Here are my personal list of the best anime made (movies and series).
1. 5cm per second (秒速5センチメートル) by Shinkai Makoto - dubbed as Miyazki Hayao's successor by the west, he stormed in with Voices of a Distant Star (ほしのこえ) back in 2002. His lush amazing background, storytelling and vision makes him a Miyazaki Hayao in the making.
2. Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し) by Miyazaki Hayao - by far Miyazki Hayao's masterpiece. It won him an Oscar and other local and international awards back in 2002. This film was for a long time was the yard stick for all anime: Excellent animation and background, soundtrack, cinematography and direction and storytelling. Most of the west considers this the best anime ever made.
3. Millennium Actress (千年女優) by Kon Satoshi - An amazing anime about an obsessive director and a fan of an actress in her twilight, amazing storytelling and pacing it will leave you to tears at the end of this tour de force. RIP Kon Satoshi.
4. Grave of the Fireflies (火垂るの墓) by Takahata Isao - one of the best anti-war film ever made tells of the tragedy that war brings to all. A definite must see
5. Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro (ルパン三世 カリオストロの城) by Miyazaki Hayao - the Best LUPIN III movie produced is the only thing I can say about this. This cemented the green jacket Lupin's legacy which in my opinion led to the debate of RED vs. GREEN phenomena amongst fans.
6. Cowboy Bebop (カウボーイビバップ) Watanabe Shinichirou - the 90's anime era had a lot of variety from Samurai X, Ranma, El Hazard, Tenchi Muyo, Evangelion, Yuu Yuu Hakusho etc. but the only one that really stands out in terms of animation, story and soundtrack is Cowboy Beboop, not to mention probably the coolest one on one duel in an anime of all time: Spike vs. Vicious.
7. Princess Mononoke (もののけ姫) by Miyazaki Hayao - was Miyazaki's last animated film before he went on hiatus, released in 1997 it soon made huge wave across the world only to be butchered by cuts and horrible editing by Disney.
8. Paprika (パプリカ) Kon Satoshi - Inspired Inception.
9. Akira (アキラ) by Otomo Katsuhiro - the only anime that deals with nihilism perfectly. This is how dark/brooding/psychological anime are to measured.
10. Ghost in the Shell (攻殻機動隊) by Oshii Mamoru - Too bad they couldn't recreate another masterpiece as the first one.
Others of note: Nausicaa, Whisper of the heart, The Cat Returns, Monster, 08th MS Team, Only Yesterday, Ninja Scroll, Voices of a distant star, Azumanga Dai Oh, Read or Die, Scryed, Tokyo Godfathers, Perfect Blue, Serial Experiments Lain, Gunbuster, Spice and Wolf, Beck and My Neighbor Totoro.
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