| Every Shenkai movie, Your name and garden of the words are my favorite ones. Josee the Tiger and the Fish Liz and the blue bird, but you need to watch the series first. |
| I didnt'f find Kiki Delivery Service in your MAL, if you didn't watch i definitely recommend. It's very soft and chill anime. It's the Ghibli movie that most give me ghibli vibes of all them. |
| Some of my favorites: Children Who Chase Lost Voices Patema Inverted Mary & The Witch’s Flower The Boy & The Beast Summer Wars Expelled from Paradise Black Fox White Snake & it’s sequel Green Snake Little Witch Academia (original & it’s sequel The Enchanted Parade. Both can be watched independently from the TV series) Perfect Blue |
OhayotakuMay 8, 2023 11:05 AM
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| I've also included single episode ONA's and OVA's as they are essentially movies too only usually much shorter (although tagged Movies can be quite short also so duration by itself doesn't seem to matter). I'm also assuming you want good movies that aren't necessarily Ghibli-like. Shorts: -- Frankly, these two gems conveyed more in a few scant minutes than most TV series or 2+ hour-long movies did. Both might bring out the tissues, though. Tsumiki no Ie (The House of Small Cubes) -- Movie. 12 mins. Kanamewo -- ONA. 5 mins. Main Course: -- Stand-alone movies with no follow-up TV series, etc. One and done. Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki -- Movie. 1 hr. 57 mins. My 2nd fav movie. Hotarubi no Mori e -- Movie. 45 mins. Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda -- Movie. 1 hr. 59 mins. Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo -- Movie. 1 hr. 39 mins. Harmonie -- Movie. 25 mins. Kaze to Ki no Uta Sanctus: Sei Naru Kana -- OVA. 59 mins. Quite old (1987) but interesting period piece (1880's French boarding school for boys). BL/Yaoi. Asagao to Kase-san -- OVA. 58 mins. GL/Yuri. Also, if you've never seen a GL anime then this is possibly the best one to sample the genre as it's short and sweet (& not explicit) and has modern graphics. Pre-quel Movies/OVA's -- Since they occur before their respective TV series they can be watched standalone. They all end on proper conclusions so there is no requirement to continue with their TV follow-on. Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuioku-hen -- 4 part OVA. 2 hrs total. OK, so despite this being in 4 parts it's also formatted as a movie depending whether you encounter the Director's Cut movie version or the original 4-part OVA. You should know that if you decide to watch the TV series afterwards (at some point) that the TV series is much lighter and comedic compared to this which is decidedly more mature (gory with some quite shocking scenes tbh; although if you can get past the first 5 mins. you'll probably be ok the rest of the way). Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Waga Yuku wa Hoshi no Taikai Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Arata naru Tatakai no Overture These two movies are the start of the original Legend of the Galactic Heroes OVA series. Hoshi is a true prequel while Overture is actually a movie version of the first two episodes of the TV series. So if afterwards you want to dive into the 110 episode-long TV series you can skip episodes 1 and 2. OR, you can jump to the reboot series which starts at the same place as the Overture movie -- but at least it is presented differently. Anime movies that are sequels or occur later on in their series' time line: -- Well, some of the best anime movies happen during or after a parent series. Obviously almost all of these movies assume prior knowledge of events, character traits and relationships so just watching them banzai fashion is not recommended. I'll list what needs to be watched beforehand followed by the movies in bold. Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu 2009 Season 2 included a re-broadcast of S1 with episodes of both seasons interspaced chronologically: watch order. You can speed things up by skipping the middle 5 or 6 episodes of the Endless Eight arc. Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu -- Movie. 2 hrs. 41 mins. This is my fav movie. Someone mentioned Liz to Aoi Tori (my 3rd fav movie) so here's what to watch first: Hibike! Euphonium Hibike Euphonium: Kakedasu Monaka -- Actually just a single-episode side-story but it's best to see it at this spot. Hibike Euphonium 2 Liz to Aoi Tori The franchise continues with Chikai no Finale (which is a movie too but it felt more like a season jammed into a movie format). The final (I'm assuming) installment Nensei-hen is due in 2024 (not counting possible side-shows and summary-type releases). Violet Evergarden has three movies after the main series. They're all good although Ningyou was the one that really got me. The first two movies are side stories and the last movie concludes the franchise. Violet Evergarden Violet Evergarden Gaiden: Eien to Jidou Shuki Ningyou -- Movie. 1 hr. 31 mins. Violet Evergarden: Kitto Ai wo Shiru Hi ga Kuru no Darou -- Movie. 34 mins. Violet Evergarden Movie -- Movie. 2 hrs. 20 mins. |
8oomerMay 8, 2023 4:27 PM
| Avatar: Anzu Kadotani from Girls und Panzer. XMas awesomeness version by Charenji :) Sig by MissIntrovert.  |
| favorite movies Tsumiki no Ie Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki Hotaru no Haka Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana wo Kazarou Sennen Joyuu Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni |
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| Suzume released recently and it's my favorite Shinkai film now I believe it's his best work. |
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| https://myanimelist.net/anime/36862/Made_in_Abyss_Movie_3__Fukaki_Tamashii_no_Reimei but you need to have watched both seasons first. Same with Hibike! Euphonium. Follow 8oomer's timeline. https://myanimelist.net/anime/1033/Sennen_Joyuu https://myanimelist.net/anime/34792/Yoake_Tsugeru_Lu_no_Uta ("Lu Over the Wall") https://myanimelist.net/anime/5681/Summer_Wars |
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