Best anime movies on Reddit

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#1

Anime

5.0
(68)
"Suzume"
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"Redline"
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"The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya"
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"The girl who leapt through time"
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"Grave of the Fireflies"
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"Josee: the Tiger and the F"
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"Suzume"
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"Your name"
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"...the masterpiece that is The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. 100/100 movie."
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"REDLINE."
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#2

Studio Ghibli

4.9
(38)
"Spirited away is a beautiful show of scenery a non complex story and some generally beautiful moments in anime so would highly suggest for someone super young it’s also on Netflix I believe"
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"Most of the Studio Ghibli movies are worth looking at."
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"My Neighbor Totoro"
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"Howls moving castle and a silent voice"
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"You can watch "Spirited Away" its an oscar winning movie."
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"Spirited away."
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"Spirited Away, Suzume, Priness Mononoke"
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"Spirited away."
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"Kiki’s delivery service."
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"Totoro."
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#3

Your Name

5.0
(20)
"Wathering with you, your name and suzume 👌🏼"
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"Your name."
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"Your Name."
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"Your name."
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"All studio ghibli movies, Your name."
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"I can only vouch for Kimi no na wa, Red Line, Sword of the stranger."
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"Your Name"
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"Your name"
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"Your Name"
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"Your Name"
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#4

A Silent Voice

5.0
(18)
"A silent voice... my first anime i ever watched and it was amazing!"
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"A Silent Voice."
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"A silent voice."
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"A silent voice. Beautiful story and amazing character development."
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"A silent voice"
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"A Silent Voice"
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"1. A Silent Voice 2. Hello World 3. The Garden of Words"
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"A Silent Voice"
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"A Silent Voice."
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"A Silent Voice, everything about this movie is borderline perfect imo."
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#5

Perfect Blue

4.9
(13)
"Paprika and perfect blue"
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"Perfect blue,Akira and Grave of the fireflies are absolutely perfect."
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"Perfect Blue."
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"Perfect Blue."
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"Perfect blue."
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"Perfect blue"
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"Perfect blue."
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"Every Satoshi Kon movie, especially Perfect Blue"
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"Perfect Blue Paprika Tokyo Godfathers"
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"Perfect blue."
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#6

Satoshi Kon

4.9
(13)
"The obvious ones are definitely Akira, Ghost In The Shell and the Satoshi Kon movies (all of them are amazing, but i have a sweet spot for Perfect Blue and Millenium Actress)."
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"Anything made by Satoshi Kon."
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"Perfect Blue / Millennium Actress / Tokyo Godfathers / Paprika are all great."
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"Perfect blue."
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"Paprika."
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"Paprika (or any other film by Kon)."
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"Perfect blue."
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"Perfect Blue."
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"Paprika."
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"- Perfect Blue."
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#7

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

4.6
(11)
"Josee, the Tiger and the Fish A Silent Voice"
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"Josee, the Tiger and the Fish has one of the most wholesome endings in a romance film I've seen."
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"Josee, the Tiger and the Fish"
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"Watch josee the tiger and the fish... it's animation and story feels therapeutic ❤️"
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"Josee the Tiger and the Fish."
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"I just saw Josee, the Tiger and the Fish and really loved it."
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"It's a powerhouse."
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"Josee, the Tiger and the Fish."
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"* Josee the Tiger and the Fish."
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"Josee, the tiger and the fish."
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#8

Wolf Children

5.0
(10)
"Wolf children."
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"Wolf children."
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"Wolf Children. Belle. A Silent Voice. Spirited Away."
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"Wolf Children"
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"Wolf children."
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"Probably Wolf Children by Mamoro Hosoda."
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"Wolf Children seems to be everyone's favorite of his (extremely fair) but my personal favorite is Summer Wars"
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"You’d probably enjoy Wolf Children and The Girl who Leapt Through Time from Hosoda."
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"Wolf children."
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"Wolf children imo."
#9

CoMix Wave Films

4.6
(10)
"Your name"
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"Your name was beautiful"
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"Your Name"
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"Silent voice"
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"I enjoyed more movies like Kimi no nawa."
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"I enjoyed more movies like Koe no katachi."
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"Suzume."
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"Suzume"
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"Suzume was idk if it still is"
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"Suzume, by the same guy who made your name and weathering with you."
#10

Tokyo Godfathers

4.9
(9)
"Tokyo godfathers."
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"Tokyo Godfathers."
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"Every Satoshi Kon movies like Tokyo Godfathers (so underrated)."
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"Tokyo Godfathers: Middle-aged alcoholic Gin, teenage runaway Miyuki and former drag queen Hana."
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"Tokyo Godfathers is another brilliant anime movie you should definitely watch."
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"Tokyo godfather."
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"Tokyo Godfathers."
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"Tokyo Godfathers."
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"Tokyo Grandfathers."
#11

Mamoru Hosoda

4.8
(9)
"Wolf Children (or any other film by Hosoda)."
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"Wolf children."
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"The girl who leapt through time."
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"Wolf Children."
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"Girl who leapt through time."
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"The Girl Who Leapt Through Time."
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"3. Wolf Children."
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"Mirai."
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"7. Mirai."
#12

N/A

4.7
(9)
"The best anime movie ever made is redline."
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"Redline Sword of the Stranger Professor Layton & The Eternal Diva Ninja Scroll Vampire Hunter D"
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"I want To Eat Your Pancreas."
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"- Redline."
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"Redline - you won't be disappointed by this gem."
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"1. Spirited Away 2. Your Name 3. I want to eat your pancreas 4. Kara no Kyoukai films 1 to 7 5. Tokyo godfather"
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"Also check out: Redline."
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"I want to eat your pancreas."
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"Redline."
#13

Naoko Yamada

5.0
(8)
"A Silent Voice. It is quite emotional, but quite a solid film."
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"A silent voice."
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"A Silent Voice."
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"A silent voice."
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"A silent Voice."
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"Koe no Katachi hands down, it’s my favorite anime of all time."
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"A Silent Voice, Howl's Moving Castle, and Spirited Away."
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"A silent voice."
#14

Summer Wars

5.0
(8)
"* [Summer Wars](https://myanimelist.net/anime/5681/Summer_Wars?q=Summer%20wars&cat=anime)"
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"Summer Wars."
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"Summer wars."
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"Summer wars."
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"Funniest shi youll ever see"
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"Summer wars"
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"Summer wars."
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"Summer Wars!"
#15

Weathering with You

4.9
(8)
"Wathering with you, your name and suzume 👌🏼"
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"Weathering with you."
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"Weathering with you."
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"Weathering with you."
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"Weathering With You."
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"Weathering with you."
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"Weathering With You."
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"Weathering with you: follows some runaway kid who goes to Tokyo."
#16

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

4.9
(8)
"I Want to Eat Your Pancreas"
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"I Want to Eat your Pancreas"
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"I Want to Eat Your Pancreas"
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"4) I Want to Eat your Pancreas."
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"I Want to Eat Your Pancreas."
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"I want to eat your pancreas is a good one."
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"I love " I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" 😙"
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"I want to eat your pancreas"
#17

Makoto Shinkai

4.8
(8)
"The trifecta of Your Name, Weathering with You, and Suzume by Makoto Shinkai."
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"Makoto Shinkai movies are amazing just go with those."
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"Your Name."
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"Your Name."
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"Maybe Your Name."
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"Your Name."
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"Weathering with you."
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"Weathering with you."
#18

Paprika

4.6
(7)
"Paprika and perfect blue"
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"Paprika and Howl's Moving Castle are my favorites."
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"Paprika by Satoshi Kon!! What a masterpiece of a movie."
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"My favorite movie. If he enjoyed the movie inception, this supposedly inspired the movie."
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"Paprika."
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"Paprika"
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"Paprika."
#19

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

5.0
(6)
"My all time favorite animated movie is The Girl Who Leapt Through Time."
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"The Girl Who Leaped Through Time."
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"Girl who leapt through time"
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"The girl who lept through time."
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"* The Girl Who Leapt Through Time."
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"Usual suspects of any Shinkai Makoto, early to middle Ghibli."
#20

Sword of the Stranger

5.0
(6)
"Sword of the Stranger I still get goosebumps just from hearing its final battle OST."
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"Sword of the Stranger"
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"{Sword of the Stranger}"
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"Sword of The Stranger is great."
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"Sword of the Stranger is one I saw recently that I really enjoyed. The animation was amazing."
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"Absolute classic film."
#21

Redline

4.8
(6)
"Redline Paprika Sword of the Stranger Princess Mononoke Spirited Away The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Your Name Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro"
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"Redline"
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"Redline, Belle, The Legend of Hei."
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"I'd also recommend Redline. It's the best animated anime I've ever seen."
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"{Redline}."
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"If he likes cars."
#22

Ghost in the Shell

4.5
(6)
"Ghost in the Shell"
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"Ghost in a shell."
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"Ghost in the shell"
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"Ghost in the shell."
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"Ghost in the Shell."
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#23

A Whisker Away

4.4
(5)
"* [A Whisker Away](https://myanimelist.net/anime/41168/Nakitai_Watashi_wa_Neko_wo_Kaburu)"
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"The ones I think of in the vein of those examples are A Whisker Away."
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"A whisker away."
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"A Whisker away."
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"A whisker away."
#24

Liz and the Blue Bird

4.4
(5)
"Liz and the Blue Bird (it's a standalone film that's from a franchise, but it's worth watching)"
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"Liz and the Blue Bird."
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"Liz is my fav movie."
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"Liz and the Blue Bird."
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"1. Liz and the Blue Bird"
#25

Grave of the Fireflies

5.0
(4)
"Grave of the fireflies"
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"Grave of the Fireflies"
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"Grave of the Fireflies is a masterpiece of cinema."
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"Grave of the Fireflies it is studio ghibli so you might have already seen it."
#26

Ghibli

5.0
(4)
"Every Gibli movie."
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"Ghibli movies (if you are into those) Your name Akira Paprika Memories Tokyo God father"
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"Princess Mononoke, Nausicaa, 90% of the Ghibli movies, Weathering with you (all Shinkai movies) Violet Evergarden, Wolf Children, Girl who leapt through time, I want to eat your pancreas, Akira, ghost in the shell, just to start"
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"If you haven’t watched any Ghibli movies get on that immediately."
#27

5 Centimeters per Second

4.8
(4)
"5 Centimeters per Second"
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"5 Centimeters Per Second is also a good tear-jerker…"
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"You should definitely watch 5cm Per Second. imo Shinkai's best movie."
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"5 cm per second."
#28

Madhouse

4.8
(4)
"If u wanna watch a dark anime movie I would recommend "Perfect Blue""
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"Perfect Blue"
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"This is the ['93 Ninja Scroll] movie, and this is the ['03 Ninja Scroll] series."
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"Ninja Scroll"
#29

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

4.5
(4)
"My favorite standalone anime movie."
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"{Maquia} hands down. The best anime movie I've ever watched."
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"Maquia."
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"Maquia when the promised flower blooms. The art is beautiful."
#30

Spirited Away

5.0
(3)
"Spirited Away Perfect Blue."
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"Spirited Away"
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"For me it is easily Spirited away."
#31

Kara no Kyoukai

5.0
(3)
"The “kara no kyoukai” saga of movies."
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"Kara no Kyoukai"
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#32

Isao Takahata

5.0
(3)
"Grave of the Fireflies."
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"Grave of the Fireflies is an amazing and soul breaking film."
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"Grave of Fireflies."
#33

Akira

5.0
(3)
"Akira."
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"Akira would be one I want to see."
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"Akira and Princess Mononoke are the peak of their respective medium."
#34

Ninja Scroll

4.7
(3)
"Ninja Scroll"
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"Ninja Scroll, Vampire Hunter D."
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"Ninja scroll."
#35

In This Corner of the World

4.7
(3)
"In This Corner of the World"
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"In This Corner of the World."
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"In This corner of the World"
#36

Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro

4.7
(3)
"The castle of cagliostro by some guy called hayao miyaziki?"
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"Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro."
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"Lupin 3: Fuuma Ichizoku no inbou."
#37

Pompo the Cinephile

4.7
(3)
"Pompo the Cinephile"
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"Pompo the Cinephile."
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"If you want movies specifically I recommend: [Pompo-san]."
#38

Belle

4.3
(3)
"Belle"
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"Belle"
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"{BELLE} - combination of isekai and slice of life."
#39

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

4.0
(3)
"Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust, Memories Magnetic Rose."
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"Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust."
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"Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is a pretty stellar achievement."
#40

Inu-Oh

5.0
(2)
"Inu-oh and the deer king"
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"Inu-Oh"
#41

Katsuhiro Otomo

5.0
(2)
"Akira."
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"- Akira."
#42

Whisper of the Heart

5.0
(2)
"* [Whisper of the Heart](https://myanimelist.net/anime/585/Mimi_wo_Sumaseba?q=Whisper%20of%20the%20heart&ca"
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"One of my husbands favorite studio ghibli films."
#43

Mamoru Oshii

5.0
(2)
"- Ghost in the Shell."
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"5. Ghost in the Shell."
#44

Maquia

5.0
(2)
"Maquia"
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"Maquia"
#45

Ride Your Wave

5.0
(2)
"Ride Your Wave, Josee the Tiger and the Fish, and A Silent Voice are all phenomenal films."
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"It was surprisingly heart felt and handled the romance of the two leads very well."
#46

Studio Chizu

5.0
(2)
"Wolf Children"
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"I recommend Wolf Children. A beautiful coming of age story about a mother dealing with her children gaining their independence."
#47

The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes

5.0
(2)
"The tunnel to summer, the exit of goodbyes"
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"Try 'The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes'"
#48

End of Evangelion

5.0
(2)
"End of eva."
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"End of Evangelion."
#49

Princess Mononoke

5.0
(2)
"Princes Mononoke (1998) is a recommendation."
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"I think 'Princess Mononoke', It's a very cool anime movie."
#50

Suzume

4.5
(2)
"Wathering with you, your name and suzume 👌🏼"
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"Suzume"
#51

Roujin Z

4.5
(2)
"Roujin Z"
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"Roujin Z is worth a watch ...increasingly topical and an amazing soundtrack."
#52

The Cat Returns

4.5
(2)
"Also, "The Cat Returns""
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"{The Cat Returns} - one of the most overlooked Ghibli films."
#53

Millennium Actress

4.5
(2)
"Millennium Actress"
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"Millennium Actress."
#54

Garden of Words

4.5
(2)
"Garden of Words is really good, and short."
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"Garden of words."
#55

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

4.5
(2)
"If you haven’t already seen it. Beautiful scenes and has a sci-fi feel."
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"Nausicaa"
#56

Makoto Shinkai Movies

4.5
(2)
"Anything by mokoto shinkai."
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"Look into Makoto Shinkai and Mamoru Hosoda films."
#57

Gainax

4.5
(2)
"Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise is another he shouldn’t miss."
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"[Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMSGLZ-1Rmo)"
#58

The Boy and the Beast

4.0
(2)
"The boy and the beast."
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"Check out The Boy and the Beast. It's a solid movie that is fun to watch."
#59

Sing a Bit of Harmony

4.0
(2)
"Sing a Bit of Harmony is a hidden gem."
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"* Sing A Bit Of Harmony."
#60

Saint Young Men

4.0
(2)
"Saint Young Men."
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"Saint☆Young Men."
#61

Mind Game

4.0
(2)
"Mind Game"
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"Mind Game."
#62

Masaaki Yuasa

4.0
(2)
"The Night is Short Walk On Girl."
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"Night Is Short, Walk On Girl."

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