Curated collections
Choose animation by creative setting or director, with story comparisons and reasons for each selection.
Stories about making moving images
Viewing guide · 3 worksChoose the creative setting that interests you: a school club, an animation company, or a film crew.
Three Mamoru Hosoda films: 2006–2012
Reference collection · 3 worksFrom teenage choices to a family facing a crisis and a mother raising children: choose among these three films by the kind of story you want.
One evening, one self-contained feature
Viewing guide · 3 worksChoose a rural fantasy, a cat-world adventure or a school-life recollection for one evening.
Start with a completed 12-episode season
Viewing guide · 3 worksFor a bounded first season, begin with episode one of one of these three works.
Three everyday comedies for a change of pace
Viewing guide · 3 worksChoose a leisurely school day, a small rural school or a lively restaurant.