Non-Disney properties distributed by Walt Disney Studios Japan

This page features multiple movies or TV shows that Disney only distributed in Japan and not in any other country.

Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro
The Castle of Cagliostro is a 1979 Anime movie, being the first ever movie directed by Hayao Miyazaki and released as part of the Lupin the 3rd series. and animated by TMS Entertainment. Toho originally distributed the movie for theaters, and was later released onto VHS in 1995 by Toho themselves.

It was originally released on DVD by Buena Vista Home Entertainment Japan as part of a Studio Ghibli home media series on April 26, 2001. It was released on Blu-Ray Disc on August 6, 2014 alongside a re-release of the DVD. It is classified as a Studio Ghibli movie in its home country, even though it was released way before the company's founding.

Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies (火垂るの墓 Hotaru no Haka) is a 1988 Japanese animated war drama film based on the 1967 semi-autobiographical short story of the same name by Akiyuki Nosaka. It was written and directed by Isao Takahata, and animated by Studio Ghibli for the story's publisher Shinchosha Publishing (making it the only Studio Ghibli film under Tokuma Shoten ownership that had no involvement from them).

The movie was originally released on VHS in 1991 under another company, and was re-released on VHS by Buena Vista Home Entertainment Japan on August 7, 1998. The first DVD release however was distributed by Warner Home Video Japan, and would later be re-released on DVD by Disney on August 6, 2008. It was re-released again on March 18, 2015. It was released on Blu-Ray on July 18, 2012 and also on a Double-Pack with My Neighbor Totoro.

Ocean Waves
Ocean Waves, also known as I Can Hear the Sea (Japanese: 海がきこえる Hepburn: Umi ga Kikoeru), is a 1993 Japanese anime television film directed by Tomomi Mochizuki and written by Kaori Nakamura based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Saeko Himuro. Ocean Waves first aired on May 5, 1993 on Nippon TV and was animated by Studio Ghibli.

The movie was released originally released on VHS by Tokuma Shoten, but was later re-released by Buena Vista Home Entertainment Japan on August 23, 1998 and later re-released on DVD on August 8, 2003. The DVD has never been re-released, but a remastered version was released on Blu-Ray on July 17, 2015.

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, known in Japan as Mobile Armored Riot Police: Innocence (攻殻機動隊 イノセンス Kōkaku Kidōtai Inosensu), is a 2004 anime/computer-animated science fiction film that serves as a sequel to the 1995 Ghost in the Shell movie (Which Disney had no involvement with). This movie was co-produced by Production I.G. and Studio Ghibli, with Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Disney, Toho and the Mitsubishi Corporation co-funding the film.

It was released in Japan on March 6, 2004 by Toho, and released to DVD on September 15, 2004 by Buena Vista Home Entertainment Japan. Walt Disney Studios Japan later released the film on Blu-Ray on August 6, 2008 and will release the film on 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray on June 22, 2018.

Shaun the Sheep/Shaun the Sheep Movie
Shaun the Sheep is a British stop-motion animated television series and spin-off of the Wallace and Gromit franchise. The series stars Shaun — a sheep previously featured in the 1995 short film A Close Shave and in the Shopper 13 short film from the 2002 Wallace and Gromit's Cracking Contraptions series — and his madcap adventures around a small farm as the leader of his flock.

Walt Disney Studios Japan releases the series on DVD and Blu-Ray in Japan, treating them in the same way as they do for Studio Ghibli releases. Disney however doesn't release DVDs of the Shaun the Sheep Spin-Off Timmy Time, which is instead done by Happinet, a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings.

Walt Disney Studios Japan also released Shaun the Sheep Movie on a DVD and Blu-Ray combo pack on 16th December 2015, as well as a Digital Download.

The Red Turtle
The Red Turtle (French: La Tortue Rouge; Japanese: レッドタートル ある島の物語,  translit.  Reddo Tātoru: Aru Shima no Monogatari) is a 2016 animated fantasy drama film co-written and directed by Dutch animator Michaël Dudok de Wit and produced by Toshio Suzuki from Japan. The film is a co-production between Wild Bunch and Studio Ghibli and fianced by various French and Japanese companies, including Walt Disney Studios Japan.

The Movie was released to DVD and Blu-Ray by Walt Disney Studios Japan on March 17, 2017.

Mary and the Witch's Flower
Mary and the Witch's Flower (Japanese: メアリと魔女の花 Hepburn: Meari to Majo no Hana) is a 2017 Japanese anime fantasy film directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi and animated by Studio Ponoc for the Nippon Television Network and Mary and the Witch's Flower Film Partners, and was distributed by Toho. It is based on the book The Little Broomstick by Mary Stewart and is Studio Ponoc's first feature film.

Walt Disney Studios Japan released the film on DVD, Blu-Ray and 4K Ultra HD on March 20, 2018.