiful aircraft. He labors from his childhood, filled with dreams of engineering, to adulthood as he creates an elegant, flightworthy plane—the Mitsubishi A6M Zero—that eventually is used for something quite different than he expected: war.

Original Run: July 20, 2013

Studio: Studio Ghibli

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