In Makoto Shinkai's 2016 fantasy anime film Your Name, Taki Tachibana and Mitsuha Miyamizu discover their bodies have been switched, resulting in an enigmatic friendship.
The 2001 Studio Ghibli picture Spirited Away took home the 2003 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. It centres on 10-year-old Chihiro, who enters a magical realm where her parents have changed into pigs.
The 2012 fantasy anime film, directed by Mamoru Hosoda, follows Hana, Yuki, and Ame, who transform into wolves and face pressure to choose between human or wolf life as they grow up. The film is also known for Summer Wars and Belle.
It was adapted into a 100-minute anime film in 2013 that starred Meiko Homma as a ghost and Jintan, a high school student who was absent.
Yoshitoki Oima's manga series A Silent Voice tackles touchy societal issues like bullying, suicide, and disability. Starring are the deaf girl Shoko Nishimiya and the elementary school bullied Shoya Ishida.
In the 1988 Japanese animated picture Akira, we follow Shotaro Kaneda and Bosozoku group leader Tetsuo Shima as they develop superhuman abilities following a motorcycle accident in Neo Tokyo.
The 1997 Japanese fantasy animated film Princess Mononoke follows Ashitaka, the last prince of the Emishi tribe, as he attempts to live with Princess Mononoke. Ashitaka is 17 years old.