Top 10 best anime of all time for kids

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28-05-2023 cookie

Cartoons are the genre of movies that children absolutely love. In which, anime is one of the most popular cartoons for children, because of its beautiful, lovely drawings, and good, highly educational movie content. Japanese anime is very diverse in genres, classifying many different ages. To avoid children watching amines that are not appropriate for their age. Parents should supervise, guide or choose for children to watch children's anime. In the treasure trove of Japanese anime there are many good anime for children. If parents do not know what are the best anime for children, in this article I will introduce them to the best Japanese anime for children, let's watch.

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Spirited Away

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Spirited Away

Spirited Away - Official Trailer

  • Genre: Children's cartoon, Adventure, Mystery
    Director: Hayao Miyazaki.
    Producer: Toshio Suzuki.
    Hayao Miyazaki.
    Plot: Hayao Miyazaki.
    Cast: Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Iirano, Mari Natsuki, Takeshi Naito, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Tsunehiko Kamijō, Takehiko Ono, Bunta Sugawara.
    Release year: 2001.
    Duration: 125 minutes.

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It is the most successful anime film in Japanese history with a worldwide gross of $274 million and received a lot of praise. This is the only work from the land of cherry blossoms to win the Best Animated Feature Award of the Oscar. The film is also in the top 100 best movies of all time. Spirited Away is the adventure journey of 10-year-old Chihiro in the land of spirits. Miyazaki has created a world with many characters with depth, many events and incredible thrilling stories. The film is one of the most fantastical and beautiful dreams that Miyazaki in particular and Studio Ghibli in general bring to many generations, not just children. 

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Howl's Moving Castle

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Howl's Moving Castle

Howl's Moving Castle - Official Trailer

  • Genre: Adventure, Family, Kids cartoon
    Director: Hayao Miyazaki
    Writer: Hayao Miyazaki
    Voiced by: Takuya Kimura, Chieko Baishō, Tatsuya Gashūin,...
    Release year: 2004
    Duration: 119 minutes
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    Howl's Moving Castle is a Japanese animated children's film released 3 years after Spirited Away. The film is adapted from the famous novel of the same name by author Diana Wynne Jones. This animated film is the brainchild of Studio Ghibli, molded by the hands of talented screenwriter Hayao Miyazaki. Not to be outdone by his brother Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle – Howl's Flying Castle is also recognized as one of the most successful Japanese animated films in history with a gross of $ 231.7 million. In 2004, at the 78th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for the category "Best Animated Feature".

The film tells the story of a young girl named Sophie – a hatmaker who is enchanted by a witch to turn into a 90-year-old woman with gray hair. Sophie is forced to leave her family and find a way to break the curse she wears. The girl is also very strong, intrepid, ignoring fears to start a new journey. Along the way, Sophie meets the wizard Howl at a giant flying castle. Since then, they adventure together to new lands and develop feelings for each other.

The film is about 2 people with different personalities, full of flaws but strangely harmonious and always trying for big goals. In the movie, the two main characters always give loving actions and words to each other. Love is sometimes about sacrificing yourself so that your loved one can be happy. Sophie's attempt to break the curse is also her process of recovering the lost heart of the magician Howl.

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Ponyo

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Ponyo

Ponyo - Official Trailer

  • Genre: Cartoons for children
    Director: Hayao Miyazaki
    Cast: Tomoko Yamaguchi, Kazushige Nagashima, Yûki Amami, George Tokoro, Yuria Nara
    Release year: 2008
    Duration: 101 minutes
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    This Japanese animated film for children was made by Studio Ghibli. The story revolves around a mermaid named Ponyo, the daughter of the king of the sea and her mother who is the goddess of the ocean. During one of her ascents, she becomes entangled in a bottle and is rescued by young Sousuke. Sousuke takes Ponyo in and she helps heal the boy's hand. While licking Sousuke's wound, Ponyo accidentally swallowed human blood and became strong, able to transform his limbs at will, but at the same time his special powers disappeared.

Little Ponyo Fishman attracts viewers by its cute drawings, gentle clear colors, simple and extremely lovely story. The film successfully shows the cherished, cherished love between two 5-year-old children. Director Hayao Miyazaki created something special in the film: the world of love and always loved, the world of honesty without calculations, the world of children with the simplest and truest, clearest values.

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The Cat Returns

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The Cat Returns - Official Trailer

  • Genre: Children's cartoons, Adventure
    Director: Hiroyuki Morita
    Cast: Chizuru Ikewaki, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Aki Maeda
    Production year: 2002
    Duration: 75 minutes
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    It is a Japanese animated children's film produced by Ghibli. The story follows little Haru, a shy, shy 17-year-old high school girl. On one occasion, Haru accidentally saves a cat from a truck while crossing the street. But unexpectedly, that cat is the prince of the Cat kingdom. To repay her, the king decides that the whole kingdom will do everything in return for Haru's kindness. Unfortunately, the world of cats does not have any suitable items for her, moreover, having to marry the Prince of Cats leads to many funny situations. The movie is very cute, suitable for children with many colorful cats along with many funny stories that are extremely attractive to viewers.

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The Secret World of Arrietty

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The Secret World of Arrietty

The Secret World of Arrietty Official Trailer

  • Genre: Cartoon, Fantasy
    Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
    Cast: Mirai Shida, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Shinobu Otake
    Release year: 2010
    Duration: 94 minutes
    Country: Japan
    Studio: Studio Ghibli
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    This Japanese animated film for children won the "Animation of the Year" award at the 34th Japan Academy Awards. The film is based on Mary Norton's The Borrowers (1952). The Secret World Of Arrietty grossed heavily in the Japanese market in 2010.

The film tells the story of tiny people called The Borrowers and they are living in the basement of a family's house. These tiny people lived off the objects of the human world, gradually building their own small houses. In that world, little Arrietty is trained in life skills by her father and absolutely must not let humanity know, otherwise she will be in danger. But when she met a real human boy, Arrietty forgot all the instructions her father had told her. 

The story of little Arrietty's courage is the impetus for the resilience of unfortunate people. Thanks to his meeting with Arrietty, young Sho faces his surgery strongly. Arrietty's story is a combination of the innocence of children and the perspective of adults with a completely different angle, helping the film touch the hearts of viewers. This is a Japanese anime for children that parents should show their children.