These are some of the best Anime movies I
have come across. They have a unique appeal and each are different from
the rest; entertaining, gripping and full of feels. If you are an anime
addict these definitely are 15 movies you should watch before you DIE!
Note: The list is not ranked
1. Bakemono no Ko (The Boy and the Beast )
Bakemono no Ko is the tale of a
boy and a beast: both lonely, both stubborn, and both strong. For
nine-year-old Ren, things could hardly be worse. His mother has passed
away in a traffic accident, his father is nowhere to be found, and his
extended family is cold and distant. Desperate, Ren runs away to the
mean streets of Shibuya to try and survive on his own.
2. Hotaru no Haka (Grave of the Fireflies)
Now orphaned and homeless, Seita and
Setsuko have no choice but to drift across the countryside, beset by
starvation and disease. Met with the apathy of adults along the way,
they find that desperate circumstances can turn even the kindest of
people cruel yet their youthful hope shines brightly in the face of
unrelenting hardship, preventing the siblings from swiftly succumbing to
an inevitable fate.
3. Byousoku 5 Centimeter (5 Centimeters Per Second)
Takaki Toono and Akari Shinohara, two
very close friends and classmates, are torn apart when Akari’s family is
transferred to another region of Japan due to her family’s job. Despite
separation, they continue to keep in touch through mail. When Takaki
finds out that his family is also moving, he decides to meet with Akari
one last time.
As years pass by, they continue down their own paths, their distance
slowly growing wider and their contact with one another fades. Yet, they
keep remembering one another and the times they have shared together,
wondering if they will have the chance to meet once again.
4. Hotarubi no Mori e (Into the Forest of Fireflies’ Light)
Based on Yuki Midorikawa’s manga of the same name, Hotarubi no Mori e
is a tale of friendship and compromise of two people who should never
have crossed paths, as their lives become hopelessly intertwined.
Intrigued by the tale of a mountain god, six-year-old Hotaru Takegawa
loses her way in the ancient forest while visiting her uncle. Exhausted
and desperate for help, Hotaru is thrilled to find a masked forest
spirit named Gin. She learns the hard way that she should not touch the
boy, or he would disappear. Paying no heed to his cautionary words, and
despite being separated by both distance and planes of existence, Hotaru
and Gin become close friends as she visits him every summer. However,
their relationship and resolve are put to the test, when romantic
feelings conflict.
5. Stranger: Mukou Hadan (Sword of the Stranger)
In the Sengoku period of Japan, a young
orphan named Kotarou and his dog Tobimaru steal from unsuspecting
villagers in order to make ends meet. However, Kotarou is forced to
remain on the run when he finds himself being hunted down by assassins
sent by China’s Ming Dynasty for mysterious reasons not involving his
petty crimes.
Fortunately, the duo run into Nanashi, a ronin who has taken refuge
in a small temple, when Kotarou is attacked and Tobimaru poisoned.
Although the samurai saves the helpless pair from their pursuers, he
feels that there is no need to help them further; but when offered a gem
in exchange for his services as a bodyguard, he reluctantly accepts
Kotarou’s offer of employment—just until Tobimaru is healed and the two
reach their destination. As the three set out on a perilous journey, it
soon becomes evident that their path is riddled with danger, as the Ming
Dynasty has now sent a terrifying swordsman after them to capture
Kotarou and fulfill a certain prophecy.
6. Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away)
Vivid and intriguing, Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi tells the story of Chihiro’s journey through an unfamiliar world as she strives to save her parents and return home.
Stubborn, spoiled, and naïve,
10-year-old Chihiro Ogino is less than pleased when she and her parents
discover an abandoned amusement park on the way to their new house.
Cautiously venturing inside, she realizes that there is more to this
place than meets the eye, as strange things begin to happen once dusk
falls. Ghostly apparitions and food that turns her parents into pigs are
just the start—Chihiro has unwittingly crossed over into the spirit
world. Now trapped, she must summon the courage to live and work amongst
spirits, with the help of the enigmatic Haku and the cast of unique
characters she meets along the way.
7. Kotonoha no Niwa (The Garden of Words)
On a rainy morning in Tokyo, Takao
Akizuki, an aspiring shoemaker meets Yukari Yukino, a beautiful yet
mysterious woman, for the very first time. Offering to make her new
shoes, Takao continues to meet with Yukari throughout the rainy season,
and without even realizing it, the two are able to alleviate the worries
hidden in their hearts just by being with each other. However, their
personal struggles have not disappeared completely, and as the end of
the rainy season approaches, their relationship will be put to the test.
8. Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki (Wolf Children)
Wolf Children is the heartwarming story about the challenges of being a single mother in an unforgiving modern world.
Hana gives birth to two healthy children—Ame, born during rainfall,
and Yuki, born during snowfall—both possessing the ability to turn into
wolves, a trait inherited from their father. All too soon, however, the
sudden death of her lover devastates Hana’s life, leaving her to raise a
peculiar family completely on her own. The stress of raising her
wild-natured children in a densely populated city, all while keeping
their identity a secret, culminates in a decision to move to the
countryside, where she hopes Ame and Yuki can live a life free from the
judgments of society.
9. Hal
Kurumi is a beautiful young woman whose beloved boyfriend, Hal,
died in a sudden airplane accident. Left heartbroken and gloomy, she
isolates herself in a small house. But this soon comes to change when
her grandfather requests the help of a humanoid robot named Q01.
Taking on the appearance of Hal, Q01 is sent to Kurumi’s house in
order to save her from her state of despair. As Hal returns day after
day and increases his efforts, Kurumi, despite her initial reluctance,
slowly begins to open up to him and break free from her depression. But
there is more to Hal than meets the eye, and these two will soon learn
an unexpected truth about this relationship between a human and an
android.
10. Karigurashi no Arrietty (The Secret World of Arrietty)
Karigurashi no Arrietty presents audiences with a beautiful
look at the human world… from a much smaller perspective. 14-year-old
Arrietty and her parents live in the small spaces of a human garden.
They are what some might call “borrowers”; they take items from the
human world to eke out a living amidst the shadows.
Their existence goes mostly undiscovered until the arrival of
12-year-old Shou. When Shou begins to notice small things going missing,
he becomes suspicious. He soon meets Arrietty and strikes up a
friendship that neither of them could have seen coming.
11. Omoide no Marnie (When Marnie Was There)
Omoide no Marnie tells the touching story of a young girl’s
journey through self-discovery and friendship, and the summer that she
will remember for the rest of her life.
Suffering from frequent asthma attacks, young Anna Sasaki is quiet,
unsociable, and isolated from her peers, causing her foster parent
endless worry. Upon recommendation by the doctor, Anna is sent to the
countryside, in hope that the cleaner air and more relaxing lifestyle
will improve her health and help clear her mind. Engaging in her passion
for sketching, Anna spends her summer days living with her aunt and
uncle in a small town near the sea. One day while wandering outside, Anna discovers an abandoned mansion
known as the Marsh House. However, she soon finds that the residence
isn’t as vacant as it appears to be, running into a mysterious girl
named Marnie. But it seems there is more to the strange girl than meets
the eye—as her time in the town nears its end, Anna begins to discover
the truth behind the walls of the Marsh House.
12. Kaze Tachinu (The Wind Rises)
Before the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, before the great war that
tore Japan asunder, Jirou Horikoshi lived in a world of dreams – dreams
of flight, and dreams of making the world a better place. Kaze Tachinu is the story of the man who created the
Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter, the most famous airplane in Japanese
history. From his childhood in Fujioka, Jirou dreamed of designing
flying machines like his hero, Italian aviation pioneer Giovanni
Battista Caproni. Through disaster, romance, war and loss, Jirou
continues to chase that dream – learning along the way that once
released into the world, dreams can take on a very different shape.13. Summer Wars
Kenji Koiso is a 17-year-old math genius and part-time OZ moderator
who is invited by his crush Natsuki Shinohara on a summer trip. But
unbeknownst to him, this adventure requires him to act as her fiancé.
Shortly after arriving at Natsuki’s family’s estate, which is preparing
for her great-grandmother’s 90th birthday, he receives a strange, coded
message on his cell phone from an unknown sender who challenges him to
solve it. Kenji is able to crack the code, but little does he know that
his math expertise has just put Earth in great danger.
14. Tokyo Godfathers
It’s Christmas Eve and three homeless friends have experienced their
own Christmas miracle: while rummaging in a dump for food, they discover
a newborn baby. Despite having nothing, the three take the baby in and
name her Kiyoko, meaning Pure One.
They embark in search of Kiyoko’s mother, based on the little they
know about her from her meager belongings. But the night is young, and
the city is vast. Before they know it, these three become entangled in a
series of events including kidnapping, death, and a mysterious red
envelope.
15. Asura (Ashura)
Asura is an unrelentingly dark drama that follows the struggles of a young boy who did whatever it took to survive during a time of war and famine in medieval Japan.
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