What's your favorite anime movie and why?


Mine would have to be the Karas movies. They're just so new and inventive, not following along the generic anime idea, and have a solid (yet not readily understood) storyline. It's also dark and just so gory that it's awesome.
It's a superhero movie with swords and demons. Superman ain't got shit on this hero, in my opinion.
I just love it's story, and sidestory: while Karas goes on fighting the demons and while the demons go about killing unsuspecting humans, the Shinjuku PD is investigating these supernatural murders, and it shows how other people are affected by the doings of the demons.

Karas: The Prophecy is the first movie, and The Revelation is the second.
I like Revelation better, because it clears a lot up and is easier to understand. Plus there's a scene in that movie that is too awesome for words.
So yeah, that's my favorite anime movie......what about you?

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Akira, the original 1980s one. That movie was so epic and badass i've been using Kaneda and Tetsuo as character nicknames ever since i saw it. If you exist as someone who likes anime, you will at least know this title.

so yeah, deffinitely Akira

I like Ninja Scroll. Its probably the first anime movie I've ever watched and after that Highlander: Search for Vengeance is great too.

Princess Mononoke it had a very good plot and also a very good message i really enjoyed it

Cowboy Bebop. ^_^

Tekkon Kinkreet! XD

Inuyasha.... Princess Mononoke... Spirited Away... Howl's moving castle... and Nausicaa Valley of the WInd are my personal favourites! :)

Karas confused the hell out of me, but I still enjoyed watching it. Akira was great too. But, as of now my favourite would have to be Highlander. I loved it.

I love all of Hayao Miyazaki's movies (especially Princess Mononoke), as well as just Ghibli movies in general (except for Howl's Moving Castle... I liked the book better >_>), but none of them could be considered my favorite.

lol, AlWayZFrE3, Akira is definitely my favorite anime movie out of them ALL! You're totally right.
Though I grew up with the Vampire Hunter D movies, so they're pretty close to my top fav (particularly Bloodlust).

But... my guilty pleasure for 4th fav movie would have to be Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo, or rather The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. ^^ Hehe.

EDIT: pluuuus, there's gonna be a GINTAMA movie coming out soon... >_> <_< and hopefully this list will be altered >=D

Inuyasha: Affections Touching Across Time(woot! fight scenes!), Princess Mononoke(moral/theme), Spirited Away(plot), and Howl's Moving Castle(plot) are cool in my opinion.

AlwaysFree had it right. Akira, my favorite Anime movie... It's just... too... awesome...

Hmm... Well, as far as movies are concerned, I think it would have to be... Hmm, actually, that's a tough one, Howl's Moving Castle, I thought, was excellent as were Spirited Away and Ghost in the Shell. My Neighbor Totoro and The Cat Returns had their moments, too, and I'm tempted to mention Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie sheerly for the sake of how hilariously poor it was. The Naruto movies are... Watchable, I suppose, though increasingly predictable. Of course, none of this really answers the question, does it? Oh, who am I kidding? It's got to be Spirited Away, though bits of it rely somewhat on deus ex machina, its overall weirdness and engrossing stroyline puts it head and shoulders above the majority of films, anime or otherwise.

Damn, everyone's taken all my answers. Akira is probably my favorite because it was the only movie that made me trip balls trying to figure out what was going on at the end. When I rewatched it I got the plot waaaaaayyy better and came out a smarter person because of it... I think...

The first anime movie I ever watched was Porco Rosso. Back when SBS was still cool it had Neon Genesis, Slayers and stuff like that on it, unlike now days were all you get are 24 hour Croatian news updates. Croatian news sucks.

Dare I continue on the tangent of Studio Ghibli? Yes, yes I do.

I've seen a lot of Ghibli and/or Miyazaki but out of them all I've considered Whisper of the Heart the best since I first saw the credits roll. The storyline is simplistic but at the same time, it has depth not to mention it's a cute story. Don't get me wrong, Spirited Away and all the rest of the Ghibli and Miyazaki films were great but Whisper of the Heart stands as my all-time favorite.

My favorite Anime movie would have to be Spriggin. Reasoning is how awesome the graphics are and also the stroy line is amazing!!!

I'm kind of surprised no one said End of Evangelion. That movie is extremely depressing, but nevertheless awesome.

The Vampire Hunter D movies. I was told I was about as lively and warm as D. Which to me, was quite the compliment. :) Anyways, I think D is the only bad ass who doesn't gloat. Besides, watching him tear people apart was just uber appealing. By the by, I ate BBQ Chicken during the movie. My wife thought I was gross.

Teh Wing