Best animated Japanese movies on SonyLIV in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
40 movies on SonyLIV in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 7.2. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity; showing the top 30.
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1. Your Name. (2016)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 46m · U/A 13+ · Animation, Romance · IMDb 8.4 (4.1L votes)
TwistyVisually stunningHeartwarming
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 adjust their lives around each other.
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2. A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 9m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 8.2 (1.5L votes)
Slow-burnHeartwarming
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 do not speak to each other again... until an older, wiser Shouya, torm
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3. Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (2025)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 40m · A · Animation, Action · IMDb 8.3 (71.4K votes)
Visually stunningFast-pacedMatureTwisty
In a brutal war between devils, hunters, and secret enemies, a mysterious girl named Reze has stepped into Denji's world, and he faces his deadliest battle yet, fueled by love in a world where survival knows no rules.
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4. Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train (2020)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 57m · UA · Animation, Action · IMDb 8.2 (1.0L votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatDark & grittyFast-paced
Tanjiro Kamado, joined with Inosuke Hashibira, a boy raised by boars who wears a boar's head, and Zenitsu Agatsuma, a scared boy who reveals his true power when he sleeps, boards the Infinity Train on a new mission with the Fire Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku, to defeat a demon who has been tormenting the people and killing
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5. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 45m · UA · Animation, Action · IMDb 7.8 (67.9K votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatTwistyFast-paced
Yuta Okkotsu is a nervous high school student who is suffering from a serious problem—his childhood friend Rika has turned into a curse and won't leave him alone. Since Rika is no ordinary curse, his plight is noticed by Satoru Gojo, a teacher at Jujutsu High, a school where fledgling exorcists learn how to combat curs
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6. Suzume (2022)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 2m · U/A 7+ · Animation, Drama · IMDb 7.6 (66.8K votes)
Visually stunningTwistyEdge-of-seat
Suzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl. On her way to school, she meets a mysterious young man. But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that endangers the entire population of Japan, and so Suzume embarks on a journey to set things right.
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7. Gintama: The Very Final (2021)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 44m · Animation, Action · IMDb 8.7 (4.3K votes)
Visually stunningFast-pacedFunnyEdge-of-seat
The countdown to destruction has begun! Gintoki and the others set out to fulfill the wishes of their teacher Shoyo and thwart Utsuro's plans. Shinpachi, Kagura, the Shinsengumi, members of the Kabuki District, and even former enemies will join their fight. As Utsuro's power grows, Takasugi fights for his very life. Wi
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8. Weathering with You (2019)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 52m · UA · Animation, Drama · IMDb 7.5 (73.1K votes)
Visually stunningSlow-burnHeartwarming
The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a free
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9. In This Corner of the World (2016)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 10m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 7.8 (14.2K votes)
Slow-burnVisually stunningHeartwarming
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetr
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10. 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 3m · Animation, Romance · IMDb 7.4 (72.3K votes)
Slow-burnVisually stunningLow-stakesFamily-friendly
Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his friendship with Kanae, who is secretly in love with him; the demands and disappointments of adulthood, an unhappy life in a cold city.
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11. The Garden of Words (2013)
Movie · Japanese · 46m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 7.4 (61.8K votes)
Slow-burnVisually stunningLow-stakesHeartwarming
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 again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open
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12. Kuroko's Basketball the Movie: Last Game (2017)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 30m · Animation, Comedy · IMDb 7.7 (4.8K votes)
Fast-pacedVisually stunningLight-heartedFamily-friendly
Kuroko reunites with the "Generation of Miracles" when former rivals are humiliated in an exhibition game against a notorious street basketball team.
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13. Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 45m · Action, Adventure · IMDb 7.3 (13.1K votes)
Visually stunningTwistyEdge-of-seat
Munich, Germany, 1923. Two years have passed since Edward Elric was dragged from his own world to ours, leaving behind his country, his friends and his younger brother, Alphonse. Stripped of his alchemical powers, he has been all this time researching rocketry together with Alphonse Heiderich, a young man who resembles
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14. Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale (2017)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 59m · Animation, Action · IMDb 7.3 (10.4K votes)
Visually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seatTwisty
In 2026, a new machine called the Augma is developed to compete against the NerveGear and its successor, the Amusphere. A next-gen wearable device, the Augma doesn't have a full-dive function like its predecessors. Instead, it uses Augmented Reality to get players into the game. It is safe, user-friendly and lets users
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15. Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (2022)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 40m · UA · Animation, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.1 (19.7K votes)
Visually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seat
The Red Ribbon Army, an evil organization that was once destroyed by Goku in the past, has been reformed by a group of people who have created new and mightier Androids, Gamma 1 and Gamma 2, and seek vengeance against Goku and his family.
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16. Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 56m · Animation, Adventure · IMDb 7.1 (18.8K votes)
Visually stunningHeartwarmingSerious
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 and saved by a mysterious boy named Shun. However, Shun disappears and
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17. Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (2017)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 40m · Animation, Action · IMDb 7.7 (2.1K votes)
Visually stunningMatureDark & grittyCold & detached
Ciel learns of a "Aurora Society", that is rumored to be researching how to bring the dead back to life. Their next meeting is scheduled to be conducted on the ship Campania, voyaging across the Atlantic Ocean. Much to Ciel's dismay, Elizabeth "Lizzy" Midford, is taking the same ship, thus leaving him with no choice bu
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18. Voices of a Distant Star (2002)
Movie · Japanese · 25m · Animation, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.0 (10.3K votes)
HeartwarmingSlow-burnSerious
It is 2046 when a mysterious alien force begins their annihilation of the human race. Leaving behind the one person she loves, Mikako joins the interstellar battle as a pilot. And so - while Mikako risks her life to save mankind - Noboru waits. The two lovers, worlds apart, desperately strive to remain connected as the
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19. Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988)
Movie · Japanese · 2h · Animation, Action · IMDb 7.2 (2.7K votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatFast-pacedDark & gritty
In UC 0093, the Federation has recovered from its defeat and has created a new anti-colonial special forces unit to deal with rebel forces: Londo Bell. Elsewhere in space, Char Aznable reappears out of self-imposed hiding with a declaration that he now commands his own Neo-Zeon movement, and intends to force the emigra
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20. The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 30m · Animation, Adventure · IMDb 6.8 (16.4K votes)
Visually stunningTwistySlow-burnSerious
In a post-war alternative timeline, Japan is divided into the North, controlled by the Union, and the South, controlled by the United States. A mysterious high tower rises within the borders of the Union. Three high school students promise to cross the border with a self-built airplane and unravel the secret of the tow
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21. To Every You I've Loved Before (2022)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 42m · Animation, Romance · IMDb 7.0 (1.5K votes)
TwistyHeartwarmingVisually stunning
While struggling to make friends after his parents’ divorce, Koyomi Takasaki meets Kazune Takigawa, but apparently, they already have. Kazune reveals that she’s from World Line 85, an alternate universe in which she and Koyomi are lovers. But in a reality where moving between dimensions is natural, could Koyomi be the
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22. To Me, the One Who Loved You (2022)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 38m · Animation, Romance · IMDb 7.0 (1.5K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningHeartwarmingSerious
Koyomi Hidaka and Shiori Sato meet at his father’s research center and begin to fall in love, but so do their parents, who eventually marry. To avoid becoming stepsiblings, they decide to run away to a parallel universe. Traveling between dimensions is common in their world, but not without repercussions. Does a univer
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23. Noblesse: Awakening (2016)
Movie · Japanese · 32m · Action, Animation · IMDb 7.3 (830 votes)
MatureVisually stunningDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
Rai wakes up from 820-years long sleep and starts his new life as a student in a high school founded by his loyal servant, Frankenstein. But his peaceful days with other human students are soon interrupted by mysterious attackers known as the "Unions".
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24. Eden of the East Movie I: The King of Eden (2009)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 22m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 6.8 (1.8K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seat
Takizawa prevented Japan's destruction - and then he vanished. Six months later, clues lead Saki to the Big Apple in search of her missing friend. Meanwhile, the remaining Selecao are plotting their final move. Some of them would prefer Takizawa dead and out of the way. Some might even be willing to help him achieve hi
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25. Psycho-Pass: Providence (2023)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 1m · Animation, Crime · IMDb 7.0 (1.0K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningCold & detachedDark & gritty
While attending a meeting as a Chief Inspector of the Public Security Bureau, Akane Tsunemori received a report that an incident had occurred on a foreign vessel , and this was the beginning of a big and unexpected case.
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26. Eden of the East Movie II: Paradise Lost (2010)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 33m · Animation, Mystery · IMDb 6.8 (1.4K votes)
TwistyFast-pacedVisually stunningEdge-of-seat
Accused of terrorism and feeling the heat, Saki's high-tech crew is in the crosshairs. Meanwhile, the shroud of mystery covering Takizawa is lifted as he and his fellow Selecao make their final moves. Every game must come to an end. For those playing Mr. Outside's twisted game of conspiracy thrills, the end comes now.
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27. Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie: -A Wakening of the Trailblazer- (2010)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 3m · Action, Animation · IMDb 6.8 (822 votes)
Visually stunningTwistyEdge-of-seatFast-paced
The year is 2314 AD, two years have passed since the defeat of the Innovades and the exposure of the A-Laws' crimes against humanity. The A-Laws have been abolished and their infrastructure integrated into the Earth Sphere Federation Army. However, the world's exposure to GN Particles has resulted in many people awaken
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28. Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island (2022)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 49m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 6.8 (558 votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seat
After a covert mission goes wrong, Mobile Suit pilot Amuro Ray and his comrades are stranded on a remote island. The battalion was sent to a land called the Island of No Return to clear off any enemy forces, only to find a group of children and an enemy mecha attack. Now Amuro must find a way for them all to escape thi
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29. DAKAICHI - I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year - the Movie: Spain Arc (2021)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 18m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 7.1 (371 votes)
Low-stakesLight-heartedFunnyHeartwarming
Azumaya and Takato are set to star in "Blood Wedding," a two-person play that incorporates flamenco dancing; Takato decides to travel to Spain to learn about passion.
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30. BOCCHI THE ROCK! Recap Part 1 (2024)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 30m · Animation, Comedy · IMDb 7.4 (293 votes)
FunnyLow-stakesLight-heartedHeartwarming
Hitori Gotoh, aka Bocchi-chan, plays guitar in hopes of joining a band. And while she's famous online, what's holding her back is that she's incredibly introverted. That is, until a desperate drummer gets Bocchi-chan out of her shell and onto the stage.
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