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What is the best Mamoru Hosoda movie?

by YPB Team

Time-bending teenagers, digital battlegrounds, and families both ordinary and supernatural — the work of one of animation's most distinctive directors spans tender drama and dazzling spectacle. Cast your vote!

  1. Wolf Children — ranked #11
    Wolf Children
    Hosoda's 2012 film following a mother raising two children who can transform into wolves.
    1000pts
  2. Belle — ranked #22
    Belle
    Hosoda's 2021 film about a shy girl who becomes a global singing sensation in a vast virtual world.
    754pts
  3. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time — ranked #33
    The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
    Hosoda's 2006 breakout about a teenage girl who discovers she can jump back in time.
    726pts
  4. The Boy and the Beast — ranked #44
    The Boy and the Beast
    A 2015 film about an orphaned boy apprenticed to a gruff beast in a parallel world of monsters.
    462pts
  5. Summer Wars — ranked #55
    Summer Wars
    A 2009 film about a family banding together to stop a rogue AI threatening a virtual world.
    339pts
  6. Mirai — ranked #66
    Mirai
    A 2018 Oscar-nominated film in which a young boy meets relatives across time in a magical garden.
    0pts
  7. One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island — ranked #77
    One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island
    Hosoda's 2005 One Piece feature film and one of his earliest directorial works.
    0pts

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Comments

A leaking roof, a first day at school, a mother who cannot take either child to a doctor. Summer Wars made Hosoda's name; this is the quiet one: https://youpick.best/articles/the-wolf-ranked-many-ways

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