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Cult old anime masterpieces full-length films. The best full-length anime: rating, reviews and feedback

10

  • Year: 1983
  • Genre: Sci-Fi, fantasy, drama
  • Director: Mori Masaki
  • Duration: 83 min

The top anime opens with "Barefoot Gen", which is an adaptation of the manga of the same name by Keiji Nakazawa, released in 1973-74 and telling about the life of a 6-year-old boy Gen and his family before and after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.

Second World War, Japan is trying to continue fighting. Many understand the futility of these attempts, but try to convince themselves of the best. And against this background, we are presented with a family that, despite the surrounding poverty, does everything not to forget human values. The father of the family condemns the war and sees nothing good in it. He is looking forward to the birth of his fourth child. But at one moment everything collapses. Dropped on the city atomic bomb. Only the mother survives, and Gen is the eldest son in the family. From this moment on, all responsibility for the mother and the unborn baby falls on his shoulders.

9

  • Year: 1984
  • Genre: Sci-Fi, fantasy, drama
  • Director: Hayao Miyazaki
  • Duration: 112 min.

Ninth place out of ten is occupied by Studio Ghibli's anime Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, based on the manga of the same name by Hayao Miyazaki. In the future, humanity, which has recklessly exploited nature for centuries, has fallen victim to its pride. A terrible environmental disaster befell the Earth, once thriving industrial civilizations turned to dust, and the surface of the planet was covered by a gigantic sea of ​​Forests, emitting poisonous spores from its plants into the atmosphere.

The surviving people have to live in the shadow of the Forest and its monstrous insect-like inhabitants, trying to prevent the spread of harmful vegetation. The peaceful Valley of the Winds is one of the kingdoms formed on the ruins of former states. The inhabitants of the Valley adore their good ruler and his daughter Nausicaä, an unusual girl who finds mutual language with the gigantic insects of the Forest, strange creatures of a disturbed ecosystem.

But serene existence The Valley of the Wind is disrupted when a small country becomes a pawn in the games of large warlike neighbors fighting for the remains of precious natural resources planets. However, Nausicaä's hidden potential has yet to be revealed, and the young princess may be able to change the fate of the world.

8

  • Year: 1986
  • Genre: science fiction, fantasy, adventure, family
  • Director: Hayao Miyazaki
  • Duration: 125 min.

The eighth place is occupied by the second film shot at Studio Ghibli - Laputa Castle in the Sky. Miyazaki borrowed the idea of ​​Laputa from Jonathan Swift from the book Gulliver's Travels, where the flying island of the same name appears.

The film takes place in an alternate reality, where an apprentice engineer, Pazu, meets a girl, Sita, who possesses the Flying Stone Crystal. Air pirates, the army and government agents are hunting for this stone. The children find out that the stone is of great value and can point the way to the ancient flying island of Laputa, which is considered a legend.

7

  • Year: 2012
  • Genre: fantasy
  • Director: Mamoru Hosoda
  • Duration: 117 min.

In seventh place in our top for the first time appears an anime created in the 21st century and this is Wolf Children Ame and Yuki - full-length animated film directed by Mamoru Hosoda, released by Studio Chizu in 2012. It should be noted that the Chizu studio was founded specifically to create this film.

Yuki and Ame are 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 him - has to move away from big city and start all over again.

6

  • Year: 2004
  • Genre: Sci-Fi, fantasy, melodrama, adventure
  • Director: Hayao Miyazaki
  • Duration: 119 min.

The anime is based on the fairy-tale novel of the same name by the English writer Diana Wynne Jones. It was nominated for the 78th Academy Award (2006) for Best Animated Feature Film, but lost to Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. According to Miyazaki, the prototype of Howl's Castle is a Russian hut on chicken legs.

The film takes place in parallel world Europe late XIX-th century, where magic goes hand in hand with the development of technology. The modest life of the hatter Sophie is completely changed when the moving castle of the mysterious wizard Howl, known for his “kidnappings” of girls’ hearts, appears in the vicinity of her city. However, an exciting meeting with Howl brings the wrath of the Witch of the Waste upon Sophie - out of jealousy, the witch turns the young girl into an old woman. In despair, Sophie leaves hometown in search of Howl's Moving Castle good wizard Khaula, who can help her. Thus begins Sophie's adventures.

5

  • Year: 1984
  • Genre: Fantasy, adventure, family
  • Director: Hayao Miyazaki
  • Duration: 86 min

Once again, a place in the ranking goes to a work by Studio Ghibli. The cartoon was released in 1984 simultaneously with Grave of the Fireflies, which is also included in our top. At that time, no one thought that people would want to watch “a cartoon about two children with a monster in rural areas", and "Totoro" was considered a big investment risk. However, Miyazaki and the editors at Animage wanted to make this film. Well, the risk paid off - the story “about two children with a monster in the countryside” became popular not only in the country rising sun, but also beyond, and Totoro himself still appears on the studio’s logo to this day.

After moving to the village, two little sisters, the older (Satsuki) and the younger (Mei), meet a forest spirit whom Mei calls “Totoro.” Having made friends with the girls, Totoro not only gives them an aerial tour of his possessions, but also helps them see their mother, who is in the hospital.

4

  • Year: 1997
  • Genre: Fantasy, drama, adventure
  • Director: Hayao Miyazaki
  • Duration: 134 min

The young prince Ashitaka, having killed a boar, brought upon himself killing curse. The old healer predicted to him that only he himself is capable of changing his destiny. And the brave warrior set off on a dangerous journey. So he ended up in mysterious country, where people under the leadership of the evil Lady Eboshi fought with the inhabitants of the forest: spirits, demons and giant creatures that Ashitaka had never seen before. And with them was Princess Mononoke, the mistress of the beasts and the daughter of the she-wolf. Now the fate of everyone depends on only one warrior - Prince Ashitaka.

3

  • Year: 1988
  • Genre: Drama, military
  • Director: Isao Takahata
  • Duration: 89 min

In third place is a film adaptation of Akiyuki Nosaka's novel based on the deaths of his two sisters and stepfather during World War II. The book "Grave of the Fireflies" is considered a classic of Japanese literature dedicated to the Second World War and is based on real events: during the Second World War one of his sisters died due to illness, his stepfather died during an air raid on Kobe in March 1945, and then Nosaka's second sister died of starvation. The film adaptation of the book was planned as part of the school curriculum.

Like Totoro, Grave of the Fireflies was purchased by many school boards to show to students. The cartoon was awarded two main prizes at the Chicago Children's International Film Festival (1994) and the Japanese Critics' Blue Ribbon Special Prize.

2

  • Year: 2001
  • Genre: Adventure, family
  • Director: Hayao Miyazaki
  • Duration: 125 min

Second place goes to the world-famous animated film by Studio Ghibli, which was a huge success with critics and audiences and is rightfully included in many lists of the greatest animated films in history, winner of the Oscar in the category “Best Animated Feature Film,” the film “Spirited Away.” (literal translation of the title from Japanese is “Sen and the Mysterious Disappearance of Chihiro”).

The plot of the film is about a 10-year-old girl named Chihiro Ogino who moves to new house. But it turns out that she ends up in another world, inhabited by ghosts and monsters, and her parents find themselves bewitched and turned into pigs. However, Chihiro does not despair and makes every effort to remove the spell from his parents and return home with them.

1

  • Year: 1999
  • Genre: Action, drama, melodrama
  • Director: Hayao Miyazaki
  • Duration: 120 min

And the first place is awarded to an anime that was released on the eve of the new millennium and tells about cruel times, or, rather, about the cruelty of people whose actions form the image of the times in which they live.

19th century, Japan is torn apart by clan feuds. Little Sinta was sold to slave traders as a child and was ambushed along with others - all of the boy's companions were stabbed to death before his eyes, but he was saved by a warrior who happened to pass by, skillfully wielding a sword. Shinta becomes his apprentice and becomes a sword master named Kenshin.

The guy chooses life path killers of the highest class. In one of the operations, he meets the mysterious girl Tomoe, who sees Kenshin in action. Accustomed to not leaving witnesses, the samurai does not kill the girl, but takes her with him. Something trembled in his soul at the sight of Tomoe; perhaps she will soften this brave but cold man?

Japanese cartoons are often underrated. They seem the same and boring. For those who have never watched them. Japanese animation is full of its own masterpieces (and not just Hayao Miyazaki). Here are the 20 best anime according to KinoPoisk users, which are perfect for family viewing.

1. Spirited Away (2001)

Rating - 8.4/10

Perhaps the most famous cartoon Hayao Miyazaki, who also won an Oscar. And Miyazaki has only two Oscars - one for Spirited Away, and the second for his contribution to cinema. According to the plot, while moving, Chihiro's parents lose their way and end up in a deserted village. And when evening comes, strange creatures appear on the streets, the road back disappears and the girl’s parents turn into pigs. Chihiro has to adapt to life in magical world, full of dangers, to find a way to lift the curse from father and mother and return home.

Spirited Away is the highest-grossing film in Japan. By the way, the title of the film literally translates as “Sen and the Mysterious Disappearance of Chihiro,” and “Spirited Away” was invented by Western distributors. According to Hayao Miyazaki's original plan, the film was supposed to last more than three hours (it had to be significantly shortened).

2. Your name (2016)

Rating - 8.3/10

The cartoon begins with an introduction to the main characters Taki Tachibana and Mitsuha Miyamizu. One day they wake up feeling like they've lost something important to them and can't remember what they did yesterday. Taki lives in Tokyo, and Mitsuha lives in the countryside. They don't know each other, but their souls are tightly connected. So strong that they periodically switch bodies. The cartoon was released quite recently - in 2016, and it was shot by Japanese animator Makoto Shinkai, the author of “5 Centimeters Per Second” (more about him below).

3. Whisper of the Heart (1995)

Rating - 8.3/10

Shizuku Tsukishima is a schoolgirl who... free time spends in the library. However, no matter what book the girl takes, in each form she encounters the name Seiji Amasawa. And then she realizes: he is her first love. By the way, Yoko Honna, who voiced Shizuka, was the same age as her heroine while working on the film.

This is the first film in Studio Ghibli history to use computer graphics, and the only directorial effort by Japanese animator Yoshifumi Kondo. Three years after the premiere, he died. And before that, he participated in the creation of the cartoons “Grave of the Fireflies” and “Princess Mononoke.”

4. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

Rating - 8.2/10

Another masterpiece by Hayao Miyazaki based on a fairy tale novel English writer Diana Wynne Jones. The action takes place in a parallel world of Europe at the end of the 19th century, where magic goes hand in hand with the development of technology. The life of the hatter Sophie changes when the wizard Howl's moving castle appears in the vicinity of the city. He saves a girl from being molested and she falls in love with him. But a walk with Howl deprives Sophie of her beauty and youth.

By the way, the prototype of Howl's Castle is a Russian hut on chicken legs. And, according to the director, Howl’s Moving Castle is the first animated film for older people (did you think only for children?).

5. Voice Shape (2016)

Rating - 8.2/10

Shoi Ishida is a school bully who, along with his friends, bullies his deaf classmate Shoko Nishimiya. But when adults find out about this, he himself becomes a victim of bullying. This cartoon has it all: friendship and betrayal, empathy and cruelty, thoughts of suicide and first love. But how can you talk about it if you don’t have a voice? This is truly a very touching picture from Japanese female animator Naoko Yamada. And there’s also a great soundtrack - “My Generation” The group Who.

6. Laputa Castle in the Sky (1986)

Rating - 8.2/10

In the hands of a girl named Sita is a Flying Stone. And of course, government agents and pirates are hunting him. Sita hides from her pursuers and meets her peer Pazu. Together they discover that the Stone is the key to the mysterious floating island of Lapute. By the way, Hayao Miyazaki borrowed the name “Sita” and several legends from Indian folklore. And the word “Laputa” itself comes from “Gulliver’s Adventures” by Jonathan Swift.

7. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

Rating - 8.2/10

Yes, yes, Miyazaki again. A friendly family with two daughters - Satsuki and Mei - moves to the village. And everything would be fine, but my mother ends up in the hospital. The restless Mei, the youngest of the sisters, is sad, but soon meets the giant, kind-hearted Totoro, the guardian of the forest, who lives nearby. Totoro helps Mei and Satsuki visit their mother in the hospital.

In Totoro you can see motifs from Miyazaki’s autobiography: for example, his mother’s long illness with tuberculosis. The film did not do very well at the Japanese box office. The picture was able to fully pay off only two years later, when the plush Totoro hit the store shelves and captivated all children and adults.

8. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

Rating - 8.1/10

A difficult film by Isao Takahata (who co-founded Studio Ghibli with Hayao Miyazaki) about the teenager Seita and his little sister: children left without a mother in the last months of World War II. The film is based on the book of the same name by Japanese writer Akiyuki Nosaka and is based on real events.

9. Princess Mononoke (1997)

Rating - 8.1/10

Another cartoon by Hayao Miyazaki. The action takes place during the Muromachi era, when the first firearms. The main characters are the young Prince Ashitaka, who was cursed and had to leave his village, and the girl San (Princess Mononoke), raised by wolves, who is trying with all her might to protect the forest from human invasion. Interesting fact: when Miyazaki learned that in America they wanted to shorten his anime, he sent Disney a bloody sword with the inscription “do not cut.”

10. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

Rating - 8.1/10

There is an ecological catastrophe on Earth. Those who remain alive have to live in the shadow of the Forest and its monstrous insects. Several new ones were formed on the ruins of former states. One of them is the Peaceful Valley of the Winds. At the head of the Valley is a wise and kind ruler with his daughter Nausicaä, an unusual girl who easily communicates with giant insects. But the idyll in the Valley does not last long: a war with neighbors begins. By the way, Miyazaki took the name “Nausicaä” from the princess from Homer’s “Odyssey”. And the heroine’s hobby is from ancient Japanese legend about "a noble maiden who loved insects."

11. The Tale of Princess Kaguya (2013)

Rating - 8.108/10

The first work by Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata after a long (more than ten years) break. The plot is based on Japanese folk tale"The Tale of Old Man Taketori." An old man makes a living by selling bamboo and one day he finds a princess named Kaguya in the forest - a tiny girl the size of a finger.

12. Child of the Beast (2015)

Rating - 8.090/10

A boy, Kiyuta, gets lost in Tokyo and ends up in an alternate universe. There he meets a bear man named Kumatetsu. Kumatetsu teaches the boy martial arts. Mamoru Hosada generally always raises some kind of family theme in cartoons. In "Child of Monsters" this is, for example, the theme of fatherhood.

13. Witch's Delivery Service (1989)

Rating - 8.043/10

And again Miyazaki. main character 13-year-old witch Kiki must live for some time in the company of people. The girl goes to the city with her cat Zizi. And there she meets a baker who helps her organize an Emergency Delivery Service.

At first, Hayao Miyazaki planned that “Kiki’s Delivery Service” would last 60 minutes, but during the work he had to greatly increase the running time - up to 102 minutes. When creating this cartoon, 462 colors and 67,317 (!) hand-drawn frames were used.

14. Barefoot Gen (1983)

Rating - 7.997/10

A heavy anime about nuclear war based on the autobiographical manga by Nakazawa Keiji. The story centers on the life of six-year-old Gen and his family before and after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.

15. Wolf children Ame and Yuki (2012)

Rating - 7.982/10

A touching family film about parenting, upbringing and socialization of children from Mamoru Hosada. Nineteen-year-old student Hana falls in love with a wolf boy. Soon they give birth to a girl, Yuki, and her younger brother, Ame. But the wolf father dies, and Hana has to raise the children herself. And without anyone’s help: it is impossible for social services to find out about the origins of Yuki and Ame. The family has to move to the village. By the way, Hosoda founded the Chizu studio specifically to create this picture.

16. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)

Rating - 7.9/10

Makoto Konno is 17 years old. She is an ordinary schoolgirl: she gets D's on tests, loves to play baseball, is often late for classes and has no idea what she wants to become. But one day a girl gains the ability to travel through time - and her life changes completely. And this is one of the most famous works Mamoru Hosoda (we have already mentioned him several times here). By the way, the director’s next work is planned for the spring of 2018: “Mirai” will be dedicated to the relationship between brothers and sisters.

17. 5 centimeters per second (2007)

Rating - 7.9/10

Initially, Makoto Shinkai planned to film ten five-minute stories that were not connected by a common plot. The result is a full-length film that covers more than ten years of the life of the main character Takaki Tono. When you watch, pay attention that there is a greeting from Hayao Miyazaki - the Catbus from Totoro in the form of a magnet.

18. Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Rating - 7.9/10

The action takes place in 2029. Borders between states have been erased, computer networks and cyber technologies are everywhere. The Ninth Department of the Ministry of Public Security is tasked with finding and stopping a hacker nicknamed the Puppeteer. "Ghost in the Shell" is one of the first anime where there is a lot computer graphics and with the help of a computer, hand-drawn frames are finalized. And in the spring of 2017, a remake was released - a film of the same name with Scarlett Johansson in the title role.

19. The End of Evangelion (1997)

Rating - 7.9/10

The final fourth part of the popular series Japanese anime"Evangelion". After global catastrophes, the Earth turned into a pile of ruins. Most people were destroyed, and those who survived are now building a new civilization. Attention: this film is not for children, but for you. And first you should watch the first part of “Evangelion” (if you haven’t seen it). By the way, the film is more likely for adults - it is rated 18+.

20. The Wind Rises (2013)

Rating - 7.9/10

Jiro dreams of becoming a pilot and outrunning the wind. But this dream is not destined to come true: he has poor vision since birth. Jiro begins to invent the ideal aircraft and after some time becomes one of the best aircraft designers in the world.

Two years ago, Hayao Miyazaki said that The Wind Rises would be his last feature film. But two years ago the director decided to film it - for the sake of his grandson. True, it’s hardly worth planning a trip to the cinema: creating a cartoon can take five years.

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. Taki is an ordinary 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 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 runs away from boring school activities to a Japanese kindergarten to calmly draw sketches. One day he meets a 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 she spends most evenings on the hillside, listening to an old radio using 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 well-drawn cartoon with amazing sound. They are about the life and growing up of the main character Takaki Tono and his attempts to support.

Mamoru Hosoda

Mamoru Hosoda is a director and screenwriter of 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.

After surviving a terrible accident, seventeen-year-old Makoto suddenly discovers that 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 it happens that the inhabitants parallel universe take the orphan to their place. 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 as war, pacifism, environmental problems, man’s relationship 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 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 environmental disaster occurred on Earth: almost its entire surface was covered by a toxic 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 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.

An anime about the difficult and dramatic fate of two orphans who lost their parents during World War II and are now forced to survive in the 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!

Today it has become very popular to view of various nature movies. 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 Asian countries. Over time, anime began to popularize both 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 large eyes, and their mouth and nose are practically invisible, thanks to which all the characters in anime are very cute and fabulous.

Currently, anime is the most popular animation genre in the world. Animated films are popular with children, teenagers and adults. Filmed in this style world classic literature and films for the adult segment were released. Today there are about 17 thousand films in the anime genre in the world. Japan was the first to produce such films, and the very first animated film was created almost 100 years ago. The best full-length anime are collected in the following list.

10th place: “Transformers”

  • Year: 1986.
  • Genre: Adventure, fantasy, action.
  • The film lasts: 85 minutes.
  • Director: Nelson Sheen.
  • Rating: 8.5.

The top 10 best full-length anime opens with the animated film “Transformers”. Created in 1986, it continues the film series released in 1984-1985.

The inhabitants of the Earth discovered a strange and dangerous planet in space - Unicron, devouring any heavenly body that came across her path. At this time, there is a war between Autobots and Decepticons on Earth. The Autobots manage to oust their enemies, but on the planet Cybertron things are different: here the Decepticons have seized power. The Autobots have settled on the Earth's satellites and are preparing for an offensive.

At this time, Unicron appeared on the horizon. Over time, it turned out that Unicron is not a planet at all, but a giant intelligent mechanism...

9th place: "Stein's Gate: Deja Vu Loading Zone"

  • Year: 2013.
  • Genre: Thriller, fantasy.
  • The film lasts: 1 hour 30 minutes.
  • Director: Hiroshi Hamasaki, Takuya Sato.
  • Rating: 8.64.

The story is about a guy who invented timelines, but by constantly thinking about it, he gradually lost his connection with real life. His girlfriend, who has been away from the country for a year, arrives in Japan. She is tormented by incomprehensible fragments of memories of her boyfriend. Thanks to this feeling of déjà vu, the girl tries to bring back her lover from an unreal life.

8th place: “Gurren Lagann: Starlight”

  • Year: 2009.
  • Genre: Space, fantasy, action.
  • The film lasts: 2 hours 5 minutes.
  • Director: Hiroyuki Imaishi, Masahiko Otsuka.
  • Rating: 8.66.

After the overthrow of the Spiral King, humanity finally breathed a sigh of relief. People completely regained control over their home planet, rebuilt cities and learned to fly into space thanks to the restoration of the lost technologies of their ancient ancestors. Soon the world population will reach one million people. But Simmon and Rossiu remember Lorgenome's dying prophecy: when the number of people reaches 1 million, there will be a terrible disaster. In this disaster main role Luna will play. To solve the mystery, an unmanned probe is sent to the Moon...

7th place: “Border of the Void”

  • Year: 2008.
  • Genre: Drama, Romance, Action, Supernatural.
  • The film lasts: 1 hour 54 minutes.
  • Director: Takayuki Hirao.
  • Rating: 8.71.

One day, Ryogi Shiki helps a guy named Enjo Tomoe hide from assassins. Unexpectedly, the girl finds herself in the very center of dangerous and amazing adventures.

6th place: Howl's Moving Castle

  • Year: 2004.
  • Genre: Fantasy, drama, romance, adventure.
  • The film lasts: 1 hour 57 minutes.
  • Director: Hayao Miyazaki.
  • Rating: 8.74.

Top list best cartoons The anime film Howl's Moving Castle takes sixth place. This is the story of eighteen-year-old hatmaker Sophie, a quiet and modest girl who leads an ordinary life. But one day, Howl's Moving Castle appeared in the city. His master is an evil sorcerer who steals girls' hearts.

5th place: “Princess Mononoke”

  • Year: 1997.
  • Genre: Fantasy, action, adventure.
  • The film lasts: 2 hours 10 minutes.
  • Director: Hayao Miyazaki.
  • Rating: 8.81.

The top best full-length anime includes the film “Princess Mononoke”. The action takes place in medieval Japan, in one of the small mountain villages. One day, the villagers were attacked by a huge boar demon, who was obsessed with hatred. To save the village, the son of the leader Ashitake kills a terrible animal, but during the battle the boar inflicts a wound on the guy, through which a curse is instilled in Ashitaka.

4th place: “Wolf cubs Ame and Yuki”

  • Year: 2012.
  • Genre: Fantasy.
  • The film lasts: 1 hour 57 minutes.
  • Director: Mamoru Hosoda.
  • Rating: 8.86.

In fourth place in the “Best Anime Feature Films” ranking is the film “Ame’s Cubs from Yuki.” This is the story about mutual love parents and children. Hannah falls in love with a guy who turns out to be a werewolf. The werewolf marries the girl and soon she gives birth to two children. After some time, the werewolf husband dies, and Hannah, wanting to hide her children from other people, moves from the metropolis to a small rural town.

3rd place

  • Year: 2010.
  • Genre: Supernatural, fantasy, school, detective, romance.
  • The film lasts: 2 hours 42 minutes.
  • Director: Noriko Takao, Yasuhiro Takemoto, Tatsuya Ishihara.
  • Rating: 8.88.

Third place in the category “Best Full-Length Anime” is taken by the film “The Disappearance of Haruhi Sujimiya”. In mid-December, Sudzimiya, who is the head of the SOS brigade, reports that the brigade will celebrate Christmas evening together in one of the club’s premises. All members of the brigade begin preparations for the holiday.

But a few days later, very strange events begin to happen to Sujimiya and those around her...

2nd place

  • Year: 2001.
  • Genre: Supernatural, adventure, drama.
  • The film lasts: 2 hours 05 minutes.
  • Director: Kitaro Kosaka, Hayao Miyazaki.
  • Rating: 8.93.

List best anime cartoons continues the film “Spirited Away” about a ten-year-old girl, Chihiro Yugino, who moves to a new house with her mother and father. While moving, the heroes confused the road and ended up in fairy forest, whose owner is the evil witch Yubaba. She turned the girl's parents into pigs and now the daughter needs to save her relatives.

1 place

  • Year: 2013.
  • Genre: Comedy, adventure.
  • The film lasts: 110 minutes.
  • Director: Fujita Yoichi.
  • Rating: 9.12.

The list of the best anime full-length films is headed by the film “Stein's Gate”, which takes an honorable first place in the top. If you're thinking about it, this feature should definitely be on your list. Its plot is as follows: in the future, where Gintoki unexpectedly finds himself, the planet is affected by an incurable virus, so many people have left the Earth. Those who remain have to fight an unequal battle with the virus in order to survive. Gintoki meets his former Yorozuya partners and tries to conduct his own investigation to understand how the virus got to Earth and whether everything can be fixed.

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