Image: SuppliedAnimated movies are one of my favourite childhood memories, and they're the focus for this week's Off Topic. Let's narrow it down to five.
We've got plenty of anime fans amongst the Kotaku crew, so it shouldn't be a surprise that there are plenty of fans of animated movies. Mark's written in the past how he loves How to Train Your Dragon more than anything else, and while I don't know that it'd be my favourite of all time, it's definitely in the top 5.
It's really hard to nail down a top five, especially since how much I enjoy films often depends on what else is happening in my life at the time, the state of mind I'm in, and all that. But I generally find that anything I return to is pretty good, so here's my five favourite anime films:
- Howl's Moving Castle: Not the most beloved Miyazaki production, but one of the sweetest. Gets me every time.
- How to Train Your Dragon: Dreamworks doing Pixar better than Pixar.
- Toy Story: But when Pixar are at the top of their game, they're still better than most filmmakers. Anywhere.
- Ratatouille: As you can tell, I'm a big Pixar fan. Lot of charm here, a very cute rat, features a lot of food, and Peter O'Toole's speech at the end is brilliant, especially if you dabble in creative criticism from time to time (hello!).
- Aladdin: First animated movie I remember seeing at the cinemas. There were only two families in the cinema at the time. Actual. Best.
What's your top 5 animated movies, and why?
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Toy story 3 and spirited away. Only animated movies I have cried in.
Toy Story 3.....I cried like a baby.
1. WALL-E
2. WALL-E
3. WALL-E
4. WALL-E
5. WALL-E
Ghost in the Shell
5cm per second
Nausicaa
Cars
Lion King
NAUSICAAA BABBYYYYY
Batman Mask of the Phantasm
Aladdin
The Incredibles
Akira
Toy Story
Ghost in the Shell
Aladdin
Mulan
Porco Rosso
Redline
Mulan is a really good choice too.
Kudos for Redline. I can't say it's in my top 5 but it deserves much more recognition than what it has.
Ponyo/Spirited Away
Pokemon The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back
How to Train Your Dragon (No. 2 was better objectively but didn't have the same flair that No. 1 had)
Ratatouille
Studio Ghibli just does it without any form of narration.
How am I supposed to choose five? :sob:
It's hard for the whole list not to be Ghibli films, but here goes:
~ Spirited Away
~ Wolf Children
~ Paprika
~ How to Train Your Dragon
~ Up
This list is not all accurate. Pretty sure it works be all Ghibli films otherwise...
I really like Satoshi Kon movies, but they get edged out by the 5 I have listed just.
Tokyo Godfathers is getting a Blu-ray release tomorrow... I better get onto that...
Ghost in the Shell
My Neighbour Totoro
Fantastic Mr Fox
Heavy Metal
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir...nice pick, heavy Film!
Oh this is hard, damn. In no particular order:
• Princess Mononoke
• Spirited Away
• End of Evangelion
• The Lion King
• Your Name
1. Ratatouille
2. Ponyo
3. Spirited Away
4. The Lion King
5. Monsters Inc
Bonus: The Iron Giant
It would be easy to just list out 5 Ghibli films and be done with it, so I'll add a few others that I am quite fond of:
Toy Story 3
Akira
The Aristocats
The Lion King
Inside Out
1. Footrot Flats
2. My Neighbour Totoro
3. Ninja Scroll
4. Robin Hood (Disney)
5. Cars
Props for Robin Hood! It narrowly missed out a place in my own Top 5, but it'd definitely be in my Top 10 :)
In no particular order:
- Perfect Blue
- Sleeping Beauty
- Beauty and the Beast
- Grave of the Fireflies
- Ninja Scroll
If all you want to do is cry and destroy your soul, then yes go watch Grave of the Fireflies.
Indeed make sure your small children are watching....the first scene where the young boy passes away is a great way to introduce the fear of death into your kids.
I went into Grave of the Fireflies not knowing anything about it and it pretty much destroyed me. I don't think I've ever cried as much as I did after watching it.
Iron Giant
The Animatrix
A Scanner Darkley
Ghost in the Shell
Coraline
Have yet to see Akira
Ooooh, Coraline is a good choice.
I'd probably sub in Kubo though.
It doesn't look as dark as Coraline though I like the visual style
Nice list however stop what you are doing now and go watch AKIRA.
In no particular order:
Escaflowne (movie)
Aladdin
Castle of Cagliostro
Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Redline
If you enjoy Castle of Cagliostro I highly recommend The Gravestone of Daisuke Jigen. It's a the latest Lupin III OVA and it is super stylish and fun to watch.
Ninja Scroll.
Aladdin.
Spirited Away.
The Incredibles.
Akira
Edit for Honorable Mention - Jungle Book.
Last edited 05/09/17 12:24 pmFantasia,
Pink Floyd, the wall,
The lion king,
Wall-E
Ninja scroll.
My Neighbour Totoro. because TOTORO!!!
Wolf Children
Millennium Actress
Spirited Away
Transformers: The Movie
Castle of Cagliostro
Ninja Scroll
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
Ratatouille
The Lion King
In no particular order. There should probably be at least twenty.
Lion King (I'm disappointed by it's absence in your list Alex)
Howl's Moving Castle
Wolf Children
Akira
My Neighbour Totoro
Spirited Away
Princess Mononoke
April and the Extraordinary World
AKIRA
Tekkonkinkreet
What about The Rescuers???? Great flick.
The Rescuers Down Under also fun for the kids. and me.
Oh and Pooh's Heffalump Movie was lovely.
I was a big fan of The Rescuers Down under as a child - I rewatched it on an Air Qatar flight a month or so ago (now 30).
Hasn't missed a beat.
Last edited 05/09/17 2:17 pmExcluding anime (because there's already enough Studio Ghibli recommendations).
Fantastic Planet
World of Tomorrow
Coraline
Persepolis
Waking Life
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