Legend of the Galactic Heroes
銀河英雄伝説
Reinhard von Lohengramm, a young military genius in the Galactic Empire, rises through its aristocratic ranks to seize power and reshape a corrupt imperial order. Across the galactic divide, Yang Wen-li, a reluctant strategist in the Free Planets Alliance, defends a democracy rotting from within. Their campaigns collide across star systems as both men grapple with the costs of war, governance, and ambition in a conflict neither fully chose.
Akira
AKIRA
Shōtarō Kaneda leads a biker gang through the streets of Neo-Tokyo, a city rebuilt after a mysterious explosion destroyed the original Tokyo in 1988. When his friend Tetsuo Shima collides with an escaped psychic child and begins developing uncontrollable telekinetic powers, the military scrambles to contain him before he becomes as dangerous as Akira — the esper whose power leveled Tokyo decades earlier. Kaneda gets drawn into the conflict alongside resistance fighters and government scientists as Tetsuo's abilities spiral beyond anyone's control.
Gunbuster
トップをねらえ！
Years after a space expedition led by Admiral Yuzo Takaya was wiped out by alien Space Monsters, his daughter Noriko enrolls at the Okinawa Girls' Space Pilot High School. Branded the daughter of a failed captain, she is paired with the school's star pilot Kazumi Amano and pushed by Coach Koichiro Ohta, who survived the same attack. Through relentless training, Noriko works toward piloting the giant robot Gunbuster against the threat that took her father. This OVA series spans six episodes.
Grave of the Fireflies
火垂るの墓
Seita, a teenage boy, and his young sister Setsuko are orphaned when firebombing destroys their home in Kobe during the final months of World War II. After a strained stay with a distant aunt, the two strike out on their own, setting up shelter in an abandoned hillside bunker. With no family, no ration card, and a war still grinding on around them, Seita scrounges for food while trying to keep Setsuko's world as small and safe as he can.
My Neighbor Totoro
となりのトトロ
Sisters Satsuki and Mei move to a crumbling countryside house in 1950s Japan so their father, an archaeology professor, can be closer to the hospital where their mother is recovering from a long illness. Exploring the surrounding forests, four-year-old Mei stumbles upon Totoro — a massive, gentle forest spirit who sleeps beneath a towering camphor tree. When Mei goes missing after trying to walk to the hospital alone, Satsuki must find Totoro and ask for his help, leading to the iconic Catbus ride across the countryside.