Hayao Miyazaki

"Shuna, the prince of a poor land, watches in despair as his people work themselves to death harvesting the little grain that grows there. And so, when a traveler presents him with a sample of seeds from a mysterious western land, he sets out to find the source of the golden grain, dreaming of a better life for his subjects. It is not long before he meets a proud girl named Thea. After freeing her from captivity, he is pursued by her enemies, and...

Nausicaä, a gentle but strong-willed young princess, has an empathic bond with the giant insects that have evolved after the earth's ecological destruction. Growing up in the Valley of the Wind, she learned to read the soul of the wind and navigates the skies in her glider. Nausicaä and her allies struggle to create peace between kingdoms torn apart by war, battling over the last of the world's precious natural resources after all industrial societies...

Nausicaä, a young princess of a future world, tries to bring peace between kingdoms who are battling to claim the last of the world's natural resources.

"In a long-ago war, humankind set off a devastating ecological disaster. Thriving industrial societies disappeared. The earth is slowly submerging beneath the expanding Sea of Corruption, an enormous toxic forest that creates mutant insects and releases a miasma of poisonous spores into the air. Nausicaä, a gentle but strong-willed young princess, has an empathic bond with the giant Ohmu insects, who open their hearts to her. She fights to create...

"Nausicaèa, a young princess of a future world, tries to bring peace between kingdoms who are battling to claim the last of the world's natural resources." --Amazon.

A young woman named Sophie is cursed by the Witch of the Waste and is turned into an old woman who is unable to tell anyone of her plight. Unable to continue her job at her mother's hat shop, she goes to the ambulatory castle of the notorious wizard Howl and insinuates herself into his household. Sophie befriends Calcifer, the fire demon who powers the castle and who is bound to Howl by a contract, the terms of which Calcifer cannot reveal. They promise...

Ponyo is a sweet magical goldfish from a magical realm under the sea. One day Ponyo's curiosity takes her far from home. After accidentally hitching a ride on a jellyfish, Pony washes up on the shore and is found by Souke, a kindly human boy. The two become fast friends and are swept away on an incredible adventure.

A fierce storm rages, and Sosuke and his mother drive against the wind. Suddenly Ponyo appears, running along the tall waves. Part fish and part human, when reunited with Sosuke, Ponyo becomes a beautiful red-haired girl. The three weather the storm at Sosuke's house, while out on the ocean, both Ponyo's and Sosuke's father encounter a vision they won't soon forget.