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8 Anime Movies
Eight movies that show just how different anime can be. Fantasy, romance, cyberpunk, horror and quiet family stories — no series knowledge required.
About these picks
- Spirited Away
- A young girl named Chihiro gets trapped in a world of spirits and gods, working in a bathhouse to save her parents.
- Your Name.
- Two teenagers, a city boy and a country girl, inexplicably swap bodies, impacting their lives and a looming disaster.
- Akira
- A biker gang leader must save his friend, who has acquired telekinetic powers and gone on a destructive rampage in Neo-Tokyo.
- Princess Mononoke
- A prince cursed by a demon finds himself caught in a war between humans exploiting resources and forest gods.
- Perfect Blue
- A former pop idol's reality blurs with fantasy as she transitions to acting, pursued by a stalker.
- Ghost in the Shell
- A cyborg public security agent hunts a mysterious hacker known as the Puppet Master, blurring the lines between humanity and technology.
- Wolf Children
- A young woman raises two half-human, half-wolf children after their father, a werewolf, suddenly dies, navigating their unique lives.
- Grave of the Fireflies
- Two young siblings struggle to survive in Japan during the final months of World War II, facing starvation and loss.