Anime like a piece of PHANTASMAGORIA

Ginga no Uo: URSA minor BLUE

Studio: Ai ga areba Daijobu , Tamura Shigeru Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

Urey is a boy who lives in a laboratory in a lake with an old man. One day they find a strange star in the Little Dipper. The stars are disappearing and the Little Dipper changes into a fish shape. To save stars, they begin to sail across the Milky Way to the place where the strange fish lives.



Tags: Iyashikei , Male Protagonist , Mythology , Astronomy , Fishing , Magic , CGI , Elderly Protagonist , Ships , Robots

Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru

Also known as Night on the Galactic Railroad.

Studio: Group TAC , TV Asahi , Nippon Herald Eiga , Asmik Ace , Asahi Shimbun
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery

Based on a short story by the popular children’s writer Kenji Miyazawa, Galactic Railroad offers viewers a slow-paced, dreamlike journey through space and time. When Giovanni, a lonely boy in a hill town, goes to get milk for his ailing mother, he finds himself crossing the Milky Way on a faster-than-light steam railroad. The stations he visits in various constellations, like the planets explored by St. Exupery’s Little Prince, offer curious adventures and an assortment of human "types." Reality and fantasy blur aboard the train, and its travels across the light-years sometimes suggests the journey through life. The characters are depicted as cats, presumably to avoid the problems of animating humans.



Tags: Afterlife , Trains , Philosophy , Classic Literature , Anthropomorphism , Primarily Animal Cast , Travel , Astronomy , Animals , Space , Tragedy , Religion , Mythology , Male Protagonist , Kids , Cosmic Horror , Bullying , Historical

Aru Tabibito no Nikki

Studio: Robot
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

Follow Tortov as he journeys through very surreal, magical, picturesque landscapes, meeting interesting characters and circumstances on the way. Accompanied by his long-legged pig friend, Tortov takes us on an on-going adventure of peaceful contemplation.



Tags: Episodic , No Dialogue , Iyashikei , Travel , Male Protagonist , Animals , Slapstick

Iblard Jikan

Studio: Studio Ghibli
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

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.



Tags: Rural , Trains , Urban Fantasy , No Dialogue , CGI

Kino no Tabi: the Beautiful World

Also known as Kino's Journey.

Studio: WOWOW , Genco , A.C.G.T. , Sentai Filmworks , Studio Wombat
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Slice of Life

Based on a hit light novel series by Keiichi Sigsawa, the philosophical Kino's Journey employs the time-honored motif of the road trip as a vehicle for self-discovery and universal truth. Deeply meditative and cooler than zero, the series follows the existential adventures of the apt marksman Kino along with talking motorcycle Hermes as they travel the world and learn much about themselves in the process. Imaginative, thought-provoking, and sometimes disturbing, Kino's journey is documented in an episodic style with an emphasis on atmosphere rather than action or plot, though still prevalent.

Tags: Philosophy , Episodic , Travel , Tragedy , Foreign , Meta , Motorcycles , Achronological Order , Female Protagonist , Dystopian , Agender , Guns , Rural , Steampunk , Snowscape , Mopeds , Politics , Cannibalism , Robots , Kuudere , War , Aviation , Battle Royale , Tanks

Ginga Tetsudou 999

Also known as Galaxy Express 999.

Studio: Toei Animation , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

After witnessing the death of his mother and being left for dead at the hands of Count Mecha, ten-year old Tetsuro Hoshino is awakened by a mysterious woman, Maetal. In exchange for only his company, Maetal offers him the ride of his life on the Galaxy Express 999. It is said that those who travel aboard the legendary train to the end of the line can receive a free mechanical body and with it, immortality. Impoverished and alone, Tetsuro leaps at the opportunity and joins Maetal on a quest that will span the cosmos. As the Galaxy Express 999 makes its way across our solar system and beyond, Tetsuro is drawn deeper into a dangerous universe where peril lurks at every stop.



Tags: Dystopian , Space , Trains , Space Opera , Coming of Age , Episodic , Philosophy , Travel , Cyborg , Tragedy , Robots , Environmental , Guns , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Crossover , Time Manipulation , Orphan

Prism Season

Studio: Pony Canyon
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

In a gentle adaptation of Moe Nagata's book Flowers Wait for the Moon, a girl grows up, falls in love, and becomes a mother, realizing that her childhood is now forever behind her.

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Tsumiki no Ie

Also known as La Maison en Petits Cubes.

Studio: Oh! Production , Robot
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

An old man lives in a town that has become submerged in water. As the water level rises, he's forced to build additional levels onto his home with bricks (cubes) in order to stay above water. One day he accidentally drops his favorite pipe into the lower levels of his home, and decides to rent scuba diving equipment in order to go searching for it. As he descends through his sunken home, the old man recalls memories of the past in each room.



Tags: No Dialogue , Environmental , Dystopian , Elderly Protagonist , Achronological Order , Post-Apocalyptic , Scuba Diving , Coming of Age , Fishing , Cosmic Horror , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Family Life , Ships , Marriage , Photography