Member Monk Sante Posted March 26, 2009 Member Share Posted March 26, 2009 Can anyone recommend any good japanese anime movie titles? :l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member tdb Posted March 26, 2009 Member Share Posted March 26, 2009 Bwa ha ha! Ninja Scroll Ghost In the Shell Ghost In the Shell: Innocence Wicked City Vampire Hunter D Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust Akira My Neighbor Totoro Laputa: Castle in the Sky The Cat Returns Kiki's Delivery Service Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind Howl's Moving Castle Spirited Away Castle Of Cagliostro Whisper of the Heart My Neighbors the Yamadas Lupin III: --Island of Assasins --Farewell to Nostradamus --Crisis in Tokyo --The Columbus Files --Missed by a Dollar --Voyage to Danger --Dragon of Doom --The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure --The Secret of Twillight Gemini --Dead or Alive Perfect Blue Tokyo Godfathers Millenium Actress Paprika Appleseed Appleseed: Ex Machina Vexille Crusher Joe Flight 005 Conspiracy Project Eden Affair of Nolandia Slayers: The Motion Picture Cowboy Bebop The Movie Martian Successor Nadesico - The Motion Picture: Prince of Darkness Cardcaptor Sakura: The Motion Picture Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie 2: The Sealed Card Metropolis Steamboy Mindgame Escaflowne: The Movie There's more, but this is a reasonably good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Koyuki Posted March 26, 2009 Member Share Posted March 26, 2009 I've got a fair amount of familiarity with anime - are you looking for movies only, or also series? Also, keeping in mind that anime is a medium, not a genre, what sorts of titles are you looking for? Kung Fu/samurai/general fighting shows, or some other sort of story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member tdb Posted March 26, 2009 Member Share Posted March 26, 2009 I own all the movies I mentioned, just so you don't think I'm pulling these titles out of thin air; except for these: Ghost In the Shell (seen it) Ghost In the Shell: Innocence (haven't seen it) Vampire Hunter D (seen it) Paprika (seen it; really good, really need to buy it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member HyperDrive Posted March 26, 2009 Member Share Posted March 26, 2009 I'll add Princess Mononoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member tdb Posted March 26, 2009 Member Share Posted March 26, 2009 I'll add Princess Mononoke. I knew there was a Ghibli/Miyazaki I was forgetting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Monk Sante Posted March 26, 2009 Author Member Share Posted March 26, 2009 I've got a fair amount of familiarity with anime - are you looking for movies only, or also series? Also, keeping in mind that anime is a medium, not a genre, what sorts of titles are you looking for? Kung Fu/samurai/general fighting shows, or some other sort of story? Im looking for movie Martial arts/Action/Sci-fi related titles. Good feedback guys! XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member tdb Posted March 26, 2009 Member Share Posted March 26, 2009 Silent Möbius Silent Möbius 2 Macross 2: The Movie Galaxy Express 999 Arcadia of My Youth Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member lillippa328 Posted March 26, 2009 Member Share Posted March 26, 2009 I've got a fair amount of familiarity with anime - are you looking for movies only, or also series? Also, keeping in mind that anime is a medium, not a genre, what sorts of titles are you looking for? Kung Fu/samurai/general fighting shows, or some other sort of story? what are som good kung fu anime?i usually hate anime, but i saw the storm riders one and loved it...i like the kung fu in it...they show it and they move lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Asmo Posted March 26, 2009 Moderator Share Posted March 26, 2009 Im looking for movie Martial arts/Action/Sci-fi related titles. Good feedback guys! XD Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie is a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yi-Long Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Great anime-series: - Hajime No Ippo (awesome boxing anime) - Death Note (just check the rave reviews for the manga and the anime-series) - Mushishi (Stand-alone episodes about dealing with forrest-spirits. Beautifull and touching) - Samurai Champloo: Great fun series about 2 samurais and a girl, from the maker of Cowboy Bebop. - Cowboy Bebob: intergalactic bountyhunters. Great show. - Naruto: Amazing huge saga of a boy destined to become Hokage. Don't let the nay-sayers deter you from watching this, but absolutely skip the horrible 'fillers'. - Black Lagoon: Fun & violent action-series about modern mercenaries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member dragonherb Posted March 26, 2009 Member Share Posted March 26, 2009 Long series: Outlaw Star Gate Keepers DNA2 Shorter series: Devilman Mamono Hunter Yohko Moldiver Iria (Zeraim the Animation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member tdb Posted March 26, 2009 Member Share Posted March 26, 2009 Drifting a bit off topic, but it's to be expected, it's an anime thread. Actually, Outlaw Star, Gate Keepers are one season long and DNA2 was only 12 episodes (not counting the ova). You want long? (2 seasons, 23+/- eps per season) Flame of Recca Getbackers Fullmetal Alchemist Cardcaptor Sakura Really Long (100+ episodes) Ranma 1/2 Urusei Yatsura Bleach Naruto Detective Conan Back to topic: Spriggan (sci-fi/action) Brave Story (fantasy/action) Tekkonkinkreet (action) The Place Promised in Our Early Days (sci-fi) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Koyuki Posted March 26, 2009 Member Share Posted March 26, 2009 Pretty much any anime title can be researched further at AnimeNewsNetwork's Encyclopedia, link here. Sci Fi: .hack//SIGN AlienNine FLCL Fullmetal Alchemist Full Metal Panic Gasaraki Gilgamesh Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 (original Gundam) MS Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket Gurren Lagaan Infinite Ryvius Last Exile Neon Genesis Evangelion Now and Then, Here and There Paranoia Agent Planetes Rah-Xephon Saikano Texnolyze Zaion Green Legend Ran Memories Origin Spriggan Tekkonkinkreet Action/Fighting Baki the Grappler Kenichi Le Chevalier D'Eon Peacemaker Ruronini Kenshin (Samurai X) Yu Yu Hakusho Shootfighter Tekken Shura no Toki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member tdb Posted March 26, 2009 Member Share Posted March 26, 2009 Sci-Fi: Patlabor the Movie (1989) Patlabor 2 the Movie (1993) WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 (2001) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member BaronK Posted March 26, 2009 Member Share Posted March 26, 2009 Spriggan Sword of the Stranger Baki the Grappler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Monk Sante Posted March 26, 2009 Author Member Share Posted March 26, 2009 Thanks for the feedback guys! XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Rebornman Posted March 27, 2009 Member Share Posted March 27, 2009 record of lodoss war Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member froffeecoffee Posted March 27, 2009 Member Share Posted March 27, 2009 The entire Macross series which includes -Super Dimension Fortress Macross -Macross Plus -Macross 7 -Macross Zero -Macross Frontier There are also some OVAs that showcase sidestories to some of the characters. The movies to Macross are -The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? -Macross 7 the Movie: The Galaxy Is Calling Me! I don't include the Macross 2 series because fans and the creator of the original Macross, Kawamori Shoji, don't consider it part of the original storyline. Plus it wasn't very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Koyuki Posted March 27, 2009 Member Share Posted March 27, 2009 Another Sci Fi Eureka 7 A few more fighters... Tengo Tenje Kai Doh Maru Fist of the North Star Berserk (fighters aren't really my favorite animes) and, hesitantly, Jubei Chan: Secret of Lovely Eyepatch J2: The Counterattack of the Siberia Yagyu (Hesitantly, because Jubei is more of a comedy/magical girl sort of show, but the samurai action scenes are very well done.) All but a few of the fighters are series/movies I own, and I've seen at least a little of the ones I don't own. There's some more that I'd recommend as good anime, but they're outside of what you said you're looking for. Some others, like Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi have episodes that would fit, but not the entire series (MSAA ep. 4 spoofs Bruce Lee, 36 Chambers, and bunch of other things). A lot of these are series, more than movies. Oh, Avatar is American, not Japanese, but stylistically it fits right in, and has some good kung fu moves. Boondocks has some interesting fight sequences too, and the Animatrix extras to the Matrix movies have some good segments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Koyuki Posted March 27, 2009 Member Share Posted March 27, 2009 what are som good kung fu anime?i usually hate anime, but i saw the storm riders one and loved it...i like the kung fu in it...they show it and they move lol Not too many kung fu centered titles come to mind, partly because I tend towards serious sci fi and screwball comedy more than fighting, but more because martial arts battles consume a lot of time, effort, and budget money when drawing it by hand, and very few series are willing to commit to it. Also, the Japanese storytelling tradition is more based in samurai swordfighting stories than in weaponless or staff/spear based kung fu fighting. Most of the fighting animes that do exist are shounen series, where a single fight might span a dozen episodes, not because they keep going at it, but because they keep stopping to talk about their motivations, health, fighting style, back story, ability to continue fighting, and anything else to drag it out and increase the tension (I'm looking at you, Naruto and Bleach). A benefit is that most shounen series are in the tournament format, so the fights do keep coming, with little blather in between. Another aspect is that most of the anime series are some sort of fantasy, so the opponents tend to be superhumans of some sort (even more so than in HK films), and simply punching them is quite ineffective. Like I mentioned earlier, anime is a medium, not a genre. There's a good anime out there for everyone. Open your mind, and you might find just what you're looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Member emacs Posted March 29, 2009 Member Share Posted March 29, 2009 what are som good kung fu anime? there may be several instances of kung fu (assuming you mean wushu) in anime (Japanese animation) out there; i just never seen them. the closest i've seen include Ninja Scroll and Afro Samurai: Resurrection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member lillippa328 Posted March 30, 2009 Member Share Posted March 30, 2009 Yea ^ ive seen them and theyre alright...tho i want somthing pure martial arts no fantasy really... hey speakin of anime, what is the one thats the anime of Shinobi? Is it Basilisk or somthin? is it good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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