my best anime films and short ova's

by ardish5 | created - 08 Sep 2014 | updated - 2 days ago | Public

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1. Akira (1988)

R | 124 min | Animation, Action, Drama

68 Metascore

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.

Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda

Votes: 205,314 | Gross: $0.55M

2. Wicked City (1987)

Not Rated | 82 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy

While protecting a signatory to a peace treaty between their peoples, a male human and a female demon discover that their mutual attraction may be the key to unifying their worlds.

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Stars: Yûsaku Yara, Toshiko Fujita, Ichirô Nagai, Takeshi Aono

Votes: 9,594

3. Vampire Hunter D (1985)

Not Rated | 80 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy

When Doris Lang is chosen as the next bride for the vampire Count Magnus Lee, she will hire a mysterious vampire hunter known only as D in an attempt to escape her ill-gotten fate.

Director: Toyoo Ashida | Stars: Kaneto Shiozawa, Michie Tomizawa, Seizô Katô, Satoko Kifuji

Votes: 17,525

4. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)

R | 103 min | Animation, Action, Drama

62 Metascore

A legendary dhampir competes with a motley family of bounty hunters to return a young woman, who has been seemingly abducted by a vampire, to her family.

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Stars: Andrew Philpot, John Rafter Lee, Pamela Adlon, Wendee Lee

Votes: 35,820 | Gross: $0.15M

5. Ninja Scroll (1993)

Not Rated | 94 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A vagabond swordsman is aided by a kunoichi and a spy in battling a demonic clan of killers - led by a ghost from his past - who are bent on overthrowing the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Stars: Kôichi Yamadera, Emi Shinohara, Takeshi Aono, Osamu Saka

Votes: 40,736

6. Patlabor: The Movie (1989)

Unrated | 100 min | Animation, Action, Crime

The screwball cops of Special Vehicles Section 2 Division 2 must investigate and stop a spree of rampaging construction robots.

Directors: Mamoru Oshii, Kôji Sawai | Stars: Toshio Furukawa, David Jarvis, Doug Erholtz, Mîna Tominaga

Votes: 5,620

7. Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)

TV-14 | 113 min | Animation, Action, Drama

When a terrorist attack is blamed on the Air Force, Special Vehicle Unit 2 gets caught in the middle of a growing political conflict.

Directors: Mamoru Oshii, Mizuho Nishikubo | Stars: Mîna Tominaga, Briony Glassco, Julie Ann Taylor, Toshio Furukawa

Votes: 4,597

8. WXIII: Patlabor (2001)

R | 102 min | Animation, Action, Crime

47 Metascore

Two police detectives and SV2 investigate a series of mysterious acts of deadly destruction occuring in and around Tokyo Bay.

Directors: Takuji Endo, Fumihiko Takayama | Stars: Katsuhiko Watabiki, Hiroaki Hirata, Atsuko Tanaka, Ryûnosuke Ôbayashi

Votes: 1,409

9. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)

102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

72 Metascore

A dashing thief, his gang of desperadoes and an intrepid cop struggle to free a princess from an evil count, and learn the secret of a treasure that she holds part of the key to.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Yasuo Yamada, Eiko Masuyama, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Makio Inoue

Votes: 33,581

10. Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy (1987)

Unrated | 73 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Lupin and his gang are called to action when Goemon's fiancé is held hostage by a mysterious ninja clan.

Director: Masayuki Ôzeki | Stars: Toshio Furukawa, Banjô Ginga, Mami Koyama, Kaneto Shiozawa

Votes: 987

11. Lupin the 3rd: Episode 0: The First Contact (2002 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

A news reporter interviews Jigen about how he first met Lupin.

Director: Minoru Ôhara | Stars: Kan'ichi Kurita, Eiko Masuyama, Gorô Naya, Kiyoshi Kobayashi

Votes: 496

12. Sword of the Stranger (2007)

Not Rated | 103 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A swordsman from a strange land is caught in a struggle between morality, righteousness, and devotion as he reluctantly agrees to take a raggedy boy and his dog to a remote, Buddhist temple.

Director: Masahiro Andô | Stars: Tomoya Nagase, Yuri Chinen, Kôichi Yamadera, Akio Ôtsuka

Votes: 18,307

13. Highlander: The Search for Vengeance (2007 Video)

Unrated | 85 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy

Highlander Colin MacLeod must choose between confronting the immortal who killed his lover centuries ago, or saving the survivors of a ravaged New York City.

Directors: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Takuji Endo | Stars: Alistair Abell, Debi Mae West, Nolan North, Scott McNeil

Votes: 4,016

14. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)

TV-14 | 115 min | Animation, Action, Crime

62 Metascore

A terrorist explosion releases a deadly virus on the masses, and it's up to the bounty-hunting Bebop crew to catch the cold-blooded culprit.

Directors: Shin'ichirô Watanabe, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Tensai Okamura, Hiroyuki Okiura, Yoshiyuki Takei | Stars: Beau Billingslea, Melissa Fahn, Nicholas Guest, Kôichi Yamadera

Votes: 53,158 | Gross: $1.00M

15. Metropolis (2001)

PG-13 | 108 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

75 Metascore

Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban must find the mystery behind robot girl Tima.

Director: Rintarô | Stars: Toshio Furukawa, Scott Weinger, Yuka Imoto, Kei Kobayashi

Votes: 22,620 | Gross: $0.64M

16. Karas: The Prophecy (2005 Video)

TV-MA | 80 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

In a Japanese city haunted by nature spirits and demons, a secret war is raging between the renegade demon Eko and a spectral warrior known as the Karas. Eko has mechanized himself and his ... See full summary »

Directors: Kei'ichi Sato, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Akira Takada | Stars: Kasumi Suzuki, Sôkô Wada, Takahiro Sakurai, Hitomi Nabatame

Votes: 1,688

17. Karas: The Revelation (2007 Video)

Not Rated | 85 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy

Picking up where the previous film (The Prophecy) left off, Otoha, the new Karas seeks to claim vengeance against the Yakuza that murdered his younger sibling and who left him for dead. ... See full summary »

Director: Kei'ichi Sato | Stars: Sôkô Wada, Takahiro Sakurai, Johnny Yong Bosch, Dorothy Elias-Fahn

Votes: 469

18. Demon City Shinjuku (1988 Video)

TV-MA | 82 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy

A young swordsman and the daughter of a political Messiah enter a ravaged Shinjuku, Tokyo, to stop the man who killed the former's father from opening a portal to a world of demons.

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Stars: Hideyuki Hori, Hiromi Tsuru, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kyôko Tongû

Votes: 3,679

19. Perfect Blue (1997)

R | 81 min | Animation, Crime, Drama

67 Metascore

A pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past.

Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji, Masaaki Ôkura

Votes: 95,616 | Gross: $0.78M

20. Battle Angel (1993)

Not Rated | 54 min | Animation, Action, Drama

In a distant future, a the young cyborg Gally is found on a scrapheap by the Cyberdoctor Daisuke Ido, who rebuilds her and becomes her surrogate father.

Stars: Miki Itô, Shunsuke Kariya, Kappei Yamaguchi, Edward Glen

Votes: 5,829

21. Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal (1999)

TV-MA | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

In the era of Japan's Meiji Restoration, an assassin regains his humanity.

Stars: Mayo Suzukaze, Junko Iwao, Nozomu Sasaki, Masami Suzuki

Votes: 16,201

22. Rurouni Kenshin: The Movie (1997)

90 min | Animation, Action, Drama

The war against the Tokugawa Shogunate ended years ago. But there are some who are not happy with the outcome. Takimi Shigure watched his friends and family get cut down in the name of ... See full summary »

Director: Tsuji Hajiki | Stars: Mayo Suzukaze, Shanon Weaver, Miki Fujitani, Judson Jones

Votes: 2,896

23. Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection (2001–2002)

Not Rated | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Kenshin and Kaoru are married. Kenshin leaves Kaoru with their son, Kenji, to lead a revolution in China. But both of them suffer from a seemingly incurable disease. 15 years later, Kenshin... See full summary »

Stars: Mayo Suzukaze, Miki Fujitani, Mîna Tominaga, Yûji Ueda

Votes: 4,369

24. Princess Mononoke (1997)

PG-13 | 134 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

76 Metascore

On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yûko Tanaka, Billy Crudup

Votes: 433,892 | Gross: $2.38M

25. Spirited Away (2001)

PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

96 Metascore

During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino, Rumi Hiiragi

Votes: 849,833 | Gross: $10.06M

26. Porco Rosso (1992)

PG | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

83 Metascore

In 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Shûichirô Moriyama, Tokiko Katô, Bunshi Katsura VI, Tsunehiko Kamijô

Votes: 102,159

27. Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994)

PG-13 | 102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A crime boss searching for the world's best fighters pursues a talented Japanese drifter and his American ex-classmate, while an Interpol agent and a US Army captain seek to bring him down.

Director: Gisaburô Sugii | Stars: Kôjiro Shimizu, Kenji Haga, Miki Fujitani, Masane Tsukayama

Votes: 9,905

28. Spriggan (1998)

R | 90 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

48 Metascore

An elite superhuman agent must stop a foreign military unit from seizing control of an ancient artifact that holds the key to ultimate power.

Directors: Hirotsugu Kawasaki, Norihiko Sutô, Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Shôtarô Morikubo, Ryuji Aigase, Takehito Koyasu, Katsumi Suzuki

Votes: 4,220 | Gross: $0.01M

29. Appleseed (2004)

R | 101 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

40 Metascore

In a utopian society created at the end of the third world war, a female warrior who has been plucked from the badlands begins to see cracks in this new facade. And what does this community have planned for the rest of humankind?

Director: Shinji Aramaki | Stars: Ai Kobayashi, Jûrôta Kosugi, Yuki Matsuoka, Mami Koyama

Votes: 18,542 | Gross: $0.13M

30. Appleseed (1988 Video)

TV-14 | 71 min | Animation, Action, Crime

In a vast futuristic city, built on the ashes of the third world war, a police officer and her cyborg partner fight terrorism.

Director: Kazuyoshi Katayama | Stars: Masako Katsuki, Yoshisada Sakaguchi, Toshiko Sawada, Toshio Furukawa

Votes: 3,045

31. Ghost in the Shell (1995)

TV-MA | 83 min | Animation, Action, Crime

76 Metascore

A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.

Directors: Mizuho Nishikubo, Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera

Votes: 156,948 | Gross: $0.52M

32. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (I) (2004)

PG-13 | 100 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery

68 Metascore

In the year 2032, Batô, a cyborg detective for the anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9, investigates the case of a female robot--one created solely for sexual pleasure--who slaughtered her owner.

Directors: Naoko Kusumi, Mizuho Nishikubo, Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Akio Ôtsuka, Atsuko Tanaka, Tamio Ôki, Kôichi Yamadera

Votes: 40,316 | Gross: $1.04M

33. Fist of the North Star (1986)

Not Rated | 110 min | Animation, Action, Drama

In a post-nuclear hellscape, a master of the deadly martial art "Hokuto Shinken" allies with two kids and an expert in "Nanto Suicho-Ken" to battle the tyrants who kidnapped his lover.

Director: Toyoo Ashida | Stars: Akira Kamiya, Yuriko Yamamoto, Kenji Utsumi, Chikao Ôtsuka

Votes: 7,293

34. Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama

A teenage boy finds himself recruited as a member of an elite team of pilots by his father.

Stars: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Kotono Mitsuishi, Spike Spencer

Votes: 85,330

35. Macross: Do You Remember Love? (1984)

Not Rated | 114 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Earth braces for an invasion of giant male bionoids and their enemy, giant female bionoids.

Directors: Noboru Ishiguro, Shôji Kawamori, Katsuhito Akiyama, Tatsuya Kasahara | Stars: Arihiro Hase, Mari Iijima, Mika Doi, Michio Hazama

Votes: 3,432

36. Macross Plus (1994)

Not Rated | 35 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Two old friends/rivals find themselves rival test pilots in competing projects while a mutual old flame returns to them with her own secrets.

Stars: Edward Mannix, Bryan Cranston, Michael Forest, Paris Themmen

Votes: 4,007

37. Gundam Wing: The Movie - Endless Waltz (1998 TV Movie)

90 min | Animation, Action, Drama

After Colony 196, Treize Kushrenada is dead and the 5 young soldiers known as the Gundam pilots have brought peace between Earth and the Colonies through Operation me. Now they move on with... See full summary »

Directors: Yasunao Aoki, Nana Harada | Stars: Mark Hildreth, Scott McNeil, Kirby Morrow, Brad Swaile

Votes: 2,613

38. Cyber City Oedo 808 (1990–1991)

TV-14 | 120 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

In 2808 A.D., three convicts are conscripted by the Cyber Police to fight crime in the hi-tech metropolis of Oedo - while being forced to wear collars that can kill them at any time.

Stars: Hiroya Ishimaru, Kaneto Shiozawa, Tesshô Genda, Norio Wakamoto

Votes: 2,318

39. Afro Samurai: Resurrection (2009 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 97 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

When his father's body is stolen from its grave, Afro takes up his sword again to tear through an army of deadly foes led by a sadistic leader.

Director: Fuminori Kizaki | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Lucy Liu, Mark Hamill, Grey Griffin

Votes: 9,456

40. Devilman (1987–1990)

TV-MA | 57 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy

Devilman faces the tortoise demon Jinmen and birdwoman Shiranu.

Stars: Show Hayami, Alan Marriott, Yû Mizushima, Adam Matalon

Votes: 1,864

41. R.O.D Read or Die (2001)

Not Rated | 33 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

A young female agent with a powerful psionic power over paper must stop a plot for world destruction.

Stars: Rieko Miura, Michiko Neya, Hozumi Gôda, Masami Iwasaki

Votes: 1,454

42. Dominion Tank Police (1988–1989)

R | 70 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

In a dystopic pollution ridden future, the tank police fight for law and order and cause massive collateral destruction along the way.

Stars: Hiromi Tsuru, Masaaki Ôkura, Yûsaku Yara, Ichirô Nagai

Votes: 1,789

43. 3x3 Eyes (1991–1992)

TV-MA | 110 min | Animation, Fantasy, Horror

A demon girl's quest to become human, with the help of an unwitting boy named Yakumo.

Stars: Mayumi Tanaka, Akio Ôtsuka, Megumi Hayashibara, Ai Orikasa

Votes: 814

44. Amon: Apocalypse of Devilman (2000 Video)

TV-MA | 46 min | Animation, Action, Drama

Fear runs rampant throughout Tokyo with the revelation that demons in fact exist amongst us. Paranoia and the darker side of humanity boils onto the streets as people turn on one another, ... See full summary »

Director: Ken'ichi Takeshita | Stars: Shinji Takeda, Tomokazu Seki, Atsuko Enomoto, Kazuki Yao

Votes: 806

45. Genocyber (1994)

Unrated | 46 min | Animation, Action, Horror

A combination of cybernetics and psychic potential. At its core: the tortured souls of 2 human beings. Many wish to control this monstrosity, but can their hatred be contained?

Stars: William Roberts, Rosemary Elliot, Keith Howard, Rachel Nanstad

Votes: 1,329

46. The Transformers: The Movie (1986)

PG | 84 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

43 Metascore

The Autobots must stop a colossal planet consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons.

Director: Nelson Shin | Stars: Orson Welles, Robert Stack, Leonard Nimoy, Norman Alden

Votes: 41,953 | Gross: $5.85M

47. Armitage III (1995)

Unrated | 140 min | Animation, Action, Drama

In the year 2046, a cop and his female android partner called Armitage, part of the latest android line known as "class III" models that look, act and feel human, investigate illegal manufacture of class III androids on colonized Mars.

Stars: Hiroko Kasahara, Yasunori Masutani, Ryûsei Nakao, Hirohiko Kakegawa

Votes: 1,599

48. Armitage III: Poly-Matrix (1996 Video)

TV-MA | 90 min | Animation, Action, Drama

Armitage is a brash cybernetic cop with a racy wardrobe who patrols a Mars metropolis. She and her stoic partner, Sylibus, risk everything to track a killer who is revealing his female victims' identities as highly-advanced androids.

Directors: Hiroyuki Ochi, Yukio Okamoto, Satoshi Saga, Takuya Satô | Stars: Elizabeth Berkley, Kiefer Sutherland, Dan Woren, Wanda Nowicki

Votes: 1,921

49. The Animatrix (2003)

Unrated | 100 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

A collection of nine short films featuring stories related to The Matrix (1999).

Stars: James Arnold Taylor, Julia Fletcher, Dwight Schultz, Kevin Michael Richardson

Votes: 82,066

50. Escaflowne: The Movie (2000)

PG-13 | 98 min | Adventure, Animation, Drama

55 Metascore

A grim retelling of the television series "The Vision of Escaflowne".

Directors: Kazuki Akane, Yoshiyuki Takei | Stars: Shin'ichirô Miki, Jôji Nakata, Maaya Sakamoto, Tomokazu Seki

Votes: 3,814

51. The Heroic Legend of Arislan (1993–1995)

PG | 59 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Young Prince Arislan believes he is the rightful heir to the throne, but is he? The mysterious masked usurper claims that Arislan's father stole the crown from his father. Arislan must ... See full summary »

Stars: Kappei Yamaguchi, Ben Fairman, Kazuhiko Inoue, Kaneto Shiozawa

Votes: 320

52. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

PG | 119 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

82 Metascore

When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, Tatsuya Gashûin, Akihiro Miwa

Votes: 449,639 | Gross: $4.71M

53. Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)

R | 102 min | Animation, Action, Drama

59 Metascore

A traumatized member of an elite para-military police force falls for the sister of a female terrorist courier who died in front of him on duty.

Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Hiroyuki Okiura | Stars: Michael Dobson, Yoshikazu Fujiki, Sumi Mutoh, Moneca Stori

Votes: 18,761 | Gross: $0.09M

54. Millennium Actress (2001)

PG | 87 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

70 Metascore

A TV interviewer and his cameraman meet a former actress and travel through her memories and career.

Directors: Satoshi Kon, Kô Matsuo | Stars: Miyoko Shôji, Shôzô Îzuka, Mami Koyama, Fumiko Orikasa

Votes: 32,084 | Gross: $0.19M

55. Paprika (2006)

R | 90 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

81 Metascore

When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.

Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Megumi Hayashibara, Tôru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Tôru Furuya

Votes: 96,959 | Gross: $0.88M

56. Yu Yu Hakusho: Fight for the Netherworld (1994)

Not Rated | 91 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy

Yusuke Urameshi, a Spirit Detective and his friends must find five Elemental Sites to save the Earth from Lord Yakumo and restore the Spirit World.

Director: Masakatsu Iijima | Stars: Nozomu Sasaki, Shigeru Chiba, Megumi Ogata, Nobuyuki Hiyama

Votes: 792

57. Trigun: Badlands Rumble (2010)

TV-14 | 90 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A gunfighter with a strict no-kill policy, Vash the Stampede arrives in a town full of bounty hunters competing to collect the reward for catching a robber he saved 20 years ago.

Director: Satoshi Nishimura | Stars: Masaya Onosaka, Hiromi Tsuru, Satsuki Yukino, Show Hayami

Votes: 5,888 | Gross: $0.06M

58. Kite (1998)

TV-MA | 50 min | Animation, Action, Crime

A young girl, orphaned at an early age, carries out assassinations at the behest of her mentor.

Stars: Konami Yoshida, Kinryû Arimoto, Kôsuke Okano, Tatsuo Matoba

Votes: 5,319

59. Harlock Saga (1999– )

30 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Captain Harlock and his friends must recover several stolen pieces of gold before they get turned into a very powerful ring.

Stars: Kôichi Yamadera, Toshihiko Seki, Tarô Ishida, Miyuki Ueda

Votes: 274

60. Golden Boy (1995–1996)

Not Rated | 165 min | Animation, Comedy

A University drop-out rides Japan on his bicycle, taking part-time jobs and trying not to take women.

Stars: Doug Smith, Matt Greenfield, Mitsuo Iwata, Gorô Naya

Votes: 7,194

61. Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007)

PG-13 | 98 min | Animation, Action, Drama

66 Metascore

The fate of the world is threatened by seemingly monstrous entities known as Angels. NERV is an organization set up to counter this threat and it is up to young pilots to protect Earth but exactly what are the real motives behind NERV?

Directors: Hiroshi Haraguchi, Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hideaki Anno, Kôbun Shizuno | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Kotono Mitsuishi, Yuriko Yamaguchi

Votes: 27,657 | Gross: $0.11M

62. Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009)

TV-14 | 112 min | Animation, Action, Drama

46 Metascore

In the face of increasingly bizarre and powerful Angel attacks, Shinji Ikari and his partner Rei Ayanami are assisted by two new pilots: the fiery Asuka Langley Shikinami and the mysterious Mari Illustrious Makinami.

Directors: Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hideaki Anno, Joe Fria | Stars: Kotono Mitsuishi, Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura

Votes: 24,896 | Gross: $0.13M

63. Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012)

TV-14 | 96 min | Animation, Action, Drama

45 Metascore

Fourteen years have passed since the near Third Impact. Most of the world has changed, except for Shinji Ikari, who awakens in a strange new environment without having aged.

Directors: Mahiro Maeda, Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hideaki Anno, Joe Fria, Kiyotaka Suzuki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura, Maaya Sakamoto

Votes: 18,495 | Gross: $0.17M

64. Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time (2021)

TV-MA | 154 min | Animation, Action, Drama

85 Metascore

Misato and her anti-NERV group WILLE arrive in Paris, a city now red from core-ization. Crew from the flagship Wunder land on a containment tower.

Directors: Mahiro Maeda, Katsuichi Nakayama, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hideaki Anno, Joe Fria | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura, Akira Ishida

Votes: 14,205 | Gross: $0.83M

65. Bright: Samurai Soul (2021)

TV-14 | 80 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Izo, a Ronin, and Raiden, an orc, work to bring a young elf girl and the wand she carries to the land of the elves in the north.

Director: Kyohei Ishiguro | Stars: Simu Liu, Keone Young, Kenjirô Tsuda, Matthew Yang King

Votes: 1,078

66. Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato (2019)

68 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The film chronicles the attempt of the team to take back Unato castle.

Director: Tetsurô Araki | Stars: Tasuku Hatanaka, Sayaka Senbongi, Maaya Uchida, Toshiki Masuda

Votes: 1,615

67. My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2019)

PG-13 | 104 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

70 Metascore

A group of youths aspiring to become professional superheroes, fight in a world full of people with abilities, also known as quirks. Deku and his fellow classmates from Hero Academy face Nine, the strongest villain yet.

Director: Kenji Nagasaki | Stars: Daiki Yamashita, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Yuka Terasaki, Tomoyo Kurosawa

Votes: 9,806

68. My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021)

PG-13 | 101 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

51 Metascore

When a cult of terrorists ruins a city by releasing a toxin that causes people's abilities to spiral out of control, Japan's greatest heroes spread around the world in an attempt to track down the mastermind and put him to justice.

Director: Kenji Nagasaki | Stars: Daiki Yamashita, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Yûki Kaji, Tetsu Inada

Votes: 5,524

69. My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2018)

PG-13 | 96 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

All Might and Deku accept an invitation to visit I Island where they battle against a villain who takes the island hostage.

Director: Kenji Nagasaki | Stars: Daiki Yamashita, Kenta Miyake, Mirai Shida, Nobuhiko Okamoto

Votes: 12,506 | Gross: $5.75M

70. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021)

PG-13 | 112 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy

71 Metascore

The prequel to Jujutsu Kaisen (2020), where a high schooler gains control of an extremely powerful cursed spirit and gets enrolled in the Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School by Jujutsu Sorcerers.

Director: Sunghoo Park | Stars: Chinatsu Akasaki, Aya Endô, Kana Hanazawa, Show Hayami

Votes: 37,750 | Gross: $34.54M

71. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Mugen Train (2020)

R | 117 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

72 Metascore

After his family was brutally murdered and his sister turned into a demon, Tanjiro Kamado's journey as a demon slayer began. Tanjiro and his comrades embark on a new mission aboard the Mugen Train, on track to despair.

Director: Haruo Sotozaki | Stars: Natsuki Hanae, Akari Kitô, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Hiro Shimono

Votes: 72,919 | Gross: $47.70M



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