FR #14 | Movie | Animation, Adventure | Japan, USA | Japanese, English
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Writer
Hayao Miyazaki
Cast
Miyu Irino, Rumi Hiiragi, Mari Natsuki
Plot
During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
FR #70 | Movie | Animation, Adventure | Japan, USA | Japanese
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Writer
Diana Wynne Jones, Hayao Miyazaki
Cast
Chieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura, Tatsuya Gashuin
Plot
When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.
FR #83 | Movie | Animation, Adventure | Japan, USA | Japanese, English
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Writer
Hayao Miyazaki
Cast
Yoji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yuko Tanaka
Plot
While seeking to cure himself of a curse, young warrior Ashitaka stumbles into a conflict between the people of Iron Town and Princess Mononoke, a girl raised by wolves, who will stop at nothing to prevent the destruction of her h...
FR #103 | Movie | Action, Drama | Japan, France | Japanese, German
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Writer
Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide
Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu
Plot
In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
FR #115 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese, English
Writer
Tite Kubo
Cast
Johnny Yong Bosch, Masakazu Morita, Takayuki Sugo
Plot
The peace is suddenly broken when warning sirens blare through the Soul Society. Residents are disappearing without a trace and nobody knows who's behind it. Meanwhile, a darkness is approaching Ichigo and his friends in Karakura ...
FR #120 | TV | Animation, Crime | Japan | Japanese, English
Cast
Mamoru Miyano, Brad Swaile, Vincent Tong
Plot
An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it.
FR #137 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan, USA | Japanese, English
Cast
Jun'Ya Enoki, Adam Mcarthur, Yuma Uchida
Plot
A boy swallows a cursed talisman - the finger of a demon - and becomes cursed himself. He enters a shaman's school to be able to locate the demon's other body parts and thus exorcise himself.
FR #139 | Movie | Animation, Drama | Japan, Sweden | Japanese, English
Director
Makoto Shinkai
Writer
Makoto Shinkai
Cast
Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryo Narita
Plot
Two teenagers share a profound, magical connection upon discovering they are swapping bodies. Things manage to become even more complicated when the boy and girl decide to meet in person.
FR #170 | Movie | Action, Adventure | Japan | Japanese, English
Director
Takashi Yamazaki
Writer
Takashi Yamazaki, Ishiro Honda, Takeo Murata
Cast
Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada
Plot
A kamikaze pilot plagued by survivor's guilt seeks redemption when a giant monster he failed to kill is transformed by radiation from atomic bomb tests and lays siege to post-war Japan.
The adventures of Earth's martial arts defender, Son Goku, continue with a new family and the revelation of his alien origins. Now Goku and his allies must defend the planet from an onslaught of new extraterrestrial enemies.
FR #317 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese
Writer
Yoshihiro Togashi
Cast
Issei Futamata, Megumi Han, Cristina Valenzuela
Plot
Gon Freecss aspires to become a Hunter, an exceptional being capable of greatness. With his friends and his potential, he seeks out his father, who left him when he was younger.
FR #320 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese, English
Cast
Shin'Ya Takahashi, Yuto Uemura, Mike Haimoto
Plot
Following a tragedy, Thorfinn embarks on a journey with the man responsible for it to take his life in a duel as a true and honorable warrior to pay homage.
Nikolay Drozdov, Thomas Anguti Johnston, Sanae Ueda, Sigourney Weaver
Plot
A documentary series on the wildlife found on Earth. Each episode covers a different habitat: deserts, mountains, deep oceans, shallow seas, forests, caves, polar regions, fresh water, plains and jungles. Narrated by David Attenbo...
FR #352 | Movie | Animation, Drama | Japan | Japanese
Director
Isao Takahata
Writer
Isao Takahata, Riko Sakaguchi
Cast
Chloe Grace Moretz, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, James Marsden, James Marsden
Plot
Kaguya is a beautiful young woman coveted by five nobles. To try to avoid marrying a stranger she doesn't love, she sends her suitors on seemingly impossible tasks. But she will have to face her fate and punishment for her choices.
FR #359 | Movie | Animation, Action | Japan, USA | Japanese
Director
Haruo Sotozaki, Hikaru Kondo
Writer
Koyoharu Gotouge, Hikaru Kondo
Cast
Zach Aguilar, Saeko Akiho, Yohei Azakami
Plot
The Demon Slayer Corps are drawn into the Infinity Castle, where Tanjiro and the Hashira face terrifying Upper Rank demons in a desperate fight as the final battle against Muzan Kibutsuji begins.
FR #474 | TV | Animation, Comedy | Japan, UK | English, French
Cast
Steve Blum, Kirk Thornton, Jun'Ichi Suwabe
Plot
About Eikichi Onizuka, a 22-year-old ex-gangster member and a virgin. He has one ambition that no one ever expected from him. His sole life purpose is to become the greatest high school teacher ever.
FR #491 | Movie | History, Drama | Japan | Japanese
Director
Masaki Kobayashi
Writer
Yasuhiko Takiguchi, Shinobu Hashimoto
Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita
Plot
When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity.
Monkey D. Luffy, a pirate with rubber powers, forms the Straw Hat crew and sails the Grand Line, battling rivals and the World Government on a quest for the legendary treasure One Piece and the title of Pirate King.
FR #515 | TV | Fantasy, Animation | Japan | Japanese, Portuguese
Writer
Tsukasa Abe, Kanehito Yamada
Cast
Atsumi Tanezaki, Kana Ichinose, Mallorie Rodak
Plot
Elf mage Frieren and her fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. But Frieren will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to understand what life means to the people arou...
FR #539 | TV | Fantasy, Animation | Japan, South Korea | Japanese, Malayalam
Writer
Chugong
Cast
Taito Ban, Aleks Le, Rebecca Wang
Plot
Follows the adventures of Sung Jinwoo in a world that is constantly threatened by monsters and evil forces. In his battles Sung transforms himself from the weakest hunter of all mankind to one of the strongest hunters in existence.
FR #560 | Movie | Animation, Drama | Japan | Japanese, English
Director
Naoko Yamada
Writer
Yoshitoki "Ima, Reiko Yoshida
Cast
Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yuki
Plot
A deaf girl, Shoko, is bullied by the popular Shoya. As Shoya continues to bully Shoko, the class turns its back on him. Shoko transfers and Shoya grows up as an outcast. Alone and depressed, the regretful Shoya finds Shoko to mak...
After his family was brutally murdered and his sister turned into a demon, Tanjiro Kamado's journey as a demon slayer began. Tanjiro and his comrades embark on a new mission aboard the Mugen Train, on track to despair.
A young martial artist named Goku teams up with inventor Bulma and other quirky allies on a globe-trotting quest to find the seven Dragon Balls, mystical orbs that can summon a wish-granting dragon.
FR #589 | Movie | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese
Director
Katsuhiro "Tomo
Writer
Katsuhiro "Tomo, Izo Hashimoto
Cast
Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama
Plot
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a teenage biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by his best friend.
FR #614 | Movie | Animation | Japan | Japanese, English
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Writer
Eiko Kadono, Hayao Miyazaki
Cast
Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Mieko Nobusawa, Kappei Yamaguchi
Plot
Along with her black cat Jiji, Kiki settles in a seaside town and starts a high-flying delivery service. Here begins her magical encounter with independence and responsibility, making lifelong friends and finding her place in the ...
FR #735 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese
Writer
Masashi Kishimoto
Cast
Alexandre Crepet, Junko Takeuchi, Maile Flanagan
Plot
Naruto Uzumaki, is a loud, hyperactive, adolescent ninja who constantly searches for approval and recognition, as well as to become Hokage, who is acknowledged as the leader and strongest of all ninja in the village.
FR #746 | TV | Animation, Comedy | Japan | Japanese, English
Cast
Mamoru Miyano, Asami Imai, Kana Hanazawa, Tomokazu Seki
Plot
After discovering time travel, a university student and his colleagues must use their knowledge of it to stop an evil organization and their diabolical plans.
FR #790 | Movie | Animation, Short | Japan | Japanese
Director
Megumi Ishitani
Writer
Eiichiro Oda, Tomohito Oosaki, Momoka Toyoda
Cast
Kokoro Kikuchi, Yasuyuki Kase, Hiroki Takahashi
Plot
Two years after the Paramount War, the Straw Hats are about to reunite on the Sabaody Archipelago. At the same time, a girl who is head over heels for Nami is trying to hand a fan letter to her before the group leaves the island.
FR #804 | Movie | Animation | Japan | Japanese, German
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Writer
Hayao Miyazaki
Cast
Hideaki Anno, Miori Takimoto, Hidetoshi Nishijima
Plot
Jiro Horikoshi studies assiduously to fulfill his aim of becoming an aeronautical engineer. As WWII begins, fighter aircraft designed by him end up getting used by the Japanese Empire against its foes.
FR #806 | Movie | Animation, Drama | Japan | Japanese
Director
Mamoru Hosoda
Writer
Mamoru Hosoda, Satoko Okudera
Cast
Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Osawa, Haru Kuroki, Megumi Hayashibara
Plot
After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a young woman must find ways to raise their werewolf son and daughter while keeping their trait hidden from society.
FR #809 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan, USA | English
Cast
Brice Armstrong, Steve Olson, Stephanie Nadolny
Plot
Dragon Ball tells the tale of a young warrior by the name of Son Goku, a young peculiar boy with a tail who embarks on a quest to become stronger and learns of the Dragon Balls, when, once all 7 are gathered, grant any wish of cho...
A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.
In a post-cataclysmic future, reluctant teen Shinji Ikari is called by his estranged father to pilot an Evangelion for NERV, humanity's last defense against invading Angels threatening Tokyo-3.
FR #1006 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan, Netherlands | English, Japanese
Writer
Tatsuki Fujimoto
Cast
Kikunosuke Toya, Ryan Colt Levy, Tomori Kusunoki
Plot
Following a betrayal, a young man left for dead is reborn as a powerful devil-human hybrid after merging with his pet devil and is soon enlisted into an organization dedicated to hunting devils.
FR #1026 | Movie | Animation, Action | Japan, India | Japanese, Telugu
Director
Yuichiro Hayashi
Writer
Jarrod Greene, Aaron Dismuke, Hajime Isayama
Cast
Tomas Balo, Natsuki Hanae, Yoshimasa Hosoya
Plot
The fate of the world hangs in the balance as Eren unleashes the ultimate power of the Titans. With a burning determination to eliminate all who threaten Eldia, he leads an unstoppable army of Colossal Titans towards Marley.
In medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.
A truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.
FR #1128 | Movie | Animation, Adventure | Japan, India | Japanese, Tamil
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Writer
Hayao Miyazaki, Jonathan Swift
Cast
Mayumi Tanaka, Keiko Yokozawa, Kotoe Hatsui
Plot
Pazu's life changes when he meets Sheeta, a girl whom pirates are chasing for her crystal amulet, which has the potential to locate Laputa, a legendary castle floating in the sky.
FR #1234 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan, Poland | Japanese, English
Writer
Kentaro Miura
Cast
Marc Diraison, Nobutoshi Canna, Carrie Keranen
Plot
Guts, a wandering mercenary, joins the Band of the Hawk after being defeated in a duel by Griffith, the group's leader and founder. Together, they dominate every battle, but something menacing lurks in the shadows.
FR #1238 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese
Writer
Masashi Kishimoto
Cast
Junko Takeuchi, Maile Flanagan, Kate Higgins
Plot
Naruto Uzumaki, a mischievous adolescent ninja, struggles as he searches for recognition and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the village's leader and strongest ninja.
FR #1240 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese, English
Cast
Natsuki Hanae, Zach Aguilar, Abby Trott
Plot
A family is attacked by demons and only two members survive - Tanjiro and his sister Nezuko, who is turning into a demon slowly. Tanjiro sets out to become a demon slayer to avenge his family and cure his sister.
FR #1246 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Japan, France | Japanese, English
Director
Hirokazu Koreeda
Writer
Hirokazu Koreeda
Cast
Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Kirin Kiki
Plot
On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar exist...
FR #1281 | Movie | Animation, Adventure | Japan | Japanese
Director
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Writer
Mary Norton, Hayao Miyazaki, Keiko Niwa
Cast
Mirai Shida, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Tatsuya Fujiwara
Plot
The Clock family consists of three four-inch-tall people who live incognito among humans, borrowing only what they need to survive. Their quiet life changes when their teenage daughter, Arrietty, is discovered.
FR #1290 | TV | Animation, Crime | Japan, Poland | Japanese, English
Writer
Naoki Urasawa
Cast
Hidenobu Kiuchi, Liam O'Brien, Eiji Hanawa
Plot
Tenma, a brilliant neurosurgeon with a promising future, risks his career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy. The boy, now a charismatic young man, reappears 9 years later in the midst of a string of unusual serial...
Soon after buying an expensive cello, Daigo learns that his orchestra is disbanding. He moves back to his hometown with his wife, where he answers an ad for what Daigo thinks is a travel agency but is, in actuality, a mortuary.
FR #1311 | Movie | Romance, Drama | Japan, Taiwan | English, Mandarin
Director
Edward Yang
Writer
Edward Yang
Cast
Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issei Ogata
Plot
Portrait of a middle-class family in Taipei. A man in his forties, his teenage daughter and his eight-year-old son experience life, navigating between remorse, hope and disappointment.
FR #1312 | Movie | Animation, Action | Japan, France | Japanese, English
Director
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Writer
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Cast
Koichi Yamadera, Emi Shinohara, Takeshi Aono
Plot
A vagabond swordsman is aided by a kunoichi and a spy in battling a demonic clan of killers led by a ghost from his past, who are bent on overthrowing the Tokugawa Shogunate.
FR #1361 | Movie | Animation, Adventure | Japan, USA | Japanese, English
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Writer
Monkey Punch, Maurice Leblanc, Hayao Miyazaki
Cast
Yasuo Yamada, Eiko Masuyama, Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Plot
A dashing thief, his gang of desperadoes and an intrepid cop struggle to free a princess from an evil count, and learn the secret of a treasure that she holds part of the key to.
FR #1368 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese, English
Cast
Patrick Poole, Hideyuki Tanaka, Toru Furuya
Plot
A group a young warriors known as 'Saints', each in possession of a 'cloth' guarded by a different constellation, must protect the reincarnation of the goddess Athena as she attempts to keep the Earth from being destroyed by evil ...
FR #1493 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan, Poland | English, Japanese
Cast
VIC Mignogna, Aaron Dismuke, Romi Park
Plot
When a failed alchemical ritual leaves brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric with severely damaged bodies, they begin searching for the one thing that can save them: the fabled philosopher's stone.
FR #1495 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan, South Korea | Japanese, Korean
Cast
Jessie James Grelle, Bryce Papenbrook, Trina Nishimura
Plot
In a world where humanity shelters behind towering walls from man-eating Titans, a determined teen joins the elite Survey Corps to fight the giants and uncover the secrets of their origin.
FR #1498 | TV | Fantasy, Animation | Japan, USA | Japanese, English
Writer
Rafal Jaki
Cast
Zach Aguilar, Kenn, Emi Lo
Plot
A Street Kid trying to survive in a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future. Having everything to lose, he chooses to stay alive by becoming an Edgerunner, a Mercenary outlaw also known as a Cyberpunk.
FR #1501 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan, Poland | Japanese, English
Writer
Shin'Ichiro Watanabe
Cast
Kazuya Nakai, Ginpei Sato, Ayako Kawasumi, Steve Blum
Plot
Fuu, a waitress who works in a teahouse, rescues two master swordsmen, Mugen and Jin, from their execution to help her find the "samurai who smells of sunflowers."
FR #1513 | Movie | Drama | Japan | English, Japanese
Director
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Writer
Haruki Murakami, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa "E
Cast
Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, Reika Kirishima
Plot
A renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with a big personal loss when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima.
FR #1514 | Movie | Animation, Action | Japan, India | Japanese, Bengali
Director
Sunghoo Park
Writer
Gege Akutami, Hiroshi Seko
Cast
Megumi Ogata, Kana Hanazawa, Yuichi Nakamura, Tomokazu Seki
Plot
The prequel to Jujutsu Kaisen (2020), where a high schooler gains control of an extremely powerful cursed spirit and gets enrolled in the Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School by Jujutsu Sorcerers.
FR #1527 | Movie | Animation, Drama | Japan | Japanese, Italian
Director
Shin'Ichiro Ushijima
Writer
Yoru Sumino, Shin'Ichiro Ushijima
Cast
Mahiro Takasugi, Lynn, Yukiyo Fujii
Plot
A high school student discovers one of his classmates, Sakura Yamauchi, is suffering from a terminal illness. This secret brings the two together, as she lives out her final moments.
FR #1566 | Movie | Adventure, Drama | Japan | English, Japanese
Director
Kinji Fukasaku
Writer
Koushun Takami, Kenta Fukasaku
Cast
Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Taro Yamamoto
Plot
In a dystopian future, a group of students from a Japanese high school are forced by the government to compete in a battle, killing one another until only one is left standing.
FR #1575 | Movie | Drama | Japan, Italy | Japanese, English
Director
Masaki Kobayashi
Writer
Shinobu Hashimoto, Yasuhiko Takiguchi
Cast
Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Tsukasa, Go Kato, Tatsuya Nakadai
Plot
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.
FR #1577 | Movie | Sci-Fi, Adventure | Japan | Japanese, Portuguese
Director
Ishiro Honda
Writer
Takeo Murata, Ishiro Honda, Shigeru Kayama
Cast
Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Hirata, Akira Takarada
Plot
After a dinosaur-like beast - awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing - ravages Tokyo, a scientist must decide if his similarly dangerous weapon should be used to destroy it.
FR #1737 | TV | Fantasy, Animation | Japan | Japanese
Cast
Kurumi Mamiya, Reina Ueda, Konomi Kohara
Plot
Takopi travels from his home of Happy Planet to spread happiness on Earth, but meets the unsmiling Shizuka. Her school friends and home life are causing her somber expression and pure hearted Takopi is determined to change things.
A superhero-admiring boy enrolls in a prestigious hero academy and learns what it really means to be a hero, after the strongest superhero grants him his own powers.
