Anime movies are a great getaway from all the waiting around that we have to do for anime episodes to upload. So go grab yourself some popcorn because you are going to enjoy every single one of these no matter the genre and category.
What are the top Anime movies of all time?
1. Spirited Away(2001)
Chihiro Ogino is a 10yo girl who is traveling to a new house when her father takes a wrong turn. They mistakenly enter a magical world which her father insists on exploring. During their exploration, Chihiro finds an exquisite bathhouse where she meets a young boy named Haku. He warns her to return across the river before sunset. However, before Chihiro can warn anybody. She discovers that her parents have transformed into pigs, leaving her stranded in this otherworldly realm.
This is the story of this young girl trying to survive in this magical world and prevent herself from being converted into a beast. Her motive is also to convert her parents back to their original form and return to the human world as soon as possible. This movie is a must-watch.
IMDb Rating = 8.6
2. Grave Of The Fireflies(1988)On September 21, 1945, just after World War II ended, a teenage boy named Seita succumbs to starvation at a Kobe train station. A janitor sifts through his belongings and discovers a candy tin, which he discards into a field. From the tin, the spirit of Seita’s younger sister, Setsuko, emerges and is joined by Seita’s spirit and a swarm of fireflies.
IMDb Rating = 8.5
3. Princess Mononoke(1997) – Top Anime Movies of all time
In Muromachi Japan, a village is attacked by a demon. The last prince of the village, Ashitaka, kills the demon but due to its corruption gets a curse on his right arm. Due to this curse, he gets superhuman powers but the curse is slowly spreading through his entire body and will eventually kill him.
The villagers discover that the demon was the boar god, Nago. The villagers’ wise told him that he might find a cure in the western lands where Nago came from but once he left, he is forbidden from returning to his homeland.
Ashitaka’s journey into the western lands in the search of a cure for his curse and the new people he meets is what Princess Mononoke is about.
IMDb Rating = 8.4
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4. Your Name(2016)
Mitsuha Miyamizu is a high school girl who lives in the town of Itomori. She is bored with country life. Because she wants to be a handsome boy in her next life. She switches bodies with Taki Tachibana who lives in Tokyo. They communicate by leaving notes on the phones. Taki helps Mitsuha to become popular in school and return she helps him in developing a relationship with his coworker Miki.
One day, Taki wakes up in his own body, eager to call Mitsuha. After an unsuccessful date with Miki, he is still unable to reach her. The body-switching has also stopped. He attempts to visit Itomori but cannot recall its name as his memory begins to fade. What could have happened?
IMDb Rating = 8.4
5. My Neighbour Totoro(1988)-Top Anime Movies of all time
Tatsuo Kusakabe and his two daughters, Satsuki and Mei, relocate to an old house to be near the hospital where their mother, Yasuko, is recovering from a prolonged illness. Satsuki and Mei discover that the house is inhabited by tiny creatures called Susuwatari—small, dark, dust-like spirits visible when transitioning from light to dark places.
One day, Mei sees two white, rabbit-like ears in the grass and follows the ears under the house. She discovers two small spirits. Meets and befriends a larger version of the spirit. Which identifies itself by a series of roars that she interprets as “Totoro”. She falls asleep on top of the large Totoro, but when Satsuki finds her, she is lying on the ground in a dense briar clearing. Despite numerous attempts, Mei cannot show her family Totoro’s tree. Tatsuo reassures her by explaining that Totoro is the “keeper of the forest” and will reveal himself when he chooses to.
IMDb Rating = 8.3
6. Howl’s Moving Castle(2004)-Top Anime Movies of all time
Sophie is a 14-year-old simple girl who visits her sister Lettie on the way of which she runs into a wizard named Howl. This encounter angers the Witch of The Waste and she turns Sophie into a 90-year-old woman. Because of the curse, she is not able to share it with anyone and so sets out to find a cure.
During her journey, she encounters a peculiar scarecrow named Turnip. She passes by the enigmatic Moving Castle and enters it, where she meets Calcifer, a fire demon who operates the castle. He instantly recognizes her curse and proposes a deal: he will break her curse if she helps him break his.
IMDb Rating = 8.2
7. Akira(1998)
Tokyo was destroyed in July 1988 resulting in World War III. By the time 2019 arrived, Tokyo has become corrupted with plagues and terrorism. This new Tokyo is called “Neo-Tokyo”. One night, Bosozoku gang leader Shotaro Kaneda leads his gang to fight against their rivals, the Clowns. During this, Kaneda’s best friend, Tetsuo Shima crashes his bike into Takashi, a psychic esper who had recently escaped a government facility. The accident awakens powers in Tetsuo too and attracts government attention.
Colonel Shikishima, leading a government project by Japan Self-Defense Forces is after Tetsuo now.
IMDb Rating = 8.1
8. Ghost In The Shell (1995)
With advanced cybernetics technology, 2029 has become the year when you can “augment” the human body or can even completely replace it with cybernetic parts.
The foreign minister’s interpreter has been ghost-hacked by a mysterious figure known as the Puppet Master. Major Motoko Kusanagi, an assault team leader for the Public Security Section 9 in New Port City, Japan, is tasked with capturing this Puppet Master. Despite their efforts, she and her team repeatedly encounter dead ends in their investigation. Will they succeed in unraveling the mystery of the Puppet Master?
IMDb Rating = 8.0
9. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie(2001)
The setting of this movie is set on Mars in the year 2071, 49 years after Earth has been destroyed due to a catastrophe. The film’s protagonists are bounty hunters who travel together on a spaceship named Bebop, viz., Spike Spiegel a former associate of the Red Dragon crime; Jet Black, a former police officer and the owner of Bebop; Faye Valentine, a former fugitive from bounty hunters; Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV(aka, Ed), a girl with genius computer skills; and Ein, and artificially enhanced dog with human-level intelligence.
Prior to Halloween, a man detonates a truck in the capital city of Mars, releasing a pathogen that results in over 300 fatalities. In response, the Mars government offers an unprecedented bounty of 300 million Woolong for the capture of the perpetrator. The Bebop crew decides to pursue the bounty, marking the start of their real adventure.
IMDb Rating = 7.9
10. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time(2006)
At Kuranose High School in Tokyo, Japan, Makoto Konno finds a message written on a blackboard. While riding her bicycle home, her brakes fail, and she is thrown into a railroad crossing, where she is hit by an oncoming train. However, she suddenly finds herself back in time to the moment just before the accident. Later, she visits the Tokyo National Museum to meet Kazuko Yoshiyama. Kazuko explains to Makoto that she possesses the ability to “time-leap” and travel through time.
Initially, Makoto uses her powers to avoid being late, achieve perfect grades, and extend a single karaoke session for several hours. However, she soon realizes that her actions can have negative consequences for others.
IMDb Rating = 7.9
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