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Movies Like Preventing the kidnapping of elementary school student Yumi

If you liked Preventing the kidnapping of elementary school student Yumi (1991), a animation movie directed by Katsumi Endo, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Summer Wars

    Summer Wars (2009)

    ★ 7.5/10Also animation

    Teenage math whiz Kenji Koiso agrees to take a summer job at the Nagano hometown of his crush, Natsuki. When he arrives, he finds that her family have reunited to celebrate the 90th birthday of their matriarch. His…

  2. 2Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century

    Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century (1999)

    ★ 7.4/10Also animation

    Kaitou Kid dares to challenge the police once more, setting his sights on the Russian Imperial Easter Egg. With the date, time, and place, the Osaka police force scrambles to stop him. But this time, Kid may have…

  3. 3Hello World

    Hello World (2019)

    ★ 7.3/10Also animation

    A shy high schooler in Kyoto meets a man claiming to be his future self, who tells him he’s hacked into the past to save their first love.

  4. 4Stand by Me Doraemon 2

    Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020)

    ★ 7.8/10Also animation

    Nobita travels to the future to show his beloved grandma his bride, but adult Nobita has fled his own wedding.

  5. 5Barbie Video Game Hero

    Barbie Video Game Hero (2017)

    ★ 6.8/10Also animation

    When Barbie is accidentally pulled into her favourite game, she teams up with the roller skater Bella and her friend Cutie, to stop a mischievous emoji who is trying to take control of the game.

  6. 6Stand by Me Doraemon

    Stand by Me Doraemon (2014)

    ★ 7.5/10Also animation

    Sewashi and Doraemon find themselves way back in time and meet Nobita. It is up to Doraemon to take care of Nobita or else he will not return to the present.

  7. 7Ranma 1/2 the Movie 2: Nihao My Concubine

    Ranma 1/2 the Movie 2: Nihao My Concubine (1992)

    ★ 7.9/10Also animation

    With the Tendos, the Saotomes, Ryoga, Shampoo and Ukyo misinterpreting Tatewake Kuno's invitation to his two loves, Akane and 'The Pig Tailed Girl', to try his new yacht, a whole new episode of chaos begins in the…

  8. 8Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie - Black Dream Hole

    Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie - Black Dream Hole (1995)

    ★ 7.9/10Also animation

    The wicked Badiyanu has come to capture all Earth's children to gain enough power to absorb the planet in her Black Dream Hole. The Black Dream Hole is in Badiyanu's castle and absorbs the dream energy from children…

  9. 9Detective Conan: The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa - The Worst Two Days in History

    Detective Conan: The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa - The Worst Two Days in History (2015)

    ★ 7.1/10Also animation

    Conan Edogawa comes to a bathhouse with Ran Mouri and Ai Haibara. There, he sees suspicious men in the dressing room of the men's bath. However, Conan falls down in the bathhouse and loses consciousness. The two…

  10. 10Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew

    Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (2005)

    ★ 7/10Also animation

    In the legendary past, before Poké Balls were invented, an aura-guiding hero Pokémon named Lucario sensed two groups of armies about to clash, and a threat of a massive war in front of Oldoran Castle in Kanto that…

  11. 11Persona3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth

    Persona3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth (2013)

    ★ 7.2/10Also animation

    In the spring, male student Makoto Yuki transfers to Gekkoukan High School. However, as he heads to his new dormitory, listening to the music on his headphones, he is stopped. More precisely, time has stopped, and the…

  12. 12Napping Princess

    Napping Princess (2017)

    ★ 6.7/10Also animation

    Japan, 2020, a few days before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics. Although she should be studying for her final exams, Kokone, a schoolgirl who lives in a small town with her widowed father, a mysterious and talented…

  13. 13Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum

    Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum (2013)

    ★ 6.6/10Also animation

    Doraemon and his friends travel to the 22nd century to look for his golden bell, which was stolen by a notorious thief called Kaito DX.

  14. 14Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet

    Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (2021)

    ★ 6.5/10Also animation

    At the opening ceremony of the WSG (World Sports Games) Tokyo Games, a sports festival held once every four years, it is announced that the world's first vacuum superconducting maglev with a maximum speed of 1,000…

  15. 15The Castle of Cagliostro

    The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)

    ★ 7.5/10Also animation

    After a successful robbery leaves famed thief Lupin the Third and his partner Jigen with nothing but a large amount of expertly crafted counterfeit bills, he decides to track down the forgers responsible—and steal any…

  16. 16Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea

    Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (2006)

    ★ 6.5/10Also animation

    On their way through the Battle Frontier, Ash and friends meet up with a Pokémon Ranger who's mission is to deliever the egg of Manaphy to a temple on the ocean's floor. However, a greedy pirate wants the power of…

  17. 17Yo-kai Watch: The Movie

    Yo-kai Watch: The Movie (2014)

    ★ 7.7/10Also animation

    When the evil Yo-Kai Kin, Gin and Bronzlow makes the Yo-Kai Watch disappear from time so they can help Dame Dedtime prevent humans and Yo-Kai from being friends, Nate Adams finds help in the Yo-Kai Hovernyan, who takes…

  18. 18Animal Crossing: The Movie

    Animal Crossing: The Movie (2006)

    ★ 6.8/10Also animation

    Ai, a self-reliant girl who moves to Animal Village and works at Nook's Cranny, gradually becomes part of the community with guidance from its residents and embarks on a quest to plant pine trees for a Winter Festival…

  19. 19Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black

    Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black (2008)

    ★ 7.1/10Also animation

    A strange disturbance in the World of the Living sends Ichigo and Kon to the Soul Society, where the Seireitei has been devastated by an explosion of reishi and Rukia is missing. Stranger still, none of the Soul…

  20. 20Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur

    Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur (1980)

    ★ 6.8/10Also animation

    When Suneo does not show Nobita the fossil of a dinosaur claw, he takes up a challenge to find a dinosaur. He digs up a hillside and finds an egg, which later hatches and becomes a dinosaur.

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