What is the best Mamoru Hosoda movie?

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

Hosoda's 2012 film following a mother raising two children who can transform into wolves.

1000pts

2

Belle

Hosoda's 2021 film about a shy girl who becomes a global singing sensation in a vast virtual world.

842pts

3

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Hosoda's 2006 breakout about a teenage girl who discovers she can jump back in time.

825pts

4

The Boy and the Beast

A 2015 film about an orphaned boy apprenticed to a gruff beast in a parallel world of monsters.

656pts

5

Summer Wars

A 2009 film about a family banding together to stop a rogue AI threatening a virtual world.

577pts

6

Mirai

A 2018 Oscar-nominated film in which a young boy meets relatives across time in a magical garden.

481pts

7

One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island

Hosoda's 2005 One Piece feature film and one of his earliest directorial works.

481pts