Anime

In this corner of the world is the best movie I have ever watched

Haven't watched a lot of anime in a long time.

• Ghost in the shell (just the original)
• Ninja scroll
• Perfect blue
• Tekkonkinkreet
• Paprika
• Spriggan

...Fuck, didn't know how much of a ghibliphile I was

Hmmm, I've seen a lot of bad and mid anime movies (and a number that I even regret, yeah I'm talking 'bout you, third Made in Abyss movie!), but not a lot outside of the usual classics that I'd actually recommend. Redline definitely makes the list, probably also Utena: Adolescence because they went there and I applaud them for that. Other decent movies include Koe no Katachi, Ookami Kodomo, Vampire Hunter D, Interstella5555, and of course the Eva movies. Then there are the movies that I watched so long ago that I don't know if I'd still enjoy them today, like Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo. I used to like Makoto Shinkai's early movies a lot, but the more of them he released, the more I realized he basically only knows how to make one movie over and over again with aesthetic tweaks, which kinda killed it for me. Also I don't like Satoshi Kon's movies very much (unpopular opinion I know).

Sorry for not following the assignment, but nine movies without Ghibli is apparently a tall order for me.

君の名は。

That is all

• Kimi no Na wa
• 5 Centimeters per Second
• Redline
• Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop
• Perfect Blue
• Miss Hokusai
• Expelled From Paradise
• The Disappearance of Suzumiya Haruhi
• Sakasama no Patema

And I just have to note that the no sequels rule is the only thing that kept Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust off of this list.

• Millennium Actress
• Liz and the Blue Bird
• A Silent Voice
• The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
• The Night is Short Walk On Girl
• Your Name
• Patlabor 2
• Miss Hokusai

I remember Jin Roh looks good, End of Evangelion was great, Macross movie from the 80s was very impressive. Redline is cool. Metropolis is solid. The Appleseed movies are alright. Also I haven't watched a new anime movie in like 5 years so have no opinions on movies of this decade

If associated with a series was countable I'd have Cowboy Bebop Knockin on Heavens Door, Samurai X Trust and Betrayal, and Ruruoni Kenshin Reflection in the list

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Can I just put A Silent Voice on there nine times?

I don't watch a ton of movies, but Redline would be right at the top; Tokyo Godfathers would probably be up there as well.

No Wings of Honneamise? No dignity.

No sequel movies, only standalone

No Ghibli movies

I don't really watch a lot of anime movies. Excluding Ghibli and movies that are associated with / cap off a TV series cuts out a lot of the ones I've seen as well.

Colorful and Paprika come to mind pretty quickly. Would have to think a bit for what else I'd put on there. May edit this later if more come to me.

Here's mine. I kind of cheated with the last three though.

I didn't particularly enjoy The Sky Crawlers as much compared to other films that I did not include in the list but I often use these type of threads to suggest works that aren't commonly suggested anyway. Sky Crawlers doesn't have the same meditative feeling you get from watching other Oshii Mamoru films but Oshii always had a very complex understanding of war and its relation to media and global politics (see Patlabor and the Kerberos Saga) which are often absent in many war-themed films.

The next one, Genius Party, is a collection of short films. I don't think short films get enough discourse within the anime community but if you're looking for originality in anime this is often the place to go. There's one short there with a yapping salaryman and sitting through it makes me want to jump off the roof for fun but in the end I realized that's kind of the point. The life of a salaryman is mundane and boring. Thank god it was a short film.

Last one is from Koji Yamamura. I actually didn't enjoy this one as much as his other short films like Atama Yama, Inaka Isha, and Muybridge's Strings but I think Dozens of Norths is the only one that could be classified as a feature length film.