Depois de perder a sua mãe durante os bombardeamentos com bombas incendiarias em Tóquio que aconteceram na Segunda Guerra Mundial pelas mãos dos EUA, Mahito e o seu pai mudam-se para o interior para junto tia, irmã da falecida mãe de Mahito, que se encontra grávida e é agora a esposa do seu pai. Enquanto tenta lidar com a nova situação da sua vida, Mahito encontra uma garça falante e acaba indo para um outro mundo com a promessa de que poderá encontrar a sua mãe novamente.

Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood, are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War IV, where survivors must battle for food and shelter in the desert-like wasteland. Vic and Blood eke out a meager existence, foraging for food and fighting gangs of cutthroats.

Poor but happy, young Nello and his grandfather live alone, delivering milk as a livelihood, in the outskirts of Antwerp, a city in Flanders (the Flemish or Dutch-speaking part of modern-day Belgium). They discover a beaten dog (a Bouvier, a large sturdy dog native to Flanders) and adopt it and nurse it back to health, naming it Patrasche, the middle name of Nello's mother Mary, who died when Nello was very young. Nello's mother was a talented artist, and like his mother, he delights in drawing, and his friend Aloise is his model and greatest fan and supporter.

Reports of a sighting of an extraordinary elephant lead the members of the Asian Elephant Conservation group aided by foreign researchers on a dangerous journey deep in the jungle. It takes them on a dangerous route used for smuggling amphetamine. Heading into the jungle, the team starts encountering tragedy after tragedy. Will they find this extraordinary elephant?

A little boy tries to keep a huge Newfoundland dog in his family's apartment.