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The Imaginary
Why this pick
Like Drifting Home, this is a tender, visually imaginative anime about childhood bonds, loss, and finding emotional courage inside a fantastical world.
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MOVIE2022 2h 0m JPN
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Children of the Sea
Why this pick
Its luminous animation and enigmatic summer atmosphere echo Drifting Home’s sense of young people encountering something immense, beautiful, and emotionally disorienting.
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Penguin Highway
Why this pick
A child-led mystery turns an ordinary neighborhood into a gently surreal adventure, balancing playful discovery with the wistful feelings beneath Drifting Home.
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Lu Over the Wall
Why this pick
Its exuberant, fluid fantasy and seaside setting offer a brighter counterpart to Drifting Home, while keeping the same youthful isolation-to-connection emotional arc.
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Weathering With You
Why this pick
For the blend of flooded-city imagery, youthful vulnerability, and a heightened magical reality, this delivers similarly immersive weather-soaked emotion.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
One fateful summer, a group of elementary school kids set adrift on an abandoned apartment building must look within themselves to find a way back home.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Mutsumi Tamura
Kousuke Kumagaya
Asami Seto
Natsume Tonai
Ayumu Murase
Noppo
Daiki Yamashita
Yuzuru Tachibana
Yumiko Kobayashi
Taishi Koiwai
Inori Minase
Reina Hama
Kana Hanazawa
Juri Ando
Bin Shimada
Yasuji Kumagaya