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Only Yesterday

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Taeko is a city-girl, born and raised in Tokyo, who has always held dreams of visiting the countryside. She finally is able to fulfill that dream during a vacation with relatives. Only Yesterday switches from visions of Taeko's 5th grade past, to her present self who is struggling with touch choices and feelings about love, herself, and her future.

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Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou

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In a quaint Japanese town, far from the footprints of tourists, an abandoned robot named Alpha lives a quiet life, while running a coffee shop left by her previous owner. With hardly a customer from day to day, she tends to focus on life's little pleasures, while sporadically wishing for her master's return. But one day, a delivery-robot brings Alpha a camera, and through the pictures inside, her eyes are opened for the first time to the world around her.

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abunai
A notice to anime fans: life isn't always filled with giant robots fighting giant lizards, as the Tokyo Tower collapses like a house of cards. Although it may seem surprising, life is often filled with quiet pauses and gentle breezes; with the sounds of children's laughter in the distance and maybe a yapping dog. "Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou" and "Omohide Poro Poro" are two anime that embody this quality of the Quiet Life. If you have watched either one, and found yourself captivated by those moments of harmony that it allowed you to glimpse, then you owe it to yourself to see the other.
knaecke
Both titles are very calm and "actionless". The way the storys are told is giving the watcher a snugness which sadly has become very rare in new anime.

Whisper of the Heart

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Whisper of the Heart is a touching Ghibli slice-of-life story, about a young girl named Shizuku. While riding the train, she notices a fat cat riding alongside her. Following the cat, she finds a shop where she is told an enchanting story of a gold statue named "The Baron". WotH follows Shizuku in her struggles to grow, and her budding love with the shopkeeper's son.

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abunai
"Whisper of the Heart" and "Only Yesterday" are two of Ghibli's best, most understated, films. In many ways, they deal with aspects of the same process - growing up. In "WotH", we follow a young girl glimpsing her own potential for growth into adulthood. In "OY", a grown woman travels back in her memory to her childhood. Two sides of the same story.
cygaretka

Only Yesterday and Whisper... are created by the same studio, but this is not the only connection.Both are showing a way that every person must went - groving up. In very touching, slowly style, creators gives us a unique stories about changes in child life and mind.

Millennium Actress

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What starts as a simple interview of a legendary actress becomes a journey through the history of Japan. But this is no ordinary lesson; from the perspective of this actress, we learn of the beauty and sadness of love, the pain and regret and joy of the Japanese people and their film, through this film: Millennium Actress.

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neilworms
Both flims are serious adult drama done in the form of animation. In addition both films involve female leads who are remiscing about their life. Also both films are love stories told from a woman's point of view. Finally both films involve to different degrees use of fantasy to represent the characters emotions in key places.
Rar
Both Millennium Actress and Only Yesterday centre around an older woman looking back over her life, and the history of Japan at the same time. Interestingly, both characters are thwarted in their early ambition to be actresses by their parents, though Chiyoko in Millennium Actress lacks the domineering father to stop her permanently.

Ocean Waves

Alt titles: Umi ga Kikoeru

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Ocean Waves is a coming of age tale centered around Taku, an ordinary high school student, his best friend Matsuno, and Rukiko, a reserved outcast who has caught Matsuno's eye. While bounds of friendship are tested, unlikely relationships grow and flourish in this made for television movie.

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sothis
Another slice of life film from Ghibli. Ocean Waves deals primarily with a relationship, while Only Yesterday is a bit more general.

Figure 17

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While transporting bio-weapon lifeforms, Agent DD, member of an alien police force, is forced to crash land on Earth. Amidst the chaos of the crash, a bio-weapon escapes and DD is forced to fight it, while accidentally activating a Liberus, a liquid battle suit. Tsubasa, a shy girl, unwillingly comes into contact with the Liberius and is thereafter forced to fight for the survival of Earth.

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sothis
Only Yesterday is far more tame, and is a movie in the slice of life genre. Both focus heavily on a female growing up, and coming to terms with herself. Only Yesterday is more of a flashback on childhood, while Figure 17 takes place in the middle of it. No aliens in this film, but entertaining nonetheless.