Ryoko Moriyama’s Typical Vibe
2 films — slow-burn, wistful, moderate, layered, quiet

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Ryoko Moriyama has 2 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2010s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by When Marnie Was There.

The Boy and the Heron
2023
Animation · Fantasy

Song of the Sea
2014
Family · Animation

I Lost My Body
2019
Animation · Drama

The Art of Happiness
2013
Animation · Drama

Soul
2020
Animation · Family

The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes
2022
Animation · Drama

Napping Princess
2017
Fantasy · Adventure

Flow
2024
Adventure · Animation

Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
Dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi · With Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Nanako Matsushima

Suzu is a 17-year-old high-school student living in a rural town with her father. Wounded by the loss of her mother at a young age, Suzu one day discovers the massive online world "U" and dives into this alternate reality as her avatar, Belle. Before long, all of U's eyes are fixed on Belle, when, suddenly, a mysterious, dragon-like figure appears before her.
Dir. Mamoru Hosoda · With Kaho Nakamura, Ryo Narita, Shota Sometani