Top 10 best anime of all time for kids

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A letter to Momo

A Letter To Momo (2011) - Official Trailer

• Genre: Animated, Family, Romance
  Director: Hiroyuki Okiura
  Cast: Cho, Karen Miyama, Toshiyuki Nishida
  Release year: 2011
  Duration: 120 minutes
  Content: 

  This Japanese animation for children was awarded Excellence at the 2011 Japan Traditional Arts Festival for the anime film category. The plot of the film is about 11-year-old Momo and her mother moving to live on a small island. She has to get used to her new life after her father suddenly dies in a traffic accident.

She came here with the pain of losing her father, the regret of arguing with him the last time they met. Momo's life becomes even more complicated when 3 Yokai appear around her. These are monstrous-looking characters sent down to protect her, each with their own personality and causing more trouble than helping. Gradually, Momo realizes that their appearance is related to the letter left by her father.

Through the image of guardian gods, along with the image of the letter that appears at the end of the film, A Letter To Momo wants to convey a message that: Our bodies, even though they are dead, are still in the far heavens always watching over and supporting those we love. Therefore, in any difficult situation, you must try to overcome and live happily, so that your loved ones in heaven can be assured.

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Wolf Children

Wolf Children Trailer

• Genre: Animated, Romance, Family
  Director: Mamoru Hosoda
  Cast: Aoi Miyazaki, Haru Kuroki, Amon Kabe, Megumi Hayashibara, Hajime Inoue, Shôta Somethini,...
  Release year: 2012
  Duration: 117 minutes
  Producer: Studio Chizu
  Content: 

  Wolf Children is a Japanese anime for children that appears next on this list. It tells the story of student Hana who meets and falls in love with a werewolf. After marriage, Hana gives birth to two werewolf babies, an older sister named Yuki and a younger brother named Ame. Unfortunately later, her husband died while feeding 2 young children. Hana decides to move to a remote town far from the city, keeps it a secret, and decides to raise her children well.

She patiently cares for them, protects them from danger while teaching them about the world around them and adopting their true nature, whether human or wolf. Later the two children grew up and made their own choices. The older sister goes to school, and the younger brother Ame becomes a wolf living in the deep wilderness. The film portrays the image of a noble mother and a different acceptance in each person.

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The Tale of Princess Kaguya

The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya - Official Trailer

• Genre: Animated, Mythology
  Director: Isao Takahata
  Cast: Aki Asakura, Kengo Kôra, Takeo Chii, Nobuko Miyamoto, Atsuko Takahata
  Release year: 2013
  Duration: 137 minutes
  Producer: Studio Ghibli, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
  Content: 

  Princess Kaguya is a Japanese anime for children that is both rustic and deep. It received a Best Animated Feature nomination at the 87th Academy Awards. The story is about an old man named Okina who accidentally saves a tiny baby from a bamboo burn. He took her home and took good care of her with his wife. She was not an ordinary person, so she grew up fast, matured early and became more and more beautiful. Thanks to that pretty, she attracts many boys who want to marry her.

Later, during a visit to the forest, the old man Okina discovered a lot of gold in the bamboo grove, from which his family decided to move to the capital and turn Kaguya into a real princess. Later, many events happened, she returned to the Moon, where she was born but still has many regrets with tears.

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My Neighbor Totoro - Hàng Xóm Của Tôi Là Totoro

My Neighbor Totoro - Official Trailer

My Neighbor Totoro, also known in Vietnamese as My Neighbor Totoro, is a Ghibli film. The new house they moved into was rumored to be haunted. Sisters Satsuki (11) and Mei (4) are curious about it, where they get to know the kind old neighbor and her nephew Kanta. Once running in the forest near her home, Mei stumbles upon the satyr there, a cute big-bellied beast who she calls him Totoro after the beast in her picture book. After hearing Mei tell her about meeting Totoro, her older sister Satsuki also wishes to meet Totoro. And the sisters meet Totoro again when they go to the bus stop to wait for their father. From there their lives begin to change and their amazing adventures begin...

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Toshiyuki Amagasa
Genre: Animation
Duration: 90 minutes
Release year: 1988
Country: Japan

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Tekkonkinkreet

Tekkonkinkreet Trailer

• Genre: Coming-of-age, Surreal fantasy, Urban fantasy
  Director: Michael Arias
  Producer: Eiko Tanaka, Eiichi Kamagata, Masao Teshima, Fumio Ueda
  Written by: Anthony Weintraub
  Studio: Studio 4°C
  Aired: December 22, 2006
  Duration/episode: 110 minutes
  Country: Japan
  What it's about: Based on the short manga series of the same name, Tekkonkinkreet, Michael's directorial debut, won multiple awards in terms of content and art. The film opens up a new anime style that is both faithful to simple and delicate and deep 2D character creations. The two children in the film are like two blades of grass that shake each other to survive at the bottom of society despite being forgotten. Their lives are in turmoil when aliens appear claiming to want to change the flesh of the town. Kuro and Shiro enter a war with new dark forces to protect their town, but it is actually a war between light and darkness in humans.