Studio Ghibli's Princess Mononoke opens in Japan, Hayao Miyazaki's epic about a cursed prince caught between the spirits of an ancient forest and the humans of Iron Town.
Studio Ghibli's Princess Mononoke released in Japanese theaters on 12 July 1997, running 2 hr 13 min, as an original story[1]
Prince Ashitaka, cursed by a demon boar, travels to Tatara, the Iron Town, where Lady Eboshi's deforestation clashes with Princess San and the forest spirits[1]
It won Best Japanese Movie, Best Animation and Japanese Movie Fans' Choice at the 52nd Mainichi Film Awards in 1997, and Best Picture at the 21st Japan Academy Awards in 1998[1]
GKIDS is the licensor; MyAnimeList shows a score of 8.67 and a rank of #82[1]
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CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE82%1.5 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
The second Mononoke film, Chapter II: The Ashes of Rage, opens in Japanese theaters, continuing the Medicine Seller's story as he is drawn into a spirit-haunted Edo-era harem consumed by rivalry and hidden rage.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE84%31.2 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Studio Ghibli's Whisper of the Heart releases in Japanese theaters, a coming-of-age story following bookish schoolgirl Shizuku as she chases a mysterious cat and discovers her own ambitions as a writer.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE82%1.2 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants to Be Loved opens in Japanese theaters, a Kyoto Animation film that draws Kanna back to the Dragon World and threatens the found family she built with Kobayashi and Tohru.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE88%38.4 years agoJapanese theatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Grave of the Fireflies opens in Japanese theaters, a Studio Ghibli war drama following two orphaned siblings, Seita and his young sister Setsuko, struggling to survive in the final months of World War II.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE82%3.9 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Makoto Shinkai's Suzume opens in Japanese theaters, following a teenage girl who joins a mysterious young man in closing doors across Japan that unleash disaster when left open.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE83%6.9 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
CloverWorks' Saekano the Movie: Finale opens in Japanese theaters, closing out the Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata light-novel series as Tomoya Aki finishes the game he and Megumi Kato set out to build.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE79%19.0 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Sword of the Stranger opens in Japanese theaters, an original samurai-era action film from Bones about a nameless ronin who takes on the job of protecting a young boy from Ming assassins.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE83%4.7 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
MAPPA's JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 releases in Japanese theaters, a prequel film following Yuta Okkotsu as he enrolls at Tokyo Jujutsu High under teacher Satoru Gojo to control the curse formed from his dead childhood friend, Rika.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE83%8.0 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Studio Shuka's Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond opens in Japanese theaters, sending Takashi Natsume and Nyanko-sensei into a new story tied to an old friend's yokai-tinged memories.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE83%7.1 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
J.C.Staff's KONOSUBA -God's blessing on this wonderful world!- Legend of Crimson opens in Japanese theaters, an original story following Kazuma Satou and his misfit party -- Aqua, Megumin, and Darkness -- as a bounty on Megumin's hometown pulls them into a new crisis.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE84%16.4 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Sunrise's Gintama: Shinyaku Benizakura-hen opens in Japanese theaters, a feature retelling of the manga's Benizakura arc that finds Gintoki, Shinpachi, and Kagura investigating a corrupted replica of a legendary sword.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE85%6.7 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Kinema Citrus's Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul opens in Japanese theaters, following Riko, Reg, and their new companion Nanachi as they descend into the Abyss's treacherous fifth layer and confront the mysterious White Whistle Bondrewd, whose past is tied to Nanachi's own.
