Sumiko Fuji’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Sumiko Fuji has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2010s.
Recurring themes

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
2006
Fantasy · Animation

Skhizein
2008
Drama · Animation

Howl's Moving Castle
2004
Fantasy · Animation

Big Fish
2003
Adventure · Fantasy

Waking Life
2001
Animation · Drama

Interstate 60
2002
Adventure · Fantasy

Raining Cats and Frogs
2003
Animation · Fantasy

Secret
2007
Fantasy · Drama

Teenage math whiz Kenji Koiso agrees to take a summer job at the Nagano hometown of his crush, Natsuki. When he arrives, he finds that her family have reunited to celebrate the 90th birthday of their matriarch. His job: pretend to be Natsuki's fiancé. Meanwhile, his attempt to solve a mathematical equation causes a parallel world's collision with Earth.
Dir. Mamoru Hosoda · With Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hitomi Miyauchi, Mitsuki Tanimura

A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Junichi. She starts to date Junichi and gets a job at the same store where he works. Everything seems to be going perfectly for her until something unexpected happens.
Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda · With Bae Doona, Arata Iura, Itsuji Itao

Ruka is a young girl whose parents are separated and whose father works in an aquarium. When two boys, Umi and Sora, who were raised in the sea by dugongs, are brought to the aquarium, Ruka feels drawn to them and begins to realize that she has the same sort of supernatural connection to the ocean that they do. Umi and Sora's special power seems to be connected to strange events that have been occurring more and more frequently, such as the appearance of sea creatures far from their home territory and the disappearance of aquarium animals around the world. However, the exact nature of the boys' power and of the abnormal events is unknown, and Ruka gets drawn into investigating the mystery that surrounds her new friends.
Dir. Ayumu Watanabe · With Mana Ashida, Hiiro Ishibashi, Seishu Uragami