In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.

A young boy named Mahito
yearning for his mother
ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead.
There, death comes to an end,
and life finds a new beginning.

A semi-autobiographical fantasy
about life, death, and creation,
 in tribute to friendship,
from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.

[Source: GKIDS]

Mameko is unemployed and lives with her dog, Komachi, and three cats, Tabi, Shimba, and Melo. Even though she swears to try her best from tomorrow, the next day she always gets tired and quickly give up.

This is a slightly uneventful, but somehow entertaining, slice-of-life story.

[Source: Fuji Creative Corporation]