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- A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.
- A love story between a girl who loves reading books, and a boy who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses.
- Anna, a shy 12-year-old girl, is sent to spend time with her aunt and uncle who live in the countryside, where she meets Marnie. The two become best friends. But Anna gradually discovers that Marnie is not quite who she appears to be.
- A group of Yokohama teens look to save their school's clubhouse from the wrecking ball in preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
- In a mythical land, a man and a young boy investigate a series of unusual occurrences.
- A community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development.
- Based on "The Little Broomstick" by Mary Stewart, a strange flower grants a girl magic powers.
- 20217.4 (3.6K)TV Mini SeriesAn office worker takes in a runaway school girl. Despite the difference in age and personalities, they form a bond.
- In the year 2032, Batô, a cyborg detective for the anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9, investigates the case of a female robot--one created solely for sexual pleasure--who slaughtered her owner.
- A young boy encounters a magical garden which enables him to travel through time and meet his relatives from different eras, with guidance by his younger sister from the future.
- After trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth.
- Kato's (Ken'ichi Matsuyama) death changes Kurono's (Kazunari Ninomiya) view of life completely. He decides to keep fighting until he earns 100 points so that he can bring back Kato. GANTZ calls back several other unwilling participants that were allowed to leave after scoring 100 points. Before Kurono succeeds in resurrecting Kato, he unexpectedly comes back. GANTZ and the fighters take on another enemy worse than ever before. To make matters worse, GANTZ starts acting up. GANTZ chooses the next target... this time it's not an alien but a human girl. Each unwilling participant in GANTZ's twisted game has a different motive for fighting, whether to protect a loved one or to do what they think is right.
- A grisly unsolved murder links three seemingly unrelated stories in three different Japanese cities.
- An army of loyal samurai plot to revenge their unjustly executed lord.
- A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
- Not only is Kamakura-based Masakazu Isshiki a mystery novelist, but he is also a good detective himself. His wife Akiko and he are acquainted with all manners of creatures and gods who are of, from or passing through the town. Dealing with and tackling his cases means he can use all the help he can get.
- Based on the fifth Dragon Quest game.
- Private detective Ryo Saeba is hired to protect the daughter of a scientist that recently died in a suspicious traffic accident.
- Years after a schoolboy writes a book of prophecies, a mysterious super-villain uses it as his master-plan of world destruction.
- Star-crossed lovers must fight on opposing sides in a battle that will determine the next Shogun.
- The life of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto from the early 1930's to his death at the hands of the US military in 1943.
- A young teacher is given the toughest classroom in the school. Based on the TV series.
- Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected: The sinking of the Turkish frigate Ertugrul off the Japanese coast in 1890 and the evacuation of Japanese nationals from Iran in 1985.
- Mari and her puppies survive an earthquake by protecting their puppies and waiting for their owner's return.
- The Kildren, a group of eternally young fighter pilots, experience the sudden loss of innocence as they battle the enemy in astonishing dogfights above the clouds.
- The War ended on August 15th, 1945. What took place in Japan on the previous night? The unknown destiny of the day is unveiled.
- Against his country's orders, a Japanese diplomat issues visas to refugees, saving over 6,000 Jewish lives at the outbreak of World War II.
- A woman looks back on her family's life in Tokyo before and during WWII. A maid arrives from the countryside to work for an upper middle class family. She fits in well, but everyone's emotions are stirred up with the arrival of a student.
- Based on childhood days of Teruyo Nogami.
- The love affairs of four schoolkids: a romantic, a pragmatist, an airhead and a lothario.
- The son of a prostitute and the son of a professional musician develop a bond of friendship through their love of playing the piano.
- Recruited by a clandestine police organization, "K" must stop a plot by student radicals to create anarchy in Japan. Armed with a hi-tech steel yo-yo, and a new name (Asamiya Saki), she must infiltrate an elite high school to find the terrorists but finds an even more sinister plan is about to unfold.
- What is the only thing that can stand in the way of a ruthless warlord after total domination of a country? Ninjas. When ninja Mumon kills another fierce ninja in order to claim a reward the repercussions are severe and involve the advancing army and the band of stealth fighters. Politics, warfare and sinister plots.
- Kobayashi Hironoshin is a samurai in the fiefdom of Nagaoka. Unfortunately for him and the area's fleas he displeases the local lord who orders him to immediately become busy ridding the local feline of any and all fleas. That is the bad news. The good news is it is all euphemism for some other occupation. That is good news, right?
- Childhood friends continue their battle against a dangerous cult.
- Epic sweep and intimate details flow together to paint the story of Temujin, the man who became Genghis Khan.
- A high-school girl acquires the ability to time travel.
- Driven away by a corruption scandal, a samurai returns years later, causing consternation among both the guilty and the innocent.
- A husband is suffering from melancholia, and he wants to commit suicide. His wife, who is a cartoonist, forces him to quit his job for the therapy. The wife's optimism influence the husband, and they live happily ever after.
- A story set in a café situated along a small cape and run by an elderly woman named Etsuko and aided her nephew Koji.
- The Tokyo Olympics are about to open, and Rynosuke Chagawa is excited to receive a new TV set to watch the upcoming events. His wife Hiromi is pregnant and he has built a second level on his shop to provide his adopted son Junnosuke with a private space to study for entrance to Tokyo University to set up a career with a major company. He dreams of sparing Junnosuke the struggles that he has faced as a writer. The family continues to rely upon Hiromi's income from her bar. Meanwhile a rival story, The Virus, by a new writer has appeared in the periodical that has been publishing his stories "Boy's Adventure Book" and he fears the new competition. Norifumi Suzuki also receives a new TV, but more of a deluxe model. Mutsuko Hoshino (Roku) is still the principal mechanic in the Suzuki family's auto repair shop, but she dresses up some mornings to go to a nearby street with the hope of a "chance" meeting with Dr. Kikuchi, who earlier treated a burn on her arm. High school student Ippei Suzuki dreams of becoming a rock star. All the residents on Third Street in the shadow of Tolyo Tower feel a great sense of pride in Japan's hosting of the Olympics.
- A not-too-bright cop searches for a serial bomber.
- After the collapse of their relationship, Kiwako abducts the 6-month old child of a man she was having an affair with. Raising the child as her own, it is four years before the authorities catch up with her and the young child.
- Set in a fictional Japanese city in 1949, a master criminal hones in on his latest victim.
- In 1945, the mother fled with her two sons from the Russians to Hokkaido. In 1972, her son returns to Japan after finding success in the U.S.
- Why merely say 'sorry' when you could truly make amends by hiring the expert to do the right thing? The Apology King, one Mr. Kuroshima, is advertising his service to an audience at a theatre. You can use him to apologize for your past mistakes. What proceeds is six of the specialist's more prominent cases and how they end up leading into one prominent theme.
- Kanna Seto lost her childhood friend Haruta in a car accident when she was a freshman in high school. Carrying the emotional pain from that incident throughout her life, Kanna is still wounded as an adult. Kanna then meets Roku Akazawa, who also carries a painful experience from his past. When Roku was an elementary school student, a girl who was with him got into an accident and died. Because of that incident, Roku carries a heavy sense of guilt. Roku then tries to make Kanna feel love again.
- A princess, along with a general and two commoners evade pursuit of an enemy and his samurai cohorts. The princess and general are caught but are rescued and then destroy the enemy's fort.
- The story of Dr. Koichiro, who moves from Japan to Kenya to volunteer as a doctor for child soldiers.
- German soldiers are transported to a prisoner-of-war camp in Japan after the First World War.