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Hisako Kyoda has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2010s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Warriors of the Wind.
The Polar Express
2004
Adventure · Animation
Warriors of the Wind
1984 · Movie · Voice
Top 1%Max · Included
Memories
1995 · Movie · Voice
Top 7%Prime Video · Included
Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time
2001 · Movie · Voice
Top 8%Crunchyroll · Included
Millennium Actress
2002 · Movie · Voice
Top 13%Max · Included
Yu Yu Hakusho
1992 · Series · Voice
Top 15%Crunchyroll · Included
Paranoia Agent
2004 · Series · Voice
Top 46%Crunchyroll · Included
After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.
Dir. Hayao Miyazaki · With Sumi Shimamoto, Ichiro Nagai, Gorō Naya
Three back-to-back anime films by three different directors make up this sci-fi trilogy three years in the making.
Dir. Katsuhiro Otomo, Koji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura · With Tsutomu Isobe, Koichi Yamadera, Shozo Iizuka
as Kaede (voice) · Voice
Crunchyroll · Included+1
InuYasha is a half-demon who was trapped in the Legendary Tree and was set free by Kagome, a girl who traveled 500 years through time. This time, both of them will have to face Menomaru, a Chinese demon whose father, known as Hyoga, came 300 years ago to invade Japan, but was stopped by InuYasha's Father. InuYasha and Kagome, along with Sango, Miroku, Shippou, Kaede and Myoga, will try to stop Menomaru in his becoming the most powerful demon ever.
Dir. Toshiya Shinohara · With Kappei Yamaguchi, Satsuki Yukino, Koji Tsujitani
Documentary filmmaker Genya Tachibana has tracked down the legendary actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who mysteriously vanished at the height of her career. When he presents her with a key she had lost and thought was gone forever, the filmmaker could not have imagined that it would not only unlock the long-held secrets of Chiyoko’s life... but also his own.
Dir. Satoshi Kon · With Miyoko Shoji, Mami Koyama, Fumiko Orikasa
After dying to save a boy, delinquent tough guy Yusuke Urameshi is granted another chance at life by redeeming himself as a "Spirit Detective."
With Nozomu Sasaki, Shigeru Chiba, Megumi Ogata
as Old Teacher (voice) · Voice
Inspired by a magician named Shiny Chariot, the lively Akko Kagari enters the Little Witch Academy with the dream of one day becoming as cool as her idol.
Dir. Yoh Yoshinari · With Megumi Han, Fumiko Orikasa, Michiyo Murase
Heidi is five years old when her aunt Dete, who has raised Heidi since her parents' deaths four years earlier, takes the orphaned Heidi to live with her formidable grandfather in the Swiss Alps. The American feature-length adaptation of Heidi (1974), the Japanese anime series produced by Zuiyo Eizo.
Dir. Isao Takahata · With Kazuko Sugiyama, Kohei Miyauchi, Yoshiaki Nemoto
Musashino, Tokyo. An elementary schooler repeatedly attacks people in the streets. Known only to the public as "Lil Slugger", none of the victims can recall the young boy's face and only three distinct details are left in their memories: golden inline skates, a baseball cap, and the weapon: a bent golden baseball bat. Detectives Ikari and Maniwa set out to track down the perpetrator and put an end to his crimes.
Dir. Satoshi Kon · With Mamiko Noto, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Haruko Momoi
Gaea is a mythical realm ruled by sword and sorcery and immersed in blood and violence. Thrust into a conflict she doesn't quite understand, Hitomi Kanzaki helps aid the young Prince Van as they embark upon a journey to fight the Black Dragon Clan. The battle over a legendary suit of dragon armor, Escaflowne, has begun.
Dir. Kazuki Akane · With Maaya Sakamoto, Tomokazu Seki, Mayumi Izuka
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