If you are a fan of Japanese animation, do not miss the top 10 best Japanese anime below
1 From up on Poppy Hill
The film is about a young girl named Matsuzaki Umi. Little Umi lives in a small house on the top of a mountain by the sea. Day by day, the little girl ant ring pulls a banner in the field of poppies, waiting and hoping for the return of her missing father. There, Umi and Shun meet and fall in love. However, both are suspected of having a blood relationship. It won Animation of the Year at the 35th Japan Academy Awards and 11th Tokyo Anime Awards in 2012.
2 Howl's Moving Castle
The film's content tells the story of an 18-year-old hat-making girl, named Shophie, who is turned into a 90-year-old old woman by a witch's curse. The girl quickly accepted the truth and started a new adventure. On the mobile castle, little Shophie "befriended" with the magician Howl and broke the curse. The characters and scenes in the film are drawn very vividly, the content of the film is attractive and interesting. The work was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 78th Academy Awards.
3 Grave of the Fireflies
The film is considered the most touching animated film of all time, attracting all ages. The film tells the touching story of two orphan brothers named Seita and younger sister named Setsuko. The famine that occurred and the indifference of the people made the two brothers struggle with life. In the end, Setsuko's sister starved to death in the abandoned cellar. The film's sad ending also shows the situation of the Japanese people in the most difficult and difficult period of the war.
4 My Neighbor Totoro
The film was so successful that Uncle Totoro became a Ghibli icon. The content of the film tells the interesting meeting of two sisters Satsuki (10 years old), Mei (5 years old) and three children Totoro. Their friendship is always beautiful, cute characters and simple stories make the film attract a "huge" audience. The film is drawn entirely by hand, the images are clear, detailed and extremely vivid.
5 Spirited Away
The film Spirited Away - Spirited Away, is the only Japanese film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film. The film is about the adventurous journey of a 10-year-old girl named Ogino Chihiro. After her parents were turned into pigs, she was trapped in a land of spirits and demons. Little Chihiro does everything to find a way to free her parents and return to the human world.
6 Tokyo Godfathers
The film is a story about three homeless people who stumble across an abandoned newborn baby on Christmas Eve while rummaging through a trash can. Using the clues found next to the baby, they decided to search for the baby's parents all over Tokyo. The film also realistically depicts a part of the homeless people's lives and the relationships between people in this life.
7 Princess Mononoke
This is the story about Prince Ashitaka getting caught up in the war between Princess Mononoke - the adopted son of the White Wolf god and Mrs. Eboshi. With kindness and sincerity, he gradually eased the hatred of humanity in Princess Mononoke's heart. At the same time, it also makes Eboshi somewhat awaken to the mistake, understand that the forest and people can live together peacefully. The meaningful message that the film refers to is to protect the ecological environment. Nature is being exploited indiscriminately, causing people to suffer a lot of heavy losses due to natural disasters.
8 Your name
Your Name is a romantic romantic Japanese animated film, which is said to be the best animated feature and the 2016 Best Screenplay award by the Japan Academy of Sciences. Your Name is considered the highest-grossing film in Japan in 2016. The story of the body swapping of two girls, Mitsuha - a high school girl living in a small town in the Itomori region, and Taki - a male student in the capital vibrant Tokyo. While Mitsuha is always bored with a boring life, Taki wants to live in the countryside. Both of their dreams came true when a thousand-year-old comet appeared on the earth and then every other day they swap bodies.
9 5 Centimeters Per Second
5 Centimeters/Second is an anime film that won the award for Best Animated Feature at the 2007 Asia Pacific Film Awards. This is a sad love story that took place in the 90s when Takaki Tono was 13 years old. until now when he has gone to work. 5 cm/s is a movie about Takaki's life from childhood to adulthood with many ups and downs, overcoming many ups and downs.
10 Inuyasha
InuYasha tells the story of female student Kagome Higurashi's journey to find the jewel of the Four Souls. The person who was able to return to the Warring States period thanks to the mysterious ancient well in her house, and InuYasha. In 2002, InuYasha was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Award for best manga of the year.
