Windaria

Alternate titles: Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa

In a futuristic world where nature has won the battle against technology, mankind lives in perpetual fear. Desperate, fading civilizations try to revive age-old superweapons to turn the tide. Now the fate of the world rests on an ancient prophecy and a young girl who has a power greater than any other...

Alternate titles: Ima, Soko ni Iru Boku

Amidst a beautiful sunset, Shu is violently whisked away to a grim future devoid of water, and empty of hope; a place where children are forced to become soldiers, and kill countless others in the name of King Hamdo. Shu's companion is a mysterious girl named La La Ru, who may hold the key to survival. Now, he must concentrate on the only things that matter: escaping Hellywood, and finding a way home.

Among the garbage dumped down from the mysterious aerial city of Zalem, a new life is found. Restored by a brilliant cyberneticist, a young girl named Gally struggles to find her own place in the world, to learn the extent of her own deadly abilities and to discover that which makes her truly human: love.

Once there lived an author, Drosselmeyer, who wrote grand tragedies. One of them was the tale of the raven and the prince, who fought against each other relentlessly in an epic battle. However, before the story could be completed, the author died, leaving the tale unfinished. In a town where fiction and reality meld together, the tragic tale now continues with Ahiru, a duck who will become a beautiful swan, and Myuto, her prince.

In the not-so-distant future, mankind is at war with itself. The lives of Chise and Shuu are torn apart when Chise is chosen to become the ultimate weapon to fight for Japan against their enemies. Death, sadness, and the hardships of love accompany Sai Kano in its grim look at war and its consequences.

Alternate titles: Tenshi no Tamago

A young girl with a gigantic egg and a mysterious wandering swordsman travel through a city of magic and illusion. Angel's Egg is a surreal and abstract work for those who want to see something VERY different from the norm. It is one of the earlier works of Mamoru Oshii of Ghost in the Shell and Jin-Roh fame.

Alternate titles: Hamelin no Violin Hiki

Hamelin is a musical young man with no recollection of his past, who lives in the village of Staccato. After a tragic disaster, he and Flute, his childhood friend, and Oboe, a talking bird, must embark on a dangerous quest to embrace their destinies. Guilt, betrayal, and loss all play a part in this musical tale of the violinist with magical abilities, and those who he desires to protect.

Alternate titles: Andersen's Children's Story: The Mermaid Princess

Marina is a fifteen-year-old mermaid who lives at the bottom of the sea; alongside her sisters, loving father and dolphin friend she explores sunken ships and gazes at human treasures, all the while longing to see the outside world. In secret, Marina swims to the surface one evening and sees a beautiful prince that she instantly falls in love with – but the evil sea witch uses her powers to sink the prince’s ship, casting him into the cold water below. Marina saves her love but remains hidden while he comes to on the shore, leaving her yearning to see him again. To fulfill her desires Marina visits the sea witch and exchanges her beautiful singing voice for human legs – but there’s a catch. If the prince marries another, the morning after Marina will die of a broken heart and will turn into sea foam...

Alternate titles: Ringing Bell

As a child, Chirin the lamb is taught by his loving mother to be wary of leaving their pasture; wolves and other predators are a constant threat, though the naïve Chirin believes they would never eat his kind. But when a wolf breaches the perimeter and kills his mother while she protects him, Chirin decides he must do the unthinkable: find the wolf and demand that he trains Chirin to be strong. Chirin must undergo rigorous conditions and be the very thing that he despises so that he may have his revenge, but will he lose himself in the process?