Movies like Brave Story
If Brave Story's animation and adventure stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Brave Story's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody
2006 · Directed by Noriyuki Abe · 87 min6.9
Why you'll like itWith Chiwa Saito · Also a Japanese fantasy film · From the same decade (2000s)
In Karakura Town, unidentifiable spirits begin appearing en mases. While attempting to deal with these strange souls, Ichigo Kurosaki and Rukia Kuchiki meet Senna, a mysterious shinigami who wipes out most of them.
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Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns
2001 · Directed by Masamitsu Hidaka · 63 min6.8
Why you'll like itWith Satomi Korogi · Also a Japanese animated film · From the same decade (2000s)
The Team Rocket leader, Giovanni, has found Mewtwo in a remote area of the Johto region. As Giovanni tries to re-capture Mewtwo, Ash and his friends are kidnapped by Domino, a new Team Rocket member, while trying to…
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No Game No Life: Zero
2017 · Directed by Atsuko Ishizuka · 106 min7.8
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese adventure
Six thousand years before Sora and Shiro were even a blink in the history of Disboard, war consumed the land, tearing apart the heavens, destroying stars, and even threatening to wipe out the human race.
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One Piece: Stampede
2019 · Directed by Takashi Otsuka · 101 min7.8
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese animated film
The world's boldest buccaneers set sail for the great Pirate Festival, where the Straw Hats join a mad-dash race to find Gol D. Roger's treasure.
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The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 1
2022 · Directed by Bob Shirohata · 52 min7.7
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese animated film
Tristan, the son of Meliodas and Elizabeth, inherits the power of the Goddess Clan and can heal people’s wounds and injuries, but he often ends up hurting others due to his inability to control his Demon Clan power.
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Children Who Chase Lost Voices
2011 · Directed by Makoto Shinkai · 116 min7.2
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese animated film
The film centers on Asuna, a young girl who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her late father as a memento.
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Solo Leveling -ReAwakening-
2024 · Directed by Shunsuke Nakashige · 116 min7.2
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese adventure
Over a decade after 'gates' connecting worlds appeared, awakening 'hunters' with superpowers, weakest hunter Sung Jinwoo encounters a double dungeon and accepts a mysterious quest, becoming the only one able to level…
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Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge
2013 · Directed by Yuzo Sato · 97 min7.1
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese animated film
One day, Kurapika spots a child who looks very similar to his childhood friend, Pyro. However, when he catches up to him, the boy steals Kurapika's eyes with some kind of magical power.
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Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages
2015 · Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama · 73 min6.8
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese adventure
Ash, Pikachu, and their friends come to a desert city by the sea. Here they meet the Mythical Pokémon Hoopa, which has the ability to summon things—including people and Pokémon—through its magic rings.
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Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel
2005 · Directed by Hirotsugu Kawasaki · 97 min6.8
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese animated film · From the same decade (2000s)
Naruto, Shikamaru, and Sakura are executing their mission of delivering a lost pet to a certain village. However, right in the midst of things, troops led by the mysterious knight, Temujin, attack them.
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Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle
1987 · Directed by Daisuke Nishio · 45 min6.7
Why you'll like itAlso a Japanese animated film
Goku and Kuririn are given an assignment by Kame-Sen'nin: "Retrieve the sleeping princess from Lucifer and I will take you as my students." But the mission proves to be more perilous than originally thought.