20 anime like Ponyo
These are the titles AniList users most often recommend to people who enjoyed Ponyo, ranked by how many recommended each one. 6 come from the same studio. 5 are short series of 13 episodes or fewer, and 12 are films you can watch in one sitting.
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Spirited Away
Movie · 2001 · 86/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, magic, urban fantasy, and comes from the same studio (Studio Ghibli). Recommended by 209 AniList users who watched Ponyo.
- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Supernatural
- 2
My Neighbor Totoro
Movie · 1988 · 81/100
It shares its focus on family life, primarily child cast, rural, and comes from the same studio (Studio Ghibli). Recommended by 172 AniList users who watched Ponyo.
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Slice of Life
- Supernatural
- 3
Goodbye, Lara
TV · 2026 · 12 eps · 76/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, coastal, urban fantasy, and is a longer watch at 12 episodes. Recommended by 86 AniList users who watched Ponyo.
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Romance
- 4
Lu Over the Wall
Movie · 2017 · 72/100
It shares its focus on male protagonist. Recommended by 82 AniList users who watched Ponyo.
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Music
- Supernatural
- 5
The Secret World of Arrietty
Movie · 2010 · 77/100
It shares its focus on rural, family life, female protagonist, and comes from the same studio (Studio Ghibli). Recommended by 76 AniList users who watched Ponyo.
- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
- 6
Bubble
ONA · 2022 · 1 eps · 71/100
It shares its focus on male protagonist, urban fantasy, female protagonist. Recommended by 58 AniList users who watched Ponyo.
- Romance
- Sci-Fi
- Sports
- Supernatural
- 7
Penguin Highway
Movie · 2018 · 74/100
It shares its focus on kids, male protagonist, primarily child cast. Recommended by 40 AniList users who watched Ponyo.
- Drama
- Mystery
- Sci-Fi
- Slice of Life
- 8
Howl‘s Moving Castle
Movie · 2004 · 85/100
It shares its focus on magic, female protagonist, and comes from the same studio (Studio Ghibli). Recommended by 32 AniList users who watched Ponyo.
- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Romance
- 9
Weathering With You
Movie · 2019 · 81/100
It shares its focus on urban fantasy, environmental, female protagonist. Recommended by 27 AniList users who watched Ponyo.
- Drama
- Romance
- Slice of Life
- Supernatural
- 10
Drifting Home
ONA · 2022 · 1 eps · 73/100
It shares its focus on primarily child cast, female protagonist, urban fantasy. Recommended by 16 AniList users who watched Ponyo.
- Adventure
- Drama
- Mystery
- Supernatural
- 11
Deiji Meets Girl
TV short · 2021 · 12 eps · 60/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, rural, and is a longer watch at 12 episodes. Recommended by 13 AniList users who watched Ponyo.
- Slice of Life
- Supernatural
- 12
Children of the Sea
Movie · 2019 · 72/100
It shares its focus on primarily child cast, coastal, environmental. Recommended by 11 AniList users who watched Ponyo.
- Drama
- Mystery
- Supernatural
- 13
A Lull in the Sea
TV · 2013 · 26 eps · 76/100
It shares its focus on coastal, environmental, male protagonist, and is a longer watch at 26 episodes. Recommended by 9 AniList users who watched Ponyo.
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Romance
- Slice of Life
- 14
Ride Your Wave
Movie · 2019 · 75/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, coastal, urban fantasy. Recommended by 7 AniList users who watched Ponyo.
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Romance
- 15
Whisper of the Heart
Movie · 1995 · 81/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, and comes from the same studio (Studio Ghibli). Recommended by 7 AniList users who watched Ponyo.
- Adventure
- Drama
- Romance
- Slice of Life
- 16
Moomin
TV · 1990 · 78 eps · 79/100
It shares its focus on family life, rural, kids, and is a longer watch at 78 episodes. Recommended by 6 AniList users who watched Ponyo.
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Slice of Life
- 17
Glassy Ocean
OVA · 1998 · 1 eps · 63/100
It is also fantasy. Recommended by 5 AniList users who watched Ponyo.
- Drama
- Fantasy
- 18
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Movie · 2013 · 81/100
It shares its focus on female protagonist, family life, rural, and comes from the same studio (Studio Ghibli). Recommended by 5 AniList users who watched Ponyo.
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Romance
- 19
Tico and Friends
TV · 1994 · 39 eps · 68/100
It shares its focus on environmental, ships, kids, and is a longer watch at 39 episodes. Recommended by 4 AniList users who watched Ponyo.
- Adventure
- Slice of Life
- 20
Panda! Go Panda!
Movie · 1972 · 61/100
It shares its focus on kids, female protagonist, family life. Recommended by 4 AniList users who watched Ponyo.
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Slice of Life
Recommendation votes from AniList users. Highlighted genres are shared with Ponyo.