Title : My Neighbors the Yamadas English Subtitles : Yes Date Aired (YYYY-MM-DD) : July 17 Synopsis
My Neighbors the Yamadas uses a distinctive animation style to tell a
series of vignettes about the title family. These vignettes vary from
leaving the young girl behind at the mall to the father confronting a
motorcycle gang for disturbing the peace. The "real" story is often
interrupted by metaphorical interludes, featuring the husband and wife
navigating the ship of their family through the sea of life to the
father becoming a superhero to chase down the aforementioned
delinquents. The film is a feel-good family drama that expresses various
themes about living with fathers and mothers, husbands and wives,
daughters and sons, and brothers and sisters. And sharp grandmas.
Title : Iblard Jikan English Subtitles : Yes Date Aired (YYYY-MM-DD) : -
Synopsis Much like looking through a window, Iblard Jikan explores the fantastic
and beautiful world of Iblard by panning through art created by Naohisa
Inoue. Iblard shows itself to be nothing short of amazing and will wash
serenity over your mind
Title : OCEAN WAVES (Umi ga Kikoeru) English Subtitles : Yes Date Aired (YYYY-MM-DD) :May 5
Synopsis
Ocean Waves is high school love story set in Kochi, Japan. Morisaku Taku
and Matsuno Yutaka are best friends when a girl from Tokyo named Muto
Rikako transfers to their school. Excluding herself from group
activities, she’s eventually labeled a snob. Matsuno has a crush on
Rikako, so it’s no surprise that he gets a little jealous when Morisaku
and Rikako start spending more time together. The rumors around school
get worse, but Morisaku still insists there is nothing between him and
Rikako.
Title : Only Yesterday English Subtitles : Yes Date Aired (YYYY-MM-DD) :1991 July 20
Synopsis Taeko Okajima is a typical "office lady" in a big company in a big city. When she takes a sabbatical to the countryside in Yamagata Prefecture, the hometown of her brother-in-law, the journey recalled her memory of her 5th grade year. During her stay in Yamagata, she works hard and happily as a farmer and is surrounded by friendly relatives and villagers, bringing up more memories. Their hospitality makes her to reconsider her choice of life.
Title :Lupin the Third: The Castle of CagliostroEnglish Subtitles : Yes Date Aired (YYYY-MM-DD) :December15
Synopsis
Reknowned international thief Lupin III (known as "Wolf" in the English
dub) comes to the small European duchy of Cagliostro to investigate some
excellently-forged money and stumbles across a national conspiracy
going back some hundreds of years. Lupin and his friends must rescue the
beautiful Clarice from the hands of the evil Count Cagliostro and solve
the mystery of a hidden treasure dating back to the 15th century.
Title : GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES English Subtitles : Yes Date Aired (YYYY-MM-DD) :1988 April16
Synopsis
Setsuko and Seita are brother and sister living in wartime Japan. After
their mother is killed in an air raid they find a temporary home with
relatives. Having quarreled with their aunt they leave the city and make
their home in an abandoned shelter. While their soldier father’s
destiny is unknown, the two must depend on each other to somehow keep a
roof over their heads and food in their stomachs. When everything is in
short supply, they gradually succumb to hunger and their only
entertainment is the light of the fireflies.
Title : Whisper Of The Heart English Subtitles : Yes Date Aired (YYYY-MM-DD) : 1989 July 29
Synopsis Studio Ghibli’s Whisper of the Heart (1995) tells the story of Shizuku, a preteen girl preparing to enter High
School and choose a career. Shizuku, however, is more interested in reading fantasy and fairytales than studying,
which leads her to a mystery. Each book she borrows bears the same name. A boy named Seiji Amasawa, it would seem,
has exactly the same taste in reading and manages to find each book before her. Shizuku begins to fantasize that
this boy will be her soulmate and embarks on a quest to find him. Aided by a fat stray cat, who leads her to a
magical shop where she meets Nishi-san and encounters The Baron, a statue of a cat with a mysterious background,
Shizuku soon finds not only the boy she seeks, but real-life fairytales and new hope for her future.
