Kick-off 2021 the right way — in your PJs on the couch.
With the COVID-19 pandemic still a going concern, some of your traditional New Year's Eve celebrations — the kind that includes crowds, parties— might be off the table this year.
But the pandemic can't stop some of the best New Year's traditions: the goal-setting, the good-luck foods — best of all — TV and anime movie ultra-marathons.
If you ever wanted an excuse to stay in, comfortable, and stay snuggled up in front of the television with a hot beverage in your hand, this year is — and for some, it might even beat a crowded countdown party!
Enter this list of Best Anime movies to watch on New Year’s Eve.
They all have scenes that take place on December 31, but, for some, that's where the similarities end. You can find Anime movies in basically any genre, depending on what you're in the mood for.
Do you want an Animation, Adventure as the clock strikes midnight?
Do you want something more thoughtful that lets you reflect on the year you’ve just had? Or do you want something that’ll get 2021 started off on the right foot with you laughing and holding your sides?
The good news is, no matter how you want to feel going into the next year, there’s an Anime movie on this list that’ll deliver.
Best of all — you won’t wake up the next day and begin January with a hangover.
1. Spirited Away
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Family
Initial release: 20 July 2001 (Japan)
IMDb - 8.6/10
Chihiro and her parents are moving to a little Japanese town within the countryside, much to Chihiro's dismay.
On the thanks to their new home, Chihiro's father makes a wrong turn and drives down a lonely one-lane road which dead-ends ahead of a tunnel.
Her parents plan to stop the car and explore the world. they are going through the tunnel and find an abandoned funfair on the opposite side, with its own little town.
When her parents see a restaurant with great-smelling food but no staff, they plan to eat and pay later.
However, Chihiro refuses to eat and decides to explore the amusement park a touch more. She meets a boy named Haku who tells her that Chihiro and her parents are in peril and that they must leave immediately.
She runs to the restaurant and finds that her parents have become pigs. additionally, the amusement park seems to be a town inhabited by demons, spirits, and evil gods.
In the middle of the town may be a bathhouse where these creatures attend relax. The owner of the bathhouse ...
2. My Neighbor Totoro
Genres: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Initial release: 16 April 1988 (Japan)
IMDb - 8.2/10
Two young girls, 10-year-old Satsuki and her 4-year-old sister Mei enter a house within the country with their father to be closer to their hospitalized mother.
Satsuki and Mei discover that the nearby forest is inhabited by magical creatures called Totoros (pronounced toe-toe-to).
They soon befriend these Totoros and have several magical adventures.
3. Kiki's Delivery Service
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Initial release: 1 January 1989 (USA)
IMDb - 7.8/10
This is the story of a young witch, named Kiki who is now 13 years old. But she remains a touch green and many headstrong, but also resourceful, imaginative, and determined.
Together with her trusty wisp of a talking cat named Jiji by her side, she's able to combat the planet or a minimum of the quaintly European seaside village she's chosen as her new home.
4. Arthur Christmas
Genres: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Initial release: 13 January 2012 (India)
IMDb - 7.1/10
This movie reveals the incredible, never-before-seen answer to each child's question: "So how does Santa deliver all those presents in one night?"
The answer: Santa's (Jim Broadbent's) exhilarating, ultra-high-tech operation hidden beneath the North Pole. But at the middle of this movie may be a story of a few families during a state of comic dysfunction and an unlikely hero, Arthur (James McAvoy), with an urgent mission that has got to be completed before Christmas morning dawns.
5. Ponyo
Genres: Animation, Fantasy
Initial release: 19 July 2008 (Japan)
IMDb - 7.7/10
The son of a sailor, 5-year-old Sosuke lives a quiet life on an oceanside cliff together with his mother Lisa.
One fateful day, he finds a gorgeous goldfish trapped during a bottle on the beach and upon rescuing her, names her Ponyo. But she is not any ordinary goldfish.
The daughter of a masterful wizard and a sea goddess, Ponyo uses her father's magic to rework herself into a lass and quickly falls crazy with Sosuke, but the utilization of such powerful sorcery causes a dangerous imbalance within the world.
Because the moon steadily draws nearer to the world and Ponyo's father sends the ocean's mighty waves to seek out his daughter, the 2 children start an adventure of a lifetime to save lots of the planet and fulfill Ponyo's dreams of becoming human.
6. Bao
Genres: Animation, Short, Family
Initial release: 15 June 2018 (USA)
IMDb - 7.5/10
"Bao" may be a thoroughly strange short film....and describing its plot isn't exactly easy. It is also very touching and features a strong symbolic aspect thereto ...one that adults would probably appreciate far more than the youngsters who see it.
The story is about in Canada with Chinese-Canadians. The housewife is making yet one more batch of pork buns when suddenly one among them involves life!! It's sort of a tiny boy and she or he loves it and showers affection on the boy...and ultimately you learn that it's all a metaphor for change, acceptance, and love.
The animation, not surprisingly, is top-notch. It's from Pixar...and we've come to expect this type of excellence from the corporate. The story is robust and the characters wonderful and unique. Well worth seeing....and available as an add on the DVD for "Incredibles 2"...the film with which it had been shown in theaters.
7. Frozen
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Initial release: 29 November 2013 (India)
IMDb - 7.4/10
Fearless optimist Anna teams up with rugged frontiersman Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven and triggers on an epic journey to seek out her sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the dominion of Arendelle in eternal winter.
Encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls, and a hilarious snowman named Olaf, Anna and Kristoff battle the weather during a race to save lots of the dominion.
From the surface, Elsa looks poised, regal, and reserved, but actually, she lives in fear as she wrestles with a mighty secret: she was born with the facility to make ice and snow. it is a beautiful ability, but also extremely dangerous.
Haunted by the instant her magic nearly killed her younger sister Anna, Elsa has isolated herself, spending every waking minute trying to suppress her growing powers.
Her mounting emotions trigger the magic, accidentally setting off endless winter that she can't stop. She fears she's becoming a monster that nobody, not even her sister, can help her.
8. Klaus
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Initial release: 8 November 2019
IMDb - 8.2/10
When Jesper (Jason Schwartzman) distinguishes himself because of the postal academy's worst student, he's stationed on a frozen island above the Arctic Circle, where the feuding locals hardly exchange words including letters.
Jesper is close to hand over when he finds an ally in local teacher Alva (Rashida Jones) and discovers Klaus (Oscar® winner J.K. Simmons), a mysterious carpenter who lives alone in a cabin filled with handmade toys.
These unlikely friendships return laughter to Smeerensburg, forging a replacement legacy of generous neighbors, magical lore, and stockings hung by the chimney with care.
9. Zootropolis
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Initial release: 10 February 2016 (Belgium)
IMDb - 8.0/10
From the most important elephant to the littlest shrew, the town of Zootopia may be a mammal metropolis where various animals live and thrive.
When Judy Hopps becomes the primary rabbit to hitch the police, she quickly learns how tough it's to enforce the law.
Determined to prove herself, Judy jumps at the chance to unravel a mysterious case. Unfortunately, meaning working with Nick Wilde, a wily fox who makes her job even harder.
10. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Genres: Animation, Action, Adventure
Initial release: 21 March 2019 (India)
IMDb - 7.5/10
As Hiccup fulfills his dream of making a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless's discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away.
When danger mounts reception and Hiccup's reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must make impossible decisions to save lots of their kind.
11. Spies in Disguise
Genres: Animation, Action, Adventure
Initial release: 27 December 2019 (India)
IMDb - 6.8/10
Super spy Lance Sterling and scientist Walter Beckett are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave, and debonair. Walter isn't.
But what Walter lacks in social skills he makes up for in smarts and invention, creating the awesome gadgets Lance uses on his epic missions.
But when events take an unexpected turn, Walter and Lance suddenly need to believe one another in a whole new way.
And if this odd couple can't learn to figure as a team, the entire world is in peril.
12. Olaf's Frozen Adventure
Genres: Animation, Short, Adventure
Initial release: 22 November 2017 (USA)
IMDb - 5.5/10
Olaf teams up with Sven on a merry mission in Disney Animation Studios' 21-minute featurette "Olaf's Frozen Adventure."
It is the first season since the gates reopened and Anna and Elsa host a celebration for all of Arendelle.
When the townspeople unexpectedly leave early to enjoy their individual holiday customs, the sisters realize they need no family traditions of their own. So, Olaf sets bent comb the dominion to bring home the simplest traditions and save this first Christmas for his friends.
13. Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
Genres: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Initial release: 11 November 1997
IMDb - 6.0/10
Belle (Paige O'Hara) prepares the castle for Christmas against Beast's (Robbie Benson's) wishes, trying to bring him happiness for the season.
Forte (Tim Curry), an organ, fears that Belle's plans may eventually cause an end to the curse - the curse that brought him more importance within the Master's life.
Forte uses Fife (Paul Reubens), a flute who desperately wants a solo, to destroy Belle's plans and obtain obviate her.
14. Toy Story 3
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Initial release: 18 June 2010 (USA)
IMDb - 8.3/10
Woody, Buzz, and therefore the whole gang are back. As their owner Andy prepares to depart for school, his loyal toys find themselves in daycare where untamed tots with their sticky little fingers don't play nice.
So, it's all for one and one for all as they join Barbie's counterpart Ken, a thespian hedgehog named Mr. Pricklepants, and a pink, strawberry-scented teddy called Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear to plan their great escape.
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