| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;" |
| Title
! Year
! Studio(s)
! data-sort-type="currency" | Budget ({{estimation}} {{JPY|link=yes}})
! data-sort-type="currency" | Budget ({{estimation}} {{US$|long=no|link=yes}})
! class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| The Boy and the Heron
|2023
| rowspan="2" |Studio Ghibli
|>¥5,200,000,000
|>$53,300,000
|[{{Cite news |last=Baseel |first=Casey |date=Aug 17, 2023 |title=Studio Ghibli's new anime may be the most expensive Japanese movie ever made, producer says |url=https://soranews24.com/2023/08/17/studio-ghiblis-new-anime-may-be-the-most-expensive-japanese-movie-ever-made-producer-says/ |work=SoraNews24}}] |
| The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
|2013
|{{JPY|5,200,000,000}}
|{{US$|{{To USD|52000|JPN|year=2013|round=yes}}00,000|long=no}}
|[{{cite news |last1=Schley |first1=Matt |title=Toshio Okada Charts Studio Ghibli Box Office Successes, Failures |url=https://www.otakuusamagazine.com/otaking-toshio-okada-charts-studio-ghibli-box-office-successes-failures/ |access-date=25 February 2020 |work=Otaku USA Magazine |date=24 October 2016}}] |
| Stand by Me Doraemon
|2014
|Shirogumi / Robot Communications / Shin-Ei Animation
|{{?}}
|$35,000,000
|[{{cite web |url= http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/12/15/stand-me-doraemon-takes-your-breath-away.html|title='Stand by Me Doraemon' takes your breath away|date= December 15, 2014|access-date= April 24, 2015|work= The Jakarta Post}}] |
| Ponyo
|2008
|Studio Ghibli
|{{JPY|3,400,000,000}}
|$34,000,000
|[{{cite web |title=Studio Ghibli Production Company Box Office History |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/production-company/Studio-Ghibli |website=The Numbers |access-date=25 February 2020}}] |
| Space Pirate Captain Harlock
| rowspan="2" |2013
|Toei Animation / Marza Animation Planet
|{{JPY|3,000,000,000}}
|{{US$|{{To USD|3000|JPN|year=2013|round=yes}},000,000|long=no}}
|[{{cite news |title=映画「風立ちぬ」が絶好調、「キャプテンハーロック」は大苦戦! |url=http://www.zakzak.co.jp/entertainment/ent-news/news/20130911/enn1309111210008-n1.htm |access-date=24 February 2020 |work=ZAKZAK |date=2013-09-11 |language=ja-JP}}] |
| The Wind Rises
|Studio Ghibli
|{{JPY|3,000,000,000}}
|{{US$|{{To USD|3000|JPN|year=2013|round=yes}},000,000|long=no}}
| |
| Pokémon: The First Movie
|1998
|Oriental Light and Magic (OLM)
|{{?}}
|$30,000,000
|[{{cite web |title=Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl426477057/ |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=25 February 2020}}] |
| Pokémon: The Movie 2000
|1999
|Oriental Light and Magic (OLM)
|{{?}}
|$30,000,000
|[{{cite web | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pokemon2.htm | title=Pokemon: The Movie 2000 | work=Box Office Mojo | access-date=May 30, 2012}}] |
| Steamboy
|2004
|Sunrise / Bandai Visual
|{{JPY|2,400,000,000}}
|$26,000,000
|[{{cite web |title=Introduction |url=http://www.steamboy.net/aboutfilm/introduction/ |website=Steamboy (official site) |publisher=Toho |access-date=25 February 2020}}][{{cite web |title=Steamboy |url=https://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=999 |website=THEM Anime Reviews |year=2005 |access-date=28 February 2020}}] |
| Howl's Moving Castle
|2005
| rowspan="5" |Studio Ghibli
|{{JPY|2,400,000,000}}
|$24,000,000
|[{{cite web |title=Hauru no ugoku shiro (2005) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Hauru-no-ugoku-shiro |website=The Numbers |access-date=25 February 2020}}] |
| Arrietty
|2010
|{{?}}
|$23,000,000
| |
| My Neighbors the Yamadas
|1999
|{{JPY|2,360,000,000}}
|{{US$|{{#expr:2360000000/113.907 round -6}}|long=no}}
| |
| Princess Mononoke
|1997
|{{JPY|2,350,000,000}}
|$20,000,000
|[{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/fuji/9270/article2.html |title='Mononoke' Japan's all-time b.o. champion |last=Karrfalt |first=Wayne |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 31, 1997 |access-date=March 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021074020/http://geocities.com/Tokyo/Fuji/9270/article2.html |archive-date=October 21, 2009 }}] |
| From Up on Poppy Hill
|2011
|{{JPY|2,200,000,000}}
|{{US$|{{To USD|2200|JPN|year=2011|round=yes}},000,000|long=no}}
| |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light
|2004
|Gallop / 4Kids Entertainment
|{{?}}
|$20,000,000
|[{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Yu-Gi-Oh#tab=summary|title=Yu-Gi-Oh (2004) – Financial Information|website=The Numbers|access-date=14 March 2017}}] |
| Tales from Earthsea
|2006
| rowspan="2" |Studio Ghibli
|{{JPY|2,200,000,000}}
|{{US$|{{#expr:2200000000/116 round -6}}|long=no}}
|[{{cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) - Japan |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=2007&locations=JP&start=2006 |website=World Bank |year=2006 |access-date=25 February 2020}}] |
| Spirited Away
|2001
|{{JPY|2,000,000,000}}
|$19,200,000
|[{{cite news |last1=Herskovitz |first1=Jon |title='Mononoke' creator Miyazaki toons up pic |url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/mononoke-creator-miyazaki-toons-up-pic-1117759995/ |access-date=24 February 2020 |work=Variety |date=15 December 1999}}] |
| Pokémon 3: The Movie
|2000
|Oriental Light and Magic (OLM)
|{{?}}
|$16,000,000
|[{{cite web |title=Pokémon 3 the Movie: Spell of the Unown |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0235679/ |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=25 February 2020}}] |
| When Marnie Was There
|2014
|Studio Ghibli
|{{JPY|1,200,000,000}}
|{{US$|{{To USD|12000|JPN|year=2014|round=yes}}00,000|long=no}}
| |
| The Red Turtle
|2016
|Studio Ghibli / Why Not Productions / Wild Bunch
|{{?}}
|$11,000,000
|[{{cite web |title=La Tortue Rouge (2016) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Tortue-Rouge-La-(France) |website=The Numbers |access-date=25 February 2020}}] |
| Akira
|1988
|Tokyo Movie Shinsha (TMS Entertainment)
|{{JPY|700,000,000}}
|$5,500,000
|[{{cite news |title=Akira Anime Film Producer Corrects 30-Year Fact on How Much the Groundbreaking Film Cost to Make |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/anime-news/2020/06/08-1/akira-anime-film-producer-corrects-30-year-fact-on-how-much-the-groundbreaking-film-cost-to-make |access-date=April 10, 2021 |work=Crunchyroll |date= June 8, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210118090410/https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/anime-news/2020/06/08-1/akira-anime-film-producer-corrects-30-year-fact-on-how-much-the-groundbreaking-film-cost-to-make |archive-date=January 18, 2021 |url-status=live}}] |
| Metropolis
|2001
|Madhouse
|{{JPY|1,000,000,000}}
|$15,000,000
|[{{cite web |title=Introduction |url=https://v-storage.bnarts.jp/sp-site/metropolis/introduction.html |website=Metropolis (official site) |publisher=Bandai Visual |access-date=25 February 2020}}][{{cite web |author=Appellate Judge Mike Pinsky |title=DVD Verdict Review - Metropolis (2001) |url=https://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/metropolis.php |website=DVD Verdict |date=April 23, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031013132342/http://dvdverdict.com/reviews/metropolis.php |archive-date=October 13, 2003 |access-date=March 30, 2016 |url-status=live }}] |
| Dragon Ball Super: Broly
|2018
|Toei Animation
|{{?}}
|$8,500,000
|[{{cite web|url=https://rpp.pe/cultura/asiapop/dragon-ball-super-broly-pelicula-de-animacion-logra-recaudar-54-millones-a-nivel-mundial-noticia-1175550|title=Dragon Ball Super: Broly - Película de animación logra recaudar $54 millones a nivel mundial|publisher=RPP|date=16 January 2019|language=es|access-date=17 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120110203/https://rpp.pe/cultura/asiapop/dragon-ball-super-broly-pelicula-de-animacion-logra-recaudar-54-millones-a-nivel-mundial-noticia-1175550|archive-date=20 January 2019|url-status=live}}] |
| Robotech: The Movie
|1986
|Tatsunoko Production / Harmony Gold USA / AIC
|{{?}}
|$8,000,000
|[{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |title=The Animated Movie Guide |date=2005 |publisher=Chicago Review Press |isbn=978-1-56976-222-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/animatedmoviegui0000beck/page/232 232] |url=https://archive.org/details/animatedmoviegui0000beck|url-access=registration }}] |
| Porco Rosso
|1992
|Studio Ghibli
|{{JPY|900,000,000}}
|{{US$|{{#expr:900000000/126.65 round -5}}|long=no}}
|[{{cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) - Japan |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=1993&locations=JP&start=1992 |website=World Bank |year=1992 |access-date=25 February 2020}}] |
| Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
|1994
|Group TAC / SEDIC / Sony Music Entertainment Japan
|{{?}}
|$6,000,000
|[{{cite magazine|title=Cassavettes Films Go To Vid; 'Street Fighter II' Debuts|magazine=Billboard|date=December 23, 1995|volume=107|issue=51|page=80|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nQ0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA80|publisher=Nielsen Business Media}}] |
| Kiki's Delivery Service
|1989
|Studio Ghibli
|{{JPY|800,000,000}}
|{{US$|{{#expr:800000000/137.96 round -5}}|long=no}}
|[{{cite web |title=7 Intriguing Trivia About 'Kiki's Delivery Service' |url=https://manga.tokyo/otaku-articles/trivia-to-better-enjoy-kikis-delivery-service/ |website=MANGA.TOKYO |access-date=28 February 2020 |date=11 February 2017}}][{{cite web |title=Kiki's Delivery Service: Credits, Figures & Other Information |url=http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/kiki/credits.html |website=Nausicaa.net |access-date=28 February 2020}}][{{cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) - Japan |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=1989&locations=JP&start=1988 |website=World Bank |year=1989 |access-date=25 February 2020}}] |
| Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise
|1987
|Gainax / Bandai Visual
|{{JPY|800,000,000}}
|$5,531,000
|[{{Cite book |author=Isao Taniguchi |author2=Hajime Asō |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=28c9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA75 |title=図解入門業界研究最新ｱﾆﾒ業界の動向とｶﾗｸﾘがよ〜くわかる本 |date=June 2017 |publisher=秀和システム (Shuwa System) |year=2017 |isbn=978-4-7980-5038-6 |edition=2nd |location=Japan |page=75 |language=ja |trans-title=Introductory Illustrated Industry Research A book that gives a good understanding of the latest trends and karakuri in the animation industry}}] |
| Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'
|2015
|Toei Animation
|{{?}}
|$5,000,000
|[{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/04/international-box-office-furious-7-child-44-cinderella-dragonball-z-1201412508/|title='Furious 7′ Drives To $1.15B Global; 'Dragonball' Big In Japan – Intl B.O. Update|author=Nancy Tartaglione and Anita Busch|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=(Penske Media Corporation)|date=April 19, 2015|access-date=April 20, 2015}}] |
| Castle in the Sky
|1986
|Studio Ghibli
|{{JPY|800,000,000}}
|{{US$|{{#expr:800000000/168.5 round -5}}|long=no}}
|[{{cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) - Japan |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=1987&locations=JP&start=1986 |website=World Bank |year=1986 |access-date=25 February 2020}}] |
| Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
|2003
|Toei Animation / Daft Life / Wild Bunch / BAC Films
|{{?}}
|$4,000,000
|[Eric Ducker, "The Creators" (2007). The Fader, [http://www.thefader.com/2007/07/03/the-fader-issue-47-free-download/ issue 47], pp. 115. Retrieved on April 25, 2009.] |
| The Castle of Cagliostro
|1979
|Tokyo Movie Shinsha
|{{JPY|500,000,000}}
|$2,300,000
|[{{cite video |title=The Castle of Cagliostro (Audio Commentary by Reed Nelson) |medium=DVD |publisher=Discotek Media |location=Altamonte Springs, Florida |date=1979}}] |
| In This Corner of the World
|2016
|MAPPA
|{{JPY|400,000,000}}
|$3,750,000
|[{{cite web|url=http://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/147002| language=ja| publisher=Toyo Keizai Inc| title=映画｢この世界の片隅に｣製作プロセスの秘密| date=November 30, 2016| access-date=November 30, 2016}}][{{cite web |title=Kono sekai no katasumi ni (2016) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Kono-sekai-no-katasumi-ni-(Japan) |website=The Numbers |access-date=25 February 2020}}] |
| Macross: Do You Remember Love?
|1984
|Studio Nue / Artland / Topcraft / Tatsunoko Production
|{{JPY|400,000,000}}
|{{US$|{{#expr:400000000/237.52 round -6}}|long=no}}
|[Animage, 1983年12月号, 徳間書店, 1983年, 26頁][{{cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) - Japan |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=1984&locations=JP&start=1983 |website=World Bank |year=1984 |access-date=25 February 2020}}] |
| Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
|1984
|Studio Ghibli
|{{JPY|400,000,000}}
|{{US$|{{#expr:400000000/237.52 round -6}}|long=no}}
| |
| Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato
|1978
|Academy Productions / Group TAC
|{{JPY|360,000,000}}
|$3,600,000
|[{{cite web|title=Farewell to Yamato Production Data|url=http://ourstarblazers.com/vault/510/|website=Cosmo DNA|date=July 2, 2013}}] |
| Paprika
|2006
| rowspan="3" |Madhouse
|{{JPY|300,000,000}}
|$4,000,000
|[{{cite web |last1=Kon |first1=Satoshi |author1-link=Satoshi Kon |title=17-2007年4月アメリカから「パプリカ」に関して |url=http://konstone.s-kon.net/modules/interview/index.php?content_id=19 |website=Kon's Tone |date=17 April 2007 |access-date=28 February 2020}}][{{cite news |last1=Singer |first1=Gregory |title='Paprika': Satori With Satoshi |url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/paprika-satori-satoshi#:~:text=Given%20two%20years%20of%20production,that%20hard%20work%20pays%20off. |access-date=28 February 2020 |work=Animation World Network |date=May 25, 2007}}] |
| Tokyo Godfathers
|2004
|{{JPY|300,000,000}}
|$2,400,000
|[{{cite web |last1=Kon |first1=Satoshi |title=東京ゴッドファーザーズ雑考●09 |url=http://konstone.s-kon.net/modules/tgf/index.php?content_id=13 |website=Kon's Tone |year=2002 |access-date=28 February 2020}}][{{cite web |title=Interview Satoshi Kon |language=fr |url=http://www.catsuka.com/focuson.php?id=itw_satoshikon |publisher=Catsuka |date=October 18, 2006 |access-date=July 31, 2011}}] |
| Millennium Actress
|2002
|{{?}}
|$1,200,000
|[{{cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) - Japan |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=2008&locations=JP&start=2007 |website=World Bank |year=2008 |access-date=25 February 2020}}] |
| Space Battleship Yamato
|1977
|Academy Productions / Group TAC
|{{JPY|200,000,000}}
|$745,000
|[{{cite web|title=Yoshinobu Nishizaki 1977 Interview|url=http://ourstarblazers.com/vault/721/|work=Weekly Bunshun|year=1977|access-date=July 7, 2013}}] |
| Biohazard 4D-Executer
|2000
|Visual Science Laboratory
|{{JPY|150,000,000}}
|{{US$|{{#expr:150000000/107.765 round -5}}|long=no}}
|[{{cite journal |journal=Nihon Keizai Shimbun |script-title=ja:デジタルアミューズ 人気ソフトの立体映像をカブコンと共同制作 |language=ja |date=October 27, 1999 |publisher=Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc.}}][{{cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) - Japan |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=2000&locations=JP&start=1999 |website=World Bank |year=2000 |access-date=25 February 2020}}] |