Anime movies

[Rae]

Like others have mentioned, all those movies listed are amazing. I was literally stunned when I saw "Spirited Away" and "Nausicaa". Beautiful movies.

I'm glad we've made you another fan.

[Grimward]

I thought Howl was pretty good, too. Very different, but it registered with me on one level and my children on another. Alas, my wife, who's rarely into animation of any sort, was bored out of her skull!

[Iqeret]

Miyazaki is always excellent. Howl, though, is improved by reading the original book, which fills out some details that the movie neglects. To broaden the field a bit, I'd also recommend 'Tokyo Godfathers', which is extremely trippy and quite a bit of fun.

[Manarion]

I've yet to see Howl's, but Mononoke and Spirited Away are both VERY good films, and I strongly recommend both. Hayao Miyazaki is different in anime in that he tends to cut down on adult content in favor of character development, internal conflict, and emotion. Wonderful movies, he makes, wonderful!


Mononoke even has a bit of slice and dice action for he who gets bored of the movie's awesome characters.

[Who's Wee Dug]

I going to watch Tales of Earthsea soon I've had it for ages.

[manns41078]

I'd recommend Full Metal Alchemist movie. I just watched it a month ago or so and it was great. I always liked the series, but found that the movie took all the good qualities of the series and made them even better. You don't need to know the series to enjoy the movie. They did a great job slowly explainign the background throughout the movie without just blindly letting you know the history. I give it an A+ and better than Monoke, Spirited Away, or Howl's... though all 3 were very good.