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Only Yesterday

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Only Yesterday - Taeko, a 27 year old office worker from Tokyo, spends her vacation getting away from it all by helping a farming community in the countryside. As she grows closer to Toshio, she remembers key moments from her childhood. Has…
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Tales From Earthsea

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Tales from Earthsea - Dragons are seen by humans for the first time in centuries, and they are fighting to the death. The balance of nature has been disrupted, and among this confusion a king is murdered by his son, Arren. Arren flees with a…
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When Marnie Was There

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When Marnie Was There - Anna is an introverted young high school student who lives with her foster parents. After suffering a panic attack (attributed to 'asthma') she is sent to live with relatives of her foster mother in northern Hokkiado…
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The Wind Rises

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The Wind Rises - Jiro Horikoshi dreams of airplanes. Very poor eyesight has barred him from ever being a pilot, and so he hones his attention on learning how to design and build aircraft. Inspired by a fishbone, his designs become integral to…
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Porco Rosso

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Porco Rosso - In the Adriatic sea between the World Wars sea plane pilots rules the skies. The stubborn but talented pilot Porco, cursed to look like a pig, is paid to defend his employer's shipments from pirate attack. But when the pirates…
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My Neighbours The Yamadas

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My Neighbours The Yamadas - A series of slice of life vignettes about the Yamada family. Whilst they may bicker, argue, and be constantly forgetful, the family love each other and come through whatever may be thrown at them. My Neighbours The…
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Arrietty

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Arrietty - Young Arrietty is getting ready for her first Borrowing. Like others of her kind, she is tiny and lives inside the walls and floors of a human house, unseen. But when trying to bring home a sugar cube with her father she is spotted…
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Kiki’s Delivery Service

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Kiki's Delivery Service - As is tradition for a witch in training, Kiki leaves her family home for a year long mission to find her skill and establish her craft. She quickly settles in a town and decides to start up a delivery service business.…
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Laputa: Castle In The Sky

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Laputa: Castle In The Sky - A young girl with a mysterious past finds herself being pursued by all manner of people, from shadowy government agents, the army, and air pirates. But when she falls from the sky only to float into the arms of an…
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The Cat Returns

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The Cat Returns - When ordinary schoolgirl, Haru, rescues a cat from almost being run over she is astonished to learn that not only can it walk, but it can talk! The saved cat reveals himself a royal Prince, and his father, the Cat King, is…
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Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind

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Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind - In the distant future, the age of civilisation has crumbled due to the unstoppable spread of the poisonous 'toxic forest'. Living inside the deadly woodlands are huge mutated insects that will kill if enraged.…
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The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya

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The Tale of the Princess Kaguya - Discovered inside a glowing bamboo stalk by a local bamboo cutter, a miraculous baby, named 'Princess' by the cutter, grows at an extraordinary rate, often before people's eyes. Full of life, she makes many…