Films & Anime

The worldbuildings and direction-centered settings expressed in the visual media.

Films and animations deliver worldbuilding and power through visual direction. Because of this, symbolism and direction often outweigh logical completeness in the setting.

MoonWiki organizes film and anime works by direction approach, power-expression mode, and setting compression, allowing comparison with other media.

Highlights

  • Power expression centered on visual direction
  • Symbolic and simplified setting
  • Worldbuilding shaped by mass-audience appeal
  • Distinct from novels and games

Films & Anime

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

Reincarnated as a slime in another world, an ordinary man builds a nation of monsters together with his companions.

IsekaiAnimationComing of Age
Overlord

Overlord

Left alone in a shuttered game, a guild master walks the path of an absolute ruler in another world.

IsekaiAnimationGame Fantasy
Solo Leveling

Solo Leveling

The weakest hunter Sung Jin-woo uses a mysterious System to grow alone toward the seat of an absolute ruler.

FantasyAnimationHunter
Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

An Eastern fantasy tale of a monk who tries to save demons and learns what true evil and mercy mean.

Eastern FantasyWuxiaFilm
The Boy and the Heron

The Boy and the Heron

Burdened by loss, a boy passes through a world that lies between death and birth.

FantasyAnimationComing of Age
Demon Slayer: Mugen Train

Demon Slayer: Mugen Train

Aboard an endlessly running train, a swordsman fights demons in a story of battle and inheritance.

Dark FantasyAnimationAction
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel

Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel

As the truth of the Holy Grail War surfaces, a boy is forced into cruel choices between love and justice.

Dark FantasyAnimationBattle
Your Name.

Your Name.

Two teenagers who keep swapping bodies cross time to touch each other's lives and the truth of a looming disaster.

FantasyAnimationRomance
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

A boy discovers he is a wizard and steps through the first door of the magical world.

FantasyFilmComing of Age
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

A fantasy adventure in which the quest to reclaim a lost kingdom leads to a confrontation with the dragon Smaug.

High FantasyFilmAdventure
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The first journey to destroy the One Ring begins, and the fate of Middle-earth is set in motion.

High FantasyFilmAdventure
Howl's Moving Castle

Howl's Moving Castle

A cursed girl and a wandering wizard find redemption in each other against a backdrop of war and fear.

FantasyAnimationRomance
Spirited Away

Spirited Away

Trapped in a strange world of spirits, a young girl grows up to save her parents and herself.

FantasyAnimationOther World
Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke

A story of seeking balance in an era when human civilization collides with the gods of the forest.

FantasyAnimationMythologyNature