Timeline

Time has shaped anime, altering its storytelling aesthetic and purpose: educating a younger audience, delivering practical morals, or even driving social change.

Scroll down and discover how 33 anime adapted to changing times, from 1917 to 2023. Explore any movie by clicking on the corresponding title.

DISCOVER THE MOVIES
1910

1917

Katsudō Shashin Kōgyō Torishimari Kisoku
(Motion Picture Film Inspection Regulations)

1918

1920

1923

Great Kantō earthquake

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1934

1939

World War II begins
1940

1941

1945

World War II ends

1945 August, 6-9

Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1950

1954

1958

1959

1960

1960

1963

1970

1975

1979

1980

1984

1986

1988

1990

1990

Ushinawareta Jūnen (Lost Decades) begins

1994

1997

2000

2000

Ushinawareta Jūnen (Lost Decades) ends

2001

2006

2008

2010

2011

2012

2013

2015

2017

2020

2022

2023