What are the best anime movies of all time?
This question may you ask yourself. But you don't get the answer. Then in this following list, you will get the Top 15 best anime movies of all time (2021).
Anime movies are something that takes out the art lover inside you. Anime movie Will carry you on a journey that you just shouldn't felt before.
If you've got now watched anime movies, then you'll know what we are talking about.
Here, the best anime movie list focuses on Japanese anime movies. All the movies have their own quality & specialty. Later watching the movies you will feel something unique in yourself.
Enjoy the countdown for the top best anime movie of all time!
15. Ponyo
Genres: Animation/Fantasy
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Release date: 14 August 2009 (USA)
The Anime movie on the number 15th position is "Ponyo" of 2009 is one of the best anime film. This anime film is fantasy and the 15th best anime movies of all time.
In this anime movie, a five-year-old boy makes friends with Ponyo, Ponyo is a goldfish princess who falls in love with him makes her become human for a long time.
In this movie, there is a human wizard/scientist Fujimoto lives underwater along with his daughter (Ponyo) and sisters, While they are on a trip with his four-flippered submarine. One fateful day, gorgeous goldfish (Ponyo) trapped in a bottle on the beach. But she is not any ordinary goldfish.
The son of a sailor, 5-year-old Sosuke lives a quiet life on an oceanside cliff together with his mother Lisa. He finds the Ponyo and rescued her.
14. Princess Mononoke
Genres: Animation | Adventure | Fantasy | War
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Initial release: 19 December 1997 (USA)
The anime movie that acquires position number 14th is"Princess Mononoke" of 1997 is the best anime film. And the best adventure, fantasy, and 14th best anime movies of all time.
In this anime movie, a young boy Ashitaka from a small village in japan is cursed by a mysterious animal and he makes a journey to cure the cursed. While traveling he finds that there is a war between the forest gods and Tatara's.
In this anime movie, While protecting his village from the rampaging demon, a confident young warrior, Ashitaka, is suffering from a deadly curse. to save his life, he must journey to the forests of the west.
Once there, he's embroiled during a fierce campaign that humans were waging on the forest. The ambitious Lady Eboshi and her loyal clan use their guns against the gods of the forest and a brave girl, Princess Mononoke, who was raised by a wolf-god.
13. Grave of the Fireflies
Genres: War/Drama
Director: Isao Takahata
Initial release: 26 July 1989 (USA)
The anime movie that acquires position number 13th is"Grave of the Fireflies" of 1989 is the best anime film. And the best adventure, fantasy, and 13th best anime movies of all time.
In this anime movie, there is a story of japan during world war II in which a boy and his little sister struggle to survive.
In this movie, there is a story of Seita and Setsuko, two young Japanese siblings, living within the declining days of war II.
When an American firebombing separates the 2 children from their parents, the 2 siblings must rely completely on each other while they struggle to fight for their survival.
In starting they start to live with their aunt but after their insulted them then they leave the house and start to live in an abandoned bomb shelter and they release the fireflies into the shelter for light. And the story defines that how they fight to survive during this worse condition.
12. My Neighbor Totoro
Genres: Animation | Family | Fantasy
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Release date: 13 July 1990 (USA)
The anime movie on the list of creative thinking is "My Neighbor Totoro" of 1990 is recommended as the 12th best anime film. And this movie is a super fantasy, and the 12th best anime movie of all time.
In this anime movie, there are two girls who are shifted to their new home nearer to their mother who is hospitalized, and they make a wondrous adventure with the forest spirit named Totoro.
In the movie a University professor Tatsuo Kusakabe along with her two young daughter 10-year-old, Satsuki and her 4-year-old sister Mei is moved to another house which is closer to the hospital where the girl's mother is treating with long term illness.
Satsuki and Mei discover that the nearby forest is inhabited by magical creatures called Totoros. They soon befriend these Totoros and have several magical adventures.
11. Tamako love story
Genres: Animation | Romance
Director: Naoko Yamada
Initial Release: 26 April 2014
The anime movie in 11th position of the list is "Tamako love story" of 2014 is recommended as the 11th best anime film. And this movie is a romance and the 12th best anime movie of all time.
In this movie, a young girl Tamako's life changes when her childhood friend confessed his love.
10. Kiki's Delivery Service
Genres: Animation | Adventure | Fantasy
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Release date: 20 December 1990 (USA)
The 10th anime movie is "Kiki’s Delivery Service" of 1990 is the best family anime movie of all time. This movie is the best fantasy, adventure, and the 10th best anime movie of all time.
In this anime movie, a young witch at the mandatory year of her independent life she travels to a new town. And in this town, she thinks to start the air courier.
In this anime movie, a young witch named Kiki is 13 years old with a black cat "Jiji" with whom she talks. Later she starts her new courier service while working in the bakery.
9. Weathering with you
Genres: Animation | Drama | Fantasy | Romance
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Initial release: 17 January 2020 (USA)
The 9th anime movie is "Weathering with you" of 2020 is the best family anime movie of all time. This movie is the best fantasy, romance, and the 9th best anime movie of all time.
In this movie, a young boy who has run away from home to Tokyo later befriends the girl who is able to manipulate the weather.
In this anime movie a high-school boy Hodaka Morishima who has run away to Tokyo to get away from the troubles of his life and later he befriends a woman (Hina Amano) who appears to be ready to manipulate the weather.
As Hodaka broke and he is struggling to find a job, hence an employee of MacDonald Hina Amano, she take some mercy on him and give him food. The story of the movie is interesting and also a fantastic anime movie.
8. 5 Centimeters per Second
Genres: Animation | Family | Romance
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Initial release: 3 March 2007 (Japan)
The 8th anime movie is "5 Centimeters per Second" of 2007 is the best anime movie of all time. This movie is the best fantasy, romance, and the 8th best anime film.
In this movie, the life of young man Takaki is told in three interconnected segments.
The movie consists of three life parts of Takaki Tōno and the Akari Shinohara of elementary school, senior high, and after education.
Akari Shinohara transfers to his elementary school in Tokyo and is a friend with Takaki Tōno. They get very closed to each other because of the same interests and attitude because of the seasonal problem they had.
They become best friends and they form a close bond with each other as they talk with each other by using their names without any kind of honorifics as this is the sign of the deep friendship between them.
7. A Whisker Away
Genres: Animation | Adventure | Romance
Director: Junichi Sato
Initial release: 18 June 2020 (USA)
The anime movie that acquires the 7th position on the list is A Whisker Away. The anime movie "A Whisker Away" of 2020 7th best anime movie of all time.
In this anime movie, Miyo Sasaki loves her Classmate Kento and to attract him she transforms into a cat with the help of a mysterious mask. Later she id not able to differentiate between herself and the cat she made.
In This movie, a girl Miyo Sasaki is a sad middle school student, who falls in love with her classmate Kento Hinode. Every day she flirts with her crush instead of going home after school, in spite of his rejection.
One day miyo discovers a magic mask that allows her to transform into a cat from a mask seller, however, there is also a probability that she might never become human again if she continues using the mask.
After becoming a cat she spent her time with Kento Hinode at his home. But she longs to confess to Kento Hinode that the girl he hates and the cat he loves is the same but she is afraid that Kento Hinode will reject her will not talk and not meet anymore.
6. The garden of the words
Genres: Animation | Drama | Romance
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Initial release: 31 May 2013 (Japan)
The anime movie who acquires the position 6th on the list is The Garden Of the Words of 2013 which is one of the best anime film. The movie is the best romance and the 6th best anime movie of all time.
In this anime movie, Takao Akizuki 15-year-old shoemaker, and Yukari Yukino 27-year-old female makes friendship with each other in rainy days.
The movie starts in the rainy season in Tokyo, focuses on Takao Akizuki, an aspiring 15-year-old shoemaker, and Yukari Yukino, a mysterious 27-year-old female and they meer at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden on wet mornings.
While Takao is skipping his morning class to sketch the design of shoes, Where Yukari skips her work. Yukari left by telling him Takao(a form of Japanese poetry), leaving Takao puzzled as to its meaning and origin.
Then they start to meet each other in the garden, but they never formally introduce each other. One day Takao made a pair of shoes for Yukari at the end of the rainy season, but she stops to visiting the garden because of start to focuses on the work.
5. I want to eat your pancreas
Genres: Animation | Family | Romance
Director: Shin'ichirô Ushijima
Initial release: 1 September 2018 (Japan)
The 5th anime movie which is one of the best romantic anime movies is "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" is the 2018 Best anime movie of all time.
In the movie, a boy Haruki found a book in the hospital waiting room and he came across it and finds that it is a diary of a classmate of his class sakura in which she reveals that she is suffering from a fatal pancreatic disease. Unfortunately, sakura came and take the book and left.
A day after they meet with each other and after, they became a friend and start to spend time with each other. Sakura promised him that she will tell him when she is dying.
But next night Haruki watching the news with his parents which reveal that Sakura was stabbed on her way home and that she is dead.
After listening to this news he breakdown and doesn't attain her funeral. Sometime later Haruki goes to sakura's and asks her mother about her diary.
4. Spirited Away
Genres: Animation | Adventure | Family | fantasy
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Release date: 28 March 2003 (USA)
The anime movie that acquires the 4th position on the list is Spirited Away. The anime movie "Spirited Away" of 2003 is the best anime movie of all time.
This movie the highest-grossing anime movie on Netflix as well as in the world. This movie is super fantastic, family, and adventurous.
In this movie, a girl with her parents reaches an unknown village of gods, spirits, and witches by mistake where her parents transform into pigs and there is a story that how came out of the village with her parents.
In this movie, a 10-year-old girl named Chihiro and her parents is moving to their new home to a little Japanese town within the countryside.
While going to their him her father tries to take a shortcut which leads to the wrong way and this wrong way ends up to the front of the tunnel. As they stop and start to explore the tunnel and they found a town
3. A Silent Voice
Genres: Animation | Family | Romance
Director: Naoko Yamada
Release date: 17 September 2016 (Japan)
The 3rd anime movie on the list which makes their position in the top 5 in any titles is " A silent voice " of 2016 is the best romance, family, and the 3rd best anime movie of all time.
In this anime movie, a deaf girl is bullied by a boy in school after that she moves away. Then classmates ostracize the boy and after some time he goes into a deep depression.
In this movie Shoya Ishida, a high school student intends to kill himself but at the last minute, he recalls the days of his elementary school and the events that held on those days. One day he remembered that a new student in his class Shoko Nishimiya informs all the students that she is deaf.
She tries to integrate with class but ends up being an easy target for Shoya and his friends to bully. When the words of bullying to the principal then the teacher culprit the shoya only.
soon everyone is looking towards the shoya. shoya blames Shoko and both of them get into the physical interaction. Then Shoko subsequently transferred to another school. Shoya found a book of Shoko which is left behind and kept it with him.
2. Howl's Moving Castle
Genres: Animation | Adventure | Fantasy
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Release date: 17 June 2005 (USA)
The 2nd anime movie "Howl’s Moving Castle" of 2005 is one of the best fantasy, adventure, and the best anime film. This anime movie is the 2nd best anime movie of all time.
In this anime movie, there is a young woman who is cursed with the black magic of a bad witch in which she transforms into the lid lady. And she has a chance to break this spell with the help of a young man and his moving castle.
In this movie, Sophie a young milliner meets a Wizard name howl while going to her sister's home lettie. While returning home a witch of the waste, transforms her into an old-90-years woman.
After this incident, she left the town and move towards the countryside. she meets a living scarecrow who leads her to the howls moving castle and she entered the house without an invitation.
1. Your Name
Genres: Animation | Fantasy | Romance
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Initial release: 26 August 2016 (Japan)
One of the epic anime movie and best anime movie and which acquires the 1st position on the list is "Your Name" of 2016 best anime movie of all time.
In this anime movie, two strangers are linked with each other and there is the only thing that keeps them apart is distance.
In this movie a high school girl Mitsuha Miyamizu living in a rural town near Hida. She gets bored with her town and now she wants something different and wishes to become Tokyo-boy in her next life.
The next day unexpectedly she gets switched with the Tokyo boy Taki Tachibana, a high schoolboy. Both of them start to think that it's just a vivid dream but they realize that it's real as they can communicate with each other by leaving a message on paper.
One day Taki said to Mitsuha to set his date with co-worker Miki Okuder and Mitsuha set his date with her.
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