Movies like To the Forest of Firefly Lights
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To the Forest of Firefly Lights (2011)
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Original name: 蛍火の杜へ
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
One hot summer day a little girl gets lost in an enchanted forest of the mountain god where spirits reside. A young boy appears before her, but she cannot touch him for fear of making him disappear. And so a wondrous adventure awaits...
Style:
anime, touching, sincere, captivating, exciting, sad, manga, art house, shoujo, deep ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
spirit, friendship, childhood, love, fall in love, supernatural, little girl, nature, folklore, relationships, abrupt ending, forest, forces of nature, mysticism, friends, wildlife, japanese mythology, woods, slice of life, coming of age, magic, life changing, thoughtful, amor, summer ...
Time:
2010s
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Most similar movies to To the Forest of Firefly Lights
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, touching, captivating and manga films with plots about friendship, supernatural, coming of age, teenager, love, slice of life and school mostly in Animation, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like To the Forest of Firefly Lights: Ride Your Wave (2019), Weathering with You (2019), Your Name. (2016), A Silent Voice (2016), Okko's Inn (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in love. Just as they become ...
Style:
anime, touching, sweet, romantic, captivating ...
Plot:
slice of life, beach, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, love, friendship, relationships, tragedy, surfing, fire, fall in love, firefighter ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan, China
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Hodaka, a high school boy who moves from his isolated island home to the city of Tokyo, who immediately becomes broke! After finally finding work at a shady occult magazine, the sky rains every day until amidst the hustle and bustle of the big city, ...
Style:
anime, touching, exciting, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
weather, friendship, fall in love, love, magic, teenager, girl, couples, magical girl, magical power, climate change, flood ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
88%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must ...
Style:
anime, touching, melancholic, sweet, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, family outing, kids, teen drama
Plot:
time travel, body swapping, beautiful scenery, plot twist, destiny, school, love story, girl, friendship, schoolgirl, love, memory loss ...
Time:
year 2016, year 2013, 2020s, 2010s
Place:
tokyo, japan, east asia
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya ...
Style:
anime, sincere, touching, romantic, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
bullying, disability, deaf, sign language, friendship, teenager, high school, japanese schoolgirl, coming of age, japanese school, suicide attempt, redemption ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
88%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
12-year-old Oriko Seki, who lost her parents in a car accident, ended up living in her grandmother's Onsen Ryokan "Haru no Ya." With the ghost "Uribou" cohabitating with her and all the other odds, she ended up training to ...
Style:
anime, feel good, exciting, captivating, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
orphan, grandmother granddaughter relationship, ghost, innkeeper, supernatural, dream, school, spirit, teacher, childhood memory, inn, loss of mother ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their inheritance of their father's traits prove to be a challenge for her.
Style:
anime, heartbreaking, sweet, atmospheric, colorful ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, kids, adult
Plot:
werewolf, childhood, children, parents and children, single mother, wolf, female werewolf, death of father, supernatural, school, family relations, wilderness ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A story of encounters and partings interwoven between people; this is a human drama with feelings that touch one's heart gradually, which everyone has experienced at least once.
Style:
anime, touching, sentimental, thought provoking, sincere ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
parents and children, family relations, life is a bitch, orphan, teenager, love, baby, female protagonist, friendship, military, death, warrior ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A year has passed since Menma's ghostly return to the Super Peace Busters. Although the time they spent together during that summer was short, the five members reminisce about what happened as they each write a letter to their lost friend.
Style:
anime, psychological, emotional, serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
friendship, unrequited love, supernatural, love triangle, ghost, teenage love, teenage life, high school life, fall in love, youth, haunted by the past, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister ...
Style:
anime, feel good, sweet, atmospheric, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, toddlers, kids, preschool
Plot:
children, friendship, magic, magical, sisters, countryside, young heroes, child protagonist, teaching the ways of the world, sister sister relationship, little girl, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
1950s, year 1988, 20th century, 50s
Place:
japan, asia, seattle, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
High school student Aoi lives with her elder sister, Akane, after a tragic accident took their parents away 13 years ago. Because Akane has since been taking care of her single-handedly, Aoi wants to move to Tokyo after her graduation to relieve her ...
Style:
touching, anime, exciting, enigmatic, captivating ...
Plot:
lost love, loss of family, music, love and romance, teenage love, time traveler, young love, self doubt, supernatural, first love, talent, teenager ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and ...
Style:
anime, touching, sweet, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
rain, shoemaker, youth, overcoming, unlikely couple, age difference, young lovers, teenage life, grownups, relationships, shyness, older woman younger man relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan, asia
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story:
Natsume Takashi has the ability to see spirits, which he has long kept secret. However, once he inherits a strange book that belonged to his deceased grandmother, Reiko, he discovers the reason why spirits surround him.
Style:
anime, adult animation, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
spirit, ghost, friendship, japanese culture, supernatural, youkai, exorcist, supernatural power, orphan, human animal relationship, fear, japanese mythology ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The film centers on Asuna, a young girl who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her late father as a memento. One day while walking home she is attacked by a fearsome monster ...
Style:
anime, touching, sentimental, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
dealing with death, parallel world, imaginary, radio, myth, teenage life, escape attempt, mountain, rescue, life & death, spirit, supernatural ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Sixth-graders Kosuke and Natsume grew up in the same apartment building as childhood friends. During summer break, while playing in the apartment building that is set to be demolished, they find themselves caught in a strange phenomenon. All they ...
Style:
anime, entertaining, captivating, epic fantasy, complex
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
friendship, abandoned building, sea, storm, sea adventure, adventure hero, magic, summer vacation, apartment building, phenomenon, raft, summer ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A young girl had her voice magically taken away so that she would never hurt people with it, but her outlook changes when she encounters music and friendship. Will Naruse be able to convey the anthem of her heart?
Style:
anime, sincere, touching, psychological, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
school, friendship, mute, healing, love and romance, high school, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, teenager, coming of age, youth, high school life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
Style:
touching, anime, emotional, sentimental, psychological ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick, teens
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, childhood, dream, countryside, young girl, loneliness, teenage life, asthma, imaginary friend, orphan, magic realism ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
japan, hokkaido, asia, england, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Beyond the human realm, there is a magical race of beings who control the tides and the changing of the seasons. One of these beings, a young girl named Chun, seeks something more—she wants to experience the human world! At sixteen, she finally ...
Style:
anime, suspense, surreal, captivating, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
magic, violence, friendship, society, redemption, revenge, vengeance, heroes, youth, betrayal, mentor, danger ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
china
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Miyo "Muge" Sasaki is a peculiar second-year junior high student who has fallen in love with her classmate Kento Hinode. Muge resolutely pursues Kento every day, but he takes no notice of her. Nevertheless, while carrying a secret she can ...
Style:
anime, captivating, feel good, unusual plot structure, visually appealing ...
Plot:
cat, secret love, unrequited love, classmate, school, teenager, parallel world, supernatural, magic, love, transformation, supernatural power ...
Similarity:
86%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A youth romantic drama with themes of growing up, the story focuses on college student Tsuneo and dreamer Josee, who lives her life stuck in a wheelchair. Josee—named after the heroine in Françoise Sagan’s Wonderful Clouds—spends most of her ...
Style:
anime, sincere, captivating, romantic, tsundere ...
Plot:
relationships, lifestyle change, woman in a wheelchair, love, teenage life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, lifestyle, slice of life, teenager, wheelchair bound, disability, disabled child ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In the bustling human world, various demons are hidden and live in peace with humans. Luo Xiao Hei, the cat demon, begins his journey of wandering because his forest home is destroyed. On his search for a new home he encounters other demons as well ...
Style:
captivating, sweet, anime, feel good, light ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
spirit, kitten, legend, cat, forest, mysterious character, teenager, magic, monster, fantasy world, alternate reality, puzzle ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan, South Korea, Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The official website of the "Violet Evergarden" animated TV series announced an all-new animated film for the series on Monday that will have a simultaneous worldwide release in January 2020. Plot details are unknown.
Style:
anime, touching, serious, non-linear, melancholic
Plot:
mail, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, letter, alternate world, tragic love, slice of life, love, fictional war, confronting the past, relationships, social problems, love affair ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That ...
Style:
anime, touching, breathtaking, intense, poignant ...
Plot:
mentor, training, beast, destiny, martial arts, furry, friendship, loneliness, fantasy world, orphan, japanese schoolgirl, good versus evil ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The movie of Natsume's Book of Friends series.
Natsume has been busy, navigating between humans and Yokai when he coincidentally reunites with an old classmate, Yuki. It brings back painful memories of a certain Yokai. Meanwhile, Natsume also ...
Style:
shoujo, anime, touching, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
youkai, friendship, japanese mythology, exorcist, supernatural, demon, mythical creature, ghost, friends, love and romance, love, nobody believes ...
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Chise Hatori, 15 years old. Lost, without hope, and without family, she is bought for money – not by another person, but by a non-human sorcerer named Elias. Though she hesitates, she begins life anew as his apprentice and future wife.
Style:
anime, romantic, enigmatic, captivating, dark fantasy ...
Plot:
drastic change of life, first love, changing lives, magic, dragon, supernatural, fairy, young girl, life is a bitch, friendship, mysterious stranger, demon ...
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Upon reaching the train station to death, a dejected soul is informed that he is lucky and will have another chance at life. He is placed in the body of a 14-year-old boy named Kobayashi Makoto, who has just committed suicide. Watched over by a ...
Style:
anime, serious, adult animation, manga, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
suicide, reincarnation, high school life, dealing with death, supernatural, one more chance, suicidal, afterlife, memory loss, everyday life, brother brother relationship, parents and children ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
japan, east asia, asia
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A small, lone Kappa miraculously survives over 200 years into modern day Japan, when he is found by young Koichi. Coo, who is secretly adopted by Koichi's family, searches with his new human friend for unpopulated places in hopes of finding any ...
Style:
humorous, anime, adult animation, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
mythical creature, friendship, journey, supernatural, family relations, guard dog, bicycle, river, kindergarten, television studio, school class, firefly ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After losing her family to fox hunters, five-tailed Yobi lives in the forest with some shipwrecked aliens, far away from the humans. When one of her alien friends gets captured by a villager, Yobi has no choice but to adventure into the human world ...
Style:
anime, entertaining, sincere, captivating, light ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
friendship, love, salvation, escapades, supernatural, girl, journey, fox, magic, children, woods, furry ...
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
After a family tragedy turns her life upside down, 16-year-old high schooler Tooru Honda takes matters into her own hands and moves out...into a tent! Unfortunately for her, she pitches her new home on private land belonging to the mysterious Souma ...
Style:
shoujo, anime, captivating, psychological, uplifting ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
love, high school life, friendship, high school, supernatural, zodiac, death of mother, cursed, turned into an animal, japanese high school, dysfunctional family, slice of life ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Newlywed Suzu Urano moves to her new life in Kure City on the coast of Hiroshima Prefecture, where she perseveres through World War II with pluck and determination.
Style:
anime, adult animation, thought provoking, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
wedding, world war two, bombing, female protagonist, military, anniversary, evacuation, danger, society, couples, teenager, bomber ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 2010s, 20th century, year 1943 ...
Place:
hiroshima japan, japan, east asia, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers ...
Style:
anime, touching, fairy tale, visually appealing, scenic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teen drama, preschool
Plot:
friendship, midget, tiny, little people, cat, daring rescue, friends, self discovery, runaway, magical, tragedy, mysterious character ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
japan, seattle, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
73%
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