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Highest-grossing Japanese films by worldwide revenue since 1997 Year Title Worldwide gross Format Ref. 1997 Princess Mononoke: $169,785,704 Anime 1998 Pokémon: The First Movie: $172,744,662 Anime 1999 Pokémon: The Movie 2000: $133,949,270 Anime 2000 Pokémon 3: The Movie: $68,411,275 Anime 2001 Spirited Away: $395,580,000 ($274,925,095)
Akira (1988) Obviously, Akira was going to be number 1. This isn’t just a snobby cinema studies pick. Yes, the film’s historical impact on cinema extends even beyond the medium (much like our ...
My Neighbor Totoro was ranked third on the list of "Greatest Japanese Animated Films of All Time" by film magazine Kinema Junpo in 2009, 41st in Empire magazine's "The 100 Best Films of World Cinema" in 2010, second on a similar Empire list of best children's films, and number one in the greatest animated films in Time Out; a similar list by ...
The highest-grossing film of 2008 in Japan: Ponyo [31] The highest-grossing Japanese film of 2010 in Japan: The Secret World of Arrietty [32] The highest-grossing film of 2013 in Japan: The Wind Rises [33] The first Studio Ghibli film to use computer graphics: Pom Poko.
Akira ( Japanese: アキラ) is a 1988 Japanese animated cyberpunk action film [4] directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced by Ryōhei Suzuki and Shunzō Katō, and written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, based on Otomo's 1982 manga of the same name. Set in a dystopian 2019, it tells the story of Shōtarō Kaneda, the leader of a biker gang whose ...
Studio Ghibli, Inc. ( Japanese: 株式会社スタジオジブリ, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Sutajio Jiburi) [3] is a Japanese animation studio based in Koganei, Tokyo. [4] It has a strong presence in the animation industry and has expanded its portfolio to include various media formats, such as short subjects, television commercials, and two ...
The history of anime can be traced back to the start of the 20th century, with the earliest verifiable films dating from 1917. Before the advent of film, Japan already had a rich tradition of entertainment with colourful painted figures moving across the projection screen in utsushi-e (写し絵), a particular Japanese type of magic lantern show popular in the 19th century.
Anime is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. However, Outside of Japan and in English, anime refers specifically to the animation produced exclusively in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, anime is generally described as all animated works, regardless of style, type or origin.