Summary: A look inside the notoriously insular Studio Ghibli. Follows director Hayao Miyazaki, producer Toshio Suzuki, and director Isao Takahata for a year as the studio rushes to complete two films, Miyazaki's The Wind Rises and Takahata's The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KIN

Summary: "Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the Olympics. Against this backdrop of hope and change, a friendship begins to blossom between high school students Umi ... and Shun ... but a buried secret from their past emerges to cast a shadow on the future and pull them apart"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: distributed in the U.S. by Cinedigm Entertainment 2013

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME FRO

Summary: In an imaginative and lighthearted tale, a young schoolgirl saves the life of a noble cat and is rewarded with a shocking proposal of marriage - to the Cat King's son - and a fateful journey to the extraordinary Kingdom of Cats.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2005

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2 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME CAT

Summary: A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning. A semi-autobiographical fantasy about life, death, and creation, in tribute to friendship, from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory 2024

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BOY

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BOY

Summary: Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the worlds most innovative and accomplished airplane designers. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes his friendship...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2013

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME WIN

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WIN RATED PG-13

Summary: After living her whole life in the city, 27-year-old Taeko decides to visit her relatives in the countryside. As she travels, memories of her youth resurface. And after meeting young farmer Toshio, she wonders if she's been true to the dreams of her childhood self.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME ONL

Summary: Slouching towards middle age, Porco Rosso makes his living by flying about in his red bi-plane and fighting sky bandits who prey on cruise ships sailing the Adriatic. When he's not engaging in dog fights, this pilot lives on a deserted island retreat. Porco was once a strappling young man, but after his entire squardron was wiped out, he is mysteriously transformed into a pig. Then he is...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2005

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME POR

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1 available in Stacks, Call number: DVD POR RATED PG-13

Summary: A young warrior searching for a cure for a deadly curse becomes entangled in a battle between a clan of humans and the forest's animal gods.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2000

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD MOVIE PRI

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PRI RATED PG-13

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Pr

Summary: Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthralls all who encounter her, but ultimately she must confront her fate, the punishment for her crime.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: [Publisher not identified] 2015

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME TAL
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TAL

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TAL RATED PG

Summary: Pazu is an engineer's apprentice who finds Sheeta, a young girl, floating down from the sky, wearing a glowing pendant. Together, they discover both are searching for Laputa, a legendary floating castle, and vow to unravel the mystery of the luminous crystal around Sheeta's neck. Their quest won't be easy. There are greedy air pirates, secret government agents and astounding obstacles to keep...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2010

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD CAS

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Ca

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CAS

Summary: Sent to the seaside to stay with relatives for the summer, Anna strikes up a friendship with Marnie, who lives there in an old mansion surrounded by marshes. As their friendship grows, so does Anna's curiosity about the truth surrounding her new friend.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME WHE
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WHE

Summary: A young boy and a mysterious girl search for a fantastic floating castle while trying to outrun pirates, the army, and government agents.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Disney 2012

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME CAS

Summary: Two orphans in World War II, Kobe, Japan, face fire-bombs, hunger, homelessness, and despair as the war and their lives come to an end.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Central Park Media 2002

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME GRA

Summary: Deep inside a tree trunk, two children discover a fascinating new world inhabited by Totoros, amazing, charming creatures who become their friends.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2002

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MY RATED G

Summary: After moving to the country to be near their ailing mother, two young sisters are befriended by a variety of mysterious creatures.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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2 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME MY

Summary: The epic coming-of-age tale of Nausicaä, a compassionate princess warrior. Her rural valley lives at peace on the edge of a deadly fungal wasteland, until a ship carrying a weapon from a bygone industrial age crashes nearby. When warriors from a far country come to retrieve the artifact, their invasion draws Nausicaä and her people into a sprawling political conflict. Set 1,000 years after a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory 2017

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME NAU

Summary: The dialogue-less animated film follows the major life stages of a man castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV RED

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF RED