Movies Like Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002)

Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass is a 2002 action, adventure, animation, fantasy film from Toshiya Shinohara with a MovieMagicScore of 7.7/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time and Inuyasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler.

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Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time

2001

InuYasha is a half-demon who was trapped in the Legendary Tree and was set free by Kagome, a girl who traveled 500 years through time. This time, both of them will have to face Menomaru, a Chinese demon whose father, known as Hyoga, came 300 years ago to invade Japan, but was stopped by InuYasha's Father. InuYasha and Kagome, along with Sango, Miroku, Shippou, Kaede and Myoga, will try to stop Menomaru in his becoming the most powerful demon ever.

7.5

MagicScore

Inuyasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler

2003

Inuyasha and his brother, Sesshomaru, each inherited a sword from their father after his death. However, their father had a third sword, named Sounga, that he sealed away. Seven hundreds years after his death, Sounga awakens and threatens mankind's very existence. How will the children of the Great Dog Demon stop this unimaginable power?

7.7

MagicScore

Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island

2004

The mysterious island of Houraijima has reappeared after 50 years, and with its reappearance has brought the attack of four gods, the Shitoushin, who have their eyes set on the powers that protect and sustain the island. Now it's up to Inuyasha and his friends, along with Sesshoumaru, to find a way to defeat the powerful Shitoushin.

7.5

MagicScore

The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe

2023

1955. Kitaro's father, Medama Oyaji, comes to Yagura Village in search of his missing wife. The village was ruled by the Ryuga clan, which controls Japan's political and business circles behind the scenes. Mizuki, who works at a blood bank, visits the village with a secret mission to mourn the death of the head of his family, and meets Kitaro's father. While an ugly fight unfolds over the succession of the head of the family, a member of the family is brutally murdered at the village shrine. It was the beginning of a terrifying chain of events.

7.3

MagicScore

Yo-kai Watch: The Movie

2014

When the evil Yo-Kai Kin, Gin and Bronzlow makes the Yo-Kai Watch disappear from time so they can help Dame Dedtime prevent humans and Yo-Kai from being friends, Nate Adams finds help in the Yo-Kai Hovernyan, who takes Nate, Whisper and Jibanyan 60 years to the past, when the Yo-Kai Watch was first invented by Nate's grandfather, Nathaniel Adams, while he was a boy. Together, the 2 boys fight Dame Dedtime and her evil Wicked Yo-Kai minions to save the world from her evil plans.

7.5

MagicScore

Yo-kai Watch The Movie 2: Lord Enma and the Stories, Nyan!

2015

When Keita frees Whisper, a ghost-like yōkai, from 190 years of imprisonment, Whisper pledges to protect Keita from supernatural dangers. Whisper also gives Keita a watch that allows Keita to see other yōkai. Together with the twin-tailed cat spirit Jibanyan, they encounter lots of yōkai-related problems and solve them.

7.8

MagicScore

Spirited Away

2001

A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.

8.5

MagicScore

A Letter to Momo

2012

A shy 11-year-old's life takes a strange turn when she discovers three hungry goblins living in the attic of her new house. She misses her old life. She misses her father so very much. Until she makes some new ghoulish friends.

7.3

MagicScore

Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond

2018

Natsume has been busy, navigating between humans and Yokai when he coincidentally reunites with an old classmate, Yuki. It brings back painful memories of a certain Yokai. Meanwhile, Natsume also became acquainted with Yorie Tsumura, a woman in the memories of a Yokai whose name he had returned. Yorie knew much about Reiko, but now lived a peaceful life with her only son, Mukuo. Being with this family was comforting for Natsume, but apparently a mysterious Yokai has been lurking in their town. On the way back from investigating, a “Yokai seed” that had latched itself to Nyanko Sensei drops into the Fujiwaras’ garden and grows overnight into a fruit tree. When Nyanko Sensei eats a fruit that is somehow shaped like himself, he suddenly splits into three!

7.3

MagicScore

#10

Hunter × Hunter Pilot

1998

The stand-alone pilot OVA which was shown as part of the "Jump Super Anime Tour" of 1998. Shortly before the TV series, a summary is presented of the story of Gon who wants to become a hunter and the friends he makes in the process.

8.6

MagicScore

#11

Attack on Titan: The Roar of Awakening

2018

Eren Yeager and others of the 104th Training Corps have just begun to become full members of the Survey Corps. As they ready themselves to face the Titans once again, their preparations are interrupted by the invasion of Wall Rose—but all is not as it seems as more mysteries are unraveled. As the Survey Corps races to save the wall, they uncover more about the invading Titans and the dark secrets of their own members.

8.3

MagicScore

#12

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising

2019

Class 1-A visits Nabu Island where they finally get to do some real hero work. The place is so peaceful that it's more like a vacation... until they're attacked by a villain with an unfathomable Quirk! His power is eerily familiar, and it looks like Shigaraki had a hand in the plan. But with All Might retired and citizens' lives on the line, there's no time for questions. Deku and his friends are the next generation of heroes, and they're the island's only hope.

8.1

MagicScore

#13

Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom

2015

As the Trost District is reclaimed from the Titans, Eren is taken under the wing of Captain Levi and his squad, who decide to try and teach him to master his mysterious abilities.

8.1

MagicScore

#14

Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King

2023

As a lionhearted boy who can't wield magic strives for the title of Wizard King, four banished Wizard Kings of yore return to crush the Clover Kingdom.

8.1

MagicScore

#15

My Hero Academia: Two Heroes

2018

All Might and Deku accept an invitation to go abroad to a floating and mobile manmade city, called 'I-Island', where they research quirks as well as hero supplemental items at the special 'I-Expo' convention that is currently being held on the island. During that time, suddenly, despite an iron wall of security surrounding the island, the system is breached by a villain, and the only ones able to stop him are the students of Class 1-A.

7.9

MagicScore

#16

One Piece: Stampede

2019

The world's boldest buccaneers set sail for the great Pirate Festival, where the Straw Hats join a mad-dash race to find Gol D. Roger's treasure. There's just one little problem: An old member of Roger's crew has a sinister score to settle.

7.8

MagicScore

#17

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion

2019

In the city of Orario, beneath an impossibly tall tower, lies the dungeon. Only adventurers who form partnerships with the gods themselves have any hope of defeating the monsters that lie within. But the dungeon is not the only place where monsters exist. Far from Orario, in the ruins of an ancient city, a new threat arises. To counter this threat, the goddess Artemis has come to Orario in search of a champion—but it’s not Ais Wallenstein (the legendary Sword Princess) nor Ottar (the strongest warrior to ever enter the dungeon) that she chooses. Rather it is Bell Cranel, a newbie adventurer partnered with a low-tier goddess.

7.7

MagicScore

#18

Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse

2010

Hell – A place where beings that have committed mortal sins during their lifetime are sent. It is a realm where even Soul Reapers are forbidden to interfere. When a group of vicious Sinners plot to escape from this eternal prison, they discover that Substitute Soul Reaper Ichigo Kurosaki is the key to their freedom.

7.6

MagicScore

#19

The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoners of the Sky

2018

Traveling in search of the rare ingredient, “sky fish” Meliodas and Hawk arrive at a palace that floats above the clouds. The people there are busy preparing a ceremony, meant to protect their home from a ferocious beast that awakens once every 3,000 years. But before the ritual is complete, the Six Knights of Black—a Demon Clan army—removes the seal on the beast, threatening the lives of everyone in the Sky Palace.

7.5

MagicScore

#20

One Piece Film: Z

2012

Zephyr, now known as Z, rides the seas with only one goal: Destroy all pirates and their dreams at becoming King of Pirates. When Luffy and his crew encounter him at sea, not only are they utterly defeated by the man with an arm made of Seastone, Nami, Robin, and Chopper are turned 10 years younger due to Z's minion Ain. Luffy is so determined to win against him that he does not even notice Z's master plan that could sacrifice thousands of lives.

7.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass?

The top films similar to Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass by MovieMagicScore are Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time (7.5), Inuyasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler (7.7), Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island (7.5). Each shares action/adventure/animation/fantasy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass worth watching?

Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.7/10 from 152 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass?

Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002) is a action, adventure, animation, fantasy film directed by Toshiya Shinohara, starring Kappei Yamaguchi, Satsuki Yukino, Koji Tsujitani.

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This ranked list pairs Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002), a action and adventure and animation and fantasy film from Toshiya Shinohara, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Kappei Yamaguchi take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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