History TheMovie / AnimeAndManga

* The ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'' movie radically altered characters and motivations, hitting similar themes in a very different way than the series.

* There are a total of 12 ''Franchise/OnePiece'' movies so far:
** Eight of them are [[NonSerialMovie Non Serial Movies]]: Movie 1 takes place before Sanji joins, [[Anime/ClockworkIslandAdventure Two]] and [[Anime/ChoppersKingdomOnTheIslandOfStrangeAnimals Three]] before Alabasta ([[ContinuitySnarl although neither Vivi nor Robin appear]]), [[Anime/DeadEndAdventure Four]], [[Anime/TheCursedHolySword Five]], [[Anime/BaronOmatsuriAndTheSecretIsland Six]] and [[Anime/TheGiantMechanicalSoldierOfKarakuriCastle Seven]] between Alabasta and Water 7, and [[Anime/OnePiece3DStrawHatChase Eleven]] just after Thriller Bark. The 11th movie is notable as the first (and only) ''One Piece'' movie to be rendered in [[AllCGICartoon 3D CGI]] instead of hand drawn animation.

** [[Anime/OnePieceFilmStrongWorld Movie Ten]] was the first to count as an example of TheMovie specifically because it was tied-in to the manga and anime thanks to [[ApprovalOfGod a reference to the movie's villain in the manga, a bonus chapter]], and it's own anime arc. [[Anime/OnePieceFilmZ Movie Twelve]] also had it's own anime arc and influence from Oda. These two movies also considerably [[BigDamnMovie raise the stakes compared to the earlier movies]].
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' has four movies. [[Anime/BleachMemoriesOfNobody The first]] is about a group of rebels trying to destroy Soul Society, [[Anime/BleachTheDiamondDustRebellion the second]] is about Captain Hitsugaya trying to clear his name, [[Anime/BleachFadeToBlack the third]] is about people forgetting Rukia and Ichigo, and [[Anime/BleachHellVerse the fourth]] is about Hell.
* Similarly, there are ten ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' movies. The [[Anime/NarutoTheMovieNinjaClashInTheLandOfSnow first]] [[Anime/NarutoTheMovieLegendOfTheStoneOfGelel three]] [[Anime/NarutoTheMovieGuardiansOfTheCrescentMoonKingdom films]] are set in Part 1; the first takes place before the Sasuke Retrevial arc, the latter two sometime during the filler arcs. The seven ''Shippuden'' movies seem to take place respectively [[Anime/NarutoShippudenTheMovie before Sai's introduction]], [[Anime/NarutoShippudenTheMovieBonds before Sasuke killing Orochimaru]], [[Anime/NarutoShippudenTheMovieInheritorsOfTheWillOfFire sometime after Asuma's death]], [[Anime/NarutoShippudenTheMovieTheLostTower 20 years in the past]], [[Anime/NarutoTheMovieBloodPrison some nebulous time around Pain's invasion and the 5 Kage Summit]], [[Anime/NarutoTheMovieRoadToNinja some nebulous time before the 4th Shinobi World War]], and [[Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie 2 years after the war]]. The first nine are [[NonSerialMovie Non Serial Movies]], with the tenth being explicitly stated to be canon.

* ''Anime/AdolescenseOfUtena'' takes [[Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena the series']] already-difficult-to-understand (at least for Westerners) Buddhist allegory, compresses it into two hours, and makes it even ''more'' allegorical. The resulting head trip of a film requires advanced knowledge of Jungian theory, and knowledge of Gnostic belief to understand at all. (Although, viewing the series first, and learning about ''its'' symbolism does make the movie much more understandable, particularly the cars.)

* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' has released almost 40 movies as of 2020, but since the story doesn't have a real ending nor it has any development, plus what most of what the studio's doing nowaday is to [[TheRemake remake em'all]] for new genaration's kids. All ''Doraemon'' movies (except some short movies and spinoffs) are considered not the NonSerialMovie.

* Lampshaded in ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan'', where Sakura takes Shizuki to the cinema... to see Salaryman Binkan: The movie.

* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' has five {{Non Serial Movie}}s, but only the first is considered TheMovie. Drawn to the mysterious resort island of Mipross by dreams planted in her head by the ancient wizard Rowdy Gabriev, Lina and Naga get involved in a battle against a demon named Joyrock that culminates in Lina being sent back in time to kill him before he could slaughter the elves of Mipross, an act that is stated to be directly responsible for the existence of Lina's companion Gourry Gabriev.
* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline the Movie: [[Anime/SwordArtOnlineTheMovieOrdinalScale Ordinal Scale]]'' is set between the events of ''Mother's Rosario'' and ''Alicization''. AugmentedReality technology kicks off, resulting in the creation of a highly advanced AU game called ''[[TitleDrop Ordinal Scale]]''. Things begin to go horrifically awry, however, when monsters from SAO find their way into the game.

* ''The Disappearance of LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', based on the light novel of the same name, was released 2010. At 162 minutes, it's the third-longest animated film ever, behind ''[[Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato Final Yamato]]'' and the extended cut of ''Manga/InThisCornerOfTheWorld''.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' has ''[[Anime/ACertainMagicalIndexMiracleOfEndymion Miracle of Endymion]]'', which canonically takes place between the events of Volumes 8 and 9 of the original light novel series. Amusingly, due to the fact the plot involves a giant SpaceElevator, later novels and the spinoff ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'' [[{{Retcon}} would pay service to its presence and insert it, while the respective animes would add it into new scenes.]] Also, much {{lampshading}} of the presence of said elevator is made in all media, with one person questioning its presence while another would confusedly state it's always been there.

* The movie based off of [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime adaptation]] of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', ''[[Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheConquerorOfShamballa The Conqueror of Shamballa]]'', was essentially that canon's GrandFinale/epilogue. The TruerToTheText ''Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood'' also got a movie, ''[[Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheSacredStarOfMilos The Sacred Star of Milos]]'', which tells an original side-story.

* ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion The End of Evangelion]]'', a feature-length movie that was supposed to be the "true" ending of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', as opposed to the [[GainaxEnding low budget]], [[MindScrew confusing]] TV finale. Instead, it was a high budget, [[MindScrew confusing]] [[spoiler:KillEmAll]] ending.

* ''Be Invoked'', the GrandFinale (of sorts) for ''Anime/SpaceRunawayIdeon''. Also known as "the worst KillEmAll in the history of mankind".

* ''Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes'' has three theatrical movies, namely, ''My Conquest is the Sea of Stars'', ''Golden Wings'' and ''Overture to a New War''. Incidentally, the first of those three actually predated the release of the first animated series.

* The ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' movie takes the series' already-difficult-to-understand (at least for Westerners) Buddhist allegory, compresses it into two hours, and makes it even ''more'' allegorical. The resulting head trip of a film requires advanced knowledge of Jungian theory, and knowledge of Gnostic belief to understand at all. (Although, viewing the series first, and learning about ''its'' symbolism does make the movie much more understandable, particularly the cars.)

* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' has a movie that adapts the Mugen Train arc. The movie itself is known to break several box office records. Eventually, it became not only the highest grossing anime film (beating out the likes of ''Anime/SpiritedAway''), but also the highest grossing R-rated animated film, the highest grossing Japanese film and even became the highest grossing film of 2020 (no really, it's mainly because of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic which prevented a lot of American films to be shown theatrically).

* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' has a movie that adapts the Mugen Train arc. The movie itself is known to break several box office records. Eventually, it became not only the highest grossing anime film (beating out the likes of Anime/SpiritedAway), but also the highest grossing R-rated animated film, the highest grossing Japanese film and even became the highest grossing film of 2020 (no really, it's mainly because of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic which prevented a lot of American films to be shown theatrically).

* ''The Disappearance of LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', based on the light novel of the same name, was released 2010. At 162 minutes, it's the second-longest animated film ever, one minute shorter than ''[[Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato Final Yamato]]''.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' got a movie, ''Anime/MyHeroAcademiaTwoHeroes'', released in August 2018.

* ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'' has two, ''Anime/TamagotchiTheMovie'' and ''Anime/TamagotchiHappiestStoryInTheUniverse'', which both came out before the anime TV series came out.

* ''Franchise/PrettyCure'' has roughly one movie of this sort per series. (If [[SixthRanger Hikari]] hadn't been in the first movie, it would have been ''exactly'' one per series.) Like the ''Anime/SailorMoon'' movies mentioned above, all of them are disconnected from the parent series' plots but seem to take place somewhere along the way.

* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' got a movie based on one of the routes in the game: Unlimited Blade Works. Like all anime adaptation movies, some things were cut, some scenes were changed, and some others possibly enhanced.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' has ''Miracle of Endymion'', which canonically takes place between the events of Volumes 8 and 9 of the original light novel series. Amusingly, due to the fact the plot involves a giant SpaceElevator, later novels and the spinoff ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'' [[{{Retcon}} would pay service to its presence and insert it, while the respective animes would add it into new scenes.]] Also, much {{lampshading}} of the presence of said elevator is made in all media, with one person questioning its presence while another would confusedly state it's always been there.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Multiple:

* ''Franchise/{{Jewelpet}}'' has ''Sweets Dance Princess''.

** There are now eighteen of them, two of which are actually one for the price of two.

* The ''[[Franchise/PrettyRhythm Pretty Series]]'' has had five movies comprised of performances from the shows and one original story movie for ''VideoGame/{{PriPara}}''.