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My Favourite Anime Movies. 1. Princess Mononoke Genres: adventure, drama, fantasy Plot Summary: While fighting to save his village from the attack of a demon-go

1. Princess Mononoke
Genres: adventure, drama, fantasy

Plot Summary: While fighting to save his village from the attack of a demon-god, ******** comes in contact with it and is inflicted with a deadly curse. In his search for a cure he is forced to leave his village forever and journey to the forest inhabited by animal gods. There he finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and a village led by Lady Eboshi. (Anime News Network)

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2. 5 Centimeters Per Second
Genres: drama, romance

Plot Summary: A tale of two people, Tono Takaki and Shinohara Akari, who were close friends but gradually grow farther and farther apart as time moves on. They become separated because of their families yet continue to exchange contact in the form of letters. Yet as time continues to trudge on, their contact with one another begins to cease. Years pass and the rift between them grows ever larger. However, Takaki remembers the times they have shared together, but as life continues to unfold for him, he wonders if he would be given the chance to meet Akari again as the tale embarks on Takaki's realization of the world and people around him. (ANN)

3. Spirited Away
Genres: adventure, drama, fantasy

Plot Summary: On their way to their new home, a young girl, Chihiro, and her parents stumble into what appears to be an abandoned theme park. But all is not as it seems, as the theme park is a bath-house for the spirits, and not a place where humans are welcome. Chihiro must fend for herself and rescue her parents, as they have been turned to pigs as punishment for eating the food meant for the gods. (ANN)

4. The Wind Rises
Genres: drama, romance

Plot Summary: Inspired by the aesthetics of design and the freedom of flying, Jiro Horikoshi pursues a life dedicated to the creation of a beautiful aircraft. He labors from his childhood, filled with dreams of engineering, to adulthood as he creates an elegant, flightworthy plane—the Mitsubishi A6M Zero—that eventually is used for something quite different than he expected: war. (ANN)

5. Broken Blade (Movie Series)
Genres: action, drama, fantasy, science fiction

Plot Summary: The inhabitants of the continent of Cruzon are born with the ability to freely control quartz. Technology based on this power allows them to perform a great multitude of tasks such as shoot projectiles and pilot mobile suits (called Golems in this society). Rygart Arrow is an un-sorcerer, a rare individual who is unable to levitate even the smallest crystal. Living with his brother at a farm, he receives a letter from an old friend, Hodr, the current king. Close companion of the king and queen when they were students at Assam Military School, Arrow is informed that a war is about to occur. Hodr called him because an ancient type of Golem has been found in a mining shaft. No one has been able to move it and Queen Sigyn, an expert engineer, suspects that maybe an un-sorcerer might be the key to activate it. (ANN)

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6. From Up On Poppy Hill
Genres: romance, slice of life

Plot Summary: Umi Matsuzaka, the eldest sibling in a close-knit family of five, raises a pair of signal flags everyday at her seaside house in Yokohama Bay without fail in anticipation of the return of her father, who went missing in action during the Korean War. In school, Umi finds herself involved in a student movement seeking to prevent the demolition of an old club house. In the process, she falls in love with the newspaper club member Shun Kazama, only to find out that they might be related by blood. (ANN)

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7. The Garden of Words
Genres: drama, romance

Plot Summary: Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches …
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8. Summer Wars
Genres: adventure, comedy, drama, romance, science fiction, thriller

Plot Summary: When timid eleventh-grader and math genius Kenji Koiso is asked by older student and secret crush Natsuki to come with her to her family’s Nagano home for a summer job, he agrees without hesitation. Natsuki’s family, the Jinnouchi clan, dates back to the Muromachi era, and they’ve all come together to celebrate the 90th birthday of the spunky matriarch of the family, Sakae. That’s when Kenji discovers his “summer job” is to pretend to be Natsuki’s fiancé and dance with her at the birthday celebration. As Kenji attempts to keep up with Natsuki’s act around her family, he receives a strange math problem on his cell phone which, being a math genius, he can’t resist solving. As it turns out, the solution to the mysterious equation causes a hijacking of the social networking site through which most of the world's social and business traffic flows. (ANN)

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9. Children Who Chase Lost Voices
Genres: adventure, fantasy, romance

Plot Summary: The story centers on Asuna, a girl who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her father as a memento. However, she embarks on a journey of adventure to meet a boy again, and thus comes to know the cruelty and beauty of the world, as well as loss.
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10. Howl's Moving Castle
Genres: adventure, drama, fantasy, romance

Plot Summary: A plain young hatter named Sophie has her life changed when an evil witch transforms her into an old woman. Unable to face her family in such a condition, Sophie runs away in search of a way to become young again. Along the way, Sophie helps a turnip headed scarecrow, who repays her by leading her to the moving castle owned by the dreaded wizard Howl. There she befriends Howl's apprentice Markl, Howl's fire demon Calcifer, and eventually, Howl himself. Sophie then becomes the castle's cleaning lady in an effort to not only find the solution to her problem but to save Howl from his own terrible secrets as well. (ANN)

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#1 - letrollzor (06/19/2015) [-]

Man spirited away was just such a good movie. Feel like watching it again now.

#6 to #1 - glabellanutella (06/19/2015) [-]

So I watched Spirited Away as my first Studio Ghibli film a couple days ago, and I had to say I was a little underwhelmed by the story and the message. The visuals were fantastic and it was just a wild ride from start to finish. I was just sort of confused about what the message was and I would have appreciated a better closure than just "hey let's head back." Did I miss something big? I'm just not used to Ghibli films so I might just have.

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#43 to #6 - ayumu (06/20/2015) [-]

There is no message
It's just a story

Why does everyone think there has to be some profound moral hidden away in every tale? Is it hard to just enjoy a story for a story?

#64 to #43 - glabellanutella (06/20/2015) [-]

Again, Spirited Away was my FIRST Miyazaki film and everyone I've talked to praised the movie highly (it's also rated 8.6 on RottenTomatoes). I wasn't trying to sound like some Studio Ghibli hater and some movie snob... I went in with some expectations considering I look mostly for the depth of story and message in good movies, especially childrens' movies.

Why does everyone think anyone who has a conflicting opinion against a popular work doesn't deserve a serious answer? Is it that hard to interpret my question as a genuine question?

#106 to #64 - thesnarfalarker (06/20/2015) [-]

I heard somewhere that it's a metaphor for the human trafficking issue in Japan or something. Something like that

#170 to #106 - glabellanutella (06/20/2015) [-]

Oh ok I didn't know whether buffalogriller was being serious or not. Thank you for clearing that up.

#136 to #43 - anon (06/20/2015) [-]

I read books, I watch shows, I even sometimes read the mangas but man if it doesn't have a point then WHAT IS THE POINT!?

My entertainment doesn't come from cheap thrills it needs intrigue and mystery and then an ANSWER to that mystery, it needs a meaning because if it doesn't have one then it seems to be a terrible mistake.

#28 to #6 - anon (06/20/2015) [-]

i hate how he resolves every movie in the last ******* minute, WHAT THE **** .

#32 to #6 - buffalogriller ONLINE (06/20/2015) [-]

it's something about child prostitution or something.

#26 to #6 - boomerpyro (06/19/2015) [-]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ9pR5yduX4
this video explains studio ghibli pretty well

#29 to #1 - kingdaniel (06/20/2015) [-]

MFW that movie

#58 to #29 - unfitninjuh ONLINE (06/20/2015) [-]

Now with sound

#4 to #1 - anotheroneonearth (06/19/2015) [-]

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#36 - citruslord (06/20/2015) [-]

Gotta share this one. Sword of the Stranger is fantastic.

#92 to #36 - thundagawd (06/20/2015) [-]

Sword of the Stranger is one of my favorites, those fight scenes were so well done.

#149 to #36 - zaffy (06/20/2015) [-]

That movie was fantastic. Wish I coulda watched it in 60fps, all I have is this gorgeous clip though.

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#23 - thesilverone (06/19/2015) [-]

Only watched it recently, but is easily my favorite anime movie of all time. The visuals in Redline are some of the most impressive I have ever seen in any anime.

#67 to #23 - brahdin (06/20/2015) [-]

man there some of the most impressive iv seen in most animated films to date really.

#117 to #23 - ILIEKPEPSEE (06/20/2015) [-]

The best pompadour in the world belongs to Sweet JP

#141 to #117 - ByeliVolk (06/20/2015) [-]

I really want a crossover with Sweet JP meeting Space Dandy at Boobies with Crab Sonoshee as a temporary Boobies waitress. Or that Sweet JP is a rare alien that the Aloha crew has to catch.

#31 to #23 - kyokun ONLINE (06/20/2015) [-]

Thank you I was about to say Redline but you beat me to it

#44 to #23 - ampt (06/20/2015) [-]

Its so ******* beautiful

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#5 - anotheroneonearth (06/19/2015) [-]

not a single Kon Satoshi movie... he deserves more recognition

#20 to #5 - seratyo (06/19/2015) [-]

I agree, it's really disappointing. Hope they find the funding to make his final movie someday...

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#34 - nemesisapoc (06/20/2015) [-]

Reigning champion since 1988. And the book is even better.

#42 to #34 - thepink (06/20/2015) [-]

Finally saw it for the first time last week, screening at a convention.

Why does nobody talk about how good this is?

#76 to #42 - swagbot (06/20/2015) [-]

Few reasons:

> The kind of people who understand (and 'like') Akira are probably not the kind of people who'd be extremely vocal about their media preferences. Akira is an extremely deep movie, and that sort of depth is kind-of a buzzkill / show-stopper if brought up in a casual conversation about peoples' movie preferences.

> Otomo, possibly by luck, created a movie where the art style / quality, story, music, voice-acting, and countless subtleties all combined into piece of art that not only has a lot of power, but somehow is able to connect with many people such that it's able to convey that power into their brains. A lot of people don't like to stay in a space where they're thinking about the heavy stuff brought up by that movie.

Honestly not a neckbeard, but Akira is extremely important to me:

I watched it the first time when I was just three years old, late at night, on Laserdisk, at a family friend's house, who was a huge, middle-aged 'original' American Otaku.

I was completely transfixed... that movie blew my ******* mind to smithereens, and honestly, I feel like it changed something deep down in my brain.

#129 to #76 - guidedhand (06/20/2015) [-]

My first time i didnt pay any particular attention and the depth was lost on me. never really been able to convince myself to watch it again

#47 to #42 - tvfreakuk (06/20/2015) [-]

My first time watching it was a few months ago in a cinema - I'm so glad my first time was at the cinema, it was great. Plus it was part of a movie night at the cinema where they were showing films from 11pm-6am and Akira was on at 6am. Was ******* tired as **** , man, but was worth it.

#142 to #42 - ByeliVolk (06/20/2015) [-]

Depends on the circle of people you talk too. Akira was my introduction to Anime and I have never once regretted it....except Puni Puni Poemy.

#2 - thesecretbear (06/19/2015) [-]

Not mentioning best Ghibli.

#61 to #2 - sailormoonsez (06/20/2015) [-]

I always picture the scene of her walking on the wheat and hear the "La la lalalalalala" music in my head.

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#3 to #2 - pengyninja (06/19/2015) [-]

scuse me

#8 to #3 - chaossniper (06/19/2015) [-]

you misspelled tenkuu no shiro

#10 to #8 - pengyninja (06/19/2015) [-]

i mean, i guess it's technically a pig flying.

same thing really.

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#74 - LeoLeoLeo (06/20/2015) [-]

This one is one of my favorites: "Ookami kodomo ame to yuki"
And no, it's not some furry cringy **** .
It's about a woman who has two kids with a werewolf and her struggles to keep them safe from society.
Raising Yuki and Ame alone is difficult; they constantly switch between their human and wolf forms, and Hana has to hide them from the world. When she is visited by social workers concerned that the children have not had vaccinations, Hana moves the family to the countryside away from prying neighbors. She works hard to repair the dilapidated house and sustain the family on their own crops.

#100 to #74 - forsythia (06/20/2015) [-]

I've never cried so much watching an anime movie, certainly my favorite too !

#111 to #74 - namenotallowed (06/20/2015) [-]

That movie really got me I have to say. A friend of mine kinda forced me to watch it and I am happy I did. Very Well animated and the story hits pretty hard.

#113 to #74 - Nihatclodra (06/20/2015) [-]

My favorite anime movie of all time, bar none.

#131 to #74 - guidedhand (06/20/2015) [-]

I could tell the director poured his heart into it, but the ending left me empty and needing more closure. Spoiler I wanted to see her get married and him come home for dinner every now and then or something :/

#95 to #74 - dsgjoker (06/20/2015) [-]

Probably my favorite movie.

#40 - silentpaper (06/20/2015) [-]

my all time favorite

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#132 to #40 - guidedhand (06/20/2015) [-]

Western critics interpreted it as a movie about how horrible war is for everyone, not just the combatants. The director just intended it to be about respecting your elders. Not really anything more.

The west and east have such vastly different cultures...

#137 to #132 - wagastragas (06/20/2015) [-]

its not about anything. its a biogrphy turned into movie

#139 to #137 - guidedhand (06/20/2015) [-]

also ive never heard anything about it being a biography, got a source on that?

#168 to #139 - anotheroneonearth (06/20/2015) [-]

it's based on the author's experience.
the real story seems to be harsher than the movie, though.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_of_the_Fireflies_ (short_story)

#138 to #137 - guidedhand (06/20/2015) [-]

Oh, well in that case i sure wonder why the even bothered hiring a director.

#53 to #40 - trogdorrules (06/20/2015) [-]

God ******* dammit I didn't need this

#46 to #40 - tvfreakuk (06/20/2015) [-]

I really feel I need to be emotionally ready for that film. I tried watching it once and got too irrationally angry when the people around the starving children were just calling them disgusting and not helping, and pretty much had to stop watching.

Like I said, irrational - but I couldn't help it.

#48 to #46 - silentpaper (06/20/2015) [-]

believe me, nobody is ever emotionally ready to see this movie.

#115 - angryninja (06/20/2015) [-]

#167 to #115 - mrnaanbread (06/20/2015) [-]

yes!

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#25 - auronexplains (06/19/2015) [-]

5cm per second mentioned, swell with ******* TEARS.

#164 to #25 - irockout (06/20/2015) [-]

Best animation ever

#19 - seratyo (06/19/2015) [-]

Garden of Words has a pretty ****** plot but it's a beautifully animated film. Gorgeous settings and relaxing amience.

In relation to From Up On Poppyhill, I 100% believe Goro Miyazaki is bad at creating movies. I would not recommend From Up On Poppyhill to anyone. There's a reason you won't ever see anyone recommend Tales From Earthsea ...

I would instead recommend ANY of Satoshi Kon's movies, he's one of my favourite directors. His best movie IMO being Tokyo Godfathers. Also try Paranoia Agent, of course... It's a series, but of ideas he wanted to make movies out of but couldn't flesh them out into individual feature films. He instead chose to make them all a part of an over-arching plot, each connected in some way.

#75 to #19 - anon (06/20/2015) [-]

From Up On Poppy Hill was not a typical Studio Ghibli movie. It is for sure NOT the best, however, it had a decent enough plot that doesn't confuse the viewers with deep symbolisms and even deeper Japanese folk lore. The movie, in my honest opinion, has one of the best sound tracks I have even listened to. It was heart warming and it brought you the era that was being portrayed.

Tl;Dr: From up on Poppy hill = not bad 7.5/10. Decent plot. Awesome soundtrack

#143 to #75 - ByeliVolk (06/20/2015) [-]

Would have rather Miyazaki make Porco Rosso 2. From Up On Poppy Hill is not a terrible movie agreed but Goro has a lot of room in those shoes to fill to even have a chance of keeping up with his father. It is really sad that Yoshifumi Kondō died in 1998 because he was the successor that Miyazaki wanted instead of his son.

#27 - orkamungus ONLINE (06/20/2015) [-]

#65 - deadmanisalive (06/20/2015) [-]

Howl's Moving Castle mentioned. Swell with fire.

#51 - tredbear (06/20/2015) [-]

>Not including Patlabor

#9 - mudkipfucker (06/19/2015) [-]

finally, some anime that doesnt belong in the trash

#69 - murrlogic ONLINE (06/20/2015) [-]

Princess Mononoke has a hilariously stupidly simple plot that gets way to unnecessarily complicated than it needs to

>CUT DOWN THE WHOLE FOREST! ALL OF IT! DON'T QUESTION ME JUST GIVE ME MORE MONEY!
>Eboshi pls stop
>NO U

Later on in the movie

>Eboshi I am ******* serious you're getting ******* annoying pls stop
>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO u

And what did we learn at the end of the movie?

That Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind is the better movie.

#83 to #69 - swagbot (06/20/2015) [-]

Just watched it again, for the first time since i was a little tyke.

Now that i have some years under my belt, I understand it more.

Yes, it is a super-simple plot, but the plot didn't have to be an especially complex one in order to contain some extremely important lessons.

******** quickly sees that there's a lot of good people in this society (Toki, Lady Eboshi, The Iron-Town folk) who are trying to be good, but are confused by the sickness of exploitation and anger that has a strong hold on the 'Mainland' society.

Here were my two big takeaways from the movie, which I think are fairly profound:

1. Despite the forest being destroyed, ******** really did win in the end. By running everywhere and managing everything, he managed to avert an even worse crisis without killing people... and in so doing, he stopped the 'Cycle of Hatred' in his part of the world.... which was the cause of all the problems in the first place.

2. Nature will always be strong enough to outlast human folly. 'The Forest' (allegory for the Environment-At-Large) will always recover... if we plunder it, we will only be robbing ourselves of its beauty in the short term.

#84 to #83 - murrlogic ONLINE (06/20/2015) [-]

Long story short

There will be other people like Eboshi and they will continue to destroy the forest

I can imagine how simplier her job would have been with modern technology

>These bulldozers do 8 times the work and these chainsaws practically micromanage all the manpower axes users need. i'll wipe this whole place out in no time

She's a ******* captain planet villain.

#60 - anon (06/20/2015) [-]

Does anybody remember this light-hearted comedy?
I'm kidding, this movie will make you cry.

#98 to #60 - rhetoricalfunny (06/20/2015) [-]

I was 13 and I loved the WWII era, Band of Brothers, any video game shooters, I loved reading about it all.

Then my mom decided to watch this one. Not as like a lesson or anything, she'd been looking for it for a while and there was a rental store nearby which specialized in hard to find movies.

**** ... man.

#59 - syrianbro (06/20/2015) [-]

Oh **** ***** ** GET THE **** BACK**
Because im about to unleash all my suppresed weabooness on your ass.

Hayao Miyazaki is always on top of everyones list but as much as i love some of his films and how great he might be in certain aspects
He is quite overrated and there are MUCH better directors than him.
It is the damn truth and the man might be an amazing director but his glory fainted in his last films(obviously thanks to his age).

I mean ****
His films are great and all but his last works were.... ****** bland for me...Like i ******* LOVED Spirited away and i loved his old stuff like Porco Rosso or Princess Mononoke but the man got old and got stale because you just cant compare his last works to the others on the same light , they just dont add up.

Hate me all you want but its the goddamn truth.

The one ****** guy right now that is kicking ass and taking names is Mamoru Hosoda This guy is probably one of the greatest anime directors right now and personally im ******* HYPED for his newest film this year Bakemono Ko wish already looks like a wild ride

But for me the one film that takes the cake and that is so painfully underrated has been is and will ALWAYS be Tekkonkinkreet

This is a ******* Gem of a film will always be my favorite and funny enough it was directed by an american (Wish i haven't seen him working on anything else after this and believe me i have looked) and this film just touches me in more ways that im allowed to say.

Besides that i obviously have to recommend ANYTHING made by the glorious and eternal Satoshi Kon.

Now his films are some of the most inventive and amazing uses of animation i have ever seen this guy was legitimately one of the few people that knew how to use animation to its full potential.
Here is a break down of his editing wish was absolutely insane.

Rip in peace you wonderful bastard.

I forgot to mention other GREAT films like Steam boy ,metropolis and Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

If you havent seen em
Watch them this instant
They are great films regardless of how much you like or dislike anime.

#7 - testaburger (06/19/2015) [-]

Man, **** #2

#12 to #7 - drekinn (06/19/2015) [-]

is it bad or something? never seen it but was about too, should i not?

#13 to #12 - testaburger (06/19/2015) [-]

If you wanna feel like **** , go ahead and watch it.

Imagine a "homeless dog rescued" movie, where it starts out with the dog getting saved off the streets.
Then it's nursed back to health, and a loving family is found.
Then it turns out the family hates the dog, so they beat it up every day, and eventually it dies.

That's basically what this movie will feel like.
It might be "good", but it'll **** all over your feelings and leave you thinking "Why the **** would I ever watch that again?"

#72 to #13 - nickypickle (06/20/2015) [-]

that has absolutely nothing to do with relating to it at all

#14 to #13 - drekinn (06/19/2015) [-]

I'll go ahead and check it out then

#15 to #14 - testaburger (06/19/2015) [-]

sick ****

#16 to #15 - drekinn (06/19/2015) [-]

On some level i like indulging in sadness. Somehow sadness makes me feel the most human. That part in Futurama where they show his dog waiting for him was the saddest **** ever but also the most memorable.

#17 to #16 - testaburger (06/19/2015) [-]

Well then, if your experience is anything like mine, you'll feel very human after watching this.

#153 - arcademachine (06/20/2015) [-]

This exact same list was posted on reddit 2 days ago. Same order same descriptions. I swear you lot bash reddit but most of the stuff that come's up on the front page is just reposts 2 days later from reddit.

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