The presented twenty animation films will please you with beautiful graphics, interesting and exciting plots, as well as amazing fairy-tale characters.
The list presents the best anime films from the point of view of the site’s editors, many of which have become classics of the genre ...
20. Wind of Amnesia (1990)
Post-apocalyptic future. All mankind is unconscious after the mysterious wind of amnesia has swept across the planet.
People have forgotten everything, including their own speech. Now they are more like cave, primitive beings than like people who are intelligent and educated.
One day, a young guy saves from death the disabled person named Johnny - the only person who was not affected by amnesia ...
19. Castle in the Sky (1986)
Alternative reality. Government agents and pirates are searching for the Flying Stone, which is of immense value.
It soon becomes clear that this miracle stone is in the hands of a girl named Sita. The young heroine becomes the main target of a cruel hunt - the hunt for the key to the mysterious flying island called Laputa ...
18. Metropolis (2001)
A boy named Kenichi, along with his uncle Ban Syunsaku, arrives in the city of the future Metropolis in order to begin another private investigation. This time their task is to find a cyborg girl, like two peas in a pod similar to the dead daughter of the despotic and cruel ruler of Metropolis.
This baby should be the key to absolute power over the world, so you need to find it as soon as possible. The main characters immediately go in search of a small robot, unaware of what a terrible war they get involved in ...
17. Yesterday (1991)
A young girl named Taeko goes to the village to visit her relatives.
This journey becomes for her a kind of excursion into the past, during which, in her memory, one after another, the most significant events of childhood emerge.
Remembering and mentally experiencing their long-standing discoveries, joyful and sad moments from children's life, Taeko increasingly finds herself not having found her place in life.
Who knows, maybe this trip will be able to help the main character understand herself ...
16. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
An amazing story about the adventures of two girls. Five-year-old Mei and her older sister Satsuki are moving to the village because of a serious maternal illness.
At the new location, the girls are introduced to the bizarre forest spirit of Totoro.
He becomes a guide for the sisters to an incredibly interesting world around us - a world where there is a place for wonders, where mysterious forest creatures live and where everything is possible, if you really want to ...
15. The Tales of the Terrestrial Sea (2006)
The magical world of Earthsea was on the verge of extinction due to the violation of the universal equilibrium.
The high magician named Ged decides to find out the root cause of the trouble and goes on a journey. On the way, he meets Prince Enlad, who fled from his native land after he killed his own father.
The magician begins to reveal to his companion the secrets of being. He tells the young man about a special mission, which is destined to that fate. The guy decides to help Ged in opposing the dark forces. But will he have time to do this?
14. The wind gets stronger (2013)
From early childhood, Jiro's young hero dreams of flying on beautiful planes. However, due to the congenital myopia, the guy will never become an avialet.
Not wanting to part with his dream, Jiro decides to come up with the perfect aircraft and soon becomes one of the best aircraft designers in the world.
On the way to the staggering success of the guy waiting for a lot of trials, interesting events and unforgettable meetings, and more - true love ...
13. Witch's delivery service (1989)
Having reached the age of 13, the young witch Kiki, as befits all the sorceress in her surroundings, is sent to live for some time among the people.
Together with her favorite - the cat Gigi - she settles in one of the cities, where she soon becomes acquainted with the good-natured baker.
With it, the girl opens her own business - Emergency Delivery Service. Thanks to this work, Kiki meets interesting people, finds new friends and makes lots of funny tricks ...
12. Pompoko: The War of the Tanuki (1994)
All events take place in modern Japan, on the outskirts of Tokyo.
People thoughtlessly destroy forests and build up hills belonging to tanuki - raccoon-shaped werewolf dogs.
Trying to protect their native lands, the tanuki begin a heroic war. The main asset in their desperate struggle for survival becomes the ancient art of transformation, with which they can take on the appearance of any creature - even people ...
11. Spirited Away (2001)
Together with the parents of little Chihiro will be moving to a new home. On the way, the girl’s family goes astray and finds herself in a strange, deserted city that greets them with a great feast.
Parents of the girls eagerly pounce on food and soon ... turn into pigs, having fallen under the evil spell of the sorceress Yubaba.
Left alone with many mysterious creatures and magical visions, Chihiro is forced to seek salvation ...
10. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Because of the dark spell of the evil witch, young Sophie turned into a decrepit old woman. And now the girl now and then tries to find someone who would help her return to her former appearance.
Soon she meets the powerful magician Howl and his servant - the demon Calcifer.
It turns out that the demon and Sophie have one common goal - they both dream of getting rid of evil spells ...
9. The girl who conquered time (2006)
Seventeen Makoto Konno leads a carefree fun life and does not burden yourself with unnecessary worries. She does not pay enough attention to her studies, doesn’t particularly care about her close ones, and doesn’t care much about her future future.
Soon, however, the usual life of Makoto collapses. This happens at the very moment when she has the unique ability to move in time ...
8. The whisper of the heart (1995)
The main passion in the life of a girl Shizuku - books. She can read them day and night. And now, taking another literary masterpiece in the local library, she notices that before her, this book was taken by a certain Seiji.
It turns out that a stranger had previously repeatedly taken to read books that a girl liked.
Shizuku was intrigued by this fact, and she decided to find out who this mysterious lover of reading was?
7. Flying Ghost Ship (1969)
Over the years, ships one after another disappear without a trace in the waters of the ocean. Those few who managed to stay alive by a miracle unanimously claim that the mysterious Ghost Ship is to blame for all these catastrophes ...
Once a huge robot Golem appears in Tokyo, declaring himself the envoy of this mysterious ship. Soon people begin to disappear from the city again. All locals blame the Ghost Ship. Everything except the brave boy Hayato, who has a weighty reason to doubt it.
He decides to go on a dangerous journey, to finally uncover the secret of the Ghost Ship and his mysterious captain ...
6. Fishers of forgotten voices (2011) 
Once the father gave Asuna a mysterious crystal, from which comes amazing and mysterious music. And now the girl for days on end listens to these wonderful sounds and melodies.
One day she decides to do what she has long dreamed of - seeing a friend whom she has not seen for many years. To do this, Asuna goes on an exciting journey ...
5. Princess Mononoke (1997)
Japan. The Muromachi Period. The young prince Ashitaka kills a fierce boar, but he manages to put a curse on the guy before he dies.
Hoping to find salvation from evil spells, the prince turns to the old healer. However, she reports that only with his own forces can he break the curse.
Soon after, the brave warrior embarks on a dangerous journey and finds himself in a mysterious country. All its inhabitants are in captivity of the evil Eboshi, and only Ashitaka can save them ...
4. 5 centimeters per second (2007)
An animated film tells about the life of Takaki Tono.
The whole plot is divided into three parts, each of which tells about a certain period in the life of the main character.
This life story begins in the mid-1990s in one of the cities of Japan ...
One day, a trio of street vagrants — Han's transvestite, Jin, an alcoholic and homeless Miyuki — find a newborn girl on one of the streets of Tokyo.
Suddenly, forgotten human feelings wake up in the hearts of these seemingly missing people, and they decide to find their little ones.
Deciding on this noble act, the heroes could not even imagine that, by saving the poor little one, they would be able to save themselves too ...
2. Navskaya from the valley of winds (1984)
Far future. Humanity has become a victim of its own actions. The mindless exploitation of natural resources entailed a terrible ecological catastrophe, and now people are forced to abandon their usual habitats, saving their lives.
For the remaining resources, there is a desperate struggle between neighboring countries. Chaos reigns everywhere ... And only Princess Navskaya from the peaceful Valley of the Winds knows the true reason for what is happening and is trying to find a way out of this situation ...
1. Beyond the Clouds (2004)
Alternative version of the story. After World War II, the territory of Japan was divided between two allies: the northern island of Hokkaido was captured by the Soviet Union, and Honshu and other southern islands came into the possession of the United States.
Many years later, the Russians began to build a giant tower. This mysterious structure attracts the attention of three high school friends.
The young men decide at all costs to reach the impregnable tower and unravel its secret ...
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