Best Anime Movies
by marcus_sparrow | created - 06 May 2017 | updated - 25 Mar 2020 | PublicI wrote down the best scenes (only my opinion) in the descriptions.
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1. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
TV-MA | 87 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Concurrent theatrical ending of the TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995).
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura, Kotono Mitsuishi
Votes: 64,355
Asuka when fighting with other Evas: "Moma! Moma! Now I understand! The meaning of the AT field! You were always protecting me! Always watching over me!"
2. Wolf Children (2012)
PG | 117 min | Animation, Drama, Family
After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident while hunting for food for their children, a young woman must find ways to raise the werewolf son and daughter that she had with him while keeping their trait hidden from society.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Osawa, Haru Kuroki, Yukito Nishii
Votes: 49,529
When Ame howling at the (near) end of the movie.
3. Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013)
Not Rated | 110 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A year has passed since Guts parted ways with Griffith. The Band of the Hawk is plotting a rescue mission to save Griffith who is confined to prison.
Director: Toshiyuki Kubooka | Stars: Marc Diraison, Hiroaki Iwanaga, Carrie Keranen, Takahiro Sakurai
Votes: 11,745
Guts running in the woods, wounded and screaming in the sunset.
4. Akira (1988)
R | 124 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.
Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda
Votes: 205,420 | Gross: $0.55M
"I am Tetsuo."
5. Perfect Blue (1997)
R | 81 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
A pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past.
Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji, Masaaki Ôkura
Votes: 95,706 | Gross: $0.78M
That. *beep* Plot. TWIIIIIIIIST!!!!!!!!!!!!
6. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal (2012)
Not Rated | 109 min | Animation, Fantasy, Mystery
As the truth behind the girls' contracts with Kyubey is revealed, Madoka has to make the ultimate decision to either see those she love the most die before her eyes or to sacrifice her life as a normal girl and help out her friends in need.
Directors: Tomoyuki Itamura, Yukihiro Miyamoto, Masahiro Mukai, Kotono Watanabe, Yûki Yase, Akiyuki Shinbô | Stars: Aoi Yûki, Chiwa Saitô, Eri Kitamura, Kaori Mizuhashi
Votes: 1,684 | Gross: $0.06M
Madoka turns into the most powerful Mahou Shoujo.
7. Mirai (2018)
PG | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A young boy encounters a magical garden which enables him to travel through time and meet his relatives from different eras, with guidance by his younger sister from the future.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Daniel Dae Kim, Koji Yakusho, John Cho
Votes: 18,114 | Gross: $0.81M
The great-grandfather swimming in a river in a war situation.
8. One Piece Film Z (2012)
TV-14 | 108 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A former Marine stands in the way of the Straw Hat Pirates.
Director: Tatsuya Nagamine | Stars: Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi
Votes: 9,701
The very last moment of the movie.
9. A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)
Not Rated | 130 min | Animation, Drama
A young man is ostracized by his classmates after he bullies a deaf girl to the point where she moves away. Years later, he sets off on a path for redemption.
Directors: Taichi Ishidate, Naoko Yamada | Stars: Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yûki, Kenshô Ono
Votes: 101,465
The entire movie was beautiful, but maybe when Shouya starts hearing the voice of the world around him at the movie's final scene. But for some reason only the 10th minute of the film made me cry. Still don't know why.
10. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: The Rebellion Story (2013)
Not Rated | 116 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Madoka Kaname used to be a normal girl living happy days of her life. This all ended when she sacrificed herself in order to save other magical girls from the utterly cruel fate that ... See full summary »
Directors: Takashi Kawabata, Yukihiro Miyamoto, Akiyuki Shinbô | Stars: Aoi Yûki, Chiwa Saitô, Eri Kitamura, Kaori Mizuhashi
Votes: 4,150 | Gross: $0.38M
Homura turns into the "devil".
11. Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu (2017)
83 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Part 3 of Kizumonogatari (Wound Tale) trilogy, based on a light novel by Nisio Isin.
Directors: Yukihiro Miyamoto, Tatsuya Oishi, Akiyuki Shinbô | Stars: Hiroshi Kamiya, Takahiro Sakurai, Maaya Sakamoto, Yui Horie
Votes: 3,308
The whole fight between Kiss-shot and Araragi.
12. Redline (2009)
Not Rated | 102 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
A story about the most popular racing event in the galaxy, the Redline, and the various racers who compete in it.
Director: Takeshi Koike | Stars: Takuya Kimura, Yû Aoi, Tadanobu Asano, Yoshiyuki Morishita
Votes: 17,230
The end with the two main characters flying and kissing.
13. The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral (2008)
TV-MA | 114 min | Animation, Action, Crime
A teenage demon hunter uses her mystical powers to investigate supernatural events.
Director: Takayuki Hirao | Stars: Maaya Sakamoto, Ken'ichi Suzumura, Takako Honda, Ayumi Fujimura
Votes: 2,098
I can't highlight a moment, because there were so many great moments, but the direction was so good it made almost every moment to an amazing moment.
14. The Garden of Words (2013)
TV-14 | 46 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
On a rainy morning in Tokyo, 15-year-old Takao, an aspiring shoemaker, decides to skip class to sketch designs in a beautiful garden. This is where he meets Yukari, a beautiful yet mysterious woman. They strike an unlikely friendship.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Miyu Irino, Kana Hanazawa, Fumi Hirano, Gou Maeda
Votes: 52,646
Yukari tears out.
15. Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018)
PG | 100 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Goku and Vegeta encounter Broly, a Saiyan warrior unlike any fighter they've faced before.
Director: Tatsuya Nagamine | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Aya Hisakawa, Ryô Horikawa, Toshio Furukawa
Votes: 31,651 | Gross: $30.71M
Vegeta blushes.
16. Promare (2019)
PG-13 | 111 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A futuristic firefighting mecha service is created to protect the world.
Director: Hiroyuki Imaishi | Stars: John Eric Bentley, Steve Blum, Johnny Yong Bosch, Melissa Fahn
Votes: 5,208
The absolutely insane finale!
17. Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu (2016)
68 min | Animation, Action, Drama
In the spring of his second year of high school, Koyomi Araragi met the beautiful vampire Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade. Koyomi saved Kiss-shot, who was on the verge of death ... See full summary »
Directors: Yukihiro Miyamoto, Tatsuya Oishi, Akiyuki Shinbô | Stars: Hiroshi Kamiya, Takahiro Sakurai, Maaya Sakamoto, Yui Horie
Votes: 3,272
Hanekawa loses her guts. Literally.
18. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings (2012)
Not Rated | 130 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
A mysterious creature "Kyubey" offers a young girl named Madoka Kaname the chance to have any one wish granted to her. In exchange she must battle evil creatures named "Witches" at the risk of losing her life.
Directors: Fujiaki Asari, Mamoru Hatakeyama, Takashi Kawabata, Seimei Kidokoro, Takahiro Majima, Yukihiro Miyamoto, Masahiro Mukai, Yûki Yase, Akiyuki Shinbô, Tomoyuki Itamura | Stars: Aoi Yûki, Chiwa Saitô, Eri Kitamura, Kaori Mizuhashi
Votes: 1,718 | Gross: $0.18M
Sayaka turns into a witch.
19. Summer Wars (2009)
PG | 114 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A student tries to fix a problem he accidentally caused in OZ, a digital world, while pretending to be the fiancé of his friend at her grandmother's 90th birthday.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Nanami Sakuraba, Mitsuki Tanimura, Takahiro Yokokawa
Votes: 31,797 | Gross: $0.08M
The whole thing was fun. But maybe when the whole family pushed the young lovers to each other.
20. Paprika (2006)
R | 90 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.
Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Megumi Hayashibara, Tôru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Tôru Furuya
Votes: 97,027 | Gross: $0.88M
Every time when THAT Hirasawa Susumu music played.
21. Wan pisu firumu: sutorongu warudo (2009)
TV-14 | 113 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Straw Hat Pirates must save their navigator and stop the legendary Pirate, Shiki the Golden Lion from conquering East Blue.
Director: Munehisa Sakai | Stars: Felecia Angelle, Bryan Baker, Jeff Banks, Christopher Bevins
Votes: 7,190
The very last moment of the movie.
22. Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] II. lost butterfly (2019)
117 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The story focuses on the Holy Grail War and explores the relationship between Shirou Emiya and Sakura Matou, two teenagers participating in this conflict. The story continues immediately ... See full summary »
Director: Tomonori Sudô | Stars: Yu Asakawa, Michael Donovan, Melissa Fahn, Crispin Freeman
Votes: 3,129
The 15 minute fight in the middle.
23. The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl (2017)
PG-13 | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In this comedy about one epic night in Kyoto, a college sophomore goes on a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife, all the while unaware of the romantic longings of her classmate Senpai.
Director: Masaaki Yuasa | Stars: Gen Hoshino, Kana Hanazawa, Hiroshi Kamiya, Ryûji Akiyama
Votes: 6,323 | Gross: $0.41M
The end.
24. Ponyo (2008)
G | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Liam Neeson, Tomoko Yamaguchi
Votes: 163,680 | Gross: $15.09M
When Risa used morse to tell his husband he's a jerk. That was hilarious.
25. Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] I. presage flower (2017)
TV-MA | 120 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Movie adaptation of the third route of Fate/Stay Night.
Director: Tomonori Sudô | Stars: Bryce Papenbrook, Noriaki Sugiyama, Noriko Shitaya, Cristina Valenzuela
Votes: 3,613
Lancer vs. Assassin
26. My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2018)
PG-13 | 96 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
All Might and Deku accept an invitation to visit I Island where they battle against a villain who takes the island hostage.
Director: Kenji Nagasaki | Stars: Daiki Yamashita, Kenta Miyake, Mirai Shida, Nobuhiko Okamoto
Votes: 12,513 | Gross: $5.75M
Deku and All Might team up move!
27. Your Name. (2016)
PG | 106 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Two teenagers share a profound, magical connection upon discovering they are swapping bodies. Things manage to become even more complicated when the boy and girl decide to meet in person.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryo Narita, Aoi Yûki
Votes: 320,826 | Gross: $5.02M
Maybe when the two protagonists meet at the top of the crater in differenet times.
28. The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder - Part 2 (2009)
120 min | Animation, Action, Crime
February 1999: A new spate of ferocious murders has caught the eye of both Shiki and Daisuke, Mikiya's cousin who investigated the murders occurred in 1995. Shiki wanders the back alleys of... See full summary »
Directors: Ei Aoki, Takayuki Hirao, Hikaru Kondô, Takuya Nonaka, Mitsuru Obunai | Stars: Maaya Sakamoto, Ken'ichi Suzumura, Takako Honda, Ayumi Fujimura
Votes: 1,672
When Shiki kills the antagonist.
29. One Piece Film: Gold (2016)
TV-14 | 124 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Luffy and his pirates can't wait to board the glittering Sin City ship known as Gran Tesoro, but they soon find themselves in way over their heads.
Director: Hiroaki Miyamoto | Stars: Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi
Votes: 7,310
When the Straw Hats and Carina line up and say: "This is the greatest entertainment!" Then Luffy: "I kick your ass!"
30. Sword of the Stranger (2007)
Not Rated | 103 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A swordsman from a strange land is caught in a struggle between morality, righteousness, and devotion as he reluctantly agrees to take a raggedy boy and his dog to a remote, Buddhist temple.
Director: Masahiro Andô | Stars: Tomoya Nagase, Yuri Chinen, Kôichi Yamadera, Akio Ôtsuka
Votes: 18,316
The final fight and Nanashi's flashback.
31. Mind Game (I) (2004)
Not Rated | 103 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After a deadly encounter with two yakuza, a loser with a crush on his childhood girlfriend goes to heaven and back, embarking on a psychedelic self-discovery experience with her and his friends.
Directors: Masaaki Yuasa, Kôji Morimoto | Stars: Kôji Imada, Sayaka Maeda, Takashi Fujii, Seiko Takuma
Votes: 10,709 | Gross: $0.04M
32. To the Forest of Firefly Lights (2011)
45 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Hotaru is rescued by a spirit when she gets lost in a forest as a child. The two become friends, despite the spirit revealing that he will disappear if he is ever touched by a human.
Director: Takahiro Ômori | Stars: Kôki Uchiyama, Ayane Sakura, Shinpachi Tsuji, Izumi Sawada
Votes: 21,722
When Gin "say goodbye".
33. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
TV-14 | 115 min | Animation, Action, Crime
A terrorist explosion releases a deadly virus on the masses, and it's up to the bounty-hunting Bebop crew to catch the cold-blooded culprit.
Directors: Shin'ichirô Watanabe, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Tensai Okamura, Hiroyuki Okiura, Yoshiyuki Takei | Stars: Beau Billingslea, Melissa Fahn, Nicholas Guest, Kôichi Yamadera
Votes: 53,187 | Gross: $1.00M
The fight scenes.
34. Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu (2016)
64 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
Follows Araragi's encounter with the vampire Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade and his journey back into humanity from being a vampire.
Directors: Tatsuya Oishi, Akiyuki Shinbô | Stars: Hiroshi Kamiya, Takahiro Sakurai, Maaya Sakamoto, Yui Horie
Votes: 3,723
Pantsu!
35. K-On! The Movie (2011)
TV-14 | 110 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In this continuation of the K-On anime, the girls from the band "After School Tea Time" go on a trip to London.
Director: Naoko Yamada | Stars: Aki Toyosaki, Yôko Hikasa, Satomi Satô, Minako Kotobuki
Votes: 2,267
When they... ahh... all the scenes were fun, so hard to choose :)
36. Steamboy (2004)
PG-13 | 126 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In 1860s Britain, a boy inventor finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict over a revolutionary advance in steam power.
Directors: Shinji Takagi, Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Anna Paquin, Patrick Stewart, Alfred Molina, Anne Suzuki
Votes: 18,728 | Gross: $0.41M
Glass shattered, showing the ideal state of the two kids.
37. Kuroko's Basketball: Last Game (2017)
91 min | Animation, Drama, Sport
The Generation of Miracles, including Kagami and Kuroko, form Team Vorpal Swords to challenge Team Jabberwock to a revenge match after the latter disparaged all Japanese basketballers as monkeys.
Director: Shunsuke Tada | Stars: Jon Allen, Tommy Arciniega, Brian Beacock, Edward Bosco
Votes: 3,375
The final moment of the match when Kagami and Aomine slams the basketball in the last moment with the help of Kuroko getting the ball.
38. Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu (2013)
TV-14 | 90 min | Animation, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After the events of the anime, Rintarou begins to feel the repercussions of extensive time travel, and eventually completely fades from reality. Kurisu, being the only companion to remember him, now must find a way to bring him back.
Directors: Kanji Wakabayashi, Hiroshi Hamasaki, Takuya Satô | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Asami Imai, Kana Hanazawa, Tomokazu Seki
Votes: 9,614
Kiss.
39. The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014)
TV-14 | 112 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Hinata Hyuga's younger sister has been kidnapped, so Naruto must do what he can to save her.
Director: Tsuneo Kobayashi | Stars: Junko Takeuchi, Nana Mizuki, Jun Fukuyama, Chie Nakamura
Votes: 17,676
The intro.
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