Full-length anime by rating. Full-length anime films


Last week the anime “ Your name"directed by Makoto Shinkai, which has already become the highest-grossing anime in history, pushing the previous leader, Spirited Away, into this place. “The Futurist” invites you to remember which anime films became cult not only in Japan, but also in the West.

"Pokemon: Mewtwo vs. Mew"(1998)

Director Stars: Kunihiko Yuyama, Michael Haney

Collections in the world : $163.6 million

Everyone remembers the Pokemon series with Ash, Pikachu and their friends, but the full-length history of Pokemon is even more successful and has 19 films that have earned over $956.7 million in total. The first film in the series, Mewtwo vs. Mew, is the most popular of them all. . The film is divided into three parts - the first tells a short story of Pikachu, and the second is a prologue to the main film, in which Ash and Pikachu take part in the largest Pokemon tournament.

"Barefoot Gen" (1983)


Director : Mori Masaki

Collections in the world : n/a

Film based on biographical manga Keiji Nakazawa , tells the story of how a boy named Gen experiences the end of the war and one of the most terrible events in Japanese history - the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Having lost almost his entire family and being left alone with his mother and newborn little sister, Gen is struggling with death from starvation and radiation sickness, which struck many of those who survived the fall of the bomb.

"My Neighbor Totoro"(1988)


Director : Hayao Miyazaki

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Early strip Hayao Miyazaki was planned as part of the program aesthetic education Japanese schoolchildren and was shown together with Grave of the Fireflies. Two girls and their father move from city to village, get used to their new life and meet different forest spirits. Soon the giant forest guardian Totoro became one of the most recognizable images Japanese animation, and references to Totoro are found in many Japanese films.

"Ninja Scroll"(1993)


Director Stars: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Kevin Seymour

Collections in the world : n/a

One of the pillar films of Japanese animation, recognized classic Along with Akira and Ghost in the Shell, Ninja Scribe contributed to the popularity of adult-oriented anime films outside of Japan. The film tells the story of a samurai warrior who kills a legendary demon and saves a girl. Now he is being hunted by the rest of the "demons" from the "Eight Demons of Kimon", who turned out to be ninjas with outstanding abilities.

"The Wind Rises"(2013)


Director : Hayao Miyazaki

Collections in the world : $133.4 million

They promised that the film would be the last in the career of the master of animation, although Miyazaki himself later said that he had changed his mind. The story is based on the biography of a Japanese designer Jiro Horikoshi , who designed the main Japanese fighter aircraft of World War II. The film tells the story of a man who followed his dream - he could not become a pilot due to myopia, but found himself in aircraft construction. The title of the film refers to the poem Fields of Verlaine “The wind is getting stronger! You have to try to live."

"The Wolf Children of Ame and Yuki"(2012)


Director : Mamoru Hosoda

Collections in the world : $52.1 million

One of the most popular anime 2012, the film tells the story of the children Yuki and Ame, whose father was a representative of an ancient family of werewolves. When he dies, their mother moves to a new place and tries to start over, hiding from strangers. Children grow up and are faced with a choice - to become a wolf or remain human.

"True Sadness" ( 1998)


Director : Satoshi Kon

Collections in the world : n/a

The film is about a pop singer Mimarin Kirigo who decides to leave music group and try yourself as an actress. Fans react to this too violently, and one of them begins to keep a diary for her on the Internet, which describes daily events in the life of the actress. When she is offered unusual role in the cinema, Mimarin is faced with a choice - to remain an actress or return to her career as a pop star.

"D: Bloodlust" (2000)


Director : Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Collections in the world: n/a

The film tells one of Japan's iconic vampire stories, comparable only to the success of Mad House's Hellsing films, but much more elegantly executed. The film takes place in the distant future, where the hunt for vampires is still carried out by an experienced destroyer of the undead, nicknamed Dee, who himself is half a vampire and uses this in the fight against enemies. The love story of a vampire and a mortal girl, which became the basis of the plot of "Bloodlust", became a new case in a series of stories involving Dee, whose world was originally described in a series of novels Hideyuki Kikuchi .

"Paprika" (2006)

Director : Satoshi Kon

Collections in the world : $944 thousand

A philosophical painting reflecting on the nature of dreams and reality, released 4 years before “Inception” Christopher Nolan , and, in a sense, superior in concept. A group of scientists invents DS Mini - a device that allows you to penetrate other people's dreams. When the device is stolen, inexplicable things begin to happen to the world, reality and dreams are blurred, and the main characters must overcome themselves in order to defeat the awakened evil. Love letter Western cinema, “Paprika” amazes with its visual effects, which would give a head start to the same “Inception.”

"Grave of the Fireflies"(1988)


Director : Isao Takahata

Collections in the world : n/a

One of the cult films of Japanese cinema, which was even included in the Japanese school curriculum, received such respect not by chance. She talks about the painful and historical turning points for Japan in the Second World War. The plot is based on a novel Akiyuki Nosaki , who described the death of his loved ones during the war. The name refers to the Japanese belief that the souls of soldiers killed in battle become fireflies. Among the old Japanese aristocracy, there was entertainment when spectators gathered on the river bank at night and watched the “firefly wars.”

"The Garden of Fine Words"(2013)


Director : Makoto Shinkai

Collections in the world : n/a

This film is worthy of mention and viewing before going to the premiere of Your Name, if only because of the number of references. Makoto Shinkai loves to remind viewers of his previously filmed films. The story of a truant schoolboy and his strange meeting with a mysterious stranger in the park, tied to the theme of rain, admiring nature and the change of seasons, allows us to better understand the purely Japanese “contemplative” approach of the director to his films.

"Arietty from the Land of Lilliputians"(2010)


Director : Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Collections in the world : $145.6 million

The production project of Hayao Miyazaki, which, like many films by Studio Ghibli, paid for itself many times over at the box office. Love story about a midget girl who finds mutual language with an adult, received critical and audience acclaim, and won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Animated Film.

"Whisper of the Heart" (1995)


Director : Yoshifumi Kondo

Collections in the world : n/a

Filmed from a script by Hayao Miyazaki with the participation of the famous Japanese impressionist artist in the landscape work Naohisa Inoue , the film quickly became a Studio Ghibli classic. The plot tells the story of a girl who loves to read and over and over again comes across the name of one boy in the library cards of her books. Their meeting becomes a director's exploration of a girl's first love, her feelings and growing up.

"The Girl Who Leapt Through Time"(2006)


Director : Mamoru Hasoda

Collections in the world : n/a

An inventive time travel film. The girl Makoto Konno accidentally gained access to a time travel device and is using it to try to arrange her life, but she is not very good at it. Along the way, she meets her classmate Chiaki, who is the owner of a time travel device, but he had his own goal of traveling to the past.

Howl's Moving Castle (2004)


Director : Hayao Miyazaki

Collections in the world : $235 million

According to the plot, an evil witch imprisoned 18-year-old Sophie in the body of an old woman. Sophie meets the powerful wizard Howl and his demon Calcifer, hoping that they will help her get rid of the curse. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

"5 centimeters per second"(2007)


Director : Makoto Shinkai

Collections in the world : n/a

This film became the second full-length animated film by the director of Your Name. Three short stories tell about the life of an ordinary Japanese youth, showing his childhood, youth and growing up. The film, despite its belonging to animation, is considered by the Japanese themselves to be exclusively adult, “contemplative”, since it does not contain bright plot twists or sharp drama.

"Princess Mononoke"(1997)


Director : Hayao Miyazaki

Collections in the world : $159.4 million

Hayao Miyazaki's epic tells the story of the exiled warrior Ashitaka and his quest to escape the curse placed on him by a boar. Fantasy, in which giant-sized animals talk and wage their wars, honed Miyazaki's skills and made him a superstar, and also marked the beginning of an everlasting financial success his films all over the world.

"Akira" (1988)


Director : Katsuhiro Otomo

Collections in the world : $49 million

At that time, the most expensive anime film in history, Akira became a new word in animation and the use of computer special effects. Cult movie, the film attracted the attention of Western audiences. Along with “Ghost in the Shell” and “Ninja Scroll,” it is a landmark film in the history of anime. The film takes place in a hypothetical year 2019 after World War III and the nuclear bombing of Japan, and the main characters are children with supernatural powers.

"Ghost in armor"(1995)


Director : Mamoru Oshii

Collections in the world: n/a

The iconic cyberpunk that inspired the brothers (now sisters) Wachowski on "The Matrix", "Ghost in the Shell" became cultural phenomenon, spawned a sequel, a TV series, an anime prequel, and a Hollywood remake with Scarlett Johansson V leading role. In the story, the cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi must stop a hacker nicknamed the Puppeteer.

"Spirited Away"(2001)


Director : Hayao Miyazaki

Collections in the world : $274.9 million

One of the most famous anime of all time, the film is also the only anime to win an Oscar for Best full-length cartoon" In the story, the little girl Chihiro must save her parents from evil spell witch, on the way meeting a flying dragon, who turned out to be a boy. This film finally turned Miyazaki into living legend, after this picture, any of his films enjoyed constant success with the public and critics.

This TOP 100 full-length anime films based on the number of views by users and guests of our online cinema. This list of the best full-length anime films on the portal includes only anime films! The rating of the best anime series is in another TOP. If you are unhappy that your anime film ranks poorly in the top, then The best way to raise it in the ranking is to recommend it to your friends to watch!

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10th place Ninja Scroll

Year of issue: 1993

Genre:samurai action, fantasy, erotica

Description:Japan, early 17th century. People are fleeing the province of Yamashiro, where a plague has suddenly begun - a disease completely unknown in these parts. Warriors of the Koga clan, sent to investigate the circumstances of the epidemic, are brutally killed mysterious creatures. Of the entire squad of scouts, only the girl fighter Kagero manages to survive. The wandering ninja Jubei, who by luck happened to be nearby, saves her from certain death, defeating one of the attackers in a fierce battle. It soon becomes clear that it was not just a strange thug who fell at the hands of Jubei, but one of the “Eight Demons of Kiman” - powerful warriors with superhuman abilities. The goal of the demons and their lord, the mysterious Shogun of Darkness, is to drown Japan in the whirlpool of a new civil war. Jubei and Kagero try their best to stop them, becoming increasingly sympathetic to each other...


9th place Amon The Apocalypse of Devilman

Year of issue: 2000

Genre:adventure, fantasy, horror

Description:The demons have returned. Devilish hordes openly walk around the Earth and impose their orders everywhere. Only one person can resist them - Akira Fado, or rather his second essence - the powerful Devil Man. But the source of his power is trying to break free, and only Akira's memories allow him to survive and remain human.


8th place Spriggan

Year of issue: 1998

Genre:adventure, fantasy

Description:Before you disappear forever ancient civilization scattered artifacts endowed with enormous power throughout the world. The protection of this heritage from the encroachments of evil forces is entrusted these days to the secret organization "Arcam", which has a detachment of elite Spriggan fighters. The intervention of the Spriggans is required after an expedition of scientists accidentally discovered in the depths of Mount Ararat... Noah's Ark, a repository of artifacts. The American military department, having learned about the find, is trying to appropriate the treasure and remove ancient seal, while simultaneously starting a hunt for Arkam operatives known to them. A young Spriggan named Yu, who miraculously survived the assassination attempt, is sent to Turkey in order to put an end to the Pentagon operation and secure the Ark. Spriggan has to race against American militants - half-cyborgs, real superhumans who will stop at nothing in pursuit of their goal. The fate of the entire civilization now depends on Yu.



7th place Midori

Year of issue: 1992

Genre: drama, horror

Description:Japan, fifties of the last century. After the death of her mother, twelve-year-old Midori remains an orphan and finds herself part of a traveling circus troupe, all of whose members have some kind of physical deformity or deviation. The poor girl had to endure a lot of bullying and humiliation there until the dwarf Dr. Masanitsu, who has a rare gift of hypnosis, joined the troupe. Masanitsu takes Midori under his protection, but his feelings for her are not just paternal...Hiroshi Harada worked on this anime for five years, personally drawing every frame. After not a single sponsor was found for this picture, Harada invested all his personal savings in it. However, upon completion, the film was banned for distribution, allegedly due to the aestheticization of sex and violence, although it was still shown in some places in a cut-down version

6th place Ghost In The Shell

Year of issue: 1995

Genre:adventure, fantasy, cyberpunk

Description:In the recent year 2029, networks and computers have developed to the point where it is possible to create high-tech cyborgs with full integration into the Network. main character Kusanagi Motoko is a cyborg with a human mind inside a cybernetic body, a major in the Ninth Department, created for government special operations. A certain Puppeteer appears on the Internet, manipulating people through the same Network, forcing them to act in his interests. The Ninth Department is engaged in his capture. But not everything is so simple, the Puppeteer turns out to be an intelligent virus developed by “colleagues” from the Sixth Department for industrial espionage, etc., politics turns out to be involved in the case...

5th place Jin Roh

Year of issue: 2000

Genre:drama, thriller, fantasy

Description:On one of the missions, special forces soldier Fuse from the elite “Cerberus Armored Squad” unwittingly becomes the cause of the death of a young terrorist. The girl blows herself up in front of him. And soon he, seemingly by chance, meets her older sister, and they begin a romance... A romance similar to a scary fairy tale about Little Red Riding Hood, an old book with which Fusa gives him new girlfriend. And with every page they read, the world around them begins to change and collapse. The whirlpool of events - deception and truth indistinguishable from deception, betrayal and political intrigue, dreams and hallucinations, predators and victims - all together spill out into a tragic finale, once again proving that the most dangerous of all animals is man.


4th place Gundam Wing Endless Waltz

Year of issue: 1998

Genre:adventure, fantasy, fur, drama

Description: The Last War with the colonies is over, and humanity, having abandoned the boundaries between nations, celebrates the anniversary peaceful life. To avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, it was decided to get rid of weapons once and for all. The most powerful combat robots, Gundams, created by Earth scientists for victory, are sent to the Sun to burn in its core and bury the memory of the war with them. But there will always be someone who believes that they have the right to reshape the world at their own discretion.

3rd place Vampire Hunter D

Year of issue: 2001

Genre:adventure, fantasy, vampires

Description: Thirteenth millennium, several thousand years after the nuclear holocaust. Vampires still rule the night, but their days are numbered and their numbers are dwindling. Bloodsuckers are exterminated by fearless bounty hunters. One of these daredevils is a half-breed dhampir named D. He undertakes to find the daughter of an influential rich man, who was kidnapped by the powerful vampire Mayerling. At the same time, the Marcus brothers, professional hunters, also hired by the girl’s relatives, who do not fully trust the mysterious half-breed, rush on the trail of the kidnapped girl. But when the pursuers deal with the vampire's demonic minions and overtake Mayerling and his victim, it turns out that the girl is madly in love with her captor...

2nd place Perfect Blue

Year of issue: 1998

Genre:thriller, drama, horror

Description:Young pop singer Mima Kirigoe is trying to move from the world of music to the film industry and become famous as an actress, but it seems that not all of her fans liked this decision. Strange phone calls and faxes began, then an envelope containing explosives was received. Plus, a page with Mima’s supposed diary was discovered on the Internet. But the singer decided to go her own way at all costs, despite the threats of the unknown. But the persecution and new rules of life simply drive her crazy.A scene of rape, murder, silent madness and magazines with explicit photographs of Mima. Is this the kind of fame she wanted? Reality alternates with hallucinations, merging with nightmares, forming new world depravity and illusions...

1st place Akira

Year of issue: 1988

Genre:adventure, fantasy, cyberpunk, mysticism

Description: The year is 1988. A huge explosion, similar to those that shook Hiroshima and Nagasaki almost half a century ago, wipes Tokyo off the face of the earth. New Tokyo 2019, rising from the ashes like a dark Phoenix. The organization of the country now resembles totalitarian state, suppressing the underground Resistance with an iron hand. IN research centers Parapsychological experiments are carried out on people to develop the perfect type of weapon. And a religious cult of a superman named Akira arises in the country, whose arrival will supposedly solve all the problems of Japan. At the center of the story is a gang of teenage bikers led by the reckless Kaneda. In yet another showdown with his rivals, Kaneda's friend Tetsuo tries to prove his valor to his comrades, but unexpectedly finds himself involved in a government experiment to extract Akira's energy. Tetsuo becomes the owner of the power that can completely destroy New Tokyo. Who can stop him?

In this top, for any, even the most demanding viewer, there are several full-length animewhich he will definitely like.

Today it has become very popular to watch films of various types. Now there are very, very many genres of films, ranging from action films to porn films. One such genre is anime. What are they and what are their features?

Anime movies is a direct genre of cinematography that is becoming more popular and famous every day. As a rule, full-length anime films were invented and developed in Japan several decades ago. Immediately after its creation, anime films quickly gained popularity and fame not only in Japan, but also in other countries. Asian countries. Over time, anime began to be popularized as Western America, and Eurasia.

Full-length anime became very popular and famous because it has several main features that are not found in other genres of cinematography. What are these features? Firstly, this is the style of presenting the immediate plot. Indeed, the style of presenting the plot in anime is very unique, because in anime the viewer does not get bored due to the fact that the plot is constantly fascinating and it is presented much faster than in ordinary films. As a rule, this style was not invented by anyone, since at the time when, in fact, the anime genre was created, there was a shortage of paper in the country, with which anime was created at that time, so anime developers had to resort to a paper-saving style , thanks to which the plot in the anime develops quite quickly. Secondly, the anime characters themselves. As a rule, characters in anime films have very big eyes, and the mouth and nose are practically invisible, thanks to which all the characters in the anime are very cute and fabulous.

Makoto Shinkai is an animator, director and screenwriter. He prefers to work alone, making do with minimal resources. He drew his first cartoons without any help on his home computer. Shinkai has been called “the second Miyazaki” more than once for his high-quality and detailed pictures, but the artist himself is too modest to agree with this.

Your name

  • Fantasy, drama, melodrama.
  • Japan, 2016.
  • Duration: 110 min.
  • IMDb: 8.5.

Mitsuha is a high school student from a small town hidden in the mountains. She dreams of growing up quickly and moving to a noisy metropolis. Yes - a regular guy, living in the center of Tokyo. They have never known each other and have never met anywhere, but an unusual connection still exists between them. In their dreams, Taki and Mitsuha switch bodies and gain the ability to live each other's lives. At first they perceive it as a fun game, but over time everything becomes much more complicated.

Garden of beautiful words

  • Melodrama.
  • Japan, 2013.
  • Duration: 46 min.
  • IMDb: 7.6.

Takao wants to dedicate his life to making shoes, so he regularly escapes from boring school classes to a Japanese kindergarten to calmly draw sketches. One day he meets mysterious woman Yukio, who only goes out for walks when it rains. Takao falls in love with her, but the rainy season is coming to an end and it is unknown whether they will ever see each other again.

Catchers of Forgotten Voices

  • Drama, adventure.
  • Japan, 2011.
  • Duration: 116 min.
  • IMDb: 7.3.

The girl Asuna lives in a small Japanese village. She has very few friends, so most She spends her evenings on the hillside, listening to an old radio with the help of a magic crystal. One day, on the way to the hill, the girl is attacked by a strange creature, from which the young man Xiong saves her. After this incident, a friendship develops between them, but suddenly Shun dies tragically, and Asuna goes on a risky journey.

5 centimeters per second

  • Drama, melodrama.
  • Japan, 2007.
  • Duration: 63 min.
  • IMDb: 7.8.

Three beautiful and sad stories about love, time and distance, organically connected into one perfectly drawn cartoon with stunning soundtrack. They are about the life and growing up of the main character Takaki Tono and his attempts to support.

Mamoru Hosoda

Mamoru Hosoda - director and screenwriter animated films. He made his first film in high school, while still just a boy. In many interviews, Hosoda says that the basis and incentive for new scripts for his films is often life experience. That is why the director has so many works dedicated to family, the process of growing up and developing a personality.

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

  • Science fiction, drama, melodrama, comedy.
  • Japan, 2006.
  • Duration: 98 min.
  • IMDb: 7.8.

Having survived terrible accident, seventeen-year-old Makoto suddenly discovers she has the ability to travel through time. Inspired by an extraordinary gift, she begins to do her best to improve her life, returning to the past over and over again to fix something. But it soon becomes clear that time travel is not a gift at all, but simply the action of a special device that belongs to the boy Chiaki, who arrived from the future.

Child of the monster

  • Fantasy, adventure.
  • Japan, 2015.
  • Duration: 119 min.
  • IMDb: 7.7.

The story of a homeless orphan boy, Kiyuta, and the bear man, Kumatetsu. A boy and a monster live in different worlds, which should not intersect, but what happens is that the inhabitants of the parallel universe take the orphan to themselves. Kiyuta becomes Kumatetsu's student and begins to learn various fighting tricks from him in order to prepare for the impending natural disaster.

Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Hiromasa Yonebayashi is considered the youngest director of animation studio Ghibli. In 2016, his feature film Memories of Marnie received an Oscar in the Best Animated Feature category.

Arrietty from the Land of Lilliputians

  • Fantasy.
  • Japan, 2010.
  • Duration: 90 min.
  • IMDb: 7.6.

Twelve-year-old Sho comes to visit old house his aunt and accidentally saves an unusual tiny girl named Arrietty from a cat. So he finds out that next door to ordinary people live the Lilliputian “miners” who try their best to keep their existence a secret. Despite all prohibitions, a friendship begins between Sho and Arrietty, but it does not last long.

Memories of Marnie

  • Drama.
  • Japan, 2014.
  • Duration: 123 min.
  • IMDb: 7.8.

Anna is an incredibly lonely girl who neither her adoptive parents nor anyone else can understand. Her only consolation is drawing. One day, during a lesson in the park, Anna experiences a severe asthma attack, after which her parents decide to send her to her relatives in a house on the coast for treatment. There she meets the mysterious Marnie, who after a while disappears somewhere.

Hayao Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki is the most famous Japanese animator director, writer, and one of the founders of the Ghibli animation studio. In his works he often pays attention to such complex topics, like war, pacifism, environmental problems, man’s relationship to nature, growing up.

Porco Rosso

  • Fantasy, melodrama, adventure.
  • Japan, 1992.
  • Duration: 94 min.
  • IMDb: 7.8.

A cartoon about a virtuoso pilot, Marco Pagotta, who became so disillusioned with people that he was cursed and became like a pig. After the fascists came to power in Italy, Marco began working for the state, protecting merchant ships from attacks by air pirates. They didn't like this very much, so they decided to eliminate Marco, forcing him to fight the real king of flights - ace pilot Curtis.

The wind is getting stronger

  • Drama, biography, history.
  • Japan, 2013.
  • Duration: 126 min.
  • IMDb: 7.8.

The extraordinary life story of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter aircraft during World War II. According to Miyazaki, The Wind Rises is his only cartoon made for adults.

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

  • Science fiction, fantasy, drama.
  • Japan, USA, 1984.
  • Duration: 112 min.
  • IMDb: 8.1.

A terrible thing happened on Earth ecological catastrophy: almost its entire surface was covered by a poisonous sea. The only island of calm in this world remains only the Valley of the Winds - a serene kingdom where unusual girl Nausicaä and her wise father. This piece of paradise haunts residents of other surviving states who decide to fight for the remaining natural resources.

Goro Miyazaki

Goro Miyazaki - Japanese artist and director, son of the famous Hayao Miyazaki. Miyazaki's father was opposed to his son getting involved in directing, arguing that he did not yet have enough experience. But Goro still started working on his own animated series and has already released several independent works.

From the slopes of Kokuriko

  • Drama.
  • Japan, 2011.
  • Duration: 91 min.
  • IMDb: 7.4.

Since childhood, Umi has been accustomed to being independent and solving problems alone. She was not at a loss even at the moment when she had to go to Tokyo for an important meeting with the school’s sponsor in order to save the building from demolition. While all these events were happening, the girl did not even notice how unexpectedly it was.

Yoshifumi Kondo

Yoshifumi Kondo is a Japanese animator, designer and production director who worked at Studio Ghibli together with Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. Unfortunately, Kondo died of an aneurysm, but left behind several magnificent works as a keepsake.

Whisper of the Heart

  • Drama, melodrama.
  • Japan, 1995.
  • Duration: 111 min.
  • IMDb: 8.0.

Shizuku loves books very much and tries to spend every free minute reading. She soon notices that all the books she borrows from the library have already been read by a certain Seiji Amasawa. Shizuku decides to find out who this mysterious stranger is, with whom her interests coincide so much, and to get to know him better.

Isao Takahata

Isao Takahata - director, screenwriter, producer, co-founder of Studio Ghibli. His works are wise, melancholic and largely realistic, so if you want to watch something dreamy and light, then choose something else from the list.

The Tale of Princess Kaguya

  • Fantasy.
  • Japan, 2013.
  • Duration: 125 min.
  • IMDb: 8.1.

Anime based on ancient folk Japanese fairy tale"The Tale of Old Man Taketori." One day, while walking through the forest, old man Taketori came across a strangely glowing stalk of bamboo. When he took a closer look, he discovered a tiny girl who would change his life forever.

Grave of the Fireflies

  • Drama, military.
  • Japan, 1988.
  • Duration: 89 min.
  • IMDb: 8.5.

Anime about heavy and dramatic fate two orphans who lost their parents during World War II and are now forced to survive in a cruel post-war world on their own.

Satoshi Kon

Japanese director Satoshi Kon is not very famous, but his work inspired such directors as and, and this already means something. In his films, the director likes to touch on various acute social problems.

Once upon a time in Tokyo

  • Drama, comedy, adventure.
  • Japan, 2003.
  • Duration: 88 min.
  • IMDb: 7.9.

Wandering the streets of Tokyo, three homeless beggars find an abandoned newborn baby on the street. Homeless people decide to help the little girl find her parents, no matter the cost.

Paprika

  • Detective.
  • Japan, 2006.
  • Duration: 90 min.
  • IMDb: 7.7.

In the near future, the DC Mini device was invented, allowing doctors to penetrate the dreams and fantasies of patients. It was not dangerous until it fell into the hands of attackers who, with its help, began to drive innocent people crazy.

Would you like to recommend something else? good anime, which is not in the selection? Welcome to the comments!