Your favourite anime movie.

[MisterShine]

Akira for... being akira. It got me into anime and manga, I have to give it the top spot. Also it seriously fucked me up at 10 years old.

Though maybe Grave of the Fireflies. A few movies have made me get teary-eyed and choked up, only Grave of the Fireflies made me straight up bawl my eyes out.

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.

...Yeah, I know you probably haven't heard of it...

Heard it, and seen it. Goooood stuff. No Akira though

 

[Nossy]

I've always been partial to Venus Wars myself. And Elfen lied i really dug too. Oh and of course Record of Lodoss War. That series was the Bomb..Oh and vampire hunter D. Oh and Fist of the North Star...that is all

ARRRRRRRG! You took Venus Wars!

 

[Krion_Vark]

paprika followed closly by spirited away and princess monomoke

Never seen Paprika. Want to though.

OT: ANYTHING by Miyazaki but if I have to choose a FAVORITE I have to say Karas. Yeah I know its not Miyazaki but I still loved it A LOT.

 

[kaveradeo]

princess mononoke. The guy had a demon arm that broke bowstrings because he shot the arrows so hard. Then the arrows decapitated people with sheer force.

 

[thenoblitt]

princess mononoke, or spirited away, or akira

 

[Project_Xii]

I find many anime movies to be stinted in their presentation. Anime is nearly always better as a series. The Japanese just can't seem to squeeze many good stories into a mere 90 minutes heh.
But there are some good ones around, of course.

Anything by Satoshi Kon is fantastic (Tokoyo Godfathers, Perfect Blue, Paprika). And the Cowboy Bebop movie is pure win. Perfectly pased.
My favourites, however, are not done in true anime. I actually thoroughly enjoyed "Appleseed: Ex Machina", and especially "Vexille". Granted that were nothing in story regards, they sported some of the most amazing actions scenes I've ever seen. The giant metal sand worms in Vexille.... holy shit. I'm going to rebuy it on Blu Ray just to witness them in all their 1080p shiny glory.

 

[Dalamard]

5 Centimeters per second

 

[Jake the Snake]

Princess Mononoke. Classic. Spirited Away was pretty good too.

 

[dthvirus]

Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoshitsu. I couldn't watch anime for a week afterwards because I knew nothing would compare.

EDIT: Typo.

 

[RaikuFA]

spirited away

 

[Tom Phoenix]

Tough choice... I think I'd probably have to go with Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence. I liked the first one too, but 2 had all these bizarre cryptically philisophical lines that I enjoyed trying to figure out just what the hell they meant.

Ironically, I liked the first movie more precisely for that reason. While I like it when a movie poses a philosophical question, the second movie was way too blunt about it. Plus, directly quoting lines from books just made the movie feel pretentious rather than an intelligent piece of fiction.

Anyway, I personally have not seen many anime movies, primarily beacuse animes tend to be a series most of the time. However, my personal favourite would have to be Grave of the Fireflies. It was a really touching movie, the only one that has ever made me cry, and I would not hesitate to compare it to some of the best live-action films out there.

 

[Hessmn212]

Anything by Hayao Miyazaki is good, but Princess Mononoke is definitely his best work in my personal opinion.

 

[Midnight Crossroads]

Princess Mononoke

 

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Spirited Away. I first saw it in a theater and it was awesome.

 

[Zeriah]

Haven't seen that many anime movies, but out of the ones I have seen probably Akira, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust and Princess Mononoke.

 

[Vek]

Lotsa newer movies listed. Maybe I can help you guys find older stuff.

Ninja Scroll
Jin-Roh
Galaxy Express 999
any of the Patlabors
Guyver (the 1980s movies)

 

[Skullman 125]

Ninja Scroll.

Jesus titty fucking christ that movie kicked ass.

Also, The Street Fighter Movie.

 

[sansamour14]

5 Centimeters per Second made me cry and im sure it made some other ppl cry too

 

[[Kira Must Die]]

Howl's Moving Castle
Spirited Away
Princess Mononoke
ROD: Read or Die (I know it's not really a movie, but I like to think of it as one)
I actually haven't seen Akira yet, but I plan to.