Most popular anime movies list. Full-length anime films, a list of the best in good quality

Japanese cartoons, which are commonly called anime, are significantly different from the animated films of other countries. The best paintings of this genre have gained immense popularity among the audience and won prestigious awards.

Attention Japanese lovers animated films presented anime cartoons, top list.

year 2001

(2001) opens the Top 10 Animated Films. The anime describes the events taking place in the distant year 2071 on the planet Mars. A terrible tragedy befell the Red Planet. As a result of a terrorist attack using biochemical weapons of mass destruction, hundreds of colonists die. The one who committed this atrocity must suffer a well-deserved punishment, so a huge bonus is assigned for the capture of the bastard ...

2010

ninth on the list best cartoons anime - (2010) Hiromasa Enebayashi. The story tells about little people who call themselves "getters". They live close to humans and use human things as needed. Their existence is kept secret, as getting into the eyes of people means serious problems for them. One of these little people - young Arietty - is noticed by 12-year-old Ce ...

year 2012

(2012) is ranked eighth in the list of the best Japanese animation works. Yuki and Ame are only seemingly ordinary children who should not care about the hardships of the world around them. When their father, the last representative of an ancient family of werewolves, dies, their mother - an ordinary girl who once fell in love with a man who turned out to be a wolf - has to move away from big city and start over.

year 2013

(2013) ranked seventh in the list of the best anime cartoons. Last work Hayao Miyazaki, nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Film and participating in competitive program 70th Cannes Film Festival. Plot: The boy Jiro dreams of flying and beautiful planes that can outrun the wind. But he can’t become a pilot - he is short-sighted from birth. But Jiro does not part with the dream of the sky, he begins to invent the perfect plane and eventually becomes one of the best aircraft designers in the world. On the way to success, he will not only meet many interesting people, will survive the Great Tokyo Earthquake and brutal wars, but will also find the love of his life - the beautiful Naoko.

2007

(2007) - one of the best Japanese anime cartoons. The animated picture covers more than ten years of the life of the protagonist Takaki Tohno. Comprises three stories, which originate in Japan in the mid-1990s. The complete anime consists of 3 parts: "An excerpt about cherry blossoms”,“ Cosmonaut ”,“ 5 centimeters per second ”.

1995

(1995) placed in the middle of the ranking of the best animated films. The plot tells about Shizuku Tsukishima, a middle school student who loves to spend her free time reading a book. However, no matter what volume she borrowed from the library, Seiji Amasawa's name was always listed on his form. After getting to know unusual boy Shizuku realizes that he is her first love. Communication with him opens her inner world for a girl, she learns a lot of new things about others and about herself. One of the main themes touched upon in the plot is the period of growing up and first love, transitional age in all its manifestations. The evolution of the girl's feelings is considered in many details - from dissatisfaction with the annoying boy to attachment to him. However, most main theme is to find yourself and overcome difficulties on the way to your dream.

2006

(2006) ranked fourth in the list of the best anime cartoons. The animated film is confidently included in the top 250 best films according to Kinopoisk. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is based on the novel of the same name by Yasutaka Tsutsui. Seventeen-year-old Makoto Konno doesn't do well in school, often arrives late, and doesn't know what she wants to be after graduation. In the evenings, she plays baseball with friends, jumps on her bike every morning and hurries to class. But suddenly a strange event happens in her usual measured life, and Makoto gains the ability to move in time ...

1997

(1997) opens the top three anime cartoons. It is one of the highest grossing animated films in Japan. The plot of the animated picture takes place in the era of Muromachi, when the country rising sun appeared first firearms. The young prince Ashitaka, having killed the boar, brought upon himself a deadly curse. The old sorceress predicted to him that only he himself was able to change his fate. And the brave warrior went on a dangerous journey. So he ended up in a mysterious country where people, led by the evil lady Eboshi, fought with the inhabitants of the forest: spirits, demons and giant creatures that Ashitaka had never seen before. Together with them, Princess Mononoke is the mistress of animals and the daughter of a she-wolf. Now the fate of all depends on only one warrior - Prince Ashitaka.

2004

(2004) ranked second in the list of the best animated pictures. Hayao Miyazake's anime is based on the fairy tale of the same name by Diana Wynn Jones. The Oscar nominee, Howl's Moving Castle, according to the Japanese director, is a prototype of a Russian hut on chicken legs. Plot: An evil witch imprisoned 18-year-old Sophie in the body of an old woman. In search of someone who will help her return to her appearance, Sophie meets the powerful wizard Howl and his demon Calcifer. Calcifer is to serve Howl under a contract, the terms of which he cannot divulge. The girl and the demon decide to help each other get rid of evil spells…

year 2001

(2001) tops the list of best anime cartoons. Japanese animated film Hayao Miyazaki had great success among critics and viewers, and in 2002 was awarded the Oscar, Golden Bear and other prestigious awards as the best animated film. In Japan, "Spirited Away" became the highest-grossing anime cartoon of all time. The main character of the animated picture, the girl Chihiro, together with her parents, move to live in a new place. On the way to their new home, the main characters get lost, finding themselves in an unfamiliar, deserted city, where a magnificent feast is prepared for them. The parents, who decide to try the free food, turn into pigs to Chihiro's dismay. The girl learns that these are the crafts of an evil and powerful sorceress. Chihiro has to find an "antidote" against the old woman's spell in order to get mom and dad back.

Not everyone likes serial anime. The plot, drawn out for dozens of episodes, allows you to pass the time well, but very often big number series affects the quality of drawing and creates a lot of unnecessary dialogues and additional, completely uninteresting plot branches. Another thing is the list of the best full-length anime, which are more like a quality movie, rather than a Latin American series. No, no one downplays the importance of serial anime, as it might seem at first glance. But fans of feature films are sometimes confused by the shortcomings described. The following list of the best feature-length anime is a collection of great animated films of all time. Among them there are wonderful full-length films for both children and adults and the whole family.

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
In the future, humanity, recklessly exploiting nature for centuries, fell victim to its pride. Terrible has befallen the earth ecological catastrophy, once flourishing industrial civilizations turned to dust, and the surface of the planet was covered with a giant sea of the Forest, emitting poisonous spores of its plants into the atmosphere. The survivors have to live in the shadow of the Forest and its monstrous insect inhabitants, trying to prevent the spread of harmful vegetation.

Nausicaa from the Valley of the Wind / Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984)

Genre: anime, cartoon, science fiction, fantasy, drama
Premiere (world): March 11, 1984
A country: Japan

Starring: Sumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura, Hisako Kyoda, Goro Naya, Ikiro Nagai, Kohei Miyauchi, Joji Yanami, Minoru Yada, Rihoko Yoshida, Masako Sugaya

Castle in the Sky Laputa (1986)
Summary of the animated film "Castle in the Sky". An alternate reality corresponding to the beginning of the 20th century. In the hands of a girl named Sita is a Flying Stone. He is hunted by government agents and pirates because the Stone is of great value. Trying to hide from his pursuers, Sita meets Pazu, his peer, who works in a mining town. Together, the children discover that the Stone is the key to the mysterious flying island of Laputa...

Castle in the Sky Laputa / Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (1986)

Genre: anime, cartoon, science fiction, fantasy, adventure, family
Premiere (world): August 2, 1986
Premiere (RF): February 28, 2008, "RUSCICO"
A country: Japan

Starring: Anna Paquin, James Van Der Beek, Cloris Leachman, Mark Hamill, Richard A. Dysart, Jim Cummings, John Hostetter, Michael McShane, Mandy Patinkin, Andy Dick

My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Japan, 1950s. After moving to the village, two little sisters Satsuki (oldest) and Mei (youngest) found an extraordinary, deep inside a tree, wonderful world, inhabited by Totoro, charming fluffy creatures with whom the girls immediately struck up a friendship. Some of them are big, others are very tiny, but they all have a huge, kind heart and magical abilities to do extraordinary things, like flying over mountains or growing a huge tree.

My Neighbor Totoro / Tonari no Totoro (1988)

Genre:
Premiere (world): April 16, 1988
Premiere (RF): March 20, 2008, "RUSCICO"
A country: Japan

Starring: Toshiyuki Amagasa, Brianne Brosey, Paul Butcher, Pat Carroll, Cheryl Chase, Shigeru Chiba, Lara Cody, Natalie Core, Tim Daly, Dakota Fanning

Witch's Delivery Service (1989)
Summary of the animated film "The Witch's Delivery Service". The young witch Kiki, upon reaching 13 years old, must live certain time among people. Kiki, along with her cat Gigi, goes to the city, where she meets a kind baker who helps her start her own business - Emergency Delivery Service. The job introduces Kiki to many different people and provides an opportunity to make new friends and do a lot of all sorts of tricks.

Kiki's Delivery Service / Majo no takkyûbin (1989)

Genre: anime, cartoon, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
Budget:¥800,000,000
Premiere (world): July 29, 1989
Premiere (RF): October 2, 2008, "RUSCICO"
A country: Japan

Starring: Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Kappei Yamaguchi, Keiko Toda, Mieko Nobusawa, Koichi Miura, Haruko Kato, Hiroko Seki, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Koichi Yamadera

Porco Rosso (1992)
Adriatic, twenties of the last century. Italian pilot Marco Pagott fought bravely during the First World War. However, after the war, he became disillusioned with military affairs, himself and people, turning into a real pig. In the late twenties, when the fascists led by Mussolini came to power in Italy, Marco, who called himself Porco Rosso (Crimson Pig), began working as a lifeguard for hire in the skies of the Adriatic. His seaplane terrifies air pirates.

Porco Rosso / Kurenai no buta (1992)

Genre: anime, cartoon, fantasy, romance, adventure
Premiere (world): July 18, 1992
Premiere (RF): December 25, 2008, "RUSCICO"
A country: Japan

Starring: Shuichiro Moriyama, Tokiko Kato, Sanshi Katsura, Tsunehiko Kamijou, Akemi Okamura, Akio Yutsuka, Hiroko Seki, Osamu Saka, Mahito Tsujimura, Minoru Yada

Princess Mononoke (1997)
The young prince Ashitaka, having killed the boar, brought upon himself a deadly curse. The old sorceress predicted to him that only he himself was able to change his fate. And the brave warrior went on a dangerous journey. So he ended up in a mysterious country where people, led by the evil lady Eboshi, fought with the inhabitants of the forest: spirits, demons and giant creatures that Ashitaka had never seen before. And there was Princess Mononoke with them - the mistress of animals and the daughter of a she-wolf.

Princess Mononoke / Mononoke-hime (1997)

Genre: anime, cartoon, fantasy, drama, adventure
Budget:¥2,400,000,000
Premiere (world): July 12, 1997
Premiere (RF): June 24, 2010, "RUSCICO"
A country: Japan

Starring: Yuriko Ishida, Billy Crudup, Billy Bob Thornton, Minnie Driver, John DiMaggio, Claire Danes, John DeMita, Jada Pinkett Smith, Gillian Anderson, Keith David

Spirited Away (2001)
Little Chihiro moves into a new house with her mom and dad. Lost along the way, they find themselves in a strange desert city, where a magnificent feast awaits them. Parents greedily pounce on food and to the horror of the girls turn into pigs, becoming captives of the evil sorceress Yubaba, the ruler of the mysterious world of ancient gods and powerful spirits. Now, alone among magical creatures and mysterious visions, the brave Chihiro must figure out how to rid her parents of the spell.

Spirited Away / Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)

Genre: anime, cartoon, fantasy, adventure, family
Budget:¥1,900,000,000
Premiere (world): July 20, 2001
Premiere (RF): December 31, 2002, Central Partnership
A country: Japan

Starring: Rumi Hiragi, Irino Miyu, Mari Natsuki, Takashi Naito, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Tatsuya Gashuin, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Yumi Tamai, Yo Oizumi, Koba Hayashi

Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
The film is set in a parallel world of Europe in the late 19th century, where magic goes hand in hand with technological progress. The modest life of the early orphaned hatter Sophie completely changed when the moving castle of the mysterious wizard Howl, known for his "abductions" of girls' hearts, appeared in the vicinity of her city. Saved by this handsome man from the harassment of two martinets, she fell in love with him at first sight. However, an exciting walk with him cost the young hatter her beauty and youth.

Howl's Moving Castle / Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004)

Genre: anime, cartoon, science fiction, fantasy, romance, adventure
Premiere (world): September 5, 2004
Premiere (RF): August 25, 2005, Central Partnership
A country: Japan

Starring: Chieko Baishō, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa, Tatsuya Gashuin, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mitsunori Isaki, Yo Oizumi, Akio Yutsuka, Daijiro Harada, Haruko Kato

Ponyo on the Cliff (2008)
Five-year-old boy Sosuke lives in a house on a cliff by the ocean with an energetic mother. One day he catches a red fish in the ocean with a suspicious human face, puts in a bucket and calls her Ponyo. A shaggy, middle-aged gentleman in a striped suit crawls out of the ocean and takes Ponyo back to underwater kingdom Turns out it's one of his daughters. Ponyo liked the people, and she decided to turn into a girl. Dad is against it, but the daughter is stubborn.

Fish Ponyo on the cliff / Gake no ue no Ponyo (2008)

Genre: anime, cartoon, adventure, family
Budget:¥3,400,000,000
Premiere (world): July 19, 2008
Premiere (RF): September 3, 2009, "RUSCICO"
A country: Japan

Starring: Tomoko Yamaguchi, Kazushige Nagashima, Yuki Amami, Joji Tokoro, Yuria Nara, Hiroki Doi, Rumi Hiragi, Akiko Yano, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Tomoko Naraoka

The Wind Rises (2013)
The boy Jiro dreams of flying and beautiful planes that can outrun the wind. But he can’t become a pilot - he is short-sighted from birth. But Jiro does not part with the dream of the sky, he begins to invent the perfect plane and eventually becomes one of the best aircraft designers in the world. On the way to success, he will not only meet many interesting people, survive the Great Tokyo Earthquake and brutal wars, but also find the love of his life - the beautiful Naoko.

The wind grows stronger / Kaze tachinu (2013)

Genre: anime, cartoon, drama, biography
Premiere (world): July 20, 2013
Premiere (RF): February 20, 2014, Central Partnership, All Media
A country: Japan

Starring: Hideaki Anno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Miori Takimoto, Masahiko Nishimura, Mansai Nomura, Morio Kazama, Jun Kunimura, Mirai Shida, Keiko Takeshita, Shinobu Otake

Prince of the North (1968)
Cold winds blew towards the distant northern villages. Unprecedented misfortunes devastate human settlements one after another. Ghost wolves, ice mammoths and treacherous werewolves bring death to all living things... And even battle-hardened warriors cannot resist the powerful sorcery of the demon Grunwald, who wants to subjugate this harsh land. In this troubled time, a brave boy Hols appears in one of the villages, with a mysterious sword, whose name is Sunny.

Prince of the North / Taiyou no ouji Horusu no daibouken (1968)

Genre: anime, cartoon, fantasy, action, drama, adventure, family
Premiere (world): July 21, 1968
A country: Japan

Starring: Yukari Asai, Mikijiro Hira, Etsuko Ichihara, Hiroshi Kamiyama, Gil Mac, Masao Mishima, Corina Orr, Ray Owens, Eijiro Tohno, Billy Lou Watt

3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (TV series) (1976)
The action takes place in late XIX century. A boy named Marco lives with his family in the port city of Genoa (Italy). His father, Pietro Rossi, is a doctor who devotes all his time to the treatment of poor patients. One day, the father, due to mistakes, gets into big debts, and therefore the family begins to experience huge financial difficulties. In connection with such problems, Marco's mother, Anna Rossi, has to go to Argentina, where she is hired as a maid.

3000 leagues in search of mother (TV series) / Haha wo tazunete sanzenri (1976)

Genre: anime, cartoon, drama, adventure, family
Premiere (world): January 4, 1976
A country: Japan

Starring: Yoshiko Matsuo, Sogabe Kazuyuki, Yukiko Nikaido, Kiyoshi Kawakubo, Ikiro Nagai, Noriko Ohara, Mieko Nobusawa, Takuzo Kamiyama, Sachiko Chijimatsu, Keiko Yokozawa

Hooligan Tie (1981)
Fifth grader Tia has no time to pore over the lessons, she has more important worries. She needs to run a family business - run a small drinking-dinner (fry kebabs, pour sake, wash dishes, take payments and check the balance), as well as look after her father, an overgrown slob who is only happy to make idiotic bets, play cards, yes bones, and bully the local yakuza. Tie's mother got tired of such a life long ago and left; but Tie is strong, Tie can handle it...

Hooligan Tie / Jarinko Chie (1981)

Genre:
Premiere (world): February 9, 2005
A country: Japan

Starring: Chinatsu Nakayama, Norio Nishikawa, Kiyoshi Nishikawa, Yasushi Yokoyama, Shinsuke Shimada, Ryusuke Matsumoto, Utako Kyo, Keisuke Ootori, Gannosuke Ashiya, Kyoko Mitsubayashi

Cellist Goshu (1982)
Brief summary of the musical animated film "Cellist Goshu". The storyline of the anime tells the story of a young cellist, Goshu, who is crazy about Beethoven, but he still doesn't play well enough to please his comrades. There are ten days left until the big concert, and he is still not ready, although he is training hard. And now, every evening, animals begin to come to him, which will help Goshu learn to play, listening to his heart ...

Cellist Goshu / Sero hiki no Gôshu (1982)

Genre: anime, cartoon, fantasy, music
Premiere (world): January 23, 1982
A country: Japan

Starring: Hideki Sasaki, Fuyumi Shiraishi, Masashi Amenomori, Junji Chiba, Koichi Hashimoto, Kaneta Kimotuski, Atsuko Mine, Ryuji Saikachi, Kazue Takahashi, Akiko Takamura

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Last days of the Second World War. American aircraft are bombing defenseless Japanese cities. The 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko fall into the maelstrom of a human everyday nightmare. Having suffered the most bitter loss - the loss of loved ones, they were left completely alone. A young boy suddenly becomes an adult, faced with the cruelty of the world. He realizes that the life of his little sister depends on him. Hiding in an abandoned hideout, Seita and Setsuko try to survive on their own.

Grave of the Fireflies / Hotaru no haka (1988)

Genre: anime, cartoon, drama, military
Premiere (world): April 16, 1988
A country: Japan

Starring: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Shannon Conley, Crispin Freeman, Dan Green, Amy Jones, George Leaver, Corina Orr

Just Yesterday (1991)
Summary of the animated film "Yesterday". While on vacation, Taeko suddenly finds herself remembering the times when she was little and went to school back in 1966. The film constantly jumps back and forth between the two time periods with nostalgia and beautiful mountain scenery, while Taeko sorts through her memories and struggles to make a difficult decision about her future...

Just Yesterday / Omohide poro poro (1991)

Genre:
Premiere (world): July 20, 1991
Premiere (RF): May 8, 2008, "RUSCICO"
A country: Japan

Starring: Miki Imai, Toshiro Yanagiba, Yoko Honna, Mayumi Iizuka, Masahiro Ito, Chie Kitagawa, Yoshimasa Kondo, Yuki Masuda, Yuki Minova, Issei Takahashi

tanuki's war Heisei periods and Pompoko (1994)
The action of the picture takes place in modern Japan. People are persistently expanding their possessions, taking land from nature and cutting down forests. In the hills near South Tokyo, they are gradually depopulating the people of tanuki - raccoon weredogs. They are desperate to save their home and send messengers to the great masters of magic, asking for their help. Young werewolves are actively practiced in the art of transformation.

The Tanuki War in the Heisei and Pompoko Periods / Heisei tanuki gassen pompoko (1994)

Genre: anime, cartoon, fantasy, drama, comedy
Premiere (world): July 16, 1994
A country: Japan

Starring: Shincho Kokontei, Makoto Nonomura, Yuriko Ishida, Norihei Miki, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Shigeru Izumiya, Gannosuke Ashiya, Takehiro Murata, Beito Katsura, Sanshi Katsura

Our Neighbors Yamada (1999)
The film consists of a series of short stories focusing on the daily life of the Yamada family. Grandmother, mother, father, son and daughter are the most ordinary people, with recognizable traits and habits. Despite the fact that the film reflects many Japanese realities, from food to fairy tales, these stories are understandable to any viewer. Comedy situations are interspersed with examples of worldly wisdom, everyday scenes are replaced by fantasies, something happens for the first time, something is repeated every day.

Our Neighbors Yamada / Houhokekyo tonari no Yamada-kun (1999)

Genre: anime, cartoon, comedy, family
Budget:¥2,000,000,000
Premiere (world): July 17, 1999
A country: Japan

Starring: Hayato Isohata, Masako Araki, Naomi Uno, Toru Masuoka, Yukiji Asaoka, Akiko Yano, Kosanji Yanagiya, James Belushi, Jeff Bennett, Alex Buck

The Tale of Princess Kaguya (2013)
Bamboo picker Miyatsuko finds a creature on one of the stems that looks like a tiny princess. Miyatsuko and his wife adopt a girl who immediately becomes a normal-looking baby. However, their daughter, nicknamed Bamboo, surprises everyone with her rapid growth. She participates in the games of neighboring children, her closest friend becomes a young man named Sutemaru. Meanwhile, Miyatsuko finds gold and expensive outfits in bamboo stalks and realizes that she must make her daughter a princess.

The Tale of Princess Kaguya / Kaguyahime no monogatari (2013)

Genre: anime, cartoon
Premiere (world): November 23, 2013
A country: Japan

Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan, Mary Steenbergen, Darren Criss, Lucy Liu, Beau Bridges, James Marsden, Oliver Platt, Hynden Walsh, Dean Cain

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I Can Hear the Sound of the Ocean (TV) (1993)
Ostalgia is inherent in a person regardless of age, and student Taku Morisaki experienced this feeling when he remembered his hometown and school. The guy comes home to meet family and friends and renew memories. Matsuo's childhood friend was delighted at Taku's arrival and enjoyed meeting him. The guys talked for a long time, recalling their school years and numerous comical situations. It came down to matters of the heart. Taku and Matsuo were in love with a girl, Rikako, who came to their city.

I can hear the sound of the ocean (TV) / Umi ga kikoeru (1993)

Genre: anime, cartoon, drama, romance
Premiere (world): May 5, 1993
A country: Japan

Starring: Tobita Nobuo, Toshihiko Seki, Yoko Sakamoto, Yuri Amano, Kae Araki, Unity Kanemaru, Ai Sato, Aya Hisakawa, Tomokazu Seki, Hikaru Midorikawa

Whisper of the Heart (1995)
Shizuko, a girl from, as they used to say, a reading family (her father is a librarian, her mother is working on a dissertation, her sister is a university student) loves to read books and rewrite the lyrics of John Denver's songs for the soul. Using the directory local library she discovers that a certain guy named Seiji has read all of her favorite books before she even knew about them. Having met him, Shizuko understands that it is time for her to decide on her future.

Whisper of the Heart / Mimi wo sumaseba (1995)

Genre: anime, cartoon, drama, romance
Premiere (world): July 15, 1995
Premiere (RF): January 22, 2009, "RUSCICO"
A country: Japan

Starring: Yoko Honna, Issei Takahashi, Takashi Tachibana, Shigeru Muroi, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Keiju Kobayashi, Yori Yamashita, Maiko Kayama, Yoshimi Nakojima, Minami Takayama

Return of the cat (2002)
In the middle of the day on a busy street, young Haru bravely snatches an adorable cat from under the wheels of a truck. To her great surprise, the cat stands up on its hind legs and thanks Haru in human language. It turns out that in front of her is a prince from the mysterious Cat Kingdom, and now the powerful Cat King wants to marry him to a brave savior. Soon he kidnaps Haru, who does not want to be a cat princess at all, and only true mustachioed and tailed friends.

Return of the Cat / Neko no ongaeshi (2002)

Genre: anime, cartoon, fantasy, adventure, family
Premiere (world): July 19, 2002
A country: Japan

Starring: Chizuru Ikewaki, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Aki Maeda, Takayuki Yamada, Hitomi Sato, Kenta Satoi, Mari Hamada, Tetsu Watanabe, Yosuke Saito, Kumiko Okae

Tales from Earthsea (2006)
Mountains, caves and castles fairyland, dragons and amulets, spells and prophecies, magicians and princes, priestesses and murderers, villains and righteous people - in a new adventure animated fantasy saga about magical world Earthsea. Earthsea is in danger, the world of magic is on the verge of extinction. The universal balance is disturbed: dragons living in the western border of the fairy-tale land suddenly appear in the east in the possessions of people. Archmage Ged goes in search of the root cause of the trouble.

Tales from Earthsea / Gedo senki (2006)

Genre: anime, cartoon, fantasy, adventure
Premiere (world): July 29, 2006
A country: Japan

Starring: Junichi Okada, Aoi Teshima, Bunta Sugawara, Yuko Tanaka, Teruyuki Kagawa, Jan Fubuki, Takashi Naito, Mitsuko Baishō, Yui Natsukawa, Kaoru Kobayashi

Arietty from the Land of the Lilliputians (2010)
Funny dwarfs equip their modest dwellings in secret places hidden from human eyes: under the floor, between walls, in dense bushes. They call themselves getters because they periodically lend the things they need. The existence of the babies is kept in the strictest confidence, and the miners are strictly forbidden to impersonate. But young Arietti violates the ban. She is discovered by 12-year-old Sho, who came to summer holidays to Grandma. The boy honestly keeps the secret of the existence of a new acquaintance.

Arietti from the land of the Lilliputians / Kari-gurashi no Arietti (2010)

Genre: anime, cartoon, fantasy
Premiere (world): July 17, 2010
Premiere (RF): September 15, 2011, "Premium Film"
A country: Japan

Starring: Mirai Shida, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Moises Arias, Bridget Mendler, David Henry, Will Arnett, Carol Burnett, Amy Poehler, Shinichi Hatori, Saoirse Ronan

From the slopes of Kokuriko (2011)
The action takes place in 1963 near Yokohama. The heroine - Umi Matsuzaki - father, the commander of the ship, dies during the Korean War 10 years ago, when she was still a little girl. While her mother is away, the girl has to take over the household, in particular, do not forget to raise the flags every morning - her father set such a rule in order to see from the sea that he was expected at home. The town has a school club, with a variety of interest sections.

From the slopes of Kokuriko / Kokuriko-zaka kara (2011)

Genre: anime, cartoon, drama
Budget: $22 000 000
Premiere (world): July 16, 2011
Premiere (RF): October 18, 2012, "RUSCICO"
A country: Japan

Starring: Masami Nagasawa, Junichi Okada, Keiko Takeshita, Yuriko Ishida, Rumi Hiragi, Jan Fubuki, Takashi Naito, Shunsuke Kazama, Nao Omori, Teruyuki Kagawa

Akira (1988)
31 years after the Third World War and the nuclear bombing of the capital of Japan, recreated new town- New Tokyo. Outwardly, everything is under control, however, the organization of the country now resembles a pro-fascist state, brutally suppressing rebellion attempts. Research centers conduct parapsychological experiments on people to develop the perfect type of weapon. The military, represented by Colonel Shikishima, project manager for biological military experiments.

Akira / Akira (1988)

Genre: anime, cartoon, fantasy, action, thriller, detective
Budget:¥1,100,000,000
Premiere (world): July 16, 1988
A country: Japan

Starring: Iwata Mitsuo, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tessho Genda, Hiroshi Otake, Koichi Kitamura, Michihiro Ikemitsu, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Masaaki Okura, Taro Arakawa

Memories of the Future (1995)
The events of the three short stories develop in the near future, which may not be ... The actions of the first episode take viewers to 2092 in undivided outer space. The crew of the Corona spacecraft are busy cleaning up space debris, but are forced to face the supernatural. The astronauts get in the way of the dead... The hero of the second short story, which is lighter and more humorous, is an ordinary guy who accidentally swallowed the wrong pill... The third short story tells about life in the city.

Memories of the future / Memor&icirс;zu (1995)

Genre: anime, cartoon, science fiction, fantasy, thriller
Premiere (world): December 23, 1995
A country: Japan

Starring: Shigeru Chiba, Hisao Yegawa, Kayoko Fujii, Nubaki Fukuda, Emi Hasegawa, Isamu Hayashi, Yu Hayashi, Michio Hazama, Masato Hirano, Hideuki Hori

Steamboy (2004)
XIX century, England. Young inventor Ray Steam receives a package from his grandfather, a famous scientist. The package contains a mysterious "steam ball", a unique mechanism that the influential O "Hara Foundation is hunting for. Leaving the fund's bloodhounds, the boy ends up in London, preparing for a magnificent celebration world exhibition. Few can imagine that dramatic events will soon turn the celebration of the triumph of technology into an industrial nightmare. Will Rey be able to save the priceless invention from the tenacious paws of the villains.

Steamboy / Such&icirс;mubôi (2004)

Genre: anime, cartoon, fantasy, action, thriller, adventure
Budget: $22 000 000
Premiere (world): July 17, 2004
A country: Japan

Starring: Ann Suzuki, Masane Tsukayama, Katsuo Nakamura, Manami Konishi, Kiyoshi Kodama, Ikki Sawamura, Susumu Terajima, Osamu Saka, Keiko Aizawa, Rosalind Ayres

Beyond the Clouds (2007)
According to alternative development of history, after the defeat in the Second World War, Japan was divided between the allies - north island Hokkaido annexed Soviet Union, and Khonshu and others southern islands the Americans took over. In the summer of 1996, the Soviets began to build in their zone of occupation mysterious structure- a tower of such gigantic dimensions that three fellow high school students from the American Honshu, walking together at the right time school holidays could clearly see its contours.

Beyond the Clouds / Atrás das Nuvens (2007)

Starring: Nicolau Breiner, Ruben Silva, Sofia Grilo, Carmen Santos, Jose Eduardo, Graciano Diaz, Jose Pinto

5 centimeters per second (2007)
The animated film consists of three parts, united by one storyline. The first part is an excerpt about cherry blossoms. Due to the circumstances best friends Takaki Tohno and his girlfriend Akari Shinohara are supposed to break up right after elementary school. There are ten kilometers between them and communication through numerous letters. And then one day Tanaki decides to go to see her. The second part is the Cosmonaut. Tanaka High School on Tanegashima Island.

5 centimeters per second / Byôsoku 5 senchimêtoru (2007)

Genre: anime, cartoon, drama, romance
Budget:¥25,000,000
Premiere (world): March 3, 2007
A country: Japan

Starring: Kenji Mizuhashi, Yoshimi Kondo, Satomi Hanamura, Ayaka Onoe, Risa Mizuno, Yuka Terazaki, Yuko Nakamura, Masami Iwasaki, Ray Kondo, Hiroshi Shimozaki

Catchers of Forgotten Voices (2011)
Brief summary of the animated film. The amazing sounds that are sometimes heard on the radio are the most interesting thing in the life of a schoolgirl Asuna. Shadows of another world, so far away and so inaccessible... But what lies behind the mysterious signals that look like a strange song - serenity or anxiety? And what to do when the moment of salvation turns you to face a mortal danger that cannot be dealt with by the forces of the only one who is on your side in this other world?

Genre: anime, cartoon, drama, adventure
Premiere (world): May 7, 2011
Premiere (RF): November 17, 2011
A country: Japan

Starring: Hilary Haag, Corey Hartzog, Leraldo Anzaldua, David Matranga, Shelley Carlin-Black, Shannon Emerick, Sam Roman, Emily Nevez, Brittney Karbowski, George Manley

Garden of Fine Words (2013)
Summary of the animated film "Garden of Fine Words". A young man named Takao meets a mysterious young woman. Their casual and apparently pointless meetings in the park where Takao skips classes while working towards his strange dream of dedicating his life to designing and making shoes are repeated over and over again... only on rainy days, though. The hearts of the heroes begin to open up to each other, but this takes time, and the end of the rainy season is already looming ahead...

Garden of Fine Words / Koto no ha no niwa (2013)

Genre: anime, cartoon, romance
Premiere (world): May 31, 2013
Premiere (RF): September 27, 2013, Reanimedia
A country: Japan

Starring: Irino Miyu, Kana Hanazawa, Fumi Hirano, Gou Maeda, Takeshi Maeda, Yuka Terasaki, Takanori Hoshino, Suguru Inoe, Megumi Han, Mikako Komatsu

Angel's Egg (1985)
The plot of Angel Eggs is not easy to put into words. This anime is more about form than content, here they prefer omissions to direct revelations. The philosophy of the film is emphasized by outlandish gloomy graphics and rare dialogues of the characters that do not clarify what is happening, but even more confusing. In "Angel's Egg" there are only two main characters - a little girl who does not part with a mysterious egg, and a man who carries a strange cross with him. Viewers are left to think for themselves....

Angel's Egg / Tenshi no tamago (1985)

Genre: anime, cartoon, horror, science fiction, fantasy, drama, detective
Premiere (world): December 25, 1985
A country: Japan

Starring: Mako Hayodo, Jinpachi Nezu, Keiichi Noda

Ghost in the Shell (1995)
2029 year. The borders between states have finally collapsed, thanks to the ubiquity of computer networks and cyber technologies. When a long-wanted hacker named "The Puppeteer" begins to interfere in politics, the Ministry of Public Security's "9th Division", a group of cybernetically modified policemen, is tasked with finding and stopping the hacker. But in the course of the investigation, the question arises: who is the “Puppeteer” ...

Ghost in the Shell / Kôkaku Kidôtai (1995)

Genre: anime, cartoon, science fiction, fantasy, action, thriller
Budget:¥600,000,000
Premiere (world): November 18, 1995
A country: Japan

Starring: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Yutsuka, Koichi Yamadera, Yutaka Nakano, Tamio Oki, Tessho Genda, Namaki Masakazu, Masato Yamanouchi, Shinji Ogawa, Mitsuru Miyamoto

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
Near future, 2032. Technology has made unprecedented progress. This is the world that humans share with cyborgs and robots. Bato is a detective in the counter-terrorism police department. He is a living cyborg equipped with artificial arms, legs and other body parts. All that remained was his former brain and the memory of her, of Motoko Kusanagi. Together with his partner Togusa, Bato is brought into the investigation of a series of murders by robots of their owners, all of which are experimental models of sex androids.

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence / Innocence (2004)

Genre: anime, cartoon, science fiction, fantasy, action, thriller, drama
Premiere (world): March 6, 2004
A country: Japan

Starring: Akio Yutsuka, Atsuko Tanaka, Koichi Yamadera, Tamio Oki, Yutaka Nakano, Naoto Takenaka, Gou Aoba, Eisuke Asakura, Robert Axelrod, Laura Bailey

Celestial tardigrades (2008)
“Each generation has its own war,” said Mao Zedong, who knowingly studied ancient Chinese treatises in his youth. Only fear makes people appreciate a peaceful life, only the consciousness that someone is constantly fighting and dying there. This truth was well learned in the alternative world, the development of which stopped at the level of the middle of our 20th century. The war turned from horror and damnation into business and craft, the levers of control moved to transnational corporations.

Heavenly slug / Sukai kurora (2008)

Genre: anime, cartoon, action, drama, adventure
Premiere (world): August 2, 2008
A country: Japan

Starring: Rinko Kikuchi, Ryo Kase, Shosuke Tanihara, Megumi Yamaguchi, Daisuke Hirakawa, Takewaka Takuma, Mugihito, Hohu Yutsuka, Mabuki Ando, Mako Hayodo

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
An eccentric schoolgirl, Makoto Konno, discovers an amazing ability in herself: she can travel to the past and control time. A sensible girl does not waste her new talent and tries to change into better side. She begins to correct her school grades and forge difficult personal relationships with her peers. Very soon, Makoto realizes that this wonderful gift was not given to her by chance. She tries to inspire hope in people close and dear to her and make them happy.

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time / Toki o kakeru shôjo (2006)

Genre: anime, cartoon, fantasy, drama, romance, comedy
Premiere (world): July 15, 2006
A country: Japan

Starring: Riisa Naka, Takuya Ishida, Mitsutaka Itakura, Ayami Kakiuchi, Mitsuki Tanimura, Yuki Sekido, Yutawaka Katsura, Midori Ando, Fumihiko Tachiki, Keiko Yamamoto

Summer Wars (2009)
A gifted high school student Koiso Kenji accepts an invitation from a girl to visit her family. If only he knew how it would end. First, he suddenly has to play the role of this girl's boyfriend in front of her relatives. Then they steal his account to the country of Oz (a kind of virtual reality in which they not only play and have fun, but also conduct quite serious business, such as buying goods and doing business). Further events grow like a snowball.

Summer Wars / Samâ uôzu (2009)

Genre: anime, cartoon, fantasy, comedy, adventure
Premiere (world): August 1, 2009
Premiere (RF): November 1, 2012, "Reanimedia"
A country: Japan

Starring: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Nanami Sakuraba, Mitsuki Tanimura, Takahiro Yokokawa, Mieko Nobusawa, Mitsumi Sasaki, Takashi Kobayashi, Yoji Tanaka, Kiyomi Tanigawa, Hasiya Nakamura

Wolf Children Ame and Yuki (2012)
Brief summary of the Japanese animated film "Wolf Children Ame and Yuki". The main characters of the anime - the film - Yuki and Ame - only seemingly ordinary children who should not care about the hardships of the world around them. When their father, the last representative of an ancient family of werewolves, dies, their mother - an ordinary girl who once fell in love with a man who turned out to be a wolf - has to move away from the big city and start all over again.

Wolf children Ame and Yuki / Ookami kodomo no Ame to Yuki (2012)

Genre: anime, cartoon, fantasy
Premiere (world): June 25, 2012
Premiere (RF): November 1, 2012, "Reanimedia"
A country: Japan

Starring: Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Osawa, Haru Kuroki, Yukito Nishii, Momoka Ono, Amon Kabe, Takuma Hiraoka, Megumi Hayashibara, Tadashi Nakamura, Tamio Oki

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, in this place. "Futurist" invites you to remember which anime films have become cult not only in Japan, but also in the West.

"Pokemon: Mewtwo vs Mew"(1998)

Director Cast: Kunihiko Yuyama, Michael Haney

Fees in the world : $163.6 million

Everyone remembers the Pokémon series with Ash, Pikachu and their friends, but the full-length Pokémon story is even more successful with 19 films that have grossed over $956.7 million in total. The first film in the series, Mewtwo vs. Mew, is the most popular of them . The picture 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 Pokémon tournament.

"Barefoot Gen" (1983)

Director : Mori Masaki

Fees in the world : n/a

Film based on biographical manga Keiji Nakazawa , tells how a boy named Gen survives the end of the war and one of the most terrible events in the history of Japan - the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Having lost almost his entire family and left alone with his mother and newborn little sister, Geng struggles with death from starvation and radiation sickness that affected many of those who survived after the bomb fell.

"My Neighbor Totoro"(1988)

Director : Hayao Miyazaki

Fees in the world : n/a

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

"Ninja Scroll"(1993)

Director Cast: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Kevin Seymour

Fees in the world : n/a

One of the pillar films of Japanese animation, recognized classic along with Akira and Ghost in the Shell, The Ninja Scroll contributed to the popularity of adult-oriented anime films outside of Japan. The film tells about 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 Is Rising"(2013)

Director : Hayao Miyazaki

Fees in the world : $133.4 million

They promised that the film would be the last in the career of the master of animation, although later Miyazaki himself 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 fighters of the Second World War. The tape tells about a man who followed his dream - he could not become a pilot because of myopia, but found himself in the aircraft industry. The title of the film refers to the poem. Fields of Verlaine "The wind is picking up! You have to try to live."

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

Director Story by: Mamoru Hosoda

Fees in the world : $52.1 million

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

"True Sadness" 1998)

Director : Satoshi Kon

Fees in the world : n/a

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

"D: Bloodlust" (2000)

Director Story by: Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Fees in the world: n/a

The film tells one of Japan's iconic vampire tales, comparable only to the success of Mad House's Hellsing films, but much more elegantly executed. The action of the picture takes place in the distant future, where the hunt for vampires is still carried out by an experienced destroyer of the undead, nicknamed Dee, himself a half-vampire and using it 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

Fees in the world : $944 thousand

Philosophical painting-reflection on the nature of sleep and reality, released 4 years before the "Beginning" Christopher Nolan , and, in a sense, superior in design. A group of scientists invents DC Mini - a device that allows you to enter other people's dreams. When the device is stolen, inexplicable things begin to happen to the world, reality and dreams blur, and the main characters need to overcome themselves in order to defeat the awakened evil. A love letter to Western cinema, "Paprika" impresses with its visual effects, which would give odds to the same "Beginning".

"Grave of the Fireflies"(1988)

Director : Isao Takahata

Fees 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. It tells about the painful and historical turning points for Japan during the Second World War. The plot is based on the 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 warriors who fall in battle become fireflies. Among the old Japanese aristocracy, there was entertainment when spectators gathered at the river bank at night and watched the "firefly wars."

"Garden of Fine Words"(2013)

Director : Makoto Shinkai

Fees in the world : n/a

This film is worth mentioning and watching before going to the premiere of Your Name, if only because of the number of references. Makoto Shinkai likes to remind viewers of his previously filmed tapes. The story of a schoolboy truant and his strange meeting with a mysterious stranger in the park, tied to the theme of rain, admiring nature and changing seasons, allows you to better understand the director's purely Japanese "contemplative" approach to films.

"Arietti from the Land of the Lilliputians"(2010)

Director Narrated by: Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Fees in the world : $145.6 million

The production project of Hayao Miyazaki, which, like many Studio Ghibli films, paid off many times 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 Story by: Yoshifumi Kondo

Fees in the world : n/a

Filmed from a script by Hayao Miyazaki with the involvement of a famous Japanese impressionist artist to work on landscapes Naohisa Inoue , the tape quickly became a Studio Ghibli classic. The plot tells about a girl who loves to read and over and over again meets the name of one boy in the library cards of her books. Their meeting becomes a directorial study of the girl's first love, her feelings and growing up.

"The Girl Who Leapt Through Time"(2006)

Director : Mamoru Hasoda

Fees in the world : n/a

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

Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

Director : Hayao Miyazaki

Fees 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 Film.

"5 centimeters per second"(2007)

Director : Makoto Shinkai

Fees in the world : n/a

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

"Princess Mononoke"(1997)

Director : Hayao Miyazaki

Fees in the world : $159.4 million

The epic of Hayao Miyazaki tells the story of the warrior Ashitaka, expelled from his tribe, and his search for deliverance from the curse imposed on him by a boar. Fantasy, in which animals of enormous size talk and fight their wars, honed Miyazaki's skills and made him a superstar, and also laid the foundation for the invariable financial success his films all over the world.

Akira (1988)

Director Story by: Katsuhiro Otomo

Fees in the world : $49 million

At the time, the most expensive anime film in history, Akira set the stage for animation and the use of CGI. A cult movie, the film attracted the attention of Western audiences. Along with "Ghost in the Shell" and "Ninja Scroll", it is a landmark picture in the history of anime. The film takes place in a hypothetical 2019 after the third world war and the nuclear bombing of Japan, and the main characters are children with supernatural powers.

"Ghost in armor"(1995)

Director Story by: Mamoru Oshii

Fees in the world: n/a

The iconic cyberpunk that inspired the brothers (now sisters) wachowski to The Matrix, Ghost in the Shell became a cultural phenomenon, spawning a sequel, a TV series, an anime prequel, as well as a Hollywood remake with Scarlett Johansson starring. According to the plot, a cyborg, Major Motoko Kusanagi must stop a hacker named Puppeteer.

"Spirited Away"(2001)

Director : Hayao Miyazaki

Fees 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 Animated Feature. According to the story, the little girl Chihiro must save her parents from the evil spells of the sorceress, meeting a flying dragon along the way, which turned out to be a boy. This film finally turned Miyazaki into a living legend, after this picture, any of his films enjoyed constant success with the public and critics.

Makoto Shinkai is an animator, director and screenwriter. He prefers to work alone with minimal resources. He drew his first cartoons without anyone's help on a home computer. Shinkai has been called “the second Miyazaki” more than once for his high-quality and detailed picture, 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 lost in the mountains. She dreams of growing up as soon as possible and moving to a bustling metropolis. Taki is an ordinary guy living in the center of Tokyo. They never knew each other and never met anywhere, but an unusual connection still exists between them. In the dream, 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, things become much more difficult.

The Garden of Fine Words

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

Takao wants to devote his life to making shoes, so he regularly runs away 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 drawing to a close and it is unknown if 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. Once, 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 is struck between them, but unexpectedly Shun tragically dies, 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 linked into one well-drawn cartoon with an amazing sound accompaniment. They are about the life and growing up of the protagonist Takaki Tohno and his attempts to support.

Mamoru Hosoda

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

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Fantasy, drama, melodrama, comedy.
Japan, 2006.
Duration: 98 min.
IMDb: 7.8.

After surviving a terrible accident, seventeen-year-old Makoto suddenly discovers her 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 turns out that time travel is not a gift, but simply the action of a special device that belongs to the boy Chiaki, who arrived from the future.

monster child

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

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

Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Hiromasa Yonebayashi is considered the youngest director of Animation Studio Ghibli. In 2016, his feature film Memories of Marnie won the Oscar for Best Animated Film.

Arietti from the Land of the Lilliputians

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

Twelve-year-old Syo comes to visit old house his aunt and accidentally saves an unusual tiny girl named Arietty from a cat. So he learns that in the neighborhood with ordinary people Lilliputians live - "getters", who are trying their best to keep their existence a secret. Despite all prohibitions, a friendship is struck up between Syo and Arietty, 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 disappears after a while.

Hayao Miyazaki

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

Porco Rosso

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

A cartoon about a virtuoso pilot Marco Pagotte, who became so disappointed in people that he brought a curse on himself and became like a pig. After the Nazis came to power in Italy, Marco began working for the state, protecting merchant ships from attacks by air pirates. They didn't really like it, so they decided to eliminate Marco by forcing him to fight with 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 planes during World War II. According to Miyazaki, The Wind Rises is his only cartoon made for adults.

Nausicaa from the Valley of the Wind

Fiction, fantasy, drama.
Japan, USA, 1984.
Duration: 112 min.
IMDb: 8.1.

A terrible ecological catastrophe occurred on Earth: almost its entire surface was covered with a poisonous sea. The only island of calm in this world is only the Valley of the Winds - a serene kingdom ruled by an unusual girl Nausicaa and her wise father. This paradise haunts the inhabitants 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, the father, was opposed to his son directing, arguing that he still did not have enough experience. But Goro still started working on his own animated series and has already released several independent works to date.

From the slopes of Kokuriko

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

Since childhood, Umi has been used to being independent and solving problems alone. She did not lose her head 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 taking place, the girl did not notice how unexpectedly.

Yoshifumi Kondo

Yoshifumi Kondo is a Japanese animator, designer and director who worked at Studio Ghibli with Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. Unfortunately, Kondo died of an aneurysm, but he left some magnificent works as a memento.

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 she has such similar interests, and get to know him better.

Isao Takahata

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

The Tale of Princess Kaguya

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

An anime based on an 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 bamboo stalk. When he took a closer look, he discovered a tiny girl who changed 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 the brutal post-war world on their own.

Satoshi Kon

The Japanese director Satoshi Kon is not very famous, but directors such as and were inspired by his work, 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 vagrant beggars find a newborn baby abandoned on the street. The homeless decide to help the little girl find her parents, no matter what the cost.

Paprika

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

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

Would you like to recommend any other good anime that is not in the selection? Welcome to the comments!

Last week, the anime Your Name, directed by Makoto Shinkai, was released in Russian distribution, which has already become the highest grossing anime in history, pushing the previous leader, Spirited Away, in this place. "Futurist" invites you to remember which anime films have become cult not only in Japan, but also in the West.

"Pokemon: Mewtwo vs Mew"(1998)

Director Cast: Kunihiko Yuyama, Michael Haney

Fees in the world : $163.6 million

"Barefoot Gen" (1983)

Director : Mori Masaki

Fees in the world : n/a

"My Neighbor Totoro"(1988)

Director : Hayao Miyazaki

Fees in the world : n/a

early ribbon Hayao Miyazaki was planned as part of an aesthetic education program for Japanese schoolchildren and was shown alongside Grave of the Fireflies. Two girls and their father move from the city to the countryside, get used to a new life and meet different forest spirits. The giant forest guardian Totoro soon became one of the most recognizable images in Japanese animation, and references to Totoro can be found in many Japanese films.

"Ninja Scroll"(1993)

Director Cast: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Kevin Seymour

Fees in the world : n/a

One of the pillars of Japanese animation, considered a classic along with Akira and Ghost in the Shell, The Ninja Scroll has contributed to the popularity of adult-oriented anime films outside of Japan. The film tells about 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 Is Rising"(2013)

Director : Hayao Miyazaki

Fees in the world : $133.4 million

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

Director Story by: Mamoru Hosoda

Fees in the world : $52.1 million

"True Sadness" 1998)

Director : Satoshi Kon

Fees in the world : n/a

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

"D: Bloodlust" (2000)

Director Story by: Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Fees in the world: n/a

"Paprika" (2006)

Director : Satoshi Kon

Fees in the world : $944 thousand

"Grave of the Fireflies"(1988)

Director : Isao Takahata

Fees 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 for a reason. It tells about the painful and historical turning points for Japan during the Second World War. The plot is based on the 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 warriors who fall in battle become fireflies. Among the old Japanese aristocracy, there was entertainment when spectators gathered at the river bank at night and watched the "firefly wars."

"Garden of Fine Words"(2013)

Director : Makoto Shinkai

Fees in the world : n/a

"Arietti from the Land of the Lilliputians"(2010)

Director Narrated by: Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Fees in the world : $145.6 million

The production project of Hayao Miyazaki, which, like many Studio Ghibli films, paid off many times at the box office. The love story about a midget girl who finds common ground with an adult has received critical and audience acclaim, and won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Animated Film.

"Whisper of the Heart" (1995)

Director Story by: Yoshifumi Kondo

Fees in the world : n/a

"The Girl Who Leapt Through Time"(2006)

Director : Mamoru Hasoda

Fees in the world : n/a

Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

Director : Hayao Miyazaki

Fees in the world : $235 million

"5 centimeters per second"(2007)

Director : Makoto Shinkai

Fees in the world : n/a

"Princess Mononoke"(1997)

Director : Hayao Miyazaki

Fees in the world : $159.4 million

The epic of Hayao Miyazaki tells the story of the warrior Ashitaka, expelled from his tribe, and his search for deliverance from the curse imposed on him by a boar. Fantasy, in which giant animals talk and fight their wars, honed Miyazaki's craft and made him a superstar, and also laid the foundation for the continued financial success of his films around the world.

Akira (1988)

Director Story by: Katsuhiro Otomo

Fees in the world : $49 million

"Ghost in armor"(1995)

Director Story by: Mamoru Oshii

Fees in the world: n/a

"Spirited Away"(2001)

Director : Hayao Miyazaki

Fees in the world : $274.9 million