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Nekojiru-sou
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Tenshi no Tamago
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Both are relatively short, bleak movies that contain very little dialogue. They both have a dark and surreal atmosphere, with imagery that seems to have many metaphorical and nearly unperceptible meanings. In other words, you won't find much of a coherent story here, and if you do, it probably won't be the same story that other viewers get.
If you liked
Akira
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Jin-Rou
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Both are action dramas that deal with the police struggling against underground civilian forces after a major war.
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Kurenai no Buta
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Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa
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They're both directed by Miyazaki and created at Studio Ghibli. They're both adventure films that have air pirates. Also, the two main characters in both are an engineer and a mysterious character somehow affected by magic.
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Mimi wo Sumaseba
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Omoide Poroporo
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Both made by Studio Ghibli, and had a lot of the same feel. Both center on a young girl who has a love interest, although their stories are told in very different ways, and both are about finding yourself. Whisper of the Heart contains more fantasy elements, though.
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FLCL
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Dead Leaves
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Same creators, both have crazy random action with hard-to-follow stories. The difference is, Dead Leaves is the wrong way of approaching this type of animation while FLCL does a much better job. Everything about Dead Leaves is repulsive and juvenile (sex, fart, poop jokes everywhere) while FLCL retains some class. Dead Leaves feels like it's trying too hard to be random and edgy, while FLCL feels like its craziness is at least motivated by the characters and story. Either way, this is true of both: you'll either love it or hate it.
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Shisha no Sho
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Hotarubi no Mori e
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Both are short movies that center on a girl/woman with a supernatural love interest, separated by circumstances beyond their control.
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Saiyuuki
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...then you might like
Tie Shan Gongzhu
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Osamu Tezuka credited seeing Princess Iron Fan when he was 13 as part of his inspiration to become a cartoonist and animator (when it was shown in Japan, with the obviously anti-Japanese parts taken out). Alakazam the Great is based off of Tezuka's manga My Son Goku, which is based off of the Monkey King Legend just like Princess Iron Fan.
If you liked
Taiyou no Ouji: Horus no Daibouken
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Tatsu no Ko Tarou
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Both made in the 60s/70s and center around a mythological young hero boy. Isao Takahata worked on both films.