The life and misadventures of a family in contemporary Japan.

Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthralls all who encounter her - but ultimately she must confront her fate, the punishment for her crime.

A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.

A young girl finds that all the books she chooses in the library have been previously checked out by the same boy.

Two boys go into a silence strike to pressurize their parents into buying them a TV set.

In the middle of her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and monsters; where humans are changed into animals; and a bathhouse for these creatures.

A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.

When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wonderous forest spirits who live nearby.

A story that revolves around three sisters who live in their grandmother's home and the arrival of their thirteen-year-old half sister.