|
Rank
|
Director
|
Year
|
Answer
|
|
1
|
Isao Takahata
|
1988
|
Grave of the Fireflies
|
|
2
|
Hayao Miyazaki
|
2001
|
Spirited Away
|
|
3
|
Kemp Powers Justin K. Thompson Joaquim Dos Santos |
2023
|
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
|
|
4
|
Bob Persichetti Peter Ramsey Rodney Rotham |
2018
|
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
|
|
5
|
Hayao Miyazaki
|
1997
|
Princess Mononoke
|
|
6
|
Satoshi Kon
|
1997
|
Perfect Blue
|
|
7
|
Don Hertzfeldt
|
2012
|
It's Such a Beautiful Day
|
|
8
|
Hayao Miyazaki
|
2004
|
Howl's Moving Castle
|
|
9
|
Wes Anderson
|
2009
|
Fantastic Mr. Fox
|
|
10
|
Katsuichi Nakayama Kazuya Tsurumaki Mahiro Maeda Hideaki Anno |
2021
|
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
|
|
11
|
Katsuhiro Otomo
|
1988
|
Akira
|
|
12
|
Michel Ocelot
|
2006
|
Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest
|
|
13
|
Brad Bird
|
1999
|
The Iron Giant
|
|
14
|
Kiyotaka Oshiyama
|
2024
|
Look Back
|
|
15
|
Tomm Moore
|
2014
|
Song of the Sea
|
|
16
|
Adam Elliot
|
2009
|
Mary and Max
|
|
17
|
Kazuhisa Takenouchi Leiji Matsumoto Hirotoshi Rissen Daisuke Nishio |
2003
|
Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
|
|
18
|
Isao Takahata
|
2013
|
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
|
|
19
|
Takehiko Inoue
|
2022
|
The First Slam Dunk
|
|
20
|
Satoshi Kon
|
2003
|
Tokyo Godfathers
|
|
21
|
Dean Fleischer Camp
|
2021
|
Marcel the Shell with Shoes on
|
|
22
|
Marcell Jankovics
|
1981
|
Son of the White Mare
|
|
23
|
Andrew Stanton
|
2008
|
WALL-E
|
|
24
|
Satoshi Kon
|
2001
|
Millennium Actress
|
|
25
|
Brad Bird
|
2007
|
Ratatouille
|
|
26
|
|
2020
|
Wolfwalkers
|
|
27
|
Makoto Shinkai
|
2016
|
Your Name.
|
|
28
|
|
1994
|
The Lion King
|
|
29
|
Jonas Poher Rasmussen
|
2021
|
Flee
|
|
30
|
Chris Sanders
|
2024
|
The Wild Robot
|
|
31
|
Vincent Paronnaud Marjane Satrapi |
2007
|
Persepolis
|
|
32
|
Masaaki Yuasa
|
2017
|
Night Is Short, Walk On Girl
|
|
33
|
Naoko Yamada
|
2016
|
A Silent Voice: The Movie
|
|
34
|
Masaaki Yuasa
|
2004
|
Mind Game
|
|
35
|
Hayao Miyazaki
|
1988
|
My Neighbor Totoro
|
|
36
|
Henry Selick
|
2009
|
Coraline
|
|
37
|
Claude Barras
|
2016
|
My Life as a Zucchini
|
|
38
|
Sergio Pablos
|
2019
|
Klaus
|
|
39
|
Hayao Miyazaki
|
1984
|
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
|
|
40
|
Yoshifumi Kondo
|
1995
|
Whisper of the Heart
|
|
41
|
Michel Ocelot
|
2000
|
Princes and Princesses
|
|
42
|
Stephane Aubier Vincent Patar Benjamin Renner |
2012
|
Ernest & Celestine
|
|
43
|
Kunihiko Ikuhara
|
1999
|
Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie
|
|
44
|
Adam Elliot
|
2024
|
Memoir of a Snail
|
|
45
|
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
|
2000
|
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
|
|
46
|
Mamoru Oshii
|
1993
|
Patlabor 2: The Movie
|
|
47
|
Yuzuru Tachikawa
|
2023
|
Blue Giant
|
|
48
|
Cristobal Leon Joaquin Cocina |
2018
|
The Wolf House
|
|
49
|
|
1998
|
Mulan
|
|
50
|
Hayao Miyazaki
|
1989
|
Kiki;s Delivery Service
|
|
51
|
Chris Sanders Dean DeBlois |
2010
|
How to Train Your Dragon
|
|
52
|
Joel Crawford
|
2022
|
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
|
|
53
|
Takeshi Koike
|
2009
|
Redline
|
|
54
|
Lee Unkrich
|
2017
|
Coco
|
|
55
|
Andrew Adamson Vicky Jenson |
2001
|
Shrek
|
|
56
|
Mamoru Hosoda
|
2012
|
Wolf Children
|
|
57
|
Shinichiro Watanabe
|
2001
|
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
|
|
58
|
Hayao Miyazaki
|
2008
|
Ponyo
|
|
59
|
Sunao Katabuchi
|
2016
|
In This Corner of the World
|
|
60
|
Mauricio de Sousa
|
2007
|
Monica's Gang in an Adventure in Time
|
|
61
|
Hayao Miyazaki
|
2013
|
The Wind Rises
|
|
62
|
Conrad Vernon Kelly Asbury Andrew Adamson |
2004
|
Shrek 2
|
|
63
|
John Lasseter
|
1995
|
Toy Story
|
|
64
|
Jiao Zi
|
2025
|
Ne Zha 2
|
|
65
|
Micheal Arias
|
2006
|
Tekkonkinkreet
|
|
66
|
Pete Docter
|
2009
|
Up
|
|
67
|
Mamoru Oshii
|
1985
|
Angel's Egg
|
|
68
|
Satoshi Kon
|
2006
|
Paprika
|
|
69
|
Mamoru Oshii
|
1995
|
Ghost in the Shell
|
|
70
|
Shoko Nakamura
|
2016
|
Dou kyu sei - Classmates
|
|
71
|
Gints Zilbalodis
|
2024
|
Flow
|
|
72
|
Nora Twomey
|
2017
|
The Breadwinner
|
|
73
|
Mailys Vallade Liane-cho Han |
2025
|
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
|
|
74
|
Pete Docter
|
2001
|
Monsters, Inc.
|
|
75
|
Pablo Berger
|
2023
|
Robot Dreams
|
|
76
|
Hayao Miyazaki
|
1986
|
Castle in the Sky
|
|
77
|
Steve Hickner Brenda Chapman Simon Wells |
1998
|
The Prince of Egypt
|
|
78
|
Brad Bird
|
2004
|
The Incredibles
|
|
79
|
Patrick Imbert
|
2021
|
The Summit of the Gods
|
|
80
|
Chris Sanders Dean DeBlois |
2002
|
Lilo & Stitch
|
|
81
|
Wes Anderson
|
2018
|
Isle of Dogs
|
|
82
|
|
1993
|
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
|
|
83
|
Paul Grimault
|
1980
|
The King and the Mockingbird
|
|
84
|
|
2010
|
Tangled
|
|
85
|
Andrew Stanton
|
2003
|
Finding Nemo
|
|
86
|
Hayao Miyazaki
|
1992
|
Porco Rosso
|
|
87
|
Stephane Aubier Vincent Patar |
2009
|
A Town Called Panic
|
|
88
|
Sylvain Chomet
|
2003
|
The Triplets of Belleville
|
|
89
|
Michel Ocelot
|
1998
|
Kirikou and the Sorceress
|
|
90
|
Martin Rosen
|
1982
|
The Plague Dogs
|
|
91
|
Keith Maitland
|
2016
|
Tower
|
|
92
|
Hayao Miyazaki
|
1979
|
The Castle of Cagliostro
|
|
93
|
Jiri Barta
|
1986
|
The Pied Piper
|
|
94
|
Rene Laloux
|
1973
|
Fantastic Planet
|
|
95
|
|
2017
|
Loving Vincent
|
|
96
|
Lee Unkrich
|
2010
|
Toy Story 3
|
|
97
|
Toshiyuki Kubooka
|
2013
|
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent
|
|
98
|
Kenji Iwaisawa
|
2019
|
On-Gaku: Our Sound
|
|
99
|
Mori Masaki
|
1983
|
Barefoot Gen
|
|
100
|
Jimmy T. Murakami
|
1986
|
When the Wind Blows
|
|
101
|
Jeremie Perin
|
2023
|
Mars Express
|
|
102
|
Naoko Yamada
|
2018
|
Liz and the Blue Bird
|
|
103
|
Ari Folman
|
2008
|
Waltz with Bashir
|
|
104
|
Katsuhiro Otomo Koji Morimoto Tensai Okamura |
1995
|
Memories
|
|
105
|
Lotte Reiniger
|
1926
|
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
|
|
106
|
Jan Svankmajer
|
1988
|
Alice
|
|
107
|
Mark Gustafson Guillermo del Toro |
2022
|
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
|
|
108
|
Takahide Hori
|
2017
|
Junk Head
|
|
109
|
Ale Abreu
|
2013
|
Boy & the World
|
|
110
|
Masayuki Kazuya Tsurumaki Hideaki Anno |
2009
|
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
|
|
111
|
Kenji Iwaisawa
|
2025
|
100 Meters
|
|
112
|
Henry Selick
|
1993
|
The Nightmare Before Christmas
|
|
113
|
Ugo Bienvenu
|
2025
|
Arco
|
|
114
|
|
2009
|
The Princess and the Frog
|
|
115
|
|
2023
|
Nimona
|
|
116
|
Chris McKay
|
2017
|
The Lego Batman Movie
|
|
117
|
Travis Knight
|
2016
|
Kubo and the Two Strings
|
|
118
|
George Dunning
|
1968
|
Yellow Submarine
|
|
119
|
Kenji Kodama
|
2002
|
Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street
|
|
120
|
Pete Docter
|
2020
|
Soul
|
|
121
|
Stephen Hillenburg
|
2004
|
The Spongebob SquarePants Movie
|
|
122
|
Mark Dindal
|
2000
|
The Emperor's New Groove
|
|
123
|
Hiroyuki Okiura
|
1999
|
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
|
|
124
|
John Lasseter
|
1999
|
Toy Story 2
|
|
125
|
|
2002
|
Treasure Planet
|
|
126
|
Isao Takahata
|
1991
|
Only Yesterday
|
|
127
|
Mark Osborne
|
2015
|
The Little Prince
|
|
128
|
Mark Osborne John Stevenson |
2008
|
Kung Fu Panda
|
|
129
|
Sylvain Chomet
|
2010
|
The Illusionist
|
|
130
|
Richard Linklater
|
2001
|
Waking Life
|
|
131
|
Rene Goscinny Albert Uderzo |
1976
|
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
|
|
132
|
Shinichiro Ushijima
|
2018
|
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
|
|
133
|
|
1991
|
Beauty and the Beast
|
|
134
|
Hayao Miyazaki
|
2023
|
The Boy and the Heron
|
|
135
|
Bill Roberts Paul Satterfield Wilfred Jackson Ben Sharpsteen James Algar T. Hee Hamilton Luske Samuel Armstrong Jim Handley Norman Ferguson David Hand Ford Beebe Jr. |
1940
|
Fantasia
|
|
136
|
|
2005
|
Corpse Bride
|
|
137
|
Masahiro Ando
|
2007
|
Sword of the Stranger
|
|
138
|
Masaaki Yuasa
|
2021
|
Inu-Oh
|
|
139
|
|
1992
|
Aladdin
|
|
140
|
|
2002
|
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
|
|
141
|
Bill Melendez
|
1969
|
A Boy Named Charlie Brown
|
|
142
|
Alain Ughetto
|
2022
|
No Dogs or Italians Allowed
|
|
143
|
Han Ji-won
|
2025
|
Lost in Starlight
|
|
144
|
|
2023
|
The Peasants
|
|
145
|
Takahiro Omori
|
2011
|
Hotarubi no Mori e
|
|
146
|
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
|
2014
|
When Marnie Was There
|
|
147
|
Martin Rosen
|
1978
|
Watership Down
|
|
148
|
|
1997
|
Anastasia
|
|
149
|
John Lasseter
|
2006
|
Cars
|
|
150
|
|
2005
|
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
|
|
151
|
Mamoru Oshii
|
2004
|
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
|
|
152
|
Mamoru Hosoda
|
2006
|
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
|
|
153
|
Kenji Nakamura
|
2024
|
Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain
|
|
154
|
Mari Okada
|
2018
|
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
|
|
155
|
Mamoru Hosoda
|
2015
|
The Boy and the Beast
|
|
156
|
Benjamin Renner Patrick Imbert |
2017
|
The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales
|
|
157
|
Michael Dudok de Wit
|
2016
|
The Red Turtle
|
|
158
|
Tomm Moore
|
2009
|
The Secret of Kells
|
|
159
|
MTJJ
|
2019
|
The Legend of Hei
|
|
160
|
Trey Parker
|
1999
|
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
|
|
161
|
Don Bluth
|
1982
|
The Secret of NIMH
|
|
162
|
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
|
2010
|
The Secret World of Arrietty
|
|
163
|
Richard Williams
|
1993
|
The Thief and the Cobbler
|
|
164
|
Dean DeBlois
|
2014
|
How to Train Your Dragon 2
|
|
165
|
Charlie Kaufman Duke Johnson |
2015
|
Anomalisa
|
|
166
|
Josh Cooley
|
2024
|
Transformers One
|
|
167
|
Chiara Malta Sebastien Laudenbach |
2023
|
Chicken for Linda!
|
|
168
|
|
1997
|
Hercules
|
|
169
|
Nick Park Merlin Crossingham |
2024
|
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
|
|
170
|
Zabou Breitman Elea Gobbe-Mevellec |
2019
|
The Swallows of Kabul
|
|
171
|
Mike Rianda
|
2021
|
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
|
|
172
|
Bill Melendez
|
1972
|
Snoopy, Come Home
|
|
173
|
Phil Lord Christopher Miller |
2014
|
The Lego Movie
|
|
174
|
|
2014
|
Big Hero 6
|
|
175
|
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
|
1993
|
Ninja Scroll
|
|
176
|
Pete Docter
|
2015
|
Inside Out
|
|
177
|
Milorad Krstic
|
2018
|
Ruben Brandt, Collector
|
|
178
|
Arthur Rankin, Jr. Jules Bass |
1989
|
The Last Unicorn
|
|
179
|
Gisaburo Sugii
|
1985
|
Night on the Galactic Railroad
|
|
180
|
Mamoru Hosoda
|
2009
|
Summer Wars
|
|
181
|
Jeremy Clapin
|
2019
|
I Lost My Body
|
|
182
|
Makoto Shinkai
|
2022
|
Suzume
|
|
183
|
Rintaro
|
2001
|
Metropolis
|
|
184
|
Aaron Blaise Robert Walker |
2003
|
Brother Bear
|
|
185
|
Alberto Vazquez Pedro Olvidados |
2015
|
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children
|
|
186
|
Clyde Geronimi Wilfred Jackson Hamilton Luske |
1951
|
Alice in Wonderland
|
|
187
|
Michel Hazanavicius
|
2024
|
The Most Precious of Cargoes
|
|
188
|
Shingo Yamashita
|
2026
|
Cosmic Princess Kaguya!
|
|
189
|
Phil Trippett
|
2021
|
Mad God
|
|
190
|
Hiroyuki Imaishi
|
2019
|
Promare
|
|
191
|
Fletcher Moules
|
2022
|
Entergalactic
|
|
192
|
Don Bluth
|
1988
|
The Land Before Time
|
|
193
|
Stephane Berla Mathias Malzieu |
2013
|
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
|
|
194
|
John Lounsbery Wolfgang Reitherman |
1977
|
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
|
|
195
|
Jeff Rowe
|
2023
|
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant
|
|
196
|
Wolfgang Reitherman
|
1973
|
Robin Hood
|
|
197
|
|
2016
|
Zootopia
|
|
198
|
Rene Laloux
|
1982
|
Time Masters
|
|
199
|
Jorge R. Gutierrez
|
2014
|
The Book of Life
|
|
200
|
Kotaro Tamura
|
2020
|
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
|
|
201
|
Jennifer Yuh Nelson
|
2011
|
Kung Fu Panda 2
|
|
202
|
|
2001
|
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
|
|
203
|
Tom McGarth
|
2010
|
Megamind
|
|
204
|
|
2007
|
Surf's Up
|
|
205
|
Jeff Lew
|
2008
|
Killer Bean Forever
|
|
206
|
Michel Ocelot Benedicte Galup |
2005
|
Kirikou and the Wild Beasts
|
|
207
|
Wolfgang Reitherman
|
1970
|
The Aristocats
|
|
208
|
|
2025
|
Zootopia 2
|
|
209
|
Dan Trachtenberg
|
2025
|
Predator: Killer of Killers
|
|
210
|
Goro Miyazaki
|
2011
|
From Up on Poppy Hill
|
|
211
|
Gore Verbinski
|
2011
|
Rango
|
|
212
|
Rintaro Yoshiaki Kawajiri Katsuhiro Otomo |
1987
|
Neo Tokyo
|
|
213
|
|
1996
|
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
|
|
214
|
Richard Rich Art Stevens Ted Berman |
1981
|
The Fox and the Hound
|
|
215
|
|
1999
|
Tarzan
|
|
216
|
Luiz Bolognesi
|
2013
|
Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury
|
|
217
|
Yoshiaki Kawajiri Mahiro Maeda Shinichiro Watanabe Takeshi Koike Peter Chung Koji Morimoto Andrew R. Jones |
2003
|
The Animatrix
|
|
218
|
Shannon Tindle
|
2024
|
Ultraman: Rising
|
|
219
|
Shunji Iwai
|
2015
|
The Case of Hana & Alice
|
|
220
|
Mamoru Oshii
|
1989
|
Patlabor: The Movie
|
|
221
|
Eiichi Yamamoto
|
1973
|
Belladonna of Sadness
|
|
222
|
Wolfgang Reitherman Clyde Geronimi Hamilton Luske |
1961
|
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
|
|
223
|
|
2016
|
Moana
|
|
224
|
|
2012
|
ParaNorman
|
|
225
|
Ryan Adriandhy
|
2025
|
Jumbo
|
|
226
|
Hideaki Anno Kazuya Tsurumaki Masayuki Mahiro Maeda |
2012
|
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
|
|
227
|
Naoko Yamada
|
2024
|
The Colors Within
|
|
228
|
Kazuya Tsurumaki Masayuki Hideaki Anno |
2007
|
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
|
|
229
|
Isao Takahata
|
1994
|
Pom Poko
|
|
230
|
Toshiyuki Kubooka
|
2012
|
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey
|
|
231
|
Kevin Lima
|
1995
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A Goofy Movie
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232
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Dean DeBlois
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2019
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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
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233
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Bibo Bergeron
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2011
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A Monster in Paris
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234
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Ayuma Watanabe
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2019
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Children of the Sea
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235
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1989
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The Little Mermaid
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236
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Wolfgang Reitherman
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1967
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The Jungle Book
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237
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Jean-Loup Felicioli Alain Gagno |
2010
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A Cat in Paris
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238
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Makoto Shinkai
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2019
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Weathering With You
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239
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Frank Ekinci Christian Desmares |
2015
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April and the Extraordinary World
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240
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Enrico Cassarosa
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2021
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Luca
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241
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Hiroyuki Okiura
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2011
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A Letter to Momo
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242
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Masaaki Yuasa
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2019
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Ride Your Wave
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243
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Keiichi Hara
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2010
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Colorful
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244
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Stephen J. Anderson Don Hall |
2011
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Winnie the Pooh
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245
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Steve Martino
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2015
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The Peanuts Movie
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246
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Leela Varghese Emma Hough Hobbs |
2025
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Lesbian Space Princess
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247
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Takashi Yamazaki
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2019
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Lupin III: The First
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248
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Masaaki Yuasa
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2017
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Lu Over the Wall
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249
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Javier Mariscal Fernando Trueba Tono Errando |
2010
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Chico & Rita
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250
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Kenji Kodama
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1997
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Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper
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