Hiromasa Yonebayashi

What are Hiromasa Yonebayashi's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Ideas.

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Hiromasa Yonebayashi's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (8).

• HBO Max8 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Spirited Away (2001) · key animation
  • Howl's Moving Castle (2004) · key animation
  • The Wind Rises (2013) · key animation
  • Ponyo (2008) · key animation
  • The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) · actor, director
  • When Marnie Was There (2014) · director, writer
  • The Boy and the Heron (2023) · key animation
  • From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) · key animation
• Netflix3 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Monster (2004) · key animation
  • Haikyuu!! (2014) · key animation
  • The Imaginary (2023) · key animation
• Crunchyroll1 title
  • Haikyuu!! (2014) · key animation
• Hulu1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Haikyuu!! (2014) · key animation

Subscription and free streaming for Hiromasa Yonebayashi's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

22 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

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  The Imaginary(2023)

  Key Animation

  Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films78^th
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  The Boy and the Heron(2023)

  Key Animation

  Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films96^th
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  The Deer King(2021)

  Key Animation

  Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films61^st
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  With All Our Hearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

  Director
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  Modest Heroes(2018)

  Director · Key Animation · Screenplay

  Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films66^th
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  Mary and the Witch's Flower(2017)

  Director · Screenplay

  Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films78^th
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  When Marnie Was There(2014)

  Director · Screenplay

  Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films97^th
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  Haikyuu!!(2014)

  Show 1 episode · Key Animation

  Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows98^th
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  The Wind Rises(2013)

  Key Animation

  Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films98^th
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  From Up on Poppy Hill(2011)

  Key Animation

  Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films94^th
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  The Secret World of Arrietty(2010)

  Director · as Additional Voices (voice)

  Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films97^th
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  The Theory of Evolution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

  Director · Screenplay · Storyboard
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  Ponyo(2008)

  Key Animation

  Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films97^th
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  Iblard Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

  Key Animation
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  Howl's Moving Castle(2004)

  Key Animation

  Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films99^th
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  Monster(2004)

  Show 1 episode · Key Animation

  Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows99^th
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  Imaginary Flying Machines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

  Animation Director
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  Mei and the Kittenbus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

  Animation Director
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  Spirited Away(2001)

  Key Animation

  Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films99^th
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  Ghiblies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

  Key Animation
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  Master Keaton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

  Show 2 episodes · Key Animation
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  Serial Experiments Lain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

  Show 5 episodes · Key Animation

Career shape

A full career of 22 titles from 1998 to 2023.

Biggest box office

The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)

$149M worldwide

Highest rated

The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)

Midcredits 97^th

Most popular right now

When Marnie Was There (2014)

Awards

Nominated for an Oscar in 2016, Best Animated Feature Film of the Year.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Hiromasa Yonebayashi's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 97^th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 89^th percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

None of their 14 titles divides audiences: 9 are Universally Loved.

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• Universally Loved9
• Crowd Pleaser5

Most loved · actor, director

The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)

Midcredits 97^th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 80/100 and the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Hiromasa Yonebayashi's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Hiromasa Yonebayashi work with?

People who share at least 2 of Hiromasa Yonebayashi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ryôichi Fukuyama shares the most, 4.