Thanks to the wonders of streaming services and their expansions over the last few years, we now have much broader access to anime films and television programs than ever before!
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Perky Away (2001 )
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: 8.6
MyAnimeList Score: 8.78
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Paprika (2006 )
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7.7 MyAnimeListRanking:
8.04 3. Redline( 2009) View
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attribution.” > Madhouse/ Via youtube.com. The story: This cult anime classic is embeded in the distant future, and follows a male known as JP who takes on excellent threats for the chance to win the titular underground race.IMDB Score: 7.5 MyAnimeList Rating: 8.28 4. Ghost in the Shell( 1995) View this video on
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The story: Based on the manga of the same name, this adult cyberpunk thriller anime is set in 2029 Japan, and follows a cyborg public security representative who hunts a strange hacker, referred to as the Puppet Master.IMDB Score:
7.9 MyAnimeList Score
: 8.27 5. The Lady Who Leapt Through
Time( 2006
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
MyAnimeList Rating: 8.13
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In This Corner of the World (2016 )
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7. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no
Yaiba– The
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attribution.” > Ufotable/ Via youtube.com. The story: The film is a direct follow up to the first season of the anime TV series, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. After his family was completely killed and his sis was turned into a devil, Tanjiro Kamado became a demon slayer. Now, Tanjiro embarks on a new objective aboard the Mugen Train.IMDB Score
: 8.2
MyAnimeList Ranking: 8.65
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Cowboy Bebop: The Film (2001 )
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7.8 MyAnimeList Score:
8.38 9. Perfect Blue( 1997) View this video
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attribution.” > Madhouse/ Via youtube.com. The story: This mental thriller anime follows a member of a Japanese idol group who retires from music to pursue an acting career, however as she becomes a victim of stalking and gruesome murders begin to take place, she begins to lose her grip on reality.IMDB Rating: 8
MyAnimeList Rating:
8.53 10. Tokyo Godfathers( 2003) View this
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The story: In Tokyo on Christmas Eve, 3 homeless individuals discover a newborn amongst the trash and set out to discover its parents.IMDB Score: 7.8 MyAnimeList Score:8.28 11. Whisper of the Heart( 1995) View this
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Studio Ghibli/ Via youtube.com. The story: A musical, coming-of-age, romantic drama film about a lady who loves reading books, and a kid who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses.IMDB Ranking: 7.9 MyAnimeList Score:8.22 12. Akira( 1988) View this video on YouTube
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The story: Akira acquired cult following upon its preliminary release and is said to have impacted the Japanese cyberpunk sub-genre. In a dystopian world, it tells the story of the leader of a biker gang and his childhood pal who gets telekinetic capabilities. The outcome? His pal threatens the entire military complex in the futuristic city of Neo-Tokyo.
IMDB Rating:8
MyAnimeList Score: 8.15
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Just Yesterday (1991 )
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:7.6
MyAnimeList Rating: 7.44
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Belle (2021 )
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7.1 MyAnimeList Score:
7.57 15. Howl’s Moving Castle( 2004
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Studio Ghibli/ Via youtube.com. The story: Another Studio Ghibli favorite of mine, Growl’s Moving Castleconcentrates on a girl who is cursed with an old body by a witch. Her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent and insecure young wizard and his buddies who reside in his strolling castle.IMDB Rating:
8.2 MyAnimeList Score:
8.66 16. The Animatrix ( 2003) View
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Town Roadshow Pictures/ Via youtube.com. The story: Yup, this anime really features stories relating to The Matrix, the timeless 1999 film. The sci-fi anthology tells the backstory of The Matrix movie series, including the initial war between humankind and machines, and has various side stories that tie into the matrix universe and movie series.IMDB Rating:
7.3 MyAnimeList Rating:
7.30 17. A Quiet Voice (2016) View
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IMDB Score:8.1
MyAnimeList Score: 8.95
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Castle in the Sky (1986 )
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8 MyAnimeListRating:
8.26 19. Weathering withYou(
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youtube.com. The story: Spanning across
13 years of a young woman’s
life, Hana falls in love with a werewolf whilst in college, and following his death, should raise their half-wolf, half-human children.IMDB Ranking: 8.1 MyAnimeList Rating: 8.59 21. Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection’ F
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: Another entry into the Dragon
Ball Z world, this martial arts sci-fi film illustrates
the return of the villain Frieza, who, after his resurrection, enters into substantial training with the sole function of exacting his revenge against Goku.IMDB Ranking: 7.2 MyAnimeList Ranking: 7.05 22. Ninja Scroll( 1993) View this video on YouTube
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: A demonic clan of killers is hellbent
on toppling the Tokugawa Shogunate
, and so, Jubei, a mercenary swordsman, should defeat them with the help of a ninja woman and a government spy.IMDB Ranking: 7.8 MyAnimeList Ranking: 7.61 23. Barefoot Gen( 1983) View this video on YouTube< period class=" subbuzz __ attribution subbuzz __ attribution– element. js-subbuzz __ attribution
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Barefoot Gen is a war drama anime loosely
based on the manga series by Keiji Nakazawa. Occurring from a kid’s point of view, the movie illustrates The second world war in Japan and the occasions surrounding the battle of Hiroshima.IMDB Rating: 8 MyAnimeList Ranking: 7.77 24. The Wind Increases( 2013 )View this video on YouTube< span class=” subbuzz __ attribution subbuzz __ attribution– part. js-subbuzz __ attribution
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story: This historical drama movie is
a fictionalized biographical movie of
Jiro Horikoshi. Having actually longed to end up being a pilot however unable to do so because of his nearsightedness, he goes on to end up being the designer of the Mitsubishi A5M fighter aircraft and its successor, utilized by the Empire of Japan throughout WWII. IMDB Score: 7.7 MyAnimeList Ranking: 8.10 25. Your Name( 2016) View this video on YouTube< span class=” subbuzz __ attribution
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youtube.com. The story: A high school girl living
in a rural town wishes to be a Tokyo boy in her next life, that is up until her wish comes true when she inexplicably begins to switch bodies periodically with a genuine high school boy in the city.IMDB Ranking: 8.4 MyAnimeList Ranking: 8.86 26.
My Next-door neighbor Totoro ( 1988) Viewthis video on YouTube < period
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The story: A professor’s two young daughters who have transferred to the nation to be near their ailing mom soon discover wondrous adventures with the forest spirits who live nearby.IMDB Score:
8.1 MyAnimeList Score:
8.26 27. 5 Centimeters per Second
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CoMix Wave Inc./ Via youtube.com. The story: A romantic drama following a boy named Takaki, told in 3 interconnected sections which explore his life and the relationships he has with the girls around him.IMDB Score: 7.5 MyAnimeList Ranking:7.59 28. PorcoRosso( 1992) View this video on YouTube< period class
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The story: In the 1930s, an Italian World War I ex-fighter living as a freelance bounty hunter is cursed and transformed into an anthropomorphic pig.IMDB Ranking: 7.7 MyAnimeList Rating:7.95 29. Memories( 1995) View this video on YouTube
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The story: This animated sci-fi movie is a collection of three standalone short movies which include various categories:
Magnetic Rosehas to do with 2 explorers in the far reaches of area who come across a derelict mansion.Stink Bomb informs the
story of an unlucky laboratory technician who inadvertently takes in speculative drugs that improve his flatulence to a hazardous degree.Cannon Fodder sees a fortress city and a young boy who wishes toexceed his dad by ending up being a reverent weapons officer.IMDB Score: 7.5 MyAnimeList Score: 7.72 30. Bubble( 2022) View this video on YouTube< span class=" subbuzz __ attribution subbuzz
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bubbles drizzling down upon the
world have broken the laws of gravity, and Tokyo has actually been entirely cut off from the outside world. All that stays is a group of young people contending in parkour team fights throughout the Tokyo horizon after losing their households. IMDB Ranking: 6.3 MyAnimeList Score: 7.30 31. Her Blue Sky (2019 )View this
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youtube.com. The story: After a terrible
accident took their moms and dads away 13
years back, AoiAioi deals with her elder sister Akane, but decides she wants to transfer to Tokyo to relieve her sister’s problem and pursue a musical career– aspirations which were inspired by Akane’s ex-boyfriend, Shinno, who left one day after moving to Tokyo to end up being an expert guitarist.One day, Aoi discovers the 18-year-old version of Shinno from 13 years earlier, and the current 31-year-old Shinno go back to town having altered drastically. Now, there are 2 Shinnos in existence, but why is the Shinno from the past present?! IMDB Score: 6.7 MyAnimeList Ranking: 7.49 32. City (2001) View this video on YouTube
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youtube.com. The story: Regrettably for
some, this is not an anime reboot of
Fritz Lang’s prominent Metropolitan area. But
, it is a quite cool futuristic story about a nephew and uncle who find themselves on the hunt for the secret behind a robot lady called Tima.IMDB Rating: 7.2 MyAnimeList Rating: 7.53 33. Princess Mononoke( 1997 )View this video on YouTube< period class= "subbuzz __ attribution subbuzz
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/ Via youtube.com. The story: A legendary historical fantasy
movie set in the late Muromachi
period of Japan, which sees a young
Emishi prince and his struggle in between the gods of a forest and the human beings who consume its resources. On his mission, the young prince satisfies San, a warrior princess embraced by the wolf goddess.IMDB Ranking: 8.4 MyAnimeList Rating: 8.67 34. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021) View this video on YouTube< span class=" subbuzz __ attribution subbuzz __ attribution– element. js-subbuzz __ attribution
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story: A young student ends up being
a sorcerer and seeks to control
the cursed spirit of his childhood friend.IMDB Ranking: 7.9 MyAnimeList Score: 8.51 35. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) View this video on YouTube< period class="
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youtube.com. The story: In Kobe, Japan, 2 brother or sisters
face a desperate struggle to make it through throughout the last months of the 2nd World War.IMDB Ranking: 8.5 MyAnimeList Score: 8.50 What do you believe is the best
anime movie onhere?
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