Synopsis
未来のミライ
“I have met the future.”
Unhappy after his new baby sister displaces him, four-year-old Kun begins meeting people and pets from his family's history in their unique house in order to help him become the big brother he was meant to be.
Audience Engagement
702 audience reviews — more than 95% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 81th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Mirai. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
3 sharedInuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time
★ 7.6 · Japan
3 sharedIn This Corner of the World
★ 8.0 · Japan
3 sharedCleopatra: Queen of Sex
★ 5.7 · Japan
2 sharedDemon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
★ 8.3 · Japan
2 sharedGANTZ:O
★ 7.3 · Japan
2 sharedStand by Me Doraemon
★ 7.3 · Japan
Animation + Family in Japan
177 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Family genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Mirai itself).
Other Titles From Studio Chizu
The 2017–2019 Japan Window
Mirai holds position #264 of 569 Japan films in the 2017–2019 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
#1The Relative Worlds
★ 9.1 · 2017
#2Sonic Mania Adventures
★ 9.0 · 2018
#3Godzilla vs. Evangelion: The Real 4-D
★ 8.9 · 2019
#4Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
★ 8.7 · 2019
#5DARLING in the FRANXX
★ 8.6 · 2018
#6Dr. STONE
★ 8.6 · 2019
#7The Rising of the Shield Hero
★ 8.6 · 2019
#8Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
★ 8.6 · 2018
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Mirai premiered alongside 194 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 194 other Japan films in 2018.
The 3767th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Mirai, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- railway station · 3
- anime · 711
- adult animation · 101
- time travel · 70
- family relationships · 57
- train · 35
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,721 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (62nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,249 of 2,532 (top 49%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Studio Chizu, D.N. Dream Partners, NTT Docomo, Nippon Television Network Corporation, KADOKAWA |
| Runtime | 1h 38m |
| Release Date | June 16, 2018 |
| IMDb | tt6900448 |







