Movies like The Perfect World of Kai

If you like "The Perfect World of Kai" you are looking for anime, sincere and disturbing movies about / with talent, children, friendship, forest, friendship between boys, rivalry and teacher student relationship themes of Animation, Drama and Family genre shot in Japan.
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The Perfect World of Kai (2007)
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The Perfect World of Kai (2007)
Original name: ピアノの森
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Amamiya Shu transfers to Moriwaki elementary filled with hope and ambition. But it doesn't take long before he gets picked on by the class bullies, and gets involved in a dare to play the mysterious piano in the forest. Igniting his meeting with an equally enigmatic child that goes by the name of Ichinose Kai, who seems to be the only one capable getting sound out of the thought to be broken piano. [from AnimeNewsNetwork]
Style: anime, sincere, disturbing, sentimental, thought provoking, touching, captivating, manga, visually appealing
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: talent, children, friendship, forest, friendship between boys, rivalry, teacher student relationship, love, piano, son, friend, grandmother grandson relationship, japanese school, musical instrument, grand piano

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, captivating, semi serious and touching films with plots about friendship, friends, love, coming of age, imaginary, escapades and supernatural mostly in Animation, Family and Drama genres. Some movies like The Perfect World of Kai: Marona's Fantastic Tale (2019), Belle (2021), Mai Mai Miracle (2009), The Relative Worlds (2019), Yobi, the Five Tailed Fox (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Marona's Fantastic Tale (2019)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family
Country: France, Romania, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Marona, an innocent and empathetic little female dog, remembers the life she has shared with different masters, whom she has loved unconditionally.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, sincere, anime ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: dog, adaptation, destiny, society, friendship, love, female protagonist, female writer, bitch
Time: 2010s
Place: paris france
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Belle (2021)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Suzu is a 17-year-old high school student living in a rural town with her father. Wounded by the loss of her mother at a young age, Suzu one day discovers the massive online world "U" and dives into this alternate reality as her avatar, ...
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Time: future, 21st century
Place: japan
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Mai Mai Miracle (2009)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In 1955 in western Japan, nine-year-old Shinko knows she comes from a family that dates back to over a thousand years. This long genealogy and stories about it feed her daydreams: she invents an imaginary friendship with a young girl in the Japan of ...
Style: anime, feel good, light, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot: childhood, friendship, imaginary character, small town, youth, daydreamer, legends and myths, grownups, coming of age, teenager, children, family relations ...
Place: japan, asia
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The Relative Worlds (2019)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Shin has shut his heart ever since his mother died when he was young. His childhood friend Kotori has been looking after him ever since. Now that they are in the third year of high school, and it seems like they can finally move forward, another ...
Style: anime, exciting, captivating, sincere, tense ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: time travel, danger, mission, love, disorder, alternate reality, imaginary, adaptation, destiny, rivalry, soldier, fight scenes ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Yobi, the Five Tailed Fox (2007)
Genre: Animation, Fantasy
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, sincere, entertaining, captivating, light ...
Audience: kids
Plot: friendship, love, salvation, escapades, journey, supernatural, girl, fox, children, magic, woods, transformation ...
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The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)
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, fairy tale, touching, visually appealing, scenic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teen drama, preschool
Plot: friendship, midget, little people, cat, mysterious character, daring rescue, friends, tiny, self discovery, magical, tragedy, coming of age ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place: japan, seattle, asia
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Wolf Children (2012)
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, kids, family friendly, adult
Plot: werewolf, childhood, parents and children, children, single mother, wolf, female werewolf, death of father, supernatural, family relations, wilderness, school ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012
Place: japan
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Digimon Adventure tri. Part 1: Reunion (2015)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: It's been six years since that summer adventure when Taichi Yagami and the rest of the DigiDestined crossed over to the Digital World. And nearly three years have passed since the final battle between Hikari Yagami's group and ...
Style: anime, exciting, sentimental, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: pre-teens
Plot: save the world, children, danger, rivalry, imaginary, young heroes, teenage life, escapades, parallel world, friendship, heroes, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Your Name. (2016)
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, sweet, touching, melancholic, romantic ...
Audience: teens, date night, kids, family outing, teen drama
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Time: 2010s, year 2016, 2020s, year 2013
Place: tokyo, japan, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond (2018)
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: anime, shoujo, touching, captivating, romantic ...
Plot: youkai, friendship, supernatural, demon, exorcist, japanese mythology, mythical creature, ghost, friends, love, love and romance, nobody believes ...
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To the Forest of Firefly Lights (2011)
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, exciting, sincere, sad ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: spirit, childhood, friendship, slice of life, forest, love, supernatural, folklore, nature, little girl, summer, countryside ...
Time: 2010s
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33%
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Bambi II (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Return to the forest and join Bambi as he reunites with his father, The Great Prince, who must now raise the young fawn on his own. But in the adventure of a lifetime, the proud parent discovers there is much he can learn from his spirited young son.
Style: sincere, touching, feel good, sentimental, gloomy ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: friendship, parents and children, teaching the ways of the world, self discovery, deer, raccoon, family relations, friends, relationship problems, animal, woods, wilderness ...
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44%
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Her Blue Sky (2019)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Romance
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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: anime, touching, uplifting, exciting, captivating ...
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The Velveteen Rabbit (2009)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
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Duration: 97 min.
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Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life (2019)
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Duration: 23 min.
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Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
Style: anime, touching, feel good, fairy tale, colorful ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, kids, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot: witch, self discovery, magic, friendship, coming of age, supernatural ability, young heroes, cat, wizards and magicians, friends, female protagonist, teenage girl ...
Time: year 1989
Place: seattle, europe
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43%
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Pom Poko (1994)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The Raccoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their homes by the rapid development of houses and shopping malls. As it becomes harder to find food and shelter, they decide to band together and fight back. The Raccoons practice and perfect the ...
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Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
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Time: year 1994, near future, 60s, 20th century
Place: tokyo, japan, asia
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43%
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Stormy Night (2005)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A goat named Mei wanders into a barn one night seeking shelter from a storm. In the barn, the goat meets another refugee. The two can neither see nor smell each other, but never the less they huddled together fending off the cold, and begin to talk. ...
Style: anime, semi serious, sad, emotional, allegory ...
Audience: family outing, kids, preschool
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The Hero of Color City (2014)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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Story: An imaginative tale chronicling the adventures of a diverse band of crayons as they strive to protect not only their magical multihued homeland but the imagination of children everywhere from a terrifying monster.
Style: computer animated, semi serious, sentimental, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens
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43%
Celestial Method (2014)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
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Story: The story begins one winter day when the wish of a few girls was realized with a miracle, changing the landscape of a town. "In the skies above this town, a disc is always there."
Style: anime, touching, disturbing, captivating, super sentai
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43%
Yona Yona Penguin (2009)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Rintaro directs a tale of three children who visit a land of wonder. This is the first "3D anime" that Madhouse has produced. Oh, and there are penguins.
Style: anime, entertaining, captivating, light, sincere ...
Audience: kids, family outing
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Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The Princess and the Pilot (2011)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Romance, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The war between the Levamme Empire and the Amatsukami Imperium has been raging for years. In the midst of this struggle, the prince of the Levamme Empire declares his love for Juana del Moral and vows to end the war in one year, as part of his ...
Style: anime, romantic, exciting, sincere, serious ...
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Moonbeam Bear and His Friends (2008)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 71 min.
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Rabbit School: Guardians of the Golden Egg (2017)
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Country: Germany
Duration: 79 min.
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Genre: Animation, Family
Country: USA
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Story: Strawberry Shortcake has a dream of fresh new fields of berry bushes - enough for everyone. But when the greedy Peculiar Purple Pieman rolls into Strawberry Land, he decides to steal Strawberry's dream - and everyone else's dreams too. In ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, feel good, semi serious, anime ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: fantasy world, friendship, children, save the world, teamwork, good versus evil, friends, save the day
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The story is set in 1963 in Yokohama. Kokuriko Manor sits on a hill overlooking the harbour. A 16 year-old girl, Umi, lives in that house. Every morning she raises a signal flag facing the sea. The flag means “I pray for safe voyages”. A 17 ...
Style: anime, touching, sentimental, atmospheric, sweet ...
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42%
Pokemon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (2005)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In the legendary past, before Poké Balls were made; an aura-guiding hero Pokémon named Lucario sensed two groups of armies about to clash, and a threat of a massive war in front of Cameron Palace in Kanto that would leave no survivors. He ...
Style: anime, semi serious, humorous, entertaining, exciting ...
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Okko's Inn (2018)
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
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Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Strawberry Shortcake Movie: Sky's the Limit (2009)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story: A sudden storm leaves Berry Bitty City with a gigantic problem. Strawberry Shortcake and her friends will have to move their whole tiny town unless they find a way to safely remove a huge boulder that threatens everything they hold dear.
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, anime ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: friendship, partner, best friend, friends, escapades, small town, save the day, love, danger, youth, forces of nature
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42%
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