Anime Movie List

We have the series list so now we'll have a movie list, feel free to post any Anime movies you feel are worth watching here.... just try to follow a similar format to the one we have in The List thread.....


Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind


Original release date: 1984
Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
Run Time: 116 minutes

Plot summary: The story takes place 1,000 years after the "Seven Days of Fire," an event which destroyed human civilization and most of the Earth's original ecosystem. Scattered human settlements survive, isolated from one another by the Sea of Decay; a jungle of giant plants and fungi swarming with giant insects, which seem to come together only to wage war. Everything in the Sea of Decay, including the air, is lethally toxic.

the only stand alone anime movies this one has seen are those of Hayao Miyazaki and a few others-desu.


Castle in the Sky


Original release date: 1986
Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
Run Time: 124 minutes

Plot summary: According to legend, humans were fascinated with the sky; therefore they created increasingly sophisticated ways of lifting aircraft from the ground. This eventually led to flying cities and fortresses. Over time, the cities came crashing back to the ground, forcing the survivors to live on the ground as before. One city, Laputa, is said to remain in the sky, concealed within the swirling clouds of a violent thunderstorm. While most people consider it to be fictional, some believe the legend is true and have sought to find the ancient city. Airships still remain in common use.

Karas: The Prophecy

Original Release Date: April 25, 2006[USA Release Date]
Directed by: Keiichi Sato
Run Time: 80 minutes

Plot Summary:
The old Karas is dead, killed by an evil ex-Karas who now named himself Ekou. He started a series of murders against humanity by making his loyal youkai drain the body fluids from humans. Otoha ,a young man who just woke from a coma, is chosen to be the new Karas. Him and his trainer, Yurine, start the fight against the evil forces of darkness that are tryng to conquer the city of Shijuku.

Karas: The Prophecy[Sequel]

Original Release Date:October 23, 2007
Directed by: Keiichi Sato
Run Time: 90 minutes

Plot Summary:
In the wake of the hospital battle Otoha, now back in his (formerly comatose) body, recalls who he is as he helps Nue to recover. Upon learning the truth about how the Yurines and Karas work, he realizes that he may not be able to become Karas again while his Yurine is Eko's prisoner, but ex-Karas Eko is determined to put his plan in motion to replace the lost and corrupt city he has watched for centuries, so Otoha may have little choice but to act anyway. As the Karas and Yurine from other cities watch, Eko exploits his former underlings to turn Shinjuku into a nightmare where he stands indomitable. Only Otoha, as Karas, has a hope of defeating him, but how will he transform without his own Yurine?

Origin- Spirits of the Past

Original Release Date: January 7, 2006
Directed by: Keiichi Sugiyama
Run Time: 94 minutes
Plot Summary:
A boy named Agito stumbles upon a machine which has been keeping a girl named Toola in suspended animation for 300 years. Toola awakens to discover that the earth's environment has been radically altered due to genetic experiments that her father was involved in, and that the forest itself has become a sentient entity. Together with Shunack, another person from the past, Toola attempts to use long dormant technology to return things to the way they used to be. When Toola comes to the realization that the ways of the past should not be revived, she and Agito fight to protect the world as it has become, and try to create a balance between mankind and nature.
A young boy named Agito enters a forbidden sanctuary where a glowing machine resides, which preserves this young girl named Toola, who has a mission entrusted by her from the past. 300 years into the future, the Earth's enviorment has been ruined by the interference of mankind, and inbetween the 300 years, the past humans were forced into deep sleep. The Earth reaches a point where the mankind must survive, dividing people from "The Forest" in which the the forest tries to live together in peace.

5 Centimeters per Second

Original Release Date: March 3, 2007(J) :: March 4, 2008(US)
Directed by: Makoto Shinkai
Run Time: 63 minutes

Plot Summary

A tale of two people, Tono Takaki and Shinohara Akari, who were close friends but gradually grow farther and farther apart as time moves on. They become separated because of their families yet continue to exchange contact in the form of letters. Yet as time continues to trudge on, their contact with one another begins to cease. Years pass and the rift between them grows ever larger. However, Takaki remembers the times they have shared together, but as life continues to unfold for him, he wonders if he would be given the chance to meet Akari again as the tale embarks on Takaki's realization of the world and people around him.

Tono Takaki and Shinohara Akari are close friends who, upon graduation from elementary school, are parted because of family movement. Their deep feelings for each other keep them in contact, but they worry they may not meet again. Then, one day, Takaki decides to visit Akari.........This is a movie in three parts that follows the thoughts and relationship of 2 young people as they meet and part, both from their point of view and from people around them.

Spirited Away


Original release date: 2001
Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
Run Time: 125 minutes

Plot summary: The movie begins by introducing Chihiro, a whiny, pessimistic child, who is annoyed about having to move to a new town. While driving to their new house, Chihiro's father attempts a shortcut; they subsequently lose their way and come across a mysterious tunnel which leads to what appears to be an abandoned theme park, but in actuallity is a gateway to the sprit wold. Lined with fully-stocked restaurants, both parents impulsively eat the food they find there, and as a result transform into pigs. Now Chihiro must gain employment in Yubaba's bathhouse so she can remain in the spirit-world long enough to rescue her parents.

Howl's Moving Castle


release date: 20 November 2004 (Japan)
directed by: Hayao Miyazaki, based on the novel by Dianna Wynne Jones
Running time: 118 minutes

Plot summary: A love story between an 18-year-old girl named Sophie, cursed by a witch into an old woman's body, and a magician named Howl. Under the curse, Sophie sets out to seek her fortune, which takes her to Howl's strange moving castle. In the castle, Sophie meets Howl's fire demon, named Calcifer. Seeing that she is under a curse, the demon makes a deal with Sophie--if she breaks the contract he is under with Howl, then Calcifer will lift the curse that Sophie is under, and she will return to her 18-year-old shape.

Clannad


Original release date: September 15th 2007
Directed by: Osamu Dezaki
Run Time: 90 minutes

Plot summary: Okazaki Tomoya is a student who goes to school only as a force of habit. He continues to be plagued by nightmares of a world with nothing left, where his existence is a mere conciousness. On the way to school one day, he meets a girl called Furukawa Nagisa, who from then on follows him to school every day, unable to climb the stairs by herself. While helping Nagisa to organize the Drama Club, Tomoya slowly starts to open up and actually enjoy his life again. But the dreams he has might be something more than just dreams..

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time(Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo)


Release date: July 15, 2006 (Japan)
Directed by: Mamoru Hosoda
Run Time: 98 minutes

Plot Summary: When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to, quite literally, "leap" backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and eventually, will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends.

Porco Rosso


Original release date: 1992
Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
Run Time: 94 minutes

Plot summary: Originally a WW I ace pilot in the Italian Air Force, Porco grew disillusioned and left the military. He now makes his living as a bounty hunter taking jobs such as guarding ships from pirates with planes, and flies the skies of the Adriatic sea with peerless piloting skill. Though in a state of rivalry, Porco and the pirates manage to coexist with a minimum of bloodshed by abstaining from human casualties. For relaxation, he and other pilots spend their evenings on neutral ground at the Hotel Adriano, an establishment run by a chanteuse named Gina.

Princess Mononoke


Release Date: 1997-07-12
Directed By: Hayao Miyazaki
Run Time: 133 minutes

Plot Summery: On a hunting trip, Ashitaka comes in contact with a demon-god upon killing the demon-god Ashitaka is inflicted with a deadly curse. On a quest to find a cure he is banished from his village forever, and must journey to the forest inhabited by animal gods. There he finds himself, entangled in a war between the forest gods and a village led by lady Eboshi.

Akira


Original release date: 1988
Directed by: Katsuhiro Otomo
Run Time: 124 minutes

Plot summary: In the year 2019, Neo-Tokyo stands on an artificial island in Tokyo Bay. It's a post-apocalyptic city of political unrest, terrorist activities against the corrupt state officials are rife and 'cyberpunk' bike gangs rule the streets. One gang of teenage biker called the Capsules, is led by smug 16-year-old delinquent Shotaro Kaneda, engage the Clowns, a rival gang, in a fight. From here they jump on their bikes and speed off to the Clowns who are on "Capsule territory".Tetsuo Shima, Kaneda's best friend, having chased two Clown members into the abandoned Tokyo, finds a child with wizened features blocking his path. The boy, Takashi, had been previously set free from a government facility by a member of the terrorist Resistance, but teleported to the highway after the rescuer was killed by soldiers during a riot. As Tetsuo tries to avoid Takashi, his bike inexplicably explodes. When the gang reaches the scene, several military helicopters also arrive. Led by Colonel Shikishima, armed soldiers take Takashi and the injured Tetsuo away while Kaneda and his friends are arrested.

My Neighbor Totoro


Original release date: 1988
Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
Run Time: 86 minutes

Plot summary: In 1958, a university professor and his two daughters, Satsuki and Mei, move into an old house in rural Japan, so as to be closer to the hospital where his wife is recovering from an illness. The daughters find that the house is inhabited by tiny animated dust creatures called soot sprites, which their father rationalizes as makkurokurosuke — an optical illusion seen when moving from light to dark places. These soot spirits are representations of Satsuki and Mei’s apprehensions of moving into a new house. When they become comfortable and are finally able to laugh with their father, the soot spirits leave the house. Soon the two girls discover the other spirits around their new home.

The Cat Returns

Original release date: 2002
Directed by: Morita Hiroyuki
Run Time: 75 min.

Plot summary:This movie is somehow related to Whisper of the heart, it follows Muta (the cat from Whisper of the heart) and Baron (the cat statue in Whisper of the heart, also used in Shizuku's story). The story is based on Neko no Danshaku (Baron of Cat) by Hiiragi Aoi.The main character of the story is Haru. Haru is a clueless, ordinary 17 year-old girl. She has no special abilities and neither is she an extraordinary beauty. When faced with reality, she is unable to make decisions for herself, thus often swaying to others' opinions to avoid challenge. One day, Haru saved the life of a cat without consideration of her own safety. The cat turned out to be the Cat Prince from the Kingdom of Cats, however as a result, Haru is trapped in the world of cats.