Ronja, the Robber's Daughter - Recommendations

• TV (26 eps)
• 1980

Deep in the forest, there is a village where a community of tiny pixies dwell. They all work hard to take care of themselves and each other, but being less than an inch tall, everyday life can present quite a challenge! Kind-hearted Belfy and her loyal friend Lillibit have adventures as they help their neighbors, play with their friends and explore the big world around them. Whether they are saving baby animals, investigating mysterious happenings, or sneaking off to find the fabled sea they've heard stories about, there's always something interesting going on in their tiny little world!

• TV Special (1 ep x 108 min)
• 2007

After her parents separated, eleven-year-old Miyori was left in the care of her grandparents who live in the countryside, where she lives a lonely and solemn life. While exploring the woods one day near the village, Miyori comes across a giant cherry tree and meets the spirits of the forest. They tell her that she is the guardian of the forest, a role that Miyori stubbornly does not wish to fill - that is, until she learns that a dam is being built, and it threatens to submerge her home and the home of the spirits! With the help of her new woodland friends and classmates, Miyori hatches a plan to save her new home...

• TV (50 eps)
• 2009

In the war against neighboring countries, the Grand Duke’s warriors use dragon-like beasts called Touda as weapons. Touda are admired across the nation and villages take great pride in breeding them. Erin lives in one such village with her mother, Soyon, who is the best beastinarian in the country. However, life in the village is not so straightforward: Soyon is also an Ariyo, a woman of the Mist People - a race that is feared by humans for its mystical abilities. So that she and Erin can stay in the village, Soyon must flawlessly fulfill her duty capturing and disciplining the Touda; but while Erin wants nothing more than to become a beastinarian, she also feels sorry for the Touda and recognizes that there’s far more to them than meets the eye. Can Erin ever become an ordinary beastinarian when her deepest instincts tell her there is a better way to interact with the Touda?

• TV (52 eps)
• 1974

When Heidi's parents died while she was a baby, she was left in the care of her selfish aunt Dete. However, now that Dete has found work abroad she has left five-year-old Heidi at her grandfather's house; he is a cantankerous old man who lives in the hills of Dorfli Village, with only his goats and the young goat herder Peter as his makeshift friends. In her new home, Heidi will learn to love the countryside, make friends with the flowers and goats, and most importantly warm the hearts of all of the people around her.

• TV (12 eps)
• 2018

While Hakumei is cheerful, outgoing and prefers to be outside, Mikochi is more introverted and prefers to stay indoors. These differences will set the tone for their friendship. Riding on insects and birds, creating tools from the forest and living their normal lives, they'll show us how day to day chores can be the biggest adventure in a small world full of wonders.

• Music Video (1 ep)
• 2020

• TV (10 eps)
• 2023

A great forest, infested with flameling creatures and other fallen beasts, covers the world, and pockets of humanity live in small protected communities. Due to a special weapon used in the Last War, human beings spontaneously burst into flame when merely getting close to a small source of fire. The only safe energy source for humanity lies within the bodies of flamelings, and the duty to hunt them falls to the sickle-wielding firecatchers who brave the depths of the great forest. Touko, a young girl from a paper-making town, finds herself in the forbidden forest, assailed by flamelings, when a flamecatcher rushes to protect her. In another place, a young capital-born boy named Koushi shelters his younger sister after losing his mother to factory poison.

• Movie (1 ep)
• 1995

Three hundred years ago, Lord Ashram departed Lodoss to seek haven for his people; and in exchange for his soul, the God Barbas allowed Ashram’s people passage through the God Wall to the land of Crystania. In the present, Prince Redon flees for his life after watching his parents be assassinated. He travels along the God Wall and vows revenge, and to his dismay a voice, out of nowhere, offers him power, bids him to enter, and opens the God Wall. After entering Crystania, Redon meets the shapeshifting Beast Men who are fighting a civil war against both the 'God King' Barbas, and the dark elf Pirotess whose goal is to free Ashram from Barbas’ possession. Soon Redon discovers that it was Barbas who had offered him power; he must now make a choice between helping free Ashram’s soul, and joining Barbas to achieve the ultimate power.

• TV (65 eps)
• 2007 - 2008

In times long past, the Shadow Lord was defeated by the Belt of Deltora, and its creator Adeen united the seven tribes into one kingdom called Deltora. The Shadow Lord bid his time, striking again generations later; he destroyed the belt and scattered the gems, thus leaving the land open to be easily subjugated. Now, in the present day, a young man named Lief does what he can to fight the forces of the Shadow Lord. On his 16th birthday, Lief's father confesses to being the last king of Deltora’s friend, and has reforged the sacred belt. With new hope, Lief takes it upon himself to find the gems, restore the belt, and to bring hope to the people of Deltora once more! Together with Barda, an ex-palace guard, Lief sets out on an adventure of a lifetime!

• OVA (3 eps)
• 1996 - 1997

It has been years since the defeat of the evil god Barbas; but when Redon and Pirotess, the heroes that were instrumental in his demise, have dreams about his return, they know that their adventures aren’t over yet. Pirotess is attacked by a minion of Barbas but manages to escape with two items: the Chaos Ring - an artifact that stalls Barbas' return - and a portal to the Chaos World, where she must go to locate Ashram's soul to aid them in defeating Barbas once more. Redon, on the other hand, goes in search of the bell of awakening which is both aiding Barbas' return and unleashing previously-sealed dangerous items upon the world such as tornadoes, basilisks, and even dragons! Can Pirotess and Redon achieve their goals, before the whole of Crystania is destroyed?