Today is Japanese Animation Day. Here are the top 10 Japanese animation movies in history.

October 22 is "Animation Day" established by the Japan Animation Association (AJA) to commemorate the release of Japan's first feature-length color animated film "The Legend of White Snake" on October 22, 1958. Let's take a look at which animated films are at the top of the Japanese market history. Not all of them are made in Japan.

No. 10: Finding Nemo, 11 billion yen.

Finding Nemo is an American computer-animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney in 2003. The story mainly tells the fantastic experience of Marlin, an overprotective clownfish, and Dory, a blue tang fish he met on the way, searching for Marlin's lost son Nemo in the vast ocean.
No. 9: “The Wind Rises” 12.02 billion yen.

No. 9 : “The Wind Rises” 12.02 billion yen.

"The Wind Rises" is an animated film based on the manga of the same name by Hayao Miyazaki. The film was released in Japan in July 2013. It tells the story of Jiro Horikoshi, the developer of the Japanese Zero fighter, when he was young. Miyazaki's works are mostly filled with fantasy elements such as flying in the sky on a broom and fish roe coming from the sea. But in this film, there is no incredible magic, and no monsters will appear. Jiro Horikoshi is a real person who designed the Zero fighter during World War II.

No. 8: "Frozen 2" 13.35 billion yen.

This is a 3D animated film directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee. It is the sequel to the 2013 film "Frozen". The story tells that in the previous film, Princess Elsa of Arendelle chose to close her heart and stay away from home because of her uncontrollable powerful magic. With the help and encouragement of her sister Anna and others, Elsa finally mustered up the courage to embrace her true self and gain real power.

No. 7: Weathering with You, 14.19 billion yen.

"Weathering with You" is an original animated film directed by Makoto Shinkai and produced by Comix Wave Film. The film tells the fantasy love story between the boy Hodaka and the girl Haruna who has the superpower to control the weather.

No. 6: "Ponyo on the Cliff" 15.5 billion yen.

This is a feature-length animated film produced by Studio Ghibli, directed and written by Hayao Miyazaki, and voiced by Yuria Nara, Tomoko Yamaguchi, and Kazushige Nagashima. It premiered in Japan on July 19, 2008. The film tells the story of Ponyo, a mermaid who wants to become a human in the deep sea, and Sosuke, a human boy.

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