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Crew: Mamoru Hosoda

Belle (2021)

8 April 20228 April 2022
Belle (2021) poster

Anime/Beauty and the Beast in Virtual Reality

Categories: Science Fiction.
Ratings: 3.5.
Directors: Mamoru Hosoda.
Crew: Mamoru Hosoda.
Themes: Anime, Animation, Virtual Reality, Avatar Bodies, Music, The Internet and Cyberspace, Fairytales, Japanese Cinema and Films of 2021.

The Boy and the Beast (2015)

6 November 20155 February 2022
The Boy and the Beast (2015) poster

Anime/Boy Becomes Apprentice to a Beast Warrior

Categories: Fantasy.
Ratings: 3.
Directors: Mamoru Hosoda.
Crew: Mamoru Hosoda.
Themes: Anime, Animation, Fantasy Otherworlds, Reincarnation, Gods and Deities, Japanese Cinema and Films of 2015.

Digimon: The Movie (2000)

15 March 200121 November 2021
Digimon: The Movie (2000) poster

Animation/Cute Cyber-Creatures

Categories: Fantasy.
Ratings: 2.5.
Directors: Mamoru Hosoda and Shigeyasu Yamauchi.
Actors: Mona Marshall and Colleen O'Shaughnessey.
Crew: Mamoru Hosoda, Shigeyasu Yamauchi and Toei Animation Company.
Themes: Anime, Animation, The Internet and Cyberspace, Other Dimensions, Children's Films, Films Based on Toys and Games, Films Based on TV, Japanese Cinema and Films of 2000.

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)

27 July 200812 November 2020
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) poster

Anime/Time Travel

Categories: Science Fiction.
Ratings: 3.
Directors: Mamoru Hosoda.
Crew: Mamoru Hosoda and Kadokawa Pictures.
Themes: Anime, Animation, Time Travel, Love and Romance, Japanese Cinema and Films of 2006.

Mirai (2018)

22 June 20206 April 2022
Mirai (2018) poster

Anime/Boy Meets Family from the Future and Past

Categories: Fantasy.
Ratings: 3.
Directors: Mamoru Hosoda.
Crew: Mamoru Hosoda.
Themes: Anime, Animation, Invisible and Imaginary Companions, Time Travel, Japanese Cinema and Films of 2018.

Summer Wars (2009)

12 March 201112 November 2020
Summer Wars (2009) poster

Anime/Amok A.I./Family Saga

Categories: Science Fiction.
Ratings: 4.
Directors: Mamoru Hosoda.
Crew: Mamoru Hosoda, Madman Entertainment, Nippon Television Network and Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co.
Themes: Anime, Animation, Machines Amok, The Internet and Cyberspace, Artificial Intelligence, Japanese Cinema and Films of 2009.

Wolf Children (2012)

19 October 201312 November 2020
Wolf Children (2012) poster

Anime/Werewolf Children

Categories: Fantasy.
Ratings: 4.
Directors: Mamoru Hosoda.
Crew: Mamoru Hosoda, Toho and Nippon Television.
Themes: Anime, Animation, Werewolves, Japanese Cinema and Films of 2012.

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  • Films About Atlantis
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  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
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  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
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  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
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  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
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