Top 13 Best Anime of All Time According to IMDb Reviews
A lot of quality anime films have come out with audiences who love the genre over the past few decades, allowing the audience to understand that cartoons are not just for children. These anime show a special depth with thrilling stories, complex characters, deep meanings and reflections on different issues in the world. IMDb has ranked the best anime films of all time, with many coming from Studio Ghibli. Audiences of all ages can now appreciate these top-rated films. Let's see what immortal works this article will mention.
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My Neighbor Totoro (1988) - 8,2
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My Neighbor Totoro is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten. The film tells the story of a professor's two young daughters and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in rural postwar Japan.
My Neighbor Totoro received critical acclaim worldwide and was a huge hit worldwide in the years following its release. The film has grossed over $41 million at the worldwide box office as of September 2019, in addition to an estimated $277 million from video sales and $1.142 billion from licensed sales.
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The silent voice (2016) – 8.1
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The silent voice is a 2016 Japanese animated television series produced by Kyoto Animation, directed by Naoko Yamada and written by Reiko Yoshida, with character designs by Futoshi Nishiya and music by Kensuke Ushio. It is based on the manga of the same name written and illustrated by Yoshitoki Ōima. The film includes elements of adolescence and psychology , dealing with themes of bullying, disability, forgiveness, mental health, suicide and pure love, where it follows the story with compassion and understanding related to being once a social outcast, He decided to reconnect and befriend the deaf girl who had been his victim years ago.
The film premiered in Tokyo on August 24, 2016. It was released in Japan on September 17, 2016 and worldwide from February to June 2017 and has grossed over $31.6 million worldwide.
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Wolf Children (2012) - 8,1
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Wolf Children is a 2012 Japanese animated film directed and co-written by Mamoru Hosoda. It is director Hosoda's second original feature film and the first to be written by him. The central theme of the story is the family theme, depicting 13 years of the life of a young girl Hana, who falls in love with a werewolf while in college, and after his death, she has to raise her 2 half-human, half-wolf children, Ame and Yuki, people who grow up and find themselves.
The film had its world premiere in Paris on June 25, 2012 and had its theatrical release on July 21, 2012 in Japan. It was licensed by Funimation Entertainment in North America and released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 23, 2013. It premiered in the United Kingdom in late October 2013 with a DVD and Blu-ray/DVD Deluxe edition from Manga Entertainment following on December 23, 2013.
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The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010) - 8,1
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The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya is a 2010 Japanese animated film based on the fourth Haruhi Suzumiya light novel of the same name written by Nagaru Tanigawa. It was produced by Kyoto Animation, written by Fumihiko Shimo and directed by Tatsuya Ishihara and Yasuhiro Takemoto. It was released in Japanese theaters on February 6, 2010 and on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on December 18, 2010.
It has been licensed by Bandai Entertainment in North America and Manga Entertainment in the UK.
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Akira (1988) - 8
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Akira is a 1988 Japanese post-apocalyptic cyberpunk anime film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, Ryōhei Suzuki and Shunzō Katō, and written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, based on Otomo's 1982 manga of the same name. The film had a production budget of 700 million yen (US$5.5 million), making it the second biggest-budget anime series at the time.
Set in 2019, Akira follows the life of Kaneda Shotaro, the leader of a bōsōzoku gang whose childhood friend Tetsuo Shima accidentally grasps motivation after a motorcycle accident, becoming an unpredictable threat to the entire military amid chaos and turmoil in a similar megacity Neo-Tokyo messy fantasy hybrid.
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