animation watchlist

An animated version of the epic Indian tale of Ramayana set to the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw.

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.

2142: Pollution and climate change wiped out most of Earth"s population. Ecoban city is built to withstand this. Suppression results in revolt. A childhood couple find each other as adults on opposing sides.

A hacker known as the Puppet Master is hunted by a female cyborg cop and her partner. This film is a revised version of Ghost in the Shell (1995).

Exiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in Mustafa"s words will incite rebellion.

Two boys defend Treasure Town and Yakuza try to take over and clear it for new development.

Set in Algeria in the 1920s, a rabbi"s cat who learns how to speak after swallowing the family parrot expresses his desire to convert to Judaism.

In the late 1960s, a pretentious, womanizing young cat drops out of college, starts a riot in Harlem, hits the road with an ex-girlfriend and gets mixed up with domestic terrorists.

A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary.

A taxi driver who lives in Napoli spend his time on his uncle"s car thinking about happiness. His former brother took a road for happiness practicing Buddhism while he is always sad and melancholic. He listens to a radioshow called the art of happiness as a remembering idea of what is the goal of life. Do we have just one life or are we living again and again forever?

The tragic medieval tale of a man of inhuman strength, fierce temper and a desire for noble knighthood. While on the run as a murderer, he finds new life as a knight, only to face disillusionment, the horrors of war and ugly human vices.

On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a wizard and his faire folk comrades fight an evil wizard who"s using technology in his bid for conquest.

The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron"s reign over Middle-earth.

A collection of short stories, made by different animators with "robot" as the working title.

A young wolf decides to confront his father. He had not seen him since he was a child.

After losing his mother, a young boy is sent to an orphanage with other orphans his age where he begins to learn the meaning of trust and true love.

A story of Naoufel, a young man who is in love with Gabrielle. In another part of town, a severed hand escapes from a dissection lab, determined to find its body again.

An animated film based on the novel by Murasaki Shikibu, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, is the talk of the Kyoto nobility for his charm and good looks, yet he cannot stop himself from pursuing an unobtainable object of desire: his father"s beautiful young bride. Following the tragic consequences of his obsession, Genji wanders from one affair to another, always seeking some sort of completion to his life.

Three separate science-fiction stories by three prominent Japanese animators.

A young girl is drawn into a mystery involving sealife around the world, in which two mysterious boys are somehow involved.

Girl with psychic powers transported to magical Gaea. She and friends face attack by evil Zaibach empire. Guymelf Escaflowne holds the key.

A family of aliens move to middle America, where they debate whether life is better there or on their home planet.

After being raped by an evil feudal lord and subsequently getting banished from her village, a peasant girl makes a pact with the Devil to gain magical powers and take her revenge.

On a faraway planet where blue giants rule, oppressed humanoids rebel against their machine-like leaders.

Paola is born in a traditional Colombian family, or at least that is what they try to be. Her father is a priest, her mother is a "psychic" and her sisters are not what their parents expected. She is a young Latin American woman struggling for her independence in a hard context full of stereotypes and appearances not being able to fit in any mold. With a unique feminine vision of the world this girl learns to live while she lives as she witnesses a series of small crises that shape her personality.