Favorite animated movie

[IndianaJonny]

Paprika.

If 'The Watchmen' shows non-comic peeps what a graphic novel is capable of then 'Paprika' does the same for anime. A stunning film with a haunting, beautiful soundtrack that gets me just thinking about it.

 

[MulticolorCharizard]

There are two Ghibli movies that I would consider my favourites

One is Nausicaa of The Valley of The Wind, I love the visual design in this movie, for 1984, this animation is fucking SPECTACULAR everything is animated beautifully, and its such a wonderful story, it manages something so many films cannot, sending across an environmental message without any flower child bullshit, and I think that's why I love it so much

The second is not a Miyazaki movie, but I prefer it to any of his work, Grave of the Fireflies. This is so beautiful, it is so wonderfully written, and by god, this shit is... Fucking heartbreaking.

Spoiler

You love these kids, you want to see them get through their problems, and seeing them die is both horrific, and, it speaks volumes about the hardships these people went through in the war

Overall, it's the most powerful animated movie, and one of the most powerful anti war films ever made.

 

[Crimson King]

Akira.
It's really long and some parts might not have aged too well but by the end of it you're so exhausted from unknowingly sitting on the edge of your seat that you're not sure you can get up to take the DVD out.
Plus the music is pretty cool.

 

[The Floating Nose]

The Lion King a big part of my childhood !

 

[chiggerwood]

It's a three way tie for first place. One would be Waltz with Bashir. If you haven't seen it then you really should. It's like watching a sad dream, and the musical score is just whipped topping.

Another is The Place Promised In Our Early Days. Every time anime starts looking like a dilapidated sewer of jailbait/Lolita fanservice Makoto Shinkai always makes me feel better.

The third on in the overcrowded first place spot would be a Scanner Darkly. A Scanner Darkly proves three things. 1. Keanu Reeves has acting talent. 2. American animation for grown ups should be taken more seriously, and 3. American animation for grown ups will probably always be underrated. I'm gonna blame Japanophiles who won't even look at anything that wasn't made in Japan. Why? Because willfully ignorant people piss me off. now go cuddle with a Haruhi love pillow you sad deranged bunch.

please note the last few sentences were meant in good fun

 

[PwnSt0nes]

Macross Plus

 

[Asuka Soryu]

Oh, man! That's so tough.

Spirited Away
Batman The Mask of the Phantasam
The Simpson's movie
Dragon Ball Z Bojack Unbound
and many more

Ehh, I guess when it comes down to it... Spirted Away.

 

[Vigormortis]

Easy. I can list my top five right now and, oddly enough, four of them are fairly recent and by the same studio.

5: Up
4: Ratatouille
3: Wall-E
2: Iron Giant
1: Toy Story 3

(The Incredibles is just barely nudged out of the list)

Frankly, I consider Pixar to be not only the best animators in the industry, but by far some of the best story tellers in film making. Save for Cars and A Bugs Life (arguably their weakest films, but still leagues better than most animated films), their films are timeless classics. There are few other film makers that can elicit so much emotion and personality from what are digital renderings of monsters, cartoonish creatures (and humans), and even inanimate objects.

Ironically, the Iron Giant was directed and co-written by Brad Bird. The same man who directed Ratatouille. (and is usually involved with directing or writing most of Pixars films)

I also have to add that I am also an avid admirer of Hayao Miyazaki's films. From Spirited Away to My Neighbor Totoro to Howl's Moving Castle. The man was one of the most brilliant animators I've ever seen.

 

[[Kira Must Die]]

I have a top 15 list (They're all anime movies, by the way):

Spoiler

15) Tokyo Godfathers

14) Tekkonkinkreet

13) The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

12) Akira

11) Princess Mononoke

10) Spirited Away

9) Howl's Moving Castle

8) Summer Wars

7) 5 Centimeters Per Second

6) Kara no Kyoukai: Garden of Sinners Chapter 5 and 7: Paradox Spiral and Murder Speculation (Part 2)

5) Paprika

4) Evangelion 2.22: You Can (Not) Advance

3) The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya

2) Millenium Actress

1) Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion

I didn't want to leave anything out.

 

[mcpop9]

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That movie is fucking epic.

Aaaah that too. Just saw it recently though but nevertheless, it was damn awesome!

Here's a treat.

that and this are some of my favorite songs.

 

[Jenneh]

My Neighbor Totoro.

I saw it once when i was really young with my brother and i fell in love with it.
Howl's Moving Castle was also really good. Up is my favourite more recent one.

 

[SonOfStayPuft]

The Lion King is definetly my favourite animated film of all time.

Toy Story 3, Wall-E and UP are up there too though just behind it.

Does The Nightmare Before Christmas count? It's not animated, but quite similar with it's style and music.

 

[Jezzy54]

The Incredibles, probably.

 

[Broken Boy]

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Ninja's Damn! ; P

I will have to go with the Cowboy Bebop movie then.

 

[rancher of monsters]

NAAAANTS INGONYAMA BAGITHI BABA!
SITHI UHM, INGONYAMA!

I hope this answers your question

 

[CarpathianMuffin]

For me, it's a tie between Castle in the Sky and the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

 

[Raven's Nest]

God, so many mentioned here deserve to be amongst my favourites...

So I'll name a few that I love which haven't been mentioned...

Millenium Actress, Ferngully, Tokyo Godfathers, Only Yesterday, Porcco Rosso, Whispers of the heart, An American Tale: Feival goes west, Treasure Planet, Spriggan, Origin: Spirits of the Past, Sleaping Beauty, Arther and the Invisibles, Shrek, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.

Plus I'd like to remention a few others; Spirited Away, Beauty and the Beast, Paprika, Aladdin, Titan AE, Atlantis, Nausicaa of the valley of wind, Up, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbour Totoro, Ponyo, The Place Promised In Our Early Days, Toy Story, How To Train Your Dragon,The Lion King...

I could go on and on but I'd probably end up listing everything I've ever seen lol.

 

[fnlrpa]

What's your favorite animated movie? Mine is The Road to El Dorado.

Love this movie too!
Two of my favorites is Titan A.E. and Treasure Planet

 

[Rooster893]

Saw Rango a couple of days ago, it was a good film.

Hand drawn: The Iron Giant.

Computer animation: The Incredibles.