Production I.G's Ghost in the Shell opens in Japanese theaters, Mamoru Oshii's cyberpunk thriller adapting Masamune Shirow's manga, following cybernetic Section 9 agent Major Motoko Kusanagi as she hunts a mysterious hacker known as the Puppet Master.
Movie by Production I.G (Bandai Visual, Kodansha, Aube) released Nov 18, 1995, 1 hr 22 min, the first film to adapt Masamune Shirow's manga, directed by Mamoru Oshii[1]
Set in 2029 Niihama City, Major Motoko Kusanagi of Section 9 hunts the Puppet Master, a hacker whose victims lose their memories, while Section 6 gets involved[1]
Condensed the manga, moved the setting to a Hong Kong-like city and mixed cel animation with digital effects; the first film to reach #1 on Billboard's video best-seller list and an inspiration for the Wachowskis' Matrix films; a 2.0 edition came in 2008[1]
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myanimelist.net· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts Nov 18, 1995· 100% of score
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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% 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.
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Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street, the sixth Detective Conan film, opens in Japanese theaters, sending Conan into a virtual-reality murder mystery game alongside a simulated Sherlock Holmes.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE82%13.9 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Shaft's Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal opens in Japanese theaters, recapping the back half of the TV series as Homura Akemi and the other magical girls confront the truth behind their contracts and the witch Walpurgisnacht.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE84%14.8 years agoJapanese theatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1]/AniList listing.
K-ON!: The Movie releases in Japanese theaters, sending the Light Music Club's graduating members on one last overseas trip to London before they part ways.
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% CONFIDENCE86%16.6 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Kyoto Animation's The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya opens in Japanese theaters, finding Kyon alone remembering the SOS Brigade after Haruhi, Mikuru, and Itsuki vanish from an altered world where none of them ever existed.
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Nexus's The Eminence in Shadow: Lost Echoes, a theatrical sequel to the anime's second season based on Daisuke Aizawa's light novels, is set to open in Japan in 2027.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE89%10.0 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Kyoto Animation's A Silent Voice opens in Japan, adapted from Yoshitoki Oima's manga about a former bully who seeks to make amends with a deaf classmate he once tormented.
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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.
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Satoshi Kon's Tokyo Godfathers opens in Japanese theaters, a Christmas Eve dramedy following three homeless Tokyo residents who discover an abandoned baby and set out to find her parents.
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